The war begins
The system was very efficient and quickly delivered Su Qingjun's reply to Xiao Ze.
After throwing the letter to Xiao Ze, the system left a sentence: "Don't bother me." and returned to the system space.
Xiao Ze opened the letter and began to read.
In the letter, Su Qingjun said he would find a suitable excuse to investigate matters related to the Soul Devouring Formation and told Xiao Ze to be careful in the Soul Devouring Hall. If anything went wrong, his life was more important, so he should run if possible. Finally, he said he was recuperating well and was almost fully recovered.
Looking at Su Qingjun's handwriting, Xiao Ze could even hear the tone of voice he used when he spoke these words to him.
After putting the letter into his backpack, Xiao Ze continued his retreat.
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Su Qingjun hastily drew the formation he saw in Shucheng that day, and listed the effects of the formation and the damage it caused to the disciples of various sects.
Then he went to find the headmaster.
"Master, do you recognize this formation?" Su Qingjun handed the sketch in his hand to the headmaster.
Although the headmaster is not proficient in formations, he must have seen countless formations.
The headmaster looked at the sketch carefully for a long time, but still shook his head and said he had never seen it.
"Master, this is the formation that the Soul Devouring Hall set up in advance back in Shucheng. Once activated, the lower the cultivation level, the sooner the cultivator will enter the dream. The longer they remain in this state, the greater the damage to their soul, gradually causing incurable internal injuries until the cultivator's death."
"This formation is truly extremely vicious. Do you have any idea at the moment?" asked the headmaster.
Su Qingjun shook his head. "No. Could you please, Master, open up all the books in the library related to formations to me? If possible, could you also borrow all the books on formations from other sects?"
The headmaster was a little embarrassed: "The library is easy to talk to, but I don't think other sects will agree."
"How about we send this map to other sects and let them search for it on their own? If they can really find a way to crack it, they won't be so panicked when they encounter it again."
"Yes. Sure." After the leader said that, he handed Su Qingjun a token that allowed him to move freely in the library, and sent a message to the leaders of other sects.
According to Xiao Ze's description, the Soul-Devouring Formation and Shu Cheng's formation should have similarities. If one can find a way to crack Shu Cheng's formation, one can then deduce the weakness of the Soul-Devouring Formation.
As soon as the news came out, each sect guarded their formation books very carefully, fearing that their own solutions would be stolen by other sects.
Su Qingjun looked at the sects being so wary of each other and felt a little worried: if this continued, it would definitely lead to a disaster.
The leader of Tianxuan Sect also knew it, but he could not change the ideas of other elders of Tianxuan Sect, let alone other sects.
We can only allow this phenomenon to continue to exist and develop.
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Just like when you were in school, the closer it got to the end of the semester, the faster and better you would remember the knowledge points.
Xiao Ze is also now. In a year, he has reached the perfection of the Nascent Soul stage and is only one step away from advancing to the Divine Transformation stage. This cultivation speed is also very advanced among cultivators.
However, if advancing to the God Transformation stage was so easy, the leaders of the various sects would not be the only ones at the God Transformation stage.
There was no point in continuing to retreat, so Xiao Ze chose to come out.
He went to visit the hall master first, but was stopped outside the hall by the right protector.
"Right Protector, what does this mean?" Xiao Ze was puzzled. Why wasn't he allowed to see the hall master?
The Right Guardian stood guard at the door and said, "The Hall Master gave the order earlier that no one should be seen during this period of time."
Well, Xiao Ze had to return empty-handed. He had wanted to see if he could get any information out of him, or find any useful clues.
However, judging by the Right Guardian's attitude, what the system said before must be true: the reason for implementing the plan two years later is because the Soul Devouring Hall Master is currently too weak and unable to fight.
Although the Soul Devouring Formation is indeed very powerful, the Hall Master does not dare to gamble.
If there really were a group of highly accomplished geniuses in the righteous path who were willing to kill him at the cost of their lives, just like their predecessors did hundreds of years ago, he would undoubtedly lose.
Xiao Ze didn't dare to gamble. The righteous sects today had changed a lot compared to hundreds of years ago. The cultivators today no longer had the ability to work together and kill the evil.
If they cannot kill them in one strike, not only will they lose a lot of combat power, but the Soul Devouring Hall will also be more defensive.
Xiao Ze had no choice but to follow the hall master's plan, hoping to find an effective way to break the Soul-Devouring Formation within two years.
Now that a year has passed, Xiao Ze has no information to look up, and can only hope that Su Qingjun's progress goes smoothly.
However, since he has come out of seclusion, he still has to do something to see if he can help the righteous side.
He considered himself quite knowledgeable about formations. Since the right protector said that the hall master had already set up the Soul-Devouring Formation, he would walk around the Soul-Devouring Hall to see if he could find any clues about the formation.
If the entire formation can be laid out, it should be very useful in breaking it.
After that, Xiao Ze wandered around the Soul-Devouring Hall all day long, using the excuse that he had encountered a bottleneck in his cultivation and wanted to go for a walk.
The members of the Soul-Devouring Hall don't have any tasks now. They either go out or stay in the hall to handle some daily affairs.
Xiao Ze plays with cats and walks dogs in the Soul-Devouring Hall every day. He has nothing to do, but no one is suspicious of him. After all, everyone is really free now.
This turn really made Xiao Ze discover something.
