Chapter 161: Slay Beasts And Kill Trees, Sever Meridians And Destroy
Two more days passed, and Ming Zhaoshuang finally completely dismantled the talisman formations beneath the Great Sui Secret Realm, obtaining a total of thirteen formations, eight of which were from Wei Shuo’s talisman book.
The most important core formation was undoubtedly the seal in her sea of consciousness, which originated from the same source.
As Ming Zhaoshuang expected, even though she could dismantle these thirteen formations, with her current strength, she was simply unable to break this formation.
This is too difficult. Ming Zhaoshuang leaned against Cheng Zhaoyang and sighed, “Sister Zhaoyang, I have no solution at all.”
The person who set up this formation is truly powerful!
So powerful that I am simply unable to match them in a short time!
Cheng Zhaoyang rubbed her head and said gently, “It’s alright, we can wait for the imperial family to come out.”
The remaining few people also expressed their understanding.
It had existed for over three thousand years and was made by the first person under Wei Shuo. Even with Ming Zhaoshuang’s extraordinary talent, it was naturally impossible for her to break it so easily.
Ming Zhaoshuang was silent for a long time, looking at the layered formations without uttering a word.
She always felt that this secret realm had a great connection to her.
Ming Zhaoshuang looked up and glanced at Ming Chenxing.
The latter remained silent, cultivating quietly beside her as usual.
Besides Ming Zhaoshuang dismantling formations these past few days, the rest of them had been cultivating. After all, they had collected ninety-seven spirit fruits, essentially encompassing the entire secret realm.
There was nothing left in this secret realm worth their exploration.
But, is that really the case?
Ming Zhaoshuang remained silent for a long time, and in the end, she did not ask him.
Suddenly, Ming Zhaoshuang smiled, remembering something, and said, “I can’t break this formation, but we can take the simplest approach.”
She looked at everyone and slowly said, “Slay the beasts and destroy the trees, sever the veins and ruin the formation!”
The most important part of a formation is its core, which relies on the formation points. For the formation points to be clear and interconnected is what allows them to converge into a complete formation.
Clearly, there were many such formations, and they couldn’t see the formation core. The only thing they could understand was that the spirit beasts and sky-reaching trees converged to form the formation points. Therefore, their simplest method to break the formation was to destroy all these spirit beasts and sky-reaching trees one by one.
Perhaps the formation was so profound that the disappearance of one beast or one tree would not pose any threat to it, but what if all the formation points were destroyed by them?
Then no matter how exquisite these formations were, they would ultimately be unable to sustain themselves!
Cheng Zhaoyang heard this and showed a troubled expression: “However, the Great Sui has an ancestral decree: spirit beasts can be killed, but sky-reaching trees cannot be destroyed.”
The primordial spirit fruits produced by the sky-reaching trees were the lifeline of the Great Sui Imperial Family and noble families. If the sky-reaching trees were destroyed, the primordial spirit fruits would naturally have no chance of regenerating.
Then the Great Sui Imperial Family and noble families would essentially lose this support, and no one would agree.
Ming Zhaoshuang, however, smiled upon hearing this and retorted to Cheng Zhaoyang: “Doesn’t this just prove that the sky-reaching tree is exceptionally important to the formation?”
It also proves that Ming Zhaoshuang’s line of reasoning is not flawed.
This person has truly mastered the art of formations.
Cheng Zhaoyang was secretly surprised and seemed to be contemplating whether to agree with Ming Zhaoshuang’s idea.
After all, for the idle disciples in their noble families, the primordial spirit fruits produced by the sky-reaching trees were an extremely important matter.
Although Cheng Zhaoyang had never benefited from the primordial spirit fruits, she had to admit the importance of the Great Sui Secret Realm to the Great Sui noble families.
Ming Zhaoshuang spoke directly and frankly to Cheng Zhaoyang: “Sister Zhaoyang, this Great Sui Secret Realm is built upon a formation. If we destroy this formation, then the Great Sui Secret Realm will cease to exist.”
“However, the Great Sui Secret Realm is the secret realm of Great Sui, not the secret realm of the New Dynasty. The imperial family already intends to use this secret realm to counterattack. Sister Zhaoyang, do you still intend to sit idly by and let Empress Dowager Cheng’s hundred years of planning go up in smoke?”
Ming Zhaoshuang’s words were to the point, causing Cheng Zhaoyang to pause.
She was stunned for a moment and asked, “You know what Aunt wants to do?”
Ming Zhaoshuang nodded: “I know, and I admire her greatly.”
