Chapter 75: The Nine Yang Formation of Heaven and Earth

  The streets were filled with people, their faces finally bearing relaxed smiles. Couples in love strolled hand-in-hand through various shops, using credit cards and cash to buy the things they liked. Meanwhile, merchants seized this rare long holiday opportunity to offer all sorts of discounts, trying to attract more customers.

  At this moment I stand on the top floor of a high-rise building, overlooking the flow of people below, looking at those young men and women who have written happiness on their faces, and my heart is inevitably filled with confusion.

  All along, training has become my life. While ordinary children were still playing hide-and-seek and throwing stones, I was already soaking my body in the medicinal broth carefully brewed by my grandfather.

  While young men and women in the world get married, give birth, grow old and die, I cultivate in the deep mountains, absorbing the primordial energy of heaven and earth, striving to transcend life and death.

  When the ancient country where I am was suffering from unprecedented disasters, countless foreign soldiers set foot on the land of this ancient nation, I was cultivating in the bloody prison.

  Now, while the pedestrians below are strolling leisurely, I am thinking about how to deal with the grudges between the Dongfang family and Zhang, and how to give Tingting a healthy and lively boyfriend.

  It's been a while since I arrived in the mortal world, and I've been drawn to its vibrant life. Unlike the dullness of cultivation, life here is full of vitality, every day is filled with the power of life, and everything seems so attractive to me who has grown accustomed to the monotonous and unchanging cultivation.

  Looking at the bustling crowd below, I am also a little confused. If my mother and I hadn't met Grandpa Xīao Yáo Zǐ, if I hadn't gone to cultivate my true self, if I wasn't the reincarnation of the Xīao Yáo God, what would life be like now? Would it be like these ordinary people, without great power, worrying about small things like firewood, rice, salt and oil every day? What kind of flavor would that be?

  "Brother Ao Tian, they've gotten on the car, looks like they're planning to find a place to settle this matter."

  The dustless child beside me suddenly said. Curse, a burst of white light immediately erupted in the house, and after the light disappeared, I and Wuqing had vanished from the spot.

  I withdrew my gaze, and the slight confusion in my heart only stirred up a small ripple at the bottom of my heart, which quickly disappeared. "Has Zhang Yue gone mad? Can we let them manipulate us?" I asked, turning back to look, where Zhang Yue and Tingting were about to board a luxurious large bus that had just arrived, with over ten people in casual attire standing beside them, including six white-haired elderly individuals.

  "It seems to be related to Tingting." Dongfang Xue explained, "When we arrived, the people from the Dongfang family had just surrounded Zhang Fēng, and there was a small conflict between them. Then Tingting happened to pass by, saw him, recognized him as Zhang Fēng, and rushed in. It's strange, but after that, Zhang Fēng actually calmed down."

  I nodded. Although Dongfang Xue said that both sides had only a small conflict, but looking at her schadenfreude face, it was clear that Dongfang Xue was not a member of the Dongfang family, and the Dongfang family had suffered some losses. This made it even more troublesome to resolve the matter peacefully, and could only hope that no one in the Dongfang family had been seriously injured.

  As for Zhang Feng calming down after seeing Tingting, there's nothing strange about that. Zhang Feng wasn't a fully demonized being to begin with, and the demonic creature inside him hadn't completely taken over his mind yet. Plus, he had been hit by his own attack a few days ago, which carried a calming spell that helped people calm down. So it was entirely possible for him to regain some clarity when he saw the person he deeply loved.

  Under everyone's gaze, the people of the Dongfang family also boarded the bus. After everyone was on board, the bus slowly started moving.

  I sighed as I watched the bus drive away. The bus was probably heading out of town, which meant that the possibility of a peaceful resolution to this matter was not great, and the people from the Eastern family were going to use force.

  "We'll catch up, let's follow them." I grabbed Wu Qing's arm, just about to take off, when suddenly a chill ran down my spine and a thread of eerie coldness swept across my heart. My heart skipped a beat, but on the surface, I calmly released Wu Qing's arm and said seriously: "I've changed my mind, you and Dongfang Xue go back first, I can handle it with Wuchenzi."

  "Why? I also want to go see the excitement!" Wu Qing was taken aback, shouting loudly, while Wu Chenzi and Dongfang Xue beside him cast puzzled glances.

  "My mind is made up, you all go back first, and we'll tell you the details when we get back." I said seriously, making a gesture to Wuchengzi with my eyes, then my body flashed and floated into the sky.

