All-Purpose Formation Mode!

Mu Qingyu looked at Su Zilian, and Qin Guanyu said, "Brother Qingyu, since Zilian trusts Xu Qingyang so much, perhaps he really can reinforce the seal suppressing the Fierce Sword Burning Heaven!"

"Besides, you don't have any formation masters available here anyway!"

Hearing this, Mu Qingyu thought for a moment, a trace of resolve flashing through his eyes. He turned to Xu Qingyang and cupped his hands. "Brother Xu, I'll entrust the reinforcement of the Fierce Sword Burning Heaven's seal to you!"

"Lead the way!"

Xu Qingyang said.

"Very well!"

Mu Qingyu then led Xu Qingyang out of the main hall and along a bluestone path toward the Vermilion Bird Hall in the city lord's residence.

Qin Guanyu, Su Zilian, and Xu Qingying followed close behind.

A cup of tea's time later.

They arrived at the Vermilion Bird Hall. A formation spun rapidly in the center of the hall, and within it floated a crimson longsword. Strange inscriptions covered its blade, which radiated incomparably savage sword qi.

"So this is the Fierce Sword Burning Heaven?"

Qin Guanyu stared at the crimson longsword. Suddenly noticing something, her expression shifted, and she exclaimed in surprise, "It can actually bewitch the mind?"

At these words.

Both Su Zilian's and Xu Qingying's expressions changed drastically.

Had Qin Guanyu not spoken just now, their minds might already have been bewitched by the Fierce Sword Burning Heaven.

Mu Qingyu gave a bitter smile. "Legend has it that from the day the Fierce Sword Burning Heaven was forged, it carried the will to slaughter and bewitch. Every one of its owners was bewitched, becoming a tool that knew nothing but slaughter!"

"So don't go near the Fierce Sword Burning Heaven!"

Hearing this, Qin Guanyu and the other two instinctively stepped back, but their gazes settled on Xu Qingyang.

Mu Qingyu looked at Xu Qingyang ahead of him and asked, "Brother Xu, how do you intend to reinforce the seal?"

Xu Qingyang did not answer him, however. Instead, he stared at the Fierce Sword Burning Heaven.

"Little fellow, the Fierce Sword Burning Heaven has bewitched nine hundred and ninety-nine owners. The vicious baleful power within its blade is exceptionally formidable. The Desolate Tower is beginning its upgrade!"

"The Desolate Tower has successfully upgraded. All-purpose formation mode has been unlocked for you!"

The Desolate Tower's voice rang out beside Xu Qingyang's ear.

Well, now!

This Fierce Sword Burning Heaven made the Desolate Tower upgrade again?

With mastery of every formation at my fingertips!

I'm the foremost master of all formations...

Xu Qingyang laughed inwardly in excitement.

"City Lord Mu, I've decided not to reinforce the seal. Instead, I'll add a few more sealing formations directly, so the Fierce Sword Burning Heaven will never have another chance to emerge!"

With that, Xu Qingyang raised his hand. Three formations appeared in his palm, and he thrust them out.

Boom!

Rumble!

In that instant, the three formations swallowed up the original formation and suppressed the Fierce Sword Burning Heaven once more, a seal quietly taking shape.

"Those are the Great Sun Locking Formation, the Silent Moon Tiger King Formation, and the Earth Treasury Life-and-Death Formation!"

Witnessing this, Mu Qingyu exclaimed, his face filled with profound shock.

Qin Guanyu was every bit as stunned as Mu Qingyu.

Although she was not a formation master, she had still heard of these three formations.

Su Zilian's and Xu Qingying's eyes brimmed with excitement.

They truly had not expected Xu Qingyang to be so formidable not only in martial arts, but also in formations.

Xu Qingyang then turned to Mu Qingyu and smiled. "City Lord Mu, I've added three formations to the Fierce Sword Burning Heaven. You no longer need to worry about it breaking through the seal!"

"Brother Xu, on behalf of the people of Jiannan City, I thank you!"

Mu Qingyu bowed in gratitude.

