Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi

Chapter 285 I'm not targeting anyone!

Xiaoshanhe Institute, in the guest hall.

Representatives from Three Seas Mountain and Wendao Villa, Hai Wei and Li Jinjun, stood with bowed heads. Before them sat a man and a woman.

These two had considerable reputations.

The man was known as the Purple-robed Daoist. Although he was only at the Tao Tribulation Realm Peak, his status within Wendao Villa was by no means inferior to that of any cultivator in the Dharma Manifestation Realm. After all, he was a six-star Array Master.

The woman hailed from Three Seas Mountain: Li Youruo.

Li Youruo's cultivation was also at the Tao Tribulation Realm Peak, and like the Purple-robed Daoist, she was a six-star Array Master, holding a significant position within Three Seas Mountain.

Yu Huaxian stood to the side, chest out, head held high, vigilantly watching the four of them.

The Purple-robed Daoist said impatiently, "Your Director Xiao sure puts on quite the air. Even meeting with Emperor Qian wouldn't have us waiting this long!"

Yu Huaxian responded indifferently, "Director Xiao is preoccupied with important matters and cannot get away at the moment. I've sent someone to notify him, and I believe he will be here shortly!"

"Hmph!"

The Purple-robed Daoist snorted coldly, glanced around, and then turned to Li Youruo by his side and said, "I've always heard that the Xiaoshanhe Institute has fallen into disrepair for quite some time now, but I never knew to what extent. Now that I've seen it with my own eyes, it indeed is in a sorry state! Despite being a former presence among the top ten sects, you don't even have a Spirit Gathering Array…"

Li Youruo nodded, her words dripping with sarcasm, "In the vast Great Qian Dynasty, aside from the Tianjian Sect, which other sect's formations can compare to ours? Before, when I heard that Xiao Yi requested a hundred thousand array stones, I thought the Xiaoshanhe Institute had some grandmaster of formations, which is why I went out of my way to come by. But now, it seems we might be returning disappointed!"

Among the top ten sects.

Every sect possessed a Spirit Gathering Array, of which Tianjian Sect's was the most effective, boasting a fivefold increase in gathering efficacy.

Immediately following were Three Seas Mountain and Wendao Villa.

Both sects' Spirit Gathering Arrays achieved a fourfold increase in efficacy.

The condensed spiritual energy from heaven and earth transformed their respective sects into holy grounds for martial cultivation.

Hai Wei and Li Jinjun displayed a smug look on their faces, their gaze toward Yu Huaxian growing more disdainful by the moment.

Yu Huaxian clenched his teeth in anger yet had no words to refute.

At that moment...

Xiao Yi's voice suddenly came from outside the door, "Rest assured, the two of you will not make this trip in vain!"

"Oh?"

The group was taken aback and looked towards the entrance.

Xiao Yi entered the guest hall, led by Ye Heng.

Yu Huaxian quietly breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and said with pride, "The two of you, this is our Director of Xiaoshanhe Institute, Xiao Yi!"

"So you are Xiao Yi? Having the cultivation of the Tao Tribulation Realm at such a young age is indeed not weak!" Li Youruo squinted her eyes, scrutinizing Xiao Yi from head to toe, then nodded slightly. She followed up with ridicule, "You say we won't be disappointed? Yet in my opinion, that's unlikely! I heard that all the instructors of Xiaoshanhe Institute, including Chen Shuiwen, have left. Does anyone else among you understand formations?"

Formation arts are easy to start but extremely difficult to truly master.

Before this...

Xiaoshanhe Institute had Chen Shuiwen, who was a four-star Array Master himself.

Now that Chen Shuiwen had left the Xiaoshanhe Institute, in the eyes of Li Youruo and the Purple-robed Daoist, there was no longer anyone who understood formations.

Xiao Yi smiled faintly and said, "Xiao has some understanding."

"Some understanding?"

Li Jinjun, who stood behind the purple-robed Daoist, snickered with contempt, "Headmaster Xiao, do you know who these two are before you? This purple-robed Daoist and Senior Li Youruo are both illustrious Array Masters of the Meteor Formation. Within the Great Qian Dynasty, there are hardly a handful of people who excel beyond them in the art of formations."

Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows, his face taking on a strange expression as he looked at Li Youruo and the purple-robed Daoist and saluted, "So the two seniors grace us with their presence, I've long admired you! May I know what brings the two seniors here today?"

Li Youruo said coldly, "Is it you who made our two families deliver a hundred thousand array stones?"

Xiao Yi glanced at Li Jinjun and Hai Wei, who averted their gazes briefly, and he smiled, "Indeed! I believe they've also told you the reasons why you should deliver the array stones to me. Have the two seniors personally come here intending to go back on your word?"

"Go back on our word? Three Seas Mountain is not so low as to renege on a hundred thousand array stones, however..."

Li Youruo's face, resembling old tree bark, carried an indifferent tone, "Array stones are extremely precious, and as Array Masters, we will never allow anyone to waste them."

The purple-robed Daoist nodded and said, "If your Xiaoshanhe Institute can make good use of these array stones, we naturally won't interfere. However, your institute most likely lacks the capability!"

The sole Array Master of Xiaoshanhe Institute had left.

Who else had the ability to use array stones?

Xiao Yi smiled.

If they had come before, he indeed wouldn't have had a retort.

But now...

Xiao Yi said, "You needn't worry about that, seniors. Since I've requested these array stones, naturally I have the ability to make them serve their purpose without wasting a single one."

"Is that so?"

Li Youruo examined Xiao Yi with a mocking gaze and scoffed, "What big talk, Headmaster Xiao! Even when we are setting up formations, they can hardly avoid some damage. Yet, you claim to have such confidence that you won't waste a single array stone. I wonder which master you plan to invite for the task? Surely it's not the Headmaster Xiao who has 'some understanding' of formations himself?"

The purple-robed Daoist burst into laughter and said, "Li Family's young lady, why do you speak such harsh truths? Aren't you embarrassing Headmaster Xiao?"

Li Youruo snorted coldly, "Embarrass him? Wasting those hundred thousand array stones for nothing would be the true embarrassment!"

Hai Wei smiled with irony and said, "Headmaster Xiao, if you can't find someone to set up the formation, you could ask Elder Li to step in! Of course, Elder Li's services don't come cheap!"

The purple-robed Daoist said with a smile, "Xiao Yi, as long as you sincerely ask me, I can also set up the formation for you!"

In their eyes, Xiao Yi clearly had no one to set up the formations, which is why they were so brazen.

Faced with their teasing and mockery,

Xiao Yi shrugged playfully and said with a sly smile, "There's no need for the seniors to trouble themselves. Just setting up a few simple formations, Xiao can manage that!"

"What? You're going to do it yourself?"

"That's just nonsense, the ways of the formation are not like martial arts. Without sufficient time for understanding and practice, how can you possibly set up a formation?"

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"You needn't concern yourselves with that, my institute doesn't need to set up any sophisticated formations; just a simple Spirit Gathering Array with tenfold effect is enough for Xiao to handle. Moreover, when it comes to understanding and crafting formations, you are all but trash compared to me!"

Xiao Yi looked at the furious Li Youruo and the purple-robed Daoist, and with a smile, he said, "I'm not targeting anyone, but when it comes to formations, you all present are trash!"