The fake prince was exposed at the beginning, and I took office as emperor on the spot

Chapter 67: The Princess's Arranged Prince Consort (Two in One)

Gu Fangchen and Shi Le quickly arrived at the center of the mine protection formation, where the activation mechanism was located.

Shi Le took two steps forward and saw an old man in a Taoist robe lying on the ground. There was a golden light flashing between his eyebrows, blood was flowing from all seven orifices, his eyes were wide open, and he died with his eyes open.

"Master Huadu!"

He felt heavy in his heart. He reached out to close the old man's eyes and carefully pulled out the golden needle.

Shi Le picked it up and compared it with the golden needles in the hands of the two men just now, and he knew that what Gu Fangchen said was true.

Master Huadu was indeed harmed by those two people!
His face was extremely ugly.

This golden needle was obviously placed by a Shinto master to conceal its aura, and it not only deceived a master like him.

Even a Shinto monk like Huadu Zhenren could not detect it.

Such a method must have been premeditated!
From the eldest princess being trapped, to the Qingman enemy attack, to the assassination of Huadu Zhenren and him with golden needles, each step was linked to the next, and every step was aimed at killing the 150,000 White Dragon Army.

Gu Fangchen walked to the center and looked down at the spiritual pattern of the formation under his feet that was emitting a faint light.

The Mine Protection Formation is just a name that is easier for the military to understand.

In fact, the name of this formation is called the Five Qi Realm Suppression Formation. It was set up by a Taoist formation master and twelve formation monks. It covers the entire fire stone mine and the barracks stationed in front.

Its function is not only to defend against foreign enemies, but also to suppress various incineration gases produced in the fire stone mine, preventing explosions and injuries to mining workers.

Such a huge formation also consumes huge amounts of energy, so usually only the first level is activated and the remaining four levels are in standby mode.

Theoretically, in order to activate this formation at full power, more than ten formation practitioners would have to work together.

But this is obviously impossible. Formation monks are precious strategic resources, and it is rare to be able to leave five of them to stay with the White Dragon Army.

Therefore, this mining protection formation left behind a relatively simple activation mechanism that can extract part of the spiritual energy in the fire stone vein to support the activation of the formation.

Among these five formation practitioners, Huadu Zhenren is of the fifth rank, and the rest are of the sixth rank. When encountering an enemy on a normal day, Huadu Zhenren will be the one to activate it, and the others will be responsible for maintenance.

And now, Master Huadu was stabbed in the back and died on the spot, and the other people were stuck at the node and couldn't get back, which meant that the formation was useless.

That's why Shi Le fell into despair.

Shi Le stood up and looked at Gu Fangchen who was pacing and observing, and couldn't help asking:

"Are you sure you can activate the formation?"

He was nervous, even though Gu Fangchen had just seen through the traitor at a glance, as if with divine help, which really surprised him.

But from what he could sense, Gu Fangchen's physical cultivation level was at most the seventh level.

He also said that he could activate the formation, which means that he might be practicing both divine and martial arts.

As everyone knows, when practicing the dual cultivation of divine martial arts, most of the time both sides will end up being half-baked... Even if they are geniuses in the records, they can only be at the sixth level at most when practicing the dual cultivation of divine martial arts.

Even if one has the sixth-grade cultivation in formation, it is difficult to activate this formation.

This is still a good idea...

Sure enough, he saw Gu Fangchen's face was solemn and he pondered with an embarrassed expression:
"I think...it might be a little difficult."

"Mainly, the material is defective."

He walked over, looked at the body of Huadu Zhenren, and then looked at Shi Le.

Shi Le was stunned, then immediately reacted.

He took a deep breath and took out a cave bag from the side of Huadu Zhenren.

"This situation is urgent. All the materials on the real person should be in this bag. He has never had a wife or children in his life. If he still has a spirit in heaven, he must also hope that someone will avenge him. Please do your best to help!"

Gu Fangchen calmly took the bag and said in a deep voice:
"Thank you!"

After all, the person just died... It's embarrassing to do something like looting in front of teammates.

After all, he is no longer the dandy prince of Zhenbei, and he can do whatever he wants without any moral pressure.

As an old member of Yizhou, you still have to have some integrity.

Gu Fangchen skillfully removed the restriction, opened the cave bag, scanned it with his spiritual sense, and then closed it calmly.

Without a wife or children, and without a family to support, the wealth that a fifth-grade formation cultivator could accumulate could only be described as extremely wealthy.

Shi Le watched from the side as Gu Fangchen put away the cave bag, and then used his own blood to modify the formation.

"..."

Is there something wrong?
Shi Le's eyes twitched, and then he heard Gu Fangchen clapping his hands and saying, "It's done."

Forget it... As long as the formation can be activated, anything is fine.

Gu Fangchen looked at the formation in front of him, stretched out his hand and pressed on the spiritual pattern in the center of the formation, and said in a deep voice:
"open!"

Blood-colored lines appeared on the young man's body, and the spiritual energy transported by the Demon-Suppressing Nail was concentrated at one point and rushed into the activation mechanism of the formation.

