Xiu Xiu's eyes widened as she glared at Gu Qingshan.
Gu Qingshan grinned. "Xiu Xiu, look. All these people are gathering at the sect entrance. If they break through Second Brother's formation, what do you think will happen to Second Brother and your two Junior Sisters?"
Xiu Xiu had suffered greatly in her early years, so she understood what he meant. She obediently said, "I'll leave it all to you, Third Brother. Please be careful and don't get hurt."
Gu Qingshan nodded and patted her cheek. "Don't worry. I still have to make you a big dinner tonight, so I won't get hurt."
He rose slowly, sword in hand, and walked back to Qin Xiaolou. He pressed his other hand against the formation plate.
Humm—
The spiritual arts on the formation plate were thrown into disarray, and Qin Xiaolou could no longer set up the next stage of the formation.
Qin Xiaolou let out a long breath and shook out his aching, numb fingers. Worried, he asked, "Junior Brother, can you handle this?"
"Don't worry. I've spent all these years fighting people. I'm quite practiced," Gu Qingshan said.
Qin Xiaolou asked with interest, "Really? How do your opponents compare with the people out there?"
Gu Qingshan raised an eyebrow, looking a little troubled.
"...It's hard to compare," he finally said.
Qin Xiaolou froze.
Just then, a commotion rose outside the sect.
Someone cried out joyfully, "The formation's broken!"
—Without Qin Xiaolou presiding over it, the Sect Protecting Grand Array had finally been shattered by the endless stream of immortal arts.
The cultivators erupted in cheers.
The one who had broken the formation leaped forward and shot into Hundred Flowers Sect ahead of the others.
From several thousand meters away, Gu Qingshan glanced at him.
Boom!
The cultivator burst into a