Guangdong Ren nodded and said nothing more.
Two days later, they appeared at the foot of a thousand-zhang-high peak. The peak rose straight up, its upper half bare, resembling a sharp sword. Not far away was a cave entrance several zhang wide.
"The Celestial Moon Golden Lotus is inside. There is a Tier 4 Demon Beast, but it has not taken human form, so fellow Daoists can rest assured. Still, we must not be careless. I have prepared a Fourth Order Formation, the Earthen Restraint Demon-Locking Formation. Four fellow Daoists will control the formation. For a while, this beast will be unable to escape. Once we pick the Celestial Moon Golden Lotus, we'll leave immediately."
As the Golden Shirt Elder spoke, he took out the Array Flags and Plates and set up the formation.
Generally speaking, Tier 4 Demon Beasts could take human form, but not every Tier 4 Demon Beast was capable of doing so.
Demon Beasts with impure bloodlines would find it difficult to take human form throughout their lives, and advancing in cultivation was also harder for them. Demon Beasts with pure bloodlines might take longer to assume human form, but once they did, their divine abilities were usually formidable.
Wang Ruyan, Guangdong Ren, the Blue-dressed Woman, and the Red-Robed Man controlled the formation, while Wang Changsheng, the Golden Shirt Elder, and the Blue-robed Man went to pick the spiritual medicine.
Wang Changsheng and the Blue-robed Man were at Core Formation Layer 7, while the Golden Shirt Elder was at Core Formation Layer 9.
After setting up the formation, the Golden Shirt Elder took out a Golden Wooden Box. When he opened it, they saw a lump of pitch-black mud inside, giving off a peculiar smell.
"This is Aroma-Sealing Mud. It can block odors. Smear it over