Xiao Clan Guardian Formation

Inside the council hall, clan leader Xiao Zhan was engrossed in a mountain of documents, while several elders sat leisurely to the side, drinking tea and chatting.

"Elder, is this... appropriate?" Taking a break from work, Xiao Zhan looked up, caught his breath, and looked at the smiling elders, feeling extremely depressed.

"So you always sneak away, leaving us old bones here to do all the work, is that appropriate?" The First Elder blew on the steam rising from his teacup and said.

"I finally caught you, and you're trying to slack off? Hmm! The tea Huo Yuhao brought back is really fragrant!" The Grand Elder took a sip of tea, feeling quite pleased.

"I was... cultivating!" Xiao Zhan stubbornly insisted.

"Heh, don't think we don't know!" The Grand Elder narrowed his eyes, revealing a cold smile, "You've gone on a picnic!"

"Ah, haha!" His lie was exposed on the spot, and Xiao Zhan scratched his head awkwardly, chuckling sheepishly.

"No one can change your mind today. You're not leaving this room until these matters are settled."

Just then, Huo Yuhao's voice rang in their hearts.

"Elders, listen! Huo Yuhao is calling us over!" Xiao Zhan seized the opportunity and attempted to escape.

"What's he up to now?" The First Elder frowned slightly. "Since it was Huo Yuhao who summoned us, it must be something important. Let's go see."

"Okay, then I'll leave these to you..." Xiao Zhan was overjoyed and quickly tried to pass the work away.

"Hmph, Huo Yuhao called a few of us too, so naturally we'll go together. You can come back and handle these matters afterward."

"No way!"

In the Martial Arena, Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Yu, who was kneeling beside him, panting and looking unwilling. As if he had discovered something amusing, he pouted into an "O" shape, jumped up, and crawled to Xiao Yu's side like a frog, a sly smile on his face.

"I've always wanted to see that expression on your face! That jealous look on your face! Oh hahahahaha!"

"Damn little thief!" Xiao Yu gritted his teeth. He suddenly got up, swung his sword and stabbed, trying to stab Xiao Yan with a hundred or eighty transparent holes.

"Hey, I can't hit it!"

Just as Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu were chasing and playing around, Huo Yuhao's voice rang out in Xiao Yan's Spiritual Sea. Unlike the simple summons he gave to others, what Xiao Yan heard was. "Xiao Yan, looks like you've been quite free lately? Still haven't broken through to the Nine-Star Dou Zhe? Be careful not to sleep too soundly tonight. Also, I need to use the Martial Arena. Can you organize it so that the clansmen who haven't broken through to Dou Zhe level yet can leave first?"

Upon hearing Huo Yuhao's voice, Xiao Yan stopped in his tracks, quickly snatched the sword from Xiao Yu, and pleaded, "Cousin, cousin, you heard that too, let's stop?"

"Hmph, you'll get off easy this time!" Xiao Yu's chest heaved as she glared fiercely at Xiao Yan.

"Those Dou Zhe yet, please leave in an orderly fashion! Those who have already broken through, please stand still!" Xiao Yan stood on the stage and shouted loudly, "Everyone, hurry up! If you're too slow, who knows what kind of tricks Huo Yuhao will play on you!"

With a sharp "Pia!", Xiao Yan was knocked off the platform by Huo Yuhao had arrived just in time.

Inside the Xiao Clan's Martial Arena, it wasn't long before all the clansmen who had been summoned had arrived.

Huo Yuhao stood on the martial arts stage, his gaze sweeping over the murmuring crowd below, and slowly spoke.

"Please be quiet, everyone. I have gathered you all here today to teach you a new formation I have recently developed, which will be used to protect the Xiao Clan."

Upon hearing this, a collective gasp and murmur arose from the audience. However, due to Huo Yuhao Huo Yuhao's past "tyranny"—he had often instructed the Xiao Clan family members in cultivating Dou Technique, and everyone present, except for some elders, had been beaten by Huo Yuhao —and the kindness of having uniformly taught them the Heavenly Cycle Art, no one dared to question or mock him.

"What new trick has Huo Yuhao come up with this time?" Xiao Zhan and the Grand Elder exchanged a glance, both seeing the other's confusion.

With a thought from Huo Yuhao, an inexplicable power spread, and under his influence, everyone stopped their discussions and listened attentively.

"Unlike fixed formations, the core of formations formed by people lies in connecting the fighting Dou Qi of the formation members, thus forming a unified whole that makes it impossible for the enemy to defeat them one by one," Huo Yuhao began to explain.

"To connect with Dou Qi, one must achieve Dou Qi resonance. Every cultivator's Dou Qi fluctuations are different, so cultivating a cultivator capable of forming an array requires a significant amount of time."

"What should we do then?" Xiao Yan took on the role of the straight man.

Upon hearing Xiao Yan's question, Huo Yuhao smiled slightly, took out a large number of bracelets from his storage ring, and accurately placed them into the hands of everyone present.

"What is this?" The elder stroked the bracelet, a look of inquiry in his aged eyes.

After everyone received their bracelets, Huo Yuhao explained, "These are Spirit Artifact bracelets I crafted. They have the function of adjusting Dou Qi fluctuations and assisting in connecting with Dou Qi."

"Using this bracelet, and since everyone is practicing the Heavenly Cycle Art technique, we can save several years of practice and skip directly to the formation stage."

Huo Yuhao activated his Spiritual Detection Sharing, connecting everyone present and marking the position each person should stand in. Seven people stood together to form a small team, and seven small teams formed a group. Even the elders and clan leader Xiao Zhan were no exception, and were assigned to different teams.

At the same time, Huo Yuhao called Xiao Ning, Xiao Yu, and other clansmen he had "trained" many times to the martial arts arena.

"Please stand where I've marked. I will guide you through the Dou Qi connection."

Under Huo Yuhao's mental guidance, the Dou Qi of the group began to merge. At first, it was somewhat chaotic, but soon, streams of Dou Qi, some strong and some weak, were released from the bracelets on their wrists and began to flow and connect along various paths. Faintly, a heavy aura began to rise in the arena, and it seemed as if a light mist was gathering above the martial arts stage, forming walls of clouds.

A powerful pressure slowly spread out. The crowd below the stage gasped, their eyes filled with shock.

"This formation is for defense. Don't underestimate these seven people just because they're only at the Dou Zhe level. Once they form the formation, enemies at the Dou Master level won't be able to harm them." Huo Yuhao explained the formation's effects while simultaneously unleashing a burst of cold air. As soon as the cold air entered the formation's range, it was blocked by the cloud wall and gradually dissipated.

Did everyone understand?

"Uh, no!"

Hearing what everyone said, Huo Yuhao was not disappointed, but gently encouraged them, "Everyone can try it on their own. I will guide everyone through their problems in the Mental Sharing."

Next, Huo Yuhao patiently explained to each clansman present the key points of connecting Dou Qi and the secrets of operating the formation.

"Well!"

Without Huo Yuhao needing to say more, Xiao Yan grasped the essentials after observing a demonstration. At this moment, he easily connected the Dou Qi of the surrounding clansmen with his bracelet.

Seeing the Xiao Clan family members around him stuck on such a simple thing, Xiao Yan sighed somewhat dejectedly.

"By the way, why isn't Xun'er here?"