Chapter 266

After a long while, Xuanqing Daozhang finished circulating his sect's cultivation method through a full cycle, unable to calm his mind, he opened his eyes, a bitter smile flashed and vanished, and he said in a sullen tone: "This child Ping'an being too outstanding is not a good thing!"

While speaking, Xuanqing Daozhang lifted his head and looked out the window, as if a human figure had appeared in the distance in his line of sight.

Today.

Wang Ping'an's body repeatedly produced anomalies, drawing the wandering spiritual qi of heaven and earth to swarm in; he knew that besides Wang Ping'an's Innate Dao Body, it was also because the Sword Qi within him had risen another level.

Once Wang Ping'an's Sword Qi consolidates its current evolution, it will no longer so frequently draw in the wandering spiritual qi of heaven and earth!

But Wang Ping'an is still too young after all, and he dares not guarantee whether other changes will occur, let alone that Hu Meiniang is lurking nearby with hostile intent.

For some reason, before the high‑level formation set up by the Wang Family—the Spirit Turtle Formation—was fully completed, he felt no sense of security, fearing that Hu Meiniang would take advantage of the interval to sneak into the Wang Family and, after discovering Wang Ping'an's condition, afterward.

Given Hu Meiniang's character—or, more accurately, the sort of person or monster with very low morals—one need not even think; she would surely sneak away and abduct Wang Ping'an.

Don't look down on Wang Ping'an just because he isn't a heavenly treasure; in the eyes of most people, he is certainly no inferior to such a treasure.

I don't know how many old monsters lack heirs, hoping someone could inherit their legacy; if someone or a monster were given a child with an Innate Dao Body as an heir, they would surely be rewarded by those old monsters.

Of course.

Among them are not a few perverse monsters who wish to use Wang Ping'an's Innate Dao Body to possess a corpse and be reborn.

The former would be a good thing for Wang Ping'an, but not for the Wang Family; the latter is not a good thing for either Wang Ping'an or the Wang Family.

Various thoughts arose in his mind; Xuanqing Daozhang wanted to dispel them but could not, so his mind could not return to a blank state, he could not continue cultivating, he rose, got out of bed, and walked briskly toward the courtyard.

The Paper Person controlled by Wang Ping'an, watching him after practicing the Myriad Sword Art, saw that the Small Five Elements Sword Formation was about to be completed and that the impending heaven‑earth anomaly was about to be triggered, and let out a sigh of relief.

Suddenly hearing a sound not far away, Wang Ping'an hastily divided his attention, continuing to practice the Myriad Sword Art while quickly hiding the Paper Person.

Hiding in an inconspicuous spot, he looked up and saw his master emerge from the guest room.

"Could it be that my master has noticed something amiss?"

Wang Ping'an felt extreme panic, anxiously watching Xuanqing Daozhang come out, seeing him walk toward the courtyard, just as he worried whether the master would notice the Small Five Elements Sword Formation, he saw Xuanqing Daozhang suddenly squat down.

He immediately recalled having used the Dharma Eye not long before, which had detected a hidden energy at that location, linked together with other hidden energies.

Clearly, this is one of the nodes of the formation his master set up!

Moreover.

It seems to be an unfinished node!

At this moment, his master came to this node; clearly he was not detecting any abnormality in the surroundings, but rather seemed to want to take advantage of the night to continue laying out his formation.

Seeing this, Wang Ping'an let out a sigh of relief while feeling deeply moved inside, yet he still harbored some doubt, asking, "How could my master be setting up a formation at this time? Doesn't he need to rest?"

The next moment.

A flash of inspiration crossed Wang Ping'an's mind; he recalled his master's earlier muttering, instantly realized why his master would, in the darkness, toil without complaint to continue laying out the formation.

He was worried about his and his family's safety!

He feared that his so‑called Innate Dao Body would be exposed and that Hu Meiniang would sneak in and abduct him.

As the saying goes: "One can be a thief for a thousand days, but who can guard against a thief for a thousand days?"

His master cannot possibly watch over his household every moment, nor can he live there every day; there will come a day when he must leave, and no one knows when Hu Meiniang might return to their home.

Only the formation laid down in his home can barely give his master a sense of security. Although,

No matter how powerful the formation his master sets up, it cannot possibly reach that level; his master is not a specialist in formations, so he may still be unable to stop Hu Meiniang, but at least it can buy some time.

That bit of time is enough for his master to rush over.

The next morning.

As a sliver of sunlight filtered through the window onto Wang Ping'an's face, he awoke from deep sleep; he had spent most of the night practicing one cultivation method after another, and drawing talisman after talisman of intermediate grade inside the World Pearl, preparing to repay his debts.

Only a little of that time was spent in sleep!

Last night.

Taking advantage of his master laying out the formation in the family courtyard, the Paper Person he had hidden nearby could not return; fearing his master would notice something amiss, he could only control the Paper Person to hide far away.

During that time.

He happened to test the intermediate talisman, the Lightning Talisman, and found his initial guess was wrong; this intermediate talisman is not an offensive type but a supportive one, a talisman that increases speed.

"Boom!", "Boom!", "Boom!"

Just as Wang Ping'an woke up and was about to begin cultivating, he heard a knocking on his bedroom door; he hastily stopped cultivating and then heard his master's voice from outside.

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"Dongzhu, are you up?"

He remembered that his master had returned to the guest room only after completing the formation in the family courtyard; at that time the sky was just beginning to lighten, and he would know it was because the Paper Person he had hidden had detected an abnormality in their home.

The wandering spiritual qi of heaven and earth around them seemed to sense some summons, surging in from all directions, and a huge looming shape faintly appeared in his family's courtyard.

It was a gigantic turtle!

One would think…

It must be the phenomenon caused by the completion of the formation his master laid out in the courtyard!

I never expected it to come knocking on his bedroom door so soon!

"Daozhang, you want to see our family's Ping'an, right?"

Liu Dongzhu, who was just getting up, heard Xuanqing Daozhang say that and hurriedly replied, "I'll bring Ping'an over right away for you to see!"

"Dongzhu, it's still early; infants love sleep the most, so let Ping'an sleep a bit longer—I'm actually looking for you!"

Xuanqing Daozhang replied.

"Looking for me?"

Liu Dongzhu stared, not expecting Xuanqing Daozhang to come early in the morning to find her; she quickly got up, walked briskly out, opened the bedroom door, saw Xuanqing Daozhang outside, and couldn't help asking, "Daozhang, what do you need me for?"

"Put this wooden token on you and Ping'an's necks…"

Xuanqing Daozhang handed over one wooden token after another; before he could finish speaking, he saw Liu Dongzhu's face full of doubt, and he explained:

"Have you forgotten what I told you? I will set up a formation in your home to keep out villains; now that the formation is completed, this wooden token is the key to enter the formation!"

(Chapter ends)