Chapter 125
The young disciple had just called out "Master" when the inn suddenly shook violently.
Everyone exclaimed and hurried to steady themselves.
The young disciple was careless and was about to fall to the ground, but was grabbed by Shark.
Sharky: "Stand still!"
The young disciple regarded Shaqi as a life-saving straw, holding his arms tightly with both hands. He paused when he heard the voice, looked up and saw that it was the person who came with the Immortal Venerable, and immediately pushed the person away.
Seeing him push him away, Shaqi sat down on the ground again, grimacing in pain. He could not help but snort coldly and was too lazy to care about this ungrateful guy anymore.
"What's going on?"
A voice came from outside, "The ground is shaking! Fellow Taoists, please leave here quickly!"
Everyone was walking out, only the little disciple was crawling in.
He approached the bed, "Master, the ground is shaking! Let's go!"
Han Wei was half shaken off the bed, and he kept repeating the words "Yanzun, why did you kill me?"
The young disciple heard it clearly, his eyes filled with shock and horror.
Su Jinzhou used a wisp of his spiritual energy to imprison Han Wei. Han Wei was already dead, now just a puppet being controlled. He and his young disciple jumped out of the window that had been shaken open.
Jitang, Shaqi and Gu Yan followed behind.
The streets were filled with cries and shouts, buildings collapsed, and people who did not have time to escape were crushed under the beams and bricks.
Su Jinzhou: "Gu Yan."
Gu Yan nodded and took out the Spiritual Communication Stone to call his disciples. He first inquired about the situation at the competition arena. He learned that the competition arena was also in a state of shattering chaos. The stands, which numbered over 200 stories, were on the verge of collapse. Some of the cultivators present had flown away on their swords, but most remained, protecting the people in the stands and leaving first.
He gave some instructions and said that after they had protected the people at the competition venue, they would disperse to other places to rescue other people.
The people waiting outside couldn't help but look at Su Jinzhou. Even if they hated Su Xuanzong's dominance in their hearts, when the critical moment came, they would still regard Su Jinzhou as the backbone first.
Su Jinzhou: "I'm going to investigate the earthquake situation. Please help me rescue people."
For cultivators, especially those with a high level of cultivation, they will think of their own sects and their disciples at this time, but rarely think of ordinary people.
It’s not that they are inhumane, but that the long years will gradually separate the mortal world and the world of cultivation into clear boundaries.
For the common people, getting help from the cultivators is a surprise, and not getting help is a matter of course; for the cultivators, helping the common people is a matter of convenience, and not helping is also understandable.
When they first heard Su Jinzhou say this, they were a little hesitant.
Xue Shaoxiu hesitated: "This..."
At this moment, the inn could not bear the weight and collapsed with a loud bang.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw the broken long log sinking into the ground.
They couldn't help but look carefully and found that the ground had collapsed, revealing a large black crack. The collapsed and broken bricks, stones and wooden beams seemed to be sucked in. In a short while, only some deformed furniture and porcelain pieces were left scattered around the irregular hole.
An inn disappeared right before our eyes.
Without any obstruction, they also saw the faint dark light emanating from the black hole.
"Look, what is that?!"
Everyone saw the dark light, but no one dared to investigate rashly.
Many eyes were focused on Su Jinzhou again.
Ji Tang snorted coldly, "Why don't you all go and take a look?"
They seemed to have their thoughts seen through, their faces flushed, and they wanted to scold him, but suddenly remembered what Han Wei said, and in the end they said nothing.
Su Jinzhou would not argue with them. He walked forward to check the entrance of the cave, and from top to bottom, he saw the source of the dark light.
In the reflection of the dark light, you can barely see that there is a formation drawn below. In the middle of the formation, where the dark light is located, there is a tortoise shell.
Jitang also saw the tortoise shell.
Su Jinzhou cast a spell to illuminate the black hole, and the formation became clearer.
Shark, who came up behind, immediately recognized the formation and was shocked when he saw it: "This is! The Nine Thunders Earth Explosion Formation!"
The people behind also heard it.
"Nine Thunders and Earth Explosion Formation? What kind of formation is that?"
"I've never heard of this. It seems the earthquake was caused by this formation."
