In just a few days, Lu Ye had already figured out the situation in Fox Immortal Valley, but he still had no clue how to safely take Li Baxian away.
As long as Li Baxian's Soul Secret Technique was not broken, it was impossible for Li Baxian to follow him obediently. Killing Li Baxian was even more impossible. Apart from the first time he saw Li Baxian in Li Baxian's bedroom, Lu Ye had not seen Li Baxian for the past few days. She had always stayed in her bedroom and did not show her face.
Moreover, even if she did show up, Lu Ye could not kill her with his current strength. She had many cultivators protecting her.
There was another piece of good news, which came from Feng Yuechan.
The wolf pack at the spiritual land had grown stronger. At first, there were only a hundred wolves, but later on, they went somewhere and gathered more of their kind. When Tan Sheng and the others killed their way into the spiritual land, there were already more than two hundred wolves. Just a day ago, the wolf pack brought back another batch of their kind, expanding the pack to more than three hundred wolves.
In Lu Ye's plan, killing Fox Demon required the help of the wolf pack, so the wolf pack's growth was a good thing for him.
He just had to wait for the right opportunity.
There were too many cultivators in Fox Immortal Valley and they had formations to rely on. Even if there were more than three hundred wolves, they would definitely not be a match for them. If the wolf pack could grow to five hundred, they might be able to try to attack Fox Immortal Valley, but three hundred was still too much.
He could only continue to wait for a good opportunity.
On the second day of learning saber techniques from Xia Liang, Zhou Yuntian came over and conveyed Fox Demon's orders. In the future, Lu Ye would be in charge of the formations in Fox Immortal Valley and Xie Yunhan would be his assistant.
Since it was an order from Fox Demon, Lu Ye had no reason to refuse. He immediately accepted the order and finally confirmed that Zhou Yuntian was biased towards him yesterday because of his performance in formations.
Xie Yunhan must have said a lot of good things about him.
In fact, there was not much difference between who was the main and who was the assistant. The formations in Fox Immortal Valley had been maintained for many years. A few days ago, Lu Ye and Xie Yunhan had done various maintenance and adjustments. Now, the two of them did not need to do much. Every day, they would walk around Fox Immortal Valley three times in the morning, afternoon, and evening to check the operation of the formations.
The change in position was only a nominal change. It allowed Lu Ye to receive more attention and a higher position in Fox Immortal Valley.
Most of the time, Lu Ye cultivated his saber arts with Xia Liang. He had never paid attention to it before, but ever since he started cultivating his saber arts with Xia Liang, he realized that his foundation was too poor.
Ever since he had embarked on the path of cultivation, he had learned almost everything on his own. That was especially true when it came to saber techniques. No one had ever taught him a complete system. The only help he had received was the saber techniques that his Third Senior Brother had entrusted to his son at the Spirit Stream Battlefield, which had allowed him to learn the art of transfusing blood.
However, this was only a secret technique that all weapon cultivators needed to cultivate. It was of no use in improving one's foundation.
Xia Liang's careful guidance would undoubtedly make up for Lu Ye's shortcomings.
Lu Ye cherished such an opportunity.
How to exert force, how to breathe, and how to change moves were all very particular. Lu Ye used to just follow his instincts when swinging his saber, but now with Xia Liang's guidance, he felt a sense of enlightenment. The foundation of his saber arts was improving day by day.
Xia Liang had praised Lu Ye's talent in saber arts more than once. He had even said that if he had entered the Wild Saber Sect back then, he would have been able to obtain the essence of the Wild Saber Sect.
Time flew by, and a few days passed.
Early in the morning, Lu Ye and Xie Yunhan inspected the various formations in Fox Immortal Valley as usual. It took them half an hour to check all the formations and make sure that they were working well.
Lu Ye was about to go back and cultivate his saber arts with Xia Liang when Xie Yunhan suddenly said, "Brother, there's another place to be inspected today."
Lu Ye asked curiously, "There's another place?"
There were only so many places to be inspected every day. He had become completely familiar with them these days and was sure that he had not missed anything. Where did the other place come from?
"That's the forbidden area of Fox Immortal Valley. It needs to be inspected once every half a month. No one is allowed to go near it on normal days," Xie Yunhan explained.
"Forbidden area?" Lu Ye suddenly became interested. There was actually a forbidden area in Fox Immortal Valley. This was something that he had never known before.
However, since it was a forbidden area, it was naturally impossible for him to know about it as a newcomer.
As Xie Yunhan walked in a direction, they arrived at the deepest part of Fox Immortal Valley. A large formation appeared in front of them.
"It's here." Xie Yunhan pointed at the large formation in front of them, "No one is allowed to go near this place. However, His Honor has ordered me to come and inspect every half a month. In the future, this matter will be handed over to you."
Lu Ye looked at the formation in front of him. On the surface, it was a large concealment formation. Inside, there should be a large defensive formation operating. However, with the concealment formation, he could not see the situation inside.
The area covered by the formation was not too big. It was only about a dozen feet in radius, forming a circle.
"What's inside?" Lu Ye asked.
Xie Yunhan shook his head, "I don't know."
"You don't know?" Lu Ye was surprised.
"When I came to Fox Immortal Valley, the forbidden area was already here. Usually, I just maintain the formation and have never entered … Brother, His Honor does not allow anyone to enter. In the future, you only need to come and inspect every half a month."
"I understand."
Immediately, the two of them split up and inspected the formation. After confirming that the formation was in good condition, they quickly left.
