Back when he was in the Great Void Sect in the cultivation world, Hou Muxian had been Yu Ning's eldest disciple on Bamboo Peak!
Hou Muxian's lover had been none other than Cheng Siyu.
Later, Hou Muxian had seduced her and abandoned her, marrying a woman from the Beast Taming Immortal Sect instead. He Pingsheng and Cheng Siyu had gone to deliver wedding gifts, but along the way, members of the Hou Household had egged them into treasure hunting. As a result, his third senior sister, Cheng Siyu, had perished there, her fragrance fading and her jade shattering.
At the thought, He Pingsheng could not help sighing.
"What's wrong, Young Master He?" Seemingly sensing the unusual fluctuations in He Pingsheng's emotions, Cheng Siyu turned and asked.
He Pingsheng said, "Nothing... Seeing you, Senior, reminded me of an old acquaintance with the exact same name!"
"Oh..." Cheng Siyu nodded and smiled. "My name is fairly common. A great many people use it!"
"Please!"
He Pingsheng and Yu Si followed Cheng Siyu through the Cheng Household's main courtyard toward the back.
Thirty-seven courtyards stood densely packed on a hill behind it.
Each courtyard was enclosed by its own formation.
Disciples of the Cheng Household also patrolled constantly around the courtyards.
"Please..." Cheng Siyu led He Pingsheng and Yu Si into the first courtyard.
Inside stood a building that was neither large nor small!
Within the building were several hundred disciples!
Every one of these hundreds of disciples was wholly absorbed in drawing rune patterns on specially made talisman paper, talisman brush in hand, without pause.
He Pingsheng and his companion could not approach the building and could only glimpse a little through the formation outside it.
"This is... the Energy Conversion Formation?" He Pingsheng was somewhat surprised.
"Yes..." Cheng Siyu said. "But