The Journey of Immortal Cultivation
Chapter 188 - 125: God Sand Breaking the Formation_2

She flipped open her palm, where several tiny seeds lay in her palm, round and oval, a dull yellow-brown color. Changtian, with his acute senses, immediately detected a trace of Spiritual Energy contained within these unremarkable seeds.

"He gave us the seeds of the Spiritual Tea." Ning Xiaoxian said, "These are valuable items now, I owe him one, and we must find a way to repay him." Spiritual Tea had just come into the world, and these seeds, if released into the open, would be fought over by countless people, smashing their heads in the scramble; Wen Liangyu’s favor was tremendous.

Changtian took the seeds and was silent for a long while before saying: "Let’s play it by ear."

With that, he agreed, and Ning Xiaoxian secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Master Fan also had some abilities; he figured out that Wen Liangyu had set the entrance to the Array right inside the main gate of the courtyard. He didn’t want to forcefully break in, to avoid the increased trouble of breaking the formation. Being a Cultivator at the Golden Core Stage, he certainly could have forcefully destroyed it, but it would have caused too much commotion, a last resort.

The deeper he walked, the more fearful he became. After many years of acquaintance, he knew early on that Wen Liangyu had a broad range of studies including mathematics, medicine, and governance, but he didn’t expect him to be so proficient in Array formation. Although the Mist Shadow Blood Evil Array was not an extraordinary formation, it was nested within the Four Symbols Formation. It seemed to have been modified according to Wen Liangyu’s thinking, not only complementing offense and defense but also ingeniously variable, with frequent cunning moves at the edges. He had misstepped several times just now, and if not for his profound cultivation, he would have made a fool of himself.

This was still just a hastily arranged array by Wen Liangyu using ordinary landscape features; if he had the right Array Formation Tools and materials, would Master Fan still be able to walk out? He walked a few more steps and found that he had gone the same way again, completely unable to discern the direction, let alone where the Array Eye was, suddenly feeling both urgent and angry, he thought to himself: "Forget it, forget it, urgent matters are more important."

What he took out was a handful of sand; the grains were crystal clear and translucent, but divided into red, orange, blue, green, and purple five colors, more like crystals, wriggling in his palm as if alive. He mouthed a few sentences and softly shouted: "Go!" The sand transformed into five sand snakes of different colors, burrowing through various parts of the Array. The Mist Shadow Blood Evil Array was more aggressive against flesh and blood creatures, but the Five-Colored Divine Sand, lacking an Artifact Spirit, was relatively unaffected by the Array’s ghostly cries and blood lights.

After much effort, the sand snakes were ineffectual. Master Fan frowned, pinched a spell and the sand snakes instantly transformed back into grains of sand. But this time, thousands of grains of sand flew about within the Array, ceaselessly seeking weak points, and it was as if a tornado had stirred within the Array, with an impressive momentum.

Wen Liangyu closed his eyes: It’s over. His array was hastily laid out, with many imperfections. Master Fan’s method of casting a wide net was exactly suited to find the flaws in the Array.

Indeed, after a while, many sand grains began to accumulate at a certain spot in the wind. Master Fan, elated, struck with his sword control technique, and a flowerpot on the ground gently shook, then cracked into two halves with a snap. Its breaking was like a domino effect, setting off a series of explosions among items on the ground, with even the least affected being displaced from their position.

Not long after, the wind within the Array began to subside, and Master Fan finally saw Wen Liangyu sitting in a chair, a cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth, stepping forward and appearing beside the Little Half-demon.

"Uncle Fan’s mastery of arrays has improved greatly," Wen Liangyu suppressed the bitterness and attempted to speak lightly. Master Fan was already invincible by being unaffected by the Array.

Wen Liangyu also knew that this Array could not hold him off for long, and once the Array was broken, his life and death were uncertain, yet he still felt extremely unwilling. Even an ant strives to live; he could not help but regret at this moment, why hadn’t he escaped promptly with Ning Xiaoxian?

Master Fan looked him up and down and suddenly sighed: "With your talent and intellect, even I began to admire your potential. If you could live a few more years, who knows what brilliance you might have achieved. What a pity!"

At those words, Wen Liangyu felt like a bucket of ice water was poured over his head—this man was indeed going to kill him!

He suddenly asked: "Is it you who wants to kill me, or my father?"

Master Fan said sternly: "What’s the rush, I’ll take you to see the truth." Reaching out to grab him, he activated the Divine Skill of Shrinking Land into Inches and turned to leave. Wen Liangyu, a living person of over a hundred pounds, was picked up as effortlessly as if he was a straw. He didn’t activate his Magic Artifact for a flight of Outer Heaven Flying Immortal, after all, there were still many servants in the Prefecture.

He did not notice that in the last moment of leaving the small courtyard, the Wen Liangyu in his hand managed to twist his neck, looking towards the hall. "Normal invisibility techniques can only hide one’s form but cannot conceal one’s scent and heartbeat. That Master Fan did not discover her upon entering the hall, Miss Ning’s abilities are truly wonderful." Wen Liangyu pondered in his heart. While Master Fan was in the hall, he resisted the urge to look around, staring straight ahead, just afraid of exposing the secret of Ning Xiaoxian’s presence.

Not long after Master Fan left, ripples suddenly cascaded through the air in the hall, followed by the appearance of a figure. Naturally, it was Ning Xiaoxian. She confirmed the direction and quickly chased after Master Fan. The commotion of Master Fan breaking the Array was so loud that the entire City Lord Mansion could hear the tornado’s roar, and now people were heading this way. She used the trees for cover and quietly blended into the crowd.

But unable to sprint at full speed, Master Fan was naturally getting further away from her. Fortunately, she had already prepared for this in advance.

"Changtian, where are they now?" She had left the Demon Eye with Wen Liangyu for Changtian to closely monitor the outside situation. No matter where these two went, they couldn’t escape Changtian’s gaze. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast a recommendation ticket, a Monthly Ticket; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)