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Chapter 642 Repairing the Formation, Then Turning Against Each Other (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
"Li Yunjing! Since you are so heartless, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

After the family members had all gone out to do their work, Wang Tianba paced back and forth in the secret room with an uncertain expression, holding a communication jade talisman in his hand.

After a long while, he suddenly crushed the jade talisman, and a beam of spiritual light shot out into the sky.

The next day, after all parties agreed to help, Wang Tianba finally gained confidence.

He brought 30% of his family's wealth and went to find Li Yunjing again.

"Oh? These are all?"

Li Yunjing was slightly surprised to see that the huge box was full of storage bags.

He said 30% is 30%?
Li Yunjing didn't know how much wealth the Wang family had, nor did he have the ability to confiscate their property and inventory their assets.

His previous statement was an exorbitant demand. The Wang family could have easily concealed their true assets and offered a reasonable compensation, and Li Yunjing wouldn't have investigated further.

Unexpectedly, Wang Tianba actually handed over all his assets.

Wang Tianba stood respectfully in front of Li Yunjing, his face full of smiles: "Fellow Daoist Li, this is thirty percent of the treasures in my Wang family's treasury. Please take a look."

Li Yunjing glanced at the storage bag in the box, and with a slight probe of his divine sense, he found that it was indeed filled with various rare materials, spirit stones, magic treasures, and even several cultivation manuals.

"Fellow Daoist Wang is quite straightforward."

Li Yunjing looked at him with a half-smile, "It seems the Wang family really values ​​the clan-protecting formation."

"That's natural!"

Wang Tianba quickly replied, "The clan-protecting formation concerns the safety of the entire clan; how could my Wang family dare to neglect it?"

"Alright! The agreement is in effect!"

Li Yunjing nodded and then asked, "How are the materials I requested prepared?"

"Fellow Daoist Li, rest assured! Most of it is ready!"

Wang Tianba laughed and said, "There is still a shortfall. We have already gone to 'Zixiao City' to purchase the missing parts. I believe it won't be long before we have gathered all the missing parts."

"it is good!"

Li Yunjing nodded in satisfaction. "The restoration project of the clan's protective formation has officially begun."

"Great!"

Wang Tianba was overjoyed and flattered, "With Fellow Daoist Li's help, there's absolutely no chance of failure! But what about now?"

"Okay! Let's go! Take us to the location of the array's core."

Li Yunjing nodded and turned to signal Zhao Qi and Su Muqing to follow.

"it is good!"

Wang Tianba nodded, smiled, and gestured for everyone to follow him.

The four of them passed through many courtyards, with many members of the Wang family following behind them.

Finally, we arrived at an ancient and solemn ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall is made entirely of green jade, with upturned eaves that exude a faint spiritual glow.

The two stone lions at the entrance have wide-open, angry eyes and are so lifelike that they seem ready to come to life at any moment.

"Fellow Daoist Li, this is the ancestral hall of my Wang family, and also the core of the clan's protective formation."

Wang Tianba said respectfully, then took out a token and infused it with spiritual power.

"Om..."

The ancestral hall doors slowly opened, and a sense of vicissitude and antiquity wafted out.

"There's definitely something strange about this."

Li Yunjing's gaze narrowed slightly as he subtly scanned the entire ancestral hall with his divine sense, thinking to himself, "The Wang family still has some foundation."

He remained outwardly calm and stepped into the ancestral hall with his hands behind his back.

Zhao Qi and Su Muqing followed closely behind, cautiously observing their surroundings.

The interior of the ancestral hall was much larger than I had imagined. The four walls were covered with intricate array patterns, and the floor had a huge Bagua (Eight Trigrams) pattern. In the center, a broken array plate floated, emitting a faint spiritual light.

At the deepest part are the ancestral tablets of the Wang family.

"This is the core of the formation?"

Li Yunjing raised an eyebrow and asked.

"Exactly."

Wang Tianba nodded, "This array plate was left by our ancestors, but unfortunately it is old and damaged, which has greatly reduced the power of the array."

"Not bad!"

Li Yunjing stepped forward slowly, carefully examined the array plate, and nodded slightly.

After carefully inspecting the formation, Li Yunjing suddenly turned around, looking at Wang Tianba with a half-smile, "Repairing this formation will take a month, and no one is allowed to disturb it during this time, otherwise..."

"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Li!"

Wang Tianba quickly assured him, "No one will come near the ancestral hall for the next month!"

"very good."

Li Yunjing nodded, "Then take out the materials you prepared, and I'll begin!"

"it is good!"