In an instant, the entire formation's numerous spiritual patterns outlined a five-level formation in mid-air, covering the entire sky of the mine and battlefield.

Shi Le was delighted at first, then he saw the spiritual patterns suddenly light up with blood color, and then he heard the sound of the nodes laid out in the fire ore breaking one after another.

“Crack! Crack! Crack!…”

The nodes around it shattered one after another, and the corresponding spiritual patterns in the complicated formation dissipated, and were then covered by blood-colored patterns.

Shi Le's pupils constricted as he saw that the spiritual energy that the fire ore was supposed to provide to the formation was condensed in mid-air, unable to enter the formation, and wandering around like long dragons.

After the blood-colored lines took shape, the fire dragon aura seemed to have found its backbone. It let out a long roar, rushed towards Gu Fangchen in the center, and entered Gu Fangchen's body.

But in the blink of an eye, his whole body seemed to be thrown into a burning purgatory, cracks appeared on his skin, and some lava-like flames shone through.

Shi Le immediately stepped forward and said in disbelief:
"What are you doing?!"

He immediately realized what Gu Fangchen had modified in the formation.

This mechanism extracts a portion of the spiritual energy from the fire stone vein to support the activation of the formation, and now, that portion of the spiritual energy is provided to Gu Fangchen.

"You're crazy! The incinerating energy contained in this vein's spiritual energy is enough to cause a master to explode and die!"

He didn't understand. Even if Gu Fangchen was a traitor, this behavior was tantamount to suicide.

As soon as Shi Le approached, he immediately felt the burning energy of the fire stone and was blown away by the huge amount of spiritual energy.

Gu Fangchen shrugged, grinned, and said:
"I didn't say I was here to open a mine protection formation."

He just came to "borrow the formation", what he really wanted to open was the White Dragon Army Formation.

Shi Le felt that he was overestimating his abilities when he said he wanted to activate the White Dragon Army Formation, but out of complete trust in the Martial Saint, he could trust him halfway, so he compromised and hoped that he would activate the mining protection formation.

Gu Fangchen also knew that if he told him his plan, he would most likely be determined to stop him.

That's why I just go with the flow.

Because what he actually wanted to do was not to open the formation, but to destroy it.

Of course, activating and maintaining a formation requires a sufficiently high level of cultivation, but changing the formation from the inside does not require it.

The people of the White Dragon Army don’t know now that Xiao Yinghao will be trapped for seven days, and by then more than half of the entire White Dragon Army will have been lost, and there is no chance of winning at all.

They are now just hoping for the best, thinking that as long as they wait for the eldest princess, everything will be fine. They don't feel the need to burn their boats at all.

Destroying the mining protection formation would not only result in huge losses, but if the Qingman army attacked, once they broke through their defense line, their rear would be lost.

But Gu Fangchen knew.

He had to rely on the military formation to win this battle, but with his current level of cultivation, just as Shi Le had judged, he could not support the military formation.

Therefore, he modified the mining protection formation.

He changed the spiritual energy that was supposed to be supplied to the formation to be supplied to himself, and bound himself to the entire formation.

In short, he is now a kind of "formation soul".

If he survives, the battle will survive; if he dies, the battle will die.

Moreover, by doing so, one is overdrawing the life of the entire formation.

By the time it was over, the entire formation had almost broken. Such a vast amount of spiritual energy, even if it was just a passing medium, would be enough to cause an immediate explosion and death for the average person.

But Gu Fangchen's body is a puppet that was tempered through magic and extreme pain.

The spiritual energy circuit formed by the demon-suppressing nails can withstand it for a short period of time.

With the support of this huge spiritual energy, he can temporarily let his soul leave the body and turn into master mode to control the puppet body.

Gu Fangchen immediately sat cross-legged, took a deep breath, calmed his mind, and with the support of spiritual energy, his soul suddenly left his body.

The spiritual consciousness was attached to the formation and directly scanned the entire coverage area.

Rising high into the sky, overlooking the entire chaotic battlefield.

Although they had previously sent people to pretend that reinforcements had arrived and managed to hold out for a while, it was obviously not enough.

The left wing of the White Dragon Army has been broken through. The Shinto monks of Qingman summoned a sandstorm to cover the wolf cavalry's charge. The armored giant wolves moved freely in the deserted area.

The heavily armored army on the right, led by Yao Jin, was still struggling to hold on, but the bone arrows from the opposite side rained down into the ground, forming poisonous pools and quagmires, which continuously pushed the line of troops back.

With a thought, countless spiritual energies provided by the fire stone mines formed the prototype of a military formation.

In an instant, the 150,000 White Dragon Army soldiers suddenly found that the weapons in their hands began to resonate faintly. Countless people were stunned at first, and then immediately ecstatic.

"It's the White Dragon Army! The Princess is back!"

They looked up and were stunned when they saw the fire dragon's spiritual energy interweaving into countless blood-red battle flags that covered the sky and the sun.

White Dragon Army Formation...when did it turn red?

……

"It's okay... It's about the same as the field of view in the game."

