Chapter 215: The Sect-Protecting Grand Array

Outside the imperial city, when Ye Yuan saw Nanfeng Ruoqing and Nanfeng Zhirou, he was taken aback.

“Ye Yuan, you heartless bastard, you didn’t even say goodbye before leaving!” Nanfeng Zhirou said angrily.

Ye Yuan smiled bitterly and said, “Teacher Nanfeng, Senior Sister, I was afraid of the pain of parting and causing sorrow, so I didn’t bid you farewell. I didn’t expect you two to come see me off.”

“Hmph! Who’s here to see you off? We came to find Senior Brother Mo!” Nanfeng Zhirou said.

Ye Yuan smiled slightly. This girl really cared about face, using such an excuse to cover it up—wasn’t that too childish?

“Is that so? I wonder what business Senior Sister has with Senior Brother Mo?” Ye Yuan asked.

“Tch, you look like you don’t believe me. Go ask Senior Brother Mo!”

Ye Yuan was stunned. The girl looked so confident—could she really be here for Mo Yuntian?

Nanfeng Ruoqing laughed and said, “You little girl, you still love to keep secrets! Ye Yuan, actually we plan to go with you to the Nether Cloud Sect!”

“With Junior Sister Nanfeng’s level of alchemy, she could have joined the sect long ago. But for the sake of the Qin Kingdom’s imperial family, she chose to stay at the academy. Now that the Qin Kingdom’s affairs are settled, she can leave with peace of mind. As for Nanfeng Zhirou, she will enter the sect as her attendant,” Mo Yuntian explained.

Hearing this, Ye Yuan finally understood.

Thinking about it, Nanfeng Ruoqing’s alchemy skills were no less than Yang Hao’s. Since Yang Hao could become a core disciple, she naturally had the same qualification.

Moreover, under Ye Yuan’s guidance, Nanfeng Ruoqing had already begun to master the Yin-Yang Separation Technique. When it came to alchemy, she had probably left Yang Hao far behind.

Ye Yuan knew that each core disciple could bring five attendants into the sect. Lü’er was someone he brought along as an attendant.

Speaking of Lü’er, the cold poison in her body had been temporarily suppressed by the Yang Origin Pill, but with Ye Yuan’s current strength, he could not completely eradicate the cold poison.

Therefore, Lü’er could not cultivate for now.

“So that’s it! Then Teacher Nanfeng becomes Senior Sister Nanfeng? Hmm, that means I’ll have an extra junior disciple from now on. Not bad,” Ye Yuan said with a smile.

“Pfft. Sister Nanfeng instantly became a generation older—how pitiful!” Lü’er couldn’t help covering her mouth and laughing.

Nanfeng Zhirou was so angry her almond eyes widened. “Who’s your junior disciple? Ye Yuan, I’ll fight you!”

Nanfeng Zhirou drew her sword and thrust, but Ye Yuan dodged lightly. Now, even if Nanfeng Zhirou were serious, she couldn’t hit Ye Yuan.

Nanfeng Ruoqing laughed and said, “Alright, Zhirou, Senior Brother Mo is still here. Don’t let him laugh at us! Besides, Ye Yuan is right. By seniority, you are indeed his junior disciple now.”

Nanfeng Zhirou knew she couldn’t beat Ye Yuan, so she said angrily, “Hmph! I won’t be his junior disciple!”

After some horseplay, Nanfeng Zhirou absolutely refused to call Ye Yuan “Uncle-Master.”

Mo Yuntian spoke up, “Alright, it’s getting late. Let’s set out.”

With that, Mo Yuntian waved his hand, and a small flying boat appeared before everyone. It was a flying spiritual artifact that could hold about ten people.

The group boarded the flying boat and set off for the Nether Cloud Sect.

…

Two days later, the flying boat landed on a mountain range rich in spiritual energy.

The place was a land of beauty, with layered peaks, like a paradise on earth.

