destiny eternal calamity

Chapter 189 Sabotage

The next morning, Li Wei stepped out of the courtyard and heard people discussing the loud noise from the previous night.

He walked towards the main thoroughfares within Pingyang City and indeed saw soldiers being sent to reinforce the eastern part of the city.

"Zhu Yuan has already investigated that area and found no trace of Qi Hongjun. If Qi Hongjun is indeed imprisoned, he is definitely not in the East City, or even within the city itself."

"These soldiers were sent out to prevent anyone from discovering the formation below."

Li Wei knew that Youchao could not possibly win the hearts of all officials and nobles, so he still had to guard against these people discovering his secret.

As for those who surrendered to the new emperor, including He Zhong, although they knew that the Youchao clan was building a formation, they probably didn't know the specific effects of the formation.

Perhaps the Chao Clan gave it the title of some kind of Celestial Realm Defense Array, so naturally they wouldn't dare to question the Human Emperor.

After observing for a while, Li Wei went to the west of the city to survey the terrain and defenses.

Even though he was disguised last night, he wore a mask, so the generic face he created wasn't exposed, and he was still inconspicuous on the street.

"Zhu Yuan is too anxious. There really is still a construction site in Xicheng."

Li Wei looked at the area hidden by the scaffolding from afar, a slight smile playing on his lips.

In the past, with such a developed industrial civilization, it took years to build a subway.

Although this world has extraordinary martial arts, and any martial artist above the Meridian Opening stage can be used as an excavator, the number of martial artists is ultimately limited, and the construction and repair of those minor details still have to be done by ordinary people.

The underground formation was constructed very quickly, but ultimately it still couldn't defy the heavens.

Li Wei glanced at the locations of the two construction sites in the west of the city, and after inquiring about the start dates from the original inhabitants, he learned that the construction had begun seven months ago in the east of the city, and was now more than 90% complete.

It's estimated that it will be completed in less than a month.

"The timing was just right; we almost made it late."

Li Wei knew that this was probably also the "luck of the human race" at work, because Ji Yuanhong's conspiracy had also failed at the last step.

"No wonder Zhong Kui Yaohua is so afraid of fate. If she encountered such inexplicable defeats every time she fought against the Immortal Emperor in the Immortal Realm, it would be very reasonable for her to be disheartened."

"However, this time destiny is on my side."

Li Wei never shied away from admitting that he won by relying on destiny, after all, it was what he deserved. He knew that destiny chose him because the heavens wanted to enslave him, a person of great fortune.

Whether he can break free from the shackles of fate depends on how smart he is.

The previous chosen one, the Immortal Emperor, is now a heartless representative of the Heavenly Dao.

Li Wei waited in the rented courtyard until nightfall.

He didn't waste any time, and kept discussing martial arts with Xie Youshan.

Yeah, the serious kind.

Although he mainly relied on the system for cultivation, ever since the system unlocked the comprehensive deduction function, he knew that in order to make good use of the system, he also needed to have some knowledge himself.

Learning from seniors on the path of cultivation like Shang Xueyan, Zhong Kuiyaohua, and Xie Youshan will definitely help you avoid detours and improve your understanding of martial arts.

Therefore, whenever he had the chance, he would ask these people for advice on martial arts.

As for the third Qingwan and other celestial maidens, they were even more ruthless than him, and had no reference value or learning significance whatsoever.

There's another senior, Yaoyue. Well, when we're together, dual cultivation is the fastest way to improve our martial arts skills.

At the exact hour of Hai (9-11 PM), Li Wei used his Hundred Faces and Thousand Forms techniques and Shadowless Formlessness to leave the courtyard and drift towards the west of the city.

In later times, there would definitely be a warning formation in the capital, and he would never dare to fly directly through the air.

However, in this ancient era, the human race had not mastered these ingenious skills, and the city's defenses were riddled with loopholes.

Li Wei circulated the Invisible Formless Technique, and with the Qi provided by Xie Youshan, he might not be detected even if he stood in front of a Supreme Cultivator, thus ensuring a smooth and unobstructed journey.

After arriving at the construction site he had confirmed during the day, he slowly landed, keeping both feet off the ground to avoid giving away any clues.

In later generations, his concealment effect was limited by the supply of lip gas, but now the supply of lip gas is unlimited.

This complete invisibility made him feel like he was playing one of those mindless assassination games from his past life.

No, it's much simpler.

In those games, you also have to be careful not to walk directly in front of the enemy, and as long as he doesn't get too close, he won't be discovered.

It felt just as amazing as having activated the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow skill.

With this incredible invisibility effect, Li Wei easily made his way into the interior of the fortifications.

He carefully avoided the workers and slipped into a shed where runes were being inscribed.

Because the nodes of such a large array require the use of the primordial energy of heaven and earth, those responsible for inscribing the runes are all cultivators above the Dharma Aspect level.

Those Dharma Aspect cultivators are, after all, high-level cultivators, and their speed in inscribing runes is far faster than the construction speed, so naturally they can't work night shifts.

Therefore, the shed was empty at the moment, with only a Spirit Bridge cultivator guarding the outside, mainly to prevent workers from accidentally entering and damaging the runes.

With a thought, Xie Youshan plunged the Spirit Bridge cultivator into an illusion, and then used the power of heaven and earth to seal off the shed.

As Li Wei walked into the shed, he was thinking to himself that a thousand years ago, the human race did not have so many Dharma Aspect cultivators at their disposal. Moreover, at that time, Dharma Aspect cultivators were the pride of heaven and extremely arrogant, and they would not be at the mercy of others.

Therefore, Ji Yuanhong may have been able to complete the entire formation on his own.

No wonder it took him over a hundred years to finish.

Moreover, it was ruined by himself and Zhong Kuiying at the last moment, which was simply terrible.

After silently criticizing his former friend and enemy Ji Yuanhong, Li Wei began to carefully examine the runes in the shed.

It does resemble what he saw a thousand years ago, but seems more complex.

He didn't understand formations either, and for a moment he didn't know how to deal with this large formation.

"I previously studied sacrificial formations in order to sacrifice my fortune to break through to the Immortal Venerable realm. These runes do have something in common with the formation that the Queen Mother of the West gave me."

Upon hearing Xie Youshan's words, Li Wei suddenly understood.

Xie Youshan is a true Immortal Venerable. Any cultivator who can reach this level is exceptionally talented and will not have any obvious weaknesses.

Don't let Xie Youshan's seemingly useless and adorable appearance fool you; others have to respectfully call her Her Majesty.

She was naturally very proficient in the study of formations; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to control the grand formation in the building, let alone set up the formation and sacrifice the entire clan's fortune to help herself seize the power of the dream.

"Shanshan, could you find a way to modify these drawn runes so that no one can detect any flaws, but it will fail during the final execution?"

"I'll give it a try."

Xie Youshan emerged from Li Wei's sleeve, examined a base stone inscribed with runes for a moment, pondered briefly, and then swung her dragon claw.

Then Li Wei saw a beam of colorful light fly out from between Xie Youshan's fingers and enter the foundation stone.