Inside the Dao-Achieving Pagoda, it was once again busy.
The two elders were still in Closed Door Meditation, refining magic weapons. The four juniors were either concocting medicinal pills, healing injuries, or drawing talismans.
Wei Haolan's injuries hadn't completely healed, and Xia Qing wasn't good at other things. Seeing this, Mo Tiange taught Xia Qing some special medicinal pill concocting techniques while she and Tang Shen took on talisman-making.
Now that they had a definite goal, the atmosphere inside the Dao-Achieving Pagoda was tense, but it was also full of hope.
The talismans the two elders talked about were high-grade talismans. Foundation Building cultivators could draw them, but they needed a long time to practice.
The talisman paper and talisman water needed to make these talismans all needed special materials. To reduce the consumption of materials, Mo Tiange and Tang Shen both started practicing with low-grade talismans.
Mo Tiange really didn't have any talent in talisman-making. She was only talented in formations, but her pill-concocting skills were so-so. Talisman-Making, on the other hand, was really out of talent.
However, she had to draw talismans, so she had to immerse herself in practicing.
Fortunately, Tang Shen's talent in talisman-making was unexpectedly good, relieving her a lot of pressure.
The fourth floor of the Dao-Achieving Pagoda was closed again. The two elders concentrated on refining magic weapons, Wei Haolan meditated to heal her injuries, Xia Qing immersed herself in concocting medicinal pills, and Mo Tiange and Tang Shen focused on drawing talismans.
Another four years went by as he prepared for this.
In fact, Wei Haolan's injuries healed in the third year, and Xia Qing also joined the ranks of talisman-making in the second year. Three years later, Tang Shen finally succeeded in making this Poison-Resisting Talisman.
The two elders finally came out of their Closed Door Meditation after four years.
The six people gathered again.
"Elder, is the magic weapon finished?"
"Yes."
Elder Qingyi's hoarse voice carried a hint of joy. "After several failures, the magic weapon to deal with that devil cultivator is finally finished!"
The four juniors smiled at the same time.
They had been trapped in this Dao-Achieving Pagoda for twenty years, and they finally had a chance to leave.
Although Mo Tiange didn't look too excited, she was very happy inside.
This time, she only came out to experience the world for the sake of tempering her mental state. She didn't expect it would take her more than twenty years.
She didn't know how Xuanqing School was doing after she left for more than twenty years. Was that cheap master of hers still an unrefined old man?
Had Zhenji already built his foundation?
Was everything safe and sound in her little cave residence?
Thinking up to this point, she wished she could grow a pair of wings, directly cross Demonic Mountain Range and fly back to Xuanqing School.
The Dao Attainment Pagoda, which had been closed for twenty years, was finally open.
The two so-called Divine Dragon Sect disciples guarding outside the pagoda were chatting happily as usual.
They were sent to guard the Dao-Achieving Pagoda, but they didn't have much to do for more than ten years, so they'd long forgotten Ren Yufeng's instructions. Every day, they chatted and talked nonsense, drank, and gambled.
When the Dao Attainment Pagoda's original transfer array lit up, two gamblers were still rolling the dice to bet on the ownership of this month's spirit stones.
A group of six people appeared on the Transporting Formation. The two Core Formation elders smiled coldly. Elder Qingmiao waved her hand, causing a powerful spiritual aura pressure to cover them.
The two low-level cultivators raised their heads in panic, and only then did they see the six people on the teleportation array. For a moment, their mouths were wide open, and they were speechless.
They didn't have time to speak. Under the pressure, the two of them opened their eyes wide and blood flowed out of their seven orifices. They silently fell to the ground.
"Hmph!" Elder Qingmiao "hmphed" coldly. "It's really shameful to send such a person to stand guard!"
Elder Qingyi said, "Don't worry about them; we'll do our own thing!