Wang Tianba nodded, turned to the elder behind him, and ordered, "Someone! Take out all the prepared materials and put them on the ground."

"Yes! Ancestor!"

Several elders pretended to take out the items they had prepared beforehand from their "storage rings."

Li Yunjing stood at the center of the formation, and soon his surroundings were filled with all sorts of rare materials.

"Fellow Daoist Li, is there anything else you need me to do?"

Wang Tianba asked respectfully.

"Fellow Daoist Wang and everyone else, you only need to observe from the sidelines."

Li Yunjing smiled faintly, "By the way, have everyone below the Golden Core realm retreat a hundred feet outside the ancestral hall to avoid interfering with the formation."

"it is good!"

A strange light flashed in Wang Tianba's eyes, but he still did as he was told.

As Li Yunjing cast his spell, array patterns were driven into the ground, causing the entire Wang family ancestral land to tremble.

Li Yunjing's sleeves fluttered as he precisely inserted seventy-two array flags into the outer edge of the Bagua array diagram.

He gathered spiritual light at his fingertips and outlined intricate array patterns in the void, each stroke causing ripples of spiritual light to spread across the blue bricks on the ground.

"The earth's veins have shifted by three and a half inches."

Li Yunjing suddenly stopped and turned to Wang Tianba, saying, "We need three hundred catties of 'Mysterious Heavy Soil' to re-solidify the array base."

The elders of the Wang family quickly presented the sacred soil that had been prepared beforehand.

Li Yunjing unleashed a burst of alchemical fire from his palm, and the "Mysterious Heavy Earth" transformed into flowing liquid gold in the flames, slowly trickling along the grooves of the array.

This process lasted for a full seven days.

Seven days later, Li Yunjing breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Fellow Daoist Li, why don't you take a rest?"

Seeing how serious Li Yunjing was, Wang Tianba felt a little embarrassed and quickly ordered people to prepare spiritual tea and pills to replenish Li Yunjing's energy and strength.

"Okay! Let's rest for an hour."

Li Yunjing waved his hand, signaling them all to leave, then sat down on the ground and closed his eyes to rest.

Seeing this, Wang Tianba felt it wasn't good for everyone to go out, but then he thought that since the gate wasn't closed, they could still see Li Yunjing just by standing at the door.

Li Yunjing's attempts to do anything would not escape their notice.

Only then did he lead the elders of the Wang family out of the ancestral hall, stand outside the gate, and look inside.

Zhao Qi and Su Muqing subconsciously looked at Li Yunjing, wanting to say something, but Li Yunjing blocked them with his gaze, preventing them from speaking.

"Om..."

Suddenly, the "Ten Thousand Mile Communication Talisman" on Li Yunjing's waist vibrated slightly.

Li Yunjing used his back to block the view of the people outside the door and replied to a message without making a sound.

The "Ten Thousand Mile Communication Talisman" vibrated twice more. Li Yunjing replied to the message before putting it away.

This scene was naturally seen clearly by Zhao Qi and Su Muqing.

Although the two women were curious, they knew they couldn't expose Li Yunjing's secret, so their expressions remained the same as usual, without any sign of anything amiss.

An hour later, Li Yunjing stood up and lazily stretched.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Almost instantly, Wang Tianba led the elders of the Wang family into the room.

"Fellow Daoist Li, have you rested well?"

Wang Tianba asked with a smile.

His eyes kept scanning, trying to see if Li Yunjing had done anything wrong.

"You've had enough rest!"

Li Yunjing smiled and said meaningfully, "If you take someone's money, you have to do their job. I've taken the money, so naturally I can't not do the work!"

"Fellow Daoist Li is joking."

Wang Tianba smiled awkwardly and then stopped asking questions.

"Alright! Let's begin the next step! The array patterns and restrictions you created before also had problems!"

Li Yunjing's expression turned serious, and he said in a deep voice, "The following matter is of great importance, so please do not disturb me!"

"it is good!"

Wang Tianba, equally solemn, responded in a deep voice.

The others nodded in agreement and wisely stood near the door, not daring to displease this master of array formations.

"untie!"

Li Yunjing gave a low shout and repeatedly made hand seals, his fingertips constantly casting spells that landed on the four walls of the ancestral hall.

"Crackling..."

The ancient array patterns began to peel off on their own.

After these restrictions and array patterns disappeared, Li Yunjing summoned the "Nine-Aperture Exquisite Stone," and nine beams of spiritual light roamed the wall like dragons.

At each location, Li Yunjing used the "Nine-Aperture Exquisite Stone" to carve new silver patterns on the stone wall. These were the array patterns that Li Yunjing repaired for the Wang Family's grand array.

