Parting (Part One)

"Well then, Pang Heng, since you can't leave the Eastern Sea for too long, your boss has thought of a way. I'll temporarily find you a place not far from the Eastern Sea, and I'll personally set up a grand array to protect you. You can cultivate there while I head into the Primordial Wilderness to gain experience. If you reach the Great Luo Realm first, go to the Primordial Continent and find me. If I return first and you still haven't advanced to the Great Luo Realm, I'll come find you then. What do you say?" The moment Yuan Tian thought of this method, he told Pang Heng. He could not think of any other solution. "Mm, alright. We'll do as you say, Boss," Pang Heng replied listlessly after hearing Yuan Tian's plan.

"Alright, alright. It's not as if we'll never meet again. Once your cultivation reaches the Great Luo Realm, won't we be able to see each other again? Come on, cheer up. When the time comes, cultivate properly." Seeing Pang Heng's dispirited appearance, Yuan Tian could not help comforting him. After all, they had been brothers for decades and spent decades together; their bond was very deep.

"Alright, I understand, Boss." Though Pang Heng felt somewhat better after Yuan Tian's consolation, he was still a little listless. There was no helping it—this was not something that could be resolved in a moment. Yuan Tian could only take it slowly.

And so, as Yuan Tian comforted Pang Heng, the two had already arrived at the Eastern Sea Shore. Yuan Tian still needed to find a temporary place nearby for Pang Heng to cultivate.

Cultivators valued wealth, companions, methods, and land. Of these, land referred to a place for cultivating the Dao—a daoist sanctuary. Pang Heng did not need to find a sanctuary now, only a place to cultivate. It did not need to be too good. After all, while excellent places were more conducive to cultivation, they also easily attracted experts. For Pang Heng as he was now, an ordinary cultivation site would suffice. Anything too good was impractical and difficult to find.

Less than one calamity cycle had passed since the Primordial Wilderness was opened, and the Primordial Continent was filled with innate spiritual qi. Finding an ordinary cultivation site was still rather easy. Thus, Yuan Tian and Pang Heng did not spend long before locating one. It was a "small mountain" spanning nearly ten li and standing almost a hundred zhang tall. In truth, it could not really be considered a tall mountain. In the Primordial Wilderness, to be called a high mountain, it had to be at least ten thousand zhang tall. Still, this small mountain was perfectly suited to Pang Heng's current needs.

The small mountain did not possess the overwhelming spiritual qi of a blessed grotto-heaven; its spiritual qi could only be called ordinary. That way, it would not draw attention. Of course, such a small mountain had its advantages as well: there would be no experts here. And that was indeed the case. Yuan Tian and Pang Heng easily claimed the mountain without expending much effort. There were only one or two minor demons within, and they dealt with them effortlessly.

"Alright, Pang Heng. You'll cultivate here from now on. I'll set up two grand arrays outside to protect you." With a point of his finger, Yuan Tian carved out a cave in the mountain as he spoke to Pang Heng. Immortals truly had it good. When they wanted a place to live, they neither needed to spend money nor exhaust themselves. With a mere point of a finger, they could create an immortal cave abode. It was simply too convenient.

"Alright, Boss. I'll cultivate diligently," Pang Heng answered with great seriousness.

"Mm. Your injuries haven't completely healed, and you've traveled such a long way. Rest well here for now. Your boss will set up the grand arrays." After saying this, Yuan Tian went outside to prepare the arrays. As for the materials needed for the formations, the Dragon Clan members they had encountered last time had provided them. Those Dragon Clan members were truly wealthy beyond measure. Every one of them had an innate Dharma treasure. Though their grades were not particularly high, they were innate Dharma treasures nonetheless. Besides the treasures, they also possessed quite a few refining materials. The materials Yuan Tian had used to refine the Golden Dragon Scissors had been scavenged from those Dragon Clan members.

Seeing the Dharma treasures and materials on those Dragon Clan members, Yuan Tian could not help wondering when he should rob the Dragon Clan. The Dragon Clan was simply too rich. Compared to them, Yuan Tian felt like an utter "pauper."

Of course, since the Phoenix Clan and Qilin Clan could stand alongside the Dragon Clan as the three great innate races of the Primordial Wilderness, their wealth could not be too shabby either. He could pay them a visit when he had the time. At this thought, a trace of a wicked smile appeared on Yuan Tian's face. If Pang Heng had seen it, he would certainly have known that someone was about to suffer misfortune. Every time that wicked smile appeared, someone always ended up unlucky. Of course, in the past, that unlucky person had always been Pang Heng himself. Yuan Tian planned to refine an array diagram—the Breath-Concealing Diagram—refining the Breath-Concealing Array into a diagram so that he could set up the Breath-Concealing Array easily in the future.

Though the Breath-Concealing Array was a "double-none" array, possessing neither offensive nor defensive power, it was not completely useless. At the very least, it was quite useful and practical right now.

Yuan Tian intended to use the Breath-Concealing Array to hide Pang Heng's aura. That way, even if the Dragon Clan later learned that their clansmen had died at Yuan Tian and Pang Heng's hands, the Breath-Concealing Array would come into play. Even if the Dragon Clan knew Pang Heng had killed their clansmen, without someone at the Quasi-Sage level to help calculate his whereabouts, they would not be able to find Pang Heng. If they could not find him, there was nothing they could do. Perhaps the Dragon Clan would even assume that Pang Heng had already died. That would achieve the goal of protecting Pang Heng.

As for Yuan Tian himself being discovered by the Dragon Clan, he had never worried about it. Though he alone could not fight the entire Dragon Clan, it would not be easy for the Dragon Clan to kill him either. Thus, Yuan Tian was not afraid of the Dragon Clan coming to trouble him.

Yuan Tian spent only nine years successfully refining the Breath-Concealing Array diagram. This was far less time than he had spent refining the Golden Dragon Scissors.

This time, Yuan Tian still planned to set up two formations. One was the Breath-Concealing Array, while the other was the Five Elements Reversal Grand Array. The Breath-Concealing Array possessed no offensive or defensive power, but the Five Elements Reversal Grand Array did. The Five Elements Reversal Grand Array focused on offense, with defense as support. The Breath-Concealing Array would be set outside, while the Five Elements Reversal Grand Array would be set within.

Yuan Tian had already refined the Breath-Concealing Array diagram, so setting up that array was easy. As for the Five Elements Reversal Grand Array, it was somewhat more troublesome, but before Yuan Tian, a grandmaster of formations, it was only troublesome—not impossible to arrange.

Overall, Yuan Tian did not spend much time setting up the two grand arrays. He believed that breaking the Breath-Concealing Array might be manageable, but to break the Five Elements Reversal Grand Array, one would at least need the strength of a peak Zenith Heaven Loose Immortal. But what Zenith Heaven Loose Immortal would have nothing better to do than come to this little mountain? Thus, these two formations could basically protect Pang Heng until he broke through to the Great Luo Realm.

After Yuan Tian finished setting up the formations, he flashed into the cave where Pang Heng was staying.

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