139: Chapter 139 Even if someone is stupid, can't they be so bad at drawing a formation?

Nangong Yueqing was not surprised that Qin Muyuan had discovered her true strength.

On the surface, she was merely an ordinary Inner Sect Disciple of the Wangyue Sect, possessing the strength of the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment.

But in reality.

Nangong Yueqing had already advanced to the Purple Mansion, mastered three Divine Abilities, and possessed the cultivation of the Middle Stage of the Purple Mansion Realm.

Previously, when Qin Muyuan encountered the ambush,

Nangong Yueqing had sensed it earlier than Uncle Yang, the royal guard of the Daliang Country, and was prepared to step in to block it for Qin Muyuan.

However, before she could act, Qin Muyuan had already detected it in advance, turning around and blocking the ambush attack with a single sword strike.

Nangong Yueqing estimated that Qin Muyuan must have perceived her strength at that time.

Therefore, feeling that he owed her a favor, he used this Divine Ability, the Spirit Talisman Avatar, to repay her.

However.

"This grace, Yueqing will definitely engrave in her heart."

Nangong Yueqing thought to herself silently.

Although she previously had the intention to secretly assist Qin Muyuan,

before she could make a move, Qin Muyuan had already resolved the crisis on his own.

Strictly speaking, she had not truly bestowed any favor upon him.

Therefore, Qin Muyuan gifting her this Divine Ability at this moment was not a repayment to her; rather, she should be the one to accept his goodwill.

Nangong Yueqing had always disliked owing favors.

Yet the Divine Ability gifted by Qin Muyuan held special significance for her.

The three Divine Abilities she currently wielded were all offensive ones, lacking a life-saving Divine Ability.

The Spirit Talisman Avatar was precisely enough to make up for the deficiency in her current life-saving means.

Thus, she could only record this favor in her heart, leaving it to be repaid when the opportunity arose in the future.

Having mastered yet another Divine Ability, she would be sufficient to step into the cultivation Realm of the Late Stage of the Purple Mansion Realm.

With such a Realm, helping Qin Muyuan out of trouble and repaying his favor would be more than enough.

On the other side,

Qin Muyuan had no idea that Nangong Yueqing had so many thoughts running through her mind.

Carrying the Formation Materials gifted by the Luo family, he followed the quest guidance to a street corner within Tianqing County.

Immediately after, he used the spirit ink and the rest of the Formation Materials to carve upon this street corner.

Following closely behind him, Nangong Yueqing nodded slightly:

"According to the blueprint of Tianqing County, using the Spiritual Vein nodes here to carve the Formation is indeed feasible..."

"It seems that this Qin Muyuan not only possesses extreme combat strength, but his Formation attainments are also very high...?"

Before her inner thoughts could finish turning, Nangong Yueqing's footsteps suddenly paused.

She saw Qin Muyuan holding the spirit ink, smearing it across the ground just like drawing a picture.

This smearing method was completely unlike the techniques a qualified Formation Master should possess.

Instead, it looked as though he was copying some blueprint, drawing it stroke by stroke.

Just like writing the character " times", ordinary Formation Masters would first write the vertical strokes, then the horizontal-turning stroke, and then the inner enclosure.

As for Qin Muyuan, he first wrote the two left vertical strokes of the two enclosures, then the two top horizontal strokes, and then added two more horizontal and vertical strokes.

This method of depicting the Formation patterns made the eye of Nangong Yueqing, a Formation Master herself, twitch directly.

It felt as uncomfortable as a perfectionist seeing a lump of dirt suddenly mixed into a building originally constructed with wooden boards.

However,

when Qin Muyuan finished depicting the Formation, Nangong Yueqing looked at the Formation lines he had drawn and was directly dumbfounded.

Because...

"There's actually not a single mistake?!"

Nangong Yueqing, who had always lacked drastic emotional fluctuations, stared at the Formation patterns on the floor, feeling that her common sense had been subverted.

The Formation patterns drawn through such a messy carving method actually did not have a single error?

Not only were there no errors, but the details of the Formation patterns were also all depicted extremely perfectly.