  Wú chén zǐ chòng zhe yī liǎn kǔ xiàng de wú qíng bàn le gè guǐ liǎn, ài mò néng zhù de sǒng sǒng jiān, yě shēng shàng tiān kōng zhuī le shàng qù.

  Translation:

  Wu dust son made a ghost face at Wu Qing's bitter expression, helplessly shrugged his shoulders and chased after him into the sky.

  Watching the two fly away without emotion, he was angry and scolded in a low voice, but there was nothing he could do. He knew his elder's temper.

  "Haotian brother, what's wrong? Why didn't you take them with you suddenly?" Wuchenzu asked as he caught up to me.

  "There's someone lurking around us, and that person's abilities might be a bit stronger than yours." I said, turning my head. "However, he should not have discovered us yet. If we bring Wu Qing and Dongfang Xue along, their abilities are insufficient and they'll easily get detected. Moreover, if things escalate into a fight, it might put them in harm's way."

  "Is there a way to defeat him? That's great!" Wu Chenzi exclaimed excitedly, rubbing his fists together. "How did you discover this? I didn't notice anything!"

  "Your skills are not enough, and you're so careless, it's strange that you can detect him!" I gave him a white eye and said: "This person is sneaky and doesn't seem like a good guy. Let's follow him to see what he's plotting. Don't reveal ourselves for now, or he might be too afraid to show up."

  Wu Dunzi nodded excitedly. He didn't care if his opponent was a good person or not, he only cared if there was a way to fight, so he agreed without hesitation.

  Seeing that he agreed with his own suggestion, I reminded him a few more times, lest he would ruin his own affairs in a moment of impulsiveness. Only then did I silently chant the incantation and add an invisible spell array to both myself and him.

  I dispersed my divine consciousness, staring intently at the passenger car in front of me and the person following behind it, who was constantly emitting a gloomy and icy feeling.

  Although Wudu and I had both applied stealth magic to ourselves, the unknown person's abilities were quite profound, and this level of magic couldn't deceive him. Therefore, I didn't dare get too close, only using my divine sense to probe ahead from a distance.

  At my level of cultivation, even without using one's eyes, one can still perceive everything around them through divine sense. Therefore, although I kept a considerable distance from the two groups in front, nothing escaped his notice.

  However, the power emanating from that person who has been following behind the bus is too overwhelming, my divine sense dare not get too close, only knowing that his power gives off a gloomy and lifeless feeling, somewhat similar to that of a demonic messenger.

  The bus drove far into a big gate and stopped in the middle of a large parking lot. This was an open space, except for this parking lot and several buildings next to it, there were lush green grasslands in the distance.

  The person who had been following the bus also stopped, and in order not to let him discover our existence, I deliberately took Wú Chénzi around a circle, watching the bus from another direction far away.

  The people on the bus got off and stood in the parking lot, gesticulating and talking about something, but since it was too far away, even with my and Wú Chénzi's keen hearing, we couldn't hear what they were saying.

  I exchanged a glance with Wú Chén Zǐ, carefully controlling our powers as we cast spells to enhance our hearing. The same power fluctuations came from the unknown person in the distance, apparently also strengthening their hearing.

  "Are you Zhang Feng, aren't you?" an elderly man who looked like a leader asked. Several other elderly men stood beside him, seemingly at ease, but actually blocking all possible directions for Tingting and Zhang Feng to retreat.

  "He's my boyfriend, what do you want to say to me?" Tingting stood in front of Zhang Fren, seemingly also feeling a bit uneasy.

  Those old men are from the Dongfang family, and the one who spoke is the current head of the Dongfang family, Dongfang Baitian. The others are elders of the Dongfang family, all with deep cultivation, capable of rivaling Dongfang Baitian.

  Dongfang Batian exchanged a glance with several elders beside him, and said with a smile: "Little girl, this matter has nothing to do with you, so go back first."

  Ting Ting, although Zhang Fren's girlfriend, was just an ordinary human being. Dong Fang Ba Tian could naturally see that with his eyesight. Although he had a mind to find Zhang Fren to avenge his son, after all, he was a reasonable person and did not want to involve Ting Ting as well, wanting to send her away.

  "No way! How do I know what you're planning to do with my boyfriend?" Tingting vetoed, "He's now unconscious, I can't leave him here. If there's nothing else, please make way, we need to go back."

  "Just let her go, it's for the best, why so many useless words!" An elderly man with a slightly worse temper next to him couldn't help but shout out, and after finishing, he took another step forward. His clothes rustled loudly, and a huge oppressive feeling suddenly rushed towards Tingting, seemingly trying to intimidate her.

