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The anti-Xuan side and the Grand Xuan Dynasty were both concerned that something was wrong with the Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Grand Formation.
Now, news suddenly spread that the one who had done this, which was a great scheme for the Grand Xuan Dynasty and a great meritorious deed for the anti-Xuan forces within the Grinding Hut Region's sword world, was an Elder of the Radiant Light Sect, the number one expert of the senior generation, the 'Starlight Wisdom King' Nong Yuxuan.
The news gradually gained the approval of many people.
The North Sea Sword Pavilion and the other anti-Xuan powers were all rather wary of the Grand Xuan Dynasty's Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Formation. They would usually study it as well, striving to understand the enemy and come up with a way to break it.
Nong Yuxuan's name was renowned outside of the Grand Xuan Dynasty as he was an elite expert in the study of the Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Formation.
While he was unable to set up such a grand formation, his deep understanding of formations was something that many experts of the Grand Xuan Dynasty were inferior to.
It could be said that apart from the experts of the Grand Xuan Dynasty in the Royal Reed Sea, if there was anyone who could break this formation, the first person everyone would think of would most likely be Nong Yuxuan.
When the news reached the Grand Xuan Dynasty, Madame Kang of the Shenling Nine Swords first summoned Kang Maosheng.
"Maosheng, are you certain that it isn't that Nong Yuxuan's handiwork?" Madame Kang asked.
Kang Maosheng answered calmly, "That Nong Yuxuan appeared for an instant at that time, arriving even later than I did. However, before I arrived at the northern sea region of the Whole Tower Region, I dare not confirm what happened there, and whether or not Nong Yuxuan appeared."
Madame Kang nodded, "We will have to ask Jinyuan."
The two of them went to the room where Kang Jinyuan was resting. Kang Jinyuan should have woken up by now.
Seeing Madame Kang, he instantly cried out joyfully, "Mother!"
But when he saw Kang Maosheng, his expression became somewhat complicated.
Seeing this, Madame Kang instantly sighed to herself.
Kang Jinyuan bit his lips and averted his gaze, refusing to look at his half-brother.
He was willing to owe anyone but Kang Maosheng.
Ever since he was young, his parents had always valued Kang Maosheng more, praising him incessantly. However, they had always criticized him and used Kang Maosheng as a comparison.
Forget about his father, he was his mother's flesh and blood ah!
I will definitely be stronger than him!
Madame Kang felt rather helpless. Her husband's original wife had died early, leaving behind his eldest son, Kang Maosheng. When she had married into the household, Kang Maosheng had still been young. Actually, it could be said that he had been brought up by her.
They were both her husband's sons, so she didn't want to be mean to Kang Maosheng. She even gave him preferential treatment.
Kang Maosheng was also very respectful and filial to her. Over the years, he had been like Kang Jinyuan, directly calling her 'niangqin' and nothing else.
The relationship between mother and son was actually quite good, not much different from that of biological children.
Of course, if one had to make a comparison, her youngest son, Kang Jinyuan, was the one she doted on the most, her flesh and blood.
It's just that Kang Jinyuan's temperament, compared to his elder brother Kang Maosheng, was a lot more frivolous and arrogant.
While the two brothers' current cultivation bases were similar, as Madame Kang saw it, her youngest son still lacked many things.
He wanted to discipline her strictly, but at the critical moment, he couldn't bear to do so, which made her worry.
In front of his mother, Kang Jinyuan was still very well-behaved. Seeing that his mother seemed to have come for something, he asked, "Is something the matter, Mother?"
Madame Kang nodded, "That's right. Jinyuan, I remember you mentioning after you awoke that the person who destroyed the Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Formation was that Yan Zhaoge who injured you?"
Kang Jinyuan instantly ground his teeth, "It was precisely that bastard!"
Madame Kang looked at him earnestly, "Jinyuan, are you absolutely certain?"
Kang Jinyuan opened his mouth, wanting to say something. Seeing his mother's serious expression, he could not help but ponder for a moment before answering, "I did not personally witness how he did it, but he once mentioned that he wanted to borrow the Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Formation to break the Turbid Heavenly Mirror Armour that you gave me."
