Chapter 6: Xie Demon Breaks the Formation

Xie Demon Breaks the Formation

"Reporting to Your Highness, the people in the capital have been settled."

In front of the Chengqian Palace, several generals held their fists and saluted. Everyone was wearing full armor. Although they were talking to the Crown Prince, they still stole glances at the northwest direction from time to time, their faces full of worry. "It's just... so many people are in the open, and they are panicked, I'm afraid the talisman power will be consumed faster than usual..."

"Pass the order down, open the treasury to take out the talisman wood, and invite the Talisman Masters to join forces to infuse talismans." The Crown Prince was also in military uniform, threw down the token, and ordered without doubt, "In an emergency, the three questions of holding the talisman will be temporarily suspended tonight!"

Several generals took the token but didn't dare to act rashly, but turned their heads to look at the side of the Crown Prince, "Master Liang, look—"

"What the Crown Prince said is reasonable," Master Liang smiled slightly, took out his token from his sleeve and handed it out, "When the people in the Talisman Shrine see the token, they will know how to act."

He looked like he didn't know his age, wearing cloth clothes and straw sandals, as if he was out of place in this palace, but the generals were very afraid of him and didn't dare to say a word. After saluting, they retreated quickly. Master Liang walked to the Crown Prince's side and comforted him, "Eastern Palace, don't worry. The arrangements made by the Immortal Masters for many years will surely take this villain down in one fell swoop. This is also a good thing for your country."

The Crown Prince shook his head and smiled bitterly, looking up at the northwest Yuquan Mountain direction. That was originally the location of the Imperial palace, but at this time it was full of treasure light, clouds and clouds were brilliant, although it was late at night, it was as bright as day, and there was faint shaking transmitted to the Song Jing direction. The mountain top fluctuated and jumped, as if something was struggling to break free, but was firmly locked by the energy of heaven and earth. The Crown Prince looked for a long time and frowned, asking, "Master Liang, did I see it wrong? How come I... seem to see a big tripod there?"

He rubbed his eyes, his tone becoming more and more certain, "Not bad, the tripod legs stand at the foot of the mountain, the tripod body towers into the clouds, as if... as if the whole mountain is loaded into it and steamed."

Master Liang looked at the Crown Prince's eyes full of surprise. He led the Crown Prince to turn around, his attitude was gentle, but it was irresistible, "Your Highness, it's better to go back to the room and rest. For the sake of perfection, you and the Emperor should also avoid into the secret room..."

The Crown Prince was obviously reluctant, but sighed and obediently said, "Master Liang is right."

Master Liang helped the Crown Prince walk a few steps, suddenly felt something, turned his head and looked at a corner of the courtyard, looked for a while before shaking his head and leaving. As soon as the door closed, a gray light flashed in the courtyard, and Xie Xie Yan Huan appeared, laughing, "Haha, really interesting. I wonder if the people of the three sects thought of today seven hundred years ago. They locked the spirit and cut off the water, letting you eat the rice of spiritual energy for seven hundred years. Hmph, the poor people of your Song Guo also live a fairy life. For seven hundred years, it has been passed down from generation to generation. No wonder there are so many good materials for cultivation buried in your generation."

"Locked the spirit and cut off the water?" Both Both Ruan Ci was held by her and asked with some curiosity, "What is locking the spirit and cutting off the water? Sister Xie, did the three sects do this to find you?"

"Not bad." Xie Xie Yan Huan nodded. Although she had great ability and was a great demon in Master Liu's mouth, she was very kind to Both Both Ruan Ci, without any high-level airs, and even a bit naughty, deliberately teasing her in the Mother-Child Yin Coffin, almost scaring Both Both Ruan Ci to death. However, Both Both Ruan Ci was not small-hearted, and after these times, she had become close to Xie Xie Yan Huan. "As for this locking the spirit and cutting off the water, you will understand if you take a look yourself."

She pointed at Both Both Ruan Ci's forehead, and Both Both Ruan Ci only felt a stinging cold on her forehead, as if her skin was cracking, and something was about to grow out. She instinctively covered it with her hands, but exclaimed, "Ah, this—is this—my hand?"

