“I want to see the mechanism behind the formation.” Said Ye Xiaobai and Ye Yingyuan.

“Uhm, can Father and Uncle let them follow me to see the formation that will be used against the enemy?” said Manstein. Actually, the plan was cruel enough. It was because Alice proposed to lure the enemy into attacking them, justified the reason to attack them back.

While that was a lie to them but there was some truth in it too.

Manstein then braced himself before he positioned himself lower than Ye Canghai and Ye Guhan. He kneeled himself before the two. This was what Manstein described as asking the blessing through your parent’s pray.

“Ah, Elder Brother.” Ye Yingyuan was surprised to see this.

“Please let them see. Even though this is quite selfish but they also wanted to see the formation that Senior Wang Yu and Alice had created for years. This can be classified as gaining experience for them too.” With a serious tone, Manstein asked both of them.

“Yes, please let this son of yours go.” Yu Feng then commented. She sighed while thinking, ‘Even a bird will leave its nest one day.’

“Please!” even Ye Qingcheng also followed Manstein.

“Alright, alright. What can we do besides allowing them?” they said it with an annoyed tone but actually, they also understood the importance of that. Other than that, seeing their son served the person their family revered, what kind of happiness could surpass this?

“Really?” of course the reaction from the person that would actually go was merrier.

-

“Why did you also follow me too?” Manstein had his first day with his real body disturbed. It was disturbed by someone called Han Lang. He followed Manstein like an animal with its tail.

“Can’t I? Even you allowed them to follow you, right.” Han Lang said while mentioning about Ye Yingyuan and Ye Xiaobai.

“They are my family and have to learn something new from this. Now, for what reason did you keep following me?” Manstein knew that Alice had something that she did not tell him yet. He feared the possibility that her ‘something’ directly or indirectly involved him.

“I have a thought that you are the center of this. And that becomes my reason for following you.”

‘This man really...’ Manstein felt irritated when someone with a certain eyesight watching him. That was because the person could do this really well.

“But strange, you don’t have power and yet they still follow you.” Because the lack of topic to discuss, Han Lang spoke what he had observed from his perspective.

‘I don’t expect that he is both strong and weak. He has the strength from other to cover his own weakness which doesn't have any kind of power himself.’

They walked until they reached the front line between the formation and the outside of the city. A horn was echoed throughout the city. Ye Yingyuan recognized this sound because he had heard it once.

“It’s the sound for the gathering! The troops within the city are ordered to retreat when hearing the sound. I remember it three years ago.”

But the good news was that the people entered the house without panicking. This made the process smoother as the time and the safety of them all now was guaranteed in the formation.

“Watch this!” the voice that belonged to Alice then sounded through the entire city. The Coiling Dragon Formation then emerged from every part of the city. But this could only be done without alarming the cultivators outside.

Now, Manstein and the others stood atop the building. They watched the formation had some concealing construct which enabled it to remain hidden until the right time.

“This is like walkie-talkie right?” Manstein used another function of his Intelligence Assistance Device.

‘Well, I should complain about this modification to you all.’ Manstein said with his mind to the device. The other end of the communication went to the place where Alice and Wang Yu operated the formation.

They resided in another space and this allowed them to monitor every movement from both the enemies and the formation as a whole.Its space itself was artificially made with the formation.

“Will this be alright?” Li Dian really wanted to smack the faces the people from Cleansing Ancient Sect for harming his son. But of course, the idea itself was already rejected by all of the members of his family and Ye family.

Because the idea itself was too stupid and rash. But to compensate for that, they wanted to know the reaction from the other side.

Why did they agree?

“Uhm...” because of what Wang Yu said made them had to agree whether they want it or not. But the new problem arose at the same time because they had to discuss this further.

Yi Xiaodie came to Xuan City was because she had tasked with an important mission, that was to investigate the relationship between their clan and the Ye family.

“Listen to your father. Right now, the situation here is not in harmony anymore. Forget about bringing back peace, we might face the turbulent years after this! What they have done is worse than those invaders!”

She was reminded of those words that her father had given to her.

“Even the ancestors now only have one hope. They said that in the past far before the war, we actually not too powerful like now but only a little power overshadowed by a behemoth existence. But now, they decided to seclude themselves away from our affairs and that was the correct decision.”

Yes, the Yi family currently was a large power that resided in the center of the continent. But there was a time in the past that their success was due to the influence of large forces.

And now, tasked to find the remnant of that large power Yi Xiaodie went to this exact city. Not only she finally understood about the circumstances of her family but she had the chance to meet the legendary figure that once stood at the apex.

‘My family and the Goddess of Artifact.’

Then her thought was interrupted by the only young man who stayed in the Forgotten Pond. He found that this girl that came from the center of the continent must be...

‘She has something that I can learn from.’ That was the simple thought that arose from Ye Qingcheng.

“Do you have something?” even with the displeasure she had felt when Ye Qingcheng stared her but Yi Xiaodie still kept her look as someone who had come from noble family.

