Chapter 357: Yin Gui Sect Sect Master Requests an Audience with Longshe Shan Mountain Master

"What kind of bizarre Formation is this? Why is it so complex? So profound?"

The Yin Gui Sect's sect master, Yin Gui Zhenren, had blood-red eyes as he stared at the Formation before him. Mist enveloped his Spiritual Sense, blocking his line of sight, making it difficult for him to break it. He could not use his Spiritual Sense—once released, it was instantly swallowed by the mist. The mist that looked the least dangerous was actually the most lethal, cutting off all his ideas, and this mist could confuse him, making him lose his bearings.

The lowest danger coefficient, and the most harmless, was instead what gave him the biggest headache and what he detested the most. This mist could not be dispersed by any method. He had tried many times, and the result was always the same—the mist closed in, and whatever bit he dispersed was quickly replenished, not giving him any time to peer through.

When the mist cleared, Technique appeared, accompanied by flickers of lightning. That rumble of thunder displeased him—the danger coefficient had risen. That lightning was no ordinary lightning, but lightning tribulation lightning. At the first moment, Yin Gui Zhenren sensed it. His cultivation was very strong, but even he feared that lightning tribulation lightning.

His entire body of ghost Qi was most fearful of this lightning tribulation lightning. He did not dare release even a bit of it, afraid of being targeted by the lightning tribulation lightning, and thereby... falling into endless resistance. In the end, he could only sit down obediently, comprehending the Formation as best he could, unraveling the Formation, so as to enter the true Longshe Shan.

The stories he had heard before—that Longshe Shan could not be entered, that Longshe Shan's Formation was dangerous, that there was no need and one should not go in—even the Yin Gui Sect's Holy Maiden did not recommend that people of the Yin Gui Sect barge into Longshe Shan, not even getting close. The best was simply not to come, to start from other places. Longshe Cheng and Longshe Shan had become forbidden grounds.

Many people of the Yin Gui Sect had hit a wall and changed direction. These people were very smart—since Longshe Shan could not be touched, then don't touch it. They did not have to start with Longshe Cheng. There were many towns the Yin Gui Sect could attack; there was no need to stubbornly clash with Chen Chuyang.

Besides, the Chen Clan only protected one Longshe Cheng. Other places were beyond their control, and they would not bother. As long as you did not ruin their business and did not kill the Chen Clan's people, you had no problem at all. The Chen Clan would not strike you down just because you were Yin Gui, and the same went for those other forces.

Well water does not intrude on river water. Everyone had a tacit understanding: you upper-class people's struggles were your own business—please do not involve others.

The Yin Gui Sect wanted to return to the Great Qi Dynasty, wanted to possess more resources, and was destined to fight. The Great Qi Dynasty would not allow it, and the Great Qi Dynasty's sects would not allow it either. Yin Gui Zhenren came here first to test Chen Chuyang's strength and determine the Yin Gui Sect's next move. They had suffered losses and could not just let Chen Chuyang go like this.

At Longshe Cheng and Longshe Shan, the Yin Gui Sect had paid a great price. If they did not get it back, they would likely be mocked by other sects. The prestige the Yin Gui Sect had built up over these years—would it not be lost in a single day?

The others of the Yin Gui Sect did not dare to come, or else paid lip service—agreeing with their mouths but in reality making no move at all.

Second, he knew that Chen Chuyang had a Wild Dragon Snake egg in his hands. Not many people survived from the Wild Dragon Snake cave heaven, and he was one of them. Zhuge Ruolan did not have one, and neither did anyone else. He did not want to go to the Spirit Sword Sect, and there was no news from Wangdu either.

Then, there was only one possibility: the Wild Dragon Snake egg was not in their hands.

The Wild Dragon Snake egg was of great use to their Yin Gui Sect. They had to get it. If cultivated well, it would become the Yin Gui Sect's trump card.

Only.

All of this met with a small accident.

Longshe Shan's Formation made him feel troubled—unable to break it open.

Brute force did not work, and neither did other methods. He could only sit here and search for a way.

A night passed. Yin Gui Zhenren was mentally exhausted. His entire body of ghost Qi was being devoured bit by bit, and his mind was the same. This one night overturned all of his understanding. Those Formations—why were they so strange, why were they different from what he had known before?

Fused together with Longshe Shan, becoming one body, those Formations could not be broken open by ordinary methods either.

The first Formation was not broken, and the second Formation appeared next. Technique and the power of lightning tribulation could attack him at any time. Yin Gui Zhenren had tried that Technique, and he had to admit—this Technique was truly terrifying. It could cut through his ghost Qi at any time, and even a layer of ghost Qi true gang could not block it.

The Technique was too sharp. Even a single strand was this terrifying, and above, the entire sky was filled with it, covering the whole midair.

"Damn it."

"Who exactly is so deranged as to use so much Technique to lay out a Formation?"

"And the power of lightning tribulation—do they not know that the power of lightning tribulation cannot be controlled? It runs rampant, and once it goes out of control, it does not care whether you are friend or foe."

The power of lightning tribulation was prone to losing control and was extremely violent and rampant. If not controlled well, any single bolt of this lightning tribulation power could destroy Longshe Shan.

Yin Gui Zhenren could not figure it out. He thought for a long time, but still could not understand.

"I don't understand!"

"Chen Chuyang is but a mere youth. How many years has he cultivated? At most, no more than twenty years—he should not be this formidable."

Even counting from when he was in his mother's womb, he still could not have reached this level.

Twenty years, for a cultivator, passed in a snap of the fingers.

A single retreat by Yin Gui Zhenren would have gone by, yet this person... in a short twenty years' time had Advancement to this realm, and in a small clan like the Chen Clan at that—no resources, no help of any kind, low-grade cultivation methods—yet able to produce this kind of genius. Was this not too heaven-defying?

Yin Gui Zhenren truly did not understand. Why was it like this?

Why was such a talent born in the Chen Clan and not in their Yin Gui Sect?

If this person had appeared in the Yin Gui Sect, he would certainly have cultivated him at all costs. Even if this person would one day take his place, Yin Gui Zhenren would still cultivate him, to fulfill his long-cherished wish—to walk out of this world, to lead the Yin Gui Sect in fighting their way out, to kill those beings who kept them penned like livestock.

Another day passed.

Yin Gui Zhenren gave up. It was simply impossible to unravel.

"Damn Formation."

"Damn Formation-setter."

"Damn Longshe Shan."

Taking a deep breath and suppressing the anger in his heart, Yin Gui Zhenren stood up and cupped his hands: "The Yin Gui Sect's sect master requests an audience with the Longshe Shan mountain master, Chen Chuyang."

His posture was lowered; he was no longer arrogant.

Instead, he treated Chen Chuyang as an existence of equal standing, giving him his respect.

Chen Chuyang on the mountain smiled. This Yin Gui Zhenren was very sensible and very perceptive—much smarter than the others.

Having seen the dangers within the Formation, he did not act rashly. Chen Chuyang actually wished he would directly attack, to verify the power of that Technique and lightning tribulation power, and then let him find the flaws so as to further improve and upgrade it.

What a pity—this person was too shrewd and did not make a move.

"Brother Chuyang, this person is the Yin Gui Sect's sect master?" Shang Hongxue, hearing this, stood up with a swish, looking at the person trapped below the mountain.

The legendary sect master of the Yin Gui Sect had personally come to Longshe Shan—was this not too... crazy?

She had grown up hearing about the Yin Gui Sect's affairs, and she also knew how formidable this Yin Gui Sect sect master was.

Such a person, trapped by a Formation.

This was too... unbelievable.