Chapter 93

Not only Qi Baiya and Ning Jiao, but also many guests on the scene were swept into the blood-red formation the moment it was activated!

The red light of the formation, initiated by Ning Jiao, shot into the sky like an inverted sea of ​​blood, instantly engulfing the magnificent golden curtains and jade steps, the panicked crowd, and the lingering sword energy within the hall.

The whole world seemed to be immersed in a scarlet purgatory, with only surging blood as far as the eye could see.

Those cultivators who were further away were still fighting desperately: "This formation... could this formation be based on the entire Mountain and Sea Never Sleeps City?!"

The fire from this formation clearly shows no sign of stopping!

A figure streaked across the sky like a shooting star, suddenly appearing outside the formation.

The newcomer's robes fluttered, the red garments beneath them blazing like flames, and a magnificent aura emanated from him. White feathers of light fell with each step, even forcing the surging blood light around him to retreat by three points!

Feng Pianpian turned around abruptly and bowed respectfully to the newcomer, her voice filled with barely suppressed excitement and reverence:

"Welcome, young lord!"

Feng Xiaosheng didn't say much, but stepped forward with a cold expression.

The spot where Ning Jiao had been lying on the ground had now transformed into a gushing, blood-red spring. Thick blood mist spewed out from it like a living thing, carrying a nauseating stench.

Even more chilling is that the edge of the blood spring is expanding outward with the gushing blood mist, seemingly without boundaries, as if it wants to devour everything in its path.

Feng Xiaosheng extended a stream of crimson-gold spiritual energy, tentatively placing it into the blood spring. However, the pure phoenix fire spiritual energy vanished without a trace, disappearing into the surging blood without causing even the slightest ripple.

Moreover, as the blood mist surged forth, the edge of that crimson spring continued to expand outwards, seemingly without any boundary!

Feng Xiaosheng scanned the area but didn't see any familiar figures. He lowered his eyes and asked, "Are Qi Baiya and Ning Jiao among them?"

Feng Pianpian immediately said, "There's also Yan Wurong, the acting sect leader of the half-sect, and Feng Xiushi, who was also involved in protecting the Chu family." After a pause, Feng Pianpian said in a low voice, "But in the beginning, the first one to be implicated was a disciple of Qingniao Yiyehua."

Feng Pianpian saw it clearly.

Ning Jiao's sudden formation was aimed at her first, even disregarding Yan Wurong.

But what makes this disciple different?

Just then, an elder from the Bluebird One Leaf Flower sect stepped forward and respectfully said, "Young Master, you are wise. When Madam Ning was injured just now, it was that disciple who reached out and helped her up."

Feng Xiaosheng's heart sank.

What exactly is Ning Jiao up to this time? Is Sheng Mingyue just bored? Is she the Qingniao Yiyehua disciple who got involved? Why did she have to come to this Mountain and Sea Never Sleeping City and get involved in this?

However, as the young lord who had held power in the Phoenix Clan for many years, the more turbulent the emotions in Feng Xiaosheng's heart, the more frozen and unmoving his face became, revealing not a trace of his feelings.

Despite being in a foreign land, Feng Xiaosheng moved with an air of leisurely ease, exuding a haughty and composed demeanor.

The moonlit robe brushed against the blood-stained ground, and the immense pressure emanating from him was like a mountain collapsing, causing the originally panicked and chaotic cultivators below to unconsciously hold their breath and gradually quiet down.

Feng Xiaosheng stood atop the high platform, his gaze sweeping across the chaotic scene and the expressions of the crowd. He then spoke, his voice clear and cold, brooking no argument:

"Everything here will be taken over and managed by my Moon Chaser City."

Upon hearing this, the steward of the city lord's mansion was naturally unwilling. One of the elders immediately said, "We naturally trust the young lord's character, but the current situation is unclear. It seems that demonic cultivators and demons have infiltrated our Mountain and Sea Never Sleeps City, and even the city lord and his wife have fallen into the formation..."

In just a few words, they were trying to distance themselves from all ties.

Feng Xiaosheng did not answer, but the Phoenix Clan members could not hold back any longer. Feng Jiutian immediately stepped forward and said, "The Mountain and Sea Never Sleeps City has caused such a mess right under our noses, involving so many sects. Now, can you give us an explanation?"

Once someone started, the other guests naturally followed suit.

The people of the City Lord's Mansion refused to back down. An elder invited Chu Le to the front of the formation and said earnestly, "I have long heard that the Chu family is unparalleled in the world in the study of talisman formations. Now that the situation is critical, I hope that you will not hesitate to give me your guidance and explore the mysteries of this blood formation."

