I am about to die of old age, and I have awakened the character of longevity.

Chapter 279 The Martial Ancestor Speaks
Xie An immediately returned to the array hall at the mountaintop. He gave his men a strict order: unless it was an extremely urgent matter, they were not to enter or disturb the area. If anything happened, they were to go to Su Yuqing.

Xie An did this mainly for two reasons.

On one hand, Su Yuqing is the eldest princess and is used to handling big picture matters. Her skills and shrewdness in this area are probably even better than his own. He feels at ease entrusting Su Yuqing with these tasks.

On the other hand, the Martial Ancestor was attacking the city with great urgency, and the entire city-state was at risk of collapsing at any moment. Xie An needed to concentrate fully on strengthening the city's protective formation to resist the Martial Ancestor's offensive.

During this time, one cannot afford to be distracted.

After giving the instructions, Xie An sat cross-legged beneath the Iron Spirit Tree, then took out a five-colored lotus flower and placed it on the tree root.

The next moment, Xie An activated the array eye, pouring all his spiritual energy and magic into the Iron Spirit Kun Wood.

boom!
The already towering Iron Spirit Kunmu wood was suddenly stimulated, bursting forth with an extremely powerful torrent of spiritual energy that poured into the bronze cauldrons at each array eye. Finally, it transformed into a raging torrent of power that surged out of the main hall and covered the entire city.

Streams of spiritual energy flowed and surged.

The concentration of spiritual energy throughout the city has increased significantly. The previously turbulent and unstable city-state has gradually stabilized.

Even so, Xie An dared not be careless in the slightest, and focused all his attention on activating the magic array to reinforce the entire city.

While amazed by the extraordinary power of the magic array, Xie An also realized that... such consumption was far too staggering.

It's unknown how long the spiritual energy inside the Iron Spirit Kun Wood can last.

Moreover, it is extremely taxing on one's mental energy.

It's really hard work.

Fortunately, Xie An's soul power was exceptionally strong, far exceeding that of cultivators of the same level, and he was able to hold on for the time being.

……

"Hey, the shaking of the city-state has lessened."

"It's not that the shaking has weakened, it's that the city's protective formation has become stronger. Xie An is reinforcing the formation."

"It seems I really misunderstood Xie An. If it weren't for his swift and decisive action, we would probably still be outside the city, and we would be dead beyond any doubt."

"Yes, Xie An was indeed farsighted."

"..."

The opinions of the tens of thousands of disciples in the city regarding Xie An underwent a complete 180-degree reversal. No one spoke ill of Xie An anymore.

After this battle, people completely regarded Xie An as someone to rely on. No one gossiped anymore.

Su Yuqing remained on guard atop the city wall.

Watching the Martial Ancestor attack with flying swords again and again outside the city, and feeling the city walls tremble more violently with each attack, Su Yuqing's heart clenched tightly, making it hard to breathe.

The Martial Ancestor's offensive was simply too powerful.

Each sword strike possessed the power to overturn rivers and seas, and each strike was stronger than the last.

Based on Su Yuqing's experience, the city-state would soon be unable to withstand the pressure and would be destroyed sooner or later.

Just then, a loud bang was heard from the sky.

However, the city's protective formation rapidly strengthened, increasing by more than a major level compared to before. Only then was it able to withstand the Martial Ancestor's attack once again.

Su Yuqing breathed a sigh of relief, looked up at the heavy spiritual energy falling from the sky, and then looked back at the direction of the main hall on the mountaintop.

She knew that Xie An was the one who was blessing the magic array.

Seeing that Wu Zu's dozens of attacks had failed to break through the gate, Su Yuqing finally breathed a sigh of relief, a rare smile of relief appearing on her face. "Xie An is truly unpredictable. The variety of techniques he has mastered is truly complex. No wonder Bai Yujing took a liking to him."

Before long, the Martial Ancestor abandoned the siege.

Instead, he flew up dozens of meters on his sword and looked at Su Yuqing across the distance.

Su Yuqing was inside the formation, while Martial Ancestor was outside.

They were only a few dozen meters apart.

Even through the magic array, Su Yuqing still felt her heart pounding with fear.

The oppressive aura emanating from the Martial Ancestor was far too powerful.

After staring at each other for a long time, the Martial Ancestor suddenly grinned and said faintly, "My good daughter, how can you follow outsiders to oppose your father?"

(End of this chapter)