The three-day deadline passed in the blink of an eye.
Inside Xi Qi city, the silence was still like death.
The disciples of the Heavenly Origin Sect were like ants on a hot pan, restless.
The power of the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation was more terrifying than they had imagined.
In just three days, they could clearly feel that one of the Three Flowers on their Crowns had begun to dim, and the Five Qi in their Chests had also become slightly disordered.
Although it was slight, this feeling of regression in their cultivation made each of them tremble with fear.
If it continued at this rate, let alone a hundred years, they would likely be demoted by a realm in less than ten years!
"Why hasn't Junior Brother Jiang returned yet?" True Lord Taiyi, who had the worst temper, paced back and forth in the courtyard, anxious and restless.
"The journey from Xi Qi to Kunlun Mountain is long; a round trip will take at least five to six days. Junior Brother, please be patient." Although True Man Yuding was also anxious, he was relatively calm.
Guangchengzi said nothing, only looked up at the yellow mist outside the city, his face so grim it could drip water.
In his heart, he had a vague premonition of something ominous.
Would their Master come?
For the sake of his disciples, would their Master truly disregard his Saintly dignity and personally intervene to deal with three juniors?
He wasn't sure.
And while the disciples of the Heavenly Origin Sect waited in torment, outside the city, within the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation, Bi Xiao was growing impatient.
"Eldest Sister! It's been three days! Those cowards still haven't dared to make a peep!"
Bi Xiao stood on the high platform at the formation's core, complaining to Yun Xiao and Qiong Xiao.
"Did that old geezer Jiang Ziya run to Kunlun Mountain and get lost?"
Qiong Xiao also frowned tightly, "Are they planning to just hide in the city and wait for us to lose patience and withdraw the formation?"
"They wish!" Bi Xiao snorted coldly. "They can afford to wait, but can we not? Our elder brother's revenge has not yet been avenged; even if I guard here for a thousand or ten thousand years, I will never withdraw the formation!"
Yun Xiao looked at her two anxious sisters and shook her head gently.
"They will come out."
Her voice was still calm.
"The disciples of the Heavenly Origin Sect are all arrogant and self-righteous, considering themselves the orthodox path of the Mystic Gate. Now that we have them trapped in the city, they have become a laughingstock of the Primordial Era. They won't be able to endure this humiliation for long."
"We just need to add a little more fuel to the fire."
Yun Xiao's gaze fell outside the great formation, upon the rogue cultivators from all over the Primordial Era who were watching from afar out of curiosity.
These past few days, the news that Sanxiao had set up the Nine Bends Yellow River Formation to trap the Twelve Golden Immortals had already spread like wildfire throughout the Primordial Era.
Countless rogue cultivator experts, with the mentality of enjoying a good show, had secretly rushed to the vicinity of Xi Qi, wanting to witness this internal conflict of the Mystic Gate with their own eyes.
"Bi Xiao," Yun Xiao said.
"Here! Eldest Sister!" Bi Xiao immediately responded.
"Go to the front of the formation and explain the mysteries of this formation to those who are watching," Yun Xiao said calmly. "Let them know how powerful my Nine Bends Yellow River Formation truly is. And let those in the city hear it more clearly."
"Alright!"
Bi Xiao's eyes lit up; she instantly understood her eldest sister's intention.
This was a plan to kill with words!
She smirked, and her figure flashed, appearing at the edge of the great formation.
She cleared her throat, channeled her Magical Power, and her voice clearly spread for a thousand miles around.
"Hey, I say, all Fellow Daoists, all fellow disciples, come and see, come and look!"
Bi Xiao's voice was clear and pleasant, but the content of her words was filled with mockery.
"They all say that the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Heavenly Origin Sect are all powerful in Magical Power and vast in Spiritual Power. How is it that today, they have been trapped in this Xi Qi city by our three sisters, becoming turtles hiding in their shells?"
"You don't know, do you? This 'Nine Bends Yellow River Formation' that my sisters have set up is incredibly powerful!"
"This formation is arranged according to the Three Primes internally, hidden and combined with the Nine Palaces, encompassing all things. Within the formation are the 'Immortal-Confusing Pill' and the 'Immortal-Sealing Incantation,' which can steal the gods of immortals, dissolve the souls of immortals, trap the forms of immortals, damage the qi of immortals, destroy the origin of immortals, and injure the limbs of immortals. If a God or Immortal enters it, they will become an ordinary person; if an ordinary person enters it, they will turn into flying ash!"
"The most powerful thing is, even if they hide in the city and don't come out, my great formation can reach them across a thousand miles, shave off their Three Flowers on the Crown, and destroy their Five Qi in the Chest! In less than ten years, no matter how great a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal they are, they will become mortals without the strength to even lift a chicken!"
As Bi Xiao spoke, she accompanied her words with vivid gestures, speaking with great animation and embellishment.
The rogue cultivators watching from afar began to discuss and exclaim in amazement.
"My heavens, there's such a powerful formation?"
"The Sanxiao Fairies are indeed worthy of their reputation! The Twelve Golden Immortals of the Heavenly Origin Sect have really kicked an iron plate this time!"
"Serves them right! Who told them that they usually look down on us rogue cultivators with such arrogance? It's incredibly satisfying to see them trapped at home and being insulted!"
And these discussions and mocking voices, without a single word missing, entered the ears of the disciples of the Heavenly Origin Sect within Xi Qi city.
"Pfft—"
True Lord Taiyi, who had the hottest temper and was already burning with anger, heard Bi Xiao's heart-piercing words and could no longer hold back, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"You're going too far! You're going too far!!"
His eyes were bloodshot, and he looked like a madman.
"I'd rather die fighting in the formation than suffer such humiliation!!"
With that, he actually summoned his magic treasure, the Nine Dragon Divine Fire Cover, and transformed into a fiery light, about to charge out of the city!
"Junior Brother! No!"
Guangchengzi was greatly alarmed and quickly summoned the Sky-Turning Seal to stop him.
"If you go out now, you'll just be throwing your life away!"
"Let me die! It's better than being a coward hiding here!" True Lord Taiyi roared.
"You!" Guangchengzi was so angry he couldn't speak.
It wasn't just True Lord Taiyi; Chijingzi, True Man Huanglong, and the other Golden Immortals all had flushed faces, clearly on the verge of exploding.
As disciples of the Heavenly Origin Sect, they valued their reputation above all else.
Now, their reputation was being ground into the dirt, repeatedly, by Sanxiao, in front of the entire Primordial Era.
This torment was worse than killing them!
Just as the Heavenly Origin Sect was about to mutiny.
A golden light streaked across the eastern sky and landed in Xi Qi city.
It was Jiang Ziya, who had rushed back from Kunlun Mountain, traveling day and night.
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