How could she not admire her? A mortal woman, in the cultivation world where cultivators were revered, and in a feudal dynasty filled with prejudice against women, actually conceived such an astonishing yet justifiable idea.
That is why she is with Cheng Zhaoyang, eliminating the heavenly prodigies who obstruct Empress Dowager Cheng’s ascent to power.
That is why, upon learning that Cheng Zhaoyang would be facing over a dozen cultivators in the Golden Core mid-stage, she unhesitatingly extended a helping hand.
She also wanted to witness the birth of a generation’s empress!
Cheng Zhaoyang took a shallow breath and looked up at Ming Zhaoshuang, her flame-like eyes seeming to burn fiercely.
Burning with her will, boiling with her sword heart.
Cheng Zhaoyang no longer hesitated and drew her sword directly: “In that case, let us act!”
Acting, not only to protect their own interests, not only to resist the ambitious imperial family, but also for themselves, and for all women in the world!
To prove to the world that they can also cultivate and stand shoulder to shoulder with men under the blazing sun!
With these two making the decision, Fei Changxiu and Ming Chenxing, who always lacked cunning, naturally would not refuse. As for Qin Feilong, who wanted to speak but hesitated, no one paid him any attention.
Ming Zhaoshuang said, “There are only about three days left in the secret realm. The time is short and the task is heavy, so let’s split up to kill beasts and destroy trees!”
The most powerful of these spirit beasts were only in the Nascent Soul mid-stage, and they were all located in the center, so there was no problem with Ming Zhaoshuang and the others acting separately.
Fei Changxiu directly summoned Qieman and said to everyone, “Then I won’t be polite! Junior Sister, let’s see who finishes the task first! I’ll take care of the east side!”
Ming Chenxing summoned his long sword and said, “The west side!”
Cheng Zhaoyang said, “The spirit beasts in the central region are the most powerful, so I’ll take care of them.”
Ming Zhaoshuang’s eyes were bright, and she said, “Then I’ll take care of the simplest north side!”
With only the south side left, Qin Feilong had nothing to say and directly headed south.
Ming Zhaoshuang rode Fushuang and sped away, saying to Xiu’er Senior Brother, “Your strength is greater than mine, but you may not necessarily be faster than me!”
Fei Changxiu said, “Who knows? I have more than one sword!”
Ming Chenxing said indifferently, “No matter how many swords you have, you will still be my defeated opponent.”
Fei Changxiu jumped up and said, “How could I know where you got such powerful sword techniques and spells from? I don’t care, anyway, I have more swords, you can’t compare to me!”
Qin Feilong said, “Senior Brother Fei, even if you can defeat Junior Brother Ming, you might not be able to defeat General Cheng.”
Fei Changxiu was stunned and flew away directly, saying, “I’m not arguing with you anymore, I’m going to kill spirit beasts!”
Qin Feilong laughed heartily and honestly flew towards the south without any hesitation.
The few people then parted ways, and sword shadows could be seen.
The spirit beasts Ming Zhaoshuang had to face were not high in cultivation, none exceeding the Nascent Soul stage. Occasionally, there were a few in the late Golden Core stage, but she only spent a little more time to deal with them directly.
If there was anything unpleasant, it was encountering a few noble family “waste” on her way to destroying the sky-reaching trees.
The few people looked at her dumbfounded, wanting to speak but stopping themselves.
Ming Zhaoshuang smiled slightly and asked, “Do you want to fight me?”
The highest cultivation among those “waste” was only in the Golden Core mid-stage, and they had seen Ming Zhaoshuang’s strength in the solo match. They all shook their heads.
Whether it was by tacit understanding or not, they all said, “We can’t win.”
Ming Zhaoshuang was satisfied: “It’s right that you can’t win. If you can’t win, you can join.”
Noble family “waste”: “?”
Ming Zhaoshuang blinked and smiled, saying, “Join me to slay spirit beasts and destroy sky-reaching trees together, and each person will be rewarded with one of my talismans!”
Saying that, Ming Zhaoshuang placed a Wind Fire Talisman on a sky-reaching tree, and in an instant, it was completely burned away.
So powerful?
Those noble family “waste” did not have the same considerations as Cheng Zhaoyang. They were just good-for-nothings, and since they couldn’t obtain anything by going to these secret realms themselves, they naturally didn’t care whether the sky-reaching trees existed or not.
But Ming Zhaoshuang’s talismans were so powerful!
So tempting!
They really wanted to possess them!
Therefore, these noble family “waste” all chose the path of joining if they couldn’t win.
They happily helped Ming Zhaoshuang with her tasks.
