Sovereign to Immortality

"Who is it, come out!" Liu Zhifei was the first to step out and shouted towards the direction of the stone wall.    

    

The group from the Heaven Shaking Sect all took out their magic tools and techniques to guard themselves. Only Yang Junshan had a strange look on his face, he was very familiar with this voice!    

    

As expected, six cultivators came over from behind the stone wall, the leader was Yan Qingxi, who had met Yang Junshan several times before, and behind him were two people who were familiar with each other: Fang Xuesheng, and Zhangsun, and there was also a Martial Disciple from the Tan Xi Sect, and behind them were two late stage Martial Disciples, of which the one that Yan Xinxi called 'Uncle Zhong' was even a cultivator at the peak of the fifth level.    

    

"People from the Tan Xi Sect!" Liu Zhifei frowned and looked at them, "What are you guys doing here? Aren't you afraid that others will encircle and annihilate you?"    

    

Yan Qingxi stepped forward with a smile and said, "Brother Liu, you must be joking. This time, we have definitely won first place. Including you, who do you think will be the first to attack us?"    

    

Liu Zhifei chuckled and said, "Maybe no one in this cave will dare to break the balance, but what about after leaving the cave? Don't forget, this Sunset Ridge is the territory of the Heaven Shaking Sect. There are still people from the Heavenly Wolf Sect and the Spirit Opening Sect eyeing this place covetously.    

    

The expressions of the people from the Tan Xi Sect were all a bit ugly. Yan Qingxi snorted coldly and said: "You don't need to worry about this, Brother Liu. Let's discuss how we should cooperate to scout the formless array in the stone forest!"    

    

Before Liu Zhifei could say anything, Brother Zhou sneered, "When did we agree to cooperate with you?"    

    

Yan Qingxi smiled but did not say anything. Fang Xuesheng, who was at the side, coughed lightly and said, "Aside from our loyal uncle, all those who have passed the Cold Wind Great Formation have entered the stone forest, and you also have an array master. The situation is very clear now, the two of us are in the same boat, we can go further in and reap greater rewards from this Great Formation.    

    

They were very clear on the strength of this old man called "Uncle Zhong." From the looks of it, this old man was no longer able to advance to the Dao Realm, but his strength was truly frightening. In the past, Xiong Shiying was a Successor Disciple of the Heaven Shaking Sect, but he was unable to find a way to win against him.    

    

Yang Junshan stood up and smiled, "We meet again with the people from the Tan Xi Sect!"    

    

Fang Xuansheng also cupped her hands and smiled, "We haven't seen each other for a few days. Brother Yang is now a baleful qi cultivator, I'm really envious of you!"    

    

Yang Junshan didn't pay any attention to the shocked eyes of Liu Zhifei and the others. He smiled and said, "I dare not. You guys took the two sets of array flags with me back then. I assume it's for this cave?"    

    

Fang Xuesheng nodded and smiled, "That's right. However, we still did not expect that the formation in the cave would be so difficult to deal with. If we knew earlier, we would have invited Fellow Yang over."    

    

Yang Junshan smiled and suddenly asked, "I am curious, since you have a peak Martial Disciple cultivator here, why did the rest of you enter the stone forest while your senior has yet to enter?"    

    

The discussion had always been led by Tan Xi Sect, and Heaven Shaking Sect didn't seem to be able to find much of a rebuttal. However, Yang Junshan's words had completely turned the situation around.    

    

It was true that the opponent had a cultivator of the fifth level of the Great Perfection Stage, but other than this, Zhangsun Xing, Yan Qingxi, Fang Xuesheng and another disciple of the Tan Xi Sect, all four of them were at the second level and were lucky to be able to pass through the Cold Wind Formation under the protection of two late stage Martial Disciples.    

    

Although Tan Xi had sent his men because he wasn't confident in Yan Zhong, in Yang Junshan's eyes, it was because once this martial arts expert entered the stone forest, the rest of them would have a hard time even protecting themselves.    

    

However, if the two families chose to cooperate, even though Yang Junshan couldn't bring everyone into the array, the remaining people still had enough power to protect themselves.    

    

In the end, the two sides agreed that there would be seven people who would challenge the formation. Other than Yang Junshan as an array master, the Heaven Shaking Sect's side consisted of Liu Zhifei, Zhou Becheng, and Zhang Yueming; the Tan Xi Sect's side, on the other hand, consisted of Yan Zhong, Yan Qingxi, and Zhangsun Xing.    

    

"Him? Why him? " Liu Zhifei frowned as he looked at Zhangsun Xing. Two of the three men from Tan Xi's side were also second level Martial Disciples, which was enough to make Liu Zhifei unhappy. As the surviving member of Jinyu County's Sun family, Liu Zhifei was even more unhappy with Zhangsun Xing's status.    

    

Yan Qingxi smiled, "Brother Liu, I'm afraid you don't know why the Tan Xi Sect was the first to discover this cave?"    

