Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 175 Returning Home with a Treasure
With a crackling sound, the once-brilliant array of light on Mount Wujin shattered as the dragon reached out with its claws.

Seeing this scene, Zhuang Tianci, who was in charge of the formation, felt a wave of dizziness. He never expected that his family's protective formation, which he relied on, would be broken so easily.

“Something’s strange, very strange. This dragon seems to have mastered some kind of method to break the formation, and it is very familiar with our formation. Its claw attack just now seemed casual, but it actually blocked the operation of the formation. This is definitely not a simple coincidence.”

"If he weren't a dragon, I would have suspected there was a traitor in my family, but that's impossible. Besides me, only my cousin truly knows the details of this great formation. Could it be that the formation diagram I left behind leaked it..."

Recalling the slight disturbance earlier and Jiang Chen's claw attack, Zhuang Tianci's expression turned extremely grim.

"Zhuang family cultivators, listen to my command! Enter the Golden Arrow Formation and follow me to defend against the enemy!"

Completely baffled, and knowing he couldn't afford to panic, Zhuang Tianci quickly calmed himself down.

Upon receiving Zhuang Tianci's command, the Zhuang family cultivators, who had been quite flustered, quickly responded and entered the formation.

In the next instant, the dim Wujin Mountain was once again illuminated by spiritual light, and sharp golden rays of light shot towards Jiang Chen like arrows.

There are two large formations on Wujin Mountain: the Golden Armor Formation and the Golden Arrow Formation. The former is mainly for defense, while the latter is mainly for attack. Separately, they are not considered powerful among formations of the same level, but when combined, they are quite mysterious.

Faced with the dazzling golden light shooting through the sky, Jiang Chen, transformed into a dragon, exhaled a breath of mist that instantly engulfed an area.

"These golden arrows are quite powerful, but without the golden armor formation to restrain them, it won't be easy for them to lock onto me."

Vanishing into the mist, Jiang Chen began to attack the Zhuang family cultivators without restraint.

In a short while, Jiang Chen forcibly destroyed a node belonging to the Golden Arrow Formation in the mist. After searching Zhuang Tianxing's soul, Wujin Mountain held no secrets for him. Now, he was perhaps the one most familiar with the Zhuang family.

Noticing this change, Zhuang Tianci became even more certain of his guess: the dragon was indeed very familiar with his family.

"My array formation has definitely been leaked, but when exactly...?"

"Now that this dragon is concealing itself with a strange mist, I can hardly pinpoint its true form. I can only use 30% of the Golden Arrow Formation. This is really troublesome."

As the eerie mist continued to spread, Zhuang Tianci became extremely anxious.

Left with no other choice, he could only gather all the Zhuang family cultivators who remained at Wujin Mountain to deal with Jiang Chen together. At this moment, Jiang Chen had no intention of fighting the Zhuang family head-on. He simply continued to expand the misty swamp, wandering through it and destroying the Zhuang family's defenses step by step.

At the same time, realizing that the time was ripe, Rat Tianjiao quietly slipped into the depths of the farm.

Just now, it used its own abilities to cooperate with Jiang Chen to break the Zhuang family's Golden Armor Formation. Normally, it wouldn't be so easy for it to do this with its current cultivation level, but the formation diagram provided by Jiang Chen allowed it to easily find the weak point of the Golden Armor Formation, greatly reducing the difficulty of breaking the formation.

With a soft rustling sound, it transformed into a golden light and burrowed into the ground.

After some time, without alerting anyone, it approached the main mine shaft of the Wujin Mine.

"The dragon has attacked, and it hasn't been suppressed yet after all this time..."

In front of the mine, two cultivators from the Zhuang family watched the commotion on the mountain in front of them with great anxiety. They were both at the Spiritual Awakening stage and were mainly responsible for guarding the mine.

Of course, under normal circumstances, there would be Qi Refining cultivators stationed here, and they would be at the Lesser Completion stage of Qi Refining. However, now all the Qi Refining cultivators have rushed to the front mountain to defend against the enemy.

