Chapter 91

Seeing Zhao Yan, the two men's expressions eased slightly, and one of them asked, "It's you, Junior Brother Zhao. What brings you to the Master's Peak so late at night?"

Zhao Yan bowed respectfully, "Greetings to the two Senior Brothers. Uncle Yu sent a message saying there are some miscellaneous tasks in the Master's Hall that need manpower, so he asked me to bring a few Junior Brothers up the mountain. We will leave as soon as it's light tomorrow."

"Miscellaneous tasks?"

The two men exchanged a puzzled glance, but after seeing the jade waist pendants hanging from Qin Sang and the others, they didn't press further. "Junior Brother Zhao should be clear about the rules on the mountain. Make sure the Junior Brothers don't violate any taboos, or we won't be able to explain it."

Zhao Yan hurriedly agreed, "Senior Brothers, please rest assured. I will keep a close eye on them."

The two men nodded and stepped aside to let them pass.

Zhao Yan led them to the foot of the Master's Peak and then walked up the stone steps leading to the summit. However, instead of heading straight to the Master's Hall, he turned into a side path, and Qin Sang and the others closely followed.

On the way, they encountered a few Senior Brothers, but Zhao Yan had his own excuses to get past them. Eventually, the five of them entered a secluded wooden building. The building looked dilapidated and long neglected, but there was no trace of decay.

This wooden building was located on the back of the Master's Peak. Standing at the foot of the building, one could clearly see the Yu Zhao Peak and the large lake at the foot of the mountain.

Zhao Yan peeked outside, then closed the door and took out four palm-sized triangular cloud flags from his storage bag. He gave one to each of the four and whispered, "These are cloud flags personally refined by the Master. They are part of the Four Cloud Divine Prohibition, which requires all five of us to control them together. Each of you should now refine one flag, as we will need to use them soon."

Qin Sang took the triangular cloud flag and noticed that each of the four flags was different.

The flag in his hand was covered with water-blue cloud patterns. Holding it, he felt an overwhelming surge of water elemental energy, as if he were standing in a river or lake.

Ruan Nanfeng's flag had fiery red cloud patterns, while the other two had yellow and green patterns, respectively.

Qin Sang didn't know what the Four Cloud Divine Prohibition was, but the name of the prohibition tool was well-known. It was said that cultivators skilled in array formations could refine unique magical tools based on their understanding of the formations, creating a set of prohibition tools.

By placing the prohibition tools in specific positions, one could unleash part of the array's power, which took much less time than setting up the entire array.

Qin Sang held the triangular cloud flag and, following Zhao Yan's instructions, probed it with his divine sense. Suddenly, his vision changed, and he found himself in an endless expanse of water. Bright silver light flickered in the water, as if countless lightning bolts were moving through it.

Just as Qin Sang was puzzled, he saw a figure standing with its hands behind its back on the water's surface. It was none other than the Master of Kuai Yin Sect, Yi Tian Nie!

Qin Sang was startled and quickly bowed, "Qin Sang greets the Master!"

Yi Tian Nie stood there silently, expressionless.

Seeing this, Qin Sang laughed bitterly to himself. How could Yi Tian Nie possibly be here? He must be overreacting. However, since this set of prohibition tools was personally refined by Yi Tian Nie, did he leave some of his power inside?

Qin Sang didn't understand, so he could only follow Zhao Yan's instructions and refine the triangular cloud flag.

The four of them did the same, and the wooden building was silent.

Soon, the four triangular cloud flags began to show signs of change. Wisps of cloud vapor emerged from the flags, and lightning snakes darted through the vapor, accompanied by faint thunder.

At this moment, Zhao Yan, standing to the side, raised a transparent jade and absorbed all the lightning from the cloud vapor. The wooden building immediately returned to silence.

Time passed.

Qin Sang and the others had completed the refinement of the prohibition tools and were sitting in the wooden building, waiting. They hadn't seen Yu Hua's figure yet, and with Zhao Yan watching them, Qin Sang had no chance to prepare the blackwood sword. He could only endure.

After an unknown amount of time, the ground suddenly trembled.

A thunderous roar came from the Master's Peak: "Who is it!"

Zhao Yan's face lit up with joy, and he quickly pulled open the wooden door. In the sky above Yu Zhao Peak, a massive Yin-Yang fish diagram appeared, slowly rotating in the night sky, which was the protective array of Yu Zhao Sect.

Above the fish diagram, endless black flames rolled, blocking out the sky.

A cold wind howled, and ghostly figures flickered in the surging demonic flames, their screams piercing and terrifying. It seemed like a hundred ghosts were roaming at night, and countless evil spirits were fiercely attacking the protective array of Yu Zhao Sect, one after another.

Someone laughed maniacally, "Old Ghost Ji, did you ever think of today when you ambushed me in the ancient battlefield?"

The ghosts roared in unison, and the mountains of Yu Zhao Sect shook, with huge waves surging in the lake.

At this moment, a deafening bell sound echoed from Yu Zhao Peak, reverberating through the sky.

This bell signified a great calamity for the sect!

*Whoosh, whoosh...*

Yu Zhao Sect suddenly fell into chaos. Beams of light shot up from various inner sect areas, and the disciples looked up at the terrifying scene in the sky, unsure of what was happening.

Zhao Yan closed the wooden door and said in a grave voice, "Form the array! Activate the evasion technique!"

Qin Sang's heart tightened, and the four of them changed their positions, each holding a flag and standing in the four directions around Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan held the jade in his palm, and as he gave the command, Qin Sang and the others raised their triangular cloud flags, muttering incantations.

Qin Sang felt the triangular cloud flag in his hand acting like a bottomless pit, voraciously consuming his spiritual energy. Fortunately, it didn't last long.

The four triangular cloud flags fluttered, and four colors of cloud vapor spewed out, enveloping the five of them. From the outside, it seemed as if the five of them had vanished from their original positions.

Zhao Yan whispered, "Go!"

The five of them quietly left the wooden building and headed straight down the mountain.

...

At the entrance to the Supreme Patriarch's cave on Yu Zhao Peak.

The stone door was tightly closed, and the current Master of Yu Zhao Sect, Xuan Chengzi, paced back and forth outside the cave, sometimes looking up at the sky and sometimes staring at the cave door, his heart burning with anxiety.

At this moment, beams of light shot up from below and landed around Xuan Chengzi. The arrivals were the hall masters of various halls.

"Master, the enemy is powerful, and the Evil-Repelling Bell has already been rung. Has the Supreme Patriarch not emerged from seclusion yet?" a red-faced old man asked urgently.

Xuan Chengzi's face showed distress, and he opened his mouth to speak, but the stone door suddenly opened, and a deep voice came from inside, "Come in and speak."

Everyone's faces lit up with joy, and they filed in one after another.

"Disciples greet the Supreme Patriarch!"

All of them bowed together, and Xuan Chengzi raised his head, speaking urgently, "Master, the demon has suddenly attacked without any warning. I only managed to activate the array, and I don't know the demon's origin. The demonic flames are surging outside. Please, Master, take charge..."

The Supreme Patriarch of Yu Zhao Sect had white hair and beard but a youthful face. He kept his head slightly tilted back, staring at the sky as if he could see through the cave to the outside array.

"I am aware. The enemy is the old demon Yi from Kuai Yin Sect, and three of Kuai Yin Sect's Golden Core demons have come together."