Yao Yue wasn't in a hurry to break the formation. Instead, he poured the true meaning of earth into the ground to understand the runes and formation cores of the Saint Slaying Formation.
After gaining a rough understanding of the formation, he wanted to make a move. However, he hesitated for a moment and stopped. He muttered inwardly, "The Saint Slaying Formation is more than half complete, but I still feel like something is wrong."
Yao Yue's hesitation made him carefully sense the situation of the array, over and over again, he clearly sensed every part of the array!
Sure enough, he discovered something else. There were actually two small illusory formations set up in the Saint Slaying Formation, concealing a few crucial formation cores.
This could be considered a chained formation. If he was careless and made a mistake, he would definitely trigger the Saint Slaying Formation's killing intent. If that happened, he would be doomed.
It was no wonder Qi Zhongyuan had warned him earlier. He wasn't just trying to kill Yao Yue.
Although there were some internal conflicts in the villa, it had never reached the point where one's life was on the line.
After understanding the situation, Yao Yue began to break the formation.
Qi Zhongyuan was also observing the formation from Yao Yue's side. At first, he thought that Yao Yue was only able to set up an ordinary emperor formation. However, after taking a closer look, he realized that the formation Yao Yue was setting up was actually a chained formation. Moreover, it was extremely complicated. The slightest carelessness could cause the formation to explode. If that happened, he would lose.
"Not bad. He's actually able to set up two chained formations. However, he's too naive if he thinks he can stop me." Qi Zhongyuan sneered inwardly.
Then, he began to break the formation.
Qi Zhongyuan's speed wasn't slow. He found the formation cores one by one and destroyed them.
When Yang Jiayi saw this, he immediately laughed and flattered, "Third senior brother, you're amazing. A mere monarch formation is nothing to you."
However, as soon as he finished speaking, Qi Zhongyuan ran into a problem.
He couldn't tell the order of the formation cores in front of him.
Qi Zhongyuan frowned and muttered, "This, this isn't as simple as two chained formations. Could it be three chained formations?"
Generally speaking, there were many array masters who could chain two arrays, but it was not easy to chain three arrays!
Of course, this kind of problem was not difficult for Qi Zhongyuan. After delaying for a while, he broke these few formation eyes.
However, the more he tried to break the array, the more problems he encountered. Every time, it took him a long time to break the array core!
As for Yao Yue on the other side, he was destroying the Saint Destroying Array that Qi Zhongyuan had set up one by one!
Bang bang!
With Yao Yue's True Meaning of Earth, breaking through the formation was a piece of cake!
When Qi Zhongyuan heard the commotion on Yao Yue's side, he couldn't help but feel annoyed.
"How could this kid break through so quickly? This is impossible!" Qi Zhongyuan and Yang Jiayi both thought to themselves.
Qi Zhongyuan was a little anxious. He didn't want to lose to Yao Yue, so he increased his speed of breaking the formation. However, there was a problem!
He finally made a mistake in the order of one of the Array Eyes, causing the entire Array Formation to operate.
The power of several Array Formations kept attacking Qi Zhongyuan.
"Not good!" Qi Zhongyuan cried out in alarm. He wanted to retreat, but it was too late.
Rumble rumble!
The combined power of several Emperor Arrays was comparable to that of a half-step Saint. They surrounded Qi Zhongyuan and bombarded him.
"Third Senior Brother!" Yang Jiayi cried out in alarm.
He wanted to go over and help, but he was pushed back by the shockwaves instead.
By this time, Yao Yue had finished breaking through the Array Formations.
"Looks like I've won," Yao Yue said with a faint smile.
"You, you have to save Third Senior Brother. If anything happens to him, you're dead!" Yang Jiayi threatened Yao Yue.
"I believe Senior Brother Qi can break out of the Array Formations on his own," Yao Yue said calmly.
Now was the perfect time to teach Qi Zhongyuan a lesson. Let's see if he dares to cause trouble in the future!
Just as Yang Jiayi was about to say something, Gudu Shichen's voice rang out, "I already said that no one is allowed to cause trouble in the manor. Who dares to openly defy my orders?"
Gudu Shichen appeared in the air, and a powerful Saint's power immediately bolstered the power of the formation, forcibly suppressing it and causing it to collapse!
Qi Zhongyuan was sent flying out of the Array Formations. His clothes were torn and his hair was disheveled. He looked extremely miserable.
Gudu Shichen forcefully removed Yao Yue's Array Formations and landed on the ground. At the same time, he coldly looked at Qi Zhongyuan and Yang Jiayi and scolded, "What are you doing?"
"Greetings, First Senior Brother!"
Qi Zhongyuan and Yang Jiayi were displeased with Gudu Shichen, but they still had to act respectfully.
After all, Gudu Shichen was so powerful that they couldn't resist him.
"Eldest Senior Brother, we are competing in array formations!" Yao Yue answered Gudu Shichen's question.
"Competing in Array Formations? How could it cause such a huge commotion? Do you know that Master is at a critical point in his breakthrough and can't be disturbed? If anything happens to him, you won't be able to make up for it even if you die ten times over!"