Chu Le was still young, and even Feng Xiaosheng couldn't figure out the strange formation. How could he easily understand it? Under everyone's gaze, he bent down and examined it closely for a long time. The light at his fingertips flickered several times. In the end, he straightened up and shook his head: "This formation is strange and unpredictable. This junior is not knowledgeable enough... I have not been able to find out the key to it."

The elder had already guessed the outcome, and instead of being disappointed, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes.

"Since that's the case..."

Feng Xiaosheng watched coldly, and at this point he was certain that these elders were acting this way in order to maintain the crumbling face of the City Lord's Mansion.

They were also unaware of Ning Jiao's plans.

That's absolutely idiotic!

Feng Xiaosheng almost laughed out of anger.

Now that things have come to this, what do we care about the empty title of this mansion? If she had arrived even a moment later today, who knows if they would still be alive to make a scene here?

Feng Xiaosheng sneered inwardly. The Hundred Feather Mo Lan fan inside his sleeve was faintly hot, and he wished he could just fan these fools a thousand miles away. But the overall situation was more important. Now that he had taken the lead, he could not completely expel the host family from this Shan Hai Never Sleeps City.

Otherwise, this fragile peace will immediately crumble.

On the other side, seeing that Chu Le had failed, the elders of the City Lord's Mansion seemed to have seized on a pretext, and one of them immediately raised his voice: "The origin of this formation is unknown, and it is extremely strange. Even the esteemed disciple of the Chu family is helpless. Since the situation is unclear, it is probably... unwise for the young lord to take over and command it entirely."

Chu Le understood that he had been used as a pawn, and his hands, hidden under his wide sleeves, clenched tightly until his knuckles turned white.

As his emotions were churning, Feng Jiutian quietly moved to his side, bent her arm, and gently bumped his arm without leaving a trace.

Just as everyone was at a loss, Feng Xiaosheng was about to speak when another voice, cold as ice, silenced all the commotion.

"Yin Yang Blood Array".

The moment those four words were uttered, the entire audience was astonished!

What's even more terrifying is that along with the words, a powerful, pure, and undisguised violent demonic aura spreads!

Accompanied by a surge of demonic energy, Xie Qianjing emerged from the black mist in the void.

This time, he made no attempt to conceal it. His demonic aura surged like an undercurrent, yet strangely condensed and unyielding.

Facing the sudden wariness, fear, and even hostility in the eyes of the crowd, Xie Qianjing walked calmly to the surging blood pool. His voice was calm and undisturbed, yet each word was clear: "This formation is based on the Yin-Yang Mirror and uses the spiritual power and blood of people of the same origin as a guide. It reverses the universe and confuses Yin and Yang, aiming to create a trap and killing situation where reality and illusion are indistinguishable."

Upon hearing this, the demon servant following behind Xie Qianjing chuckled knowingly.

The demonic cultivator Shang Shuang clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Wonderful! Such a meticulously crafted blood array could never have been formed without decades of painstaking planning. I... admire you, I admire you!"

Another demonic cultivator grinned, his white teeth gleaming coldly. He surveyed the ugly-looking cultivators around him and, not wanting to miss a good show, raised his voice: "You deliberately chose this auspicious day with so many guests to lure us into a trap. Are you perhaps planning to use the flesh and souls of all of you fellow immortals as a sacrifice for the formation?"

"So that's what 'Mountains and Seas Never Sleep' means! I've really learned something new!"

The manager of the Mountain and Sea Never Sleeps City turned pale, his lips trembling as he tried to argue, but as soon as he met Xie Qianjing's gaze, his mind went blank for a moment, and he was so shocked that he couldn't utter a single word!

That look in my eyes was something no human could possibly have... Yes, yes!

He is a demon! The most lowly and bloodthirsty monster in legend!

Xie Qianjing indifferently withdrew his gaze.

If it weren't for the fact that the Nine Heavens are within this formation...

The moment they arrived, the palace and all the noisy people had already been razed to the ground.

Taking advantage of this brief moment, Chu Le stepped forward, bowing respectfully: "Does the Demon Lord know how to break the formation?"

As the boy spoke, he was about to bow deeply and perform a grand salute.

Looking at the lingering melancholy and loneliness between the boy's brows, Xie Qianjing suddenly recalled the beginning.

At that time, the two of them saw a young man surrounded by a crowd in the inn. Sheng Ningyu once casually remarked that she liked the innocent and arrogant look in the young man's eyes.

There are so many things in this world that she can like... yet so few.

Stay.

The person opposite him clearly did not move an inch, but Chu Le felt an invisible force firmly supporting his arm, making it impossible for him to bow down no matter what.