“Sorry, I really want to know if you have some manuals regarding martial arts?” asked Ye Qingcheng passionately.

‘He is...’ almost all the guards that always around Yi Xiaodie almost fell to their feet. They already tensed when someone with a large body walked to their young miss, wondering what his intention will be but who would have thought that the first thing that came from his mouth will be something that related to the martial arts.

‘...a martial arts cultivator?’ this piqued the interest in Yi Xiaodie’s heart because this kind of situation rarely occurred.

It was actually the very first contact between the two party as their situation became slightly awkward because they did not speak to each other.

“Why did you ask about it instead of something that more reasonable?” instead to reply the question, Yi Xiaodie threw another question back at him.

“Reasonable, you say. But it was the most reasonable thing that I can think of as my goal and benefit.” Ye Qingcheng answered without minding the effect of his answer.

Hearing that made a new expression emerged from both of them. They stared at each other before cam to a conclusion.

“Alright if it is something that you need.”

-

“There is only some movement coming from the city. Should we attack now?” a white-robed cultivator flown to the direction of Xuan city while he spoke with his leader with his energy thread.

“The elder said not to move other than instructed. We better observe the perimeter within the entire city to make sure that the plan becomes successful.” The leader answered from the other side.

The first wave that came from Seven Color Sect now had lost all their presence. And the leader and one of the elders saw the short battle that occurred right outside the city. They obviously using this opportunity to gauge the strength the opponent had.

In one of the places in the plain field, there was a massive building that stood there alone. This building was the base which the Cleansing Ancient Sect had established.

And the leader of the scout group which currently observed the city was here.

“Luo Mang! Today you have to watch their movement again. Let’s see what kind of defense they have there.” An elder with his silver robe appeared with his domineering aura.

Luo Mang was the name of the leader of the scout. Usually, he became the errand boys for the senior brother in his sect but today for some fortuitous event he was promoted to become a leader of the scout.

‘This is the chance!’ he thought in his mind. Because of the recent event that made several powerhouses anxious, every large organization both small and big were forced to make a move.

But unknown to him, the position that he took currently was planned by someone all along!

The elder who watched his expression snickered in his mind also. ‘This boy did not know the large scheme our sect have. Only some low-quality human resources are worth the sacrifice.’

Right, actually the entire higher-ups from Cleansing Ancient Sect were all agree to let the ‘trash’ of their sects to become the necessary sacrifice for their goal. After all, they already launched their campaign six months ago and could not step back anymore.

“Um..” suddenly, a large attraction force came from the direction of Xuan City.

“This attraction force...is equal to a late stage Nirvana Rebirth cultivators!” a dread and fear rose to their face as soon as they felt the force. They really wanted to move their legs but too bad that the force was several times stronger than expected.

Even when they teleported away, the attraction force even locked them down one by one. Slowly but surely, they were pulled to the Xuan City. Luo Mang felt that he was unlucky to end up like this in his first opportunity.

His cultivation that only reached middle stage Foundation Establishment was unable to save him from it and no one also wanted to help him.

“Anyone who did this, stop this instant!” the elder shouted along with all of his might. A burst of energy which caused the air to trembled spread to hold the force.

“Stop? Then why are you grumbling and complained about this? Strange, I clearly checked that place two months prior but there was no trace of anyone but how come right now someone there geared themselves full to the feet with their weapons?”

A sound to reply them came. For Manstein who had heard it, he became ashamed. Unexpectedly, Wang Yu answered the question with enjoyment mixed in it.

“Even I trouble myself to ask the citizens and the mayor to close all the entrance to the city before the experiment. What a shame that some people really focused on something else that they forgot about it.”

Wang Yu pretended to be someone that had the magnanimity to warn them all beforehand.

The citizens heard it but they almost coughed out some blood. They were told that something big would happen therefore they had to enter their houses for safety purpose. When they heard this, they felt disappointed but soon their feelings were paid off.

“Oh? Only some cowards that relied on a formation. And even with some attraction force at that, good, good, good.” The elder was saying that while he searched for the weakness of the forces that made them split.

“Dispel for me!” the elder unleashed his power that reached Nirvana Body stage. No one really dares to oppose someone like this but Wang Yu was calm and not even minds him. Even Wang Yu snickered in his mind.

‘It’s true. Even the cultivators outside also suffered the effect after the war. Instead of revitalization, they waged war against each other like in the past, is this really the nature of humanity? Searching power and absolute authority above all the beings in the world?’

Wang Yu had countless thought regarding this but sadly, Seven Color Sect now was an appropriate target for both practicing the Coiling Dragon Formation and revenge.

“Looks like Dragon’s Inhale ability really powerful, just look at those cultivators!” Alice happily said after seeing the result.

Not only the force made them unable to resist but also made their cultivation base and energy inside their body went into a chaotic state.

‘And there’s also the main dish after this. This is for doing something for that man.’ Both of them agreed to do that and in the end, that became a reality.