Gudu Shichen had already learned of the situation from Uncle Guan. He wasn't talking to Yao Yue, but to Qi Zhongyuan and Yang Jiayi.
Qi Zhongyuan and Yang Jiayi obediently replied, "We know our mistake."
Yao Yue said, "First Senior Brother, don't blame them. I was just itching to test my skills and insisted on having the two of you compete with me. That's why this commotion happened. It's my fault. Please don't blame them."
When Yao Yue said this, Qi Zhongyuan and Yang Jiayi were stunned. However, when they saw Yao Yue's serious expression and saw that he was not joking at all, their hearts inexplicably trembled!
Gudu Shichen didn't expect Yao Yue to absolve them. He looked at Yao Yue with admiration and said, "Fine. Since you know your mistake, I'll let it go this time. If there's a next time, you'll have to bear the consequences."
After saying that, he disappeared from this place!
He didn't have time to waste with them. He had to pay attention to his master's condition. He couldn't afford to make any more mistakes.
After Gudu Shichen left, Qi Zhongyuan and Yang Jiayi heaved a sigh of relief.
"Why did you do that?" Qi Zhongyuan asked Yao Yue with a complicated expression.
Yao Yue met his gaze and said sincerely, "Because we are brothers of the same sect. If Master finds out that we're fighting, he won't be happy."
"Stop being a hypocrite!" Yang Jiayi was still unconvinced.
Qi Zhongyuan waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter if you're sincere or not. We've lost this time. Here are ten cubic meters of saint crystals."
After saying that, Qi Zhongyuan reluctantly took out his stockpile of saint crystals.
Yao Yue immediately said, "Senior Brother Qi, put away your saint crystals. We'll forget about the bet."
"Are you looking down on me?" Qi Zhongyuan said angrily.
Yao Yue shook his head and said, "Why would I? It's just that I don't lack saint crystals. Besides, you're my senior brother. How can I win your saint crystals?"
After saying that, Yao Yue took out a lot of saint crystals, which dazzled Qi Zhongyuan and Yang Jiayi.
Saint crystals weren't easy to find. Even as Yuan Masters, they couldn't easily find saint veins to excavate.
However, Yao Yue casually took out ten cubic meters of saint crystals. It was hard for them not to be shocked.
"Fine, I'll accept you as my junior brother." Qi Zhongyuan finally compromised.
He was sure that Yao Yue was no ordinary person. Not only did he have a shocking amount of source stones, but his ability to set up arrays also made him admit defeat. Most importantly, Yao Yue didn't accept his saint crystals. This made Qi Zhongyuan have a good impression of Yao Yue.
Yang Jiayi, who was standing to the side, felt sour in his heart, This damned bastard, I'm your senior brother too!
Why didn't you return my source stones? Are you looking down on me?
While he was thinking this, Yao Yue took out all the source stones he had won and said, "Senior Brother Yang, these source stones are yours. You can return the rest to them. Let's just treat it as a joke and let bygones be bygones. How about it?"
Yang Jiayi really wanted to cry now.
He felt that Yao Yue was too generous and noble. He returned several hundred square meters of source stones just like that. What reason did he have to hate such a person?
"Junior Brother Yao, I was wrong earlier. I apologize to you!" Yang Jiayi cupped his hands and apologized to Yao Yue.
"That's right. It's our fault. You are our junior brother from now on. We won't make things difficult for you anymore. If you need any help, just let us know!" Qi Zhongyuan agreed.
"Thank you, senior brothers!" Yao Yue cupped his hands and replied.
Just like that, Yao Yue convinced Qi Zhongyuan and Yang Jiayi with his magnanimity. This was truly rare!
As Yao Yue grew older and his mental state matured, his way of doing things became smoother and smoother.
For some people and some matters, the best ending was not to offend them to the end or to eliminate them completely. Instead, it was to use both the hard and the soft, the soft and the hard at the same time. That was the way!
After that, Yao Yue took out the Monkey Immortal Wine and shared it with the two of them.
As a result, the distance between them was greatly shortened!
In the blink of an eye, Yao Yue had stayed in the mountain villa for more than half a month.
During this time, he had already walked around the mountain villa. Other than a few restricted areas, he had gained a lot of understanding.
He also began to understand the true reason for Solitude Mountain's glory and decline.
It was all because of the formation technique. There was a problem with the inheritance.
The Solitary Villa had once been attacked by the Night God Hall. Many of their direct descendants and powerful Origin Formations had been killed. As a result, there were not many people in the villa who could set up Origin Formations on warships. Without this ability, their income had shrunk and the reputation of the Solitary Villa had been ruined!
His master was the most outstanding Villa Master of Solitude Mountain in the past thousand years. He wanted to rebuild his reputation, but he was attacked again. This was why the mountain villa was still in decline.
"If there's a chance, I'll definitely rebuild the mountain villa on behalf of my master!" Yao Yue thought to himself.
He felt that he had to do this for Solitarius's kindness in teaching him for the past few months.
At this time, Solitarius finally broke through.