Chapter 389

"Master Master Beiming has activated the mountain-protecting formation!"

Between heaven and earth, it seemed as if layers of mysterious power had been added. Many ordinary Daoist disciples thought this was the power of heaven and earth drawn in when Master Master Beiming and Su Xuan were fighting. Chisongzi and Xiaoyaozi, who were far apart, looked at each other.

They both sensed the unusual nature of it.

In the world today, there were not many sects that possessed mountain-guarding formations. Even though this world possessed sects that performed arts like the Yin-Yang School and the Taoist School, strictly speaking, it was still a martial arts world, not a cultivation world. One could not set up killing formations through spirit stones, formation flags, or magic tools, which, once activated, could turn an area into a Shura killing field.

The so-called formations were more like the "Di Ze Twenty-Four" of the Nongjia School, the "Three Talents Sword Formation," and the "Tiangang Sword Formation" of the Taoist School, which were combat methods that combined the strength of many people. "Di Ze Twenty-Four" could also be considered the mountain-guarding formation of the Nongjia School.

The mountain-guarding formation of the Taoist School was different from that of the Nongjia School. It was somewhat close to the formations in the cultivation world, but it was not a killing formation.

Taiyi Mountain, as the ancestral court of the Taoist School, had extremely rich power of heaven and earth, far surpassing the outside world. Why was it that cultivating here for one day was worth several days of bitter cultivation outside? Besides the famous mountains and rivers and the abundant spiritual energy, the most important reason was that for countless years, the Taoist School had laid down many spirit-storing formations in the mountain's ley lines, continuously drawing the power of heaven and earth to gather here.

Otherwise, there were plenty of places with abundant spiritual energy in the world; why would Taiyi Mountain be abundant to this extent?

Similar to the Taoist School, in the Lishan Mountain where the Yin-Yang School resided, there were also spirit-storing formations of the Yin-Yang School hidden. The place where the Yin-Yang School was located was a place where Yin gathered and Yang converged. This was something Su Xuan saw when he first entered the Yin-Yang School, and it was also the reason why he often chose to go into seclusion in the Yin-Yang School later. The main reason lay in the fact that as his strength continuously improved, his requirements for the power of heaven and earth became higher and higher.

The mountain-guarding formation of the Taoist School, strictly speaking, was a large piece of spirit-storing formation hidden under Taiyi Mountain. It was laid down by the joint efforts of the Heaven and Man sects before the Taoist School split. Even though the Taoist School later split, the Heaven and Man sects still often joined hands to repair and improve these formations. After all, although the Taoist School was divided into Heaven and Man, both sects stayed on the mountain, and neither sect had left Taiyi Mountain. Repairing the spirit-storing formation was something beneficial to both sects, which could help both sects in their cultivation.

And besides the passive gathering and storing of the power of heaven and earth, at critical moments, one could even activate the spirit-storing formation through human power, drawing a vast power of heaven and earth for one's own use.

After reaching the innate realm, one could release one's own internal energy. The Grandmaster realm could be considered both internal and external cultivation, capable of using one's own strength to trigger the external power of heaven and earth. And after reaching the Grandmaster realm, one could be even more powerful.

Immune to water and fire, with every gesture, one could turn all things in heaven and earth for one's own use.

The most basic activation condition for the Taoist mountain-guarding formation was the Grandmaster realm.

Although Taoist experts had emerged one after another throughout the ages, experts of the Grandmaster level were still rare. It could be said that if one achieved the Grandmaster realm, one was qualified to serve as the Sect Master of the two sects. As for Heaven and Man, in the current Taoist School, there was only Beimingzi.

Carefully calculated, the Taoist School actually had fewer experts at the Grandmaster and Heaven and Man levels than the Yin-Yang School.

But this did not mean the Taoist School was weaker than the Yin-Yang School.

Because the Yin-Yang School took a crooked path, it could obtain powerful strength in a short time, but this strength had a price. If they fought at the same level, the Yin-Yang School was weaker than the Taoist School. And on this Taiyi Mountain, because of the blessing of the formation, the Taoist School was even more inherently invincible.

As for what would happen after leaving Taiyi Mountain?

Well, Taoist people were all old homebodies. If there were no accidents, they basically would not walk down Taiyi Mountain.

At this moment, under Beimingzi's deliberate urging, Su Xuan only felt the power of heaven and earth from all directions surging over at the same time. Although the Qiuli sword in Beimingzi's hand earlier also drew endless vitality from heaven and earth, that was only a special ability that came with the sword.

Now it was different!

In an instant, the power of heaven and earth gathered. With Beimingzi's palm strike, Su Xuan only felt the vast sea sweeping across the sky. His body was like a lonely boat in the ocean, and his life and death were not under his own control.

But in the next instant, he broke free from this terrifying pressure, his body like a swimming fish, roaming wantonly between this vast power of heaven and earth.

"Hmm?"

Beimingzi noticed this and was somewhat surprised.

The method Su Xuan performed was somewhat similar to the Human Sect's "Xiaoyao You," but it was completely different from "Xiaoyao You."

However, his surprise only lasted for an instant. Following the active activation of the formation hidden in the ley lines of Taiyi Mountain, endless power of heaven and earth surged over. With every gesture, he performed powerful sword techniques. The so-called sword techniques were a combination of sword methods and Taoist arts.

The Qiuli sword in Beimingzi's hand bloomed with unprecedented light.

And Su Xuan also seemed to have the idea of playing with Beimingzi, and also held the Xueji sword to clash with Beimingzi.

The Miaotai Platform was not large.

Two figures moved and flashed on the Miaotai Platform. The Qiuli and the Xueji, these two famous Taoist swords, contended with each other. Even though Beimingzi triggered the mountain-guarding formation and gathered endless power of heaven and earth, it did not change this result. Beimingzi still did not defeat Su Xuan.

On the contrary, the battle situation just stalemated.

"This…"

Seeing the two figures fighting wantonly on the Miaotai Platform, many Taoist people were stunned. Admittedly, with every gesture, these two performed powerful Taoist arts, and the swords in their hands were extremely exquisite. If these two were Taoist people, their clash would make many Taoist people admire them endlessly. But Su Xuan was not a Taoist person, but the arch-enemy of the Taoist School, a person of the Yin-Yang School.

Master Master Beiming and Su Xuan fought fiercely, and such a result was not what they wanted to see.

"Is this the strength of the Sect Master of the Yin-Yang School?"

Chi Chi Songzi tried hard to calm his breathing, enduring the sharp pain brought by the injuries on his body, looking at the scene of Su Xuan fighting his master, his body trembling slightly.

Su Xuan's strength was beyond his expectation.

What shocked him even more was Su Xuan's age.

Su Xuan was so young, yet he possessed such powerful strength. If he were given another ten, no, five years, would he be able to surpass his master and defeat him?

The reliance of the Taoist School was nothing more than his master Beimingzi's cultivation reaching the level of creation, plus on Taiyi Mountain, with the help of the mountain-guarding formation, he was inherently invincible.

But looking at it today, this so-called inherent invincibility was just a joke.

His master Beimingzi had already activated the mountain-guarding formation, yet Su Xuan could still contend with his master. This indirectly revealed that if his master had not activated the formation, he would not be Su Xuan's opponent.