  Ting Ting was pale and gasping for breath under the overwhelming pressure, but she didn't retreat a single step, still standing firmly in front of Zhang Feng with an unwavering expression.

  The Eastern Overlord was just about to come out and mediate, when he saw Zhang Feng, who had been standing silently behind Tingting, suddenly shudder all over, his eyes flashing with an eerie glow. A black light seemed to flash across his body, and the elder's powerful aura instantly dissipated. He himself was also forced to retreat several steps, his face flushing red as he coughed uncontrollably.

  Dongfang Bátian's face turned iron-green, and just by looking at the elder's face, he knew that he had suffered a great loss in his confrontation with Zhang Kuáng. This was originally within Dongfang Bátian's expectations, after all, people who have entered madness are not so easy to deal with. What made him angry was that even he didn't see clearly how Zhang Kuáng had made his move, which somewhat damaged his self-esteem.

  Dongfang Ba Tian's right hand patted the elder's shoulder, helping him stabilize his injuries. With his assistance, the elder's complexion improved significantly. Only then did he put down his arm and turn to Zhang Kuang with a cold tone: "You truly have impressive skills, first killing my three sons and now injuring the elder of the Dongfang family in front of me. Are you treating the Dongfang family as if we had no one?"

  "Are you from the Dongfang family?" Tingting exclaimed, and only then did I remember what I had told her - that among the thugs killed by Zhang Kuang was someone from the Dongfang family organization. Suddenly it all made sense in my heart, and I couldn't help but curse our luck, realizing that Zhang Kuang and I were unlikely to be able to leave here with impunity.

  "How did you know?" Dongfang Batian's expression changed, and his gaze towards Tingting was filled with a few more suspicious eyes. Ordinary people would not have known that the Dongfang family was actually a clan, they knew at most that there was a Dongfang Group.

  "I heard it from my brother Long," Tingting explained hastily, then said: "That Dongfang Wei was killed by Zhang Kuang, but that was also an unavoidable thing. He and a few hooligans caught me, intending to do something bad to me, as a result, he was killed by Zhang Kuang, and it also made Zhang Kuang become what he is now."

  "Shut up!" Dongfang Batian's face turned red and white, and he hastily shouted loudly. He had always known what kind of person his son was, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to be a hoodlum. However, out of consideration for saving face, he still opened his mouth to scold: "My useless son may not be good at anything, but he's not so bad as to bully women. Besides, he's my son, even if he needs to be taught a lesson, it's not up to others to take action!"

  "Are you being unreasonable?" Tingting was also furious, scolding: "Even if Zhang Kuang killing someone is wrong, that's for the police to handle, what does it have to do with you? Are you trying to take revenge privately?"

  "What's wrong with taking revenge privately?" Dongfang Ba Tian laughed and said: "When have the people of my Dongfang family ever cared about the police?"

  "What you're doing is against the law!" Tingting shouted loudly, her eyes rolling wildly as she looked for an escape route.

  "Break the law?" Dongfang Ba Tian sneered: "In this world, the one with the bigger fist speaks, and now I am the law!" His face sank, and he shouted: "Surround them, don't let them escape!"

  Several elders immediately stepped forward and surrounded Tingting and Zhangkuang in the middle.

  To be fair, Dongfang Baotian is usually a just and reasonable person, but the death of his third son Dongfang Wei has had a profound impact on him. With the killer standing right in front of him, even as a cultivator, he can't maintain his usual calm state of mind, which is why he's become unreasonable.

  Ting Ting's eyes rolled around, and she suddenly let out a loud cry, pulling Zhang Fren as if to run away. Just as they were about to cross over Dongfang Bátian, there was a sudden "bang" sound, and they fell back, as if in front of them was an invisible wall.

  "Do you think we're all idiots?" Dongfang Batian looked down at her, while the several elders beside him watched Zhang Feng's every move with vigilance. "Just an ordinary person can't break through our formation, it's better to exchange that demon-possessed boyfriend of yours."

  "You unreasonable old man, you are a barbarian who disregards human life!"

  Ting Ting also burst out, the gentle her unexpectedly broke out in a loud scolding, leaving me and Wu Chen Zi speechless from afar.

  "That's enough!" Dongfang Baitian's face turned blue as he waved his hand and made a mysterious gesture in the air, causing Tingting's curses to stop abruptly. He said coldly, "Since you have nothing to do with this matter, I won't bother you. Just stay here quietly and wait for me to settle this with my boyfriend."

