Chapter 399: Uninvited Guest

Qianjia Town, Dongshan Village.

Not long after Mo Hua left, a group of uninvited guests arrived outside the village.

They stood on the mountain, looked at Dongshan Village from afar, then took out a golden compass, as if searching for something.

The compass needle twitched erratically, pointing vaguely.

They frowned, found nothing, and finally left quietly.

This group of cultivators came and went quickly, without disturbing the local cultivators.

The spirit farmers of Dongshan Village didn't even know that outsiders had spied on them.

They were still concerned about the spirit fields, the harvest, their livelihoods, and thinking of ways to compete with the Sun family.

Several days later, three more cultivators arrived.

A withered old man, a refined middle-aged cultivator holding a paper fan, and a clear-eyed young man in white clothes.

The withered old man took out copper coins, threw them into the air, and caught them in his palm.

Seeing the divination results of the copper coins, he murmured something to himself. After a long while, he sighed:

"It seems he was just here, but I can't calculate it clearly again..."

The middle-aged cultivator said: "The Pavilion Elder calculated that person is in this province, so finding him is just a matter of time."

The withered old man sneered: "Just a matter of time?"

The middle-aged cultivator was startled.

The old man sighed: "Great sound is inaudible, great form is without shape."

"Reaching his level, let alone being in the same province, even in the same small immortal city, if he hides his tracks, you won't be able to find him."

"Invisible means inaudible, formless means invisible, without the Dao means unknowable."

"He concealed his qi mechanism, so we have no way."

"Heavenly mechanism derivation, how is it something that cultivators like us can figure out?"

The middle-aged cultivator frowned:

"Doesn't the Pavilion Elder have the Three Talents Easy Numbers Copper Coins?"

The old man weighed the copper coins in his hand and sighed: "These Three Talents Easy Numbers Copper Coins are good, but it depends on who uses them and who they are used to calculate."

"My Dao cultivation is insufficient. It's okay to use them to calculate others, but using them to calculate that person is just showing off in front of an expert..."

The middle-aged cultivator was puzzled, "Didn't they say his sea of consciousness was shattered, his dantian completely destroyed, and his qi and blood empty? Why is it still so troublesome?"

The withered old man glanced at him, "Because he is a formation master, and a talent nearly demonic, a formation master whose formations have nearly attained the Dao."

The middle-aged cultivator's eyes showed deep wariness, and he suddenly sighed again:

"Then why did he fall to this state?"

"You don't need to worry about that, and it's best not to ask. This kind of matter is not something you and I are qualified to inquire about."

The withered old man said lightly, "We only need to do well what we are assigned from above."

The middle-aged cultivator scoffed, "If according to you, we can't calculate his whereabouts, won't we never find him in our lifetime?"

"Even a lion has times when it dozes."

"Moreover, chasing him, we are not the only group of people."

"We are fishing in troubled waters. We may not find him, but we can't let others find him."

After speaking, the old man turned back again and instructed the young man in white nearby:

"Young Master, I originally didn't want to bring you out, but your father said to let you gain experience, and you also wanted to see the world, so I reluctantly brought you."

"However, unless absolutely necessary, you absolutely must not act."

"Be cautious in your actions, even if you have the Life Destiny Longevity Talisman planted, don't be negligent."

"It's too complicated here, involving too many forces, and I may not be able to protect you..."

The withered old man said the matter very seriously.

It was so that this young master would be well-behaved, not act smart, and not do anything out of line.

Otherwise, he really might not be able to handle it.

Immediately, he regretted it in his heart.

How did I get into such a mess?

This young master is twenty-three years old, at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and is already a second-grade formation master. He can be said to have a promising future.

It's not good to treat him as a treasure, keep him at home and supply him, and let him out to gain experience?

The path of cultivation is dangerous, is it that easy to gain experience?

It's understandable for poor loose cultivators, who don't go out to travel and suffer a bit, they won't be able to eat in the future.

You are a descendant of a family clan, you don't worry about food or clothing, you don't worry about cultivation, isn't it good to stay steadily in the wealthy nest?

You have to come out and wade in these muddy waters.

And how deep this water is, he himself has no idea in his heart.

If something big really happens, the Life Destiny Longevity Talisman may not necessarily protect his life.

Thinking of this, the withered old man just wanted to slap himself.

It was also because I was cheap-mouthed.

By this child's father poured several jars of good wine, drank until I was confused, temporarily let down my guard, and just promised this matter.

When I woke up from the wine, I regretted it.

But it was too late to regret...

The young man in white was unclear, only said solemnly:

"Don't worry, junior remembers."

The withered old man looked at the young man who was like a blank sheet of paper and couldn't bear to say more, only sighed.

The gaze of the young man in white, however, revealed a trace of firmness.

He came this time, one is to gain experience and see what the cultivation world outside the family clan is like.

Another reason is to see that rumored Mr. Zhuang.

In the family, he is the recognized formation genius.

At a young age, he was already a second-grade formation master.

He was also once complacent, feeling that formations were nothing more, and that even if the world's formation masters were stronger than him, they wouldn't be much stronger.

Some high-grade formation masters were just older than him and had drawn more formations than him.

Given time, he would definitely far surpass them.

It wasn't until he unintentionally saw Mr. Zhuang's early formation manuscripts and inquired about Mr. Zhuang's deeds that he deeply felt his own insignificance and ignorance.

There is a heaven beyond the sky, and people beyond people.

In this world, there are profound formations he has never learned, and there are brilliant formation masters he has never seen.

The way of formations is vast and profound.

What he had learned before was just the tip of the iceberg.

