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Chapter 1157 - Chapter 1157 Chapter 451 The Formation Map Shows the Way

Chapter 1157: Chapter 451: The Formation Map Shows the Way Chapter 1157: Chapter 451: The Formation Map Shows the Way Yun Ji, leading the team with Xiu’er on his back, kept hearing the clan’s whispers, mostly questions.

Even after retreating to the Spirit World Passage, the Yun Clan still didn’t understand the hasty retreat.

“Chieftain, why retreat? We had fully suppressed the Xiang Family, another half an hour and we would have secured victory. Even without wiping out the Xiang Family, we could have dealt them a severe blow and knocked them out of the aristocratic ranks!”

“Chieftain, although the young lady is of the direct lineage, after all, she is but a woman who cannot handle great responsibilities. She has been in Chaochang for a full decade without establishing an appropriate intelligence system and even let the Heritage Divine Artifact, Immortal Cloud Whisk Soul, fall into enemy hands. She should be severely punished both morally and rationally to comfort the Great Elder’s spirit in heaven!”

“Chieftain…”

“Chieftain…”

This unending stream of clan language was full of the people’s anger and unwillingness, and members of the Hawk Faction had long been dissatisfied with some of the Yun Family’s inaction.

In their view, this great defeat was also due to Yun Xiu’s obstruction.

Even after Yun Ji explained the retreat was because Xiang Ange had faked death to negotiate with twelve merchants of the inner city, the clan members were not convinced.

The Yun Clan had a secret language that circulated only within the family, which was difficult and bizarre in intonation, and could not be written down, only passed down orally, serving as a standard for secret internal communications within the Yun Clan.

As if to express their attitude more clearly than the voices could convey, several clan elders walked up to Yun Ji and whispered in the clan language.

“As soon as the battle started, Xiang Ange disappeared, and if there really had been negotiations, a massive army would have pressured us and we wouldn’t have had time to retreat. In my view, it’s obviously a lie spun by the young lady who could not bear to see the endless carnage and suffering of Chaochang!”

“We all know that the young lady’s only ally in Chaochang is the Devil Lord Gou Chen. If someone held back that large force, it must undoubtedly be the Devil Lord. But he was severely injured, so how could he possibly hold back such a large allied force?”

Up to this point, all the talks of negotiations were but the words of Sister Xiu’er, and Yun Ji could fully trust his own sister, but the other members of the Hawk Faction in the clan could not.

In their eyes, Sister Xiu’er still retained some of the Yun Clan’s bad habits, which were far too luxurious for the current state of the Yun Clan.

What’s worse, some believed that this defeat should be blamed on Sister Xiu’er.

“If the Devil Lord Gou Chen had such strength, had he arrived at the Xiang Residence earlier, the addition of such an exceptional powerhouse would have been enough to secure victory. Once we took over the Xiang Residence and activated the great formation, even an allied force of a hundred from the Fierce Realm could have been held off in battle, so there would have been no need to retreat and sacrifice several elders in vain!”

Someone must ultimately bear the blame for the defeat, and at this moment, who could be more suitable than the one who lost the Divine Artifact?

If Yun Xiu hadn’t lost the Immortal Cloud Whisk Soul, the injured Grandmaster Yanyun would not have had the power to suppress Great Elder Yun Shu, let alone force the Great Elder to burn his spirit and soul.

All this was because the main intelligence officer in charge of Chaochang had failed to gather this critical information.

Yun Ji, carrying Yun Xiu through the Spirit World Passage, struggled with the pain of impending unconsciousness, his ears filled with voices demanding accountability, as if he had returned to that time.

Just as helpless, just as desperate, like a dog that had lost its home.

“I know what to do.”

A weak but stern reprimand stopped the clan’s pursuit of responsibility, as Yun Ji gently shook his sister on his back and said indifferently to the crowd, “Defeat is defeat, loss is loss. Playing the blame game and nitpicking will only sow disunity and discord; the Yun Family can no longer afford such turbulence.”

