Chapter 190

Sob...

Sob...

The wind wailed, the already gloomy sky suddenly began to drizzle.

-> "The wind wailed, the already gloomy sky suddenly began to drizzle."

The wind wailed, the already gloomy sky suddenly began to drizzle.

Ye Hongxue's expression remained composed as he stepped into the third courtyard, the knuckles of his right hand gripping the hilt turning white from excessive force.

-> "Ye Hongxue's expression was solemn as he stepped into the third courtyard; his right hand, gripping the sword hilt, turned white from exertion."

third courtyard

This is absolutely not the mindset and reaction that a Yuan Dan realm expert should have,

-> "This is not the mindset or reaction a Primordial Dan Realm expert should have,"

This is not the mindset and reaction that a Yuan Dan realm expert should have,

Thus: "This is not the mindset or reaction a Primordial Dan Realm expert should have,"

It's simply because it's too quiet; all around, countless killing moves seem to be lying in wait.

-> "It was simply because it was too quiet; it felt as if countless killing moves were lying in wait."

What humans fear most is the unknown; if there were likewise a Yuan Dan expert waiting for him to fight desperately, it wouldn't be so bad, but instead it's a mere Qi Hai realm junior, boasting a "record" of having trapped and annihilated four to five thousand people, and possessing a mysterious confidence.

-> "What humans fear most is the unknown; if it were likewise a Primordial Dan expert waiting for him to fight to the death, it wouldn't be so bad, but instead it's a Qi Hai Realm junior with a 'record' of killing four to five thousand in a single battle, and possessing a mysterious confidence."

"battle record"

Who could stand this?

-> "Who could stand this?"

Even a Yuan Dan expert values his life.

-> "Even a Primordial Dan expert values his life."

Thud——

-> ""Boom——""? Actually the sound is a deep thud. We'll translate as ""Boom——"" using double quotes.

A strange sound suddenly came from diagonally opposite.

-> "A strange sound suddenly came from the diagonal opposite."

Ye Hongxue immediately looked over, his pupils involuntarily contracting.

-> "Ye Hongxue looked over immediately, his pupils involuntarily contracting."

He saw a collapsed stone statue that had fallen exactly into a pond, the ripples faintly revealing a compass and a golden knife beneath the water.

-> "All that could be seen was a toppled stone statue that had fallen into a pool, the ripples faintly revealing a compass and a gold knife beneath the water."

There's a compass and a golden knife underwater—this is… too strange!

-> "Underwater lay a compass and a gold knife—this… is far too strange!"

"Compass…… golden knife……"

-> ""Compass……gold knife……""? We'll keep quotes.

Ye Hongxue muttered softly, then exclaimed in shock: "One of the nine sides of the Bagua Geng Killing Formation…… Dui Ze?"

-> "Ye Hongxue muttered softly, then startled: 'One of the nine sides of the Eight Trigrams Geng Killing Formation… is the Lake trigram?'"

He gasped:

He immediately looked left thirty-three feet, where a piece of nanmu wood carved with a human face stood alone, solitary and quite distinctive.

-> "He immediately looked left thirty-three feet, where stood a lone nanmu wood carved with a human face, solitary and unique."

thirty-three feet

thirty-three feet

thirty-three feet

a hundred feet

another tower a hundred feet east

Now continue.

【16】 translation: "He immediately looked left thirty-three feet, where stood a lone scented cedar carved with a human face, solitary and unique."

"Indeed, Kun Land!"

-> ""Indeed, the Earth trigram!""

Ye Hongxue's breathing grew slightly rough; looking right thirty-three feet, he saw a creaking windmill, his expression changing again:

-> "Ye Hongxue's breathing grew slightly rough; he then looked right thirty-three feet, where a creaky windmill stood, his expression changing again:"

"Xun Wind!"

-> ""Wind trigram!""

He slightly stepped back, glanced again, and faintly a complete "Bagua Geng Killing Formation" appeared before his eyes.

-> "He stepped back slightly, and upon looking again, a complete Eight Trigrams Geng Killing Formation faintly came into view."

This formation can easily kill an early-stage Yuan Dan cultivator.

-> "This formation could easily kill a cultivator at the Yuan Dan Initial Realm."

However, once it's seen through, it loses its effect!

-> "However, once seen through, it loses its effect!"

Ye Hongxue calmed his mind, took a deep breath, raised his sword, gathered his qi, preparing to break the formation with force.

-> "Ye Hongxue calmed himself, took a deep breath, raised his sword, gathered his Qi, and prepared to break the formation with force."

Just then, a bird flew from above, passing over the formation's airspace, and suddenly fell silently to the ground.

-> "Just then, a bird flew overhead; as it passed over the formation, it suddenly dropped down silently."

"Huh?"

-> ""Huh?""

Ye Hongxue retreated a few steps again, looked upward, and upon seeing this, his face turned pale.

-> "Ye Hongxue stepped back a few more steps, looked up, and his face turned pale."

He saw a mirror on the upper pavilion, its surface painted with a vermilion seal.

