It was said that the Crystal Palace's Yuan Gua, Laozu, had accidentally killed himself on Kongming Island because he had angered the crowd. Afterwards, the Crystal Palace's second disciple, Li Shiqian, had gone berserk and massacred all the cultivators who had entered the island.
There were many Dharma adepts present at the time, but no one was able to stop him. It was not until the Guangfa Clan, Talisman Pavilion, Liuyun Sect, and Yulin Sect heard the news and rushed over that they joined forces to subdue this disciple of the Crystal Palace.
No one dared to offend the Crystal Palace. Although more than a dozen cultivators had died at Li Shiqian's hands, many of them were masters of spell formations from various sects. However, none of them dared to speak up. In the end, the few masters had no choice but to inform the Crystal Palace to come to the South Sea to collect their people.
The masters of these four sects had rushed over. Apart from the collapse of the nine foundation formations on Kongming Island, Kongming Island had become completely open to all cultivators. Naturally, they were also here for Wen Yuan. The death of Nanyu Laozu and the appearance of the two broken treasures were enough to attract them.
As for the other large sect, the Honghai Pavilion, they were no longer qualified to be called a large sect. Therefore, although the incident on Kongming Island had shocked the entire South Sea cultivation world, not a single cultivator from the Honghai Pavilion had appeared.
In the end, the Kongming Array was preserved under the strong request of the masters of the various sects. The spirit veins on the island were also not removed. Unfortunately, the nine foundation formations had collapsed and dissipated. The masters of the various sects had tried their best but could only preserve about 70% of the remaining formations. The rest had either been destroyed by the collapse of the foundation formations or had been destroyed in the previous battle.
At this time, the Yuwen family had not yet spread the news that Wen Yuan had died more than ten years ago. The entire South Sea cultivation world was looking for Wen Yuan, the master of spell formations. There were even rumors that Wuxing School had sent people to the southern coast of Central Plains after hearing about the appearance of the two broken treasures.
At this time, Lu Ping had already changed his appearance. After that, he suppressed his cultivation all the way to the late stage of the Core Forging Realm. After that, he spent enough Spirit Stones and used the excuse of traveling to the Central Region to exchange for a slot in the ultra-long-distance transmission array from the Charm Pavilion.
With Lu Ping's current level of attainment in the "Deception Technique," even late Dharma adepts would not be able to see through his true identity. Previously, when he was battling Nanyu Laozu in the Dark Space Sea, no one had been able to see through him.
After the light of the Teleportation Array flashed, Lu Ping reappeared in the Magic Cloud Ancient City in the southern part of Middle-earth.
The Magic Cloud Ancient City was a city where practitioners gathered. At the same time, it was also the base of a large sect. The name of this sect was Magic Cloud City. It was a sect that had a close relationship with the Lingyun Valley, one of the five holy lands of Middle-earth. At the same time, it was also the destination of the ultra-long-distance transmission array from the Charm Pavilion to Middle-earth.
The Magic Cloud Ancient City was about 20,000 miles southeast of the Lingyun Valley. To the south, the Endless Mountains stretched from the northwest to the southeast and formed a border with Middle-earth. This was roughly a parallel line between the Lingyun Valley and the Magic Cloud Ancient City.
The parallel line of the Endless Mountains continued to the southeast until it reached the edge of the South Sea, where the estuary of the Qing Ming River was located.
On the other side of the estuary of the Qing Ming River was the base of another holy land of Middle-earth, the Skyward Pavilion.
The Lingyun Valley, the Magic Cloud Ancient City, and the Skyward Pavilion roughly formed the same straight line from the northwest to the southeast, facing the Endless Mountains.
Going up along the estuary of the Qing Ming River, the lower reaches of the Qing Ming River happened to roughly follow the straight line from the Skyward Pavilion to the Magic Cloud Ancient City. Then, turning north near the Magic Cloud Ancient City, all the way to the hinterland of Middle-earth, around the Nine Mystical Tower. This was the middle reaches of the Qing Ming River. Here, turning west, all the way to the south of the Western Wilderness, the source of the Qing Ming River, this section was the upper reaches.
Lu Ping's original plan was to swim in the Qing Ming River and feel the imposing manner of the largest river in Middle-earth to perfect the "Great River Flows East Sword Technique" that had been modified by Lu Ping. The only pity was that it appeared in the Magic Cloud Ancient City, which made it feel a little awkward.
As soon as Lu Ping came out of the Teleportation Formation, he immediately heard someone arguing in the other side of the Teleportation Formation. When Lu Ping looked over, he realized that this Teleportation Formation was used to teleport people out of Magic Cloud City.
"Why? Why did you close the Teleportation Formation at this time? The Old Man and the others are still in a hurry to go to Wuding Sect to save people. Won't your delay kill people?"
"That's right, that's right. I'm still in a hurry to report to my sect's Laozu. Can you afford to be late?"
"Hurry up and open the Teleportation Formation. We are still in a hurry to meet up with our friends. Do you want us to fly all the way there?"
"I will increase the price by five more Upper Spirit Stones. Is that okay?"
