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Old and Lonely
"One day, I will go to Xiaoyao Sacred Ground to take a look!"
Mu Yun said seriously, "That place might be the closest to the peak of the entire Great Thousand World!"
"Yes!"
Gui Yi chuckled and said, "Kid, stop wasting time!"
"Yes? Why? "
"To learn array formations!"
Gui Yi said mysteriously, "Brat, I'll take you to a good place."
Under Gui Yi's urging, Mu Yun went down the mountain and walked towards the depths of Xiaoyao Mountain.
The entire Xiaoyao Mountain covered a vast area. The mountains rose and fell, and the buildings were exceptionally magnificent. After about half a day, Mu Yun stopped in front of a valley.
The valley was surrounded by cliffs, and only the entrance of the valley could allow one person to pass through.
Mu Yun crossed the valley and entered the valley's passage. He walked in the narrow space on foot.
"This is …"
Not long after, a stone tablet blocked in front of Mu Yun.
The four big words on the stone tablet seemed to have been imprinted on it for millions of years, and the stone tablet gave people the feeling that it could collapse at any time.
"Heaven and Earth!"
Mu Yun was puzzled when he saw the four words.
"What does this mean?"
At this moment, Gui Yi chuckled smugly.
"Don't worry about this first. Draw the words with your sword and write the words' Heaven and Earth '."
"…"
Mu Yun felt that Gui Yi seemed to know something, but he was keeping him in suspense and did not tell him.
A long sword appeared in his hand, and Mu Yun directly wrote the four big words.
"Heaven and Earth!"
Looking at the words "Heaven, Earth, Earth, and Heaven", Mu Yun felt rather strange.
What … what was this?!
"Just wait!"
Gui Yi smiled and seemed to be looking forward to it.
Thump …
Thump …
Not long after, thumping sounds could be heard in the valley. Slowly, a figure appeared in front of Mu Yun.
However, looking at that figure, Mu Yun was slightly stunned.
It was an old man. His hair was completely white, and he wore hemp clothes. His hemp clothes were extremely tattered.
The old man's face was as pale as withered grass. He walked over step by step with a cane under his armpit.
What made Mu Yun stunned was that one of the old man's arms and legs had disappeared. Only the right arm and leg were intact.
The crutch he was leaning on was the old man's leg.
The old man walked over slowly and looked at Mu Yun in a daze.
"Follow me!"
At this moment, Mu Yun was completely dumbfounded.
What was going on?
The old man leaned on his walking stick and led Mu Yun into the valley.
When she stepped over the stone tablet, Mu Yun could clearly feel a power of inspection shining on her body in the entire valley.
If it wasn't for the old man, that power would have been enough to completely crush him.
This feeling was too strange.
"Formation!"
Mu Yun gradually thought of the reason in her heart.
The old man walked in front and said slowly, "You can call me Elder Gu in the future. From today onwards, you will come here every day. I will teach you the Dao of Formations!"
As Elder Gu spoke, he waved his hand. Formation diagrams suddenly appeared on the stone walls of the valley.
From the outside to the inside, if one looked carefully, there were more than a thousand formation diagrams.
Seeing those formation diagrams, Mu Yun felt a sense of anticipation rise in her heart.
These were all Holy Formations!
Elder Gu said again, "From today onwards, I will teach you how to activate level-one Holy Formations."
"Elder Gu!"
Hearing this, Mu Yun said respectfully, "I can already set up level-five Holy Formations now!"
"Oh? So? "
Elder Gu glanced at Mu Yun and said slowly, "You have to start learning level-one Holy Formations. Are you going to learn them or not? If not, get lost. "
"I understand!"
Mu Yun was not angry at all.
Xiao Qingfeng had already said that even he could not do anything to this person. It was enough to see that Elder Gu was definitely an extraordinary existence.
Mu Yun sat down. Elder Gu waved his hand, and a ray of light appeared.
Lines of words appeared in front of Mu Yun.
"The Dao of Formations has always been endless. In the current Great Thousand World, Formations are divided into Ancient Holy Formations, Ancient Divine Formations, and Desolation Formations!"
"Ancient Holy Formations are divided into nine levels, corresponding to the nine great realms of Saints. As for the Ancient Divine Formations and Desolation Formations, wait until you reach that realm!"
Elder Gu said slowly, "These three levels of Dao of Formations are clearly different. Although they are all condensed from formation patterns, the effects are worlds apart."
"For the Ancient Holy Formations, the formation patterns integrate the power of heaven and earth and borrow the power of heaven and earth."
"For the Ancient Divine Formations, the formation patterns control the power of heaven and earth and integrate it into the formation for the Formation Master to control."
"As for the Desolation Formation, it shapes heaven and earth!"
"Since ancient times, Desolation Formation Masters have been ranked at the top in the Great Thousand World. It is said that there are even more powerful Ancient Desolation Formation Masters that surpass Desolation Formation Masters. However, I have only heard rumors. I don't know if it is true or not!"
Elder Gu began to explain slowly, starting from the very beginning, the simplest.
Xuan Ce Zi had told him many of these, but there were many things that Xuan Ce Zi had not told him.
If Xuan Ce Zi had opened a door to Dao of Formations for him, then Elder Gu was helping him completely smash this door into pieces.
There were many basic points of Dao of Formations that he had neglected.
Gradually, the sun set in the west. Elder Gu stood up and said, "Alright, that's all for today. Comprehend well and come again tomorrow!"
"Thank you, Elder Gu!"
Mu Yun stood up and bowed respectfully.
He finally understood why Xiao Qingfeng, as the Sect Master, could not do anything to Elder Gu.
