Chapter 340 - The Copper Man

“The Ling Family, I’ll let them live for another day…” Xiao Chen repeated these words monotonously as he looked at the sunset, and his eyes became colder.

In the night, the wind was cold, and the silver moon hung high up in the sky. Bai Ying sat in the Moon-watch Pavilion alone as he gazed at the moon. A few empty wine jars were placed at his feet.

“Live your life to the fullest as you can’t stop it from ending for the dead remains dead…”

Xiao Chen gently walked over. Bai Ying smiled bitterly and said, “Senior Brother had used to make me drink less. He said that a cultivator shouldn’t be reeking of alcohol. Now he has gone and finally, no one is nagging in my ear… and that wooden-head disciple of mine, every time I yelled at him, he always keeps his head down and doesn’t talk. Now, who am I going to swear at…”

Xiao Chen silently entered the pavilion and cleaned up a few empty jars at her feet. He whispered, “It’s my fault; I got us into the trouble…”

Bai Ying forced a smile. She finally turned around to look at him and said, “Have you found the person you were looking for yet?”

Xiao Chen sighed and shook his head.

“Are you going to continue your search?”

“Yes!” Xiao Chen’s eyes focused on the lonely moon in the sky and said, “To above the heavens and into the underworld, if I can’t find her in heaven, I’ll go beyond the sky and if I can’t find her beneath the earth, I’ll turn the earth over! Until I find her!”

Both of them were silent. The night wind blew gently, the leaves rustled, and it was like the sound of sorrow. After a long time, Xiao Chen sighed and said, “You go back and rest. I will lay down the defense formation on the mountain tomorrow.”

“Are you at the Nascent Soul Realm already?”

“Yep……”

The next morning, Xiao Chen came to Canglongfeng Square. Qingluan and Ziyun’er followed closely behind, and several elders were also there as well as some surviving disciples.

This time, the defensive formation that Xiao Chen was going to set up was called the Immortal Incineration Sword Formation. It was different from the formation at the back mountain that guarded the Spiritual Meridian. This formation consisted of these four formation points respectively; the immortal extermination, the immortal lancination, the immortal trap and the end of immortal. It had a formidable force. Once triggered by the intruder, the intruder would perish under the attack of hundreds of millions of Sword Qi in the formation.

After everything was ready, Xiao Chen nodded at the several elders before leaping and rushing into the clouds like a golden ray of light. Many disciples below took a deep breath as Xiao Chen stood above the clouds in rays of golden light. He was like a deity, putting the rising sun to shame. Everyone felt the powerful aura of the Nascent Soul Realm.

As Xiao Chen chanted the incantation, countless golden rays emitted off him and scattered in all corners of Lingtai Mountain. Then the four 100-feet long swords appeared out of thin air. The white sword in the east was the Immortal Extermination, the red sword in the west was the Immortal Lancination, the purple sword in the south was the Immortal Trap and the green sword in the north was the End of Immortal.

The four sword radiance fell at the same time and penetrated the four corners of Lingtai Mountain; the east, the west, the north, and the south. As the sword formation settled, the whole Lingtai Mountain shook violently. Everyone felt the huge wave of spirit energy fluctuations from the formation.

But it was not over. Xiao Chen continued to chant incantations with hand spells. The layers and layers of golden mystic arts shielded the Lingtai Mountain below, and layers and layers of it buried into the mountain. The sea of clouds in the sky rolled, emitting rays of light. This magnificent scene put everyone in awe.

Two hours had passed and it was yet to be completed. This time, Xiao Chen had to reinforce the respective formation point so that the formation would not be easily destroyed. At this moment, his face was gradually becoming pale. It was obvious that he had overspent his True Energy and was barely holding on.

Qingluan and Ziyun’er looked at each other immediately transformed into a blue and a purple light. They rushed up into the sky and each transferred a steady stream of True Energy into Xiao Chen’s body before he could speak.

Another two hours had passed, layers of golden mystic arts shielded mountain and surrounded the entire Lingtai Mountain. The three of them in the sky were majoring depleting their True Energy. Their faces were as white as paper. Qingluan said eagerly, “Lord, please stop! If you continue, you will ruin your Natal True Energy!”

The so-called Natal True Energy was different from the True Energy that was obtained through cultivation. Once it was worn out, it could not be rebuilt. Drops of perspirations fell off Xiao Chen’s like rain. He spoke in a deep low voice, “The formation is not done yet, and we’ll lose all our efforts if we stop now!” Then he mustered all the True Energy in his body. Soon, the entire Lingtai Mountain was covered by a layer of golden talisman.

The two sisters saw that he was going to expend his Natal True Energy this time. They could not care more and hastily cast an incantation. A purple and a green True Energy were soon transferred into Xiao Chen’s body. It was the Natal True Energy of the two sisters. They would rather have their cultivation at stake than having Xiao Chen injured.

