Youyou was stunned. Xuanxian was clearly a cultivator who had already ascended to immortality, so why did the two of them still have spiritual energy instead of immortal energy?
"Perhaps it's because this world lacks rules," Yuan Qi's words echoed in my ears.
Although he and Feng Rong had lost their powers, You You could still communicate telepathically by actively connecting their consciousnesses. They just couldn't initiate telepathic communication with her. Moreover, with the water mirror present, distance wouldn't affect their communication.
"This world probably doesn't have rules for refining an immortal body to ascend to the immortal realm, so although they've already reached the Xuanxian cultivation level, they're still using spiritual energy," Yuan Qi analyzed. However, without an immortal body, even if one cultivates to the Xuanxian level, they don't possess the true strength of a Xuanxian.
“We have enough people. Come with me into the mountain!” the two immortals suddenly said.
The cultivators present were taken aback, and those who were closer said anxiously, "This master... not all the people from our Western Flame Kingdom have arrived yet!"
"Yes, Commander, not all of our Yuyan people have arrived yet!"
"And my Holy Zhou Kingdom also only sent three people!"
"My Dark Xia Kingdom is the same; we've only reached halfway!"
Other cultivators also spoke up, hoping that the other party would give them more time.
"There's no time," the Xuanxian guarding the mountain gate frowned. "The mountain gate is open for a limited time. You will follow me into the mountain first, and those who come after you will be picked up by others."
“That’s right,” another person chimed in. “Anyway, you’re all here to cultivate and comprehend in the mountains, relying on your own abilities. Besides, the places for your cultivation and comprehension will be arranged by my Jingling Academy after you enter the mountains. Even if you enter together, you might not be assigned to the same place. Hurry up and come in with me!”
The group exchanged glances for a while, seemingly afraid of offending the other party, and did not continue to speak. They followed the two into the mountain gate, and Youyou naturally followed as well.
Although this group came from various countries, their numbers numbered over a hundred. Upon entering the mountain gate, an almost tangible surge of spiritual energy rushed towards them, leaving many stunned by its abundance. Even You You was taken aback; such spiritual energy was practically equivalent to being immersed in a spiritual vein.
The two immortals led everyone to a platform and made a few hand seals. The next moment, everyone felt a large amount of white mist gather under their feet. Before long, everyone felt their bodies lighten and something lifted them up into the clouds, heading towards the Jingling Academy above.
Everyone was astonished. Although all the cultivators here knew how to fly using magical artifacts, this was the first time they had actually seen someone soaring through the clouds, which naturally surprised them. You You was also taken aback. Although the cloud-riding technique was simple, it was indeed an introductory technique for immortals. It seemed that those two people were indeed Xuanxian (mysterious immortals).
She looked up at the largest floating peak in the center, thinking about the whole picture of the strange formation on it, but she didn't expect that the two Xuanxian didn't take them to the main peak at all, but instead turned around and landed on the top of a floating peak on the right.
"We've arrived!" The two dispersed the celestial mist and pointed to a wide platform at the mountaintop, saying, "This is your place for enlightenment. Each of you should choose a spiritual eye to cultivate. When the time is right, we will naturally come to remind you to come out. How much you gain depends on yourselves!"
After saying that, he didn't waste any more words and turned around to ride away on a cloud.
Everyone's faces lit up with joy, and without hesitation, they walked towards the platform. They each found a place to sit cross-legged and meditate, their faces filled with excitement and anticipation. Youyou followed the crowd and discovered that the platform's ground was covered with square grids, each engraved with magical runes—presumably the so-called spiritual eyes.
The cultivators who arrived sat on these grids, and each time they sat down, the magical runes on the grid beneath them would light up. In no time, most of the grids on the platform were lit up, and everyone found a grid to sit on and began to cultivate.
Youyou had no choice but to sit down and continued to transmit her voice, "Father Yuan, can you tell what this is?"
"It should also be part of the formation," Yuan Qi said in a deep voice, "but we can't see what its function is for the time being."
Before Youyou could figure it out, she felt a strong fluctuation of spiritual energy around her. Turning her head, she saw that the spiritual energy around the seated cultivators suddenly began to overflow and was gathering into the formation beneath them.
"This formation is absorbing their spiritual energy!" Feng Rong exclaimed, quickly reminding, "Youyou, get out of there immediately!"
“But…” Youyou frowned, “My spiritual energy wasn’t absorbed.”
"What?" Feng Rong and Yuan Qi were both taken aback.
Sure enough, although You You was also sitting on a talisman, and the talisman lit up, her spiritual energy remained completely still, and unlike the others, it did not continuously flow into the formation.
Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that only those cultivators who were focused on meditation and mobilizing their spiritual energy would have their spiritual energy absorbed by the formation. Without mobilizing their spiritual energy, the formation would not react, as if it were completely under their control.
She was suddenly confused about the purpose of this formation. If it was for absorbing spiritual energy, why could it be stopped at will? This wasn't a blood donation; it wasn't voluntary, was it?
Moreover, apart from a few who hesitated, the other cultivators were not flustered at all, as if they had known this would happen.
"Should I destroy this formation?" You You asked, since absorbing other people's spiritual energy didn't seem like a good formation.
"Don't rush." Yuan Qi also noticed some problems and said in a deep voice, "Besides absorbing spiritual energy, this formation seems to have another protective formation."
"What are you protecting against?"
"I don't know." Yuan Qi frowned. "Xiao You, don't rush to make a move. Let's wait and see."
"Okay!" You nodded, and like the others, she pretended to be focused on meditating and cultivating. However, she only mobilized a limited amount of spiritual power, and sure enough, the spiritual power quickly entered the formation below.
She sat there for a full half hour, finding nothing unusual around her. However, several cultivators with lower cultivation levels began to run out of spiritual energy, their faces gradually turning pale. Just as she was hesitating whether to stop them, a massive surge of spiritual energy suddenly rose back from the talisman directly below, like a feedback loop from the spiritual energy she had just used, gushing out in several times, even hundreds of times, greater quantities.
Youyou instinctively blocked the spiritual energy, which then dispersed to her side, with something blocking her way.
"The protective array has been activated." Yuan Qi's voice rang out again. "Xiao You, what just happened?"
“It’s spiritual energy…” Youyou replied, “Spiritual energy has returned from the formation.”
"Spiritual energy returning?!" Both of them were shocked.
Youyou turned around and took a closer look. Sure enough, it wasn't just him; all the cultivators around were receiving the spiritual energy backflow. However, no one resisted like her; instead, they were diligently absorbing the spiritual energy, and their cultivation was increasing. Some couldn't absorb that much and were about to be devoured by the powerful spiritual energy, but they were blocked by the surrounding protective arrays, and the energy dissipated into the air.
"..."
Is this really a cultivation formation?!
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