Ru Jijie and Qian Meng looked at each other, unable to recover their senses for a long while.
Only after Lu Feng's figure had departed did they finally pull themselves free from the sight before them.
"Did he break it or not?"
Ru Jijie stared blankly at the courtyard before her, shrouded in dense, majestic spiritual energy. She could not make out the scene within at all.
Qian Meng could not decide either. With a bitter smile, she said, "Though the Azure Mountain Sect Master's display was incomparably stunning, he never even entered the courtyard gate. He probably failed to break it."
Ru Jijie nodded in agreement. "Though the formation laid by the Azure Mountain Sect Master is formidable, at its root it is still a Spirit Gathering Array. He merely replaced the formation core with a Withered Sea Essence Stone and added nine High-Grade Source Stones to supply power..."
Ru Jijie had initially thought that Lu Feng should be unable to break the courtyard formation as well, but she suddenly sensed a faint disturbance ahead. Her face paled in shock, and her voice trembled with excitement. "Th-this formation inside the courtyard... it seems to be dissolving!?"
"What?" Qian Meng froze. Looking over in disbelief, she found that it was indeed as the former had said, and she could not help but be horrified. "How is that possible? How could a mere Spirit Gathering Array achieve such an effect? Did we overlook something?"
The two immediately circulated their Soul Consciousness and began quietly sensing their surroundings.
After a long while, both of them came back to their senses at once.
Ru Jijie exclaimed in sudden realization, "I understand now. It's because of that Withered Sea Essence Stone, as well as the Azure Mountain Sect Master's Hundred Rivers Return to the