Fantasy: I'm in a discarded alchemy room, but I can turn trash into treasure!

Nine massive, iron-black shadows loomed down from the horizon, the warships crushing through the clouds, plunging the entire sky into darkness.

On the streets of Yunxia Town, the cultivators ran so fast their shoes flew off.

Some people jumped off the second floor and scrambled towards the city gate.

Shen Tianxing, his hands trembling, formed hand seals in his own courtyard, and a layer of pale light membrane was erected in the defensive formation.

His son, Shen Ao, huddled behind a pillar, his face as pale as paper.

"Father...that's a warship of the Azure Dragon Sect..."

Shen Tianxing didn't respond; his jaw was chattering.

A window at the Drunken Flower Pavilion.

Qin Mo leaned against the window frame, his Qiankun Dharma Eye quietly operating.

Golden patterns flowed deep within his pupils as his gaze pierced through the night and the barrier of spiritual pressure, landing on the nine warships.

Each warship has a set of identical battle formations engraved on its keel. The nine sets of patterns echo each other, forming a complete superimposed battle formation.

The ships share spiritual energy and are integrated in offense and defense. If one ship is attacked, the power of the other eight ships will be poured in instantly.

"Nine boats unite in one formation..."

The golden light in Qin Mo's eyes faded, and a warm sensation seeped from his nasal cavity.

The power of his divine sense was too great, so he had to withdraw his gaze.

Shen Ruoyan stood behind him, her face colder than the night outside the window.

"The main force of the Azure Dragon Sect has lost two Nascent Soul cultivators. Cang Song was trampled to death by Gu Yingxue, Cang Hai was drained into a dried corpse by the great formation, and Cang Qingtian and Cang Pojun are still seriously injured."

"Logically speaking, they should have been severely weakened, but I didn't expect them to still have such a deep foundation."

Qin Mo didn't reply.

On the deck of the warship, the black-armored disciples were arranged in a square formation.

Cang Wuji stood at the bow of the flagship, with three people on each side behind him. Together with the four figures on the bows of other ships in the distance, a total of ten Nascent Soul auras bloomed simultaneously.

Ten Nascent Soul cultivators.

Qin Mo gripped the hilt of the ancient broken sword tightly in his hand, a thin layer of sweat seeping from his palm.

Cang Jiuyou withdrew his sky-covering Dharma form, and the gray-robed old man's true form stepped out of the void and landed above the summit of Cloud Rain Mountain.

He was thin and emaciated, with disheveled gray hair. No spiritual light emanated from his body, but the void beneath his feet was slightly concave.

That silent crushing force was even more suffocating than the Dharma image.

At the same time, from the foot of Yunyu Mountain to its summit, a thick layer of aquamarine light completely sealed off the entire mountain.

The Great Zhou Heavenly Cloud and Rain Bewitching Immortal Array was operating at full power, with array patterns flowing across the surface of the light shield like a galaxy.

Qin Mo took two steps forward and placed his palm on the edge of the light shield.

It bounced back.

When the knuckles struck that layer of light, it was like hitting an iron wall; they didn't budge.

"The great formation has isolated everyone."

Shen Ruoyan stepped forward and tried it out, then shook her head. "Once this formation is activated, it doesn't distinguish between friend and foe. People outside the mountain can't get in, and people inside the mountain can't get out."

Qin Mo stared at the brightly lit Yunyu Mountain inside the light shield, his lips pressed into a thin line.

Gu Yingxue and Bai Chenshuang were both inside.

Su Qingyi was also there.

He's outside.

Inside the light shield, at the summit plaza of Yunyu Mountain.

Cang Jiuyou's voice rolled down from the sky, each word seeming to be squeezed out from his throat:

"Su Qingyi! Get to me in three breaths and die. If you don't hand over the person, I will spare no one in your Yunyu Palace, from the sect leader to the servants."

Bai Chenshuang's temple throbbed twice, and her voice rose sharply: "Cang Jiuyou! You're spouting nonsense! When has my Yunyu Palace ever harmed your Canglong Sect's young master?"

"Making false accusations?"

A fierce killing intent flashed in Cang Jiuyou's eyes. "The residual bloodlust within Wuyue's body is the mark of your Cloud Rain Palace's Holy Maiden. Bai Chenshuang, do you think this old man is blind?"

Su Qingyi stepped forward at the edge of the square.

She stood ramrod straight, her voice was soft, but her words were clear.

"Senior, I have been in seclusion in the sect's secret realm for nearly half a month to prepare for the Dao Discussion Conference, and I have never left the sect during this time."

