I could see clearly the two figures standing on the crane.
Chu Ran's gaze darkened slightly, " Mount Qingcheng?"
Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, and Xu Yeming all smiled slightly.
The newcomers were Lu Mingyuan and Ning Chenxin.
Lu Mingyuan looked at the Blood Refinement Soul-Seizing Array deep within Wind-Ming Valley and said calmly, "Leave this array to us."
"Leave it to you to handle?" Chu Ran stepped forward and sneered, "Don't you Daoists pride yourselves on being from a righteous place? Why are you only arriving now?"
Lu Mingyuan glanced at Chu Ran and said, "What, you've held a grudge against Mount Qingcheng ever since you were taught a lesson by Senior Brother Han five years ago?"
Lu Mingyuan was naturally referring to Han Shouyi, the third-generation True Disciple.
Upon hearing this, Chu Ran's expression changed, "You!"
Lu Mingyuan said calmly, " The Chu Clan is a top-tier Lineage, how come they don't even know basic etiquette? They address their seniors as 'you'?"
Lu Mingyuan is the seventh-generation True Disciple of Mount Qingcheng.
Since there are no elders in Mount Qingcheng, his seniority within the sect is naturally extremely high.
Chu Ran was right to address Lu Mingyuan as "senior".
At this moment, Ba Xiyue stepped forward, cupped her hands, and said, "Thank you all from Mount Qingcheng for your help. Please, Senior Lu, help me break the formation."
Lu Mingyuan nodded, then looked at Ning Chenxin and said, "Junior Brother, you will assist me."
Junior brother?
Now, everyone except Ye Qiubai and his group finally turned their attention to Ning Chenxin.
Although Mount Qingcheng is unassuming and doesn't make a big fuss, most of its True Disciple have seen it.
I had previously thought that the other party was just a menial servant or an outer disciple of Mount Qingcheng.
Chu Ran frowned and asked, "Didn't Han Shouyi come?"
The implication was that he looked down on Ning Chenxin.
Lu Mingyuan glanced at Chu Ran... This time, Lu Mingyuan's eyes held less indifference and more of a warning!
The gray-robed elder immediately stood in front of Chu Ran, staring intently at Lu Mingyuan, a gray vortex already flowing in his palm.
"This is the last time." Lu Mingyuan pointed at Chu Ran and said in a deep voice, "If you call Senior Brother Han by his name again, even if you're some damn Chu Clan's second young master, you'll get a slap from me."
Ning Chenxin looked at Lu Mingyuan in surprise.
Lu Mingyuan usually seems humble and reliable, I never expected him to have such a bad temper!
No wonder the Old Daoist Qingcheng said that none of these disciples were easy to deal with.
Ye Qiubai, Hong Ying, and Xu Yeming were also surprised.
" Junior Brother Ning's new faction is quite impressive..." Ye Qiubai said admiringly, stroking his chin.
Hong Ying smiled and said, "His personality suits your taste, doesn't it?"
Ye Qiubai nodded.
Xu Yeming, "I even want to join Mount Qingcheng with Senior Brother Ning!"
Ye Qiubai laughed loudly, "First, you must switch to Daoist cultivation!"
Seeing Chu Ran up, Lu Mingyuan withdrew his gaze and looked at the Blood Refinement Soul-Seizing Array, his expression slightly solemn. " The Blood Refinement Soul-Seizing Array takes the Essence Blood, and soul of living beings as a guide and is refined using Evil Method methods for forty-nine days."
Judging from the solidity of its patterns, this thing before us has been operating for at least thirty-five days and has absorbed the blood souls of hundreds of people from Wind-Ming Valley; it has already become quite formidable.
Thirty-five days and above...
Ba Xiyue and the others looked grave.
In other words, the evil formation remained undetected for more than thirty-five days!
Seeing that Ba Xiyue's expression was off, Huo Xuedao knelt down on one knee and clasped his hands in a fist before she could make a move, saying, "Your Highness, it was my fault for not conducting proper reconnaissance! This situation will never happen again!"
Ba Xiyue stared at Huo Xuedao for a while before raising her hand and saying, "Get up. The most urgent task is to break the formation." Saying this, Ba Xiyue looked at Lu Mingyuan and bowed again, saying, "I entrust this to Senior Lu."
Lu Mingyuan nodded, then turned to Ning Chenxin and said, "Junior Brother, you've just entered Qingcheng and shouldn't be taking risks. But your Vast Righteous Qi is pure and refined, naturally incompatible with this kind of evil formation."
