Three punches shattered the demonic soul, young hero, I'm an honest man!

"This is not simply a case of the formation going out of control."

A calm voice rang out.

The crowd looked in the direction of the sound and saw a young man in a Taoist robe standing in the center of the room.

"This formation has been secretly tampered with, mixed with evil spirits," Li Xuanping said.

Seeing that the Star Official Yunwei was already struggling, and now that someone else had stepped forward, Prince Yanxu couldn't help but speak up in frustration.

"And who is this fellow Daoist?"

The young master of the Marquis's mansion, who was sitting at the same table as Li Xuanping, quickly spoke up.

"Your Highness, this is Daoist Li Xuanping, a true disciple of the Xuan Shu Sect of the Tai Su Daoist lineage!"

"I recently went down the mountain for training and had some prior acquaintances with my family, so I accepted their invitation to come."

"The Tai Su Dao lineage?"

Prince Yan Xu was startled upon hearing this, and the surrounding crowd was also in an uproar.

The Tai Su lineage is one of the top Xuanmen sects in the world, and the Xuan Shu Sect is the most famous of them.

His status as a true disciple carries immense weight!

"Master Li!"

Prince Yan Xu disregarded his usual reserve.

"Please, Taoist priest, lend a helping hand and save Le'er from this danger!"

"If this calamity can be averted, Yan Xu will be eternally grateful!"

Li Xuanping nodded: "That's certainly the case."

Those who cultivate the Tao cannot bear to see the innocent suffer.

Moreover, if Princess Yongle were to encounter any mishap here, none of those present would be able to easily escape responsibility.

Li Xuanping had already realized that the formation was out of control and far more complex than it appeared on the surface.

The violent spiritual energy was mixed with a faint, sinister aura.

It's obvious that someone tampered with it.

Li Xuanping took out three bright yellow talismans from his wide-sleeved robe.

The runes drawn on the talisman with cinnabar are mysterious and intricate, with a faint spiritual light flowing through them.

"go!"

With a flick of his finger, the three talismans spontaneously combusted without fire.

Transforming into three dazzling beams of light, they shot towards the three most violently powerful spirit-gathering array eyes in the garden.

This is a secret talisman of the Xuan Shu Sect, a talisman for suppressing calamities.

Specially designed to ward off evil spirits!

Wherever the mysterious light shines, it's as if divine assistance is present!

The piercing buzzing sound that the three small spirit-gathering arrays originally emitted seemed to be choked by an invisible hand, and the sound suddenly weakened by more than half.

The originally violent and rampant spiritual energy was forcibly suppressed.

The several streams of poisonous energy that were attacking Princess Yongle dissipated rapidly, like ice and snow meeting the sun.

The oppressive and gloomy atmosphere that had been so unsettling within the garden immediately lessened considerably.

"Excellent! Immortal Li's Taoist magic is profound!"

"Truly worthy of being a top disciple of the Xuan Shu Sect!"

Upon seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and exclamations of praise filled the air.

Even Princess Changyang, whose face had been tense, relaxed a little and nodded slightly to Li Xuanping.

The pressure on Yunwei Star Official has been greatly reduced.

Taking the opportunity to retrieve the dimmed Celestial Decree, he said gratefully to Li Xuanping, "Thank you for your help, Brother Li."

Li Xuanping nodded in response: "It's my duty."

However, Li Xuanping was secretly pondering to himself:

"This formation has been secretly altered. Although my talisman can temporarily suppress it, it has not eradicated its source."

The talisman for suppressing evil spirits is of a high grade and is specifically designed to counter evil spirits, but it is not used in formations.

The current efforts, though somewhat forced, are effective but unlikely to eradicate the problem completely.

"The talisman's effectiveness is too low. To completely eradicate it and solve the problem once and for all, perhaps we need to..."

But as soon as the thought flashed through his mind, the stern admonitions of his elders from his sect involuntarily surfaced in Li Xuanping's mind.

