When Shangqing Adept first arrived at the Endless Sea, she was at the Second-Level Golden Core. Now she was at the Third-Layer Golden Core, which showed that her cultivation was still advancing.
In other words, her perverse temperament was her true nature, not a problem with her mind.
As for the old man not far from her, no one could identify him. He was also at the Second-Level Golden Core and was likewise a sword cultivator.
After the two emerged, they formed a Three Talents Formation with the pale, beardless Wenji Adept and traded attacks with the True Adepts outside.
The Blessing Courtyard had a Defensive Formation, also at the Golden Core level. While the Emergence from Dust Adepts of the four factions had been arguing with the others, it had been raised to maximum alert. Wenji Adept's skill at operating Divination was indeed extraordinary, and his reactions were extremely fast.
The Defensive Formation kept enemies out but did not hinder those within. In other words, for the True Adepts outside to attack the three inside the courtyard, they first had to break the Defensive Formation. But Wenji and the other two could attack their opponents without regard for it.
This put the True Adepts outside at a disadvantage. They could only take hits without striking back unless they broke the Defensive Formation.
However, even when a Golden Core Defensive Formation was raised to its highest level, its defenses were only so-so. There were as many as nine True Adepts attacking outside, all with formidable backgrounds. Breaking the formation would take only a little over an hour.
But with the harassment attacks from the three inside the courtyard added in, they likely would not be able to break the Defensive Formation in under two or three hours.
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