Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Ten breaths later, the faint grayish-white light band completely disappeared into the dark night. The surrounding天地 spiritual energy also ceased fluctuating.

Zhang Yuanjing took out his communication jade and sent a message to Lu Tianying, but as expected, there was no response.

He lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then burrowed into the earth and headed out of the mountain.

When entering the mountain, he was concerned about potential ambushes, so he burrowed relatively deep. This time, he traveled through the earth at a depth of about twenty zhang, intentionally slowing down his speed, and cautiously expanded his divine sense above the ground, covering an area of over twenty li.

Before long, he arrived at a valley and discovered something unusual.

This place looked like a dense forest with lush grass and a gurgling stream, but there were no wild beasts to be seen, let alone any demonic beasts with some cultivation.

He went down more than thirty zhang into the earth, while his divine sense only searched within a range of three to five li. He spent almost half an hour carefully and cautiously examining the valley.

Beneath a steep cliff, he discovered traces of cultivator activity. Several shallow footprints disappeared near a half-mu square pond beside the cliff.

The mountain spring in the square pond was clear and unpolluted, without fish, shrimp, or aquatic insects. Even a single fallen leaf was absent from the surrounding ground.

Zhang Yuanjing lurked motionless below, leaving only a wisp of divine sense on the stone wall beside the square pond.

After about a quarter of an hour, that wisp of divine sense felt a slight movement. Zhang Yuanjing quickly retracted the wisp of divine sense and hid it beneath the ground.

"Splash—"

A sound of water came, then returned to silence.

After ten breaths, Zhang Yuanjing sent his divine sense out of the ground again, but there was no one to be seen. However, ripples undulated on the water surface, as if a stone had been thrown in.

He probed the surroundings with his divine sense, but did not find any trace of a cultivator. This indicated that someone had come here just now and entered another place from the square pond. This square pond was likely the entrance to a cave dwelling, and the formation was hidden in the water.

Earlier, when he was observing the formation deep in Cluster Mountain, he discovered that the formation's movements could not be seen from outside the mountain. One had to cross hundreds of peaks and enter the central area of Cluster Mountain to see it clearly.

Therefore, to prevent anyone from sneaking into the mountain and discovering the secrets of the formation, there were likely Heavenly Devil Abyss cultivators monitoring the outer ring of peaks around Cluster Mountain, to prevent pursuers from splitting into two groups and the group in the rear from discovering the secrets of the mountain.

Zhang Yuanjing was遁行ing through the earth and had submerged very deep, so the monitoring cultivator had not discovered him. Similarly, he had not discovered this person.

Since there was a formation here, he naturally couldn't act rashly. Who knew how many Core Formation cultivators were in the cave dwelling below.

Yu Tianwan had not issued any further orders. Zhang Yuanjing simply lurked in the ground, staring at this hidden cave dwelling, to see if he could find an opportunity to act.

Flowing Cloud City, City Lord's Mansion, City Lord's Hall.

Yu Tianwan hurriedly walked into the hall. Jin Tianwu, Min Tianzhuo, Gu Tianxiao, Zheng Tianyou, and You Tianwu, who had been waiting for a long time, all stood up from their seats and looked at Yu Tianwan with anticipation.

Yu Tianwan's gaze swept across the faces of the five people one by one: "The True Person said that this must be a trap, but there is no need to worry. His meaning is that we should go out in full force, sweep away the ambush in Cluster Mountain with thunderous momentum, and return to the city immediately after the fight."

The five people looked at each other. Jin Tianwu asked in confusion, "Since it is a trap, why are we launching a full-scale attack? Shouldn't we send a few people to test the waters first?"

Yu Tianwan said in a deep voice, "The trap that the True Person is talking about is not a trap for us, but a trap for him."

Jin Tianwu was even more puzzled: "If that's the case, then we shouldn't act rashly!"

Yu Tianwan said, "You don't understand what the True Person means. The True Person is saying that if he doesn't move, the trap will naturally be useless. It doesn't matter if we Core Formation cultivators go to Cluster Mountain."