Xia Qing, Shen 'er, you two go gather the original Bixuan Court disciples and inform them that we're out. If other individual cultivators surrender, we won't make things difficult for them, but if they're stubborn, kill them on the spot! "
"Yes!" Xia Qing and Tang Shen accepted the order.
"Haolan, Tiange, open the great mountain-protecting formation. We mustn't let that devil cultivator escape."
"Yes."
Elder Qingyi waved her hand. "Alright, let's split up. When you're done, gather in the conference hall."
The four of them split into two groups and left after receiving the order.
Bixuan Court's great mountain-protecting formation was also set up by Mo Yaoqing years ago. With her exceptional aptitude, this great mountain-protecting formation was extremely powerful.
However, twenty years ago, Shangguan Yunhao harbored evil intentions. He colluded with Ren Yufeng and secretly closed the great mountain-protecting formation, causing it to become useless.
The two elders had long made a plan. On one hand, they'd gather the original disciples to kill Ren Yufeng; on the other hand, they'd open the great mountain-protecting formation to hinder Ren Yufeng.
By doing these two things well, the two of them would have more than an 80% chance of killing Ren Yufeng.
Mo Tiange followed Wei Haolan and flew towards the great mountain-protecting formation. They encountered many low level disciples on the way, but the two of them ignored them all.
Wei Haolan only stopped when they were far away from Bixuan Court's pavilions and saw a towering watchtower. "Elder Mo, please lend me a hand."
Mo Tiange nodded. The great mountain-protecting formation was huge, so opening it by herself would inevitably be too much for her.
Ren Yufeng had long been possessed by the devil. Even though he created the so-called Divine Dragon Sect, it was nothing more than a secular world bandit occupying a mountain and acting like a king; it basically didn't look like a cultivation group at all. He also didn't understand the purpose of this great mountain-protecting formation. Now, there was actually no one inside the watchtower.
Mo Tiange's attainments in formations were incomparable to cultivators in the same realm as her. Wei Haolan took out the formation blueprint, and the two of them repaired it one by one according to the blueprint. After spending half a day, they finally finished repairing the damaged parts.
Right now, they both sensed spiritual aura fluctuations coming from inside Bixuan Court. The two of them must've started fighting against Ren Yufeng.
The two of them were a bit worried. After sensing with rapt attention for a while, Mo Tiange said, "The two elders should be fine. The dead aura in this spiritual aura fluctuation isn't strong — presumably, the two elders suppressed it."
Wei Haolan looked at her with a bit of astonishment then nodded.
Bixuan Court had a circumference of several hundred miles, and their current location was also several hundred miles away from the inner part of Bixuan Court. Mo Tiange's divine sense must've been very strong to be able to sense it.
Wei Haolan thought to herself that the two elders indeed had extraordinary foresight. This Elder Mo was so young, but she already had this kind of ability; presumably, she'd advance to the Core Formation realm soon.
In that case, although this Elder Mo wouldn't stay in Linhai for long, she'd definitely take care of Bixuan Court if she had spare energy in the future.
The two of them had their own thoughts as they buried themselves in replenishing the spirit stones.
The operation of this great mountain-protecting formation required a lot of spirit stones. These past few years, the formation had been in a half-useless state, so the spirit stones had long been taken away.
Mo Tiange and Wei Haolan busied themselves for a long time before they finally replenished all the spirit stones.
Before long, Wei Haolan activated the great mountain-protecting formation. A loud "buzzing" sound came from inside the watchtower, and a white light shone, illuminating the entire watchtower in an instant.
Following this sound, a layer of misty fog appeared above Bixuan Court. This fog became thicker and thicker, gradually forming a defensive barrier.
Bixuan Court's great mountain-protecting formation had been completely activated. Everyone inside the formation was under its protection. At the same time, it also closed all the entrances and exits.
Upon seeing that the great formation had been activated, Wei Haolan said, "Elder Mo, let's go and help."
Mo Tiange nodded.
Aside from killing Ren Yufeng, there were too many things they needed to do. Although Xia Qing and Tang Shen were a lot stronger than they were twenty years ago, no one knew whether accidents would happen or not.