"This matter is evidenced by the sect's teleportation records and by the senior sister guarding the pass."

"I am deeply saddened that my senior's granddaughter was murdered, but I have absolutely no right to do it."

Cang Jiuyou didn't even finish listening.

"My grandson identified it himself, how could it be false!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his withered right palm flipped up, and a gray-black bloodstain condensed from his palm.

A phantom dragon was coiled on the bloodstain, its eyes bloodshot and its claws outstretched.

Azure Dragon Blood Seal.

The entire sky darkened for a moment.

The blood-red mark, imbued with a world-destroying pressure, pressed down directly onto Su Qingyi's head.

Su Qingyi's face turned deathly pale, and her legs felt like they were filled with lead, making it impossible for her to move.

"You old scoundrel!"

A furious shout rang out from the side.

Gu Yingxue stepped into the air, her Houyi Sunset Bow already fully drawn.

There was no arrow on the bowstring, but a silvery-white beam of light, condensed from a great array of starlight, was rapidly forming on the string.

Beneath their feet, the star runes of the entire Cloud and Rain Enchanting Immortal Array suddenly lit up, and countless star powers were drawn from the array patterns, flowing into the bow along that invisible pull.

The bowstring vibrated, emitting a deep dragon's roar.

Gu Yingxue's eyes were bloodshot, and her fingers loosened.

The silver beam of light shot out and aimed straight at Cang Jiuyou's face!

Cang Jiuyou frowned slightly, withdrew the blood seal that had been pressed against Su Qingyi, raised his other hand, made a loose fist with his five fingers, and lightly reached out to scoop up the silver beam of light.

"laugh--"

The beam of light struck the withered hand, exploding into a shower of silver dust.

Cang Jiuyou's body did not move at all, only the corner of his sleeve was lifted by the residual force.

The difference between the peak Nascent Soul stage and the mid-Nascent Soul stage was laid bare in this exchange of palm and arrow.

Gu Yingxue's tiger's mouth was shattered, and blood dripped down the bow arm, but she did not retreat, and the bowstring was drawn back again.

Cang Jiuyou snorted coldly.

"Gu Yingxue, last time you used this bow to kill two of my worthless disciples. Try again today and see if I'm as easy to kill as they were."

Before the words were finished, the Azure Dragon Blood Seal suddenly accelerated, tearing through the air and crashing down on Su Qingyi's head.

Bai Chenshuang made a hand seal to activate the formation, and a shield was created from the inner layer of the light barrier to protect Su Qingyi.

The bloodstain struck the shield, causing the entire mountain to shake, and the shield's surface cracked with countless lines.

Su Qingyi took three steps back, blood seeping from the corner of her mouth.

"The second one."

Cang Jiuyou raised his hand.

Outside Yunyu Mountain, Qin Mo gripped the ancient broken sword tightly, his knuckles taut one by one.

The light shield blocked him.

With ten Nascent Soul cultivators blocking his head and nine warships locking him in from all directions, even if he, a mid-stage Iron Bone Realm body cultivator, charged in, he would only lose one more life.

But he couldn't help being anxious.

He couldn't protect anyone inside the light shield—Gu Yingxue, Bai Chenshuang, Su Qingyi, and Xiao Nian—if anything happened to any of them.

"Owner."

Shen Ruoyan lowered her voice to a whisper, "The great formation has a weakness."

Qin Mo turned to look at her.

Shen Ruoyan's gaze fell on a node where array patterns converged at the bottom of the light shield, her voice hoarse: "The hub of the mountain-protecting array is deep within the earth's veins at the back of the mountain, and under normal circumstances, it cannot be interfered with from the outside."

"But if someone were to enter the earth's veins through the bottom passage of Pavilion No. 18 in the Remnant Pill Valley..."

"There is an emergency passage there, a backup plan left when the formation was built."

How did you know?

"There are some things we need to know about our senior sister's identity."

Shen Ruoyan pursed her lips. "But the entrance to the passage is inside the light barrier, so we..."

"That location."

Qin Mo pointed and said, "There are gaps in the light membrane."

Shen Ruoyan was stunned.

Above his head, Cang Jiuyou's second Azure Dragon Blood Seal had already taken shape.

The black-armored disciples on the nine warships simultaneously activated the array patterns on the ship's hull, and nine dark golden beams of light shot out from the bottom of the ship, pouring into the void beneath Cang Jiuyou's feet.

He is using this opportunity to build up his strength.

This attack was not aimed at Su Qingyi.

It faces the entire Yunyu Mountain.

"The entire clan obeys!"