The power within slowly gathered, subtly resonating with the central array plate.

"What method is this?"

Wang Tianba's eyes widened.

He had never seen those patterns before, yet they exuded a chilling aura that greatly shocked him!

That's when I truly witnessed the terrifying power of a Grandmaster of Array Formation.

Such skill is something he couldn't possibly have acquired.

Everyone has their own area of ​​expertise; you can't argue with that!

"What a pity! No matter how capable you are, it's useless!"

Wang Tianba watched everything with a smile, secretly cursing in his heart: "Greedy beast, once you repair the formation, it will be your death day."

After the surrounding walls were re-engraved with array patterns, Li Yunjing even went outside the ancestral hall, leaving no stone unturned in exploring the dozens of acres of courtyard, including the flowers, plants, walls, and rocks.

It took a full half month to clearly depict the restrictions and array patterns.

After Li Yunjing returned to the ancestral hall, he began to work on the array plate in the center of the formation.

The ancient array plate floated in mid-air, completely enveloped by Li Yunjing's "Nine Yang Fire".

This array plate also needs to be refined again, as it is closely related to the array patterns of the Wang family.

As for "Samadhi Fire"?
This flame is too powerful; it's not the kind of flame you'd use for delicate work.
The "Nine Yang Fire" is gentler and more suitable for use at this time.

Within Li Yunjing's incantation, tiny runes were filled into the missing parts by him using the "Jade Flower Heavenly Brush." ​​The gaps on the array plate were being filled at a visible speed, and patterns of the sun, moon, and stars appeared on the surface of the array plate.

Zhao Qi noticed that every time Li Yunjing infused the magic incantation, he would secretly leave a barely perceptible lightning mark on the back of the array plate.

The lightning pattern was so small that it was invisible to the naked eye!
That gaze is the eyesight of a cultivator!

Zhao Qi knew that this was a backup plan left by her husband!

"Boom!"

The entire ancestral hall suddenly shook violently, and all the array patterns lit up at the same time.

Li Yunjing bit his fingertip, and a drop of his blood fell onto the "Nine-Aperture Exquisite Stone".

In an instant, nine-colored rays of light burst forth from the nine orifices, pouring into the array plate like a waterfall.

"not enough."

Li Yunjing suddenly shouted, "Give me three drops of your Wang family's direct lineage's essence blood!"

After hesitating for a moment, Wang Tianba still cut his palm.

As the blood mingled with the array plate, a vast star map was suddenly projected onto the roof of the ancestral hall, perfectly corresponding to the Bagua array on the ground.

"rise!"

With a clear shout from Li Yunjing, a pale golden light enveloped the entire ancestral land of the Wang family.

He cast thirty-six spells in succession, and the phantom images of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise appeared one after another on the light shield.

"The four symbols guard the city, and all directions pay homage."

Li Yunjing nodded in satisfaction, then suddenly turned to Wang Tianba: "Now, it's time to test the defensive power."

Without waiting for a response, he suddenly slapped the light shield with his palm.

A full-force attack comparable to that of a Nascent Soul cultivator only caused a slight ripple in the light barrier!
"Great!"

Wang Tianba was startled; he almost thought Li Yunjing was about to attack him!
Seeing Li Yunjing demonstrating the power of the array, he was finally completely relieved.

Wang Tianba was very satisfied with the defensive power that could truly withstand an attack from a Nascent Soul Realm expert.

At dawn, Li Yunjing slowly pressed the "Nine-Aperture Exquisite Stone" into the center of the array plate.

In an instant, all the array patterns wriggled and rearranged as if they were alive, and a three-dimensional phantom of mountains and rivers appeared on the floor of the ancestral hall.

"Use your home as a battle formation, and use the formation to protect your home."

Li Yunjing stood with his hands behind his back, "This formation is complete and can withstand a month's strong attack from a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator."

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Li!"

Just as Wang Tianba was all smiles and about to bow and express his gratitude...

"boom!!!"

A deafening roar suddenly came from outside, and the entire Wang family ancestral land shook violently, with tiles falling from the roof of the ancestral hall.

"what happened?!"

Wang Tianba's expression changed drastically.

Li Yunjing frowned and raised his hand to cast a spell.

The illusory images of mountains and rivers on the ground of the ancestral hall immediately revealed the outside world.

Above the Wang family's residence, dozens of figures stood in mid-air, the leader making hand seals to draw upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, preparing for the next wave of attack.

"The Sun family patriarch?! The Qian family patriarch?!"

