92: Chapter 92 A mere glimpse and you're dead?!

Xiao Duanjiang appeared beside Su Mo like a ghost.

"You brat, finally willing to come out?"

A trace of astonishment flashed in Xiao Duanjiang's eyes. In one year, Su Mo had actually broken through from the Early Stage Nascent Soul to the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul, as if there were no Bottlenecks at all.

If Xiao Duanjiang had actually asked this, Su Mo could only wave his hands:

"Sorry, I rely purely on my own hard work!"

"Old Father-in-law!" Su Mo bowed with a smile.

"Your son-in-law is preparing to take a trip to the Central Region."

The news of Su Mo's plan to go to the Central Region naturally couldn't be hidden from Xiao Duanjiang, nor did Su Mo intend to hide it, since the inter-regional teleportation Formation was in their—oh no, his own—treasury.

Linyuan City was close to the Boundless Sea, and Xiao Duanjiang had seen many merchant caravans traveling between the two regions, so he wasn't surprised by Su Mo's desire to go to the Central Region.

Xiao Duanjiang glanced at Su Mo indifferently:

"What, you want to run off without giving my Xiao family a big fat grandson?"

Hearing this, Su Mo looked at Xiao Yurou, only to find her blushing and lowering her head.

Well, it seems this cheap father-in-law still doesn't know my identity.

He smiled and brushed it off:

"We'll talk when I get back, we'll talk when I get back..."

"Hmph!"

Xiao Duanjiang threw something over. Su Mo caught it and found it was a jade pendant; the front had the character 'Xiao', and the back had a relief of Linyuan City.

"Take it!" Xiao Duanjiang snorted.

"I know quite a few people in the Central Region; it might come in handy."

Su Mo's eyes lit up as he looked at the unremarkable jade pendant in his hand.

This was no longer just a simple jade pendant; it was a connection, a Legacy!

"Many thanks, Old Father-in-law!"

...

A moment later, the three arrived at the treasury door.

"Sigh, you two old men, stop sleeping, open the door!"

Su Mo felt all the pent-up frustration in his heart vanish.

Back then, they were nagging when opening the door; today, I am going to take back everything that belongs to me!

The two gatekeeping elders opened their sleepy eyes, saw who had come, and muttered:

"Little Jiang, why are you here again? Can't you let an old man get a good night's sleep!"

"Dad, Second Uncle, you two keep sleeping, I'll be leaving in a bit." Xiao Duanjiang rarely spoke with a fawning smile.

"Dad? Second Uncle?" Su Mo's pupils shook. He turned to look at Xiao Yurou, only to find her running forward.

"Grandpa, Second Grandpa!"

The two old men smiled and patted Xiao Yurou's head, then looked at Su Mo:

"The son-in-law is here too!"

"Last year he was only at the Late Stage Golden Core, now he's already at the Late Stage Nascent Soul! This Aptitude..."

He turned to Xiao Duanjiang and laughed:

"You really have found a good son-in-law. He'll be more than capable of taking over your position as City Lord in the future, much better than you were back then. If it weren't for me..."

Xiao Duanjiang's mouth twitched at this:

"Dad, hurry up and go to sleep!"

He hurriedly took out a token to open the treasury and entered first. Su Mo followed.

"Brat, why are you shouting nonsense? Can't we just work quietly?!"

Su Mo didn't reply. He felt the Formation fragment in his hand vibrating violently, as if some place was summoning it.

The treasury was huge, the size of two football fields. Su Mo followed the direction indicated by the fragment and finally stopped in front of a mountain of Materials.

"Underneath this?"

Su Mo waved his hand to move the Materials aside, revealing an ancient stone platform buried underneath.

The stone platform was engraved with obscure runes, and the groove in the center fit the shape of the Formation fragment in his hand perfectly.

"There really is a Formation!" Xiao Duanjiang exclaimed.

Su Mo stepped onto the stone platform and placed the fragment into the groove.

"Hum!"

The entire stone platform gradually lit up with a blinding white light, and the runes on it lit up one after another.

"Young Master, put the Spirit Stone in that slot to activate the Formation." Hua Rumeng reminded him.

"Old Father-in-law, your son-in-law is leaving now!"