  Ting Ting lay on the ground and hummed incessantly. Dong Fang Ba Tian not only sealed her ability to speak, but also seemed to have sealed her movements.

  Dongfang Bátian ignored her and turned to Zhang Kuáng, saying: "I think you still have some sanity, let's settle this elsewhere. You don't want your girlfriend to get caught up in our mess, do you?"

  Zhang Feng remained silent, his eyes gleaming with a strange light, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

  Seeing that he didn't object, Dongfang Batian nodded and several elders immediately surrounded him, walking towards the vast grassland outside the parking lot. Dongfang Batian then picked up the immobile Tingting and put her in the car, following after them.

  "Brother Ao Tian, catch up!" Wuchenzu's voice was reduced to a thin line and directly sent into my ear.

  "Wait a bit longer, we can't act before that person or else we'll be discovered." I replied with my eyes slightly closed, but suddenly my expression changed and I whispered "It's no good!"

  Tingting, who was lying motionless in the bus, suddenly let out a muffled hum and fainted, her head tilting to one side. Under my and Wuchen's gaze, her body slowly flew out of the bus and gradually faded away until it disappeared from sight.

  I and Wú Chén Zǐ both knew that Tíng Tíng was only hidden by magic, and beside her was the person whose intentions were unknown.

  "Damn it! I actually forgot to protect Tingting." I self-reproachfully said, but now saying anything is useless, Tingting has already fallen into that person's hands, wanting not to hurt Tingting and snatch her back is really too difficult.

  That mysterious person did not find me and Wú Chénzi in our anxious state, but instead took Tíng Tíng to chase after Dōng Fāng Bà Tiān and the others as they left.

  Chu Bai calmed down and pulled Wu Chenzi along with him as they followed behind.

  "This is the site of our Eastern family's planned golf course, what do you think about choosing this place as your burial ground?" On the other side, Dongfang Batian said to Zhang Feng who was surrounded in the middle.

  "You should feel lucky to be able to be buried in your own family's plot."

  The always silent Zhang Feng suddenly spoke up, his voice was extremely low, every word had a metallic tremolo, yet it also had a kind of eerie pleasant feeling.

  "You're more rational than what Eastern Scarlet said, as if you've evolved?" asked Eastern Tyrant with a darkened face.

  "Dongfanghen?" Zhang Yun tilted his head and thought for a moment before saying, "Is it that person who fought with me a few days ago? Come to think of it, I should thank him. If not for him, how would I have achieved a breakthrough?" He curled up the corners of his mouth, revealing a row of white teeth, "To show my gratitude, let me personally bury you!"

  Having said that, Zhang Feng's body suddenly distorted, carrying a wisp of black air towards Dongfang Batiang, and in the blink of an eye he was already standing in front of Dongfang Batiang.

  "Protect the host!" an elder cried, taking a step forward to block Dongfang Batiyan's path, a flash of red light in his hand, a small sword shining with dazzling red light facing Zhang Kuang who was charging forward.

  Staring intently at Dongfang Bati, Zhang Yue flashed out his left hand like lightning, with a thick black aura wrapped around it, striking the flying sword. The palm and sword intersected, producing a metallic crisp sound of "ding", as if Zhang Yue's left hand had suddenly turned into an iron hand.

  The elder who manipulated the flying sword spat out a mouthful of blood, his face suddenly turned pale, but he insisted on not retreating, however, the flying sword he manipulated had already flown into the air and could no longer pose any threat to Zhang Feng.

  "Quick retreat!" Dongfang Batian shouted, suddenly grabbing the elder who was blocking his way and rapidly retreating. At the same time, a red glow flew out from his waist, shining so brightly that it was impossible to see what kind of artifact it was.

  "This level of attack can't hurt me." Zhang coldly said, while stretching his leg back and kicking away a fiery red jade disc that flew from behind him, as if he had eyes in the back of his head. He calmly turned his head to let the flying artifact released by Dongfang Bao Tian brush past his neck.

  "Back!" Dongfang Batian, in his hasty retreat, pushed the elder he was holding onto to one side. He formed a strange hand seal with both hands on his chest, and a red glow flashed at the center of his palms. The mysterious artifact that had just grazed Zhang Kuang's body suddenly halted in mid-air, then whizzed back, its speed several times faster than before.

  Zhang was stunned for a moment, and the sudden acceleration of Dongfang Bát Tiān's magic tool made him somewhat unresponsive. Under duress, he could only dodge to the side with a roll, avoiding the incoming magic tool. Dongfang Bát Tiān also took advantage of the opportunity to stabilize his body shape, and together with the other six elders who rushed up, they surrounded Zhang in the middle.