Min Tianzhuo couldn't help but say, "Senior Brother Yu, without the True Person's protection, wouldn't it be too risky for us to go out in full force? The Heavenly Devil Abyss has four known Nascent Soul cultivators. Any one of them can kill us with a flip of their hand!"

Yu Tianwan said, "The Heavenly Devil Abyss injured that divine treasure last time, so their Nascent Soul cultivators definitely wouldn't dare to reveal their whereabouts to True Person Tong. The Heavenly Thunder Halberd is not to be trifled with!"

Min Tianzhuo was stunned: "Since the other party's Nascent Soul cultivators are afraid of True Person Tong, then how is the trap in Cluster Mountain a trap against True Person Tong?"

Yu Tianwan shook his head: "I don't understand this either. But the True Person didn't explain, only saying that if his whereabouts are not revealed, the other party's Nascent Soul cultivators will definitely not dare to come out, and told us to go to Cluster Mountain boldly."

Min Tianzhuo moved his lips, wanting to say something but stopped, and finally turned it into a sigh, no longer speaking.

Yu Tianwan glanced at him, his eyes containing a warning, and then looked at the other four people, asking, "Junior Brother Jin, Junior Brother Gu, Junior Brother Zheng, Junior Brother You, do you have any questions?"

Jin Tianwu, Zheng Tianyou, and You Tianwu all shook their heads in silence.

Only Gu Tianxiao asked, "Are we all going to Cluster Mountain? Are we going to let the subordinate sect cultivators guard the Flowing Cloud City formation?"

Yu Tianwan said, "A few of us, and all the Core Formation cultivators of the subordinate sects, are going to Cluster Mountain. When Yuanhui comes, let him lead a group of Foundation Establishment disciples to guard the great formation. As long as no Nascent Soul cultivator takes action, Flowing Cloud City will be as stable as Mount Tai!"

Gu Tianxiao nodded: "Zeng Yuanhui is good, he can take on this important task."

Yu Tianwan instructed: "Junior Brother Jin, Junior Brother Min, go and find the Core Formation cultivators of the subordinate sects immediately. Don't make a big commotion, summon them quietly. Junior Brother Zheng, you mobilize supplies and prepare items for the battle. Junior Brother Gu, Junior Brother You, you each lead a team of Foundation Establishment disciples to patrol the city and see if there are any suspicious people or suspicious things."

After the five people left the hall, Yu Tianwan used the art of sound transmission to summon a middle-aged Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"Subordinate Qiu Yuanfeng pays respects to the City Lord, please give your instructions!" The middle-aged Foundation Establishment cultivator bowed to Yu Tianwan in a meticulous manner, saying respectfully.

"Go and convey my order, all Foundation Establishment cultivators of my Profound Heaven Sect, regardless of the reason for being here, must remain in the city to assist with urgent matters, and are not allowed to leave! The City Lord's Mansion teleportation formation is temporarily suspended for outward teleportation!"

As Yu Tianwan was speaking, he felt a tremor coming from the side hall on the west side of the City Lord's Mansion, which was the sound of the teleportation formation being activated.

"Go and ask who just left!" Yu Tianwan's face was a little unsightly.

Qiu Yuanfeng accepted the order and left in a hurry. Before long, he returned and said to Yu Tianwan, who was standing with his hands behind his back, facing away from the hall door, "Subordinate asked, and was told that Song Yuanzhen, Junior Brother Song, wanted to return to the mountain gate for a trip, and asked the formation-guarding disciple to activate the teleportation formation separately."

Yu Tianwan frowned: "Song Yuanzhen? Didn't he just arrive a few days ago, why is he returning to Heavenly Tower Mountain, and using the teleportation formation alone?"

Qiu Yuanfeng replied: "The formation-guarding disciple asked Junior Brother Song, and Junior Brother Song only said that he had something to return to the mountain for, and was going to meet Elder Huo."

Yu Tianwan knew that Huo Tiantong and Zeng Tianshou originally had a good relationship, and Song Yuanzhen was going to see him probably to ask for some advice, so he didn't ask any more questions, and said, "Go and keep an eye on the teleportation formation yourself. From now on, not a single Foundation Establishment disciple of the sect can leave, and other subordinate sect cultivators are also suspended from using the teleportation formation."