132: Chapter 132 Formation

By the time Lin Qing and his group returned to the Flying Boat, the sky had already turned completely dark.

The night was deep, and all sounds gradually faded into silence.

Because most of the people in the party only had cultivation in the Mortal Realm, their energy was limited and they still needed to sleep and recuperate. Therefore, Lin Qing did not order a departure, opting instead to rest in place for another night.

After all, Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan was an eighth-rank Cultivator, so it would take some time to open his Storage Ring. Thus, after returning to his room, Lin Qing did not attempt to break the lock immediately, but instead contacted Jue Chenzi.

"Revered Master, the Materials have all been gathered. Would you like to check them first?"

As his voice fell, the spectral image of Jue Chenzi's Divine Thought drifted leisurely out from the Storage Ring.

If he simply manifested without using any power, the consumption of the Divine Thought mark would be negligible.

Jue Chenzi's gaze swept over the large pile of Spirit Stone Materials neatly laid out before Lin Qing. After examining them carefully for a moment, he nodded slightly.

"The Materials are fine."

He then looked at Lin Qing and asked with a gentle smile, "It must have cost quite a lot to purchase these Materials, right? Do you still have enough Spirit Stones?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Qing said with some embarrassment, "The expense was indeed extremely high. I almost failed to bid for that dark void profound rock at the end."

"However, I just killed a Guest Elder of the Chuyun Immortal Sect and obtained his Storage Ring. There should be quite a lot of savings inside, which will be just enough to cover the deficit."

Jue Chenzi nodded upon hearing this.

"Your talent is extremely high; do not let trivial matters like Spirit Stones distract or exhaust you."

"Although I am currently in a foreign land, I still know many people in the Sect. If you lack resources, just speak up, and I will have someone send them to you first."

Lin Qing felt a warmth in his heart and bowed solemnly with cupped hands.

"Thank you, Revered Master."

Jue Chenzi's expression became a bit more serious as he said in a deep voice, "However, if you can successfully capture this Void Beast this time, its value should be enough for you to cultivate for a very long time, even in the God Realm."

"But based on your description, this Void Beast is extremely cunning. From now on, you will be the one to arrange the Materials, and I will guide you from the shadows to avoid being detected by this beast prematurely."

Hearing this, Lin Qing hesitated slightly. After looking around, he asked in a low voice, "Revered Master, is it really okay for us to discuss this so openly right now?"

A smile touched the corners of Jue Chenzi's mouth, and he said with a tone of certainty, "Rest assured. Before I manifested just now, I had already scouted the area in advance and sealed off the aura of this cabin."

"If this Void Beast were capable of penetrating my seal, then I would advise you to abandon this capture attempt."

He then patiently introduced some information to Lin Qing that was not found in books.

"The reason the Void Beast is difficult to find is that it can hide in another layer of the Void Realm and shuttle between the two dimensions."

"But it does not possess the ability to monitor across dimensions, so there is no need to worry too much."

Afterwards, the two finalized some details, and the spectral image of Jue Chenzi's Divine Thought flickered slightly before returning into the Storage Ring.

The cabin returned to silence once more.

Lin Qing took a deep breath, his gaze falling upon the Storage Ring of Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan in his hand, and he began to focus on breaking the Restrictions on it.

The night passed in the blink of an eye.

After several hours of cracking the lock, Lin Qing finally opened Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan's Storage Ring.

When Lin Qing's Divine Thought probed into the ring, he couldn't help but brighten up.

As an eighth-rank Formation Master who also relied on his identity as a Guest Elder of the Chuyun Immortal Sect to act tyrannically in the outside world, Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan's wealth was indeed incredibly abundant.

Inside the ring, Spirit Stones were stacked neatly, totaling a massive sum of 4.3 million.

This huge sum of money made Lin Qing's finances abundant once again.

But this was merely the most ordinary of the gains.

What truly surprised Lin Qing was that there were a large number of Formation diagrams in the Storage Ring.

Among them, the Formation diagrams of the sixth rank and below were already useless to Lin Qing, so he just glanced at them and paid them no further attention.

Besides these, there were four seventh-rank Formation diagrams, two eighth-rank Formation diagrams, and one ninth-rank Divine-Grade Formation diagram.

The Formation diagrams were spread out, with dense patterns intertwined. Although as long as one had a Formation diagram in hand and placed the Materials strictly according to the diagram, anyone could successfully set up a Formation.