  "Formation of the Nine Yang Heavens!" Dongfang Bát Tiān shouted. The artifact landed on his shoulder, and it turned out to be a small bird with crimson feathers all over its body. Its tail had six long, thin feathers that looked like six thin flames upon closer inspection.

  "It's actually a phoenix, I didn't expect that the Dongfang family still had such an ancient divine beast." Zhang Kuang ignored the several elders who quickly took their positions and instead looked at the scarlet bird on Dongfang Baotian's shoulder with admiration.

  "My Eastern family's first generation master unintentionally obtained a phoenix egg six hundred years ago, and after two hundred years of incubation, this phoenix was finally hatched. Unfortunately, for these few hundred years, this phoenix has still been in its juvenile phase; otherwise, just this divine beast would have been enough to make your soul fly away today." Dongfang Ba Tian's face revealed a proud smile as he stroked the phoenix on his shoulder, and the phoenix stretched out its head and shook its tail, looking particularly pleased.

  "If he were an adult, I wouldn't be his opponent, but the young phoenix in my eyes is just a bird that can only spit fire, and it's not enough to defeat me." Zhang said wildly.

  The phoenix is an ancient divine beast that understands human language. When it heard Zhang Kuang's disdainful words, it suddenly became enraged, with a surge of red light all over its body, and its fluffy feathers stood up instantly. From the gaps between its feathers, strands of small flames burst out.

  Fortunately, the exclusive mind method of the Dongfang family, Jiu Yang Shen Gong, is a fire-related mind method, so they are not afraid of being burned by fire. Moreover, their clothes are mostly made of flame retardant materials, otherwise, before the fight even started, Dongfang Ba Tian would have been burned to death by this phoenix.

  Although the Eastern Overlord was not afraid of flames, having a ball of fire burning on his shoulder was not a good thing. He hastily reached out to calm down the angry little phoenix on his shoulder, and after making countless ridiculous promises such as treating it to roasted chicken in the future, he finally managed to calm it down.

  "Alright, it's getting late, time to send you on your way." After comforting Xiao Fenghuang, Dongfang Bát Tiān turned to Zhang Kuáng and said, the latter was looking at him with a teasing gaze.

  "See me off? With this rotten formation?" Zhang Kuang laughed, spinning around in a circle to size up the several elders surrounding him.

  "Whether it's a rotten array, you'll find out soon enough." Dongfang Batian said calmly, his hands forming a strange hand seal in front of his chest as he muttered an incantation.

  The six elders surrounding Zhang Fren also made the same movements, only with different hand seals from Dongfang Batiange.

  The voices of the seven people grew louder and louder, gradually merging into one voice. The air was in constant turmoil, as if a sense of unease hung in the air all around.

  Zhang Feng also became somewhat uneasy, he suddenly rushed towards Dongfang Bát Tiān who was standing behind an elder, Dongfang Bát Tiān still didn't raise his head, self-absorbed in reciting some unknown incantation.

  Just as he was about to break out of the encirclement, Zhang Feng's body suddenly stopped moving as if unaffected by inertia, and then retreated backwards at a speed even faster than before. The sleeves of his clothes had already turned into flying ash in mid-air, revealing two charred black arms.

  "What a formidable defensive wall! So you were just stalling me with idle chatter to complete this barrier to prevent my escape!" Zhang Feng coldly laughed.

  Just now he crashed into that invisible defensive wall, a terrifying heat immediately wrapped around his arm, and the protective cover he laid out around his body only lasted for less than half a second before collapsing. If he hadn't reacted quickly and jumped back, he would have turned to ashes by now.

  The air between the six elders fluctuated, and countless red lines suddenly appeared among them. The lines were connected to each other, forming a dense large net that completely sealed the gaps between the six elders, and those six elders were the six main nodes of this large net.

  "This fierce flame formation is incredibly powerful, even I, who have cultivated the Nine Yang Divine Technique, do not dare to touch it. However, setting up this formation is too troublesome and time-consuming, and once it's set up, it can't be moved, so it's still quite useful for defending against human enemies." Dongfang Baotian finished reciting his incantation, and the hand seal in front of his chest changed into another one.

  "I also want to thank you for chatting with me for so long, which allowed the six elders to form the Lianhuo Xianzhen formation and let me complete the preparation movements of the Tiandi Qiankun Jiuyang formation without any interference." Dongfang Bátian laughed and said: "To show my gratitude, let me use the strongest killing move of the Tiandi Qiankun Jiuyang formation to send you off!"