Chapter 105: Sky Blue Lake

One hour later.

On the square in front of the General Affairs Hall, a slender flying boat three or four zhang long rose into the air and sped toward the distance.

There were more than a dozen people standing on the boat. The leader was a gaunt old man, standing at the bow, gazing into the distance without moving.

Behind him were four inner sect disciples and eight or nine outer sect disciples.

Wang Yu was one of them, leaning against the side of the flying boat, calmly observing the others.

Those three inner sect disciples were two men and one woman.

The woman had slightly yellow hair and ordinary features, but her eyes were sharp. She followed closely behind the old man, holding a disc-like magical artifact in her hands, fiddling with something without raising her head.

Not far from the woman stood a young man in silver robes with a handsome face, carrying a black stone tablet on his back. Beside him stood a giant man a head taller than Wang Yu, with an ugly face, looking around.

Seeing Wang Yu's gaze, the silver-robed youth just nodded slightly, while the giant man grinned and waved his sandbag-sized fist.

Wang Yu's mouth twitched slightly, and he immediately looked away.

These two were none other than that Qi Shixiong, whom he had met once before, and his protector warrior younger brother.

The last inner sect disciple was a thin man in black, about thirty years old, with a long sword on his back, exuding waves of chilliness, and no one dared to approach within a zhang of him.

As for the remaining outer sect disciples, Wang Yu glanced at them casually; the older ones were forty or fifty years old, and the younger ones were only seventeen or eighteen.

Among them, a pair of young women with good looks also looked familiar; they were the Feng family sisters he had seen at the small inner market in the sect.

The older Feng Xue already had a hot figure, faintly revealing the charm of a young woman. Seeing Wang Yu looking over, she immediately smiled charmingly.

Beside her, Feng Rui was still as shy as a young girl, avoiding Wang Yu's gaze.

Seeing this, Wang Yu felt the two women were quite interesting, and finally, his gaze returned to the old man at the front, with a series of information flashing through his mind.

Zhu Datong, a Foundation Establishment elder of Black Tortoise Mountain, one of the only two great formation masters of the Four Symbols Gate, once used the sect's great formation to strangle several opponents of the same rank, and his status in the Four Symbols Gate was extremely high.

That young woman with slightly yellow hair was his disciple, Ximen Mei, who was said to have received Zhu Datong's true teachings and was only one step away from becoming a formal formation master.

Wang Yu's inexplicable receipt of the General Affairs Hall's mandatory mission this time, following this formation master to leave the Four Symbols Gate, was said to be because a spirit fishing ground formation that was very important to the Four Symbols Gate had a big problem.

This formation was set up by this Elder Gu himself back then, so they could only ask him to make a trip.

His joining the team as an artifact refining apprentice was also specifically requested by this formation master, who wanted an artifact refining apprentice to follow, in case there were problems with the formation-setting artifacts, so they could be repaired on the spot.

Although there were not many artifact refining apprentices in the sect, there were not few either, with as many as fifteen or sixteen. The General Affairs Hall happened to pick him, which made Wang Yu a bit speechless.

Could it be that his little bit of fame in artifact refining in the outer sect was even known to the deacon elders of the General Affairs Hall?

Fortunately, the reward given by the General Affairs Hall for this mission was not low. Not only were there merit points to be earned, but there was also a reward of mid-grade Yuan-Increasing Pills. Although inner sect disciples only got one each, it was still worth several hundred spirit stones.

This made Wang Yu, who didn't want to leave the Four Symbols Gate at all, have to comfort himself this way.

The flying boat was extremely fast, far from comparable to his spirit stone-driven mechanical iron boat. However, after just one day and one night, it appeared over a giant lake called "Sky Blue Lake."

This lake was thirty or forty miles in circumference, surrounded by hills and forests.

The flying boat landed in front of a group of white stone buildings by the lake, and more than a dozen Four Symbols Gate cultivators walked out of these buildings immediately.

