The head of Xuandu and the immortal Wanxiang stood in the underground formation room, looking at the Taiyi Dunjia Yin-Yang formation around them.
The dense runes that were originally spread all over the room from front to back, left to right, up to down, now have a large empty space in the center of the ceiling.
"What is this?" Master Xuandu looked at Luo Yan inquiringly.
"I compressed and encrypted some areas of the original formation." Luo Yan replied calmly, "Although the formation arranged by the master was perfect, it was cumbersome and complicated. I simplified some standard but unnecessary runes. Firstly, it saves more space and can be supplemented with new content later. Secondly, it also increases security a lot. At least it won't be easily mastered by others in a few years."
"This is the work of an ancient formation." Immortal Wanxiang exclaimed.
Luo Yan replied respectfully: "Yes."
Very good, the immortal did not ask about maintenance issues, which means that he can only roughly understand the principles of the formation but cannot set up the formation.
"Then let's start it and give it a try?" Master Xuandu suggested.
He came to the center of the formation and placed his hand on the surface of the tripod.
Suddenly, the tripod began to vibrate with a buzzing sound, and a wave-like, liquid light overflowed from the inside of the tripod, surging in the room with mysterious light.
"Yeah." Master Xuandu closed his eyes, and his consciousness spread out along the formation, quickly covering the entire Penglai Island, "Not bad, not bad."
By good, I don’t mean that Luo Yan’s changes were very good—in fact, they were pretty much the same as the original.
It's just that Luo Yan, with his Jindan body, was able to change Elder Shiding's formation without any problems (after all, so many runes were missing from the ceiling), which just proved that Luo Yan already had the ability to maintain this formation.
"In your opinion," the Wanxiang Immortal asked gently, "if we continue to encrypt the information until the intelligence stolen by the traitor is completely ineffective and can no longer play any role, how long will it take?"
"It's hard to say." Luo Yan immediately replied cunningly, "I'm not familiar with this formation yet. If I continue to study it, the estimated time will be shortened."
"Hmm." The Immortal Wanxiang nodded slightly, knowing that what Luo Yan meant was that at the current speed, the transformation would definitely take a very long time.
But on the one hand, the more modifications are made, the higher the safety will be; on the other hand, as he becomes more familiar with the formation, the speed of modification will also become faster...so there is no need to worry about the construction period.
Thinking of this, he nodded to Master Xuandu.
Luo Yan also breathed a sigh of relief: after revising it over and over again for so long, he finally passed the first review.
As soon as everyone left the underground formation hall, a real person rushed over from outside and said to the Xuandu Sect Master and Wanxiang Immortal:
"The five sects of the Demon Sect mobilized their troops to besiege Shushan!"
The two were stunned when they heard this. Luo Yan frowned and quickly pretended to be stunned.
"Convene a high-level meeting of the sect immediately." Wanxiang Immortal quickly instructed Xuandu Sect Master, then turned around and warned Luo Yan, "Jingyun, you go back first, and don't tell anyone else about this."
"I didn't hear anything." Luo Yan replied immediately.
He hurried back to Tiangong Workshop and called his third senior sisters Liang Ruohua and Shi Liuli, and told them:
"The sect may be under martial law in the future. You should not go out casually in the near future."
Liang Ruohua nodded in agreement. She was a person who focused on academics, unlike the first generation of Shi Liuli who liked to run around and play everywhere.
Shi Liuli was silent for a moment, and said thoughtfully:
"Did something happen in Kunlun or Shushan?"
Having said this, she immediately said:
"If it's the Demon Cult that's attacking, they will most likely choose Shushan, because Kunlun has a profound foundation and there are too many variables in attacking Kunlun, so Shushan is more suitable to be a soft persimmon. But if it's not the Demon Cult that's attacking, but the two factions are experiencing serious changes, then it's hard to say."
"Oh, my husband's expression shows that the Demon Cult is indeed besieging Shushan..."
Luo Yan was so scared that he was sweating profusely. What's wrong with my wife? It's a bit creepy!
