47: Chapter 47 Enlightenment Upon Formation

"Awooo!"

Thousands of wolf howls rang out in unison.

"Run!"

Kong Dejin and the other two came to their senses and immediately turned to run!

They used their trump cards and ran frantically towards the foot of the mountain.

The sound of Yao Beasts running behind them scared the three of them out of their wits.

They did not dare to look back at all, only able to run frantically along the path they had come from; since they were familiar with the path they had taken, they naturally had to follow it.

After some unknown amount of time, the sound of the Yao Beasts running could no longer be heard.

But the three of them had no intention of stopping.

It wasn't until they reached the foot of the mountain, rushed out of the forest, and arrived on the familiar road that they plopped down onto the grass, their faces pale—a sign of Spiritual Qi exhaustion.

"W-we survived!" the short Loose Cultivator said with a trembling voice.

"This is absolutely insane. With so many Yao Beasts on Cloud Mist Mountain, don't the Luoyun Sect Disciples care?" the scarred man complained.

Kong Dejin waved his hand. "There are only a little over a hundred Luoyun Sect Disciples here; how can they manage it? It's fortunate that we survived."

They were catching their breath.

Suddenly, the leaves in the forest began to rustle.

They were startled, immediately jumping up from the grass and scrambling away from the forest as fast as they could.

When they had walked some distance away and looked back, they saw several people walking out in a disheveled state, with expressions of lingering fear on their faces.

When this group saw Kong Dejin and his two companions, they all breathed a sigh of relief in unison, then hurriedly tidied their clothes and took out Medicinal Pills to swallow.

Kong Dejin couldn't help but twitch his eyelid when he saw blood streaming down the arm of one of them.

"Did you guys run into that pack of wolves too?" the short Loose Cultivator asked in surprise.

"Wolves? What wolves? We ran into a group of Yao monkeys. The number was terrifying; we didn't count carefully, but there were at least a thousand!" one of the people in the group said in horror.

Kong Dejin gasped. "We ran into a pack of Yao wolves, and there were at least two thousand!"

The two groups looked at each other.

"Is this Cloud Mist Mountain too dangerous? Can we still go to the market?"

"Of course we can. There must be experts at the Qi Refining Late Stage or above stationed in the market, and there are Formations to protect it, so there is no need to worry about the danger from Yao Beasts," someone said.

"The Luoyun Sect Disciples are truly impressive. With so many Yao Beasts entrenched on the mountain, they seem completely unaffected!"

"I was hoping to find a secluded place to Cultivate, but it seems that won't work. Being outside the market is just too dangerous!"

They walked towards the foot of the mountain and actually saw more Cultivators in disheveled states.

The other Loose Cultivators were curious about their encounters and asked one after another, only then learning that Cloud Mist Mountain was fraught with danger. The Yao Beasts were in packs, with each pack numbering in the thousands. Besides wolves and monkeys, there were several other types of Yao Beasts; it was truly too dangerous.

At the foot of the mountain, Yu Xiqing stared nervously at the Loose Cultivators in the distance and said to Qi Pinghu beside him, "Senior Brother Qi, have you noticed that these Loose Cultivators seem much more behaved than before?"

Qi Pinghu glanced over and nodded. "Indeed. I don't know why, but don't worry about it. These Loose Cultivators wouldn't dare to cause trouble."

They possessed the confidence of Disciples from a major sect.

Although they were inconspicuous in this industry, they all practiced Cultivation Techniques from a major sect and had numerous Spells, giving them a huge advantage when dealing with Loose Cultivators; they could even fight across Realms.

However, with their numbers increasing, they also had to be careful.

The Loose Cultivators at the foot of the mountain were gathering in greater numbers.

Underground.

Fang Yuan was still setting up the Formation.

The Cloud-Turning Rain-Covering Array had a total of 49 nodes, and the Formation patterns connecting these nodes consisted of over 70,000 strokes. Not a single stroke could be wrong, and it had to be connected to the Spiritual Vein.

Each stroke had to be painted with the essence obtained from the Decompose of Formation Materials, and the resources consumed were immense.