"Zhu Shixiong, you finally arrived. If you didn't come, I really don't know how much longer I could hold on. Without the formation to seal the lake surface, Shidi doesn't even dare to sleep at night." Among those who came out to greet them, the leader was a man in his forties dressed like a farmer, with dark and rough skin and a red face, who was also a Foundation Establishment elder of the Four Symbols Gate.

Among the people behind him, except for two inner sect disciples, the others were all wearing outer sect attire.

"Yan Shidi, what are you afraid of? Although the 'Blood Crystal Fish' raised here are extremely precious to the sect, this place is located in the hinterland of Tongzhou. How could anyone with no eyes dare to come here to steal fish?" The old man led everyone off the flying boat and said unhurriedly.

"Alas, it's not like a few years ago. The demon cubs of the Yu Nation have been frequently sneaking into the Great Ming Prefecture to cause trouble in the past year or two, and our Tongzhou region is the first to bear the brunt." The man dressed like a farmer shook his head repeatedly.

"That is true. Ever since that person from the Demon Luo Sect made great progress in cultivation, the entire Yu Nation's demonic path has been restless. It is indeed time to be a little careful." Hearing this, Zhu Datong's expression tightened, and he nodded slowly.

"Zhu Shixiong, you brought people here overnight, so you must be tired. Eat something first, rest for a while, and then go check the formation."

"This 'Green Gauze Formation' you set up back then is very exquisite. It had been running normally, but three days ago, the restrictions in the formation suddenly failed. I am a layman and couldn't find any problems, so I can only rely on you, Zhu Shixiong." The man surnamed Yan said repeatedly.

"What rest is there now? The sect is currently adjusting the sect's great formation, and I am busy with other things this time. It is the right thing to fix it quickly and go back quickly."

"Mei'er, you take a few people to check the places where the formation-setting artifacts are buried on the outskirts. I will go directly to the core of the formation to check." After Zhu Datong shook his head, he ordered Ximen Mei beside him.

"Yes, Master."

The yellow-haired woman agreed, and pointed to Wang Yu and the other four outer sect disciples, among whom were the Feng sisters.

"Since that's the case, I will accompany Senior Brother Zhu as well. If something similar happens next time, I will know where the problem lies. Min Long, Zhang Li, you two accompany Junior Sister Ximen." Seeing this, the man surnamed Yan thought for a moment and said, waving his hand at the people behind him.

The two burly inner sect disciples behind him immediately bowed and agreed, and also led several outer sect disciples toward Wang Yu's side.

Seeing this, Zhu Datong's eyes flashed slightly, but he didn't mean to object.

So the group split into two paths, one heading toward an island in the center of the lake, and the other heading toward a high slope on the outskirts of the lake.

"Ximen Shimei, I heard that your formation path has received the true teachings of Zhu Shibo, and becoming a formal formation master is just around the corner."

"Min Shixiong is too kind. I am still far from becoming a formal formation master."

"This Shidi looks a bit unfamiliar. Could it be that he is a Shidi who just entered the inner sect in the past few years? Tsk tsk, I think his cultivation aptitude must be extraordinary."

"Shidi did indeed just enter the sect in the past few years, so it is normal that Min Shixiong hasn't seen him. On the contrary, has Min Shixiong been staying here all along? The spiritual energy here is probably incomparable to that in the sect. I wonder how Min Shixiong usually cultivates?"

That inner sect disciple named Min Long looked burly, but he was chattering along the way, seemingly a chatterbox.

The other inner sect disciple named Zhang Li, however, was expressionless and didn't say a word.

Ximen Mei frowned slightly, not meaning to interrupt.

Wang Yu, however, responded with a smile all along. When his gaze swept over the few outer sect disciples behind Min Long, these people immediately put on smiling faces, their movements quite uniform.

Wang Yu couldn't help but be stunned. ===== CHAPTER 106 =====