To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

Longya Academy, Jingsi Hall.

As soon as Wang Huaiyu finished speaking, the man in black robes suddenly forced a smile.

Wang Huaiyu then recounted the entire journey, including how he was attracted by a rare and exotic beast and went to hunt it, which led to the death of his clansmen by Li Fengyi, and how he tracked it to Falling Star Island.

The details are abundant, and he dares not hide his mistakes in the slightest.

Wang Huaiyu was well aware of the consequences of concealing things, based on his past experiences.

A moment later, the man in black lightly tapped his fingers on the cloud platform a few times and ordered, "In that case, you shall go and find the source of Zhengfeng's calamity."

"Remember, capture them alive!"

"Disciple obeys!" Wang Huaiyu immediately nodded in agreement, then added, "Although that person only has the early stage of Foundation Establishment cultivation, he has a mid-stage second-tier spirit beast assisting him, and there are also formations and three Foundation Establishment cultivators on the island. I'm afraid that I alone..."

The man in black nodded slightly, then turned to the man with the goatee and said, "Fengchun, you should go too."

The goat-bearded man nodded eagerly in agreement.

The man in black robes then took out a blood-red token from his sleeve and handed it to Wang Huaiyu.

"Our sect has an agreement with the Wei Kingdom, so I cannot take action personally. If I am unable to do so, you may crush this token."

"As for the formations on the island..."

The man in black paused for a moment, then continued, "Take my name card and go collect a barrier-breaking cone."

"Yes, sir!" Wang Huaiyu and Goatbeard replied simultaneously.

......

A moment later, Wang Huaiyu and the goatee walked backward out of the Jingsi Hall.

After agreeing on a departure time, Wang Huaiyu rode away in his escape light, leaving only the goat-bearded man standing in the shadows of the palace, lost in thought.

Goatbeard, or rather Mu Fengchun, had lost count of how many times he had regretted becoming a disciple.

More than forty years ago, Wang Jingshuo, whom no one had high hopes for, suddenly achieved the Core Formation, causing an uproar throughout the Longya Academy.

With the Wang family being weak and isolated, Mu Fengchun shamelessly joined their ranks with his mid-Foundation Establishment cultivation, hoping to gain their support and a glimmer of hope for reaching Core Formation.

Now, forty years later, Mu Fengchun's cultivation has been successfully raised to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

But the price is...

Thinking of this, Mu Fengchun reached out and touched his dantian.

From the day he became Wang Jingshuo's disciple, Wang Jingshuo left a restriction in his dantian.

Although Wang Jingshuo did not explicitly state its function, Mu Fengchun, based on his years of service, was able to guess its significance.

It's nothing more than taking on Wang Jingshuo's calamities and karmic burdens.

Over the years, if anyone has served him in the slightest way, or if his behavior is not refined enough, or if he has not done the things he was asked to do perfectly, Wang Jingshuo can make him wish he were dead with a single thought.

The excruciating pain in his dantian, as if it were being torn apart, was a nightmare that Mu Fengchun dreaded every time he thought about it.

But as a disciple who served him closely, Mu Fengchun gradually discovered that Wang Jingshuo's success in forming his core was entirely due to his cultivation technique.

It was a strange technique called "The Secret Record of Framing and Forging Bonds," which recorded many bizarre spells.

Back then, Wang Jingshuo used the secret technique of "buying life money" to transfer the karmic consequences of his failed Core Formation to eight thousand mortals in a single day, thereby enabling them to successfully form their Cores and become elders of the Dragon Cliff Academy!

Mu Fengchun believed he knew more about this technique than Wang Huaiyu, and in his heart he only felt it was absurd and insane.

Looking in the direction Wang Huaiyu had left, a mocking smile crept onto his lips.

"So what if we're of the same bloodline? We're just tools to carry the seeds of disaster."

Through years of service, Mu Fengchun was also taught some secret methods from the "Secret Record of Framing and Forming Bonds" by Wang Jingshuo, including the method of sowing seeds of disaster.

This method is quite complicated.