"I'm proficient in formations, but I've never heard of the Nine Thunders Earth Explosion Formation."
Of course they had never heard of it. Except for Su Jinzhou and others, the highest level of cultivation here was no more than the distraction level, and the Nine Thunders Earth Explosion Formation was a large formation that could only be set up in the Tribulation Crossing Stage.
Su Jinzhou signaled Shaqi to be patient, "This formation is only a half-finished product."
Shaqi is now in the middle stage of Dongxu. Even though he has mastered the clan's secret technique, Leihua Body Tempering Art, he still feels nervous when he sees this formation.
"A semi-finished product?" He swallowed hard. "Are you sure, Old Su? Watch carefully. No one but you can handle this thing right now!"
He was worried and wanted to ask again, but he saw Jitang had already jumped down decisively.
Sharky gasped.
"Although your wife's cultivation has regressed, she is still as vigorous and fierce as ever."
A smile flashed across Su Jinzhou's eyes, "What did you just say?"
Shark: "I'm talking about your wife..." He reacted, "Oh, Lao Su, you deliberately want to hear it again, right?"
Seeing that Jitang had jumped in and Su Jinzhou was still so calm, he was sure that this formation was not threatening. He relaxed and had the leisure to joke, "If you want to hear it so badly, why don't you call it yourself? Hey! Why are you leaving? Are you shy? You're not that old!"
All three jumped into the black hole.
When Shaqi came down, he saw Jitang squatting in the formation and picked up the tortoise shell.
"Is this the tortoise shell you said could create illusions, something the Black Forces possess?"
Ji Tang stood up and threw the tortoise shell away, "It catalyzed this half-finished formation, and it's useless now."
Sharky grabbed the aerial tortoise shell and studied it carefully. "It looks no different from an ordinary tortoise shell."
Ji Tang withdrew his hand and looked at the formation again. "This formation is constructed very smoothly. It doesn't look like a half-finished product with insufficient capabilities. It looks more like it was done on purpose."
Sharky, "What do they mean, to scare us?"
He gave the tortoise shell to Su Jinzhou and walked over to Ji Tang and squatted down. "This is the first time I've seen a real Nine Thunders Earth Explosion Formation. Even though it's a semi-finished product, it can cause such a big commotion. If it were a finished product... I'm terrified just thinking about it."
Su Jinzhou: "The range of the semi-finished formation is limited. It can't reach the competition arena with just this formation."
Sharky frowned, "So there are other magic circles there."
Ji Tang recalled the dark blue mist he had seen at Du Zhao Gate and said, "The Black Lord wants to perform the blood sacrifice, so I think it's around this time. If it's a blood sacrifice, it should be a sure hit. What's the point of them making these half-finished products? Isn't that just alerting the enemy?"
Su Jinzhou: "No matter what, it's better to notify the cultivation world immediately."
Ji Tang nodded in agreement, "It's time to ask Master to take action."
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The preliminaries of the Ten Years Competition were forced to be interrupted, and the head of Huanxi Garden was ordered to use the Weifeng Hall, which was only used for important meetings, as a gathering place for the giants of the cultivation world.
In just seven days, all the powerful men and ancestors who were in charge of the sect palaces in Jiuzhou gathered here.
Those who came were the leaders of a sect or the ancestors of a school. The formation was so grand that all the disciples who participated in the ten-year competition were frightened and dared not even breathe.
These people didn't all come because of Master Wu Shu, but because the matter was of such great importance that they had to come.
In the majestic hall, all those who can sit down are the masters of sects and palaces.
Some even the leaders of a sect could not sit down and could only stand behind their ancestors to serve tea and water.
The young disciples who were temporarily summoned to make tea and guide the guests to their seats were all very cautious. They were as weak as little white rabbits in such a grand scene, and they were trembling with fear with every step they took.
Here, no one sat in the main seat. They exchanged pleasantries and finally sat down around the long table in the hall.
These long tables were temporarily brought in from elsewhere by the person in charge of Huanxi Garden. They occupied two-thirds of the majestic hall, which shows the large scale of this meeting and the large number of powerful people involved.
