Chapter 853: Zhaoguang Xuanzi

Time on the lake intertwined. Li Ximing only refined his divine abilities, and time passed as quickly as a snap of the fingers. When he opened his eyes, Li Jiangqian had already arrived at the mountain, and said respectfully:

"Reporting to the True Person, the lords have come together and have already landed on the continent. They only ask the True Person to go over..." Li Ximing knew it was Senior Kuiqi and the others who had returned. Ning Wan opened her eyes at the same time, her expression gentle, and said to Li Ximing:

"Your clan's family education is quite good. The so-called righteous path... should be from a righteous body to a righteous heart."

Li Ximing only then remembered that the divine ability practiced by this Fairy Qiuhu True Person was 'Entering Clear Listening', which was the life divine ability of Cold Qi. It should be that she had not heard a word of disrespect from Li Jiangqian, which was why she said this. But it was hard to say if the talisman seed had played a role, so how could he dare to mention it, and hurriedly laughed:

"I dare not, don't let the two seniors wait too long..."

The two transformed into bright light and cold Qi, and in the blink of an eye, they appeared in the great hall on the continent. They saw two people standing in the originally empty great hall, both Zifu! The leader was naturally the half-white-haired Ling Mei, who was holding the snow-white spirit sword in his arms very cherishably, with a smile on his face, his aura stable, his Daoist robe fluttering, and he was saying something.

Behind him was True Person Senior Kuiqi in black, nodding slightly. The black rope from before was tied around his waist. If one hadn't seen this spirit artifact appear, I'm afraid no one would have thought it was a heavy treasure.

When Li Ximing and Ning Wan landed on the continent, the small lake continent gathered four True Persons at once.

Seeing Li Ximing, Ling Mei smiled and said softly:

"Zhaoguang, long time no see!"

Li Ximing hurriedly bowed and said respectfully: "Greetings, Senior. I rushed back from the East Sea and haven't gone to the Jianmen to thank you yet... For the matter of my family's Zhouwei, thanks to your sect's rescue! Zhaoguang is deeply grateful. If there is anything you need in the future, or any elixir to refine, just give orders..."

"You are too polite."

Ling Mei waved his hand very indifferently. Li Ximing led him to sit down. Senior Kuiqi was very regretful and replied: "It's a pity, Zhe Lu gained benefits after all, and his divine abilities have become more and more exquisite over the years. This time we failed to seriously injure him, only wounding those few eyes of his..."

Ling Mei stroked his beard and took over the conversation: "Although this old man has the 【Great Snow Absolute Blade】, fighting him with Zifu mid-stage is really reluctant. If Senior Lord Lord Louxing were here, with sword intent added to his body, and holding the 【Great Snow Absolute Blade】, only then could he truly seriously injure this person."

This sword cultivator raised his brows and asked: "Fairy Qiuhu... how is Ting Lan?"

Ning Wan stated it roughly, very briefly, which made Ling Mei nod. Li Ximing pinched the 【Chongyang Governing Star Treasure Plate】 in his sleeve with some reluctance. Such a precious thing naturally wouldn't let others ask for it personally, which wouldn't look good. He just held it in his hand and laughed:

"Since the matter is settled, this spirit artifact should also be returned to its original owner."

This golden plate was taken out. Senior Kuiqi nodded with a smile, and while taking it, praised: "Zhaoguang is truly powerful. No wonder you could leave calmly from Senior Chang Xiao's hands. Now that I have seen Zhaoguang's Mingyang True Fire and killed the Eyed Lianmin... only then did I know you were so capable."

Li Ximing said modestly:

"I only occupied the convenience of 'Audience to the Heavenly Gate' to suppress the Eyed Lianmin, not comparable to the two seniors."

Senior Kuiqi shook his head, clearly having already made his own judgment, and said in a deep voice: "Ting Lan will not be able to strike for a short time, but the matter in the north still needs to be solved. Since that is the case, let's go to my Xiukui Huyi Mountain together and settle this matter first..."

