Formation Setting and Formation Dismantling
“No. Ten days ago, Ancestor Baiyuan brought us here and planned to defuse the seal himself using brute force. Since it did not work out, he told us to stand guard here,” explained the doctor.
“Where is Old Furry now?” Mu Yu inquired.
“Haha,” chuckled the doctor, finding the name Mu Yu gave Archfiend Baiyuan amusing. “He is currently trying to figure something out in Clearwater City. He did mention he might fetch you to help out.”
“Pull your team out. We have business to handle,” Mu Yu demanded, eager to find Xiang Nan.
“But…”
“You two are not permitted to trespass. He is our king,” aggressed a Body Synthesis Realm fiend.
Mu Yu and Lie Shang threatened the fiend in a stare down, startling the latter. As a consequence, the doctor proposed, “Mu Yu, I believe you won’t hurt him. How about we have somebody notify Ancestor Baiyuan, and you can enter once he has returned?”
“Sounds bad.”
Mu Yu followed Lie Shang down the wall. Thankfully, the doctor shook his head at his fellow fiends, hinting for them not to confront the duo.
The fiends had dug up a cave that connected underground, fearing the surroundings might collapse if they were not careful. Mu Yu, to the contrary, whipped out Shadow Splitter Sword and cleaved the wall. As such, the doctor hurried over and urged, “M-Mu Yu, I think you should re-evaluate this. Ancestor Shay-”
“If the collapse of this wall was all it took to kill him, he wouldn’t be an archfiend.”
Mu Yu returned to swinging at the wall, turning the fiends’ efforts to naught. At the end, he unloaded a current of spiritual energy to disperse the sand, revealing an altar with the archfiend sitting on it. Mu Yu erected a formation around them, forbidding the fiends from entering the perimeter.
The doctor, who was unable to get used to Mu Yu’s personality change, told the fastest fiend to fetch Archfiend Baiyuan from Clearwater City.
“How are we going to extract him?” Lie Shang inquired. “Shifu’s seals around the altar aren’t something we can muscle through.”
“Since the seals have weakened over time, I should be able to defuse the formation if you give me some time. In the meantime, don’t let the fiends in,” answered Mu Yu, sending himself into the seals.
Mu Yu internally analysed, These golden lines on the altar are a sign that Shifu used natural energy, while the spiritual qi for the formation foundations comes from the entire desert. We became formation foundations, as well, from the moment we closed in. I still don’t understand how Shifu’s formations work to well, but let’s give this crack.
It took Mu Yu seven days of sitting at the altar to learn the formation’s structure and formulate a method to dismantle it. Archfiend Baiyuan kicked back in a tent and had a group pf fiends wait on him, fanning him and supplying fruits.
“Kid, has my shoddy a son-in-law worked it out yet?” Archfiend Baiyuan asked of Lie Shang. Had Mu Yu not been inside, Archfiend Baiyuan and Lie Shang would have thrown hands on the first day, when Lie Shang refused him entry to Mu Yu’s barrier. “Why are you acting tough? I could finish you with a huff of my nose.”
“Try me,” provoked Lie Shang, folding his arms and aiming Sky Scorcher Sword at Archfiend Baiyuan.
“Show some respect. Zhu Rong didn’t dare to run his mouth in my presence, yet you think your bloodlust energy scares me?” Since Lie Shang refused to budge, Archfiend Baiyuan advised, “Think twice before utilising that energy. It’s not your energy at the end of the day. You think things will end well when you don’t accept it, yet continue to wield it?”
“It’s none of your business.”
“Obviously. It’s a different case for my son-in-law, though. I can sense his malice form all the way here, and it hasn’t been long. I want to know why he’s undergone such a drastic change.”
The banana peel Archfiend Baiyuan, who sat with his legs crossed, incinerated when he threw it.
“It’s none of your business,” stated Mu Yu, ambling over.
“Finally. Have you lifted the seal yet?”
“Yeah.”
“You two can take a hike, then.” Archfiend Baiyuan got up and finished the remainder of his banana.
“Since I can defuse the barrier, I can also reinforce it for another five millenniums. You want to test me?”
“I know you can, but you won’t have a chance, hahaha!” Archfiend Baiyuan bound the duo with his energy and sauntered over to the formation. Seconds later, he came back, fuming, “You filthy turd! Are you messing with me?! You still want to be my son-in-law or what?!”
“Never cared for it and never will.”
As much as Mu Yu hated it, he knew Archfiend Baiyuan too well. Accordingly, he set up the formation to extend for another century if the archfiend fumbled with it when it would have come undone on its own in only ten more years.
“I would’ve killed you already if it wasn’t for Qiao Xue.”
“Release us.”
Archfiend Baiyuan clicked his fingers, releasing the duo. “What are you doing here? Your block of wood here wouldn’t say a word, but you can say something, right?”
“Can’t tell you,” responded Mu Yu, knowing too well that Archfiend Baiyuan would run off to Xiang Nan and smash the latter’s face in if he knew where Xiang Nan was.
“Do you not know how important Hai Dongqing is right now?!”
“I do. The two of us need you archfiends to do us a favour, though. Stay out of my way if you know what’s good for you.”
“Are you threatening me now?”
“Is it that hard to tell?”
“You son of a… What do you want? What did you come here for out of the blue, for me to light your face up?”
“I need to borrow Hai Dongqing’s body for a bit. Just stay out of my way until I’m done,” stated Mu Yu, delivering the message he originally came out to deliver because Dragon Searching Formation would hurt him if he was distracted while operating it.
“I don’t trust you. You’re a clumsy jerk. Nobody can afford to let any harm befall him!”
“The statistics show I saved you and Archfiend Yujiang. What harm did I inflict on you two? If you have such an issue, keep waiting for another century,” Mu Yu argued, signalling for Lie Shang to follow him to the altar.
As Archfiend Baiyuan watched the two walk through the barrier, the doctor appeased, “Ancestor, Mu Yu is a sensible young man. It should be all right.”
“I bloody know that!”
Archfiend Baiyuan stomped back into his tent and chomped a banana, pretending it was Mu Yu’s head.
Realising Archfiend Baiyuan was trying to be crabby with Mu Yu, the doctor chuckled to himself.
Mu Yu activated the five elements formation foundations set around Hai Dongqing, illuminating the altar in an emerald light, forcibly altering Feng Haochen’s formation.
“What do we do if the archfiend tries to trespass?” Lie Shang asked.
“He won’t,” Mu Yu assured.
Mu Yu had no issues splitting Dragon Searching Formation to search for two different targets as he ensured they wouldn’t clash. “You search for Xiang Nan. I’ll search for the immortal.”
NOTE: I have swapped Archfiend for Archfiend as I find it more fitting.
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