Chapter 2027: Let Them Watch Their Step
Chapter 2027: Chapter 2027: Let Them Watch Their Step
The Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master, as well as several dozen Secluded elders, all showed looks of shock on their faces.
No, that was no longer mere shock.
It was a thick, overwhelming sense of震撼.
Countless pairs of incredulous, horrified gazes all fell on Xiao Yi, and also swept around at the Formation Power surging in the surroundings.
Only, the surging of the Formation Power lasted merely a few seconds.
A few seconds later, the surroundings once again returned to calm.
Xiao Yi shook his head. "No."
Just now he had only said "perhaps," and was only giving it a try.
This formation made even his head ache just from looking at it; he didn’t even have the slightest confidence he could comprehend it successfully.
This kind of feeling was the first time Xiao Yi had ever experienced it.
In the past, all sorts of Martial Arts Inheritance, all sorts of Martial Arts Bottlenecks, all sorts of Heart Demons blocking the road, had all been like jokes in front of him.
In his own Martial Arts Talent, Xiao Yi had always been incomparably confident.
And this was also his only capital that allowed him to dare look down on any Heavenly Talent or Monster.
But this time, he felt this powerlessness in comprehension for the very first time.
This Great Formation was something even he had no grasp of.
"No?" The Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master shook his head.
"Then let us old fellows combine our strength and comprehend it together."
Xiao Yi shook his head and withdrew his step. "I’ll go out and walk around first."
"Go out again?" The Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master’s face darkened in anger.
"Your time is already very limited. Do you know what condition you are in right now..."
Xiao Yi shook his head and cut him off. "I don’t like shutting myself in and building a cart behind closed doors."
"I’ve always believed that since all things in this world are under these Heaven and Earth Rules, then there must also be existences in this world who have peered into these Heaven and Earth Mysterious."
"Perhaps everything is faintly linked together; it’s just that we haven’t discovered it yet."
"Of course, I’m even more willing to believe that Heaven never bars man’s way."
"Heaven never bars man’s way?" The Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master was momentarily stunned, murmuring to himself.
Xiao Yi nodded seriously.
"You want to walk your path yourself?" The Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master frowned and asked.
"Even if this is a dead end that the heavens have given you, you still want to walk it yourself."
"Perhaps you’ll walk out a path to life; even if it is destined to be a road to death, you’d still rather walk it yourself."
Xiao Yi nodded and smiled. "I believe I won’t die."
"So confident?" The Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master’s brows eased, and he instead asked with a light smile.
"Yes." Xiao Yi likewise nodded without the slightest hesitation.
"I still have things I must do."
"Some things outweigh life itself. Before I complete them, I will not die."
Xiao Yi’s tone was extremely serious.
He didn’t spell it out, but this had long since become a thought rooted in his heart, buried deep within.
Before these matters were done, he would not die.
Even if the heavens themselves could not take his life.
"Good, then this old man will believe you this once." The Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master heavily nodded.
"But remember this."
"The One Element Unlimited Formation is the most important secret of my Heavenly Mechanism Hall."
"You may memorize it and slowly comprehend it outside; but you absolutely must not spread it."
"Its importance—you understand, boy." Xiao Yi nodded.
"Go." The Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master gave an order. "When you return, this old man will prepare a gift for you."
"If you truly can walk out a path to life, the rest, this old man will spare no effort to prepare for you."
"Thank you, Palace Master." Xiao Yi offered his thanks, gave a bow, and then took to the air and flew away.
On the spot, several dozen Secluded elders nodded repeatedly.
"For my Heavenly Mechanism Hall to have this child is a great fortune."
"That goes without saying." The Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master smiled proudly. "When has this old man’s eye ever been wrong?"
"No, it was wrong once." The Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master’s eyes suddenly dimmed.
"But this time, there will be no mistake." The Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master smiled and nodded.
"That brat likes to roam outside; let him go."
"We old fellows should also do what we ought to do."
"From now on, no matter who it is, everyone will halt their seclusion and focus solely on comprehending this formation."
"Yes." The group of Secluded elders accepted the order in unison.
For those who spent all year in seclusion, every moment of seclusion was incomparably precious.
