"Bang!"
The Ancestor of the Qi Household's burly body slammed heavily into the cliff face, cracking the entire rock wall.
"Pfft!"
He coughed up a mouthful of blood, then roared anxiously:
"Stop him!"
The shout jolted the Head of the Qi Household to his senses. He immediately crushed a Jade Jue in his hand and flew backward.
In an instant, the Copper Sparrow Formation activated, imprisoning Xu Taiping inside a birdcage formed of pillars of golden light.
"Bang!"
He tried punching one of the cage bars, but not only did the birdcage remain completely undamaged, it converted the force of his punch into a blast of gang qi and rebounded all of it onto him.
Just as Fairy Lingyue had said, the Copper Sparrow Formation was not so easy to break.
"Taiping, I found it. Count to the sixth cage bar on your left. The horse-faced man directly opposite it has a treasure in his robes that serves as one of the Copper Sparrow Formation's formation nodes."
Just then, Bai Yu flew down onto Xu Taiping's shoulder.
"Every one of those people carrying formation-node treasures also has at least ten or twenty thousand Gold Essence Coins on them."
Bai Yu added another remark.
Hearing this, Xu Taiping immediately perked up. He placed his hand on the hilt of the Water-Cutting Blade and, his face expressionless, sent Bai Yu a voice transmission:
"I'll break the Copper Sparrow Formation. Before I charge out of Butterfly Valley, you and Ping'an should loot as many Gold Essence Coins as you can."
"Understood."
Bai Yu answered without the slightest hesitation.
"Little fellow, the Copper Sparrow Formation is active. You might as well surrender without a fight. Hand over the Coiling Dragon Tower obediently, and I might spare your life."
The Ancestor of the Qi Household