In her eyes, her hand was naturally that white and delicate little hand, but at this moment, it was as if an eye in the illusion saw a different scene. The hand was still that hand, but the flesh and bones in the hand were all in sight. This was an extremely mysterious feeling. Both Both Ruan Ci tried to clench her hand into a fist, then stretched it out, watching it with great interest, and pressed her forehead, confirming that no eye had really grown.

After a while, she got used to this feeling, turned her gaze, and looked toward the northwest direction. Both Both Ruan Ci let out a "wow" and sighed, "It really is a huge tripod."

What she saw was different from the phantom seen by the Crown Prince. In the vision of this third eye, everything in the world seemed to become vivid. When she stared at it, she seemed to be able to see the extremely small structure. The color and shape were meaningless in the subtle place, but when she looked at the sky, she could see four-colored light flowing, flashing in the air, and there were colorless fragrant flowers floating, filling every corner of the world. The fragrant flowers were like snowflakes floating slowly, she couldn't help but reach out to catch them, but saw the fragrant flowers pass through her palm and fall into the ground, turning into nothingness.

"This, what is this?"

She gave a light tap, pointing at the back of Both Both Ruan Ci's head. Both Both Ruan Ci only felt a wave of coolness surge in, and the scenery before her eyes suddenly expanded infinitely, yet simultaneously seemed to shrink infinitely, making her extremely dizzy. She grabbed Xie Yanhan's sleeve to steady herself, and only then did her vision gradually clear. Both Both Ruan Ci opened her mouth wide and sighed, "Why... why are there still so many colors in the world?"

She bent down, blew a breath on Both Both Ruan Ci's forehead, and coaxed her, "Don't cry, don't cry, the pain flew away—hehehehe."

She laughed herself. Xie Xie Yan Huan was a person who laughed often, talking and laughing. Both Both Ruan Ci couldn't help but follow her and laugh, but didn't dare to be presumptuous. After the pain faded, she gathered her courage and opened her eyes to look again. Xie Xie Yan Huan put her hand on her shoulder and pointed, "The green, red, yellow, and white colors you see are the spiritual power of the four elements, only missing the black water spirit. Hmph, seven hundred years ago, I fought with others and was seriously injured and fell into the South Zhuzhou. I practiced a healing holy method from my former sect. At the extreme, I can be reborn with a drop of water. The cultivators of the Xuanmen calculated my position in Song, Wu, and Chu countries, so they set up locking spirit formations in the three countries. Since then, the rivers have no water, the world has no flow, birds and beasts are extinct, scales and shells have no traces, and all water spiritual energy is isolated outside the formation, no longer participating in the rotation of heaven and earth, not letting me absorb water spiritual energy to heal my wounds. They want to force me out and fight again after I am seriously injured—they also have great courage."

For Both Both Ruan Ci, such words were like dream talk. If she hadn't experienced various mysteries, she wouldn't have believed it even if someone told her. She widened her eyes, swallowed a few times with difficulty, and asked, "Then, our Song Guo is blocked by the three sects of the Lingxiao Sect..."

"Not bad, the three sects of Lingxiao Sect, Yuxi Sect, and Panxian Sect have locked Song Guo for seven hundred years. For seven hundred years, everyone in Song Guo has held talismans, and no swords or soldiers are allowed on the border. Except for those few cultivators, no one can practice law. It is because the formation isolates spiritual power, which is against the sky. The formation is very fragile. Too many people using spiritual power will make the formation unstable. The fewer people using spiritual power, the more stable the formation, and the more conspicuous the spiritual power."

Xie Xie Yan Huan pointed to the distance, "If everyone doesn't practice, it's like a dark night. Is such a brilliance very conspicuous in the dark night?"

"But... but if that's the case, why didn't the immortals move our people out?" Both Both Ruan Ci couldn't help but ask the doubt hidden in her heart, "Or, or just... just kill them all."

