Chapter 56

This is even harder to find! Where am I supposed to find someone from the Xuanmen now? I’m still not very clear about what the Xuanmen is, but I roughly know that they are a very large family, with bloodlines as noble as those of ancient royal families.

To ask me to find someone from the Xuanmen, isn’t this more difficult than climbing to the heavens?

Suddenly, I felt a wave of confusion and powerlessness! The passion I had just felt vanished in an instant!

When I didn’t know what was hidden here, I was eager to find out, I was willing to do anything to know. But now, I know, and I am powerless.

This is the most tragic thing in the world, to finally obtain what I have pursued all my life, only to be told by the harsh reality that I am not worthy of it!

Isn’t this just a joke?

A strange sense of bitterness and a strange sense of despair welled up in my heart, and I felt my head spinning!

Suddenly, my whole body sank, and I went limp, collapsing directly onto the ground.

All my confidence was lost in this moment, and all my hope was shattered in this moment.

“Li Yao!” Huang Yiyi hurriedly came forward to support me, “What’s wrong?”

I struggled to prop up my body, shook my head, and replied, “I’m fine, just feeling a bit tired!”

When fatigue sets in, you realize what it means to be helpless.

“Is this matter very difficult to resolve?”

I looked at Huang Yiyi, and she was also looking at me. Our eyes met, and I could see that she had already understood the answer from my eyes.

“Li Yao! Are you giving up?”

Giving up!

Yes, am I giving up? When I didn’t know this was one of the seventy-two Earthly Fiends, I was full of confidence, thinking that once I arrived, all problems would be solved.

But now,

I feel an unprecedented sense of powerlessness.

“Li Yao!” Suddenly, Huang Yiyi’s gaze became firm and radiant, “I know you won’t give up, right? As you said last night, we’ve come this far, and we must be strong no matter what. The book only records two methods to resolve this, but that doesn’t mean there are only two methods. The records you read were left by people from the past; perhaps they hadn’t tried other methods yet. The answer lies in practice! Maybe you will find a third method, won’t you?”

Huang Yiyi’s words made me hesitate. It’s not impossible, though the chances are small. But I’ve already taken the first step, so I should give it a try!

“There are so many pitiful spirits here, who have been enslaved for hundreds of years. If no one helps them, they will remain enslaved forever. You are helping them, and I believe they will help you! Heaven sees all this and can’t bear it anymore; Heaven will help you, and so will I and Lüye. With so many of us, I don’t believe we can’t deal with him.”

Seeing Huang Yiyi’s firmness, I was deeply moved! I remembered how she had repeatedly advised me not to help Wang Shuo, saying that if it was dangerous, I shouldn’t do it, because she felt that Wang Shuo deserved his fate and wasn’t worth the risk. But now, facing something even more dangerous, she is encouraging me to be brave, just because this thing has harmed too many people. This girl’s heart is filled with a righteous light, and this light has inspired me to continue.

She is right; Heaven will help me, the seventy-two female spirits will help me, and they will help me too!

I became resolute again, stood up from the ground, and nodded heavily, saying,

“Yes! You’re right, Heaven, Earth, and the spirits will help me. The third method to break the formation will appear with the right timing and conditions. Let’s go! Get the things from the car.”

Seeing me regain my confidence, a faint smile appeared on Huang Yiyi’s face.

The three of us returned to the car and got many things I had prepared earlier. There were yellow papers, cinnabar, chicken blood, and several peach wood branches. I planned to use the peach wood to set up a support and arrange the Heavenly Net Formation!

This formation is the highest-level one I currently know, and it is also the most powerful one recorded in the book my grandfather gave me.

We were busy until the afternoon, and finally, we successfully set up the formation. After eating something in the car, the three of us came here to wait for the hour of the Ox.

I wanted Huang Yiyi and Qin Lüye to stay in the car, but as soon as I suggested it, they argued with me. The two girls firmly stood by my side, firmly believing in my formation.

The hour of the Rat arrived quickly, and the Gathering Yin Formation once again appeared beside the drooping White Tiger. At this moment, the White Tiger became radiant and spirited, lifting its head.

As I said today, at night, the Black Tortoise guards the tomb, and the tiger lifts its head.

Time passed second by second, and the hour of the Ox was approaching!

“Do you have the invisibility talismans ready?” I asked them for the umpteenth time.

The two of them answered patiently, “Yes, we have them!”

“What about the seals? And the peach wood swords? You must have them to protect yourselves.” I gave Huang Yiyi a century-old peach wood seal and Qin Lüye a peach wood sword.

Both can ward off evil, and I hope they will protect them.

“Yeah, we have them.”

Finally, the hour of the Ox arrived! I stared intently at my Heavenly Net Formation!

It lit up! The Heavenly Net Formation emitted a fiery red light. I knew that the underground palace was about to rise, and my formation was suppressing it, which is why it was glowing.

“Li Yao, it’s lit up!”

“Yeah! They’re here.” I answered calmly, but my eyes never left the formation.

The light from the Heavenly Net Formation became even more fiery red. I knew that two forces were clashing! The Heavenly Net Formation and the seventy-two Earthly Fiends were in opposition, and their powers were in a struggle.

This was the first time I had seen a formation glow; I had never seen such a scene before. I didn’t know if the Heavenly Net Formation could suppress it, but it was doing its best.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang, as if something had exploded. The area where the Heavenly Net Formation and the seventy-two Earthly Fiends were became hazy, as if smoke had appeared.

“Ah!” The two girls were startled, and I was also taken aback.

“Li Yao, what’s happening?” Huang Yiyi asked nervously, “What is that?”

I swallowed hard, looking at the palace that was faintly visible before me, and my heart sank to the bottom, “It failed! My formation has been broken.”

It didn’t even last ten minutes before my Heavenly Net Formation was broken!

The palace appeared as usual, but tonight it was unusually quiet, without the nightly revelry or the comfortable scene of the emperor lying on his chair from last night.

“Little brat, was it you who used the formation to suppress me?” Suddenly, a voice like an old bull’s roar came from the palace, and the ground shook violently as the voice sounded.

Then, an old man emitting a radiant light appeared inside the palace...