Xuantian Immortal Cultivation Record

Xuan Yi's method was simple: using formations to break formations. Of course, executing it was a true test of the array setter's skill, and required high-quality materials.

She carried a set of high-grade array flags, seven in total, with jade poles and purple silk flags, inscribed with layers of array patterns. It was the renowned Seven Stars Seizing Mystery Formation, specifically designed for breaking other formations.

She drew two arc-shaped lines on the bluestone on either side of the stone gate, set up array bases with mid-grade spirit stones, and inserted three array flags into each. Then, in the center of the stone gate, on a palm-sized area, she began to engrave the main array pattern, spending half an hour to carve one hundred and eight array patterns, shaped like a blooming plum blossom.

After a short rest, she took out dozens of mid-grade spirit stones and carefully built a pagoda-shaped array base on the plum blossom array pattern, then inserted the last main array flag into it.

"Mountain Lord, the Seven Stars Seizing Mystery Formation is complete. Now it's up to you to open the passage!" Xuan Yi wiped the fine beads of sweat from her forehead, took a few steps back, and said to Ling Xiao, who was beside her, "After the formation is activated, its energy will counteract the small formation in the Second Hall, preventing it from connecting on its own. You need to use powerful magic to strike half a foot above the main array flag, breaking a small crack in the Second Hall's formation. Just one breath is enough!"

Ling Xiao nodded, stepped forward, and with a flip of his right hand, summoned a black giant sword over ten feet long. This sword was named Profound Yin Unwrought Sword, a mid-grade spirit treasure, embodying the idea of "great skill appears unskillful, a heavy sword has no edge." Although made of Yin-attributed material, it specialized in heaviness, clumsiness, ferocity, and power, with broad, sweeping movements and immense strength.

He turned to signal Xuan Yi. Xuan Yi condensed a ball of spiritual energy in her hand and flicked it towards the array bases on the stone gate. The spiritual energy whooshed across the space of several feet and disappeared into the array bases. With a few "hissing" sounds, black vortexes suddenly appeared above the seven array flags, constantly drawing spiritual energy from the air. On the stone gate, half a foot above the array base, a white vortex appeared, occasionally flashing white light and striking the black vortexes, creating "crackling" sounds.

Ling Xiao changed his hand seals, and the Profound Yin Unwrought Sword shot out like an arrow, directly at the white vortex. It moved extremely fast, transforming into a huge black sword shadow as it approached the stone gate, heavily crashing into the white vortex.

With a loud "boom," the white vortex shattered, and the stone gate trembled violently. The seven array flags seized the opportunity to release powerful energy, rushing into the location of the white vortex and forming a huge black vortex.

A look of triumph appeared on Xuan Yi's face, and she pointed several times at the seven array flags. The array bases beneath the flags glowed, releasing a large amount of spiritual energy that poured into the black vortex.

The black vortex rapidly expanded, soon engulfing the entire stone gate. Then, the stone gate "hummed" and slowly opened on its own, revealing a dark passage inside.

Meanwhile, as the stone gate opened here, the mountain wall where Wu Yuankui and Zhang Yuanjing were located suddenly shone brightly. One by one, the cave dwellings opened on their own, and then a three-zhang-tall stone figure flew out from each cave dwelling.

These stone figures were all reddish-yellow, holding greatswords, axes, hammers, or golden spears, and so on. The sixty stone figures quickly assembled into teams of five, three teams per formation. One of the formations acted with swift efficiency, splitting into two teams to surround Wu Yuankui and Zhang Yuanjing respectively.

Wu Yuankui didn't dare to move rashly, because he keenly sensed that each formation of stone figures contained a Nascent Soul expert. The closest one was only twenty-odd zhang away, and he couldn't escape at all.

"Senior Brother, run quickly!" Zhang Yuanjing cried anxiously.

"Don't speak. There are Nascent Soul-level experts!" Wu Yuankui glared at him, making a gesture to calm down.