To hunt down one person, killing millions of people, this idea sounded extremely crazy. Both Both Ruan Ci's voice became smaller and smaller, but she still said in a low voice, "Kill them all, wouldn't there be less trouble?"

"You said it well. You live here, eating and drinking every day. The three sects isolate the water spiritual energy outside the formation, and have to condense the water spiritual energy existing in the formation into jade, and then enlighten the spiritual rice for you. Do you know how troublesome this is? If the Lingxiao Sect really cared about the lives of mortals, why didn't they move them away at the beginning?"

Xie Xie Yan Huan summoned at will, and the sound of breaking through the air sounded in the distance. The black grain rice flew from somewhere and stopped in Xie Xie Yan Huan's hand. She rubbed the hard bran on the outside of the grain rice with her white fingers, which was as beautiful as the most transparent spirit jade, and smiled, "Do you want to open your eyes and look at this spiritual rice now?"

Both Both Ruan Ci touched her forehead, looked closely, and slowly opened her mouth, stuttering, "This, this is transformed by light seeds."

She reached out to touch her stomach, Xie Xie Yan Huan was amused, laughing, "Don't be afraid, the Thick Earth Divine Light is transformed by earth spirits. Taking it has no bad effects, and can even cure the hundred diseases of mortals, so although there are no medicinal herbs growing here, the people live long and don't need doctors."

Both Both Ruan Ci asked, "What is a doctor? What is a disease?"

The people of Song Guo also die, mostly from the so-called fire miasma Qi, and the struggles between noble families. Both Both Ruan Ci only understood "no bad effects," and didn't understand the words behind. Xie Xie Yan Huan was amused by her and said, "It's not clear now, you will know in the future."

Both Both Ruan Ci thought, when is the future, it's hard to say. So many Immortal Masters besieged the Mother-Child Yin Coffin, and Xie Xie Yan Huan took her out, but the formation couldn't be broken, and they would always be found. Who knew if she would have a day to walk out of the formation.

"I understand, we mortals are like those soldiers carrying light seeds. Wherever we go, the eyes and ears of the Lingxiao Sect extend there," she stopped thinking about those useless things and deduced on her own, "Spirit jade mines are mined for decades and cannot be regenerated. We people of Song Guo are always mining and exploring everywhere, actually... actually, we are searching for your tracks for the Lingxiao Sect."

Xie Xie Yan Huan nodded, "Not bad, you are indeed quite smart. As for the others, you can probably guess them all. I think you still have a doubt in your heart, that is, what is the murderous fire miasma Qi, actually it is also very simple. The five elements in the world generate and restrain each other, and none can be missing. This spirit-cutting formation cuts off a section of heaven's secrets, which is really powerful. There are no more than ten old monsters in the world who can set up this formation, but there are gains and losses. The five elements in the formation cannot be reconciled. For ordinary people, it is a dead place. There is not a trace of water spiritual energy in the air, so it will madly demand from the outside, extracting water vapor from your skin. Therefore, without the protection of talisman power, mortals cannot survive outside the house."

All the buildings in Song Guo must be held by Talisman Masters before they are built, otherwise they cannot isolate the fire miasma Qi. Both Both Ruan Ci can now guess that it must be related to the connection of talisman power. Under the protection of talisman power, mortals and the heaven and earth here have never really been in contact. If something major happens, the Talisman Master cannot hold the talisman, then the people of the whole country will die one by one after the talisman power is exhausted.

Both Both Ruan Ci imagined such a picture and couldn't help but shiver. Xie Xie Yan Huan said "you still have a doubt in your heart," this is wrong, she still has endless questions, but after observing the words and expressions, she no longer continues to ask. Xie Xie Yan Huan glanced at her and smiled, "Oh, you still have many things you want to ask, wait a while."

