Chapter 38: Danger has Arrived, Activate the Sect Array

On the training grounds in the Lingyun Sect, Gu Lingfei was instructing Ye Yunfan and Shangguan Qingyun on their cultivation.

Ever since Jiang Yiming went into seclusion a few days ago, the few of them hadn’t left the mountains.

Only Huang Chaoyu had gone out early this morning because she had to go buy some things.

“Senior brother, bad news!” Gu Lingfei was guiding Shangguan Qingyun with a set of breathing exercises when he suddenly heard Huang Zhaoyu’s panicked cry.

In the next moment, Huang Zhaoyu’s figure appeared.

Her face was pale and she was out of breath. She looked very anxious.

The three of them quickly surrounded her and looked at her worriedly.

Gu Lingfei hurriedly asked, “Xiaoyu, take a rest. Did something happen?”

“Senior brother, it’s bad news!” Huang Chaoyu said anxiously after allowing her breathing to calm down a bit, “I went around after I left the mountain and heard some news. It turns out that the Huoyun Sect has announced a sect war against the Lingyun Sect a few days ago. I also heard that their supreme elder has broken through to the Incarnation Realm and that he will personally lead troops to annihilate the Lingyun Sect!”

“What?!”

Hearing this, the other three immediately turned pale with fright.

Shangguan Qingyun, who was at the side, hurriedly asked, “Eldest senior brother, why is the Huoyun Sect launching a sect war against us?”

Gu Lingfei calmed down and explained, “It’s a long story, but the main reason is that Master once killed a Nascent Soul Realm elder of the Huoyun Sect. Of course, the Huoyun Sect is probably planning to make an example out of us as a warning to the other sects.”

“You’re saying that Master once killed a Nascent Soul Realm elder?” Shangguan Qingyun was even more shocked.

With his upbringing, he had naturally seen many Nascent Soul Realm experts, and thus understood the terror of a Nascent Soul Realm expert.

The Nascent Soul Realm, as the name implied, meant that one could condense a nascent soul once one reached this realm.

As long as one’s nascent soul was not destroyed, one would not die.

Under normal circumstances, if a Nascent Soul Realm expert was forced into a desperate situation, one would most likely choose to self detonate.

Although doing so would destroy one’s physical body, it could preserve one’s nascent soul while the enormous impact of self-detonating could be said to be the strongest blow.

Even for cultivators in the same realm, if they were faced with this attack, even if they did not die, they would most likely be heavily injured.

Unless one had an absolute advantage over a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator or an unforgivable hatred towards such a cultivator, usually no one would choose to force a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator into a desperate situation.

Let alone killing a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, even if one escaped unscathed from the self-detonation of a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, it would still be very difficult to destroy the opponent’s nascent soul.

With this, Shangguan Qingyun’s understanding of Jiang Yiming’s strength was renewed.

However, the most important thing at hand was to think about how to resist the attack of the Huoyun Sect.

Shangguan Qingyun pondered for a moment before asking, “Eldest senior brother, do you know when Master will come out of seclusion?”

“The time Master has stayed in secluded cultivation has never been fixed. Even he himself can’t say for sure, let alone you and me,” Gu Lingfei shook his head and said helplessly.

Qingyun then asked Huang Chaoyu, “Senior sister, have you heard when the people from the Huoyun Sect will come?”

Huang Chaoyu quickly replied, “I heard that they have already set off. I reckon they will arrive today.”

These words gave the already heavy-hearted people another heavy blow.

Shangguan Qingyun smiled bitterly and said, “If that’s the case, I’m afraid we’re doomed today. Among the four of us, eldest senior brother is in the early-stage of the Core Formation Realm. Senior sister just broke through to the late-stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm yesterday, and second brother is in the middle-stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm. As for me, I’m only in the middle-stage of the Qi Meditation Realm, and all my meridians are broken. With just the four of us, let alone resisting an Incarnation Realm cultivator, even if the Huoyun Sect only sent one Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, it would be enough to kill us all.”

As soon as these words were said, everyone fell silent.

Although they were reluctant to admit it, they knew that Shangguan Qingyun was right.

“No, we still have a chance!” Gu Lingfei suddenly thought of something and said loudly.

Huang Chaoyu and the others raised their heads and looked at him in confusion.

“Have you forgotten what Master told us before he left last time?”

Hearing this, Ye Yunfan and Huang Chaoyu also had a flash of inspiration.

They said excitedly, “You mean, the Thousand Changing Four Symbols Array? !”

“That’s right, the Thousand Changing Four Symbols Array!”

The three of them looked at each other, and their eyes were bright.

The way they suddenly “came to life” confused Shangguan Qingyun.

He hurriedly asked, “What are you guys talking about? What is the Thousand Changing Four Symbols Array?”

“We don’t have time to explain to you now. We’d better activate the array first,” Gu Lingfei said before rushing toward the great hall.

Huang Chaoyu and the other two hurriedly followed.

…

The four of them stood on the roof of the great hall.

Gu Lingfei reached into his pocket and took out a small flag and an array disk.

“Junior brother and sister, help me set up the array!”

Huang Chaoyu and Ye Yunfan nodded solemnly.

In the next moment, the array disk in Gu Lingfei’s hand suddenly rose into the air.

Huang Chaoyu and Ye Yunfan hurriedly circulated their spiritual energy and channeled it into Gu Lingfei’s body.

Gu Lingfei held the small flag and waved it in a strange manner.

Immediately after, a streak of spiritual light suddenly burst from the small flag and poured into the array disk.

With this, the array disk emitted a dazzling ray of light that was as bright as the sun.

A shocking phenomenon suddenly appeared between Heaven and Earth.

Boundless spiritual energy gathered and then abruptly spread out.

Finally, it formed an inverted bowl shape, protecting the entire Lingyun Sect within it.

The earth shook and the movements of the mountains and rivers changed in an instant.

To the east was the Azure Dragon, to the west was the White Tiger, to the south was the Vermilion Bird, and to the north was the Black Tortoise.

The four symbols interlinked with each other, but each had its duties.

It was as if there were thousands of changes within the array that was hard to grasp.

Watching this mystical scene, even the knowledgeable Shangguan Qingyun could not help but be in awe.

Although he did not know what kind of array this was, he could feel the power within it.

At the very least, even the Shangguan Family’s protection array couldn’t compare to an array like this that could change the forces of Heaven and Earth to be used for one’s purpose.

For a moment, Shangguan Qingyun felt that his understanding of ‘common sense’ was somewhat off track.

If the Lingyun Sect had something that even the Shangguan Family did not have, then who was the higher ranking force?

After setting up the array, Gu Lingfei and the other two heaved a sigh of relief.

Their Master had once told them that this array was enough to resist the attacks of an Incarnation Realm cultivator for some time.

What they needed the most now was time, time for their Master to come out of seclusion!

However, before they could catch their breath, dozens of extremely powerful auras suddenly erupted from the horizon.

The sudden auras instantly made Gu Lingfei and the others raise their heads, their hearts trembling.

They watched as a group of people from the Huoyun Sect flew over on flying swords!