Looking at the Water-Wood Pure Aura Formation before him, Liang Zhaohuang did not open it directly, but instead reached out his hand.
As his spiritual sense and magic power circulated, five-colored spiritual light bloomed from his fingertips and swept over the formation before him.
Silently, wherever the five-colored spiritual light passed, a rift opened directly in the formation.
This was precisely his innate spiritual art, the Five Elements Restriction-Breaking Spiritual Light. Its effect looked as though it were an advanced version of the Five Elements Dharma Eye.
In the past, he had needed to operate the Five Elements Dharma Eye and spend a long time observing the circulation paths and patterns of the Five Elements spiritual power within Five Elements-type formations and Restrictions, then slowly deduce and attempt things on his own before he could break open those formations and Restrictions.
But now, with this Five Elements Restriction-Breaking Spiritual Light, he had saved himself the time of slowly observing and studying. He could directly use the spiritual light to break open formations and Restrictions.
Liang Zhaohuang repeatedly released and withdrew the Five Elements Restriction-Breaking Spiritual Light, tearing open the formation in front of him again and again, experiencing the changes within it, and gradually gained some understanding.
If the illusory Five-Colored Lotus Flower in his dantian was an innate spiritual art born from magic power, and its might depended more on the strength of his magic power, then this Five Elements Restriction-Breaking Spiritual Light was born from the spiritual sense transformed by the Five-Colored Buddha Light, and its strength depended on the strength of his spiritual sense.
And Liang Zhaohuang had already tested it just now. Although he had only just broken through to Foundation Establishment, his spiritual sense was already enough to envelop a radius of thirty-five zhang, surpassing the thirty-zhang limit of the Foundation Establishment Early Stage and reaching the level of the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
He knew this should be related to his long cultivation of the Five-Colored Buddha Light and the effect of his mental growth.
At the same time, Liang Zhaohuang gradually tested and found that the current limit of this Five Elements Restriction-Breaking Spiritual Light was probably breaking open second-rank formations. It was on par with his cultivation, and if he wanted to break open third-rank formations, he would likely still need external assistance.
However, this Five Elements Restriction-Breaking Spiritual Light was no longer limited to Five Elements-attribute formations and Restrictions. Formations and Restrictions of other attributes could also be cracked just the same.
It simply was not as easy as with Five Elements-attribute formations and Restrictions.
As for the specifics, he would still need to make more attempts and summaries in the future before he could grasp them clearly.
But no matter what, the innate spiritual art Five Elements Restriction-Breaking Spiritual Light was undoubtedly a powerful ability. Although it had no killing power and no defensive power to speak of, it was absolutely a sharp blade for infiltration and forced entry.
Walking out of the Water-Wood Pure Aura Formation with ease, Liang Zhaohuang was quite satisfied with this innate spiritual art.
As for the other innate spiritual art, the Five-Colored Lotus Flower, the Five Qi Lotus Scripture already had detailed records on it. Liang Zhaohuang did not need to test it; he already knew the effects of these illusory lotus flowers, so there was no need to waste magic power testing them one by one.
The only uncertainty was that, under the influence of the Five-Colored Buddha Light, these illusory lotus flowers also had Five-Colored Buddha Light shining upon them. He did not know what influence that would have on this innate spiritual art.
Putting away the formation, Liang Zhaohuang came to the front hall of the Five Talisman Hall.
"Little Uncle, you've come out of seclusion."
At this time, the people in the front hall had already been replaced. It was no longer Liang Ruifang and Liang Ruiwei, but a man and a woman, both looking to be in their thirties. However, they were likewise disciples of the Liang Family's Rui generation, one generation younger than Liang Zhaohuang.
Liang Zhaohuang nodded in greeting, then asked, "Where are Ruifang and Ruiwei?"
"Little Uncle, the two younger sisters were already summoned back by the family half a month ago. Brother Ruitong and I were sent here to oversee the talisman hall's business."
The woman among the two was called Liang Ruixue, and she replied with a report.
This time, Liang Zhaohuang had spent more than three months in seclusion for Foundation Establishment. A hundred days to Foundation Establishment. At this point, less than three months remained until the three-year appointment Zhu Yuqing had originally set.
Therefore, hearing Liang Ruixue say this, he understood after only a turn of thought that Liang Ruifang and Liang Ruiwei had likely been called back by the family, arranged a path of retreat, and sent away as seeds for the family's future revival.
After all, the fact that the two of them had been arranged by the family to manage the Five Talisman Hall's business in the county city back then had originally been because their aptitude was valued.