Both Both Ruan Ci realized that her thoughts seemed to be seen through by Xie Xie Yan Huan, and her face turned pale. She obediently held Xie Xie Yan Huan's hand and traveled around the capital with her. Xie Xie Yan Huan took her out of the city again—when she took Both Both Ruan Ci out of the ground, Both Both Ruan Ci only felt many scenes passing by, very fast, looking and forgetting, and couldn't see clearly, so she couldn't record them. At this time, Xie Xie Yan Huan opened her eyes, and she could see the light flowing beside her, the scenery moving fast, and it seemed that she could step out several miles in one step. She was in the Mother-Child Yin Coffin just now, watching many cultivators turn into light and arrive. Both Both Ruan Ci thought in her heart, at this time, outsiders looking at her and Xie Xie Yan Huan might only see a light.

"This is not quite the same."

Xie Xie Yan Huan could really see through Both Both Ruan Ci's thoughts. She said while walking, "When they escape, they can't help but be seen, but me, I want them to see, they can see, and when I don't want them to see, even if I stand in front of them, they can't see."

This was just her one-sided statement, but Both Both Ruan Ci believed it deeply. Although she didn't understand the affairs between cultivators, she felt that Xie Xie Yan Huan was much more powerful than the many cultivators of the three sects. Just the supernatural powers were extremely scary, such as demon seeds, rebirth with a drop of water, which were much more imposing than the Three Talents Tripod. Song Guo lived with millions of people, walking from the north to the south for a year, and it took the power of three sects to guard this place, but the cultivators of South Zhuzhou blocked three countries for her alone, and locked them for seven hundred years. She must be a very remarkable big figure.

"Hee hee, that's natural."

Xie Xie Yan Huan seemed to hear her inner voice. Her eyebrows were more open, as if the praise of a little orphan girl like Both Both Ruan Ci made her very proud, "Liu Jizi and those people, although they can be considered geniuses of the three sects, they are only talents of South Zhuzhou, and they are not worthy of being compared with me, Xie Xie Yan Huan?"

While speaking, they had landed on a mountain peak. The mountain was high and steep, surrounded by cliffs. Looking at Song Jing from afar, only the towering Three Talents Tripod was flashing with treasure light in the clouds. Xie Xie Yan Huan stood in front of the cliff, her purple clothes fluttering in the strong wind, her hair ribbon fluttering, looking at the mountains and rivers from afar, and said loudly, "I, Xie Xie Yan Huan, am a first-class figure in the ten thousand years of Langhuan Zhou Tian. How many people in this world can be compared with me?"

Her words were full of spirit, her eyebrows were like paintings, her style was handsome, and Both Both Ruan Ci was dazzled. She secretly thought, "Although Sister Xie seems to be a great demon, she is really free and easy. That Liu Jizi is indeed not worthy of being compared with her."

Although she was still flattering Xie Xie Yan Huan in her heart, Xie Xie Yan Huan no longer paid attention to her. She stood high in front of the cliff, pulled out her hair jade hairpin, and pointed at Song Jing three times. Red, green, and white lights suddenly released over Song Jing, echoing the treasure light of the Three Talents Tripod, shooting into the clouds. Both Both Ruan Ci looked up and saw that under the clouds, the thin barrier covering their heads was suddenly shaken violently by these three lights, ripples swaying, shaking in the air. Both Both Ruan Ci could even hear the sound of "po, po" breaking. She couldn't help but hold her hands, feeling extremely nervous. At this moment, she hoped that the formation would be broken, but for some reason, there was a trace of fear in her heart.

"How dare you!"

A roar from the far distance sounded like a yellow bell and a large chime, spreading far and wide over the mountains and rivers of Song Guo. A giant hand reaching the sky stretched out from the clouds and pressed down. The hand was golden, giving Both Both Ruan Ci a feeling of being invincible and suppressing everything. The originally fluctuating formation suddenly gradually stabilized.

Xie Xie Yan Huan didn't speak, turned sideways and threw the jade hairpin. The jade hairpin flew out of her hand and broke through the air, getting bigger and faster, like a sharp sword facing the giant hand. Only a "poof" sound was heard, the jade hairpin pierced through the hand, and the golden hand immediately dissipated. The sound of breaking and shattering in the air continued. Both Both Ruan Ci looked up and saw that there were pieces of jade that were almost transparent, constantly falling into the air, and then disappeared.