"It's just that it lacks a formation interface, which is not very convenient. I have to operate it manually."

Gu Fangchen looked at the formation in front of him that had not yet taken shape. The many gaps in it were waiting for his soldiers to fill them.

Well...or rather, it will soon be his soldiers.

He returned to his body, stood up, pointed into the distance, and said:

"General Shi, please enter the battle formation!"

Shi Le looked at the young man in front of him, whose body seemed to be torn into pieces no matter how he looked at it. He opened his mouth and turned to look into the distance.

Above the battlefield, the outline of a huge fire dragon was looming in the billowing smoke, but its eyes were dim and lifeless.

This formation is definitely the White Dragon Army Formation...

Shi Le swallowed the shock in his heart, clasped his hands together, and said in a deep voice:
"Your Excellency's great kindness will be remembered by the entire White Dragon Army!"

Shi Le didn't know how Gu Fangchen destroyed the formation, nor did he know that his body was created through puppetry.

In his opinion, Gu Fangchen was already at the end of his strength after infusing himself with spiritual energy and opening the White Dragon Army Formation.

Regardless of the outcome of this battle, he himself will definitely be in great danger.

Such great righteousness made all his doubts about Gu Fangchen disappear like smoke, leaving only emotion and admiration.

Although he had never seen the man before, his selfless character was enough to prove everything.

Shi Le did not dare to delay and immediately turned into a stream of light, rushed into the battlefield and headed towards the center of the formation.

The two centers of the White Dragon Army Formation are the positions of the two eyes of the dragon.

It was accomplished by him and his two deputy generals Yao Jin.

Shi Le raised his head and saw a red flag falling towards him. He relaxed his mind and reached out to catch the flag.

In an instant, the flag turned into a red dragon. His spiritual energy surged, and every move he made was accompanied by explosive power.

At the same time, his consciousness was also controlled by Gu Fangchen.

Deputy General Shi Le, enter the battle!
Shi Le shouted as he charged forward:

"Everyone of the White Dragon Army, enter the battle formation! Enter the battle formation quickly!"

Looking down from above, a blood-red streak appeared, like a knife cutting into butter.

The soldiers under his command naturally obeyed his orders and immediately reached out to take over the falling flags, and their morale suddenly boosted.

But immediately, someone noticed something was wrong.

"No, who is the leader of this White Dragon Army? It's not the Princess!"

"General, is the princess back?"

Shi Le's eyes were red:

"It's too late! Follow my orders, everyone get into battle!"

Another deputy general, Yao Jin, noticed something unusual. He looked at the flag in the sky, his pupils constricted, and glared at Shi Le, shouting in a trembling voice:

"Shi Le, how dare you betray me?!"

Shi Le immediately said:
"I have never betrayed you! The leader of the formation is an old subordinate of Yizhou. He came to support us under the order of General Ding!"

Yao Jin angrily scolded:
"Bah! Why didn't I receive any orders?"

"Besides, the White Dragon Army Formation is the commander-in-chief's unique formation. How could anyone else use it? Where does Ding Xingfeng get his military power? What qualifications does he have to support us?"

"I think you are collaborating with the enemy and betraying your country. You want to hand over the White Dragon Army to others!"

"You can stop now, there's still time!"

Shi Le was anxious:
"It's urgent. If I betray you, I will die a miserable death."

"Only when you and I join the battle can the White Dragon Army Formation truly take shape!"

Yao Jin was about to speak.

The red spiritual energy before his eyes suddenly condensed into the soul of a young man.

It was Gu Fangchen.

Because the White Dragon Army Formation was half formed, the feedback to him also temporarily increased his strength to the fifth level, allowing him to stay away from his physical body.

As soon as he appeared, Yao Jin sneered:
"I also stayed in Yizhou in the past. I have met all of General Ding's confidants, but why have I never seen this person?"

Gu Fangchen sighed when he heard this:
"At this point, it seems I can't hide it any longer."

Yao Jin's face was gloomy and his tone was unfriendly:

"I want to see what other nonsense you can come up with! You can fool Shi Le, that fool, but you can't fool me!"

"Even if we die in battle today, how can we, the White Dragon Army, change our masters?"

Gu Fangchen said calmly:
"actually……"

"I am the consort arranged by the eldest princess for marriage. I have been training with General Ding for many years. This White Dragon Army Formation was taught to me by the eldest princess herself."

"Look up. Can't you tell whether this White Dragon Army Formation is real or fake? If they weren't close friends, how could they have passed this formation on to each other?"

Gu Fangchen said with certainty:
"I'm the son-in-law of the emperor, and I command the White Dragon Army. How can this be considered a change of leadership?"

……

In the Blood River Repentance Formation.

The beautiful woman in silver armor and black clothes had a cold look in her eyes. She held a long sword in her hand and walked cautiously in the river of blood. Suddenly, she frowned and her eyelids twitched.

Although this formation is difficult to deal with, it is not extremely dangerous.

But why... do I have a bad feeling?

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ps: Update! It’s daytime! (sure)
(End of this chapter)