Zhang Yuanjing was shocked and didn't dare to say anything. However, at this moment, a stone figure without any weapon in its hands walked out from the formation, heading straight for Zhang Yuanjing.

Zhang Yuanjing's heart was filled with fear, and he subconsciously looked at Wu Yuankui.

Wu Yuankui shook his head and transmitted his voice, "This is a Nascent Soul-level stone figure, don't move!"

The stone figure walked up to him, stretched out its hand, and a powerful suction force enveloped him, pulling him over. The stone figure grabbed his left arm and transferred a powerful force into his meridians.

Zhang Yuanjing was afraid and struggled a bit, but the stone figure's hand was as steady as a mountain and didn't budge at all. Just as he thought this was some kind of torture the stone figure was inflicting on him, the powerful force entered the meridians through which the Thick Earth Transformation Art circulated without any hindrance, merging with the power of Thick Earth as if water and milk were mixing together. He only felt warm and comfortable all over, and the magic power in his dantian suddenly increased by a fraction.

"The cultivation methods are similar, he can be a candidate for the inheritor!"

Zhang Yuanjing was stunned. Did the stone figure speak? He looked up carefully. The stone figure didn't have a mouth at all. Its face was just a blank slate. How could it speak!

The stone figure released its large hand, threw Zhang Yuanjing aside, and then gestured to a stone figure, who then lifted Zhang Yuanjing up and placed him on its shoulder. Then, the five stone figures lined up and followed behind the Nascent Soul stone figure.

The Nascent Soul stone figure grabbed Wu Yuankui again, and similarly poured in a powerful force.

Wu Yuankui was sweating from the pain, but he didn't dare to make a sound. After two breaths, the stone figure said, "The cultivation methods are different, not an inheritor."

Then, two stone figures stepped forward, each grabbing one of Wu Yuankui's arms, and were about to escort him away.

"Senior, he is my companion, not a bad person!" Zhang Yuanjing shouted quickly.

However, the Nascent Soul stone figure turned a deaf ear.

"Senior Brother, Senior Brother, what should I do?" Zhang Yuanjing shouted at Wu Yuankui.

"Don't panic, I'm not in danger for now." Wu Yuankui was experienced and very calm. "Since it says you are a candidate for the inheritor, you will have a chance to obtain the inheritance here, and then there will definitely be a way to release me. Yuanjing, don't panic! Your cultivation method is related to the Thick Earth Sect, so you will definitely be able to turn danger into safety!"

The two stone figures were tall and long-legged, and soon disappeared with Wu Yuankui around the corner of the mountain wall.

At the same time, a formation of stone figures set off and sped towards another direction.

The remaining stone figures, including the one carrying Zhang Yuanjing, a total of forty-three, lined up on the stone platform under the cliff, and then stood still, seemingly turning into sculptures.

After half a quarter of an hour, array patterns suddenly flashed on the stone platform, and clusters of white smoke rose up, enveloping the stone figures, and then with a "bang," they disappeared.

Zhang Yuanjing only felt a darkness in front of his eyes, and when he regained his clarity, he was in an underground cave. This cave was about a hundred zhang in diameter and ten zhang high, very large. Dozens of egg-sized night-shining pearls hung above the walls of the cave, illuminating the cave with a hazy light.

The stone figure carrying Zhang Yuanjing gently patted him on the back, restraining all the meridians in his body, and then placed him on the somewhat cold soil.

The forty-three stone figures lined up and filed out from a passage on the north side of the cave. Before long, they had all disappeared, leaving only Zhang Yuanjing alone in the vast, empty cave, at a loss.

After a quarter of an hour, Zhang Yuanjing heard banging sounds above his head, interspersed with screams of pain, the sound of falling gravel, and angry roars. After about half an hour, the various sounds gradually subsided, and finally with a "clang," they returned to silence.

This deathly silence lasted for about half an hour, when suddenly, in the center of the cave, a white light flashed, and fifteen stone figures and three cultivators appeared.