-> "On the pavilion above hung a mirror whose surface bore a cinnabar seal."

"Hidden killing, mirror……"

-> ""Hidden killing, mirror surface……""? We'll translate as ""Hidden killing, mirror surface……"".

He then looked east a hundred feet away at another tower, seeing only a small flag on top.

-> "He then looked toward another tower a hundred feet to the east, where a small flag flew."

"Formation wind, flag signals……"

-> ""Formation wind, flag signals……""? We'll translate as ""Formation wind, flag signals……"".

"Is this the Eight Trigrams Slaughter Formation?! Ten years ago, Fifth Uncle used this formation to kill a great perfection Yuan Dan evil cultivator!"

-> ""This is the Eight Diagrams Ambush Killing Formation?! Ten years ago, Fifth Martial Uncle used this formation to slay a Primordial Dan Great Completion evil cultivator!""

"How many formations are there?"

-> ""How many formations are there in total?""

Ye Hongxue's forehead sweat dripped drop by drop as he unconsciously looked around.

-> "Sweat dripped from Ye Hongxue's forehead as he unconsciously glanced around."

Wind, fine rain, silent courtyard, formations……

-> "Wind sounds, fine rain, silent courtyard, formations……"

Suddenly, Ye Hongxue felt that the entire courtyard was filled with layered formations, formation plates, killing formations everywhere!

-> "Suddenly, Ye Hongxue felt that the entire courtyard was filled with formations nested within formations, killing formations everywhere!"

If the opponent wanted to kill him, they'd probably have succeeded by now!

-> "If the opponent wanted to kill him, they would have already succeeded!"

Is he playing with himself?!

-> "Is he playing with me?!"

Yes, he must be playing with himself.

-> "Yes, he must be playing with me."

Thinking this, Ye Hongxue's body trembled slightly as he retreated again.

-> "Thinking this, Ye Hongxue's body trembled slightly as he stepped back again."

Just then, two sharp "Jee-jee" cries came from opposite.

-> "Just then, two sharp cries came from opposite: 'Jee-jee!'"

"Jee-jee"

A monkey walked upright, standing on the opposite corridor, wearing an apron-made cape, a woman's undergarment hung on its chest, its monkey paws gripping a kitchen knife, pointing arrogantly.

-> "A monkey walked upright on the opposite corridor, wearing a cape made of an apron, with a woman's undergarment hung across its chest, and gripping a kitchen knife in its paw, pointing arrogantly."

The monkey itself isn't scary; what's scary is… how spiritual it is, likely a little demon!

-> "The monkey itself isn't scary; what's scary is how psychic it is—it might be a little demon!"

Demon……

-> "Demon……"

He Ze!

-> "Heizei!"

Heng Xian again teamed up with He Ze, or some great demon, preparing to once again massacre disciples of all sects???

-> "Heng Xian had again teamed up with Heizei, or some great demon, preparing to once again slaughter disciples of all major sects???"

A terrifying premonition arrived.

-> "A terrifying premonition welled up."

Ye Hongxue felt his scalp go numb, could no longer endure, turned and shot toward the gate with a "whoosh".

-> "Ye Hongxue felt his scalp go numb; he could no longer hold back, turning and darting toward the gate with a 'whoosh'."

Hardly had he left when Heng Xian lowered a dead bird pierced with silver needles, swaying down from the sky, landing on the stump of the nanmu tree carved with a human face, and leisurely tossed a peanut into his mouth.

-> "Almost the instant he left, Heng Xian swayed down from the sky holding a dead bird pierced with silver needles, landing lightly on the stump of the human-face-carved scented cedar, and leisurely tossed a peanut into his mouth."

"Jee-jee……"

-> ""Jee-jee……""? We'll keep as ""Jee-jee……"".

The dog egg on the opposite corridor excitedly rushed over, leaping and performing a set of monkey sword techniques, then standing upright, puffing out his chest, glancing at Heng Xian with a look of wanting praise.

-> "On the opposite corridor, Gou Dan excitedly rushed over, leaping and performing a set of monkey knife techniques, then standing tall, puffing out his chest, glancing at Heng Xian with a look that said he was about to boast."

Heng Xian immediately threw away the bird, clapped his hands with a look of "surprise", saying: "Unbelievable! Unbelievable! Dog egg, frankly speaking, you are the smartest monkey I've ever seen!"

-> "Heng Xian immediately threw away the bird, clapping with a face of 'astonishment' and saying: 'Unbelievable! Unbelievable! Gou Dan, without exaggeration, you are the smartest monkey I have ever seen!'"

"No! You are no longer a monkey; you are an exceptionally clever handsome monkey, free of lowbrow tastes, elegant and carefree, invincible young hero!"

-> "No! You are no longer a monkey; you are an exceptionally clever handsome monkey, free of lowbrow tastes, elegant and carefree, invincible Hala Shao!"

invincible young hero

Thus line 52: "No! You are no longer a monkey; you are an exceptionally clever handsome monkey, free of lowbrow tastes, elegant and carefree, invincible young hero!"