However, with Lin Qing's current Perfection in the Dao of Formations at the sixth rank, the proficiency required to fully understand the mysteries within was very high. Therefore, he was not in a rush to comprehend them, but instead planned to proceed step-by-step, starting from the seventh rank.

At this moment, Lin Qing also understood why Guest Elder Mo Shuxuan had wanted to fight for that piece of dark void profound rock.

The dark void profound rock was precisely the core Material for setting up this ninth-rank Formation!

Later, Jue Chenzi would guide him in setting up the grand Formation to trap the Void Beast, which was also at the ninth-rank level. During the process of setting up the Formation, he could fully commit this Formation to memory.

Coupled with the Formation diagram he had obtained from Fang Shuo during the entrance examination, which was also a ninth-rank spatial type Formation, his collection of ninth-rank Formation diagrams reached three, which was even more than the eighth-rank Formation diagrams he had on hand.

Fang Shuo had cultivated to the sixth rank by the age of thirty and was a rare Genius in the Demon Court, seen only once in a hundred years.

If it were not for the suppression of the world Origin within the Secret Realm of the examination, which prevented the Divine Thought of the God Realm expert on him from manifesting, Lin Qing might not have been able to successfully kill Fang Shuo.

With the Divine Thought of a God Realm expert following him in the outside world, and a Divine-Grade Formation as a backup plan to escape within the Secret Realm, the extent to which the Demon Court valued Fang Shuo was evident.

It was just that the Demon Court never expected the Sect to produce a freak like Lin Qing, who easily killed Fang Shuo before he even had time to set up the Formation.

Naturally, the Demon Court was furious afterward and spared no effort in dispatching over a dozen seventh-rank experts to assassinate Lin Qing.

Even Ming Jin, a God Realm expert, personally appeared to try and retrieve the Formation diagram.

Unfortunately, despite all their schemes, they ultimately failed.

However, Lin Qing had already noted the grudges from their repeated targeting.

After sending the people of Luoxia Valley to Chuyun City and settling them down, he would properly settle accounts with the Demon Court.

In any case, God Realm experts could not easily take action, and he had nothing to fear below the God Realm. Even if a God Realm expert disregarded everything, he still had Jue Chenzi behind him.

By this time, the sky had completely brightened. The five giant Flying Boats slowly ascended, sailed out of the port of the Beichen Empire, bypassed the airspace of the imperial capital, and headed once again toward the direction of Chuyun City.

Over the next five days of the voyage, the Spirit Stone Materials in the Flying Boat's warehouse continued to disappear.

This was a good thing, proving that the Void Beast had not left.

At this point, the Flying Boat fleet had penetrated deep into the heart of an uninhabited region spanning hundreds of thousands of miles.

This place was filled with continuous mountain ranges and devoid of any Cultivators; it was the perfect location to take action.

Lin Qing immediately awakened Jue Chenzi's Divine Thought.

This time, Jue Chenzi did not manifest a spectral image, but simply transmitted his voice into Lin Qing's mind to guide him in setting up the Formation.

"Move it down another three inches. Good, that's the spot."

"Go, head to the stern to place the remaining green spirit sand, and this Flying Boat will be finished."

For the next entire day, Lin Qing shuttled back and forth between the five Flying Boats, sneakily placing various Materials.

Some of the Material locations were not hidden and were seen by others. However, whenever they wanted to get close, Lin Qing's voice transmission would sound in their minds, telling them not to move.

At dusk, all preparatory work was completed.

"Start adjusting the positions!"

Jue Chenzi's voice transmission sounded again.

"The Flying Boat at the very back, shift it one thousand zhang to the front-left... Too much, back up a little."

"Down another fifty zhang. Good."

At this moment, the five Flying Boats had stopped advancing and were hovering above the vast uninhabited region.

Standing on the deck of the middle Flying Boat, Lin Qing opened his Divine Thought completely and, according to Jue Chenzi's instructions, manipulated the five Flying Boats to fine-tune their positions.

"It is this moment, activate the Formation!"

Accompanied by a low shout from Jue Chenzi, Lin Qing took out the piece of dark void profound rock, placed it on the deck three zhang in front of him, and simultaneously infused a stream of pure spiritual power into it.

Hum—!

An invisible spatial ripple spread in all directions.

Subsequently, a silver spherical light barrier formed in the air, completely enveloping the five giant Flying Boats in the center.