Chapter 550: The Eight Trigrams Breaking Formation Array Suppresses All Directions

"After the Six Paths Saint Son and the Blazing Lie Yang Jianzi fought a great battle, the Six Paths Saint Son Yin Dao used a Secret Method to flee once more..."

"Since then, the Six Paths Saint Son has concealed his form and no longer reveals himself to others; to avoid being detected by the Six Paths Saint Son, the Blazing Lie Yang Jianzi did the same. The whereabouts of both are unknown."

Jiang Ding flew through the air.

Within a thousand li radius, the ever-increasing number of Jin Dan cultivators served as his eyes and ears, relaying a continuous stream of information: the locations, types, and abundant quantities of various spiritual herbs were enough to pile into a mountain and bury a Jin Dan cultivator.

Unfortunately, his cultivation did not require pills for promotion; he only needed to naturally absorb the spiritual qi of heaven and earth, so his heart lake remained relatively undisturbed.

"A third-tier Metal-attribute spiritual herb, usable for refining flying swords, just like the third-tier Golden Dragon Bamboo Little Song gave me... The growth of the Great Clarity Flying Sword requires it to consume all kinds of Metal-attribute materials, which increases its sharpness and spiritual nature."

While pondering these matters, Jiang Ding allocated the uses for a pile of Metal-attribute spiritual herbs from the warehouse.

"The Blood Cloud Eighteen Cavalry have been discovered. Through an internal contact, we know their numbers range between one hundred thirty and one hundred fifty. Blood Flow Cloud and other Blood Knights of the Northern Great Hero are present. Following your orders, we dared not approach to scout such powerful enemies and have retreated three hundred li."

At this moment, a Jin Dan cultivator transmitted a series of images through the One-Eyed Cicada.

Jiang Ding's interest was piqued, and he opened the images.

This was not strange; the Blood Cloud Eighteen Cavalry were a mixed bag of good and bad, no stronger than his own temporarily established organization. Obtaining intelligence with corresponding rewards was not difficult.

In the image, an old man in his seventies or eighties, with gray hair and a face covered in overlapping wrinkles, gazed into the distance, lost in thought.

A young man with prominent horns and a handsome, spirited appearance stood in contrast to the white-haired old man before him.

"Willing to work, you live; otherwise, you die."

Jiang Ding frowned and retrieved relevant intelligence from his sea of consciousness.

Although his figure appeared slightly hunched, one could still feel an upward, majestic momentum that made people involuntarily draw near and feel goodwill.

Jiang Ding increased his speed slightly.

"For some unknown reason, his lifespan is draining away significantly, and his potential is doing the same."

Jiang Ding thought for a moment and quickly felt relieved.

"It is him."

"There are plenty of talents under heaven. True Person Bai Mei, the Third Cavalry of the Blood Cloud, the Vajra Iron-Bone; the Fourth Cavalry, the Blood Spear General Hei Lou Cheng; and many other peak Jin Dan cultivators. Naturally, their talent and genius are somewhat inferior, but there are so many of them. As long as there is a Nascent Soul Gong Fa, pile them up, and eventually a Nascent Soul cultivator will emerge, sufficient to shoulder the historical mission."

A moment later, Jiang Ding judged the situation and felt somewhat displeased in his heart.

Now, it seemed Blood Flow Cloud was about to perish prematurely?

"Is this Blood Flow Cloud?"

Blood Flow Cloud was someone he had invested attention in, expecting him to disrupt the rule of the Northern Original families in the future, attract more attention, so that he himself could grow more smoothly and take over the rule of the Northern Original more easily in the future.

"Forget it, it is nothing. The world does not belong to any single person."

"This applies to heavenly geniuses as well."

"Now, go meet this Northern Great Hero of famous reputation."

The perspective seemed to be transmitted by a Jin Dan cultivator near the core of the Blood Cloud Eighteen Cavalry.

The instant he increased his speed, various orders were issued in all directions. Those fighting, those gathering herbs, those breaking formations—over two hundred Jin Dan cultivators quickly finished their current tasks; those that could not be handled immediately were sealed with spells.

"The crime counts from the start at Tushan Xiancheng. By allowing your subordinates to attack me, you also bear responsibility."

Jin Dan cultivators one by one began to return to their own formations: Senior Qian, Kun, Xun, Dui, Gen, Zhen, Kan, Li; each used the Eight Trigrams Command Flags as signals. Beams of escape light flew from all directions toward the same center.

"Senior Qian Department, when practicing the formation, take the Heart of Heaven as the key; sense the Heart of Heaven..."