    

Liu Zhifei glanced at Zhangsun Xing and said, "You're saying it's because of him? Does he know something? "    

    

Yan Qingxi glanced at Zhangsun Xing and said, "Brother Zhangsun, it's all up to you now!"    

    

Zhangsun Xing smiled and nodded, then turned to Yang Junshan and said, "The further in we go in this cave, the less I know. As for this Five Elements formation, the only thing I know is that it uses the Five Elements Source Spirit Array as its foundation!"    

    

Everyone looked at Yang Junshan, only to see his surprised face. Liu Zhifei quickly asked, "What, Little Yang, is there something wrong?"    

    

Yang Junshan blinked and said, "Five Elements Source Light, that's something only a Mortal Realm cultivator can create. But I did check it just now, the array formation in the stone forest is a spirit array, isn't that a bit too wasteful?"    

    

Everyone else was intelligent, and immediately came to their senses when they heard this. Zhang Yue Ming said, "Brother Yang, could it be that this formation has some sort of secret? Could it be a treasure step formation that has been hidden?"    

    

Zhou Bicheng let out an "ah" sound and said, "Then doesn't that mean that the person who broke into the formation earlier is in danger?"    

    

Yang Junshan muttered: "That may not be the case, but it's also possible that the person who laid the array intentionally lowered the grade of the array, and set it up with a high level array base to allow the array to last longer. If that's the case, then with the knowledge of what the array base is, if the time is right, we might even try to break it!"    

    

Under the gazes of the six people, they entered the stone forest. Soon, a five-colored light screen rose up in front of them. Only by breaking through this barrier could they truly enter the Five Elements Great Array.    

    

When Yang Junshan saw this barrier, he smiled and said, "Looks like Brother Zhangsun is not lying. The base of this formation is most likely the Five Elements Source Light!"    

    

Cultivators would advance into the fifth level of the Martial Disciple Stage, and their dantian would store the essence of source energy, forming the essence of essence energy. Cultivators would form the essence of essence energy, preparing to advance into the human realm, so cultivators who advanced to the fifth level of the Martial Disciple Stage already possessed some of the special characteristics of the True Divine Realm, which was the release of essence energy!    

    

The release of vital energy was the key to open the five-colored light screen and enter the Five Elements Great Formation. This was also why cultivators could only enter the formation after reaching the Great Circle of the Fifth Stage even though their cultivation level wasn't high or low.    

    

However, when the Great Perfection Stage cultivator condensed her own Qi to break through the rainbow barrier, and the barrier started to regenerate, he could only get the chance to enter in an instant. It was already quite impressive that a true disciple of the Heaven Shaking Sect, who was as strong as Xiong Xiying, could bring one person along with him, and even though Yan Zhong was very strong, she couldn't bring five people in at once.    

    

Yan Zhong looked at Yang Junshan and asked lightly, "Are you ready?"    

    

Yang Junshan only smiled, and saw the aura around Yan Zhong suddenly rising. Traces of an unfathomable aura seeped out from his body, and from afar, his entire body started to look weak and weak.    

    

This heart palpitating aura continued to rise until it was three feet above his head. A silver stream of air, like an upside-down river, rushed up ten feet before gradually fading away into nothingness.    

    

This was the gathering of one's essence and energy!    

    

In his previous life, Yang Junshan had also barely reached such a level, but it had taken him over a hundred years of effort, and the Qi he had condensed was one level lower than Yan Zhong's.    

    

At this time, Yan Zhong directed the essence energy above her head, and the essence energy rushed straight into the rainbow colored barrier. The barrier of light was like boiling water that was being poured on top of it, melting rapidly.    

    

"Now is the time. Quickly make your move!"    

    

As Yan Zhong spoke, she grabbed Yan Qinxi with one hand and squeezed through the tunnel opened up by the light screen. In that instant, the tunnel that was opened quickly closed, only a foot wide.    

    

However, Yang Junshan was already prepared for this. The magnetic spirit light swept out, and the tunnel that was about to close immediately froze, and then, like a butterfly, his hands formed dozens of seals. Each of these seals was a symbol that was completely formed from his own spiritual energy, and it landed on the edge of the tunnel.    

    

After the dozens of seals were completed, the hologram that had stopped closing unexpectedly expanded another half a foot. Yang Junshan said in a low voice, "Let's go, I can't hold on for long!"    

    

Without another word, Liu Zhifei grabbed the frightened Zhangsun Xing and the two of them went into the tunnel together. Following them, Zhou Bicheng and Zhang Yueming also went in. At this moment, the cave entrance once again slowly shrunk to the size of a foot.    

    

At some point, a bronze mirror had appeared in Yang Junshan's hand, which shined at the entrance of the cave, slowing down the closing of the tunnel. Yang Junshan's originally muscular body suddenly made creaking sounds, and he drilled into the tunnel like a boneless snake.