The two of them stepped onto their respective flying magic weapons and flew towards the inner part of Bixuan Court.
At that moment, Bixuan Court was already in chaos.
The spiritual aura fluctuations were getting stronger and stronger. Presumably, the two elders were fighting desperately against Ren Yufeng.
As for the so-called Divine Dragon Sect disciples gathered by Ren Yufeng, not all of them were Bixuan Court's original disciples; there were also some individual cultivators among them. Some of them were even covered in dead aura like Ren Yufeng, but they weren't as strong.
Upon seeing this, Mo Tiange and Wei Haolan each took out the Poison-Resisting Talismans they'd prepared. Their divine senses sensed Xia Qing and Tang Shen's positions, then they flew over together.
In the distance, they saw Xia Qing and Tang Shen fighting against some people. There were two early stage Foundation Building disciples and a dozen or so Aura Refining disciples. All of them were covered in dead aura, so they were presumably Ren Yufeng's disciples and grand-disciples.
"Senior Martial Sister Sect Head, Senior Martial Sister Mo!" Xia Qing shouted when she saw the two of them.
She and Tang Shen had Poison-Resisting Talismans, so these people couldn't do anything to them. However, they weren't good at fights of magical powers, so they couldn't take down these people in a short time.
Both Mo Tiange and Wei Haolan attacked.
Wei Haolan summoned her Cold Ice Mirror, releasing one ice spell after another from it.
Mo Tiange, on the other hand, raised her hand. She controlled the Shuttle of Flying Apsara as if it was her own arm, moving gracefully like a swimming dragon.
All these years, she studied Mo Yaoqing's notes inside the Dao-Achieving Pagoda and learned a lot of fighting secrets, so her Shuttle of Flying Apsara was extremely sharp.
Wherever the Shuttle of Flying Apsara went, corpses would fall one after another. The two Foundation Building cultivators, on top of having to resist Wei Haolan's ice spell, also had to dodge the Shuttle of Flying Apsara, so they were flustered.
Unfortunately, the four of them had Poison-Resisting Talismans on them, so their dead aura couldn't break through them at all.
Upon seeing this, Tang Shen and Xia Qing attacked the two cultivators with their magic tools without any hesitation. Before long, they killed them on the spot.
After withdrawing their magic tools, Xia Qing came over and said, "Senior Martial Sisters, how are you?"
"I'm fine."
Wei Haolan looked around. Aside from the dozen or so devil cultivators they killed, there was no one else. "Why isn't there anyone else?
Did you deliver the message? "
Xia Qing answered dejectedly, "This devil cultivator turned a lot of people into the same state as him. Their minds changed greatly and they simply wouldn't listen to our advice, so we had no choice but to kill them … There were also some people who were still rational, but they were too weak, so we told them to hide first."
Wei Haolan frowned. "Call them out. They're the clearest about the situation in the group now, so let them lead us to purge the devil cultivators."
"Alright."
Soon, they found the cultivators enslaved by Ren Yufeng. Among them were many former disciples of Bixuan Court, and when they saw Wei Haolan, many of them burst into tears.
These people had been bullied by Ren Yufeng for twenty years. Now that they could finally take revenge, they were overjoyed, so they led the four of them everywhere to purge the devil cultivators assimilated by Ren Yufeng.
The four of them — Xia Qing, Tang Shen, Wei Haolan, and Mo Tiange — divided into three groups to purge the whole of Bixuan Court.
The dead aura of these devil cultivators was far inferior to Ren Yufeng's, but they also had Poison-Resisting Talismans on them. Soon, the devil cultivators scattered in Bixuan Court were completely purged.
In the end, everyone shifted their gaze towards the center of Bixuan Court — the place where the conference hall was located.
The sky above the hall was firmly covered by the Great Mountain-Protecting Formation. Under the defensive cover, Ren Yufeng, who was covered in black aura, was confronting the two elders.