Chapter 127: Chapter 123: Fierce Tiger, Treasure Vault, Yin Corpse

Days and nights blur within the cave, a paradise in the mortal world.

After Fang Cheng returned to his Cave Mansion, he ignored all outside matters. He spent his days in diligent cultivation, accompanied by his beautiful partners, and found life to be quite delightful.

After a little over a month, his cultivation quietly broke through to the eighth layer of Sensing. His Qi Sea expanded once more, and his Magical Power surged.

While consolidating his Magical Power, he also refined several more layers of the Li Hen Demon Light, bringing this Demonic Light technique to the twenty-seventh layer before stopping for the time being.

His Red Nether Condensing Light also reached Ninth Layer Perfection, which could be considered a minor mastery of the Divine Technique. Further progress, however, would require the Magical Power of the Life Talisman Realm.

A few days later, Wen Qianqian moved into Purple Cliff Cave, no longer trying to hide things.

It turned out that Ning Suyun, who had left half a month ago, had only just returned a few days prior, heavily injured.

Afterward, the Female Array Master gave her junior sister some instructions, activated an Ancient Teleportation Array hidden deep within the Cave Mansion, and fled in a panic.

Wen Qianqian didn’t know what her senior sister had gone through, only that Ning Suyun had told her she would not be returning to Netherworld Valley for several years. She instructed Wen Qianqian to take the Inheritance Stele of the Myriad Phenomena Immortal Sect and wait for her in the Abyssal Marsh.

One day in the future, she would go to the Yinluo Sect Marketplace to find Wen Qianqian again.

Wen Qianqian was both worried and overjoyed.

She was worried that her senior sister might have gotten into serious trouble and didn’t know if she could escape the danger.

She was overjoyed that she no longer had to hide her trysts at Purple Cliff Cave from her senior sister...

After Fang Cheng learned of this, he went out for a look and discovered that Wang Daqian, Monk Po Jie, He Yujing, and the others had also disappeared.

’Looks like they’ve all gone to lay low.’

Fang Cheng sighed, returned to his Cave Mansion, and resumed his cultivation as usual, waiting for the restrictions on the dilapidated tower in the Secret Realm to dissipate.

...

One night, the mood was just right.

Fang Cheng was enjoying himself with Ye Yan and the other two women in the Cave Mansion, looking for a way to relieve the boredom of ascetic cultivation.

Today, they were playing a frisky game of "fierce tiger catches the sheep." The vast Cave Mansion had become a mountain forest for the fierce tiger to run wild, while the three women, like little white lambs, fled and hid, always at risk of being caught and "punished" on the spot...

After one round, their enthusiasm had not waned.

Wen Qianqian said shyly, "I never thought this could be so much fun. Today I’ve truly savored a new kind of novelty."

Ye Yan laughed. "Sister, don’t be fooled by our husband’s proper and steady appearance. He’s actually full of romantic schemes and knows all sorts of games. If you like it, just have him come up with new ones often."

As they chatted and laughed, a sound came from the entrance of the Cave Mansion.

Purple Cliff Cave was now protected not only by the First-tier top-grade defense array that Fang Cheng and Ye Yan had brought, but also by two new First-rank Grand Arrays that Wen Qianqian had set up. The three Arrays were linked, reinforcing one another. Even a Life Talisman Realm Cultivator would have to expend considerable effort to break in.

Fang Cheng got up, dressed, and looked through the Array at the entrance. He was surprised to see a large, red invitation card darting about within the Array’s light.

He gestured with his hand, pulling the invitation toward him. As he examined its contents, his expression shifted slightly. ’The Cao Family finally achieved their goal,’ he thought.

The invitation was from the Netherworld Wang Family!

Its contents got straight to the point, stating that at 1:00 AM tonight, the Wang Family would launch a full-scale assault on the Li Family. It cordially invited the heroes of Netherworld Valley to join in the grand undertaking.

It was a legendary Hero’s Invitation.

The sender: the Patriarch of the Wang Family, Wang Huayuan!

This invitation had likely been sent out to all Cultivators, showing that the Wang Family had no fear of the news leaking. Their attack on the Li Family was now an open declaration.

A flash of Li Hen Demon Light flared from Fang Cheng’s hand, and the red invitation instantly turned to ash.

’I might as well go take a look...’

Fang Cheng reckoned that with the Second-Order Concealment Talisman, he would be fine as long as he didn’t get too close to any Life Talisman Cultivators.

Tonight’s events would determine the future power structure of Netherworld Valley. Going over to watch would allow him to gather information and make plans early.

He said a word to Ye Yan, then walked out of the Cave Mansion, activated the Concealment Talisman, and headed straight for the Li Family’s estate.

The Li Family was located directly north of Netherworld Valley. After leaving the valley and traveling north for eight hundred li, one would arrive at a mountain range shrouded in a ghastly yin qi.

The earth veins here were connected to Netherworld Valley. It was rumored that in Ancient Times, the Nine Netherworld had once manifested in the Mortal World. The Netherworld Realm had overlapped and merged with the mortal plane, giving birth to countless lands steeped in deep yin qi.

The area beneath Netherworld Valley was one of the most famous of these places.

The mountain range occupied by the Li Family was where the subterranean yin qi from Netherworld Valley met the Spiritual Qi from above. It was a unique geographical location, possessing both a Spirit Vein to support the family’s growth and a deep pool of yin qi for the Li Family to refine their Corpse Soldiers.

Fang Cheng used the Concealment Talisman to hide his figure and quietly slipped into the mountain forest, flying toward a place where yin qi converged.

Before long, a basin appeared before him. It was surrounded by mountains on all sides, enclosing an area of several hundred acres. An Array, like an overturned black bowl, tightly covered the buildings within!

Under the night sky, the bright moonlight grew dark and dim as it approached the Li Family’s estate. The black Grand Array seemed to swallow the light, plunging the surrounding fields into darkness.

Fang Cheng’s Divine Sense swept the area, and he discovered many Loose Cultivators hiding in the mountain range, watching from afar.

He chose a small hill, dispelled his Escape Light, and leisurely observed the unfolding situation.

The Li Family’s Defense Array was a Second-Order Middle Grade Array. Not only could it absorb yin qi to form a Restriction Spiritual Light to block enemies, but it could also generate Yin Thunder to attack invaders.

The Li Family had managed this Grand Array for many years, and it had long since fused with the local Spirit Vein and yin qi. It would be exceedingly difficult for an ordinary person to break through it.

If one also factored in the Li Family’s Tier Two Copper Corpse, even a Mid-stage Life Talisman Cultivator might not be able to gain an advantage.

This was the foundation of a great family, the key to suppressing the clan’s destiny!

If the Clan Protection Array were to be broken, the Li Family’s annihilation would not be far behind.

And among the hundred arts of cultivation, there was a specialized skill: the art of array-breaking.

It was similar to what an Array Master did, but a typical Array Master studied how to set up an Array, refine Array Flags and Array Discs, and inscribe Array Patterns.