The next day, everyone gathered in the sect head's main hall.
This time, Fairy Fengqing didn't sit on the sect head's seat. She just stood there coldly.
Feng Ning still turned a deaf ear to the matter in front of her. She wasn't interested in the matter at all.
Mo Tiange smiled bitterly in secret. Since she ran into these two grandmasters, this matter seemed to have become their task.
Seeing that everyone was present, Qin Xi said, "Everyone knows why we're here. The Immortal Alliance will give us full authority to handle the demonic beast matter this time, and Bixuan Court will also obey orders."
Tang Shen stood up and bowed. "The Immortal Alliance came to help Bixuan Court, and Bixuan Court will obey orders."
Qin Xi nodded then looked at the Bixuan Court elders and said, "Good. Since Bixuan Court has no objection, the Immortal Alliance will temporarily take over the Great Mountain-Protecting Formation. I hope the elders can understand."
A Nascent Soul senior being so polite made the elders say they didn't dare.
Qin Xi continued, "A few days ago, Fairy Fengqing arranged everything very well. Now that we have enough manpower, I just need to make some slight changes.
Han Xi. "
Kuang Zhu answered, "Disciple is here."
"Choose suitable disciples and fulfill your duty of rescuing the injured."
"Yes."
After Kuang Zhu left, Qin Xi continued, "Zhifei."
Bai Yanfei answered with his head lowered, "Disciple is here."
"Organize all the disciples, including Bixuan Court's disciples, into groups of ten."
"Yes."
"…"
These measures were the result of his discussion with Mo Tiange last night. He also invited Feng Ning to discuss them, but she said she didn't understand and that they could make the decision.
Since Feng Ning refused, they wouldn't be polite. Qin Xi had the highest cultivation level among them, so he was responsible for this matter. If anything went wrong, it would be his responsibility.
All the Core Formation cultivators accepted their orders and left, leaving only the two of them, Feng Ning, Fairy Fengqing, Tang Shen, and Ying Jinyi in the main hall.
Fairy Fengqing was the first to speak. "Since Fellow Daoist Shoujing has taken care of it, I'll return to Tiandao Sect."
"Since you insist on leaving, we won't keep you," Qin Xi said faintly.
"…" Fairy Fengqing wanted to say something, but she was stopped by his words.
She only said one sentence. How was that insistence?
He couldn't wait for her to leave!
Fairy Fengqing's face darkened, and there was a hint of anger in her voice. "Then I'll take my leave." With a flick of her sleeve, she walked out.
Seeing this, Ying Jingyi hurriedly chased after her. "Senior Feng Qing!"
The two of them walked out of the hall, and their voices gradually faded into the distance.
"Senior Feng Qing, the teleportation array is ready. Junior will take you there."
Fairy Fengqing said coldly, "No need."
Ying Jingyi was surprised. "Senior?"
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Not long after, Ying Jingyi turned around, her face filled with confusion.
She really couldn't understand why Fairy Fengqing didn't use the transportation array.
It should be known that it wasn't easy for a Nascent Soul cultivator to pass through Demonic Mountain on their own.
The others didn't dwell on this matter. Mo Tiange took the lead and said, "I'll go take a look at the great mountain-protecting formation first. If possible, I'll improve it a bit."
After all, she was only a guest elder of Bixuan Court. Matters like modifying the great mountain-protecting formation still required the consent of Tang Shen, the Head Elder.
Tang Shen didn't realize what she meant at all. He just stared at Mo Tiange and said with a blushing smile, "I'll have to trouble Elder Ye."
Mo Tiange nodded at everyone then left alone.
She'd been to Bixuan Court's great mountain-protecting formation before. She flew to an arrow tower with familiarity and landed there.
The Foundation Building disciples guarding the arrow tower were startled to see her.
"Senior, you …" They hadn't seen her before.
Mo Tiange didn't say anything. She just took out an identity tablet from her Qiankun Ring and waved it in front of them.
The two Foundation Building disciples were extremely surprised. "Guest elder?"
What she showed them was the identity tablet of Bixuan Court's guest elder.
Mo Tiange nodded. "Correct. I'll take over the formation here for the time being."
The two disciples hastily stepped aside and said respectfully, "Yes."
Not to mention the identity tablet of the guest elder in her hand, they couldn't see through her cultivation level, so how could they dare to stop her?
When Mo Tiange entered, the disciples on duty hastily stepped aside.
They all heard the conversation she had with the disciples guarding the door just now.
Mo Tiange had seen Bixuan Court's great mountain-protecting formation before, so she could see through the formation's key points with just a cursory glance.
This formation was laid by Mo Yaoqing. Mo Yaoqing could be considered a top-notch formation master. This great mountain-protecting formation wasn't inferior to that of a medium-sized cultivation group in Kunwu. It could easily kill several Nascent Soul cultivators.
Because of this, the beast cultivators from the Eastern Sea couldn't break in.
Mo Tiange's current attainments in formations were almost on par with Mo Yaoqing's from back then.
Mo Tiange's advantage was that during the past five thousand years, formations had been developing nonstop, so her knowledge about formations was definitely more advanced than Mo Yaoqing's.
Besides, she'd also seen a lot more formations than Mo Yaoqing. For example, the many famous great formations listed in Xuanji Formation Book and Xuanqing School's great mountain-protecting formation, the Heaven and Earth Life-Killing Formation.
After a moment of consideration, Mo Tiange decided to change Bixuan Court's great mountain-protecting formation into the World-Reversing Formation.
The World-Reversing Formation was one of the ten most ominous formations listed in Xuanji Formation Book. When trapped inside, heaven and earth would be overturned, and water and fire would have their own spirits. If one didn't have a certain understanding of formations, it would be very difficult to find the way out.