"Later, I will use the core of the Evil-Purifying Mantra from the Heavenly Master's Orthodox Dao Scripture to break the formation. You will stand by and protect the area around the formation's core with your Vast Righteous Qi to prevent the Evil Qi from overflowing and rebounding. Is that possible?"
Ning Chenxin cupped his hands and said solemnly, "Senior Brother, rest assured, although Ning Ru's cultivation is still shallow, I will do my best."
"Good." A look of approval flashed in Lu Mingyuan's eyes. He then turned to the crowd in the valley. " City Lord Huo, Princess, please retreat to the valley entrance and protect us. When breaking the formation, the backlash from the Evil Qi might cause unexpected changes. Do not allow any evil or unclean things to interfere with the formation's core."
Huo Xuedao and Ba Xiyue exchanged a glance and nodded in unison.
The Moon Shadow Guard, the City Lord's Manor's Mansion guards, and people from various factions quickly retreated, forming a defensive formation at the valley entrance, their eyes warily fixed on the depths of the valley.
Chu Ran snorted coldly, but also led the gray-robed old man to retreat to the side.
Yang Shao whispered to Ye Qiubai and the other two, "Although Mount Qingcheng doesn't show off its strength, it is unparalleled in the entire Soaring Realm when it comes to dealing with evil spirits."
Although Lu Mingyuan is only a seventh-generation True Disciple, he has already grasped eighty percent of the True Intention of the Heavenly Master's Orthodox Dao Scripture. With him taking action, this formation should be broken.
Ye Qiubai and the other two nodded slightly.
However, they didn't have confidence in Lu Mingyuan, but rather in Ning Chenxin...
In the center of the valley, Lu Mingyuan and Ning Chenxin had already taken their positions.
Lu Mingyuan took a deep breath, formed a hand seal, and began chanting an obscure incantation.
With each syllable he uttered, a hazy blue aura emanated from his body, within which faint shadowy images of moral texts flowed!
" The Heavenly Master's Orthodox Dao Scripture... The Evil-Purifying Mantra —Arise!"
With a shout from Lu Mingyuan, he suddenly pushed his hands forward!
Buzz--
A beam of pure, azure light burst forth from his palm, shooting straight toward the dark red blood core at the center of the Blood Refinement Soul-Seizing Array!
Wherever the beam of light passed, the lingering evil aura in the air dissipated with a hissing sound, like snow meeting boiling water.
The Blood Refinement Soul-Seizing Array seemed to sense a threat and trembled violently!
The array patterns flickered wildly, and countless dark red blood vessels shot out from the array, coiling around the cyan pillar of light like venomous snakes, attempting to erode and block it.
However, Lu Mingyuan's Evil-Purifying Mantra is Secret Method evil from Mount Qingcheng, specifically designed to subdue evil spirits and impurities.
Although the cyan beam of light was wrapped in layers of blood vessels, it maintained its pure essence and gradually approached the blood core.
"Now!" Lu Mingyuan shouted.
Ning Chenxin was already prepared.
He closed his eyes, his mind sinking into the Vast Righteous Qi within his chest. The next moment, white light surged around him, though not as vast and magnificent as Lu Mingyuan's, it was pure and condensed to the extreme.
The white light transformed into a soft yet resilient light curtain, spreading out from Ning Chenxin's center and covering an area of three zhang in radius around the center of the formation. Within the light curtain, the faint sound of sages reciting scriptures could be heard, each word like a bell, cleansing the heart.
The dark red Evil Qi that tried to escape from the edge of the formation was met with a shrill scream as soon as it touched the white light barrier. It was then gradually purified and dissolved by the Vast Righteous Qi contained in the light barrier.
"Inner beauty and outward manifestation of heavenly principles... This kid's Vast Righteous Qi has actually reached such a level?" At the valley entrance, Huo Xuedao's eyes flashed with shock.
Ba Xiyue was also slightly moved. Although she did not practice Confucian Dao, she could feel the majestic and righteous energy contained in the white light curtain. Although it was not from the same source as Lu Mingyuan's cyan light pillar, it also had absolute restraint against evil and filth.
Chu Ran's expression was grim.
Although this young man's cultivation level is not as high as theirs, in terms of the realm of Vast Righteous Qi... even Lu Mingyuan would probably be a step behind.
Qin Zhao frowned. "This person is their friend? Why didn't he join the Supervisory Sacred Hall?"
Yang Shao nodded with a bitter face, "If he also comes to our Supervisory Sacred Hall, we'll probably have another person with the full power of the Golden Light..."