Ancient Formation…
Everyone's hearts sank. Even if the Elders were here, I'm afraid they would be helpless!
“We're all done for!”
Some had already collapsed from the shock of the words "Ancient Formation".
Just as everyone was falling into despair, a young woman's clear voice dispelled the fog in their hearts: “Didn't you hear what I just said?”
Everyone's eyes lit up.
That's right!
This Junior Martial Sister had initially mentioned a solution, but everyone instead made her verify the authenticity of the Bloodthirsty Formation…
“Ah! Junior Martial Sister said to find the Formation Eye! Everyone, quickly look for the Formation Eye!”
Tian Ning: "..."
“Do you know what a Formation Eye looks like?”
"..."
Everyone looked at Tian Ning, their eyes reflecting naive stupidity.
“Junior Martial Sister, quickly tell us! Quickly tell us!”
Tian Ning inexplicably felt like she was taking care of kindergarten children…
The situation was serious, so Tian Ning didn't have time to complain.
“When Demonic Cultivators created the Bloodthirsty Formation to protect the real Formation Eye, they would set up false Formation Eyes to mislead… Everyone, spread out and look…”
Like a leadership meeting, a Body Refinement Cultivator disciple specially moved a large stone for Tian Ning so she could stand on it and speak to everyone.
She was not stage-frightened, speaking calmly and methodically, carefully teaching everyone how to distinguish between real and fake Formation Eyes.
“Fellow Cultivators who discover the real Formation Eye, remember not to act rashly. The area near the Formation Eye is extremely dangerous. Be sure to send a signal beforehand so that everyone can arrive and find a solution together!”
These new disciples from various Sects had never experienced anything major, and encountering this for the first time was like a pile of sand, almost collapsing.
Now, everyone surprisingly quieted down, listening to the young woman speaking from above. She spoke slowly and calmly, her tone encouraging, making their uneasy hearts feel much better.
After speaking, Tian Ning jumped off the rock and received water from Shi Qinxin.
Senior Sister is so thoughtful.
Tian Ning now deeply understood Senior Martial Brother's words, Senior Sister will always be prepared.
Everyone scattered to find the Formation Eye. Helian Boda, Bo Yong'an, and Long Han waited aside, looking at Tian Ning. Behind them were Qiu Xiu and Wenren Yang, who were not very bright but insisted on joining.
“Junior Martial Sister, what you saw… is there a way to deal with the Formation Eye in the Bloodthirsty Formation's records?” Bo Yong'an asked.
Compared to those new disciples who took one step at a time, these three shrewd veterans understood the importance of the problem. Without destroying the Formation Eye, everything would be futile.
“The damaged page records that destroying what's inside the Formation Eye, or taking it out, will work,” Tian Ning truthfully stated. “As long as the Formation Eye loses whatever is bearing the deathly life force inside the Bloodthirsty Formation, the Bloodthirsty Formation will collapse.”
“I understand.” Bo Yong'an said solemnly.
Their future remained uncertain, but now was not the time to be discouraged. How would they know if they didn't try to survive?
After speaking, Bo Yong'an left to find the Formation Eye.
Qiu Xiu anxiously looked at Helian Boda, his tone full of panic: “Does she mean that even if we find the Formation Eye, we might not survive? What should we do… If only… I shouldn’t have come here, it's all my father’s fault! And those Elders!”
“Junior Martial Brother Qiu, Master and the Elders cannot protect us forever. Even if it's not now, we will face such dangers in the future.” Helian Boda looked at him deeply before going with everyone else.
For now, Tian Ning had a good impression of Helian Boda and Bo Yong'an. They truly deserved to be among the outstanding Talented Disciples of the Six Great Sects from the previous generation.
Calm and composed.
More dark clouds gathered overhead. Tian Ning knew that the Bloodthirsty Formation's activation time was approaching. If only she had the clothes given by the Old Man, the Bloodthirsty Formation wouldn't be able to harm her.
But the clothes only worked for her…
Tian Ning subconsciously clenched the cup in her hand. The tea was warm. Senior Sister said that girls shouldn’t drink cold things, and she specially heated it with Spiritual Energy.
She didn't have the grand ambition to save everyone, but… she had to protect Senior Sister.
She would not let the Bloodthirsty Formation succeed!
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As the saying goes, many hands make light work. Everyone dispersed to search the Secret Realm. After about an hour, someone sent a signal—the Formation Eye was found!
Everyone immediately rushed to the location of the signal.
The Formation Eye was located in a large Icy Pond. In the center of the Icy Pond, a huge snake-like creature was coiled. Its head was like a tiger's, its body covered in black and gold Scales, several zhang long, with two lumps on its head, which were faintly emerging horns.
“This is… a Dragon…”
A disciple looked at the giant creature in the Icy Pond and exclaimed in surprise.
Long Han in the crowd rolled his eyes and scoffed: “Are you blind? You can't even tell the difference between a Dragon and a Jiao? That kind of impure Bloodline doesn’t deserve to be associated with my Dragon Clan!?”
The Dragon Clan has always been proud of its noble Bloodline and has always been exclusive, especially towards these foreign races that have transformed from Jiao into Dragons.
The disciple shut his mouth in shame after seeing Wenren Yang next to Long Han. Everyone knew that the Wenren Family could form Contracts with the Dragon Clan.
“No wonder I felt something was wrong with the Spirit Beasts here. It turns out that this Wicked Jiao was hiding here.”
Long Han ignored the disciple who confused Dragons and Jiaos. He suddenly realized: “That girl… Tian… Tian…”
Wenren Yang reminded him: “Tian Ning.”
Tian Ning: "..."
Was her name that hard to remember?
Long Han figured it all out: “Right! That's right! This Secret Realm is probably a trap! With this Wicked Jiao here, there aren't many Spirit Beasts in the Secret Realm because this guy is the king here; no Spirit Beast dares to be rampant…”
“And the reason why there are Spirit Plants everywhere in the Secret Realm, with no signs of anyone entering, besides it being a new Secret Realm, there’s another possibility—this place is a Forbidden Zone sealed by someone in the past, a cage to imprison the Wicked Jiao!”
Bo Yong'an's face was extremely unsightly: “A sealed Secret Realm suddenly appearing near the Fu Immortal Sect…”
Such a grand plan, causing the deaths of thousands of disciples who entered the Secret Realm without a single survivor, what kind of terrifying conspiracy was this; it was the same as defecating on the heads of the Six Great Sects?
So many people dying in one Secret Realm, including not only the disciples of the Six Great Sects but also countless disciples from Small Sects and Cultivators, how would the Fu Immortal Sect explain this to the outside world?
The person behind this was trying to severely damage the Six Great Sects!
Suppressing the intense Rage and unease in his heart, now was not the time to worry about the mastermind… how should they deal with this Wicked Jiao?
“Senior Long, in your opinion, if you and all the disciples here work together, would we be able to kill that Jiao?” Helian Boda humbly asked.
Since entering the Secret Realm, Long Han had felt respect for the first time.
Although he enjoyed it, he still regretted entering this broken Secret Realm. He hadn't killed the people he should have, yet he encountered all sorts of frustrating things!
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