"Was it because he knew that something had already happened to the Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Formation at the time, therefore bringing me there, or was it because after bringing me there, he personally tampered with the grand formation? I am not sure. I was trapped by him in that palace that was filled with the qi of true dragons at the time. By the time I emerged from the palace, something had already happened to the grand formation."
Hearing this, Madame Kang nodded slowly before saying, "To King Xuanmu and a limited number of people, you can truthfully explain what had happened. Still, to everyone else, especially those of the anti-Xuan forces, you have to say that it was the Radiant Light Sect's Nong Yuxuan who destroyed the Heavenly Fire Tribulation Thunder Formation."
Kang Jinyuan was dazed as Madame Kang said, "Don't be hasty. I will naturally explain the details to you."
Saying thus, her expression changed as she turned and looked over.
A voice resounded from outside, "The Radiant Light Sect's Nong Yuxuan should not be at this level. It must have been done by someone else. The Radiant Light Sect is now falsely claiming credit for it. Let us add fuel to the fire, letting them fight amongst themselves properly."
Madame Kang was rather taken aback, "Senior apprentice-brother Qi, why have you come to the North Sea?"
Kang Maosheng and Kang Jinyuan felt surprised as well as they hurriedly greeted, "Senior apprentice-uncle Qi."
A tall, middle-aged man walked in, his face sallow and his gaze cold.
He snorted lightly, replying via sound transmission, "Junior apprentice-brother Liao has gone missing. The Heaven Bearing Ceremonial Fragrance, Earth Ocean Lung Crystals and the other materials that should have been sent back by him have all disappeared without a trace as well. I could only make a trip over to see what exactly happened."
Madame Kang was instantly taken aback, "Who did it?"
Immediately afterwards, her face sunk as she clearly also recalled that the materials that had been sent back this time would likely be very hard to gather within a short period of time. It might even cause a major incident to go awry.
The middle-aged man said in a heavy tone, "It might be that fella surnamed Yan whom you mentioned earlier. Junior apprentice-brother Liao seemed to have discovered him and left behind some markings, also calling for the nearby Grand Xuan Realm martial practitioners to hurry over. However, by the time they arrived, junior apprentice-brother Liao's whereabouts were already unknown, with no further news of him."
Madame Kang was silent for a moment before she said rather guiltily, "I have been busy looking after Jinyuan and Maosheng these past few days. I have been negligent."
The middle-aged man shook his head, "This is not the time to speak of this. If junior apprentice-brother Liao has really been harmed by that fella, we have to think of a way to ferret him out right now."
"I have also heard of the matter of someone from the Radiant Light Sect running out to falsely claim credit for it. There might be some unexpected gains. There is indeed no harm in us adding fuel to the fire."
His gaze was cold, "I heard that there is enmity between the Radiant Light Sect and this fella as well. We can make use of them to help us find that fella and rescue junior apprentice-brother Liao or take revenge for him, at the same time also wresting back the materials that junior apprentice-brother Liao transported back then."
"At that time, I will rush back with those things. It should not be a problem. I am just afraid that some of the materials might already be missing. Therefore, I have personally made a trip here. If there are any problems, we can make adjustments at the last minute, getting King Xuanmu to help us gather them."
Madame Kang nodded, "Senior apprentice-brother Qi, everyone has always known about your attainments in formations."
While this middle-aged man Qi Wei was not famous, he could virtually be said to be the number one in formations in the Grand Xuan Dynasty as well as the current number one formation grandmaster of the Royal Reed Sea.
While he was also an expert of the fifth level of the Martial Saint realm like Madame Kang, Madame Kang was well aware that if Qi Wei was given sufficient time and space to set up formations, he alone would be able to slay many experts of the same cultivation level.
Qi Wei was not a descendant of Shen Lingzi's lineage. Instead, he was a descendant of another expert who had come to the Royal Reed Sea alongside King Xuanwen and Shen Lingzi that year, the Formation Grandmaster Daoist Shi. Their three lineages stemmed from the same source. Therefore, they were all of the same lineage.
It was usually Qi Wei who presided over the Heaven Bearing Efficate Formation. Now that he had personally left the Royal Reed Sea this time, he had clearly been forced into a corner. (To be continued.)
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