Just as the two cultivators were getting agitated, a golden light suddenly emerged from the ground.

Caught off guard, one of the Zhuang family cultivators was shot through the heart. Before the other could react, the golden light shifted again, and Rat Tianjiao's figure materialized, snapping his neck with a flick of its tail. Confirming the two guards were dead, Rat Tianjiao turned its gaze to the mine entrance, which was shrouded in a layer of array light. To protect this mine, the Zhuang family had also set up an array here; any intrusion from elsewhere would easily trigger its annihilation.

It is precisely because of this formation that it cannot directly penetrate into the mine.

"Hurry up..."

Looking back at the mountain in front of him, the golden teeth appeared, and Rat Tianjiao immediately began to frantically gnaw at the array light screen.

A moment later, a gap was torn in the tight formation, and Rat Tianjiao swaggered into the mine.

While Rat Tianjiao was diligently searching for the second-tier Gengjin Stone, Jiang Chen's battle with the Zhuang family on the front mountain intensified.

As time passed, Jiang Chen pulled out more and more nodes of the Golden Arrow Formation, and the Zhuang family's casualties began to increase, with more than one Qi Refining cultivator being lost.

However, after realizing Jiang Chen's strength, the Zhuang family cultivators gradually changed their strategy, shifting from offense to defense. Relying on the core of the Golden Arrow Formation, they combined the power of one Qi Refining Master, two Qi Refining Minor Masters, and several Qi Refining cultivators to form a new defensive circle.

Noticing the change in the cultivator from the Zhuang family, Jiang Chen couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.

"Zhuang Tianxing arranged for Zhuang Tianci to be stationed at Wujin Mountain because he valued Zhuang Tianci's steadiness, and now it seems that he was right after all."

Amidst the mist, he saw golden light crisscrossing, resembling a hedgehog with its sharp quills raised. Jiang Chen knew that this might be all the results he had achieved this time.

Previously, he had deliberately slowed down his attack pace, giving the opponent the illusion that he could counterattack. He even deliberately used some powerful cultivators and important resources to lure the opponent into taking the initiative, but the opponent did not fall for it.

If the other party had been a little more arrogant and reckless, and given more opportunities, he might have actually broken through the main formation of the Golden Arrow Formation and wiped out all the cultivators of Wujin Mountain. However, the other party had obviously realized the danger and made timely adjustments.

"Fine, take as much as you can, and leave that spiritual cave here for now."

With a sudden thought, Jiang Chen stopped forcing the issue and continued breaking the formation while simultaneously gathering as many resources as possible.

The spiritual cave in Wujin Mountain is the core of all the great formations. If the Golden Arrow Formation cannot be completely broken, it is almost impossible to obtain this spiritual cave. Now that the opponent is holding firm and not coming out, they will not give Rat Prodigy any chance at all.

Another half hour passed, and Rat Tianjiao returned to Jiang Chen's side.

Looking at the storage bag handed over by Shu Tianjiao, Jiang Chen knew that he had achieved his biggest goal for this trip.

"It's time to go. If we drag this out any longer, the support from the Zhuang family's cultivators outside and other cultivation families should be arriving soon."

Having obtained the treasure, Jiang Chen felt the urge to leave.

The next instant, he spat out a cold light, leaving a layer of frost in the core area of ​​the dealer's territory, covering the entire dealer's territory with a ghostly blue light.

Having done all this, he let out a long sigh, and under the watchful eyes of the villagers, Jiang Chen rode the mist and drifted away, displaying complete freedom and joy.

Looking at Jiang Chen's ferocious figure clad in bone armor, the Zhuang family cultivators were filled with resentment, as well as helplessness, powerlessness, and a trace of bewilderment.

The Zhuang family was once the most prestigious family in Changfeng County. When did they ever fall to such a state?

(End of this chapter)