Zhao Yuwei was somewhat puzzled, since logically speaking, Xiao Feng had already entrusted this matter to Yue Yang, so she had no reason to go.
Xiao Feng's sudden request caught Zhao Yuwei off guard.
"Didn't my senior brother say that the formation should be completed within five days?"
Xiao Feng revealed a mysterious expression and leaned his face forward.
"Senior sister, I don't want outsiders to know how to break this mountain-protecting formation, so we still have to draw the core formation ourselves!"
Zhao Yuwei also felt that Xiao Feng's words made some sense, so she simply agreed.
Next, a strange painting appeared on the clear peak.
During the day, a man who was sometimes fat and sometimes thin would frantically carve something on the mountain, while at night a man and a woman would take over and carve on the rocks.
For four whole days, Qingfeng was filled with a constant clanging and banging sound, which even made several of the nearby servant disciples think that Qingfeng was haunted.
Fortunately, the array base was almost complete four days later.
"The final blow!"
A rich spiritual energy instantly filled Xiao Feng's entire body. With the help of this spiritual energy, Xiao Feng used his spoon to carve the final mark on the bluestone.
After doing all this, Xiao Feng breathed a sigh of relief and lay down next to the bluestone, feeling much more relaxed.
"Senior sister, the seal carving is now finished. The next step is to infuse it with spiritual energy, which shouldn't be too difficult!"
Zhao Yuwei was also very tired; after all, the exhaustion of the past few days had really made her unable to hold on any longer.
Both of them had lost a significant amount of weight compared to before, and their spiritual energy had been depleted countless times. However, this was also a method of cultivation, and after just four short days, Xiao Feng's strength had made rapid progress.
After resting for a while, Zhao Yuwei seemed to remember something and couldn't help but complain to Xiao Feng.
"Junior brother, have you noticed anything amiss?"
Xiao Feng responded only after he had recovered somewhat.
"Something's wrong? What's wrong with Senior Sister?"
"We haven't been patrolling the mountain for the past few days since we started engraving the formation, so why haven't the disciples from Green Pine Peak come to cut down the bamboo?"
This sentence reminded Xiao Feng, who also had doubts about it, so he couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
"Is he probably chopped them down again in secret?"
The two exchanged a glance and quickly resumed their patrol of the mountain. As expected, there were no disciples from Green Pine Peak at all.
"That's not right, is it?" Xiao Feng frowned slightly. "If they just give up like this, then all our efforts these past few days have been for nothing?"
Zhao Yuwei was more meticulous and felt that something was off about the other disciples on the peaks.
"Junior brother, don't speak yet. Suppress your aura and let's quietly approach to see what's going on!"
The two exchanged a glance and nodded simultaneously. A moment later, they quietly approached the edge of the bamboo forest and came to the side of the disciples who were cutting down bamboo.
The two were so skilled that the menial disciples naturally couldn't detect them.
"One spirit stone and a basketful, this is yours!"
Sure enough, upon closer inspection, Xiao Feng understood the reason: the disciples of Qing Song Feng were not actually coming to cut down the trees, but instead had paid money to buy their way out.
Seeing the disciples lining up to receive spirit stones, Zhao Yuwei was furious.
"Thank you, senior brother. I'll go and cut two more baskets!"
Upon hearing this, the disciples of Qingsong Peak smiled and spoke.
"Cut the price down further. This is the most you'll get if you carry it back to your sect. Why don't you just deliver it to us directly? We'll take as much as you want!"
The disciples who were doing odd jobs accepted the spirit stones and were all very grateful.
"Thank you, senior brother. There's no need to be angry. I think it was Zhao Yuwei who deliberately targeted Senior Brother Wan of Green Pine Peak. Otherwise, she wouldn't have stopped you from cutting bamboo!"
“That’s right!” Another disciple who had taken the money chimed in, “It was agreed that anyone could cut down the bamboo here, so why is it only Qingsong Peak that’s being targeted?”
Upon hearing this, the disciples of Qingsong Peak immediately used the words they had prepared beforehand. After all, Wan Feiyu had instructed them beforehand to shift all the blame onto Xiao Feng.
"Hey, I know this all too well. It has absolutely nothing to do with Senior Sister Zhao. It's all because a good-for-nothing with mixed spiritual roots recently came to Qingfeng and corrupted her!"
With the "official tone" of the Qingsong Peak disciple, the surrounding miscellaneous disciples also began to denounce Xiao Feng one by one.
They even veered into more private spaces during their conversation.
"I heard that Xiao Feng is a lecherous man!"
"I know about this. A while ago, they even tried to forcibly take our new junior sister's undergarment. That's just thuggish!"
"Huh? If that's the case, then Senior Sister Zhao wouldn't have taken a liking to him, would she?"
"Is Senior Sister Zhao a good person? I think they're the same kind of people, otherwise they wouldn't be able to hang out together!"
"Maybe they'll not only get along well, but they might even end up sleeping in the same bed!"
Instantly, bursts of laughter erupted among the servant disciples, while the two figures on the bamboo gradually darkened their expressions.
The next second, Xiao Feng made the first move, and a powerful aura landed on the ground, quickly killing the several servant disciples on the ground.
At the same time, Zhao Yuwei also landed unhappily; those words had almost made her cry.
Isn't this obviously a case of wrongly accusing someone?
"Pay up!"
Xiao Feng was too lazy to waste words with these people, so he knocked all the green bamboo to the ground.
"From now on, all disciples who come to Qingfeng to cut down the green bamboo, even those from the main peak, will have to pay a fee!"
The servant disciples who had been gossiping just moments before were now too frightened to speak. After all, even if Xiao Feng was weak, he was still a personal disciple, and killing them would be an easy task for him.
The disciples of Qingsong Peak saw this and quickly came forward to block Xiao Feng.
"It's their first time here, so it wouldn't be right for them to pay money!"
Xiao Feng snorted coldly. He had originally planned to settle accounts with this guy later, but he didn't expect this guy to come right into his face.
"You pay too!"
The disciples of Qingsong Peak looked unconvinced.
"What did you say? We pay money too? Why should we?!"
"Junior brother, you must be mistaken. We're not the ones cutting the bamboo!"
Xiao Feng was too lazy to listen to his explanation. He drew his Flowing Light Sword from his waist, and in an instant, it was dazzling with light, surrounding everyone.
"Pay up or die, the choice is yours!"
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