After he finished saying this, he tilted his head slightly and said to Li Ximing:

"And by the way, hand over the elixirs in the treasury to you, Fellow Daoist."

Ning Wan took the opportunity to say:

"Speaking of this, Sister Ting Lan originally promised the Li clan to build a Zifu great formation. The formation base was just built, but it was delayed by this matter. Before returning to the sect, she entrusted it to me. Wangyue Lake is close to Jiangbei, and this matter is also urgent... I am not capable enough alone... I have to ask the Senior to take a look..."

"Oh?"

Senior Kuiqi heard this, laughed, shook his head and said: "It is a matter of course. Having walked in the north just now and returned to the lake, naturally I have to help."

Usually, asking Senior Kuiqi to strike must not be a small fee, but the Solar Orthodoxy is self-respecting, and Xiukui is arrogant. Having just returned from helping, naturally, he was unwilling to open his mouth to talk about any fees. Ning Wan just took out the jade slip, outlined the terrain in the void, and discussed it in detail.

"Zhaoguang, wait a moment, and accompany the Senior to chat."

The two had very high attainments in formations. One had a profound orthodoxy, and the other had extraordinary talent. They chatted until they were excited and both gained something. They were not satisfied with gesturing on the map, nodded to Li Ximing, and rode the wind to investigate, as if Li Ximing had nothing to do with it.

This made him flattered and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Ling Mei saw it all, sighed with a smile and said:

"Senior Kuiqi regards you as one of his own... The Solar Orthodoxy is very enthusiastic internally at first. If it weren't for the fact that the various sects didn't follow the righteous path, hurting the hearts of Xiukui and Hengzhu... it wouldn't have become as estranged as it is today..."

Li Ximing nodded secretly. He had seen Senior Kuiqi's attitude. He didn't even have a good face for True Person Luo who refined people, let alone the Qingchi of those years... No wonder the hearts of the people were scattered to this point.

Speaking of this, Li Ximing already had some guesses and whispered: "Hengzhu... is it because of Murong Xia's southward march in those years... but why did it reach such a point..."

Ling Mei's expression was complex, and he shook his head:

"Zhaoguang has already stood at the current height, so I can say it without worry. Murong Xia's matter... although Luoxia did not directly pass down an edict, Jin Yu and Qingchi agreed, and the division of Jiangbei was also decided... there is no reason to go back on it... Hengzhu... sigh..."

This matter clearly made Ling Mei very shaken, even a bit painful. He stroked his beard, not wanting to talk about this matter, and instead sighed: "Now everyone in the north is guessing Lord Lord Louxing's whereabouts, and it is inevitable that there will be storms. Although this time it failed, it almost saw through all the combat power that the Solar Orthodoxy can draw out in one breath, and the loss is only a few Eyed Lianmin. This kind of thing will not be less. Your family's foundation is not as good as theirs, so leave a hand in everything, and you can preserve your family when the time comes."

Ling Mei was a cultivator of the Solar Orthodoxy, and these words were already very partial. Li Ximing nodded and thanked him, sighing: "Senior's good intentions, the junior will keep them in mind. I don't know if the disciples in the family have the fate to enter the mountain to practice..."

This sword cultivator stroked his beard and said softly: "My Jianmen's habits cannot be changed after all. We can make some changes, but we cannot involve fundamental things. If your clan has disciples sent to practice the sword, my Jianmen is very welcome, but the same... this child must be sent at the age of six, and cut off the dust... with practicing morality as the first priority."

This was probably to make his own disciples go and never return. Perhaps they would not be able to get better resource support because of various customs, and even sending spirit objects from home to the sect would be gossiped about. Li Ximing naturally would not agree. He paused slightly, nodded with a smile, but saw Ning Wan shuttling down.

Ning Wan first bowed to Ling Mei, then laughed:

"Zhaoguang, these thirty-two 【Purple Ridge Wide Valley Mountain-Piercing Mysterious Nails】 have been set, let's take a look first."

