Chapter 70: Little Vajra Formation

Liaoru and three others fell silent, watching the Foundation Establishment cultivators continually rising into the sky; the pressure of a senior Foundation Establishment cultivator pressed down from a hundred meters above in silken threads.

Several people knew that today they would likely have to engage in a fierce battle.

At the same time, their powerful spiritual sense also keenly noticed some hostile glances frequently directed at them from all sides!

The allure of the Qingdi Changsheng Gong had never faded, especially for cultivators with wood-type spiritual roots, for whom it was an irresistible temptation.

"Array Master Lan!"

Wu Yue watched the Foundation Establishment cultivators continually appearing in the high sky, his face solemn as he said:

"Wake Fellow Daoist Lan up! In this situation, we simply cannot hold out! Wake him early, we still have a chance to escape! The pills from Zhang Zuodan Shi's place are surely about to be completed; in this situation, I will certainly not tolerate any mistake in the refinement of Foundation Establishment Pills!"

"Amitabha!"

Liaoru intoned a Buddhist chant, lowered his brows and eyes, remaining unmoved.

Tie Lanshan fell silent, knowing that once the real battle began, there would inevitably be some cultivators looking to profit from the chaos.

At that time, relying solely on the four of them, they could not possibly resist the numerous restless individuals lurking in the shadows.

After ten breaths, Tie Lanshan took out a formation disk from his storage bag.

This was a palm-sized metal sound-transmission formation disk; Wang Ping also had one.

After the Guardian Grand Formation was activated, the message jade slips were no longer usable.

Before entering seclusion, Wang Ping explained in the jade slip he gave him that if any change occurred, he could be awakened via the sound-transmission formation disk.

After taking out the formation disk, Tie Lanshan hesitated no more, holding it to his lips and chanting; after speaking, he infused a strand of spiritual power into it.

Afterward, the formation disk began to rotate.

Liaoru and the three others silently watched everything; the reaction time of the formation disk could also indicate Fellow Daoist Lan's current condition.

If he responded within a short time, his cultivation must have passed the critical juncture; if he did not respond after half an hour, thinking of this situation, Master Liaoru's face was expressionless, while Wu Yue and Ouyang Hua's eyes flickered.

Fortunately, the situation they had anticipated did not occur; only ten breaths later, the formation disk before Tie Lanshan flashed with light.

Tie Lanshan immediately cast a spell to listen; soon, the light of the formation disk faded away again.

Tie Lanshan let out a slight breath, turned to face the three, and said with a smile:

"Fellow Daoist Lan Ming will emerge from seclusion in one hour; he first thanks you all for your guardianship, promises after emerging to craft a top-grade magical item as repayment for us, and also mentioned that if you can guard him for another hour, he will refine another top-grade magical item as repayment! Flying magical items are also acceptable, but the materials must be provided by you all!"

"Fellow Daoist Lan specially explained that if he does not emerge after one hour, you may leave on your own; as long as he is not dead, the conditions he promised you will not change!"

Hearing Tie Lanshan's relayed words, Master Liaoru was slightly moved; two custom-made top-grade magical items—this condition was sufficiently tempting.

Wu Yue and Ouyang Hua also showed looks of astonishment; this generosity was impressive.

Lan Ming's skill in artifact refinement—how could they not know?

That nameless sword circulating these days, infused with ninety-six percent of heaven-and-earth's tremendous power, sold at the auction for eighteen thousand spirit stones.

But they knew that the top-grade magical item Fellow Daoist Lan refined in the assessment was not the nameless sword, but a small brick for smashing people.

Being able to successfully refine two top-grade magical items, there's no need to say more about Array Master Lan's artifact refinement skill.

"Fellow Daoist Lan is magnanimous; then I will stand guard here for one hour!" Ouyang Hua said.

"Even two hours would be worth it! However, in that case, we would likely have to rely on Array Master Lan's formation!"

Tie Lanshan smiled slightly and said: "I've long been prepared!"

Speaking, he slapped his storage bag with his right hand, and ten identical formation disks appeared in his hand.

He threw out the formation in his hand, then scattered a pile of spirit stones; outside the Jinyuan Formation, layer upon layer of golden light shields appeared.

Master Liaoru looked at the familiar golden light and hesitated:

"Is this the Vajra Formation?"

Tie Lanshan shook his head and said: "The Vajra Formation is a top-tier second-level formation; I cannot yet lay it out. This is my improved version of the Little Vajra Formation."

"This?"

Wu Yue hesitated a moment and asked: "Fellow Daoist, please don't blame me for speaking up, but can we really hold out for just one hour with this simple formation?"

Tie Lanshan smiled slightly, knowing their concerns, and then began to explain:

"Everyone! First-level formations inherently have few variations and limited power; now who knows how many cultivators have gathered in the city, those capable of breaking formations are surely not few! I have no confidence in blocking other formations either!"

"But this Little Vajra Formation is derived from the second-level Vajra Formation through deduction, and I have further improved it, striving to make its variations as simple as possible."

"As for this Little Vajra Formation, aside from smashing it with violent force, all other methods of breaking formations have no effect whatsoever; as long as our spirit stones are uninterrupted, in a short time no one can break the Little Vajra Formation!"

"Amitabha! Fellow Daoist, your talent in the way of formations is comparable to Fellow Daoist Lan's talent in artifact refinement!"

