Having come up with a new tactic, Old Man Ling and Grandpa Zi Yun continued setting up the grand formation. Ling Tian and the others did not leave, either. They trained nearby, staying ready in case the spirit turtle and spirit serpent came back.
Perhaps the formation was simply too powerful. Perhaps they knew they could do nothing to Ling Tian and the others. Or perhaps the Arrow Intent and death energy had left them badly wounded. Whatever the reason, the spirit turtle and spirit serpent did not return for a while.
Ling Tian and the others were naturally glad to see that. They went on with their respective tasks.
Time flowed on. In the blink of an eye, three or four years passed.
After all that time, the spirit turtle's wounds had long since healed. It had even come to make trouble a few times, but when it saw Ling Tian, Fairy Meng Shang, and the others standing ready, it knew there was no opening to exploit. After circling in the distance for a while, it had no choice but to leave.
After all this time, Old Man Ling and the others had completed the sixth and seventh grand formations. They were now only a few thousand zhang from the treasure. By Ling Tian and the others' calculations, the next formations they built would pose the greatest possible threat to the spirit turtle and spirit serpent.
According to their plan, Old Man Ling and the others would set up three more formations in a pincer arrangement. Everyone estimated that it would take five years to complete them.
They were already right beside the spirit turtle and spirit serpent's lair. The two beasts could no longer sit idly by, and came to launch surprise attacks and harass them.
But Ling