Fang Yuan was extremely careful while setting it up.

He worked on setting it up for five whole days straight.

He had lost count of how many times the Qi in his body had recovered.

The Qi in his Dantian, which had originally reached 30%, had unknowingly increased to 80%.

On his bones, the eighth cloud pattern was also nearing completion.

And the most rapid progress was in his Spiritual Sense.

Ever since the Xiao Yan One-Nine True Art also reached Perfection, the speed of his Spiritual Sense cultivation had doubled.

During the process of setting up the Formation, his Spiritual Sense received the most fundamental training.

In his Sea of Consciousness, the number of his Spiritual Sense strands had unknowingly increased to 912, stepping into the 9th Layer Realm!

Furthermore, nine of these Spiritual Sense strands had transformed into nine more condensed Divine Senses.

Under the command of the nine Divine Senses, the strength of his Spiritual Sense became incredibly resilient, and all his Spiritual Sense was slowly transforming and assimilating towards the Divine Sense!

Fang Yuan composed his mind and placed the final stroke of the Formation pattern.

Letting out a soft breath, Fang Yuan looked back at the Formation he had set up.

A strong sense of accomplishment surged in his heart.

"It is time!"

Fang Yuan became serious, mobilizing the Qi in his body and the nine Divine Senses to cast a Formation Activation Spell!

Light fell into the central Formation eye of the Spiritual Vein, igniting a colorful beam of light.

Seven-colored radiance spread out from the Formation eye, rapidly extending along the set Formation patterns, as if lighting a fuse, shining brightly with a swooshing sound.

From the initial few meters of light, it quickly spread to an area of several hundred meters, and finally, seven-colored radiance lit up over more than ten kilometers of the Spiritual Vein.

"Cloud-Turning Rain-Covering Array, activate!"

Fang Yuan cast his Divine Sense into it, leaving a Divine Sense imprint, and at the same time, imprinted his own insights regarding Cloud Momentum into the Formation eye.

After the Formation was activated, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi beneath the ground began to flow autonomously, flowing along the Formation patterns into the Formation, and then flowing out from the Formation, forming a perfect cycle.

The originally chaotic Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi with various elemental powers beneath the mountain seemed to have been rearranged; various forces were combed through, becoming fresh and natural.

Standing within the Formation, Fang Yuan felt all these changes and fell into a deep level of Epiphany. His consciousness seemed to be connected with the Formation, perceiving all the changes in the Formation and analyzing the operational laws of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

Fang Yuan fell into an Epiphany.

He closed his eyes.

His consciousness rose from underground, overlooking the entire Cloud Mist Mountain.

He could see that the Spiritual Qi in Cloud Mist Mountain was surging!

The Spiritual Qi that had originally flowed out of the mountain no longer flowed outward when it reached the foot of the mountain; instead, it turned back, continuing to circulate within the mountain, and even the Spiritual Qi outside the mountain was gathering towards the mountain.

Under the effect of the Formation, the Spiritual Qi within the mountain gathered towards the Peak, eventually converging in the sky.

Clouds and mist gradually condensed at the Peak, finally gathering into raindrops that fell back onto the earth, nourishing the vegetation and living beings.

The originally chaotic earth Qi, miasma, and poisonous gas were purified significantly under the washing of the rain.

The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi became even purer.

When Fang Yuan came back to his senses, a quarter of an hour had already passed.

He was astonished to discover that his cultivation, during the process of his Epiphany, had unknowingly reached the 8th Layer of Qi Refining, and his Dantian had expanded by a full ten times—five times the effect of an ordinary person's Breakthrough.

Now, the size of his Dantian had reached 800 times that of an average person in the same Realm.

His Spiritual Sense count had reached 1000 strands, completely reaching the Qi Refining Perfection Realm.

Even his Body Refining cultivation had reached the Peak of the 8th Layer, only a step away from a Breakthrough.

"For the first time, I have achieved such great progress on my own!" Fang Yuan took a deep breath. "Most importantly, my Cloud Momentum has improved. If I had previously grasped one percent, now I have reached ten percent."