"Kan Department, water scatters and water gathers, entering and exiting without form. You need only practice the formation without deliberate intent; let it happen naturally."

"True Person Wu Dong, when you step on the Great Dipper of the Big Dipper, the seventh time, the one hundred and twenty-fourth time, error. Correct it immediately..."

Jiang Ding divided his divine sense into over two hundred streams to check the situation of the over two hundred Jin Dan cultivators, having them practice the formation while traveling to make them more proficient.

There was no other way; as a temporary organization, they had to break formations, seek treasures, and fight battles every day, so they could only find these spare moments to practice the formation.

"Yes, Lord Tushan!"

"My lord, I am foolish..."

In the divine sense, at every moment, Jin Dan cultivators responded with slightly nervous voices, adjusting quickly, but their abilities were limited; even after practicing dozens of times, they could not succeed, causing them to feel great panic.

"Continue practicing."

Jiang Ding said nothing.

In his view, the formation arts level of many Jin Dan cultivators did not even reach the second tier; even the first tier was forcibly supplemented after becoming a Jin Dan cultivator, and their basic immortal arts quality was terribly poor.

Evading formations, after traveling for several days, a patch of thunder clouds and Lei Chong Guang pierced the sky, flying toward this side.

"My lord."

True Person Bai Mei respectfully said, "Twenty-one Jin Dan cultivators from the General Heishi collateral branch have been brought here. They are willing to accept the Tushan Sword Order."

Clouds of thunder bloomed open, revealing Hei Lou Xi and others inside, their expressions wretched and clothes mostly torn. These General Heishi Jin Dan cultivators now looked at the ordinary-looking youth in the sky with nervous eyes.

"Greetings, Lord Tushan!"

Below Hei Lou Xi, the twenty-one Jin Dan cultivators knelt on one knee, showing utmost respect, showing no sign of the arrogance of family cultivators or the disdain for scattered cultivators they had shown in the past.

"Hei Lou Xi..."

Jiang Ding's gaze fell upon the woman before him, whose figure was enchanting, with two black wings growing from her back, looking like a death angel.

Half her body was a blur of flesh and blood; raven feathers mixed with flesh and blood, barely wrapped around her to maintain a basic form, looking extremely eerie.

Clearly, she had been severely injured by True Person Gui Chi and had not yet recovered.

For a moment, Jiang Ding felt somewhat... disinterested.

She was not as good-looking as when they first met.

'So, I was originally a visual creature?'

Jiang Ding shook his head slightly.

"My lord, we are willing to accept the Tushan Sword Order."

Seeing this, Hei Lou Xi felt a jolt in her heart and quickly spoke out.

Before coming, she had learned that this ordinary-looking youth was the Lord of Tushan who had escaped from the hands of the Ancestor Divine Crow True Person and slain True Person Gui Chi!

Has an old grudge with the beast spirit General General Heishi.

"Naturally, nothing is impossible."

Jiang Ding nodded: "You will be broken up and assigned to various units. Then, the injuries of True Persons such as Chun Jian Shi Zhen Ren and the other two—you must heal them. If you cannot heal them, pick three more people out to bear the same injuries."

"How about this?"

"My lord commands, and we shall not refuse!"

Hei Hei Louxi was overjoyed. He bowed deeply once more to the surrounding General General Heishi Jin Dan cultivators around him, and truly saw the hope of survival.

"Let it be so."

Jiang Ding's sword intent pressed down, leaving a sword-intent mark on the divine soul of every one of the General General Heishi Jin Dan cultivators. He then took out twenty-one single-eyed cicadas and distributed them.

"Many thanks, my lord. We shall take our leave!"

Hei Hei Louxi and the others took out precious life-preserving pills and healed the three injured Jin Dan cultivators in a short time. Each of them scattered in different directions and reported to the designated locations, not daring to delay in the slightest.

Several days later, these people gradually took their positions, dispersing into the Eight Trigrams formations such as Senior Qian, Kun, Kan, and Li. After a little practice, they mastered the relevant formations and blended into them.

"The formation-path level of these family Jin Dan cultivators is much stronger—at least all of them are at the second-grade upper-quality formation-path level."

"The power of the Eight Trigrams Restriction-Breaking Formation has increased somewhat."

Jiang Ding closed his eyes and sensed for a moment, a look of joy appearing on his face.

The flowing lights of the various Dao Jin Dan cultivators converged. The images of the Eight Trigrams—Senior Qian, Kun, Xun, Dui, Gen, Zhen, Kan, Li—emerged. Their auras gradually connected into a massive whole, their might pressing in all directions, advancing Xu Xu.