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During this period, apart from his cultivation level, Fang Chen's greatest progress was in his Ten Directions Heaven Formation.

Fang Chen has now mastered all the basic formations to the Great Perfection level, so he can create and dismantle formations with a single thought. The Ten Directions Heaven Formation, which is formed by combining these basic formations, has also made rapid progress.

Otherwise, the azure dragon formed from this formation wouldn't have been able to withstand it so easily.

This azure dragon has been bombarding us for three days.

By today, Fang Chen has figured out all the changes to this great formation.

"break!"

Fang Chen shouted loudly.

Then, another attack struck. This time, the azure dragon did not wriggle back, but turned into ashes right in front of Fang Chen's arm.

The dragon's shadow shatters! The formation dissipates!

"How is this possible? This is a grand formation meticulously sought by my Wen family patriarch, protecting our family for four hundred years. How could it be broken today? Or was it directly dismantled by someone?"

Within the formation, a series of mournful cries rang out.

All of these were voices of disbelief.

However, the truth was right before their eyes: the formation slowly dissipated, and the Wen family members inside were revealed one after another, looking as if they had lost their parents.

Seeing that the other party did not resist, Fang Chen did not launch a major attack.

"My Wen family is willing to surrender!"

Surrender was not unexpected; many families did the same after their formations were breached. What surprised Fang Chen was that the person who spoke was a cultivator in the mid-stage of Qi Refining, with white hair and beard, and looked quite old.

Beside him stood two middle-aged cultivators at the late stage of Qi Refining, but they did not have any objection to his words.

"Can you make such a decision?" Fang Chen asked.

"I am a mid-level array master and the head of the Wen family, so of course I can make the decision," the old man explained when he heard Fang Chen's question.

Intermediate-level array master?

Interesting. It seems like they're negotiating, which means this family has a lineage of array formations.

Fang Chen was overjoyed.

"Alright, what are your conditions?" Fang Chen asked, but he heard the other party's voice transmission.

"Fellow Daoist, was the method you used to break the formation the Ten Directions Heaven Formation?" the old man asked anxiously.

"Oh?" Fang Chen narrowed his eyes, and after a moment of silence, he transmitted his voice, "Exactly."

"That's wonderful! This Ten Directions Heaven Formation was created by Ancestor Qingzhen?"

"Ancestor Qingzhen? Could you be descendants of Master Qingzhenzi?"

Fang Chen thought it was ridiculous, but it didn't matter. Qing Zhenzi was a master in the Tianbi Sect. If the other party was really a descendant of Qing Zhenzi, but was actually under the Tianyou Sect, then he would arrest him first and let the sect decide how to deal with him.

"It's not entirely true. Qingzhenzi's surname is Wen, but unfortunately, my ancestor expelled him from the Wen family..."

After listening to the family's unpleasant affairs, including the suppression of some collateral branch disciples, I realized that the family was in trouble again.

Fang Chen sneered, "So that's how it is. You expelled a genius in formations. Your ancestors did a good job back then."

Having received the master's teachings, Fang Chen naturally wanted to help the master vent his anger when trouble arose.

The old man said awkwardly, "Back then, my Wen family was also a famous array master in the Tianyou Sect. My ancestor's array skills were no less than those of the Azure Array Ancestor..."

"Then how come you've become a small clan now?" Fang Chen interrupted the old man.

"Firstly, formations rarely produce talented individuals, and secondly, our ancestors made too many enemies, leading to powerful cultivators within the Tianyou Sect ostracizing us."

"They didn't even take you with them when they retreated? After all, you're a family of array masters," Fang Chen wondered.

Even if the higher-ups of the Tianyou Sect are incompetent, a family specializing in formations cannot simply give up.

"They haven't abandoned us, but we ourselves are unwilling to go. What would be the point of going to the Heavenly Nether Sect? We'd still be slowly devoured. Rather than that, we might as well stay here and take a gamble."

To be honest, if it weren't for your presence today,

Even a disciple of a sect might not be able to break through such a large formation as ours if they were a cultivator at the late stage of Qi Refining.

The old man said proudly.

That's true; Fang Chen's existence is indeed somewhat special.

"So what were you originally planning to do?" Fang Chen asked.

"Originally, our clan had planned to have the younger members of the clan flee with their inheritance, hiding their identities, and then carry on the Wen family's heritage when a descendant with a talent for array formations was discovered one day. Unfortunately, this approach was extremely risky."

Fang Chen nodded upon hearing this, after all, his master was just like that.

He possessed the family's inherited talisman-making skills, yet he died inexplicably at the hands of the high-ranking Gale Wolf King.

There are too many unexpected events in this kind of inheritance, and it is very easy for it to be directly cut off.

"So what are your plans now?"

"Of course we are willing to serve under you. If you can protect the Wen family, we are willing to surrender based on your inheritance of the Ten Directions Heaven Formation," the old man explained his purpose.

"But I'm just a mere corporal, how could I possibly let you surrender..."

Before Fang Chen could finish speaking, the old man immediately added.

"If you are willing to protect my Wen family, my Wen family is willing to hand over the inheritance of the second-tier formation."

"What did you say? Second-tier?"

Fang Chen was shocked.

What is the concept of the second tier? That is a formation used by Foundation Establishment cultivators. If it can be set up, Qi Refining cultivators can even trap or kill Foundation Establishment cultivators by utilizing the terrain and spiritual veins.

That is the ultimate challenge for array cultivators to overcome higher levels.

"Indeed, I hope you will agree. To show my sincerity, I can now offer you the high-level array formation inheritance of my Wen family."

If you can do that, I will pass on both the top-tier inheritance and the Foundation Establishment stage formation inheritance to you.

"If we cannot do that, then even if we die at your hands, my Wen family will accept the defeat and settle our score with the Azure Array Ancestor."

The old man handed over a jade slip, which Fang Chen scanned and found to be titled "Explanation of the Wen Family's Five Elements Array".

It contains not only basic formations but also a high-grade formation, making it undoubtedly a high-level formation inheritance.

This old man surnamed Wen has indeed presented Fang Chen with a major problem.

But with the second-tier inheritance already in hand, he couldn't give it up so easily.

"How about this, let me think about it first."

After saying that, he temporarily locked up all the Wen family cultivators. With the cooperation of the Wen family elder, Fang Chen easily took over the Spirit Eye Land.

That evening, Fang Chen was reporting on the battle situation. After the Military Merit Pavilion's evaluation, he could receive military merits.

This is the third large formation that Fang Chen has pacified in the past three months, and the process is extremely clear.

This time, Fang Chen not only reported on the battle situation, but also submitted a request—a request to purchase immortal slaves.

Immortal slaves, as the name suggests, are cultivators who have become slaves. The family cultivators inside the great formations that were previously conquered who did not surrender in advance were all enslaved by the Tianbi Sect and sold off to other uses outside the battlefield.

These celestial slaves can be purchased by external forces, and also by various military camps as their own people.

They also have the right of first refusal.

However, what they paid out of their contributions was not spirit stones, but military merits.

For soldiers on the battlefield, purchasing celestial slaves on the spot is an extremely uneconomical act.

Fang Chen had this idea for a long time, not for any other reason than that he was about to run out of achievement points.