Inside the Army Formation Masters Guild's inner hall, there was not a single guest besides guild personnel.
At this moment, Guildmaster Cang Lin sat calmly before the ninth of the Starry Diagrams.
At his side stood two women, one old and one young.
The younger one was naturally Tie Ti'er, while the elder was Granny Kui, the old woman who had accompanied Tie Ti'er to Bright Dragon Stronghold back then.
All along this journey, Granny Kui had continued following Tie Ti'er...
Before the three of them stood Pei Yuzheng and one of his expert attendants. Yet Pei Yuzheng had lost the pride and composure he had displayed at Ancient Sacred Peak; his face was now livid.
Because he had failed at the ninth Starry Diagram.
He had arrived brimming with confidence and arrogance. He had long since studied the Nine-Star Battle Diagram, and with his talent for Army-Slaying Formations, failure should have been impossible.
And failure meant that his plans for this visit to Ancient Sacred Peak would fall through. Like his dead elder brother Pei Yufeng, he would become the laughingstock of his brothers, unable even to lift his head before his father.
Of course he refused to accept it. Of course he was shouting and making a scene.
"Young Master Pei, failure is failure. Are you such a mighty man that you do not even have the courage to admit defeat?"
The speaker was Tie Ti'er. The worry that had once filled her little face was gone, replaced by repeated cold sneers.
Throughout the day, Tie Ti'er had been on tenterhooks.
Especially as Pei Yuzheng cut through every challenge in his path—from the Iron Cang Martial Resonance Stone and the Canggu Myriad Dragon Chant to the first eight Starry Diagrams of the Nine-Star Battle Diagram—passing them all with