“Who?”
Hong Yi Daojun tilted his head in the direction of Qing Lan’s gaze, but saw nothing.
Fei Yun Venerable also saw nothing, and said with an unknown meaning, “Qing Lan Daojun, I know you are worried about Bai Shengyi, but there is no need to be so nervous. The heavenly tribulations here are rolling, and ordinary people would not dare to come here.”
Hong Yi Daojun listened to Fei Yun Venerable’s rambling words. Fearing that Qing Lan Daojun would be angered, he quickly added, “Daojun, Senior Brother means that with Bai Shizhi’s strength, he will surely be able to overcome the tribulation on his own.”
Qing Lan Daojun, however, paid no attention to the two. He walked with a grim face towards the sea of lightning. Just as he was about to enter the lightning tribulation, he stopped.
“Come out! Don’t make me say it a second time.” His usually indifferent eyes gradually turned angry.
He could clearly sense something within the lightning, but that thing was extremely cunning, hiding itself the moment he detected it.
Qing Lan’s stern warning clearly had no effect. The thing in the lightning remained motionless.
His expression darkened, and he raised his hand. The dense mist in the world transformed into a giant palm. The palm, ignoring the vast thunderclouds, reached directly into the sky.
The sky was violently churned.
Within the sub-atomic layer, Xu Ye, Tang Qiao, and Liu Tianyun stood quietly within a square barrier. The barrier’s light was emitted from the beast core in Xu Ye’s hand.
The beast cores of Void Beasts, besides being used as medicinal ingredients, could also be used to create barriers that concealed one’s aura. This method was only known to the leaders and heirs of the Void Beast tribe.
Therefore, most ordinary Void Beasts were unaware that long before their species became prey for major sects due to their inner cores, many of them had actually died at the hands of their own patriarchs.
“This thing is good, similar to the ability of Black Obsidian Jun Stone,” Liu Tianyun commented casually.
Tang Qiao asked directly, “Since it’s good, why did Qing Lan suddenly make a move? I’m afraid this thing is still not as good as Black Obsidian Jun Stone. Just watch, this thing won’t be able to stop Qing Lan for long.”
Xu Ye gave a fake laugh, “We don’t need to stop him for long, we just need to divert his attention and kill Bai Shengyi, right?”
As he spoke, he took out another Void Beast core and threw it out of the barrier.
As soon as the beast core left the barrier, it moved as if no one was there, rolling far away. The phantom giant hand churning within the sub-atomic layer seemed to have found a new target, immediately changing direction and chasing after the beast core.
Seeing Liu Tianyun constantly looking at the beast core that had escaped, Xu Ye explained with a smile, “That beast core replicated our aura.” That was why it could attract Qing Lan’s attention on their behalf.
Liu Tianyun glanced at Xu Ye thoughtfully, “The Void Beast tribe is truly interesting.”
Despite saying this, it was clear that Liu Tianyun was not simply interested in the tribe, but rather in the Void Beast tribe’s beast cores.
Whether Xu Ye understood or not, his face remained adorned with a gentle and hypocritical smile.
He said, “The heavenly lightning is about to end, we must hurry, after all, the space within the lightning is indeed chaotic, and we may not be able to accurately locate Bai Shengyi’s position immediately.”
“Useless.”
Liu Tianyun was not very satisfied with this and scoffed.
Xu Ye’s smile stiffened slightly, but he quickly recovered. “Two, please follow me.”
Qunyu Mountain Range.
Master Ku Le and Lin Qingyu stood to the north and south respectively. One held a Zen staff, speaking golden lotuses, with ten thousand feet of golden light supporting a corner of a vast formation. The other transformed into a colorful phoenix, soaring in the sky, attracting hundreds of birds to circle around, with spiritual energy from heaven and earth winding around it like colorful ribbons, pulling at another corner of the formation.
Not far from the two, twenty Mahayana cultivators led by Xuan You stood in various locations of the Huanyu Secret Realm. Tendrils of spiritual energy from their fingertips, like a net, almost enveloped the exposed area of the Huanyu Secret Realm.
Qian Ying was not among them. The formation masters of Yueqing Mountain had set up a formation for transference to Yueqing Mountain. As an alchemist, during this critical period of the disappearance of the sect leader of Dongyang Mountain, she was stationed among the alchemists, leading them to speed up the transfer to Yueqing Mountain.
“Qin Si, have you truly decided?”
Yue Bufan looked at the young man standing not far away. He was cold, powerful, as well as calm and steady. As a fellow Daoist, he greatly admired such a young man. As an elder, he was even more optimistic about this young man.
However, at this moment, he could not help but be shocked by the young man’s desperate idea.
Yue Bufan said, “We only need to wait for one more day. There will be enough spatial rift energy on Jue Ren Road to support our formation’s operation and transfer the entire Huanyu Secret Realm. There is no need for you to use your lifespan as a price to activate the formation.”
The entire God启 (Qǐ) world’s Mahayana cultivators had sensed the matter of the Huanyu Secret Realm. Coupled with the communication from One Sect, Two Pavilions, and Two Mountains, any cultivator who wished to lend a hand had rushed to this place in a short period.
Led by Yue Bufan and Fu Yangzi, the Sect Master of Fuzhen Sect, several formation masters had set up a grand transfer formation that was like stealing heaven and changing the earth. However, the Huanyu Secret Realm was special. Although the formation was completed, it lacked sufficient energy to ensure its successful transfer. Thus, Yue Bufan and the others thought of using the spatial rifts in Jue Ren Road.
The energy within the spatial rifts was the most violent, and also the most suitable. After all, using spiritual mines or veins would be akin to drinking poison to quench thirst. Therefore, it was best to use energy that would not affect the God启 (Qǐ) world. However, collecting energy required a certain amount of time.
And at this moment, what Qin Si lacked the most was time.
“Grandfather, I want to go and guard A’yi,” Qin Si suddenly looked up.
Yue Bufan considered himself a deeply affectionate person, but he had never seen such a gaze.
“When she disappeared, I did not go to find her; I chose the God启 (Qǐ) Academy. Now that she is about to undergo tribulation, I am not the one by her side…”
Qin Si paused. He could not deceive himself; he was jealous of Senior Uncle Qing Lan.
He knew that his idea was not right. Senior Uncle Qing Lan had not overstepped any boundaries, and both he and A’yi had chosen an extremely rational path. He believed that A’yi also hoped he would prioritize the bigger picture…
“But this time, I want to prioritize her,” Qin Si said sternly. “I don’t want to regret it.”
He would do what he should do and do what he wanted to do.
The Wuji Han Cang Sword seemed to sense its master’s mood, emitting a clear and desolate cry. An ice and snow dragon, carrying a fierce and unrestrained radiance, swirled out from Qin Si’s hand and entered the formation’s eye.
The giant formation instantly activated, and the formation pulled by the Mahayana cultivators burst forth with millions of dazzling golden lights.
“Boom!”
A dull sound, like the roaring of time, an unceasing torrent.
The black stone wall was moved. Qin Si turned and glanced at the vast secret realm, then stepped into the myriad changes of space.
“Follow me closely, go!”