One must first sow the seeds of calamity in one's blood relatives, and then let the person who sowed the seeds suffer the calamity.

Each time a calamity is overcome, the seeds of disaster grow stronger.

When the seed of misfortune matures and blossoms, the person who cast the spell can harvest it and use it as a powerful aid in cultivating the "Secret Record of Framing and Forming Bonds," with effects far surpassing those of elixirs!

If harvested prematurely, the host will suffer a severe loss of vital energy, or even lose all vitality.

Before Wang Jingshuo formed his core, he had taken many wives and concubines and fathered some children with spiritual roots, but all of them died young during their cultivation. Mu Fengchun could not help but make these connections.

Wang Jingshuo became an elder of the Longya Academy, and the Wang family prospered as a result. However, every disciple in the family with spiritual roots was sown with the seeds of disaster.

Because of this scourge, the closer the blood ties, the better the medicine works!

After Wang Jingshuo formed his core, he had no more children. The only ones he raised with the highest cultivation and closest bloodline were Wang Huaiyu and Wang Zhengfeng.

Wang Jingshuo placed high hopes on the two men and never hesitated to reward them. However, Wang Zhengfeng unexpectedly lost his life in the Luofu Secret Realm.

Mu Fengchun still refuses to recall Wang Jingshuo's furious reaction when he learned of Wang Zhengfeng's death.

Fortunately, the seed of evil will not dissipate even after the host dies.

Once the host is killed, the seed of calamity will quietly fall on the killer. If the killer is found and refined using secret methods, there is still a chance to extract the seed of calamity.

After Wang Zhengfeng's death, Wang Jingshuo attempted to use secret methods to find the source of the disaster.

When the source of the trouble was discovered in the State of Wei, Wang Jingshuo's face twisted so distorted that Mu Fengchun thought he would not be able to leave the Jingsi Palace alive.

That was his chance to advance to the middle or even late stages of the Golden Core realm!

And now, that seed of disaster has been found!

......

Half a month later, outside Falling Star Island.

Wang Huaiyu and Mu Fengchun slowly approached in a wooden magic boat.

The two were detected when they were several miles away from Falling Star Island. The Water Moon Star Formation was activated instantly, and a vast expanse of water and clouds gathered on Falling Star Island.

Gu Fan and the Liu brothers jumped up, frowning as they looked at the two people on the wooden boat. They recognized Wang Huaiyu at a glance.

"Does Your Excellency truly believe that bringing an accomplice will allow you to seize Falling Star Island?"

Now that he was inside the formation, even if two late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators attacked together, Gu Fan was confident that he could make them flee in disarray, or even kill them here!

Upon hearing this, Wang Huaiyu remained calm and composed. He glanced around at the array barrier and then took out a small, exquisite, cone-shaped magical artifact from his sleeve.

Upon seeing this, Mu Fengchun summoned a glossy black abacus, ready to make his move at any moment.

The Barrier-Breaking Cone is a unique magical artifact of the Dragon Cliff Academy, and Mu Fengchun is well aware of its miraculous effects.

All the effects of this treasure are in breaking through formations and barriers. It is said that it can break through formations below the third level with a single blow.

As a trade-off, each breaching cone is rendered unusable after a single use.

If Wang Jingshuo had not summoned them with an elder's name card, neither of the two of them would have been qualified to accept it.

Upon seeing the other party's posture, Gu Fan immediately became alert, and a bad premonition crept into his heart.

The barrier-breaking cone flew out of his hand in the next instant.

It landed on the barrier at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye.

The small, curved corner spun wildly, and countless cracks spread out like a spider web from the point of impact.

Gu Fan immediately waved his command flag, and the great formation frantically drew upon the spiritual energy of the veins to reinforce the barrier.

As the abundant spiritual energy poured in, the cracks at the edges began to slowly heal.

Unexpectedly, the barrier-breaking cone suddenly emitted a dazzling light. Gu Fan immediately felt a powerful force forcing and expelling his divine sense that was controlling the formation. The cracks in the formation's barrier suddenly increased and finally shattered like glass with a crash!