Elder Gu's understanding of Dao of Formations was indeed not something that ordinary people could understand. Mu Yun could feel that even Xuan Ce Zi would lose to Elder Gu in the Dao of Formations.
After bidding farewell to Elder Gu, Mu Yun left the valley.
When he turned back to look, he realized that there were three large words at the top of the valley that were faintly discernible and emitting a faint light.
"Free Valley!"
Mu Yun clenched his fists.
With Elder Gu around, his attainments in Dao of Formations would definitely improve rapidly.
"Little Junior Brother!"
A voice sounded at this moment. Yi Yue rushed over and heaved a sigh of relief when she saw Mu Yun.
"You scared me to death. Why did you come to Free Valley for no reason?" Yi Yue said angrily. "Fortunately, you are lucky and did not die here."
"Die here?"
"That's right!"
Yi Yue said reproachfully. "Free Valley is a place that our Carefree Mountain disciples do not even dare to mention. A strange old man lives here. Even the Sect Master treats him with respect."
Yi Yue approached Mu Yun and said in a low voice, "I heard the Sect Master mention it once. Even he does not know the background of that strange old man."
Mu Yun was even more confused.
"However, it is said that there are many Dao of Formations in Free Valley. Many of our Carefree Sect disciples wanted to enter Free Valley to learn Dao, but they all died tragically in the end."
"Died tragically?"
"Yes!"
Yi Yue said again, "Do you see the stone tablet at the entrance of this valley?"
"Yes!"
"There is a powerful Dao of Formations in Free Valley. It is impossible to enter. Only by deciphering the secret of the stone tablet can one enter."
"The words' Heaven 'and' Earth 'are written on the stone tablet. If you match the words below, you can enter the valley. But if you are wrong … the Dao of Formations will counterattack directly. Even a Sage Emperor will be killed completely!"
Mu Yun broke out in a cold sweat.
Even a Sage Emperor … could die!
"Fortunately, you did not enter without permission. Otherwise, you would be dead!" Yi Yue said with lingering fear.
"Little Senior Sister …"
Mu Yun smiled bitterly and said, "I entered the valley and met that senior, Elder Gu. Today, Elder Gu explained many Dao of Formations to me."
"And Elder Gu said that I should go to Free Valley every day to listen to his lectures!"
After Mu Yun finished speaking, Yi Yue's beautiful eyes widened.
She looked at Mu Yun with a face full of disbelief.
Of course, she knew that Mu Yun would not lie to her.
This kind of deception was very easy to expose.
She just could not wrap her head around it for a moment.
In the past tens of thousands of years, it was said that no one from the Free Mountain had ever stepped into the Free Valley. Furthermore, anyone who thought that they were the chosen one and would be recognized by the elder in the Free Valley would eventually turn into a pile of white bones.
As a result, Carefree Mountain prohibited disciples from entering Free Valley.
It was said that there was once a Sage Emperor Elder in Carefree Mountain who tried to break through the limits of a seventh-level Sacred Array Master.
In the end, he perished!
Free Valley. After generations of Carefree Mountain disciples' verification, it had become synonymous with a dangerous place.
Not only did Mu Yun enter the valley, but she also met that Elder and received his recognition.
How could she not be surprised?
It was simply unbelievable!
"Little Junior Brother, you're good!"
Yi Yue exclaimed in surprise. "Let's see how those old fogeys from the other seven peaks compete with our Sect Master Peak's disciples this time."
"Little Senior Sister, what exactly is the situation with the Ancient Bronze Mountain that the Sect Master mentioned?"
"I was just about to explain it to you."
Yi Yue said, "The Ancient Bronze Mountain is a good place accidentally discovered by various major sects tens of thousands of years ago."
"The Ancient Bronze Mountain is entirely bronze in color, hence its name. Every once in a while, a wave of spirit energy will erupt from the Ancient Bronze Mountain."
"Wave of spirit energy?"
"That's right!"
Yi Yue said seriously. "This wave of spirit energy is extremely mysterious and unpredictable. Those who enter it can be tempered as if spirit energy is pouring into their bodies.
"However, the Ancient Bronze Mountain seems to have been damaged before, so the effect is more obvious only for Holy Emperor disciples.
"That is the Holy Emperor realm. If one enters the Ancient Bronze Mountain, he can easily reach the Holy Venerate realm with the help of the spirit energy in the Ancient Bronze Mountain.
"You also know that Holy Venerates are the outstanding disciples and successors of the various sixth-tier forces and sects. Hence, the seven major forces of the Kun Xu World are very concerned about the Ancient Bronze Mountain.
"Hence, they agreed that every time the Ancient Bronze Mountain opens, each major force will send five disciples in, and there will only be ten spots for the spirit energy."
Yi Yue said seriously, "Therefore, within our sect, each of the eight main peaks will select ten people to participate in the competition. These ten people will represent their respective peaks in the competition. The final five people will represent our Carefree Mountain and participate in the expedition to Ancient Bronze Mountain."
"Helping Holy Emperors to easily reach the Holy Venerate realm …"
Mu Yun smiled.
"Then I'll definitely take this spot!"
"Hehe, you're quite imposing!"
Yi Yue said with a smile. "Our Sect Master Peak has ten spots. You and I will definitely have one. However, the most important thing is not the spot, but the battle with the other seven peaks' top Holy Emperors.
"If you emerge victorious in the end, you will represent Carefree Mountain to enter the Ancient Bronze Mountain and compete with the other six major forces for one of the ten spots.
"At that time, casualties will be inevitable. You must be prepared!"
Mu Yun nodded and said, "Two months is enough!"
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