The dog egg didn't quite understand, but since praising himself was enough, he immediately performed a set of "Crazy Monkey Fist", then lifted his buttocks and urinated on his own head.

-> "Gou Dan didn't quite understand, but since he was being praised, he immediately performed a set of Frenzied Monkey Fist, then lifted his rear and pissed on himself."

Heng Xian rubbed his nose, looked toward the gate, a hint of smile on his lips: "This is only the second level; the next two levels are a breeze—Yuan Dan, Earth Ranking? Just this mental quality?"

-> "Heng Xian rubbed his nose, looked toward the gate, and smiled: 'This is only the second level; the other two are a breeze—Primordial Dan, Earth Ranking? Just this mental fortitude?'"

At this moment, Ye Hongxue had already flown out of the Hao family gate.

-> "At that moment, Ye Hongxue had already flown out of the Hao Family's gate."

Outside the gate, various sect elders and Earth Ranking experts gathered, asking: "How was it?"

-> "Outside the gate, sect elders and Earth Ranking experts gathered, asking: 'How was it?'"

Ye Hongxue adjusted her mindset a bit; it seemed she hadn't found out anything—how embarrassing?

-> "Ye Hongxue slightly adjusted his mindset; it seemed he hadn't discovered anything—how embarrassing."

Looking at the scrutinizing disciples of various sects, his thoughts raced, and he said in a deep voice: "From the front courtyard to the third courtyard, there are fifty-three formations in total, including the Five Elements Assault Killing Formation, the Bagua Subduing Demon Formation, the Four Symbols Formation, the Four Absolutes Sword Formation, the Big Dipper Formation, etc."

-> "Gazing at the scrutinizing disciples of the various sects, his thoughts raced, and he said in a low voice: 'From the front courtyard to the third courtyard, there are fifty-three formations in total, including the Five Elements Assault Killing Formation, Eight Trigrams Subdue Demon Formation, Four Symbols Formation, Four Absolutes Sword Formation, Big Dipper Seven Stars Formation, and so on.'"

Along the way, demonic qi permeated; I vaguely saw seven great demons, especially that monkey demon, at least…… Yuan Dan realm!

-> "Along the way, demonic aura permeated the air; I vaguely saw seven great demons, especially one monkey demon, at least at the Primordial Dan Realm!"

After saying that, they blushed a little.

The sect elders and ground list experts overlooked his oddity, exchanged a glance, and one Tianyuan Sect elder asked, "What do you all think, junior disciples?"

Many sect elders had come, and their seniority was above that of the group of top three ground list experts, but the status of ground list experts and elders was not the same.

First, the cultivation level of ground list experts is not much lower than that of the elders; second, their future achievements can basically surpass a group of elders. Therefore, when the top three ground list experts of each sect come out of seclusion, they mostly hold a leading position.

Jiang Ruoyan asked Ye Hongxue: "Have you seen Heng Xian?"

This is also a concern of everyone.

Ye Hongxue hesitated slightly, then nodded and said: "I caught a glimpse for an instant; at that moment I was breaking through a four-sword formation, blasting open a mass of demonic qi, and in a fleeting glance I saw Heng Xian."

He glanced at me disdainfully, said something about not knowing life or death, and disappeared in the blink of an eye!

The ground list experts of each sect exchanged glances again, and Wu Guangyi said: "In other words, Heng Xian has again cooperated with the demon race, and within the Hao family manor he has laid countless formations, waiting for us to walk into the trap?"

Ye Hongxue nodded: "This is also why our spiritual sense cannot probe the interior of the Hao family; those formations block our spiritual sense!"

Everyone fell silent.

Si Tu Nan Fei pondered for a moment and asked: "From the demonic qi, can we determine the highest realm of the great demon inside?"

Ye Hongxue dared not tell that lie, shook their head and said: "For now… I have been unable to probe it."

Ling Lingxiao of the Divine Calculation Palace suddenly said: "Even if there is a great demon, its realm cannot be too high; I have calculated the affairs inside the Hao family earlier and detected no obvious demonic qi!"

Zhou Zhan Yi nodded and said: "What Ling Lingxiao junior sister said makes sense; the ancient demon Heizei has already been driven back to the depths of the wilderness realm, and the elders have also carried out a major purge of the upper-realm demons, so high-level demons are basically nowhere to be seen."

Heng Xian could hardly have summoned a group of great demons from the heavens, could he?

Everyone nodded slightly.

Tianming Heshang pressed his palms together and said: "Amitabha! Demons run rampant, Heng Xian's sins are deep; in this situation, besides a forceful attack, we have no other option!"

Wu Guangyi said: "I agree with Senior Tianming's view; even if the Hao family manor has many formations, we are numerous and strong, we need not charge in—we can surround it from outside, destroy the manor, and force them out!"

Sure!

Everyone nodded in agreement, and then passed on the orders.

At once, a disciple leapt into the air beside them and shouted loudly: "Disciples of all sects, prepare for battle, get ready to surround, await orders!"

Yes!

Boom—

Auras surged to the heavens from all directions, and the ringing of magical weapons never ceased.

(End of chapter)