With nothing more to say, Yun Ji led the group south along the passage, all the way to a certain sea exit in Chaochang, a deserted dock.

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The cultivators from Zhongzhou who had finally escaped from a desperate situation parted without joy, while the people of the Yun Family couldn’t leave as decisively, they needed to confirm the whereabouts of the rear-guard squad!

They sent a clan elder into the city to gather information, and before long, they had acquired accurate intelligence.

“The Yun Family’s rearguard squad was surrounded by the Xiang Family; except for the Corpse Bone Protector who escaped to the heavens, all perished in the Xiang Residence. Aside from Yun Shu, whose body and bones were burned to ashes, the rest were hung from the city walls!”

“During the battle at the Xiang Residence, chaos also broke out at the Luo Family from Inner River on Xuanwu Avenue. The details are unknown, but it’s known that half of Xuanwu Avenue turned into ruins, with hundreds of houses collapsed. Witnesses claimed that at the time, a Black Light shaded the sun, making it unclear how many beings from the Fierce Realm participated in the battle.”

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Shigang Tavern

Tang Luo returned to the tavern with the severely injured Du Sha.

Just as he had initially assessed, even with a divine artifact in hand, facing a multitude of enemies was still too forced.

After all, among the twelve aristocrats, the most elite were the Luo Family from Inner River and the Ye Family from Da Lin.

The former is famous in Longzhou for their physical cultivation, while the latter is a high-ranking member of the Da Lin Commerce Alliance.

If it weren’t for Du Sha’s acquisition of various secret arts over the years, along with the astounding defensive power of the Black Light Mysterious Cauldron, he would’ve probably been beaten to pieces long ago.

But to face the allied forces of the Twelve Aristocratic Families single-handedly, such combat prowess was indeed worthy of the title of the First Star General, far exceeding Tang Luo’s expectations.

The young men of Marshal Star Pavilion, upon seeing the injured Du Sha, were all shocked as if they’d seen a ghost.

After all, in their minds, Du Sha, who could withstand the Law Chief Tang Ling with a single crystal giant statue, was almost the strongest in the Fierce Realm. They couldn’t comprehend what kind of formidable opponent could have injured him to this extent.

After helping Du Sha into the cultivation room and watching him begin his meditation and healing, Tang Luo turned to leave. Just as he reached the door, he heard Du Sha ask.

“Aren’t you going to check it out?”

Compared to his own injuries, Du Sha was more interested in gossip. Tang Luo could only shake his head helplessly, “I was about to head there.”

Tang Luo, having bid farewell to Du Sha, hastily left Shigang, wanting to see if the Yun Family had successfully evacuated the inner city. But just as he entered and before approaching the now-ruined Xiang Residence, he encountered a familiar face.

Lu Liangliang from Yulin Pavilion was at the Xiang Residence for some unknown reason, talking in low, angry whispers with An Yuanxi.

After listening carefully to the conversation between An Yuanxi and Lu Liangliang, Tang Luo’s expression changed dramatically, and he promptly retreated to the side to open a Spirit World Passage, sprinting towards the south!

Earlier, when breaking the formation, he had still been relieved at Master Shaolin’s conceit, thinking that the latter had not taken precautions against the five Formation Stakes. But now it seemed, he had been wrong.

Confident in his formation skills, Lu Shaolin indeed had not set up defenses, but he had laid a hidden formation within the five Formation Stakes. This hidden formation wasn’t complete in itself, but each stake was inscribed with a piece of misty pattern.

If the same person broke all five, the hidden formation would come together like a puzzle, signaling a particular sub-formation diagram.

However, the aura of the formation diagram had been cut off at the Xiang Residence, so Lu Liangliang naturally sought someone out to ask, but as soon as she got with An Yuanxi, the formation diagram sensed something again, pointing directly southeast.

The sensitive An Yuanxi immediately summoned strong practitioners from the Wind Department and Xiang Family experts, soaring into the sky towards the southeast.

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