"There's no need for that!"

Xu Qingyang immediately helped Mu Qingyu up and smiled. "Sealing a vicious sword like Burning Heaven that threatens our human race is a duty we cultivators must never shirk!"

Hearing this, admiration appeared on Mu Qingyu's face.

The more Qin Guanyu looked at Xu Qingyang, the more she admired him. She felt that recruiting him into the Azure Waves Academy had truly been a successful move.

She was even happier that her disciple, Su Zilian, could become Xu Qingyang's fiancée.

He's incredible!

As expected of the man I, Su Zilian, set my heart on!

Su Zilian thought to herself.

"My brother is amazing!"

Xu Qingying smiled.

Afterward, Xu Qingyang, Mu Qingyu, Qin Guanyu, and the others left the Vermilion Bird Hall and returned to the main hall.

Mu Qingyu said, "The God-Burial Mountain Secret Realm opens tomorrow morning. Stay at my residence tonight!"

"Very well!"

Xu Qingyang, Qin Guanyu, Su Zilian, and Xu Qingying cupped their hands.

Mu Qingyu continued, "Sister Guanyu, Brother Xu, I've prepared a banquet for you. Follow me!"

Xu Qingyang, Qin Guanyu, and the others did not refuse.

The banquet soon came to an end.

The next day.

Morning.

Inside the main hall, Mu Qingyu looked at Xu Qingyang, Qin Guanyu, Su Zilian, and Xu Qingying. "The God-Burial Mountain Secret Realm will open at the entrance to God-Burial Mountain, west of Jiannan City!"

"Let's set out!"

With that, Mu Qingyu turned and walked out of the main hall, and Xu Qingyang and the others followed.

Mu Qingyu waved his hand, and an Azure Sky Roc instantly appeared before him.

Xu Qingyang, Qin Guanyu, and the others immediately leaped onto the Azure Sky Roc's back.

"Go!"

Standing on the Azure Sky Roc's head, Mu Qingyu gave a shout.

The Azure Sky Roc beat its wings and headed toward the entrance to God-Burial Mountain.

After roughly several dozen breaths, the Azure Sky Roc carried them to the entrance to God-Burial Mountain.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Xu Qingyang, Mu Qingyu, Qin Guanyu, and the others landed and swept their gazes around. Many powerful cultivators had already gathered near the entrance to God-Burial Mountain.

Without a doubt, these were powerful cultivators dispatched by major forces within and beyond the Skyflame Kingdom to enter the God-Burial Mountain Secret Realm in search of opportunities.

"City Lord Mu Qingyu has arrived!"

Suddenly, a loud shout rang out.

Countless gazes turned toward him, noticing Xu Qingyang, Qin Guanyu, Su Zilian, and Xu Qingying beside Mu Qingyu.

They soon recognized Qin Guanyu and Su Zilian, however, and assumed that Xu Qingyang and Xu Qingying were disciples of the Azure Waves Academy.

At that moment, a man in a crimson shirt glanced at the black-robed middle-aged man beside him, then looked toward Xu Qingyang. "Third Elder, that's Xu Qingyang, the one who killed Ye Xingchen and the others from our Ye Family in the Boundless Mountains. He also possesses a supreme treasure!"

"Remember, once we enter the God-Burial Mountain Secret Realm, first seize Xu Qingyang's fortuitous gains and supreme treasure, then kill him!"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man gave his instructions.

The middle-aged man was none other than Ye Anshi, the Third Elder of the Ye Family in Nanyang Prefecture.

This time, on the Ye Family patriarch's orders, he had dispatched powerful cultivators to enter the God-Burial Mountain Secret Realm, both to seize Xu Qingyang's fortuitous gains and to kill him, avenging their blood feud.

"Yes!"

The crimson-shirted man nodded.

Ye Anshi then looked toward Xu Qingyang, a cruel smile curling at the corners of his mouth. "Xu Qingyang, God-Burial Mountain will be where you fall. Even if that White Tiger King wants to save you, he won't have a chance!"