Wang Tianba was utterly horrified. "How could they..."

Before the words were finished, another earth-shattering explosion rang out.

The protective array's light barrier trembled violently, but remained as stable as ever.

"Wang Tianba!"

A fierce shout came from outside, "Hand over Master Li immediately, or today will be the day your Wang family is wiped out!"

Wang Tianba's face turned ashen. He turned to look at Li Yunjing, his eyes filled with astonishment and doubt: "Fellow Daoist Li, this..."

"interesting."

Li Yunjing suddenly laughed: "Fellow Daoist Wang, it seems your ally is not very reliable."

"I"

Wang Tianba's forehead was covered in cold sweat.

He did contact the Sun and Qian families secretly, but things shouldn't have turned out this way!
Didn't everyone agree to ambush Li Yunjing on the way?

What are the Sun and Qian families doing now?
Why attack an ally of many years?

Are they crazy?

"boom!"

The third wave of attacks followed immediately, and this time the shield trembled considerably more violently.

"Fellow Daoist Li!"

Wang Tianba asked anxiously, "What exactly did you do to attract attacks from both sides?"

"Fellow Daoist Wang, if you don't want others to know, then don't do it in the first place!"

Li Yunjing calmly walked to the array plate and said meaningfully, "Your conspiracy has been discovered by the Sun and Qian families! These two families are extremely resentful of your despicable behavior. They couldn't bear to see me harmed by the Wang family, so they offered to help me. You didn't know that, did you?"

"what!"

Wang Tianba's expression shifted rapidly, then he roared, "These damned opportunists! Since you know everything, it seems this can't be resolved peacefully! Kill them!"

"Boom!"

Just as Wang Tianba attacked Li Yunjing, another loud bang was heard outside, and cracks began to appear in the beams and pillars of the ancestral hall.

"You want to get back at me?"

Li Yunjing dodged the opponent's lunge, sneered, and slammed his hands into the array plate.

In an instant, the entire protective array shone brightly, and as the array patterns flowed, nine golden dragons actually condensed in the sky!
"Nine Dragons Burning Heaven Formation, activate!"

With Li Yunjing's command, nine golden dragons roared and charged out of the formation, heading straight for the Wang family!

"what……"

In an instant, screams of agony echoed through the sky.

The head of the Wang family was the first to be hit, and a golden dragon pierced through his chest, instantly turning him into a fireball and falling to the ground.

Many of the Wang family's descendants were caught off guard and annihilated by the sudden attack, not understanding what was happening.

"This is not the protective formation of my Wang family!"

Wang Tianba stared in disbelief: "Damn it! What did you do?!"

"of course not."

Li Yunjing chuckled, "This is my improved 'Nine Dragons Burning Heaven Formation,' how powerful is it?"

"Beast!"

Wang Tianba's expression changed drastically. "You tricked me right under my nose, and I didn't even notice."

"You think you can outsmart a Grandmaster of Array Formation?"

Li Yunjing stood with his hands behind his back. "From the moment you asked me to repair the great formation, this world has been under my control. The Wang family's days are numbered."

"you!"

Wang Tianba tried to resist, but found that he couldn't even move his fingers.

"Stop struggling!"

Li Yunjing said calmly, "I'm only temporarily borrowing the spiritual power of the Wang family's spiritual vein. Once I've dealt with you, everything will be over."

"Beast!"

Wang Tianba was furious and struggled to make a move, but it seemed that even the air in the world was against him, making it difficult for him to move.

"Refine the entire ancestral land of the Wang family!"

Li Yunjing laughed loudly, his figure suddenly growing taller. "Old Ancestor Wang, blame yourself for harboring malicious intentions. If you were truly sincere to me, why would I have acted like a villain and schemed against you?"

It turns out that when the Wang family sought help from the Qian and Sun families, the two families' patriarchs discussed the matter and decided that winning over a master of array formations was more important than their friendship with the Wang family.

Moreover, if the Wang family is destroyed, the two major families can divide up the Wang family's assets.

After careful consideration, the price-performance ratio was extremely high, so selling it was a natural progression.

With the information relayed by the two major families, Li Yunjing naturally learned the truth.

He was already wary of the Wang family, but now that he saw that the Sun and Qian families seemed to be a good match, he immediately agreed to the deal with them.

Li Yunjing proposed that the Wang family be divided among three families, and afterwards he gifted two of the families a top-tier third-order array plate to each of them.

This greatly pleased the Sun and Qian families.

This is also why the two major families led their armies to invade the Wang family from the outside!
(End of this chapter)