The most important thing was that Bixuan Court's great mountain-protecting formation was very similar to the World-Reversing Formation, so it wasn't difficult to change it.
As they watched Mo Tiange take out one rare material after another from her Qiankun Ring, the eyes of the disciples on duty in the watchtower almost popped out of their sockets. Among them, the eyes of those who were interested in formations were even brighter.
A great mountain-protecting formation definitely wasn't something ordinary formation masters could modify — this was an excellent learning opportunity.
After spending half a day, Mo Tiange finally embedded the last high grade spirit stone. With a buzzing sound, the formation map on the ground flickered and started to operate.
Mo Tiange called the head disciple on duty then handed him a Jade Slip. "How to operate it? Just follow this Jade Slip."
"Yes." The disciple on duty respectfully took the Jade Slip.
Mo Tiange nodded then waved her sleeves. She then transformed into a white light and flew out of the watchtower.
She circled around Bixuan Court's monastery to make sure the World-Reversing Formation was intact then returned to the Sect Head's main hall.
Right now, Qin Xi was the only one left in the main hall. Upon seeing her return, he said, "You're back?
Let's go then. "
Mo Tiange nodded. The two of them left the main hall and headed towards the monastery.
In the square, groups of Foundation Building cultivators stood in formation. Bai Yanfei was teaching them how to cooperate to kill the enemy. Upon seeing them coming out, he stopped talking and cupped his hands towards them from afar.
After they left the monastery and flew towards the Eastern Sea, Mo Tiange couldn't help but ask, "What's going on with Bai Yanfei?"
"What do you mean, what's going on?"
"When did he become so … so low-key?"
Ever since they set out from Xuanqing School, he didn't say a single word of nonsense, and his usual arrogance was nowhere to be seen. He only cared about doing his own thing in silence. Moreover, he was also very respectful towards them. No matter how you looked at it, it was very abnormal.
Qin Xi curled up the corners of his mouth and smiled at her. "Isn't it because of you?"
"Because of me?" Mo Tiange was surprised. "Really?
Was he taught a lesson by Senior Martial Brother Zhenyang that year? "
It wasn't strange to say that he restrained himself a bit, but his current behavior was the complete opposite of what he used to be. Could a person change to this extent?
"Of course not. Senior Martial Brother Zhenyang only grounded him; how could he change to this extent?"
"Then what's going on?"
Qin Xi said, "After you formed your Gold Core, he changed a bit. It wasn't until you came back that he was really stimulated."
"I see …" Mo Tiange understood. Bai Yanfei had excellent aptitudes, so he thought highly of himself. When they were in the Foundation Building realm, the gap between them wasn't big, so he didn't feel anything. It didn't matter that she left him behind in the Core Formation realm because he would form his Gold Core sooner or later. It wasn't until he reached the Nascent Soul realm that Bai Yanfei truly felt despair.
Mo Tiange already formed her Nascent Soul, but he was only in the middle stage of the Core Formation realm. Even if he didn't encounter any bottlenecks later and could form his Nascent Soul smoothly, it would take him at least seventy or eighty years. By that time, she would probably be in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul realm.
Besides, forming one's Nascent Soul wasn't like forming one's Gold Core. Even if he had a single spiritual root, he might not succeed for a long time.
In fact, Bai Yanfei's confidence in forming his Nascent Soul had already disappeared. He even doubted whether he was suitable for cultivation.
"Senior Martial Brother Zhenyang is going to have a headache." Qin Xi sighed.
Following the route given by Fairy Fengqing, the two of them traveled for thousands of miles and saw a large island in the distance. On the island was a small city built with stones. It was most likely the Demon City that Fairy Fengqing had mentioned.
Mo Tiange was about to use the Breath-Concealing Technique when she saw Qin Xi take out a peach branch from his Qiankun Ring.
"Huh?" She recognized this peach branch. She saw him use it when she escaped from Yunwu Sect.
Qin Xi chanted an incantation in silence. The peach branch slowly emitted a cloud of smoke that enveloped the two of them. Qin Xi stopped and put the peach branch away.
"This is the main body of a ten-thousand-year-old peach spirit that has gained intelligence. It's born with the ability to hallucinate.
After I formed my Nascent Soul, I figured out how to use it.
As long as the smoke doesn't disperse, other people's divine senses won't be able to find us. "
Mo Tiange was curious. "Won't it wither?"
The green leaves on the peach branch seemed to have just sprouted, and the stamens were still dripping with dew. No one would doubt it if they said it was just plucked from the peach branch.
Qin Xi smiled and said, "This peach tree has already gained intelligence. It can absorb spiritual aura on its own, so it doesn't need soil." He paused for a moment then said, "Let's go."
Mo Tiange nodded. Under the cover of the peach branch's smoke, the two of them flew towards Demon City.
The two of them stopped when they were about two to three miles away from Demon City.
This distance was enough for them to investigate. If they got any closer, they could be seen with their eyes.
This demon city was very simple and crude. However, the whole city was filled with watchtowers, and without exception, there were more than ten demonic beasts guarding the towers. The City-Protecting Formation was also very advanced.
Mo Tiange said, "This formation is very difficult to break."
Qin Xi swept his gaze over the area and quickly estimated the number of beast cultivators. "Fairy Fengqing is right. There are six eighth rank beast cultivators and about five to six thousand demonic beasts in Demon City."
"So many!"
Mo Tiange was shocked. Bixuan Court only had two thousand disciples, and most of them were in the Aura Refining realm. The demonic beasts in this demon city were at least in the second rank.
Qin Xi carefully checked the map of Demon City and memorized the surrounding situation before he said, "Let's go back and slowly think of a way."
"En." Seeing that the smoke was about to dissipate, the two of them turned into flight lights and disappeared into the horizon.