Zhang Yuanjing naturally didn't recognize them, but in such a strange place, suddenly seeing three unfamiliar cultivators, he was naturally both confused and uneasy.

Wen Songnan, Wen Zaidao, and Wen Jinghe were also very surprised to see a Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivator here.

"Who are you? Why are you in my Thick Earth Sect's 'Mustard Seed Space'!" Wen Songnan asked immediately.

"Thick Earth Sect?" Zhang Yuanjing's heart sank suddenly, and he showed a nervous expression.

"You are from the Profound Heaven Sect, right?" Wen Songnan sneered, "Qi Tianxiang is really interesting, even bringing in Foundation Establishment cultivators, and they can actually survive until now!"

He stretched out his palm, raised his magic power, and slapped it towards Zhang Yuanjing's head.

With a muffled "bang," a Nascent Soul stone figure blocked the palm. Wen Songnan's magic power was slightly inferior, and he was knocked back two steps.

"Why? He is a treacherous thief coveting my Thick Earth Sect's inheritance, why keep him!" Wen Songnan asked in confusion.

The Nascent Soul stone figure had a blank face and no reaction.

Wen Songnan squinted at Zhang Yuanjing, snorted, and said nothing more. He gave Wen Zaidao and Wen Jinghe a look, and they understood and nodded lightly.

Zhang Yuanjing felt a little relieved. His meridians were sealed and he couldn't move. At this time, he could only secretly pray that the stone figure wouldn't leave.

Since the Nascent Soul stone figure was blocking in front of Zhang Yuanjing, it didn't move. It waved its hand, and ten stone figures began to move towards the north side of the cave, soon disappearing into the passage there.

After a little more than half an hour, the sound of crackling spiritual energy collisions came from above, interspersed with the cries, shouts, and screams of cultivators. This time it lasted a very short time, only a quarter of an hour, before returning to silence again.

Wen Songnan and the other two looked at the top of their heads with suspicion, sometimes lost in thought, and sometimes raising their eyes to look at Zhang Yuanjing, but they didn't speak. This place was in a large formation, and their divine senses were restricted. Even Nascent Soul True Persons found it difficult to penetrate the thick layers of earth and investigate the situation above.

In the deathly silence, another hour passed. At this time, the Nascent Soul stone figure finally moved. It stretched out its thick palm, pointed to a stone figure, and then pointed to Zhang Yuanjing. The stone figure walked up to Zhang Yuanjing, grabbed him, and carried him on its shoulder.

At the same time, the Nascent Soul stone figure gestured to the other three stone figures. The three stone figures lined up vertically and stood to the right of Wen Songnan and the other two, while the stone figure carrying Zhang Yuanjing stood to the right of the line of three stone figures. This was equivalent to using the stone figures to separate Zhang Yuanjing and Wen Songnan's parties.

Seeing that everything was ready, the Nascent Soul stone figure took big steps and walked towards the north passage. The other four stone figures followed closely behind. Wen Songnan and the others also understood the meaning of the Nascent Soul stone figure and followed honestly on the left side of the stone figure formation.

Their linear distance from Zhang Yuanjing was only a zhang and a half, but in this situation, they didn't dare to launch a sneak attack rashly.

Previously, under that magnificent stone tower, they were breaking the first layer of restrictions when they were surrounded by fifteen stone figures. After a battle, Wen Zaidao and Wen Jinghe were easily captured, and Wen Songnan resisted stubbornly.

After hearing the stone figures determine that Wen Zaidao and Wen Jinghe's cultivation methods were compatible and could be candidates for the inheritor, Wen Songnan surrendered and eventually obtained candidate status as well. Therefore, although they didn't know that the person in front of them was Zhang Yuanjing, who had studied Thick Earth Art in Jishi Mountain, they guessed that he had mostly obtained the qualification of inheritor candidate.

Of course, they wanted to kill such a strange competitor as soon as possible. However, they were afraid of offending these stone figures, being punished, and suffering losses that outweighed the gains, so they had some scruples and didn't dare to act rashly.