Although Gu Yifeng escaped from the Hou King, the beast tide outside Chunshan City continued to launch attacks. It took a whole day for the beast tide to send out demonic beasts at the mid-stage of the Condensation Realm.
Clearly, this is an attempt to hand these live targets to Spring Mountain City, and to completely deplete Spring Mountain City's resources.
There are currently no casualties, only damage from the beast tide. Monsters are constantly falling, but the continuous attacks have resulted in ten waves of cultivators shooting arrows from the city walls in just one day.
Until evening, a violent shockwave suddenly erupted from the top of Chunshan Mountain, and a raging storm spread out, clearly indicating a violent explosion.
The next moment, as if receiving some kind of decree, the beast tide receded one after another, and Gu Yifeng felt a Yellow Spring Mark appear in his dantian.
In other words, the battle between the Ancient Saint of the Yellow Springs and the Hou King has come to a conclusion. It seems that the Hou King was likely injured and defeated. If the Ancient Saint had not been just an illusion, the Hou King would probably have already perished.
"The Dao of Cause and Effect... Before attaining the Dao, perhaps it's worthwhile to try and comprehend it."
Gu Yifeng pondered to himself, remembering the red line he had seen when he unified the five elements. Now it seemed to him that it was the aura of the Dao of Cause and Effect.
Based on the prophecy given by the clan leader Xuan Yin during the Xuanwu Heavenly Time, perhaps the events recorded in the prophecy have already occurred once before in the Qunguang Continent, which is why this has happened again.
No matter what, he was determined to get to the bottom of things.
"It seems we need to ask Ancestor Huajie for help. The beast tide has receded today, but we don't know if it will make a comeback. For the sake of future stability, we must ask Ancestor Huajie to negotiate with the Hou King."
Zhuang Qingqian had a very clear understanding of the current situation. With the Hou King injured and the beast tide receding, there was no need to worry about anything else. He simply opened a spatial portal, slipped inside, and left.
Gu Yifeng and the others were ordered to continue to be stationed in Chunshan City, and to enter Chunshan to gather intelligence if nothing unexpected happened.
"Since you four have nothing to do, could you set up the Four Extremes Formation again?"
After watching Zhuang Qingqian leave, Gu Yifeng turned to Xuan Che and the other three and asked.
"What does the young master intend to do?"
Xuan Che asked subconsciously.
"Do you still remember your Xuanwu clan's method of divination to predict the future? I plan to try it out and divine the fate of this beast tide. However, the timing, location, and people here are all unfavorable, so I need to use your formation to create an inner landscape for my divination."
Gu Yifeng spoke slowly, and Xuan Che immediately showed a look of sudden realization. He nodded in agreement, and the other three had no objections. They were all curious about the Xuanwu clan's method of prophecy, so they immediately entered Chunshan City with him.
The group rented a cave dwelling with spirit stones. Then, Xuan Che and the other three formed an array again, and the Four Extremes Returning to Origin Array was completed. This time, they absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy and shielded everything in Spring Mountain City.
Gu Yifeng then took out the tortoise shell and three copper coins. He recalled the divination method of the Nine Transformations of Xuanming in his mind, pointed out with one finger, put the copper coins into the tortoise shell, and manipulated the tortoise shell to float into the air and start to rotate continuously.
A moment later, the tortoise shell paused, and three copper coins flew out instantly, landing on the ground. This was recorded as one hexagram. This process was repeated several times to complete a full hexagram.
Looking at the divination symbols on the copper coin, Gu Yifeng frowned and began to ponder. He kept sketching in the air with his hand, and soon he actually drew an invisible picture.
As a finger of spiritual energy was pointed out, the screen lit up instantly, displaying a map of the Qunguang Continent, with the focus at this moment on Chunshan City in Changlin Prefecture of Youzhou.
A demonic aura surged into the sky, pointing directly to a point behind Spring Mountain City. At that point, a purple light swirled, its meaning unknown.
Gu Yifeng stared at the painting, pondering for a long time, until the purple light in the painting suddenly exploded, turning into a somewhat dark aura, and only then did he understand.
"That must be the Ten Thousand Demon Forest of Changlin Prefecture."
Gu Yifeng slowly spoke, pointing to the point where the purple light was on the painting, and asked Xuan Che and the other three. The four immediately nodded.
The Forest of Ten Thousand Demons is one of the current strongholds of the demon race. Among the seventy-two prefectures of the Nine Provinces, there are demon race strongholds. Although the demon race is weak and not as powerful as the human race, out of humanitarianism, the demon race has not been exterminated.
Apart from the low-level demon beasts that have not yet developed intelligence and live freely on the land of Kyushu, all other demon races that are capable of cultivation will enter the demon race's territory.
However, Gu Yifeng couldn't understand why the Ten Thousand Demon Forest, being just one of the garrisons of Youzhou, would cause the Hou King to launch a beast tide.
"The demonic path appears, the demonic energy manifests, chaos ensues, and destiny is contested."
After about half a day, the picture that Gu Yifeng had transformed into flickered and disappeared, turning into a prophecy that echoed in his mind.
After pondering for a long time, he remembered something he had overlooked for a long time: the Ancient Path to Immortality.
In other words, what the Hou King wanted to do was lead his demon horde into the Ten Thousand Demon Forest, monopolize the ancient path for seeking immortality among the demon race, and seize a portion of the demon race's fortune.
Gu Yifeng could only deduce this one possibility from the prophecy.
Ultimately, all of this is a setup, a setup by the Hou King.
"No, it's probably not that simple."
Gu Yifeng pondered for a moment and cast the divination again. This time, he was unable to obtain any information. Three times in a row, the copper coins stood upright, and the divination could not be performed at all.
In other words, the relevant heavenly secrets have been concealed. If it is not the Heavenly Dao that is taking action, then it is the Hou King. He sensed that someone was plotting against him through the Dao of Cause and Effect, so he actively shielded the heavenly secrets. His affairs cannot be easily divined.
"Alright, let's go and wait for the Valley Master. Once he arrives, he'll know how things are going."
Gu Yifeng sighed softly, shared his guesses with Xuan Che and the other three, and then got up. The group left the cave and returned to the city wall.
The beast tide stopped advancing, but the stench of blood outside Spring Mountain City lingered. The numerous demon beast corpses had been disposed of, but for some reason, he felt there was something eerie about the area outside Spring Mountain City.
...
Spring Mountain, inside Jianwang Cave.
Beside the Hou King, a dark figure quietly emerged, and a deep mist continued to spread, eroding the surrounding walls.
"King Hou, this plan was quite good, almost 80% successful, but why did you withdraw at the last minute?"
The shadowy figure spoke up, questioning him.
"Didn't you see I was injured? If I hadn't been corrupted by the aura of the Yellow Springs, I wouldn't have wanted to retreat. Also, these are all my subjects. Don't think I don't know them. Even if it's 80%, it's enough for your master to awaken."
"How are the preparations going at the Ten Thousand Demon Forest?"
The Hou King snorted coldly, and his aura of the Tribulation Transformation Realm erupted completely. Although it was somewhat weak, it was a genuine Tribulation Transformation Realm expert.
Under this powerful pressure, the shadowy figure could only snort in resentment and slowly hand over a scroll. The Hou King slowly opened it, revealing a depiction of an altar.
However, the altar had now opened a crack, through which tiny specks of starlight twinkled.
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