Li Ximing was overjoyed, immediately rode the light and rose, looked up and looked around, and saw many purple-gold long pillars standing on the lake continent, each as thick as a house, straight to the sky, emitting purple and yellow intertwined colors.

It was morning, white mist rose everywhere, and the Purple Ridge Wide Valley Mountain-Piercing Mysterious Nails in the distance and near were intertwined, appearing and disappearing in the hazy morning mist. The Li family's cultivators stood on the continent, all with expressions of amazement. One or two bold ones had already flown up, flying around these towering and scattered purple-gold pillars.

The complex purple-gold patterns shone in the air, shining on the tops of the immortal buildings and pavilions below, making these pavilions look small instead. The originally pleasant Pingya Continent looked mysterious and magnificent against the backdrop of these many mysterious pillars, and the original immortal atmosphere was rendered into a stern and noble mysterious phenomenon.

These thirty-two Purple Ridge Wide Valley pillars were set up, and although they had not yet formed a formation, they already made Li Ximing praise them repeatedly. Ning Wan said softly: "These thirty-two Purple Ridge Wide Valleys, sixteen on the continent, sixteen in the lake beside the continent. At present, the ones on the continent are still standing on flat ground, one hundred and eighty ren high, and the height is different after being hit into the ground. The highest is in the center of the continent, one hundred and sixty ren outside... the ones surrounding on both sides decrease level by level, and there are differences in height according to the earth veins. The overall formation light should present a cover shape."

"The remaining sixteen are in the surrounding lake, covering a lot of the lake surface, most of which can be exposed to the water surface. The thirty-two mysterious nails are the gathering points of the spiritual energy of the Zifu great formation. In the future, you can also rely on these pillars to build some pavilions and towers..."

"Your clan is on the continent, not in the mountains. This great formation was designed by Sister Ting Lan particularly accurately. There are few such standard cover shapes... It is also the type that her Ziyan is good at..."

The Ziyan Blessed Land itself was not built on a certain mountain, which was quite similar to the Lake Continent. Li Ximing clearly did not find the wrong person by looking for Ting Lan, but his family's area was certainly not as good as the Blessed Land, especially in terms of height. The Lake Continent was very flat, with the middle slightly raised. Adding this one hundred and sixty ren should reach a height of one hundred and twenty zhang.

This height could only be said to be mediocre, probably one-fifth of the height of Xiaoshi Mountain in the north. Although Li Ximing felt it was slightly low, his family originally had no immortal mountains to speak of, so it was normal to be low, so he nodded repeatedly.

Ning Wan then said:

"The ones by the lake have been hit down, and the earth veins on the lake have also been looked at. Now it is standing because Senior Senior Kuiqi is holding it with great magic power. Once Zhaoguang nods, the people on the continent will withdraw, and the formation can be set!"

Li Ximing did not expect the two Zifu's efficiency to be so high, so he hurriedly called Li Jiangqian up and asked him to drive everyone out, nodding slightly in his heart:

"Fortunately, the formation on the lake was still the perfunctory set early on, and there was not much resistance, so the family's people were all in seclusion in Qingshan. Otherwise, if this formation went down, most of them would be affected..."

Seeing that the Li family was both happy and terrified to withdraw, Li Jiangqian reported back, and Ning Wan laughed:

"It's just that the previous formation is going to be smashed to pieces."

Li Ximing didn't care about these things now. What's more, there was no reason to let Senior Kuiqi hold it all the time and let his family send people to dismantle it, so he waved his hand repeatedly. Ning Wan waved her sleeve, and a cold air rushed to the sky.

Senior Kuiqi on the top of the sky formed a seal and let go. The thirty-two Purple Ridge Wide Valleys suddenly shone brightly, purple and yellow colors intertwined, and the earth veins opened one after another. Strands of pitch-black earth evil rushed to the sky, but after floating for only a moment, these thirty-two behemoths fell with a bang.

"Boom!"