Hidden under the iceberg is the essence of formations, and the great Dao contained in formations.

The young man in white studied formations more diligently, and now at a young age, he has become a second-grade formation master.

He is also the youngest second-grade formation master in the family's eight hundred years.

He feels some gratitude and longing towards Mr. Zhuang, and at the same time, more curiosity.

He wants to know what kind of demeanor Mr. Zhuang has.

Is he, as rumored, supremely talented, unapproachable, proudly outstanding, looking down on all beings?

He also doesn't know if he can talk with Mr. Zhuang...

The youth thought silently in his heart.

The withered old man threw the copper coins several times again.

Still couldn't calculate anything.

He only roughly knew that that person had been here.

Why he came, what he did, and when he left, there were no clues about anything.

Since there were no clues here, the three were about to leave.

Suddenly, the young man in white "eh" sounded.

The middle-aged cultivator asked upon hearing:

"What happened?"

The young man in white pointed to the distant spirit fields and said: "There are formations there."

The middle-aged cultivator frowned, "Those are spirit fields, there are naturally formations inside..."

The young man in white shook his head, "It's not the same."

The middle-aged cultivator was slightly startled, released his divine sense, and perceived for a moment, gradually frowning.

It is indeed somewhat different...

Although they are just first-grade spirit fields, why do they have such rich vitality?

This seems not something that first-grade formations can achieve...

The withered old man also discovered the anomaly, but he was not proficient in formations, so he asked:

"What did you discover?"

This young master's formations talent is outstanding, and that Mr. Zhuang is a formation master. Perhaps he really discovered some clues.

The young man in white frowned and shook his head:

"I only know that the formations inside these spirit fields are not ordinary, but specifically how they are not ordinary, I still can't see, I need to spend some time researching."

The middle-aged cultivator asked the old man: "Do we still have time?"

The old man said: "Whether we have time or not is unrelated to us. It depends on that person's mood. If he is willing to give us time, we have time. If he is not willing to give us time, then we have no time."

The old man thought for a while and said again:

"Since you want to research, then research a bit. Anyway, it doesn't matter about these few days."

The young man in white showed joy, "Many thanks, old senior."

In the following days, the three stayed in Qianjia Town.

When the young man in white was free, he also went to the spirit fields. He wanted to know what formations were painted in the spirit fields.

But several days passed, and there was still no progress.

What was painted in the fields were clearly just simple formations like the soil nurturing array, but the whole spirit fields emitted a completely different vitality.

The youth was puzzled and couldn't figure it out.

Until one day, he climbed the mountain and looked into the distance, taking the entire piece of spirit fields into view, and then he suddenly realized, suddenly understood.

This whole piece of spirit fields was originally one formation!

The young man in white told this matter to the old man and the middle-aged cultivator.

The two were also extremely surprised.

The withered old man nodded: "Yes, this kind of fantastic formation is indeed like that person's handiwork."

The middle-aged cultivator asked the youth, "Do you know what formation this is?"

The youth shook his head.

"Not first-grade formations?" The middle-aged cultivator asked.

"It is first-grade."

The middle-aged cultivator was somewhat surprised, "You are a second-grade formation master, still have first-grade formations you don't know?"

The youth stammered: "This should be a first-grade Absolute Array."

"Absolute Array?" The middle-aged cultivator completely didn't understand, "Even if it's an Absolute Array, isn't it still just first-grade?"

The young man in white shook his head: "It's not the same."

But he didn't specifically explain.

To cultivators who are not formation masters, explaining these obscure things about formations, no matter how, cannot be made clear.

"What do we do now?" The middle-aged cultivator asked again.

The withered old man said: "This formation can prove that person did come here. We only need to continue searching."

Immediately, he muttered in his heart again:

"Being chased by so many people, he actually still has the leisure to draw formations? High person's actions are indeed hard to fathom..."

The middle-aged cultivator was somewhat disappointed, "We searched for half a day, isn't it still like we didn't search? What can one formation explain?"

The middle-aged cultivator flicked his sleeve and then left.

The old man said to the young man in white:

"He has an impatient temperament, don't mind him. Being able to find an Absolute Array is already a great harvest, and this is very likely a formation personally set up by that person, even more extraordinary..."

"Carefully record the formation patterns, don't make mistakes, then we will leave again."

"Understood." The young man in white nodded.

After that, he spent a day recording all the formation patterns of the spirit fields, and then curious in his heart, he tried to learn a bit himself.

But he discovered after a while that he actually couldn't learn it...

"It's worthy of being Mr. Zhuang's handiwork..."

The young man in white sighed and then temporarily put this matter aside.

The next day, the three set off, left Qianjia Town, and continued searching along the direction pointed by the withered old man according to the Three Talents Easy Numbers Copper Coins.

The Three Talents Easy Numbers Copper Coins might not be accurate, but it was already their only clue.

After the three left, after a period of time, a strangely shaped person walked on the mountain road of Qianjia Town again.

He wore a bamboo hat, covering his face.

His whole body had no trace of breath.

Walking, his footprints were one deep and one shallow, like a person walking on stilts, not used to the bamboo poles under his feet.

Passers-by looked at him as if not seeing him, as if this person simply didn't exist.

This person walked along the mountain road, through Qianjia Town, through Dongshan Village, came to the front of the spirit fields, took off the bamboo hat on his head, and took off the raincoat on his body.

A Daoist's attire was revealed.

At the same time, a trace of strange breath emanated from his body.

Feeling a bit tired and wanting to be lazy and ask for leave, but seeing everyone's votes,