With the Soul Devouring Hall as the center, there are eight passage-like formation diagrams leading to the hall, as if they are transporting something to the hall.
Could this be the route the Soul Devouring Formation uses to absorb spiritual energy? If these pathways were destroyed, would the formation be weakened or even destroyed?
After making this discovery, Xiao Ze walked back and forth around the Soul-Devouring Hall two or three times, but found nothing.
There is only one month left before the plan formulated by the hall master will be put into action.
He finally opened the door of the temple and allowed the congregation to come and pay his respects to him. All the congregation members who were outside were summoned back to prepare for the battle.
After entering the hall, Xiao Ze was surprised to find that the leader of the Soul-Devouring Hall had broken the seal. Now sitting on the high platform was a young man with a flamboyant face. He did not look like the leader of a cult, but more like a playboy from a big family who had nothing to do all day, playing with cats and walking dogs.
No wonder Xiao Ze had often seen Soul Devouring Hall members, big and small, sleeping everywhere during his recent "mountain patrols." It turned out that in order to break the seal, the Hall Master had already absorbed all of their spiritual power without the knowledge of his subordinates.
Xiao Ze, who had escaped the disaster by luck, now felt extremely scared.
After arranging the manpower and spreading the news of the Soul Devouring Hall's location, the severe injuries to the hall master, and the chaos in the hall, everyone waited for the righteous people to fall into the trap.
Xiao Ze finally found a chance to rest. After returning to the cave, he wrote a letter to Su Qingjun, telling her his discovery in detail and asking if they had found a way to crack it.
The time the system spends on sending messages can be ignored.
Xiao Ze received a reply soon.
Su Qingjun said in the letter that the Beastmaster Sect had found a reliable way to break the Soul-Devouring Formation, and that they would be able to destroy the Soul-Devouring Hall with minimal casualties.
Xiao Ze finally felt relieved. When the fight started, he would find a place to hide and leave after the fight was over.
The "mountain patrol" during this period was not in vain. He had already found a safe place that would not be affected by both sides.
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All the sects received the news quickly, and after confirming the authenticity of the news, they were eager to try it out, especially the Beast Taming Sect.
Hundreds of years ago, it was the leader of the Tianxuan Sect who took the lead in organizing the operation to destroy the Soul-Devouring Hall.
In the end, although all the sects paid a huge price, the Tianxuan Sect won the title of the largest sect. This is also the reason why the Beastmaster Sect has always been dissatisfied with the Tianxuan Sect.
Now, their Beast Taming Sect has obtained the method to break the strange formation. Wouldn’t it be the Beast Taming Sect that plays a decisive role in the war?
After the war, the Tianxuan Sect will change its name and become the second sect, and the first sect will fall to the Beast Taming Sect. They will also be respected by everyone now and even in the future.
This is also extremely beneficial to their cultivation.
In this way, the leader of the Beast Taming Sect hid the method he had obtained to crack the code very carefully. Apart from him, only Jiang Xi knew about it.
That’s right, it was Gracilaria that provided the solution.
Jiang Xi was probably the one favored by fate. He had always been popular since childhood, and despite his miserable background, he had never suffered any hardship.
I accidentally memorized this beautiful pattern when I was a child, and now I find that it is the only solution to break the strange formation of the Soul-Devouring Hall.
If Xiao Ze knew about these things, he would probably sigh: Some people are just lucky. And he would finally understand why the Soul Devouring Hall Master in the original novel was so devoted to Jiang Xi.
Half a month later, the expedition against the Soul Devouring Hall, led by the Beast Taming Sect, set out in a mighty force.
The leader of the Beast Taming Sect even had white eyebrows, and looked very old, not at all like a Divine Transformation cultivator.
Moreover, with a smile on his face, even the dumbest person could tell that this leader was determined to win the upcoming battle.
Seeing that the leader of the Beast Taming Sect was so determined to win, the others gradually became less nervous. As a result, more and more people began to take it lightly.
Xiao Ze had learned the departure time of the righteous sects early on through the spies of the Soul-Devouring Hall. He also set up a one-time teleportation array in his room so that he could be immediately teleported to a safe place when the war started.
I don't know if it was really to wait for those disciples whose cultivation was not very high, or to demonstrate the strength and responsibility of the righteous sects. The distance that should have been a day's journey by flying on a sword took the various sects two days to arrive.
The hall master, the right protector and Xiao Ze, who estimated the time and sat in front of the water mirror, were speechless.
The hall master even lamented that the strength of the righteous sects had declined so seriously, and his two years of seclusion was already a sign of his high regard for the righteous sects.
The next day, the righteous army finally arrived.
The hall master and the right protector who were standing in front of the water mirror looked at the endless group of monks, and their expressions finally became solemn.
Xiao Ze sighed, saying that the righteous path was really generous this time, and the leader of the Soul-Devouring Hall would definitely die this time.
Unexpectedly, the leader of the Beast Taming Sect arrived at the door but did not go in.
Xiao Ze looked carefully and realized that it was because of the barrier that the leader could only see the mountains and vegetation, but not the Soul-Devouring Hall.
It took me a while to react before I suddenly remembered that it might be because of the barrier.
Only then did he gather his spiritual power to break the barrier.
Seeing that the Beast Taming Sect's leader seemed to be not very smart, Xiao Ze suddenly began to doubt whether the righteous side could win this time.
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