The tallest Purple-Root Broad-Valley Profound Nail in the center of the lake rendered a patch of purple-yellow color. The purple spread along the horizon, blooming from the center toward the four directions, transforming into a purple canopy that covered downward, emitting a roar like a thunderclap. The yellow light, like the veins of a leaf, spread rapidly along the inner wall of this purple canopy, lighting up each node corresponding to every profound nail one by one.

The connection between the Grand Void and the mortal world was gradually cut off. The mystery of the Zifu great formation operated, dividing the internal and external Grand Void into two places. This mysterious sky color with purple as the base and yellow veins shone to the extreme and finally turned transparent and faded away.

"Swish swish..."

Due to the change of the earth veins, the independent formations in these pavilions and towers all failed. The houses and courtyards on the continent were shattered like window paper in the face of this vibration, leaving only those mysterious pillars reaching the sky standing on the continent, emitting dim yellow light.

"The Zifu great formation is done!"

Li Ximing's heart was surging, and he praised it endlessly. Ning Wan listened to the exclamations and cheers coming from both sides of the river, revealed a soft and beautiful smile, and bowed:

"Congratulations, Zhaoguang!"

"Congratulations, Zhaoguang!"

Senior Kuiqi laughed and came down from the air. The magic power phantom color on his body was slightly dim, clearly consuming a lot. People had been busy for such a long time, so Li Ximing hurriedly returned the salute and laughed:

"Thanks to the two fellow daoists!"

Ning Wan laughed and responded to him, replying: "This formation... Sister Ting Lan did not take a specific name, please Zhaoguang name it yourself."

Li Ximing was in a great mood. After a while of consideration, he looked around and stroked his beard: "Let's call it... 【Zhaoguang Xuanzi Liu Lingzhen】."

Li Ximing did not name it casually. All Zifu great formations of the Solar Orthodoxy were four-character names, plus the word spirit formation. He did not add much, rose with the light, landed on the highest pillar, and sure enough, placed a small platform.

The platform was painted with gray-gold patterns, dense and dense. Clearly, the formation plate had been embedded in it as this rune. It could not be taken out without Zifu. Li Ximing stroked his sleeve slightly, refined it with divine abilities, and refined this great formation for his own use.

Ning Wan said softly: "The formation plate of the great formation is on this highest mysterious pillar. If you want any entry token, Zhaoguang can engrave it yourself. This great formation has the ability to isolate the Grand Void based on the Zifu great formation. It is also according to the habits of the Solar Orthodoxy, divided into two layers inside and outside. The inner formation and the outer formation are not connected. The inner formation is only the size of a palace, suitable for placing some treasures, and the outer formation allows disciples to enter and exit."

"The great formation itself has two mysteries. One is 【Town Mountain】, which has the effect of stabilizing the earth veins and gathering spiritual energy. It is precisely because of the extremely strong control over the earth veins that the thirty-two are separated from each other, which can create thirty-two kinds of treasure lands to cultivate disciples."

Li Ximing naturally knew where this mystery, which was not very consistent with Purple Qi and Mingyang, came from, and sighed secretly. Ning Wan continued: "The second is 【Purple Ceremony】. The thirty-two mysterious nails each release spiritual light, gathering together, which can draw the reserves in the treasury and the spiritual energy in the continent to gather 【Wide Valley Purple Ceremony Light】 to resist enemies... As for the power... it can be considered mediocre."

Ning Wan said thoughtfully: "This one was changed by Sister Ting Lan. According to her wishes... she has ideas on many nodes. Although there is 【Wide Valley Purple Ceremony Light】, it also lacks many mysteries to resist external enemies because of these changes..."

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Senior Kuiqi 【Zifu Mid-stage】

Li Ximing 【Zifu Early-stage】 【Zifu Alchemist】

Ning Wan 【Zifu Early-stage】 【Zifu Formation Master】

Ling Mei 【Zifu Mid-stage】 ===== CHAPTER 854 =====