Longevity: From Being Pushed By The Witch

Qin Fang looked at the increasing confusion on Ji Boying's face, and a slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He even wanted to say, "Little friend, do you have many question marks?"

"Talk as we walk."

Qin Fang chuckled lightly, then gave the order for the main force to continue advancing forward.

With his hands behind his back, he leisurely floated in the air, allowing the gentle breeze to tousle his hair.

"The fundamental reason for setting up this trap is because we will soon encounter the elite forces of the Qinghua Divine Sect, which is their reinforcement!"

"According to the original plan, it will take Heavenly Demon Hall five days to reach the Qiankun Pass, while the Qinghua Divine Sect's reinforcement can arrive as early as tomorrow."

"After the reinforcements gather, the Qinghua Divine Sect will undoubtedly launch a full-scale attack on Yuyang City. At that time, we won't have the support of Heavenly Demon Hall, while the Qinghua Divine Sect will have reinforcements. We will definitely be defeated."

"Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, Chen Lao decided to split our forces and resist the Qinghua Divine Sect's reinforcements!"

Ning Nanjia furrowed her eyebrows slightly, somewhat puzzled, and asked, "But our current strength is at most on par with the Qinghua Divine Sect outside the Qiankun Pass, or even inferior to them below the Soul Formation stage. If we split our forces, wouldn't it..."

She didn't have the courage to finish her sentence.

After all, she was a core member of the commercial guild, and it was inappropriate to say something that would undermine others' morale.

In addition...

Saying such things at this time would likely disturb the morale of the troops.

"It's inevitable that we won't win."

The leader sighed lightly, sounding somewhat helpless.

"But if we just sit and wait for death, our entire army will be wiped out."

"So from the beginning, Chen Lao didn't plan to defend Yuyang City. If we can't win, we'll just run."

"As long as we can delay time until Heavenly Demon Hall arrives at the Qiankun Pass, we can turn the tables!"

"How will the Qinghua Divine Sect's reinforcements, who have Return to Void cultivators, be dealt with?"

Ji Boying's tone remained serious.

"We don't have any Return to Void experts among us."

"Since Chen Lao anticipated that there would be Return to Void experts supporting the enemy, he naturally has countermeasures in place. We just need to follow the plan step by step."

Seeing that the boss didn't intend to explain further, Ji Boying didn't ask any more questions.

"I hope everything goes according to the planned strategy!"

He said so, but Ji Boying still felt somewhat nervous in his heart.

He really couldn't imagine how they would face a Return to Void expert in their current state.

After all, they had already experienced the fear of being dominated by a Return to Void expert through the laws of space.

That feeling of powerlessness truly made people despair.

Ji Boying's current cultivation strength was already invincible among those below the Soul Formation stage, and even if he were to face a Sword Sovereign, he would have the confidence to win.

But even so, when facing a Return to Void powerhouse, he would still be instantly killed.

The difference between Return to Void and Soul Formation seemed like a huge gap, like an insurmountable chasm!

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Like this...

After about fifteen minutes or so.

Ji Boying and the others finally arrived at the Fallen God Valley!

Although they had already seen the magnificent and shocking Fallen God Valley on the topographic map, experiencing it firsthand brought the visual impact to the extreme!

The valley stretched from east to west, extending for eighty thousand miles, almost spanning nearly half of the southern region of the Arctic Cold Continent. Depending on the terrain and environment of the valley, it was divided into the Eastern Rift and the Western Rift.

On both sides of the Eastern Rift Valley, the peaks are covered with ice and snow all year round, and the depths of the canyon are unfathomable. Apart from the Ice Origin, Snow Origin, Yin Origin, Sha Origin, and Water Origin, there is nothing else in the spiritual elements of the valley!

You should know that in a normal environment, there are the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, as well as the seven elements of earth, wind, water, fire, rain, thunder, and lightning, and the yin and yang, heaven and earth... everything should be present.

But in the Eastern Rift Valley, there are only five spiritual elements: ice, snow, yin, sha, and water. And in most places, the concentration of these spiritual elements has reached an alarming level.