"...It should not be used lightly unless absolutely necessary."

Li Xuanping shook his head slightly, suppressing the thought.

He knew all too well that today's matter was unlikely to be resolved so easily.

Pei Yun saw everything and already understood seven or eight parts of it.

Li Xuanping is indeed quite capable, but he seems to have some reservations.

Pei Yun also realized that the essence of the formation's loss of control was that it had been artificially injected with some kind of malicious and sinister power.

He couldn't think of anyone else who could come up with such a method besides the Candle Shadow Sect.

According to the information provided by the system, the target of the Zhuyin Cult is Princess Yongle.

But now that Li Xuanping, a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Xuan Shu Sect, has made his move, the formation is about to be completely extinguished.

With the cunning and caution of those rats in the gutter of the Candle Shadow Sect, would they really give up so easily?

Pei Yun's gaze swept quickly across the scene, but he found nothing suspicious, nor any obvious traces of spellcasting.

Something's not right...

Pei Yun had a sudden thought and used the [Daily Intelligence] refresh opportunity without hesitation.

A line of finely written text quietly appeared before his eyes.

[Intelligence Update]

[The "Spirit Gathering Array" in Yuqin Garden has been secretly altered, with a demon-attracting talisman implanted, in an attempt to absorb evil energy through the array and take the opportunity to plant a wisp of soul-corroding evil energy into Princess Yongle's body.]

The chaos within the formation has not yet subsided. Disrupting its core can disrupt the flow of malevolent energy and stabilize the formation.

[By drawing out the evil energy using the Supreme Immortal Manual, it can be completely purified.]

"Demonic Talisman... Soul-Eating Malevolent Energy... Array Core..."

Pei Yun's gaze sharpened, and a chill ran through him.

He knew that the rats of the Candle Shadow Sect wouldn't give up so easily.

Mingxiu plank road, dark Chencang.

The enemy has likely succeeded silently by disrupting the formation.

But where is this so-called "key point" of the formation?

There are dozens of spirit-gathering formations of varying sizes within the Jade Garden, and the key points of these formations must be hidden.

Pei Yun frowned.

"oops!"

A gasp came from not far away.

Su Jinyue was standing under a blooming crabapple tree. The chaos just now had startled her, and her pretty face turned slightly pale.

Seeing that Li Xuanping had suppressed the formation, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Some people, in their panic, squeezed past them.

She was careless and lost her grip on the cup of tea she was holding, spilling most of it.

The tea flowed in an arc, landing precisely on a half-person-high "Welcoming Spring Stone" not far in front of him.

This stone is crystal clear and has a warm luster; it is usually quite unremarkable.

However, the moment the still-warm tea touched the surface of the jade—

"Sizzle—!"

A very faint yet clearly audible strange sound came from the Spring Welcoming Stone!

Immediately afterwards, a wisp of black energy, thinner than a strand of hair, suddenly shot out from inside the jade.

The warm luster on the surface of the spring-welcoming stone suddenly dimmed, as if it had lost all its spirituality.

Almost at the same moment—

"Buzzing!"

The sound of the small spirit-gathering arrays in the garden, which had been temporarily suppressed by Li Xuanping with the evil-suppressing talisman, suddenly rose a moment ago.

It was so sharp it felt like it could pierce your eardrums!

But just a moment later, all the buzzing stopped abruptly!

Those originally suppressed, yet still restless, violent spiritual energies.

At this moment, it vanished without a trace, as if all its source had been drained in an instant.

The entire Yuqin Garden has completely returned to peace.

That oppressive feeling that made my heart race had completely vanished.

It was as if the breathtaking scene just now was nothing but an illusion.

Su Jinyue looked at the wet, dull-looking forsythia stone.

He then looked at his empty teacup.

For a moment, I was at a loss.

Yun Wei retracted the Heavenly Decree, her aura slightly unsteady.

She looked at the faded Spring Stone, her delicate brows furrowing slightly.

Li Xuanping also seemed to be deep in thought.