Chapter 170: Divine Power and Formation (2)
Since Luo Xuanyi currently only has one main flag and is unable to set up a formation, Luo Xuanyi has no choice but to temporarily use the main flag as a weapon in his hand.
The difference between a weapon used in conjunction with a hand and any other weapon used casually is truly profound. When Luo Xuanyi used the Killing Dao, she couldn't perform the same slashing moves as Hao Fei. She could only suppress the Killing Dao with death energy, primarily letting the Killing Dao act on its own. Holding the main flag in her hand, Luo Xuanyi felt as if it were an extension of her own arm.
Precise death energy flowed freely within the main flag. Luo Xuanyi waved it gently towards a peach tree, and countless pustules immediately emerged from the trunk. The brown-yellow pustules burst open, turning the area where the pus flowed grayish-white.
From Luo Xuanyi's perspective, there was a black aura in the entire peach tree that stretched out like a spider web, extending to the peach petals and extracting subtle vitality, and all the peach blossoms on the tree withered in an instant.
The life-sucking death energy slowly drifted down with the dried petals and landed on Luo Xuanyi, slightly replenishing the life-sucking energy.
Even though the peach tree was completely dead, the pus still took root. The pus flowed down the roots, absorbed by the earth and the weeds around the roots. The soil immediately began to dry up, and the weeds were also infected with the pus. Deathly aura lingered around her. Luo Xuanyi didn't move, but the deathly aura continued to flow into her hands.
However, the infection seemed limited, extending within three steps of the peach tree and about two fingers' height downward. Beyond that, even getting very close, or even being touched by the pus, would not infect the abscess.
This is the characteristic of Luo Xuanyi's main flag, and it will also be the characteristic of her formation.
Highly toxic, contagious, limited in range, and capable of extracting the deadly energy from enemies upon killing them. This was practically a combination of all of Luo Xuanyi's methods, making it even more effective.
Of course, it could also be that Luo Xuanyi had mixed too many ingredients. After refining the most difficult main flag, Luo Xuanyi only needed to refine the other formation flags according to the main flag's material ratio, eliminating the need for such a long and tedious trial and error. If the main flag wasn't so expensive, completely consuming all the materials except the living soul and bone materials, Luo Xuanyi would still have enough time to refine a few more.
Since there is still time, Luo Xuanyi might as well sort out her future needs and plan a route.
What Luo Xuanyi needed now was people, the Dao enlightenment of formation cultivation, and evil thoughts. Ever since entering the Red Ghost Realm, Luo Xuanyi had been stuck on the All Evils Attracting Ghosts Art, unable to advance an inch. Otherwise, she would have long ago found a place to cultivate and ensure her strength was more stable before continuing out.
Or maybe the celestial beasts were guarding too strictly. If it was a little more chaotic, as long as someone killed someone, Luo Xuanyi would be able to gain evil thoughts.
Speaking of this, Luo Xuanyi couldn't help but think of the Yu family ruins that Yu Linghe left for her. Thinking about the location, Luo Xuanyi immediately took out the map to check.
Luo Xuanyi is now in the jurisdiction of Longlan City, Xuancheng Prefecture, located in the central and southern part of Xuancheng Prefecture. After passing three or four districts, it is the border between Xuancheng Prefecture and Tianyan Prefecture. There is a mountain range there called Zhongqu Mountain Range.
The Zhongqu Mountains serve as the boundary, with Xuancheng Prefecture to the north and Tianyan Prefecture and Hairuo Prefecture to the south. The Yu Clan Ruins are located north of the Zhongqu Mountains, in what was once known as Yuqiong Mountain.
Why not just use the Chess-Crossing Beast to head for the Zhongqu Mountains? Luo Xuanyi pondered for a long time before rejecting the idea. She wasn't in a hurry, and with only one main flag in hand, she lacked much else.
Unfortunately, the Zhongqu Mountains weren't mapped in detail. Furthermore, with the changes in the world over the past millennia, it was unclear whether Yuqiong Mountain still existed. If Luo Xuanyi didn't have detailed information about the Zhongqu Mountains before reaching them, she would have to explore further on her own. This required immense strength.
After all, the Yu Clan ruins were a remnant from ten thousand years ago. Who knew what might have happened there in the intervening ten thousand years? It would be better to improve one's own strength first.
Luo Xuanyi's current information about the Zhongqu Mountains is that it retains ancient mysteries. It covers a vast area, is infested with demons, and even has a population of celestial beasts.
The demons living there practice benevolent ways, and will not attack ordinary people unless they themselves ask them to serve them. There are also folk legends about people who accidentally entered the Zhongqu Mountains and returned from a fantasy world.
To gain the favor of Jin Guang, some demon cultivators and beasts would even actively cooperate with humans. This was also the reason why the old emperor of the Xuanchengzhou Dynasty was eager to attack the Three Kingdoms and did not take the demon cultivators and beasts in the Zhongqu Mountains seriously.
However, the demons treat cultivators very differently. The conflict between demons and cultivators is long-standing. Monks keep demons as spiritual pets and mounts, even domesticating them. The demons consider this enslavement. Because demons refuse to communicate, even newly born demon beasts will commit suicide, unable to accept the cultivators' captivity. Therefore, righteous spiritual pets must be raised from spirit beast eggs.
There are very few pure-blooded spirit beast eggs circulating in the righteous path. In order to make huge profits, the independent cultivator caravans set up various traps to enter the Zhongqu Mountains to steal them. The six major alliances even regard the Zhongqu Mountains as a secret place for training, encouraging cultivators to obtain their own spirit beasts.
Needless to say, the demonic and evil cultivators didn't even raise their pets, but instead disassembled them and sold them as meat. Therefore, at this level, the demons had the same attitude towards both the righteous and the demonic—kill.
No matter how she considered it, Luo Xuanyi felt that going to the Zhongqu Mountains was extremely cautious. If someone knew about the Zhongqu Mountains or had experience entering them, that would be great.
Luo Xuanyi also had concerns about the Chess-piercing Beast. After being taken in by Luo Xuanyi, the Chess-piercing Beast had a limited number of uses. It would be a shame to simply use this unique method as a evasion technique. Unless encountering a major issue that Luo Xuanyi couldn't resolve, Luo Xuanyi would minimize its use.
Taking all of the above into consideration, Luo Xuanyi decided to use the Zhongqu Mountains as the final destination and take the formation cultivators on a detour. They could also stop by the towns and villages along the way to incite evil thoughts and harvest living souls. Once the formation cultivators attacked, their power would be immense, and Luo Xuanyi could use these civilians to contain their actions.
You should pass through as many villages and towns as possible, and it is best to make at least eight battle flags before reaching the Zhongqu Mountains.
Luo Xuanyi buried her head in drawing on the map. Outside, all the cultivators from the Foundation Establishment Stage to the late Golden Core Stage of Yifengyin were mobilized and rushed to her location from different directions.
I feel like I didn't sleep well today. It was fine during the day, but at night, my head started to swell when I saw the glowing screen... Comrades, staying up late is harmful to your physical and mental health! I'll only update once today and won't make up for it. I still have three more to go, and I'll finish them tomorrow or the day after tomorrow~
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