Upon seeing the barrier shatter, Mu Fengchun's abacus magic weapon flashed with spiritual light.

Dozens of abacus beads, trailing a dark light, hurtled towards the three people.

"Disperse quickly!" Liu Daoyuan called out.

Without him saying anything, Gu Fan realized the seriousness of the problem as soon as he noticed the abnormality in the formation.

This is the first time since he began cultivating that someone has broken the formation he set up!

Before he could even be shocked, Gu Fan quickly dodged to the side, the Azure Cloud Pearl condensing into a green light screen in front of him.

The fist-sized abacus beads crackled as they struck the light screen, but the impact wasn't very strong. Three Azure Cloud Beads lit up in succession, blocking the attack.

However, Mu Fengchun did not expect to seriously injure the three men with a single blow.

While Gu Fan and the others were dodging and defending, Wang Huaiyu suddenly made a move.

"It's a shame we didn't get to see that girl, but as long as this kid is here, that's fine!"

Thinking this, Wang Huaiyu appeared in the sky above Falling Star Island in a flash, holding the Judge's Pen, and drew streaks of dark light in the air, which fell towards Gu Fan.

At the same time, Mu Fengchun and the Liu brothers were fighting each other.

Aside from the three individuals, there were nearly a hundred Qi Refining disciples on the island. When the great formation was broken, they immediately fled in all directions, riding their escape lights.

This is not out of cowardice, but rather because the Lingxiao Sect had long established rules.

Once the protective barrier is breached, the outer disciples stationed outside can escape back to the sect without being punished by the sect.

The original intention was to avoid meaningless deaths and injuries among the sect's disciples, since these outer disciples only followed the orders of the inner disciples and the sect's punishment would not fall on them.

The Liu brothers' eyes immediately turned red when they saw the great formation shatter.

The sect will not punish outer disciples, but inner disciples will not.

Even if the enemy used a special magical artifact to break the formation, it was not due to their dereliction of duty, but at least the Jinling Recruitment stationed on Falling Star Island could only end in failure!

I've painstakingly stayed here for nearly ten years, only to have it all go to waste. How can I not feel heartbroken?

However, as a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, Mu Fengchun's attacks were incredibly powerful, and even the two of them working together could only barely withstand them.

At the crucial moment, the Liu brothers exchanged a secret glance.

The next second, Liu Daosheng took out several talismans and flung them out as if they were free. At the same time, he poured his immense magical power into the folding fan, and the black dragon's body swelled to more than ten feet, coiling up to block all the attacks.

Mu Fengchun glared, and the abacus beads were strung together to form an iron chain, aiming to strangle the dragon at its vital point.

The dark dragon shattered into countless shadows with a roar, but suddenly a white tiger phantom emerged from the shadows, riding the wind straight towards Mu Fengchun.

"A talisman?"

Mu Fengchun raised an eyebrow, surprised but not flustered.

Those who can guard such an important place as Falling Star Island must have some trump cards up their sleeves, so he wasn't surprised.

When the white tiger swept across the sky and tore at Mu Fengchun, his figure suddenly emitted a dazzling golden light, scattering into countless copper coins.

The next instant, Mu Fengchun's face turned slightly pale as he appeared from ten feet away.

The white tiger phantom vanished after its attack, and the Liu brothers immediately turned and fled upon seeing this!

Gu Fan sensed the Liu brothers' escape with his divine sense, which did not surprise him.

Because he wanted to run away too!

The chances of the three of them defeating two late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators together were extremely slim. The moment the formation barrier shattered, he tried to escape with the gourd.

But Wang Huaiyu clung to him like a leech, sometimes even enduring a spell to prevent him from escaping.

The dark circles of light surged in from all directions, seemingly only to trap him. The Crimson Sun Heavenly Sword could easily break them apart with a single slash, but as soon as one was broken, another would immediately attack.

Gu Fan thought Mu Fengchun would chase after the Liu brothers, but to his surprise, Mu Fengchun only glanced at him before turning around and flying towards him.

In an instant, Gu Fan found himself fighting alone!