The person sitting among them had endured countless glares and scrutiny from the old guys. This person was Ji Tang.
She sat next to Su Jinzhou with an indifferent expression, ignoring those gazes. She picked up the high mountain green tea brought to her by the young disciple, put aside the tea leaves and took a sip.
It was not until the meeting began that everyone turned their eyes away from her.
The black-clad forces and black-clad lords are no longer a secret among these powerful cultivators. The only difference is that some know more and some know less.
This matter is of great importance. Apart from them, the disciples and followers know very little about it.
"Everyone, tell me, what formations have you found?" This is the Palace Master of Canggu Palace in Haihezhou, Ye Chou.
Zhao Zishao, the leader of the Suiqi Sect, who was also from Haihezhou, said first: "The Suiqi Sect has discovered two major formations, the Nine Thunders Earth Explosion Formation and the Soul Summoning Formation."
Liu Wushu: "The Suxuan Sect discovered six major formations: the Fire Abyss Eternal Burning Formation, the Nine Thunders Earth Explosion Formation, the Exhaustion Imprisonment Formation, the Ten Thousand Seals and Illusionary Destruction Formation, the Soul-Fixing and Soul-Sacrificing Formation, and the Instant Teleportation Formation."
Everyone was silent for a while.
They all used their own sect's palace as the center to explore the formation situation in their own area, but no one was as good as Su Xuanzong who explored six formations at once.
Xue Pei, the leader of the Yuxiu Sect in Chenwu Prefecture, said: "We have discovered the Wanfeng Illusionary Array."
Yang Sijun, the Palace Master of Weihai Palace: "Our palace has discovered the Soul Summoning Array, the Heaven and Earth Rotating Array, and the Instant Teleportation Array."
Chu Jinhuai: "In Dengtian City, we discovered the Eternal Burning Fire Abyss Formation, the Nine Thunders Detonation Formation, the Exhaustion Prison Formation, the Instant Teleportation Formation, and the Heaven and Earth Rotation Formation."
"Xu Xuan Sect discovered..."
Every time they mentioned one, Liu Wushu circled the specific location on the map on the table and marked the name of the formation.
By the time he finished speaking, the map had been marked with many red circles, spread across the Kyushu continent.
They tried to find some patterns.
Liu Wushu had a habit of stroking his beard whenever he was thinking. "Among the Nine Provinces, only Haihe Province has many spirit-summoning and Yin-invoking formations. As of now, no demon-binding formations have been found on the Nine Provinces."
Yang Sijun: "It seems that the black forces have also extended their hands to the demon and monster tribes. The Demon Earth Binding Formation will be very effective against these two tribes."
Tang Wo, the leader of the Huan Xiao Sect, said, "These formations can only be set up by cultivators at the Tribulation Crossing Stage. Instead of wondering where the formations are distributed across the Nine Provinces, it's better to think about their source."
"This..." The powerful people present whispered to each other. They saw the look Tang Wo gave Su Jinzhou when he spoke.
But there were also people who knew more information, and they were also the ones Liu Wu trusted, and they communicated with each other in the first place.
In their view, Tang Wo's vision was too narrow. Instead of making any big plans, he wanted to divert the trouble to others, which was really despicable.
Su Jinzhou raised his eyes and asked, "Master Tang, do you suspect that I set up the formation?"
Tang Wo was not arrogant and his smile was friendly, but his words were sarcastic. "We are all analyzing, please don't get angry, Immortal Venerable."
Yang Sijun was the first person to receive Liu Wushu's spiritual message. He said, "Master Tang, there's something you don't know..." He then repeated what he knew, "So, this is no longer a matter within the cultivation world, but a matter between the cultivation world and the immortal world."
The more Tang Wo listened, the more solemn his expression became. By the end, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
This time, he stopped saying those confusing words and asked the question in his heart, "Then what exactly happened to the death of my disciple, Elder Han Wei? The nightmare aura on him cannot be faked. The Nightmare Clan has disappeared for so many years. Could it be that they have infiltrated the cultivation world without our knowledge?"
Ji Tang sighed softly. The Nightmare Clan hadn't been seen for a long time, and he didn't expect them to be dragged out to take the blame at this moment. They were truly innocent.
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