…
"Why is the Teleportation Formation to Magic Cloud City still open, but the Teleportation Formation to leave is closed?"
Everyone suddenly fell silent. When they looked at the Teleportation Formation that Lu Ping had come from, they found that the Teleportation Formation there was still open, and the teleportation light had not stopped.
Could it be …
"I think everyone has already guessed it!"
A mid Dharma adept suddenly appeared in the sky above the Teleportation Formation, followed by three early Dharma adepts. Seeing that the adepts outside the Teleportation Formation had all noticed them, the adept continued, "The rules of the world of cultivation have always been that as long as there is a Beast Tide attack or a siege by Mara, the Teleportation Formation allows people to enter, but not to leave. What else do you have to say?"
The adepts near the Teleportation Formation were silent at first, and then there was an uproar. Some complained, some cursed, and some remained silent.
A loud shout came from the crowd, saying, "Senior Gu Xing, is it the Beast Tide from Endless Mountain, or is it Mara's siege?"
The noise in the crowd suddenly stopped, and they heard Laozu, the mid Dharma adept, say in a deep voice, "It is the Disaster of Mara, and it is less than half a day away from Magic Cloud City. At this moment, everyone should hurry up and get ready to defend Magic Cloud City! Of course, if there is really an emergency, you can still fly out of the city now, but be careful of the traces of Mara's army on the way. "
Although the crowd looked angry, they still walked away quickly while cursing. The other Teleportation Formation to Magic Cloud City was still open, and after a flash from time to time, one or a few adepts would appear. Soon, they also learned that the Teleportation Formation had been closed because of the siege by Mara. They could not help but curse their bad luck, but no one complained about the closure of the Teleportation Formation to leave Magic Cloud City.
Whether humans or demons, mortals or adepts, it was always human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages!
In the past, when the Disaster of Mara broke out, every time a sect or a city was besieged by Mara, many adepts would try to leave through the Teleportation Formation to avoid the siege of Mara's army. They would wait until the siege of Mara's army was lifted before returning to avoid the possible disaster, or if the place was simply destroyed by Mara, they would be even more glad that they had chosen to leave.
However, it was undeniable that when the siege of Mara's army arrived, these adepts who escaped through the Teleportation Formation not only drove more people to leave, but also weakened the strength of the defense, and also shook the determination of the adepts who stayed to resist the invasion of Mara.
Later, when the invasion of Mara's army arrived, some sects would forcibly close the Teleportation Formation, cutting off the adepts' means of escape, forcing these people to stay and join the resistance against Mara's invasion.
However, this method of coercion was opposed by many people in the beginning. Although there was nothing they could do for a time, the people who had survived Mo Luo's invasion began to feel enmity toward this sect. The friends and family of the people who had fallen blamed the reason for their deaths on the sect that had adopted this method, causing them to suffer endless retaliation from all kinds of enemies.
Even though these people knew that in that dangerous situation, cutting off the Teleportation Formation was the only way to survive, everyone could understand it, but when it came to the actual action, no one could accept it.
This continued until another sect had no choice but to cut off the Teleportation Formation when the disaster of Mara descended. At that time, it aroused resistance from the adepts who had stayed in the sect. Before the arrival of Mara's army, internal strife had already begun. In the end, they were completely annihilated under the siege of Mara's army.
After that, the five holy lands of the Central Plains, the Yuwen family, and the Crystal Palace of the East Sea jointly announced to the cultivation world that when the disaster of Mara descended, they would support the sects and clans to cut off the Teleportation Formation, allowing entry but not exit. In the face of a great enemy, they should unite against a common enemy. If there was any difficulty, they would become enemies with the entire cultivation world.
Reason was conveyed through background, and customs were fostered through strength!
After the six great holy lands and the Yuwen family had joined hands to support the sects and forces that had cut off the teleportation portal in the encirclement of the Evil Luo army, punishing those individuals, groups, and forces that had failed to escape in the face of danger and started internal strife, the atmosphere of the entire cultivation world had suddenly changed. This kind of rule of allowing people to enter but not leave in the face of danger had finally been established. If something like this happened again, the trapped cultivators could only blame their own bad luck.
However, this so-called rule of "allowing entry but not exit" only referred to the Teleportation Formation. If there were cultivators who were willing to fly away before Mara completely surrounded them, these sects and forces could not stop them.
However, unless there was a really urgent matter, or if they had absolute confidence in their own strength, no one would fly out of the city on the eve of Mara's siege, because it was very likely that they would be surrounded by Mara's army from all directions.
At this time, Lu Ping leisurely left Magic Cloud Ancient City after the cultivators at the gate of the ancient city tried to persuade him but to no avail.
At the same time, outside a dense forest hundreds of miles south of Magic Cloud Ancient City, a Mara team wandering in the southeast direction was suddenly caught unprepared by an attack in the dense forest.
The attack was ferocious, but it was not fatal. Moro's troops were scattered in an instant, and then they retreated towards the north as if they were being driven away. That direction was exactly where Magic Cloud City was, which Moro's army was going to surround.
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