Long Xu guided the flying boat down onto a mountaintop.
On the way, Yuan Quan had gone over to him and said quietly, "Everyone's been settled in a town not far from this valley. We requisitioned a few Agricultural School houses. If needed, we can have everything prepared and brought to the valley's edge at any time."
Long Xu nodded. "No rush. Just have them ready."
Yuan Quan nodded, then added, "Besides us, people from several other sects are here. Some of them don't even have a Reincarnated Immortal."
Long Xu smiled. "No matter. We'll mind our own affairs."
Lingya and the others listened nearby, their hearts full of questions, but none of them asked.
The moment the flying boat came to a steady stop, everyone felt a faint pressure carried in on the wind.
They could not help looking down.
From the mountaintop where they stood, they had a clear view of most of the valley below. The pool that marked the entrance to the Divine Treasury lay right at its center, encircled by the Bamboo Grove. The whole valley formed a ring around everything within it.
The trees, exposed rocks, and sand scattered throughout the valley seemed to have been arranged by an invisible hand. Seen from above, the woods and stones formed some kind of pattern!
Ling Mei swept her gaze across the valley. At last it settled beside the pool deep within. "Wasn't someone from Kunlun supposed to be stationed there? How come..."
"It must be the formation," Long Xu said with a smile. "Since this Divine Treasury appeared, the terrain has changed repeatedly. The land within three miles has become a natural Grand Formation."
Chen Jiao could not help saying, "Aren't there lots of people beside the pool?"
"Hm?"
The others looked again, but all