Even cultivators with corresponding spiritual roots, if they enter without reaching the Return to Void stage, they will be in danger of being eroded. They may suffer minor damage to their foundations, or even die on the spot.

Of course, this environment does not cover the entire Eastern Rift Valley. At least, there are more than ten known safe places.

However, none of them are on the side of Qiankun Pass.

As for the Western Rift Valley... in terms of spiritual elements, it is not as harsh as the Eastern Rift Valley.

However...

According to the geomantic information, the entire Western Rift Valley is shrouded in a strange miasma and a special pressure.

The miasma is not too difficult to deal with. As long as one's cultivation reaches the Soul Formation stage, it can be easily resisted. Although this miasma can corrode the physical body and vitality, its effect is limited, especially for cultivators in the Soul Formation stage, the impact can be almost negligible.

But the pressure is extremely special.

As long as one's cultivation reaches the Nascent Soul stage or above, under this pressure, no matter how high their realm is, they will be suppressed to the Nascent Soul stage. Even the experts in the Return to Void stage are the same.

In addition, after being enveloped by this pressure, cultivators lose the ability to use the Imperial Sky Riding Art and can only travel on foot.

Similar to the Eastern Rift Valley, this environment does not cover the entire Western Rift Valley either. It only covers the majority of the area, leaving some places where people can pass through smoothly.

Of course, these places are also not on the side of Qiankun Pass.

In the entire Qiankun Pass territory, if you want to pass through the Fallen God Valley, there is only the junction of the Eastern and Western Rift Valleys. Only here is not affected by the different environments of the two rift valleys.

And the location where Ji Boying is now is the junction of the Eastern and Western Rift Valleys, which is also the route that the reinforcements of the Qinghua Divine Sect must take next!

After the main force arrives at the Fallen God Valley, Qin will arrange the formation masters of the Qishan Hall to divide the people into five and form the Five Elements Trapping Immortal Formation.

As for the person in charge of the main formation, it will naturally be Qin himself.

The Five Elements Trapping Immortal Formation is a six-star top-grade formation that combines defense and trapping. According to the requirements, in addition to the person in charge of the main formation, the five formation eyes also need five experts in the Return to Void stage and 125 experts in the Soul Formation stage to sit in.

However...

The conditions of the Shang Family are currently insufficient. They don't have any experts in the Return to Void stage, and there are only about forty experts in the Soul Formation stage.

Fortunately, the formation masters of the Qishan Hall are solid in theory and skilled in technique. The five-star formation kings of the Qishan Hall are not inferior to the six-star formation kings outside.

Therefore, the five formation eyes are each guarded by a five-star formation king. As for the Soul Formation experts who were originally supposed to hold the formation flags, they can also be replaced by a four-star formation master leading a group of Nascent Soul cultivators.

Although this formation is not as good as the standard version of the Five Elements Trapping Immortal Formation, it is more than enough to trap the three thousand elites of the Qinghua Divine Sect.

As for the remaining ten thousand families and sects that make up the army, they are not worth worrying about.

In addition, the formation masters of the Qishan Hall have also organized a team specifically for mobile support and backup formation. It is composed of Ji Boying, Ning Nanjia, and other outstanding talents from the Huiyue Ranking.

In this way, even if one of the formation eyes is targeted by the enemy, they can be supported and the formation loss can be compensated in time.

Seeing that everyone has gathered at the formation eyes under the arrangement of the formation masters, Ji Boying couldn't help but look at Qin, his elder brother.

"So, this is the countermeasure left by Senior Chen?"

"But... this formation configuration is almost two levels lower than the standard requirement. At the current level, it is at most a six-star lower-grade formation."

"It might be difficult to delay the Qinghua Divine Sect for more than five days."

"But speaking of which, why haven't I seen Elder Liyuan and Elder Liyi? Weren't they supposed to form a formation too?"

While thinking...

Dozens of illusory figures emerged from the nearby void.

They were the guards of the Xuan Yin Hall.

The leader, a middle-aged man in a black robe, took a step forward and bowed to Qin.

"The Qinghua Divine Sect is less than a hundred miles away from the northern mountain of the Fallen God Valley! It is estimated that they will arrive within the next quarter of an hour!"