Chapter 237: Plan to Break the Formation
Chapter 237: Plan to Break the Formation
Tao Lin looked slightly surprised at his response.
However, San Tu, the black haired and bearded overseer, spoke with a stern expression.
"What comes next is not something you young ones should be involved in. Leave immediately. We will handle things here."
"But..." Xiao Shou frowned, thinking of Fu Young’s deductions.
How could they just leave like this?
Qing Shuang gently waved a finger, his tone calm but firm.
"There is no but. What follows will likely be a fierce battle of life and death. You would only get in the way by staying."
"So you seniors have also guessed it?" Gou Guangming asked in shock, feeling like his mind could barely keep up.
Tao Lin covered her lips with her sleeve and smiled.
"What is this? Have some of you already come to the same conclusion as us?"
Hearing this, Gou Guangming and the others instinctively looked toward Fu Young.
Xiao Shou rolled his eyes in exasperation.
Idiots. That was practically admitting it outright.
Seeing this, Fu Young who had remained silent until now smiled indifferently and asked, "You have not found a way to break this formation yet, have you?"
Qing Shuang rested his chin on one hand and looked at Fu Young.
Then, he suddenly transmitted his voice directly to him.
"You are the brains among them, aren’t you? What do you want? What are you trying to achieve? You should know how dangerous what comes next will be."
"I have no particular goal," Fu Young replied without fear, meeting Qing Shuang’s gaze as he conveyed his thoughts through divine sense.
"Someone has been wreaking havoc on the land that nurtured my master, causing him to nearly... That makes me very unhappy. I intend to give them a return gift they will never forget."
Qing Shuang blinked his eyes in surprise.
"If I remember correctly, that little boyis your master, right? There is no need to make it sound like a confession to a lover."
"Lover?" Fu Young froze.
His heart suddenly began pounding wildly.
He clenched his hands nervously and did not dare release his divine sense again.
Their silent exchange ended within a few brief seconds of eye contact.
He’s still a kid after all.
Being young is really something.
Qing Shuang shook his head with a knowing look, then spoke aloud. "Kid, do you have a way to break this formation?"
"My name is Fu Young, not kid," Fu Young muttered.
However, he did not waste time arguing.
He swiftly took out a jade slip and formed several hand seals.
Immediately, a vast and detailed map projection appeared in the air before everyone.
"This is the result of more than half a month of investigation by my master and me. It shows all known active and depleted spirit veins. White represents active veins, black represents depleted ones."
"Oh? You two are quite impressive," Tao Lin praised. "To map this out in such detail in just half a month."
Xiao Shou smiled but said nothing, he just focusing intently on the formation map.
Fu Young nodded slightly to Tao Lin and continued.
"The function of this formation is to lock the spiritual energy within the spirit veins and direct it toward the core of the formation. The locked veins are protected by the formation as if they have shifted into another space, rendering all attacks ineffective. You should have already noticed this."
"I assume your original plan was to follow my master’s clue and wait at the Duke Zhenguo’s Mansion to catch the culprit."
"So what if that is the case?" San Tu asked bluntly.
"It is a waste of time and there are too many variables," Fu Young replied just as bluntly.
"Before you even catch the culprit, the information will likely already have leaked. Do not forget how many of their people are hidden within various sects and noble families."
"The Imperial Preceptor of the Great Liang Kingdom is an outer disciple of the Heavenly Void Sect. There is also a Nascent Soul elder within that sect and the Holy Sword Sect has its own as well. Do not overlook that."
"Heh... then what does this young friend suggest we do?" Tao Lin asked with a smile.
"Do not alert anyone unnecessarily. Keep the number of people involved to a minimum and use their own methods against them," Fu Young replied with a cold and composed smile.
His fingers tapped several points on the formation map.
"Based on my calculations, these locations are key nodes of the grand formation. They are relatively fragile and far from populated areas. I can make slight modifications to disrupt the flow of spiritual energy. Once the formation is damaged, they will likely send someone to investigate."
After hearing his plan, all three overseers were deeply impressed.
Qing Shuang even turned to Xiao Shou and said, "He is still just a child, yet this is far too clever. How did you teach him?"
"Ahaha... Young’er has always been this smart," Xiao Shou replied with an awkward laugh.
Listening to his disciple’s ruthless plan, he felt completely stunned.
He could not help but wonder when his beloved disciple had become this formidable without him noticing.
Tao Lin waved her sleeve and said with a smile, "It is a good plan. We will proceed with it. You handle the formation and we will arrange personnel to monitor the known spies and gather reinforcements. How does that sound?"
"No problem. I will make sure the formation changes are particularly... appealing to them," Fu Young said.
Noticing Xiao Shou’s strange look, he quickly hid his cold demeanor and instead put on a gentle and shy smile.
That expression made everyone who had just heard his plan feel a chill run down their spines.
They could not help but sense how frightening he truly was.
Five days later, under a night sky filled with faint starlight, on a narrow path beside a rocky mountain range in the Sunfall Domain, two plainly dressed men landed quietly.