This formation is used by Taoists to deal with powerful evil spirits and demons.

The Seven Fiends that can form an array—魑魅魍魉魈魃魋—are actually ghosts and monsters.

This means that if Taoists want to set up this formation, they must raise ghosts and monsters themselves, cultivating them into demons, monsters, and monsters.

Later, because the Taiyi Sect passed down other formations that did not harm one's virtue to the Daoist sects, the Seven Fiends Soul-Locking Formation rarely appeared.

As long as one is a righteous person, one will not use such a formation unless absolutely necessary, while evil cultivators will have no taboos.

Ye Xianya immediately knew that the Seven Fiends who formed the array had been cultivated for many years and were very powerful. When these fiendish energies hit her, it was as painful as being cut by a knife. Even though she had already established her foundation, she could not withstand it for long.

This thing is like cutting flesh with a dull knife, slowly killing a person and turning them into a bloody mist.

Ye Xianya certainly wouldn't sit idly by and wait to die. She released her powerful soul force, and a faint light emerged around her body, directly blocking the evil energy.

The person controlling the formation directed all the evil energy towards her, which put a lot of pressure on Ye Xianya, but it also meant that Qi Chengshuo and the other two were temporarily safe.

With the power of her soul blocking the evil energy, Ye Xianya was temporarily unaffected. Without delay, she immediately took out the talismans she had prepared on the way and the Yin-Yang Ring made from lightning-struck wood to defend against the enemy.

As soon as the talismans were thrown, a series of crackling explosions rang out.

The ordinary Yin-Yang Ring instantly grew several times larger under Ye Xianya's urging, its entire body radiating golden light, and it smashed the ground again and again.

She doesn't have time to find the key point of the formation and break it now.

As the saying goes, brute force can overcome all methods!

Even formations become ineffective in the face of absolute power.

When Ye Xianya violently unleashed one of the Seven Fiends, she immediately activated the five copper coin magic treasures, shattering its soul.

The Seven Fiends are interconnected; if one of them dies, the entire formation will be riddled with flaws.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ye Xianya found another evil spirit and destroyed it.

To her surprise, Qi Chengshuo and the two guards also discovered one of the evil spirits.

Because Ye Xianya was deliberately targeted by Zhao Zhifeng, all the evil energy was directed towards her. The three of them only suffered minor injuries, but they joined forces to destroy the evil spirit they discovered.

Seeing that the formation was about to be broken, and Ye Xianya was wreaking havoc with their second senior brother's copper coin magic weapon, Zhao Zhifeng didn't dare to linger. Before his fourth and fifth senior brothers could persuade him, he immediately gave up control of the formation and fled with his two junior brothers.

With Zhao Zhifeng gone, no one was in control of the formation, and Ye Xianya quickly broke it.

The Seven Fiends are complementary to each other. Now that three of them have died, the remaining four are naturally much weaker than before.

Ye Xianya wiped them all out with a single palm strike.

After the formation was completely broken, Zhao Zhifeng and the others had already fled far away. Ye Xianya looked in the direction they had fled, frowned deeply, and ultimately did not chase after them, because it was too late.

"How are you all?" Ye Xianya turned to look at Qi Chengshuo and the others.

"We're fine." Qi Chengshuo quickly shook his head: "What about you?"

He and his guards were only injured by the evil energy when they were trapped in the formation. Because all three of them were martial artists with internal energy protecting them, and their skin and bones were not as fragile as ordinary people, they only suffered some superficial injuries, which were not serious.

"I'm fine." Ye Xianya was relieved to see that although their clothes were tattered and stained with blood, they did not have any fatal injuries.

Just then, the black mist completely dissipated, and Ye Miaoyun and the others, who were extremely worried, rushed over.

Qi Jiu hugged Qi Chengshuo tightly: "Chengshuo, are you alright? You scared your Uncle Jiu to death!"

"It's nothing, just a minor scratch. It'll be fine in a couple of days." Qi Chengshuo patted Qi Jiu's back and whispered in his ear, "I'm not a child anymore, Uncle Jiu, don't hold me anymore."

So many people are watching!

"It's good that you're alright." Qi Jiu smiled. He wanted to ask about Ye Xianya's condition, but found Ye Miaoyun holding her daughter and wiping away tears.

"Mother, I'm really fine. You can see for yourself. I don't have a single scratch on my body," Ye Xianya said with a smile.

Actually, when she was first trapped in the formation, she was also injured by the evil energy. However, since she had already established her foundation and her soul was instantly released to resist the evil energy, that little bit of damage was nothing to her.

Ye Xianya has been absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to nourish her body these days, and that little injury has already healed.

"That's good...that's good." Ye Miaoyun burst into tears of joy upon hearing this.

She was just so worried about her daughter.

"I wonder which damned bastard set up such a vicious formation. Isn't this trying to kill us?" Ye Miaoyun said, looking at Ye Xianya, "Could it be that bastard Jiang Mingtao?"

"I've seen the person who controls the formation. Although the formation blocked my view, it wasn't too difficult to find him."

After Ye Xianya finished speaking, based on the remaining power at the scene and the man's face, she carefully calculated and a picture instantly appeared in her mind: Xie Peng, the master of Yunxiao Palace, and the man who controlled the formation.

"They must be from Yunxiao Palace," Ye Xianya said softly, opening her eyes.

“They’re after me. No matter who’s behind it, the first thing we must do when we get back to the capital is to destroy Yunxiao Palace. Otherwise, I won’t be able to quell the hatred in my heart.”

As he spoke, Qi Jiu patted Qi Chengshuo on the shoulder: "Chengshuo, your Ninth Uncle is now a commoner. I have no money and no manpower, so I'll leave this matter to you."

"Uncle Jiu, rest assured, after returning to the capital, I will request the Emperor's decree to lead troops to surround Yunxiao Palace, and then ask the Emperor to issue an imperial edict to allow the other nine Taoist sects to assist in annihilating Yunxiao Palace," Qi Chengshuo said in a deep voice.

Those bastards from Yunxiao Palace have repeatedly sent people to use those insidious methods against them. Even if they are acting under orders, such crooked and evil practices must be eradicated.

After checking her surroundings and confirming that there was nothing amiss, Ye Xianya gathered some spiritual energy from heaven and earth to dispel the remaining malevolent energy from Qi Chengshuo and the two guards' flesh and blood. She also nourished their bodies before setting off.

It was completely dark, and everyone was still hungry. They needed to hurry to the post station to eat, drink, and rest.

As Qi Chengshuo watched his wounds shrink, he felt a mixture of admiration and envy towards Ye Xianya.

If he had known that cultivators were so powerful, he should have had his grandfather send him to learn Taoist arts when he was young. Perhaps he would have been so talented that he could have entered the Taiyi Sect.

"What are you thinking about?" Ye Xianya and Jian Qichengshuo stood there in a daze and couldn't help but ask.

"We ordinary people are really helpless when we encounter these ghosts and monsters," Qi Chengshuo said with a wry smile.

"The three of you have already done a great job by killing one of the Ghost Fiends." Ye Xianya thought they were quite good.