As far as Liang Zhaohuang knew, after more than two years had passed, both of them had already advanced to the late stage of Qi Refining. After switching to cultivate the Five Qi Lotus Scripture, they had hope of assaulting the Foundation Establishment Realm, so as seeds for the family's revival, they had been summoned back early and transferred away.
As for Liang Ruitong and Liang Ruixue before him, both were already in their thirties, yet their cultivations were only one at the fifth level of Qi Refining and the other at the fourth level of Qi Refining. Clearly, both had limited aptitude and had been "given up" by the family.
Of course, it could not really be called giving up. After all, if a calamity of exterminating the entire clan truly arrived, with them in the county city, perhaps they would actually be even safer.
Liang Zhaohuang understood this in his heart, but he did not say anything more.
Now that he had broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, he already had some confidence in protecting the family. But until the final moment, no one could determine what the outcome would be.
The family making more preparations was, in the end, taking precautions before trouble came.
Besides, saying anything more at this time would only throw people's hearts into needless chaos.
So he changed the subject and asked, "Has anything happened recently?"
"Little Uncle, the family sent a message asking you to return home as soon as possible." On the other side, Liang Ruitong took over and said.
Liang Zhaohuang understood. This was to have him go back as well and leave through the arranged path of retreat.
He was likewise a "seed" for revival that the family wanted to preserve.
"Mm." Liang Zhaohuang nodded slightly and said, "I gained something from this seclusion, and I do indeed need to make a trip back to the family."
"Ruitong, Ruixue, the two of you watch the shop properly."
He gave another instruction.
"Yes, Little Uncle," the two answered respectfully.
Although it was already afternoon, time was pressing, and Liang Zhaohuang had no intention of delaying until the next day. He immediately set off.
After advancing to the Foundation Establishment Realm, one could already cultivate flying spiritual arts—riding clouds, driving the wind, or flying through the sky by controlling an artifact.
And in fact, the Green Lotus among the innate spiritual art Five-Colored Lotus Flower that Liang Zhaohuang had cultivated was the most suitable for flying through the air.
But for the sake of secrecy, and because he had only just broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm and his magic power was limited, Liang Zhaohuang still acted as he had in the Qi Refining Realm. He merely used a Wind-Walking Talisman and sped swiftly over the ground, hurrying toward Liangyuan Village, where the family was located.
Even so, the magic power of the Foundation Establishment Realm was, after all, several times stronger than the magic power of the Qi Refining Realm. Even when the same Wind-Walking Talisman was used for running, his speed was more than twice as fast as before.
Adding the use of spiritual sense, he could investigate the surrounding situation more quickly and clearly, and choose his route.
In the end, Liang Zhaohuang used only one-third of the time he had needed before to hurry back to Liangyuan Village and return to the family.
The Liang Family was clearly much more deserted now. Many disciples had already been transferred away.
His eldest brother, Liang Zhaojun, was no longer with the family either, but had been moved away long ago to oversee the family's concealment and rebuilding.
Only the patriarch, Liang Xuelin, still remained with the family. As the representative of the Liang Family, he was to live or die alongside it.
"Zhaohuang, you're finally back." Seeing Liang Zhaohuang, Liang Xuelin smiled and said, "It's good you made it back in time. Make your preparations, then leave by the retreat route the family has arranged and go to Xuancheng Commandery to find your eldest brother."
Clearly, the retreat route the family had arranged lay in Xuancheng Commandery of Yang Province.
Liang Zhaohuang shook his head and said, "Patriarch, I've already reached Foundation Establishment."
"What did you say?" Patriarch Liang Xuelin seemed not to have reacted yet.
Liang Zhaohuang answered with action. His spiritual sense spread out, forming a pressure that enveloped the four directions.
Patriarch Liang Xuelin's eyes instantly went wide, his face full of shock. He could clearly feel, from Liang Zhaohuang, the spiritual pressure that belonged to a Foundation Establishment cultivator!
Liang Zhaohuang's spiritual sense swept out and was withdrawn at once, yet Patriarch Liang Xuelin was still shocked. "You... you broke through to Foundation Establishment!"
Liang Zhaohuang nodded, confirming his words.
"Good! Good! Good! Hahaha..." Patriarch Liang Xuelin's eyes instantly shone, his face full of great joy, and he laughed long and loud. "This is Heaven blessing my Liang Family! Heaven will not destroy my Liang Family! Haha!"
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