Every moment of seclusion would not be wasted.
Yet this time, they gave up all their seclusion time without any hesitation.
Solely to comprehend this formation.
Solely to win a sliver of hope, a thread of life, for that Black Robe young man.
...
On the other side, Xiao Yi had already flown away from the Heavenly Mechanism Main Hall.
Looking at his own damaged body, Xiao Yi secretly frowned. "I know my time is running out, but... just hold on a bit longer."
"There will definitely be a way." Xiao Yi clenched his fist.
His figure turned into a streak of black light and disappeared into the distance.
...
Not long after, at the same place.
Two figures appeared out of thin air.
One had an icy face, his expression even somewhat unpleasant.
The other wore a bitter smile.
These two were precisely Senior Luoo and the Changtian Wine Demon.
The Changtian Wine Demon smiled bitterly. "That brat left without the slightest hesitation."
"He didn’t even think to come visit our Black Demon Hall."
Senior Luoo’s face was cold. "I’ve already cut off his hope in Guisha City, yet he still refuses to back down, refuses to compromise?"
The Changtian Wine Demon put away his bitter smile and said seriously, "Master, a monster like Xiao Xun that brat probably only bends to softness, not hardness."
"If you keep pressing him in a hard line, perhaps it might not..."
He didn’t finish the rest of his words.
The Changtian Wine Demon once again gave a bitter smile. "Perhaps that brat doesn’t even know why Guisha City suddenly refused to give him the Ten Thousand Poison Fruit."
"Naturally, there’s no such thing as compromise..."
"No." Senior Luoo cut him off coldly. "He knows."
"He knows?" The Changtian Wine Demon froze, then immediately was shocked.
He knew his Master would never be wrong.
Which meant Xiao Yi indeed already knew.
He knew that the reason the Heartless Inn Master refused to give him the Ten Thousand Poison Fruit came from Senior Luoo.
"That’s impossible." The Changtian Wine Demon instinctively shook his head. "For him to know, unless..."
He likewise didn’t finish his words.
But his face had already turned into utter shock. "That brat’s Martial Arts Talent is terrifying."
"Just this one thing alone probably surpasses any performance he’s shown before."
"And just this alone has already exceeded how highly Master valued his will and Martial Arts Talent before."
Just this alone?
Xiao Xun could guess—or rather, know—that the reason the Heartless Inn Master didn’t give him the Ten Thousand Poison Fruit was related to Senior Luoo.
And what the Changtian Wine Demon meant was very obvious: Xiao Xun being able to know this had nothing to do with his mind.
It wasn’t that Xiao Xun was some incredibly brilliant, far-seeing person.
It was that Xiao Xun’s Martial Arts Talent was enough to shock people.
Guessing something, unrelated to his mind, but instead related to his Martial Arts Talent?
This sounded somewhat contradictory.
But the Changtian Wine Demon knew very well what it meant.
"That brat is a real freak." The Changtian Wine Demon exclaimed. "He’s probably far more astonishing than Master you had previously anticipated."
"Why don’t you just spell things out to him, Master."
Senior Luoo’s expression remained indifferent as he shook his head. "He’ll come back obediently."
The Changtian Wine Demon’s bitter smile grew even more obvious.
He knew his Master had always been domineering.
"Oh, right." The Changtian Wine Demon seemed to recall something and said, "Master, there’s one thing I forgot to report."
"A few days ago, that brat Xiao Xun captured the Second Young Master of the Feng Family and the group from the Feng Family that came with him, all of them."
"The Feng Family counts as top-tier even among the Hidden Forces. Those who can suppress them are only the Holy Moon Sect and a mere handful of other clans."
"If I remember right, that Eldest Young Master of the Feng Family dotes a great deal on this second son."
"This time, the Feng Family likely won’t let this go."
"Especially since that brat Xiao Xun likes to run all over the place; the Feng Family will probably..."
Senior Luoo’s eyes turned cold. "Then let them watch where they’re going."
"Do you need me to teach you how to handle it?"
"Yes." The Changtian Wine Demon answered.
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The third update.
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