Master Liaoru praised.

Wu Yue and Ouyang Hua also nodded, obviously agreeing very much with Master Liaoru's statement.

Although Tie Lanshan wore a smile, he inwardly complained bitterly: you think Fellow Daoist Lan's greatest talent lies in artifact refinement, unaware that compared to artifact refinement, his combat power is even more shocking.

If Fellow Daoist Lan survives this life-and-death ordeal, thereafter, relying on the profundity of the Qingdi Changsheng Gong and the Great Perfection of Qi Cultivation, his combat power might truly reach the ceiling of the Qi Cultivation realm, enabling a Qi Cultivation cultivator to fight against Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"Look quick! The battle is about to begin!"

Wu Yue said softly, Tie Lanshan suddenly raised his head; above, Zhu Tianying once again employed the Daoist art—Scarlet Sparrow Dance.

Behind the Foundation Establishment cultivator named Lian Wuxue of the Soul Refining Hall, a dark silhouette appeared, exuding an evil aura.

"Soul Refining Hall, do you truly intend to wage war against my Hundred Nations Alliance?"

"Hehe! How could it be? You see, our Golden Core True Persons haven't even made a move; this time we merely want to help Fellow Daoist Zhu seize a Core Formation Spirit Object."

Tian Jianzi coldly shouted: "Dream on if you want a Foundation Establishment Spirit Object! This spirit object has already been snapped up by Fellow Daoist Zhang Mingri!"

Lian Wuxue said indifferently: "Then just seize it! After fighting your Three Primes Alliance for so long, we haven't yet clashed in a Foundation Establishment battle; cut the nonsense—even if we fail to obtain the Core Formation Spirit Object today, we will destroy it! Kill!"

Accompanied by Lian Wuxue's utterance of 'kill,' the great battle instantly began!

For a moment, multicolored magical artifacts filled the sky above the Market City, flying wildly.

Swords, spears, staffs, clubs! Bells, pagodas, towers! Flower baskets! Flying needles, golden shears—various magical artifacts radiated dazzling light as they collided.

If it weren't for the Gathering Treasure Pavilion having pre-activated the third-tier grand formation in the Market City, temporarily opening it down to the second-tier level, the many Qi Refining cultivators below would likely suffer heavy casualties!

This is the so-called immortals fighting; mortals suffer.

As cultivation level rises, each strike of a cultivator contains tremendous power.

If a Golden Core cultivator fought at this height today, the aftershock alone could destroy the shopping city.

So what Lian Wuxue said is correct; as long as no Golden Core True Person intervenes, even if it doesn't come to war with the Hundred Nations Alliance, at most it's just minor friction!

Above, the Foundation Establishment cultivators' fierce battle rages hot; below, the Qi Refining cultivators are not to be outdone.

Among the rogue cultivators gathered from all places, someone could no longer restrain themselves and began looting the shops.

After the first instance, rogue cultivators began to act in various parts of the shopping city.

But most cultivators merely watched coldly, some even sneering; they dared to loot on someone else's turf even though the Golden Core True Person of Treasure Hoard Pavilion had not yet acted—truly they don't know how they'll die.

On the ninth floor of Treasure Hoard Pavilion, originally only Song True Person and Qin An, two Golden Core True Persons, were present; today there are two more.

At this moment, although they sit cross-legged in the room, they faintly face off in pairs.

Only Song True Person's complexion is not good; his vast divine sense has already spread over the shopping city.

The cultivators in the city taking advantage of the chaos to loot made him unable to suppress a hint of killing intent, but he finally pressed it down; the formation has been activated, and these are like birds in a cage, unable to fly out.

Qin An glanced lightly at Song True Person, then turned to continue looking at the two Golden Core cultivators before him, and said lightly:

"After ten thousand years, I can actually see a person from the Soul Refining Hall—it's truly surprising! I never expected you to descend onto the barren lands of my Hundred Nations Alliance; logically, if you were to descend, you should have come to the edge of the Meteor Sea, for that is where the Spiritual Realm's space is weakest."

The black-clad person opposite ignored Qin An's words, sipping tea on his own, not fearing poison from the other side. Instead, another True Person laughed and said:

"The Meteor Sea is still too far; although its space is weak and heavenly treasures abound, it is the domain of sea monsters, unsuitable for early settlement!"

Qin An nodded, understanding the other's meaning; the sea tribe is not to be provoked, so it's better to wage war against our own kind.

This made him inwardly contemptuous! A coward who bullies the weak and fears the strong!

Contempt aside, he still spoke:

"You must understand that the Hundred Nations Alliance's power has basically taken shape; it's hard to divide territory for you, so you'd better go to the Ten Thousand Great Mountains or the Ancient Orchid Great Grassland."

That Soul Refining Hall True Person smiled without speaking, but inwardly cursed the Golden Core True Person named Qin An as treacherous.

The Ten Thousand Great Mountains are a gathering place for land monsters; the Ancient Orchid Great Grassland not only houses a bunch of lunatics but also lacks resources—do you really think we don't know anything?

Compared to these forces, the Hundred Nations Alliance appears united but is actually loose as sand!

We can use this to form alliances and pick them off one by one!

Song True Person observed his nose, observed his heart from the nose, remained silent, merely quietly listening to the verbal clash of the two Golden Core cultivators.