"Young Master Chu, there's no need for such formalities."

Xie Qianjing's voice remained calm: "The Yin-Yang Blood Array here is already connected to the spiritual vein foundation of the Mountain and Sea Never Sleeps City."

"Foundation?" someone asked, puzzled. "Isn't the foundation of the Mountain and Sea Never Sleeping City the city itself?"

Elder Qingniao Yiyehua suddenly realized: "Spiritual veins... Could it be that the formation that can make 'Mountains and Seas Never Sleep' is the predecessor of this 'Yin Yang Blood Formation'?"

Chu Le reacted quickly: "That formation covers the entire city. If it is forcibly broken from the outside, it will inevitably cause chaos in the internal formations, which may endanger the people."

"I'm afraid it's more than that."

Feng Xiaosheng, who had just sent Feng Pianpian to investigate, received the message and glanced at Xie Qianjing with a complicated expression.

The steward of the city lord's mansion cried out in shock, "What did you say?!"

Even in their worst-case scenario, they never expected that a demonic seed would appear in the world!

Feng Xiaosheng closed his eyes and extended his spiritual sense, quickly figuring out the situation.

"When this formation was activated, the entire city was already shrouded in demonic energy. If I'm not mistaken, someone planted a demonic seed beforehand, waiting for the blood formation to open so that it could drag all the living beings in the city into it."

These words were like a thunderclap, and everyone present turned pale.

"Enveloping the entire city?! How utterly vicious!"

"Madam Qi is a frail woman; she certainly doesn't possess such methods. Why would City Lord Qi..."

"If that's the case, why aren't we involved now?"

At this point, everyone suddenly realized what was going on.

In an instant, all eyes turned to Xie Qianjing and the demonic cultivators behind him.

Could it be... that these demonic cultivators really suppressed the demonic seed?

Among the guests were those who had cooperated with demonic cultivators in the East China Sea to eliminate the puppet barrier, as well as those who resolutely opposed associating with the demonic path.

The expressions on everyone's faces changed dramatically at this moment, a truly fascinating display.

The highly respected elder of the Refining Sect was the first to react, and solemnly bowed to Xie Qianjing: "On behalf of all the people of the city, I thank the Demon Lord for his assistance."

"No need."

Xie Qianjing answered decisively: "The architect spent decades of effort to create this formation, which can be described as flawless. I have not been able to see through it either."

This formation was bizarre and ingenious, requiring specific conditions to be completed. He and Jiuzhong initially only sensed something unusual, but neither of them could see through it.

Chu Le looked puzzled upon hearing this. He crouched down and tentatively probed the surging blood mist with his spiritual energy. After a moment's hesitation, he finally spoke: "It's just that the final touches of this formation..."

The demonic cultivator beside him shrugged: "You do have some insight! Indeed, the finishing touches on this formation were very rushed and haphazard, I wonder why."

A disciple of the Half-Wall Sect chimed in, "But that's actually good. We found the flaw easily, which prevented a major mistake from happening."

Just as everyone was about to express their gratitude again, Xie Qianjing said calmly, "This was not my intention; I was merely acting on someone's behalf."

Chu Le was taken aback. The arrogant and unrestrained voice seemed to still echo in his ears. He blurted out, "Could it be... Sword Master?"

Xie Qianjing glanced at him, and a faint smile appeared on her lips.

Feng Xiaosheng sneered inwardly.

What's there to be proud of?

For some reason, the more she looked at Xie Qianjing, the more she disliked him, so she simply turned her head and said, "This formation can only be broken from within. The most urgent task is to defend the city and find out exactly how many demonic seeds have been buried."

...

Sheng Ningyu was shaken awake, still half asleep.

"Wake up! Junior Sister! We're going to watch Senior Sister Mingyue practice her sword!"

Senior Sister Mingyue?

Why...why does that sound so familiar?

Sheng Ningyu was still drowsy and her mind was foggy. She was dragged along for a long run in a daze. When she opened her mouth, the cold morning wind rushed into her mouth, making her throat hurt and making it difficult for her to speak properly.

"Ming... cough cough..." Sheng Ningyu managed to speak, "Who is Senior Sister Mingyue?"

"Are you still half asleep?" The voice beside her rose, the surprised tone reaching her ears along with the sound of the wind. He pulled her along, speeding up and faster, the sound of the wind scattering her reply.

The wind howled, making the words "Jiange" seem to stretch out for an especially long time.

With a sudden tug from the side, the two turned around at the end of the corridor, where the rising sun was somewhat dazzling.

This time, Sheng Ningyu finally heard what he said clearly.

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Author's Note: But some things can't be taken away even if you change your identity.