"I've been considering what this formation does lately," Huo Lian said.
"A transit land linking the Grand Formations of the Desolate Domain and the Immortal Spirit Domain," Huang Xiao said immediately.
"That's what I think, too." Huo Lian nodded at Huang Xiao. "But the conditions for activating the Grand Formation in this transit land are just as demanding."
"Is that why human lives have to be sacrificed?" Wu Xuancang asked. "It sounds rather bloody, but isn't that method a little too commonplace? The Demonic Sects use such methods all the time."
"Have you forgotten that Xuan Yuanxiang and the others have been trapped inside for tens of thousands of years? That's the truly demanding condition. As for human lives, those are merely a catalyst," Huo Lian explained.
Huang Xiao understood. Even after Longevity Daoist's previous failure, he could not immediately set up the Grand Formation a second time. Many of his preparations had already been set in motion tens of thousands of years ago.
Now, these measures were slowly surfacing, which also meant the day he would activate the formation was not far off.
"That does make sense." Wu Xuancang nodded.
"A catalyst?" Ji Shidao asked. "There should be several ways to provide that catalyst, shouldn't there? Using sacrifices is a poor choice no matter how you look at it. Why would that bastard consider using such a method?"
Such methods were mostly the practices of the Demonic Sects and were actually considered rather unorthodox in the Jianghu.
"As long as it works, there's no need to consider any of that," Huo Lian said.
"True enough," Ji Shidao said.
"As I see it, Xuan Yuanjun, you probably offended that bastard somehow, so he decided to target your descendants. Is this revenge?" Ji Xuanying spoke up.
"I regarded him as a