"Brother, come over to my place for a drink?" Xie Yunhan invited.
"I'll disturb brother later. I'll go and find Brother Xia to cultivate my blade technique first."
Xie Yunhan chuckled, "Then, I'll wait for you."
"Fellow daoist Lu!"
A voice suddenly sounded from not far away. Lu Ye turned his head and looked over, only to see Zhou Yuntian looking at him with a smile. From the looks of it, Zhou Yuntian seemed to have been waiting for him.
Xie Yunhan said, "Brother Zhou should be looking for you for something. You can go over first."
Lu Ye nodded his head, then separated from Xie Yunhan and walked towards Zhou Yuntian.
When he arrived, he cupped his fist and greeted, "Fellow daoist Zhou."
Zhou Yuntian said with concern, "You've worked hard these past few days. His Honor is very satisfied with your performance."
Lu Ye immediately revealed a happy expression and said, "Serving His Honor is subordinate's duty."
"En." Zhou Yuntian nodded his head slightly, "Fellow daoist Lu is right to think this way. Everything that we have is bestowed upon us by His Honor. Protecting His Honor is our greatest mission!"
His face was filled with fanaticism, as if even if His Honor asked him to die, he wouldn't even frown.
Lu Ye felt a chill in his heart and changed the topic, "Fellow daoist Zhou is looking for me?"
"Oh." Zhou Yuntian came back to his senses, "When I met His Honor a few days ago, I remember Fellow daoist Lu said that you're proficient in the dao of spirit runes, formation dao, and the dao of inscriptions?"
"Actually, strictly speaking, I'm a spirit rune master. I've only dabbled in the dao of formations and the dao of inscriptions."
"You've only dabbled in the dao of formations, yet Fellow daoist Lu has such high attainments in the dao of formations. Then, what about the dao of inscriptions?"
"I've only started cultivating the dao of inscriptions not long ago. It can't be compared to the dao of formations."
"Is it possible to inscribe inscriptions?"
"It's possible, but I can only inscribe three types of inscriptions."
"Which three types?"
"The offensive type of sharpness, the defensive type of defense, and the auxiliary type of wind type of inscriptions."
Zhou Yuntian's eyes lit up, and he eagerly asked, "What's the success rate?"
"Basically, the possibility of failure is very small." Previously, when he practiced with the wolf pack, he rarely failed. Moreover, it didn't matter if he failed. After a few days, when the inscriptions recovered, he could just inscribe them again. It wouldn't cause much damage to the inscriptions.
"Good, good, good!" Zhou Yuntian was overjoyed, "Fellow daoist Lu, can you show me a thing or two?"
"Of course. I wonder who wants to inscribe inscriptions?" Lu Ye still had a lot of inscriptions materials in his hands, and it was enough for him to use.
"Inscribe on my body."
"Then, Fellow daoist Zhou, please follow me." After Lu Ye finished speaking, he led the way.
Soon, he returned to his own pavilion, took out all kinds of inscriptions materials, and introduced them to Zhou Yuntian. This time, he said, "Fellow daoist Zhou, what kind of inscriptions do you want?"
Zhou Yuntian pondered for a moment and said, "Defensive type."
Sharp inscriptions were not suitable for piercing people's bodies. This was different from the demon wolves. After all, cultivators usually had spirit weapons when fighting, and no one would use their hands to scratch or bite people. Inscriptions used on cultivators were either defensive or wind-moving.
One allowed cultivators to have a stronger defensive method, while the other allowed cultivators to run faster.
Overall, defensive type was the most suitable. It wasn't strange for Zhou Yuntian to make such a choice.
"Then where does Fellow Daoist Zhou want to inscribe?" Lu Ye asked again.
Zhou Yuntian reached out and tore open his clothes at his chest, and pointed at his chest. "Here!"
It was a very normal choice. The heart was a vital point, and with a defensive inscription protecting it, it was very likely that it could save one's life at some critical moment.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou, please lie down." Lu Ye gestured with his hand.
Zhou Yuntian lay on Lu Ye's bed and opened his clothes.
Lu Ye picked up the needle, dipped it in the materials for defensive inscriptions, and raised his hand to stab Zhou Yuntian's heart.
When the needle fell, Zhou Yuntian's expression was clearly nervous, but he quickly relaxed.
As the needles pierced Zhou Yuntian's chest one after another, a triangular yellow mark gradually appeared. Within the mark, there were many complex lines that intertwined with each other. Just by looking at it, it gave off a feeling of impregnable invulnerability.
A single defensive rune was nothing to Lu Ye.
In less than the time it took for an incense stick to burn, Lu Ye stopped and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, it's done."
Zhou Yuntian stood up and lowered his head to look at the mark on his chest. He channeled a bit of spiritual power into it, and a triangular barrier immediately appeared on his chest. The barrier was tightly attached to his chest, and it was clearly many times stronger than his protective spiritual power.
Zhou Yuntian was overjoyed, and couldn't help but praise, "Fellow Daoist Lu is truly amazing. To be able to inscribe inscriptions at the Cloud River Realm, this is the first time I've seen such a thing."
Lu Ye said, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, you flatter me. My skills are not great, and this is only a temporary inscription. The number of times I can use it is limited. It's fine as long as Fellow Daoist Zhou is satisfied."
"Satisfied, very satisfied." Zhou Yuntian nodded with a smile. When he looked at Lu Ye again, he increasingly felt that he had picked up a treasure.
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