Although it was a bit ugly, the effect was not inferior in the slightest!

"Is this right?"

"Could it be that he has mastered some special method of depicting Formation patterns?"

"No, have I studied Formations all these years for nothing?"

Not just Nangong Yueqing.

Among the onlookers, there were also several Formation Masters.

Seeing Qin Muyuan's completely layman-like Formation carving method yet being able to depict all the Formation patterns without missing a single detail,

they were all starting to doubt their very existence.

But Qin Muyuan's next actions made them even more suspicious that they had learned fake Formations.

They saw Qin Muyuan finish carving a section of the Formation patterns, pause in slight contemplation, and an expression of sudden realization appeared on his face.

Afterward,

without a shred of hesitation, he swiftly headed to various locations throughout the city to continue carving Formation patterns.

At first, the outlined Formation patterns still appeared slightly stiff and crude.

Yet in just a short while, Qin Muyuan seemed as though his meridians had been opened, and his carving became increasingly proficient.

Every stroke of the spirit ink fell without pause or hesitation, depicting the Formation patterns with absolute precision.

As one Formation pattern after another took form in his hands, Qin Muyuan's strokes grew increasingly free and composed.

With a casual wave of his hand, he directly connected multiple complex and intertwined patterns in a single stroke.

Such a skill was something many Formation Masters present had only ever seen performed by Formation Great Masters of the Zhenyan Sect in their entire lives.

And now, it was actually being executed in the hands of Qin Muyuan!

When Qin Muyuan finished carving all the Formation patterns, connecting the entire county city of Tianqing County through them to form a Soul-Returning Formation, and when this Formation could also start normally,

the crowd of onlookers among the Formation Masters no longer knew how to react.

They looked at each other, opened their mouths, but could not say a single thing.

"How did you do it?" Nangong Yueqing, who had remained silent all this time, looked at Qin Muyuan and asked at this moment.

"How did I do what?"

"The Formation. How were you able to carve this Formation that connects the entire county city without a second thought?"

"How to carve it?" Hearing this, Qin Muyuan said, "Just carve it with my hands."

"..."

"Besides, even if someone were foolish, could they really fail to carve even a single Formation?"

"..."

Ignoring Nangong Yueqing's silence, after setting up the Formation, Qin Muyuan immediately activated the grand Formation.

Accompanied by spiritual power pouring from the Spirit Stones into the Formation patterns, the Formation patterns shrouding the entire city lit up with rays of colorful light.

The Materials placed at the center of the grand Formation, driven by the Soul-Returning Formation, transformed into wisps of white mist that seeped into the county city.

Within the county city, the Mortals with stiff expressions and lifeless eyes inhaled these wisps of white mist and instantly felt a lightness in their bodies.

It was as if an iron suit wrapped around their bodies had finally dissipated by half at this moment.

And their state of mind, originally like a stagnant pool of water, finally rippled with waves.

The crowd of Mortals woke up as if from a deep sleep, their bodies shuddering violently.

"What is going on? Why am I here...?"

"Blech!! My soul... My soul!!"

"Soul Smoke! Damned Soul Smoke! It ruined my family and left me in this current plight!"

The Mortals within the county city of Tianqing County finally broke free from their dazed and lost state; their eyes were bloodshot as they cursed angrily.

Most of the Mortals in Tianqing County were not Mortals who had migrated here from other places.

Instead, they were Mortals who had lived in Tianqing County since birth, drinking the water source tampered with by the Luo family.

To them, their souls had been extracted right from birth, bound by the Soul Smoke.

They were like people whose eyes had been gouged out since birth, never having experienced the feeling of possessing a complete soul.

Yet at this moment, when their souls were freshly mended and they no longer needed to rely on Soul Smoke, their lost eyes were finally restored, allowing them to see the light of day once again.

At the same time,

on the quest panel:

[Quest Completed: Annihilate the Luo Family, Rescue the Beings of Tianqing County]

[Rewards: Experience Points + 12,000, Mall Points + 80,000, Blue Equipment - Bolter]

[You have obtained a new achievement — Sorry, I am a good person]