The flying boat landed directly at the foot of the mountain. Mo Yuntian put away the boat and said to everyone, “This is Spirit Blessing Mountain, where the sect is located. Without permission, sect disciples are not allowed to fly above the sect, so we can only land here and walk up the mountain.”

“So this is Spirit Blessing Mountain! I’ve longed for this place since I was young, but this is my first time here! The heaven and earth primal energy here is so abundant—much richer than at the Danwu Academy!” Nanfeng Zhirou exclaimed in surprise after sensing it.

“The sect is protected by a grand array, which also contains a spirit-gathering formation. Naturally, the heaven and earth primal energy here is more abundant than elsewhere,” Ye Yuan said calmly.

Mo Yuntian showed a surprised expression. “Junior Brother Ye, you even understand formations? You saw through the truth at a glance!”

“I know a little. I can feel the power of the formation, but I don’t know what formation it is,” Ye Yuan said.

In fact, Ye Yuan had seen through it at a glance. This formation was the Two Extremities Chaotic Heaven Grand Array, a quasi-fifth-rank formation. But in front of Mo Yuntian, he didn’t want to appear too monstrous, so he pretended not to know.

Hearing Ye Yuan say this, Mo Yuntian’s surprise lessened a bit.

This Junior Brother Ye had astonishing martial talent and extremely high alchemy skill. If he also understood formations, that would be too monstrous.

“This is our Nether Cloud Sect’s sect-protecting grand array, the Two Extremities Chaotic Heaven Grand Array, a quasi-fifth-rank formation with immense power! Even ordinary Soul Sea realm experts cannot break through this formation,” Mo Yuntian said with considerable pride when mentioning the Two Extremities Chaotic Heaven Grand Array.

Hearing Mo Yuntian’s introduction, Nanfeng Ruoqing and her niece both showed surprised expressions.

Soul Sea realm experts were legendary to them! Yet even such experts could not break through the Nether Cloud Sect’s sect-protecting grand array—this showed how powerful the array was!

Ye Yuan, however, remained calm and said nothing, but inwardly he was somewhat dismissive of Mo Yuntian’s words.

He wondered which idiot had set up this array—it was full of loopholes!

After a brief observation, Ye Yuan found at least seven or eight weak points in the grand array. If he had the strength of the Sea of Qi realm, breaking this array would be a piece of cake. Why would he need a Soul Sea realm expert to break it?

A so-called quasi-fifth-rank formation basically represented the peak of fourth-rank formations.

That is, even if the person breaking the array had the strength of the Soul Sea realm peak, they could not forcibly break this formation!

But Ye Yuan estimated that with the current state of this sect-protecting grand array, a person with the strength of the Soul Sea realm mid-stage could completely break it by force!

The Two Extremities Chaotic Heaven Grand Array was among the top quasi-fifth-rank formations. For such a fine sect-protecting grand array to be set up like this could only mean that the array setter’s skill was too low.

As it stood, if the enemy brought a fourth-rank array master, it would be easy to break.

If Ye Yuan were to set up this grand array, not to mention Soul Sea realm peak martial artists, even half-step Divine Travel realm experts would have to retreat in defeat!

But Ye Yuan naturally wouldn’t say these things to Mo Yuntian, lest he cause too much astonishment.

The Nether Cloud Sect had been established here for over a thousand years and had always been safe. A slightly inferior array didn’t seem like a big problem.

Moreover, from this Two Extremities Chaotic Heaven Grand Array, one could see that the Nether Cloud Sect’s foundation was still quite deep.

“Alright, follow me up the mountain.” Mo Yuntian led the group up the mountain.

“Greetings, Senior Brother Mo!” The disciple on duty at the mountain gate stepped forward to salute when he saw Mo Yuntian.

Mo Yuntian nodded and said, “I am following my master’s orders to escort a few junior brothers and sisters from the mortal world to the sect. Here is the writ.”

The gate disciple took the writ, scanned it with his divine sense, returned it to Mo Yuntian, and stepped aside, saying, “Senior Brother Mo, please.”