"Go quickly, go quickly, I get annoyed just looking at you!" Xiao Duanjiang waved his hand in disgust.

"Husband, be careful, I'll be waiting for you to come back..." Xiao Yurou said reluctantly.

Su Mo nodded heavily:

"Don't worry!"

He casually threw out a pile of High-Grade Spirit Stones. The Formation suddenly shone brightly, and Su Mo's figure gradually blurred.

"Hum!"

With a flash of white light, the figure on the stone platform disappeared.

...

Su Mo felt the world spinning, and when he opened his eyes again, he had arrived in an unfamiliar place.

This was a dim cave, the air smelled damp, and there was no light around, only the lake water on the side shimmering.

Su Mo's Divine Sense probed out, discovering that this was indeed beneath a lake a hundred meters deep.

He flew out of the lake and looked around.

"Sister Hua, where is this..."

Before he could finish, Su Mo suddenly felt his Spiritual Qi stagnate. A red light barrier appeared from nowhere and enclosed him.

"Oh no! It's the Six Desires Demonic Sect's Desire-Extinguishing Spirit-Transforming Formation!" Hua Rumeng exclaimed.

"Run!"

Before Su Mo could act, a giggle came, and he saw a circle of Cultivators surrounding him tightly.

The red-clad woman in light gauze covering her mouth and giggling:

"Hua Rumeng, come out, I know you are on him!"

Although the woman's tone was light, the murderous intent in it was undisguised, and dozens of auras locked onto Su Mo firmly!

"Who the hell are you! Good dogs don't block the path, get out of my way!"

Su Mo immediately unleashed his full strength.

He didn't care about ten Late Soul Transformation Stage Cultivators; only the Void Refining Early Stage woman in front of him made him wary.

The red-veiled woman saw this, and a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes:

"Eh? Hua Rumeng, is this the Disciple you taught? A mere Nascent Soul actually has such power..."

"However, do you think you can escape like this?!"

Hua Rumeng's Divine Soul emerged from Su Mo's chest and sneered:

"What, Yadan, are you unwilling to call me Young Miss now?"

The red-veiled woman's face darkened upon hearing this:

"Young Miss? Hua Rumeng! Do you still think it's five hundred years ago?! You are just a remnant soul now..."

"And I am already the new Saintess of the Six Desires Demonic Sect!"

"Why won't you just disappear properly? Why must you make me spend a large amount of cultivation resources to have the Tianji Pavilion calculate your whereabouts."

"If it weren't for you, I would have already cultivated to the Void Refining Middle Stage with these resources!"

Liu Hongyan became more and more agitated as she spoke, as if she wanted to skin the person in front of her alive to relieve her hatred.

Hua Rumeng's expression turned cold:

"So that's how it is. You were the one who revealed my whereabouts to the Saint of the Heavenly Sword Sect back then?"

Liu Hongyan suddenly laughed maniacally:

"That's right! Seeing you pierced through the heart by the Heavenly Sword Sect Saint's sword made me happy to death!"

Hua Rumeng's Divine Soul gradually became solid. For the first time, Su Mo felt such terrifying murderous intent from her.

Seeing this, Su Mo pulled her over and stuffed her into his bellyband.

"Why is this woman so arrogant? Watch me go up and give her a couple of big slaps!"

The thunder wings behind him flapped violently, and Su Mo instantly turned into a bolt of lightning, rushing towards Liu Hongyan's face.

Seeing this, Liu Hongyan just waved her hand lightly, and ten Late Soul Transformation Stage Cultivators blocked her front.

Under the cover of this Formation, Su Mo had already discovered that the spiritual power in his body was stagnant, and he couldn't use his desire energy either.

However, his powerful physique was not just for show!

Just as he was about to clash with the Soul Transformation Stage Cultivators, Su Mo suddenly turned into a blood shadow and appeared at the edge of the Formation. The Formation-Breaking Shuttle in his hand radiated a faint light.

In the blink of an eye, the Formation was breached, creating a hole for Su Mo to slip out.

He wasn't stupid. In someone else's home field with his strength suppressed, he was going to fight them head-on?

Fighting wasn't just about brute force; one had to use their brain!

"Formation-Breaking Shuttle?!"