Chapter 386: Star Divination!

The three of them raced without pause toward a dense forest ahead. Yang Xiao had passed through this area once yesterday.

He had sensed something unusual about that vast void, which was extremely extensive, but he did not rashly probe it with his divine soul.

The forest was silent, the vegetation lush. The three arrived stealthily, and even with Yang Tian's current divine soul strength, he did not notice anything abnormal here.

"Kid, how did you find this place unusual?" Fatty muttered in confusion, unable to see anything amiss even with his own eyes.

Fatty rubbed his hands together and produced a palm-sized compass. Its surface was densely covered with golden characters, all in ancient script, with a yin-yang fish pattern at the center, giving it an ancient feel.

"This compass is actually from the Ancient Dao Sect. Little Fatty, you're not so simple..." Yang Xiao glanced at it, nodded slightly, and said with a faint smile.

Fatty sat cross-legged on the ground, holding the compass in his hands. His expression was solemn as he swayed his head, looking like a shaman.

"Duo!" After a long silence, Fatty suddenly opened his eyes, shooting out a dazzling golden light. When that beam of light struck the compass, the void trembled slightly.

"Open!" Fatty shouted. The yin-yang fish pattern at the center of the compass suddenly began to spin, and a dazzling divine light shot into the sky. At the same time, a strange energy fluctuation spread, sending a chill down Yang Tian's spine.

Suddenly, Fatty's sleeve flickered, and nine copper coins flew into the void, forming a fearsome formation like stars aligning, constantly shifting positions.

"Nine Stars Pathfinding!" Fatty shouted inwardly. The compass on the ground suddenly shot into the void, and the nine copper coins descended onto it. Then the characters on the compass began to flash, and the two yin-yang patterns spun at incredible speed.

Just as Yang Tian was astonished, the nine coins emitted nine terrifying beams of light, faintly resonating with the stars in the sky. The entire compass suddenly released a massive energy shield, extending infinitely outward.

"So it's the Star Divination Art..." Yang Xiao in the Ancestral Dragon Ring discerned a bit and smiled faintly.

Fatty's blood energy was rapidly dissipating, and his originally ruddy face turned pale. Clearly, activating this compass consumed a great deal.

At this moment, the entire forest that Yang Tian had indicated was enveloped by the strange light curtain. The nine copper coins spun continuously, emitting a humming sound.

It was an extremely peculiar energy fluctuation. The vegetation in the forest was pierced through by the light curtain. As Yang Tian watched, he suddenly noticed a large tree twisting.

"Hide quickly!" The strange phenomenon in the void suddenly dissipated. Fatty shouted, instantly producing a red-gold disc, whose energy enveloped the three of them.

At that moment, an old man suddenly appeared in the forest. His eyes were murky, devoid of any divine light, and his robe was faded, as if he were on the brink of death.

As soon as the old man appeared, an extremely terrifying divine soul force surged out, enveloping the entire forest and sweeping back and forth.

"It seems their clan has at least two half-emperor level experts." Yang Xiao's eyes swept over the old man, and he muttered softly.

"Uncle Xiao, will that killing formation you mentioned work?" Yang Tian's face was full of gravity as he asked slowly.

"Probably. With two divine materials as the main ingredients, trapping a few half-emperor level experts should be no problem." After a moment of thought, Yang Xiao said slowly.

"I hope it succeeds..." Yang Tian sighed. They had invested heavily this time, using Golden Amber Divine Stone and a grain of Star Sand as the main materials to refine a fearsome killing formation.

Some time ago, they had Meng Yunxi purchase large quantities of Sun Gold and other extremely hard refining materials, all for this killing formation. The amount of materials consumed would make even an ancient aristocratic family gasp.

The three hid within the formation, unconcerned. Even the Golden Divine Lion, a rare beast of heaven and earth, had not detected them, let alone a half-emperor level figure.

"Yang Tian, this journey is fraught with danger. You need to prepare contingencies." Xiao Ji said slowly beside him. Though he didn't know why Yang Tian was looking for the Li family's mountain gate, it must be for a great purpose.

"Exactly. We've also placed quite a few bets. I handed over two ten-thousand-year spiritual herbs to the auction house..." Fatty muttered beside him, looking like a miser.

"Hehe, how about giving me a few formation discs?" Yang Tian rubbed his hands and grinned. "That would greatly increase my chances of survival."

"Alright, I'll lend you two. Just get me some rare refining materials later..." Fatty grinned, not stingy at all, and took out three discs.

"Here..." Xiao Ji scratched his head and produced two pitch-black beads, devoid of any aura, extremely ordinary-looking.

"What are these?" Yang Tian examined them for a while but couldn't figure them out. They were just two ordinary beads, but since Xiao Ji took them out, they couldn't be simple.

"These are Nine Nether Beads..." Yang Xiao's voice came through, somewhat surprised, with a hint of astonishment in his eyes.

"These are Nine Nether Beads refined from Nine Nether Death Qi. Don't underestimate them. If used unexpectedly, they can yield surprising results." Xiao Ji smiled mysteriously.

"Are they powerful?" Yang Tian couldn't help asking Yang Xiao.

"It depends on how much Nine Nether Death Qi is sealed inside. Even a Dao artifact can be reduced to scrap metal." Yang Xiao touched his nose and said with a smile.

At that moment, the old man paused for a moment, a hint of confusion in his eyes, then vanished.

"That old bastard is gone." Seeing this, Fatty's eyes lit up. He withdrew the outer formation and dashed to the side of the large tree.

"This is the gateway, the core of this formation." Fatty said with great certainty, confident in his divination.

Hearing this, Yang Tian looked at it and reached out his hand to touch the tree trunk. When he touched it, he couldn't help but marvel.

"This little Fatty has some skill. If you undergo tribulation here and trigger the Chaos Thunder Tribulation, it should be able to blast open the formation here!" Yang Xiao chuckled, a hint of killing intent in his eyes.

"If the formation is really blasted open, it will hurt the Li family more than cutting out their flesh." A cold glint flashed in Yang Tian's eyes as he snorted inwardly.

Every major power has a mountain-protecting formation. Clans do not invade each other mostly out of fear of these formations. If such a formation is fully activated, it is extremely terrifying.

"It should be about right. During the tribulation, those old monsters won't be able to activate the formation. Relying solely on the formation's own operational power, it won't be very strong." Yang Xiao nodded.

On the side, Fatty grew impatient and asked, "Yang Tian, what exactly are you looking for the formation for?"

"Hehe, nothing much. You'll know when the time comes. If we can open the formation, you two might as well go in and loot it." Yang Tian smiled and turned to leave.

"Loot it!" Hearing this, both of their eyes lit up. Fatty's spittle flew as he pressed for answers, but in the end, he got nothing.