307: Deployment

"Yes! Yes, yes, yes! I understand, this lowly one understands..."

Long Yuan tapped him with his Divine Sense, knocking him unconscious on the ground. He then swept him into the house and said, "I am going to set up the Formation now. Father and the Eunuch can watch from the highest point!"

After saying that, he took the two of them and flew into the sky again. After a while, he placed them on the top of the highest Altar of Heaven in the Prince Fus Mansion. Then, he took out a refined Formation Plate from his space and summoned countless Formation Flags. These flags floated in the air, snapping in the wind. Each flag bore a strange totem—dragons, phoenixes, Black Tortoises, Vermilion Birds, and so on—appearing incredibly divine. Long Yuan used the Altar of Heaven as the main Formation eye. In front of the Altar square, he smashed the Formation Plate into the ground. The plate turned into a beam of light and sank into the earth, vanishing in an instant!

"Eh?!" Prince Fu and Zhu Nan were both dumbfounded, unable to understand how that thing had simply disappeared.

While they were still in shock, after a moment, countless beams of light emerged from the ground. Each beam was a different color, growing brighter and brighter as they shot toward the sky. The Formation Flags that had been floating in the air seemed to be summoned by them, flying above their corresponding lights and heading into the distance under their glow!

In the air, Long Yuan made hand gestures while muttering something under his breath. His Divine Sense was in constant communication with the Formation Plate. As the Formation Plate activated, the speed of the flags increased until they vanished in the blink of an eye!

"Eh?! They can fly on their own?!" Prince Fu and Zhu Nan exclaimed in wonder. Such a divine occurrence made them practically worship Long Yuan's abilities, for they had never seen anything like it in the Great Ming.

They gazed into the distance. Although the flags were no longer visible, the beams of light could still be seen. After the lights dispersed, they slowly faded away. However, Prince Fu and Zhu Nan felt that the lights hadn't truly disappeared but had instead spread out and thinned. A thin veil of light seemed to have appeared in the sky, as if the sunlight was being filtered through a light gauze, making it less intense and piercing than before. However, unless they had been staring at it, they likely wouldn't have noticed this light barrier. Moreover, as time passed, the barrier grew fainter until it completely vanished from their perception.

Long Yuan's figure slowly drifted down in front of them. He said, "Father, the Formation is set! This Formation is currently focused on defense; even someone with a Martial King cultivation level cannot break through it! When I have time, I will set up an offensive Formation to balance attack and defense, which will double its power! Additionally, everyone entering or leaving the residence from now on must have the residence's unique mark, otherwise, they will be unable to pass! As for the marks, I have already secretly screened the people in the residence. Those who are not spies have already been marked by me. As for those who are away and have not yet returned, they must stay on the outskirts until I mark them. However, Eunuch, it would be best if you thoroughly investigate the background of every single person just in case! Especially those hundred thousand young residence guards; after screening them, send them to the Sinkhole Base first..."

"Rest assured, Young Lord! Leave this matter to your old servant!" Zhu Nan quickly replied.

"Alright, the outside world is quite chaotic right now, and I cannot watch over this place all the time. For now, stay safely within the residence. Of course, you can also visit the Sinkhole Base, but do not go anywhere else! If there is anything to be done, let the servants handle it!" Long Yuan instructed.

"Alright! This Prince will just Cultivate in the Training Space!" Prince Fu nodded.

"Yes! Father, your body is almost hollowed out. It's best not to indulge in women anymore; cultivating properly is the right path! In the future, we will enter the Cultivation World. Without strength as a guarantee, you could face danger at any moment!"

Prince Fu's face turned beet red as he quickly said, "This Prince will definitely give up women! I will Cultivate properly!"

"Good! Now, I am going to help the Southern Division Black Tortoise Guard wipe out the cultist bandits on Tiger Tooth Mountain. If anything happens, just send me a message!"

"Ah? You're going to suppress bandits? That's too dangerous!" Prince Fu said anxiously.

"No matter! If I don't go, those cultists will soon launch a massive beast tide to attack the Nanyue Base, and countless people will die then..." As Long Yuan spoke, he took flight and vanished into the horizon in an instant. Prince Fu and Zhu Nan watched his disappearing figure, their hearts surging with emotion and tears streaming down their faces. After living in fear in the residence for so long, a great weight had finally been lifted from their shoulders. They were safe!

Prince Fu touched his large head and said with great emotion, "This Prince no longer has to worry about this head of mine leaving its shoulders!!!"

Hearing this, Zhu Nan quickly said, "Congratulations, Your Highness! We can finally sleep soundly in our residence!!!"

"Haha! Hahahaha..." Prince Fu laughed heartily, his laughter echoing through most of the residence. It caused many servants' expressions to shift slightly, wondering what madness this Chaotic Devil King was up to now. Long Yuan did not return to the camp of Captain Sima Cuo and the others but instead went back to his own home. There, someone was waiting for him outside the courtyard—it was Qi Huaiyi.

After receiving orders from the Qi Family Old Ancestor, Qi Xuming, Qi Huaiyi hurried to Nanyue City to find Long Yuan. When he arrived, he found himself locked out and had no choice but to wait. Fortunately, it wasn't long—only about two hours before Long Yuan arrived.

Habitually, Long Yuan scanned with his Divine Sense and discovered something unusual. Not far away, a figure was actually hiding—it was Qi Xuming himself!

"What's going on? Is Qi Xuming stalking Qi Huaiyi?" Long Yuan was momentarily confused.

However, he quickly realized that Qi Xuming wasn't stalking Qi Huaiyi but protecting him. After all, Qi Huaiyi was carrying a huge sum of one hundred million low-grade xuan stones taken from the Clan Treasury. This was not a small amount for any Family, even a great clan like the Qi Family. Furthermore, the Qi Family was actually a step below the great clans in Shuntian Prefecture and couldn't match them in terms of wealth-making ability. Therefore, it was understandable that Qi Xuming would personally oversee this transaction.

As for why he hid himself, he likely also wanted to observe Long Yuan in secret. After all, hearing about someone is never as good as seeing and hearing them for oneself. To an old fox like Qi Xuming, this logic was obvious. Long Yuan calmly led Qi Huaiyi into the house and poured him some tea, smiling. "Uncle Qi, have some tea first. You're in such a hurry to find me; could it be that Head Yu has some new instructions?" Long Yuan laughed.

"Head Yu? No, no. This time, I am representing our Qi Family Old Ancestor to talk to you about a big business deal!" Qi Huaiyi emphasized the word "big."