Water Marsh World, Central Region (Please Vote)

At noon, fierce sunlight beat down. Even with the Array shielding it, Azure Sand Oasis felt unusually hot. Even the leaves of the spirit trees that bore azure sand berries had begun to yellow.

Several members of the Ye Family had gathered on the mountaintop.

After receiving Ye Jingcheng's message, Ye Xuefan had rushed over with a group of clansmen without stopping.

They stood before the spirit vein, waiting for noon, when fire-aspected spiritual energy would be at its strongest.

As an array master, Ye Xuefan could sense the hidden entrance to the secret realm more precisely.

He was also a peak Purple Palace cultivator. Whatever kind of secret realm this turned out to be, the Ye Family would have someone strong enough to enter and clear it out.

Heavenly Phoenix Oasis was important too, but the Desert Sea had no external enemies at present.

With the Twin-Headed Turtle Demon King at Heavenly Phoenix Oasis, there was little cause to worry about trouble there.

The secret realm, on the other hand, demanded caution. The Jia Family had developed its strength in the Desert Sea for so long that, even without a Golden Core cultivator, it surely had plenty of Purple Palace cultivators.

And unlike the Zhang Family, the Jia Family might still have high-grade spirit puppets hidden away.

"All right, it's nearly time. Set up the Array, and use only fire-aspected spirit stones this time!" Ye Xuefan did not take part himself. He watched the Ye Family's Foundation Establishment array masters work, observing and guiding them from the side.

Ye Xuefan now held the post of deputy hall master in the Formation Hall, and instructing the clansmen was among his usual duties.

This was a perfect chance to teach them through practice.

Besides a Spirit-Gathering Formation to nurture the spirit