To be honest, if he wasn't a traitor, he should have been overjoyed by now - after all, his wife had become so smart and versatile, able to give him advice, cuddle in his arms, and obey him in everything. With such a good wife, what else could a husband ask for?
However, Shi Liuli is such a smart person that she might suddenly discover one day that her husband Luo Yan is actually also Xu Yinglian's husband Qiu Changtian. It is hard to say what means she will use to deal with herself then.
From this perspective, Luo Yan would rather Shi Liuli be as honest, simple, or even stupid as before... It's just a pity that he doesn't have the opportunity to choose now.
Seeing that Luo Yan was shocked and had a complicated expression, Shi Liuli realized that he had said something wrong and shook his head without saying anything.
She probably guessed part of Luo Yan's thoughts: he simply felt that he had failed to comfort herself and that he had not yet gotten over the pain of losing his father, so his temperament changed drastically.
Because of this, my husband must be feeling extremely guilty at this moment.
Shi Liuli thought for a moment and realized that even if she explained to her husband that she was forced to mature quickly due to a dramatic change in her life, he would probably think that she had made up an excuse just to comfort him.
Alas, although my husband has a photographic memory, his character is too honest and simple, and has not changed since the first time I met him.
I still have to manage Tiangongfang well and stop him from getting into trouble.
"No matter what happened." Shi Liuli smiled faintly, "Don't worry, we won't go out."
She stood up and said:
"I'll go back and study sword forging first."
After Shi Liuli left, Luo Yan sighed and said to his third sister Liang Ruohua:
"Senior Sister, look at Liuli... her current personality really makes me unable to sleep or eat."
"I am also more accustomed to my former junior sister." Liang Ruohua said sadly, "It's just... people will mature after all."
"Junior brother... I should call you Master Jingyun now. This Tiangongfang is Master's hard work. Liuli has spared no effort for it. This is her own choice. Don't be too obsessed with it."
“Sometimes, you have to look forward.”
She also stood up and said goodbye. Luo Yan sighed again, then turned and went out.
It is not easy for disciples in the Foundation Establishment Stage to leave the sect, but for him, a Golden Core True Person, there is no problem.
Besides, my wife is at the Huafu level after all, and I have to look for the Zifu secret medicine for her - I can't let her study sword-making, practice daily, and also distract herself to go out and look for opportunities.
If I remember correctly, my wife now has sixty years of Golden Mercury Dan Huaye, fifty years of Chaoyuan Spiritual Qi, thirty years of Yaochi Golden Lotus, thirty years of Zhusui Dan, plus fifty years of Ulleungdo Moral Flow, which adds up to two hundred and twenty years.
If you try to overcome the tribulation now, you will surely obtain a third-grade golden elixir.
But Liuli did not choose to form the golden elixir, naturally because she still had more than a hundred years of life left, and she could strive to form the second-grade golden elixir which had reached the four-hundred-year threshold.
Up to now, she has taken all the Purple Mansion secret medicines available in Penglai Yuqing Temple. This is also the main reason why most of the elite orthodox monks are stuck at the third grade golden elixir - it is too difficult to upgrade to the second grade.
Fortunately, Luo Yan was not short of opportunities. After carefully recalling the memory for a long time, he reached into the Tiangong Treasure Bag and took out a wooden box.
When Ling Yunpo was in the misty forest of southern Xinjiang, he still had a few Sea Bodhi left. Since Senior Sister An had already taken it, he originally wanted to wait until his other wives reached a higher Golden Core threshold before taking it out.
Xu Yinglian was too ambitious and he reached the second-grade golden elixir level. He had no shortage of Hai Bodhi's thirty years of cultivation, so he gave one to Shi Liuli first.
As for the remaining... Witch Jiang?
Witch Jiang is not his wife, nor is she his senior or junior sister. Their relationship can only be considered as a confidante.
But you can keep it for her and see how she performs later.
Then came the division of Wei Dongliu's two disciples.
Thinking of this, Luo Yan took the wooden box and walked towards Shi Liuli's sword-making room.