She was protected by talisman power, and didn't feel anything wrong for a while, only seeing a golden light coming from afar, turning into a human figure a thousand feet away. An old man in a yellow shirt holding a crutch landed on a distant peak and asked from afar, "Xie Xie Yan Huan, your injury has healed?"

His tone was gloomy, full of disbelief, "Breaking the Thick Earth Profound Seal with one sword, could it be... could it be that you have practiced the law and mastered the Dao, and stepped into the Grotto-Heaven?!"

Xie Xie Yan Huan gave a light laugh, full of disdain, and said, "You are also worthy of asking me?"

After saying only one sentence, she no longer paid attention to the old man, turned around and pulled Both Both Ruan Ci to ask, "Were you scared just now?"

Both Both Ruan Ci shook her head, still looking at the night sky, only seeing many things with faint light falling from the air, couldn't help but dodge, naturally couldn't dodge. The thing didn't look like five-element spiritual energy, and didn't have the form and quality of the five-colored fragrant flowers. It fell on her face, cold and moist, as if, as if... the feeling of spirit jade melting in her mouth.

... It's water, this is water!

This water connected into a line, falling to the ground with white light, rustling. Her clothes were also stained with water vapor, and her clothes were soaked and deepened. Both Both Ruan Ci looked around, only to see water lines filling the world, thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, all covered. This scene seemed extremely familiar, but she couldn't remember how to describe it for a while, so she couldn't help but look at Xie Xie Yan Huan helplessly and asked, "What is this?"

Xie Xie Yan Huan flashed a trace of unbearable on her face, touched her head, and sighed, "Silly child, this is rain."

This is... rain?

On the top of the Lingyun peak, the young girl with drooping hair looked up in the continuous drizzle, looking at the sky in a daze. The raindrops fell on Both Both Ruan Ci's white cheeks and flowed down, like teardrops. 【6

... It's water, this is water!

This water connected into lines, emitting a white light as it fell to the ground with a rustling sound. Her body was also stained with water vapor, and her clothes were soaked and darkened. Both Both Ruan Ci looked out and saw that lines of water filled the space between heaven and earth, covering the thousand-mile landscape entirely. This scene seemed extremely familiar, yet for a moment she could not think of how to describe it, and could not help but look helplessly at Xie Yanhan, asking, "What is this?"

A flash of pity crossed Xie Yanhan's face. He touched her head and sighed, "Silly child, this is rain."

This is... rain?

At the peak of the Lingyun Mountain, the young girl with bangs raised her head in the drizzling rain, looking at the sky in confusion. Raindrops landed on Both Both Ruan Ci's fair cheeks and flowed downward, like teardrops.

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Updated, sorry for the long wait everyone. I will send out red packets for this chapter in a moment. Thank you very much for the enthusiastic comments!

Clarification: 1. The character 【huan】 in 【Xie Yanhan】 is pronounced 【huan】; when used as a name, it is not read as 【hai】.

2. Will Both Both Ruan Ci have a romantic subplot? There definitely will be, because I neither like cultivation novels with absolutely no romance, nor do I like cultivation novels where romance is the main plot. I like romance that fits the Xianxia temperament within a complete and vast worldview, and the length must be appropriate. This is rarely seen in other works, so I can only satisfy myself. As for the male lead and such, I won't answer questions related to spoilers; everyone can just read and see for themselves.

Finally, actually, what I like most about writing this story isn't the romance or anything like that, but the segment at the end of this chapter where Both Both Ruan Ci sees rain but doesn't know it is rain. I just feel that this is the most romantic and moving part for me. The end of this chapter is also a small plot point I liked most during the conceptualization stage. I repeatedly depicted it in my mind for a long time back then, hahaha~ I hope everyone likes it too~ This might just be my own little hobby, but for me, it is these small plot points that appear at various stages of the article that support me in writing the large, long plot segments in between.

3. How do people in the Song Guo dress and build houses without water? This will be mentioned later in the text. You can ask any questions related to the worldview; if it is mentioned later, I will tell everyone in the "Author's Words" section.

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