Finally, at twilight, the Immortal Extermination Formation was completed. In the future, the Lingtai Mountain could be said to be impenetrable. At this moment, the True Energy of the three above was completely worn out. Xiao Chen was as white as paper, his body trembled and fell straight onto the ground.

“Lord!”

The two sisters shouted at the same time and swooped down to catch him. But they had expended most of their True Energy as well. At this moment, it was impossible to land slowly while in air. At the most, they could only be the cushion of Xiao Chen by falling onto the ground first so that he would not be injured.

The few elders below were prepared. Before the three hit the ground, they flew up and caught them.

Falling into the ground, Xiao Chen was helped by Bai Ying. He uttered out the last few words with all his remaining strength before he passed out, “I have transferred the Soul power into the formation, a formation spirit will be born within three years. It will guarantee…”

Many people in the square had yet to recover from what just happened. The First Elder sighed. “Send them back to their rooms to rest first.”

In the early morning of the next day, Xiao Chen woke up slowly. Outside the house, Qingluan and Ziyun’er immediately walked in as they heard noises in the room. “Lord!”

Xiao Chen looked at them and said, “Are you all right?”

“We’re fine. My Lord need not worry about us!”

Xiao Chen nodded. He was way too worn out yesterday. However, after a night of recovery, he was much better. After consuming the Energy Pill, he was fully recovered by noon.

In the afternoon, he visited Bai Ying and told her that he had to make a trip back to the Xiao family. Although he heard nothing from his family, he had left for so long. Since he came back this time, he had to see his father.

Xiao Wan’er stayed back to keep Bai Ying accompanied. Xiao Han had to deal with some follow-up matters, so the two did not go back with him, and Shangguan Yan went home half a month ago, presumably still unaware of what happened in Three Pure Sect.

As he reached the foot of the mountain after leaving Three Pure Sect, Xiao Chen turned and looked back. He couldn’t help but sigh again. Then a ruthless look flashed in his eyes, said, “Ling Family, Order of the Divine Fire, this ‘generous gift’ from you, I will return it ten times back!”

About 3 p.m., the three of them had returned to the Cloud City of Cloud Province. To avoid attention, they stopped riding on their swords. The city was crowded with people, and the traders were hawking their wares. A gentle breeze spread ripples and ripples in the river as the willow branches sway gently. A few children played hide and seek under the tree…

All of this was familiar to Xiao Chen, who had lived in this city for more than ten years.

“Hey! Isn’t this Young Master Xiao Chen? When did you come back?”

Just as Xiao Chen thought about the past, an old man wearing a blue and white coat suddenly came to him with a smile. Xiao Chen nodded and smiled. “Uncle Zhang.”

“Eh? That looks like Young Master Xiao Chen, I haven’t seen him in the past two years.” Many people in the distance had also narrowed their eyes and squinted at Xiao Chen.

Along the way, Xiao Chen nodded and smiled as he walked past the crowd. “Second Uncle Wang… Uncle Liu… Auntie Wu…”

These were the familiar faces. Xiao Chen suddenly felt a warmth in his heart. Although the Human World was small, after all, this was his home. No one would say that he was a devil, and no one would threaten to kill him…

The Xiao family was built on the top of a mountain range in the Dongcheng District. At the foot of the mountain, one could see the lush vegetation on the mountain, surrounded by the clouds and the fog, and the pavilions were faintly discernible. Xiao Chen took a deep breath and felt relaxed. He was home.

30 minutes later, the three people had reached the mountainside. The grass on the path was high and the path itself was deep and quiet, and springs were passing by in a distance. Various birds flew around in the woods, chirping happily, and they were not afraid of people. But there was something Xiao Chen felt weird about, in the past, there were people stationed on the mountain road. Where did they go?

At this moment, he suddenly noticed that a faint life force in front was approaching very quickly, and the thing came strangely, like lightning, it rushed to him in the blink of an eye.

It came so fast that Xiao Chen could not see what it was, but it felt very strong. He instinctively reacted by lifting his palm to defend it. However, that thing bypassed him in an instant and attacked Qingluan and Ziyun’er. “Bang, bang!” Before the two sisters could react, they have blasted out several feet away. As they fell onto the ground, a mouthful of blood spewed out.

“Qingluan! Ziyun’er!”

Xiao Chen finally saw what the thing was, it was a golden copper man. His body was like showering in gold and was shining brightly under the sun.

Seeing that the bronze man had to attack the second sister, Xiao Chen hurriedly summoned his Unsullied Immortal’s Sword. With a swoosh, the sword transformed into a white radiance and slashed at the back of the copper man. A loud bang was heard and sparks flew, the indestructible Unsullied Sword bounced back unexpectedly. The surrounding plants and rocks were turned into fly ash under this strong force.