Chapter 361: Formation Secret Manuals

Second Elder, we searched every place here, but we still haven't found the secret passage.

Upon hearing this, Second Elder Wang Yangbo's face grew even uglier.

The Seventh Elder walked over and said, "They must have left here using a transmission scroll or a transmission talisman."

With a gloomy expression, the Second Elder said, "Let's leave this place first."

The young disciples agreed.

Yet in their hearts rose a great sense of loss.

This trip of theirs yielded nothing at all.

And those scattered spirit stone piles were nothing to them.

But they still picked them up.

On the way here, Lu Xiangxiang walked side by side with the two elders, but on the way back, the two elders had already left her behind.

Lu Xiangxiang lowered her eyes, her expression somewhat forlorn.

And Hong Zhengqing, who was being supported by two young disciples, seemed to notice Lu Xiangxiang's situation; he pressed his lips and then proactively said to Lu Xiangxiang, "Junior Sister Lu."

Lu Xiangxiang slowly raised her head and met Hong Zhengqing's encouraging gaze.

He gave Lu Xiangxiang a slight nod.

Seeing this, the female disciple supporting Hong Zhengqing felt as if her heart were being tightly clenched, a sour feeling spreading through her chest.

She very much wanted to say to Hong Zhengqing, "Junior Sister Lu doesn't care at all about your life or death—why are you being so good to her?"

Lu Xiangxiang stared for a moment, nodded slightly, then lowered her eyelashes.

As they walked, she gradually fell behind the Heaven One Sect's group.

And when they reached a turn, she did not follow the group around the corner but instead stopped.

She quickly turned back.

At the same time, she raised her hand, and white points condensed in her palm.

The white points, like starlight, instantly surged toward all the passages of the underground labyrinth.

She wanted to find Yuan Yao and the two others.

…

Elsewhere.

Yuan Yao and the two others were transmitted to another part of the underground labyrinth.

"Let's go quickly!" Cang Li said as soon as he steadied himself.

"Wait."

Yuan Yao called out to Cang Li.

Cang Li turned his head to look at her: "What are we waiting for?"

Yuan Yao smiled and said, "Senior Yue Liu said he wants to give me the formation secret manuals. So we cannot leave the underground labyrinth yet, because those formation secret manuals are hidden somewhere in it."

"Formation secret manuals?" Ying Wuji blinked in surprise, "What formation secret manuals?"

Yuan Yao told them the truth.

Upon hearing this, Cang Li exclaimed, "I go!" He stared at Yuan Yao in disbelief, then his eyes filled with envy!

He sighed deeply, "When will someone be able to send me some saint-rank and immortal-rank pill formulas?"

Ying Wuji was also somewhat surprised, and he said softly, "Since Senior Yue Liu is willing to give you the formation secret manuals, you should not disappoint his expectations."

Yuan Yao laughed until the dimples in her cheeks showed, and she nodded.

"Let's go."

"This way."

Yuan Yao pointed ahead at the third fork.

Yue Liu's voice echoed in her sea of consciousness: "The formation secret manuals are stored in the eastern corner of the underground labyrinth. After you find that place, you must use your formation talent to locate that invisible sealing barrier. Ordinary people cannot touch that sealing barrier."

"Only those at the Body Integration Realm or formation geniuses have a chance to perceive that sealing barrier. Even if I prompt you from the side, you may still not be able to find it."

"If you cannot find that sealing barrier, it means you cannot find my treasured formation secret manuals."

Yue Liu did not mix those formation secret manuals with the treasures because he knew that if these formation secret manuals were to appear, they would surely cause a huge bloody storm in the cultivation world.

At that time, the number of casualties over those formation secret manuals would be immeasurable.

Ten saint-rank formation secret manuals and one immortal-rank formation secret manual would be enough to shake the entire cultivation world's major powers.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Yao felt a little heavy-hearted, thinking that with her formation talent she might not be able to find that sealing barrier.

Yue Liu comforted, "Little Friend Yuan, if you cannot find that sealing barrier this time, it's fine. At least you already know the approximate location of the sealing barrier; if your formation attainment grows higher in the future, or if you become stronger, you can still return here, try to find the sealing barrier, break it, and obtain those formation secret manuals."

"That's also true." Yuan Yao indeed had no hope in her current formation talent and attainment.

Yue Liu suddenly asked, "Is your master strong?"

Upon hearing him ask about her master, Yuan Yao immediately laughed and said, "Strong! Very strong! He is still one of the top rankers on the Sixth Heavenly Pride List!"

Yue Liu let out a muffled laugh, "Then do you want to become the top of the Heavenly Pride List?"

Yuan Yao was at a loss for words.

"Me? Probably not… because many of my peers are stronger than me."

Speaking of recently, aside from the Third Senior Brother, the Eldest Senior Brother is stronger than her.

Especially the Youngest Senior Brother!

And Xie Yan.

As for farther away, among those she met in the Liuguang Secret Realm, for example Qian Yunzhou, Feng Xuanji, Dong Jiao, etc.

Each one is stronger than her.

Yue Liu chuckled, "You seem not to have set your goal yet. Let me ask you again—do you want it or not?"

Yuan Yao pondered for a moment.

"I think…"

She replied.

She paused, then her tone ceased to waver and became firm: "I want to become the champion of the seventh Tian Jiao Ranking!"

Yue Liu asked, "Do you know what heavy responsibilities come with being the top of the Tian Jiao Ranking?"

Yuan Yao was stunned: "I don't."

Yue Liu said, "The champion of the Tian Jiao Ranking will become the human race's Heavenly Pride Supreme Commander."

Yuan Yao had never heard such a title, she furrowed her brow slightly, "Supreme Commander?"

Yue Liu: "You'll find out later."

"Later again?" Yuan Yao let out a deep sigh.

Yue Liu: "Some matters you can only learn after you enter Tian Jiaocheng."

Yuan Yao: "Oh."

After a quarter of an hour, they finally reached the farthest eastern point of the maze.

Cang Li scanned the surroundings curiously, noticing little difference from elsewhere; it was merely the end of a passage, and he couldn't help asking, "Are we sure it's here?"

Yuan Yao also looked around once, "Senior Yue Liu said it's here."

Cang Li nodded and said to her, "Then quickly retrieve the Formation Technique Manual."

Yuan Yao fell silent for an instant, then relayed the conversation she had just had with Senior Yue Liu to them.

Cang Li: "…"

Ying Wuji said, "Then try first, see if you can sense the presence of this Forbidden Barrier. We'll stand guard here."

Yuan Yao nodded in agreement.

Then she closed her eyes, focused, and released her spiritual energy to sense any possible power fluctuations around her.

Time passed bit by bit.

About half an hour later, Ying Wuji seemed to perceive something and looked toward the other end of the passage, where several small white specks drifted toward them.

"What is this?" Cang Li followed his gaze and frowned slightly.

Ying Wuji's expression turned cold, she drew her sword and swung it outright!

Sword aura surged instantly.

In an instant, those specks turned to dust.

"These are Lu Xiangxiang's death spirits," Ying Wuji sheathed her sword, her crimson phoenix eyes lifting slightly, her gaze icy, and continued, "She probably discovered us."