Xiao Mountain Marketplace and all the mountains surrounding it were suffused with spiritual radiance, its grand formation now fully activated.
From afar, it resembled a wish-granting treasure vase, drawing in the spiritual energy of countless mountains across the region.
It presented the magnificent sight of all energies paying homage.
Moreover, the closer one came to the skies above the marketplace, the denser and vaster the spiritual energy became, even coalescing into strange and varied spiritual clouds.
Ye Haiyan, arriving from afar aboard the Dragon Envoy Flying Vessel, was also stunned by the sight.
He estimated that this formation was already a fifth-tier formation. This method of gathering spiritual energy in advance would undoubtedly allow Xiao Mountain Marketplace to unleash a higher level of its spiritual vein's power when faced with an invasion.
As a formation master, he was naturally immensely curious about it.
Yet he knew that with his current attainments in formations, even if given the chance to inspect it, he might not be able to fully comprehend it.
He shook his head and cast those thoughts aside.
Before long, cultivators came flying over from the distance as well.
They had clearly spotted the Dragon Envoy Flying Vessel under Ye Haiyan's control and had come to investigate.
"Is that Fellow Daoist Ye Yan of the Heavenly Sand Sect ahead?" Among the cultivators who had come to inspect him, the leader was Xiao He. He had visited the Heavenly Sand Sect in his early years and had met Ye Haiyan once.
"Dragon Envoy Xiao, it is indeed I." Ye Haiyan hurriedly stepped out of the Dragon Envoy Flying Vessel, shrank the spirit vessel down to its smallest size, and handed it over to Xiao He.
"Dragon Envoy Xiao, Elder Qianchen fought desperately to bring back the Dragon Envoy Flying Vessel