Heaven Feather Sect, Sect Hall.
"No, this isn't good!" A Disciple stumbled, crawling into the hall and collapsing on the floor.
"What isn't good? Why are you so flustered? What kind of conduct is this!" Sect Master Lu Wuyan said, displeased.
He thought, with him, the Sect Master, present, no matter how big the matter, could the sky really fall?
"Re, reporting to the Sect Master, Grand Elder and the others, who went to support Elder Lin Tian, were all, all slaughtered!"
As soon as the Disciple spoke, Lu Wuyan, who had been calm just a moment before, his expression changed drastically, and he stood up in shock from his Sect Master's throne, "You, what did you say? Elder Lin and the others, all, all dead??"
"Replying to the Sect Master, this matter was witnessed by this Disciple, there is absolutely no falsehood." Then, the Disciple briefly and completely explained the entire sequence of events.
"That Puppet actually has Soul Emergence Realm Cultivation!" Lu Wuyan had indeed heard that as long as an Artifact Refiner's Realm was high enough, the Puppets they refined might not be inferior to Human Race Cultivators.
But a Puppet with strength comparable to the Soul Emergence Realm, and one that could unilaterally slaughter a dozen Sect Elders, Lu Wuyan had truly never encountered such a thing in his life.
"Alright, it seems only I can take action personally. It's just a mere Puppet whose strength is comparable to the Soul Emergence Realm. I will make sure they do not return today! A life for a life!" Lu Wuyan stood up from his seat with a determined look in his eyes.
"Reporting to the Sect Master, it's not one, but dozens, and they are also carrying the heads of those Disciples we sent to the Capital earlier," the Disciple quickly added.
"You, how many did you say?" Lu Wuyan's body swayed, suspecting he had misheard.
"After killing Grand Elder and the others, that Young Master summoned dozens of identical Puppets," the Disciple explained truthfully, not daring to conceal anything.
"Dozens of Soul Emergence Realm Puppets..." Lu Wuyan leaned on the armrest of his seat and sat back down on the Sect Master's throne, finding himself in a difficult position, caught between a rock and a hard place.
"Sect, Sect Master, they've broken in!" At this moment, another Heaven Feather Sect Disciple quickly ran in.
"Alright, I know," Lu Wuyan knew that if it was a blessing, it couldn't be avoided, and if it was a disaster, it couldn't be hidden.
Now, in Lu Wuyan's view, the optimal choice was to reconcile with Qing Chen, as the strength gap between the two sides was not large, at least not as he initially thought, where Heaven Feather Sect could crush Qing Chen.
Besides that, he also made two preparations, instructing the Disciple, "Order all Disciples to be ready, listen to my command at any time, and activate the Sect Protection Formation!"
The Sect Protection Formation could be said to be Heaven Feather Sect's strongest trump card, one of a kind, requiring the strength of the entire Sect to activate.
If Qing Chen was unwilling to reconcile, Lu Wuyan plotted that with the Sect Formation plus his own strength, even if the cost was a bit high, dealing with Qing Chen and the dozens of Puppets he brought should not be difficult.
"Yes!" The Disciple agreed and quickly left the Sect Hall.
Lu Wuyan followed closely, intending to meet Qing Chen.
Soon, both sides met.
Hearing is one thing, seeing is another.
When he personally witnessed the dozens of Shadow Puppets floating in the air, Lu Wuyan's heart was truly unable to calm down.
The oppressive feeling brought by their appearance was much greater than that of Human Race Cultivators of the same Realm.
Then, Lu Wuyan's eyes quickly locked onto Qing Chen, who was stepping on a Flying Sword and holding Han Qingyue in his arms, the two sharing one sword.
"Young Master Qing, no matter what misunderstandings exist between us, now that you have killed this person, even the greatest resentment should have dissipated. I have excellent tea in my residence, why don't we two sit down and have a good talk, how about it?" Lu Wuyan said, lowering his stance.
... Han Qingyue was speechless.
She couldn't help but sigh, this world truly respected the strong. If Qing Chen didn't have enough strength, how could he force Lu Wuyan to humble himself?
She feared he would have long since ordered the Heaven Feather Sect Disciples to charge forward with their swords, to hack her and Qing Chen into a thousand pieces! To tear them to shreds!
She couldn't help but develop a desire to Cultivate, thinking that she couldn't hide behind others forever, could she?
As for Qing Chen, after hearing Lu Wuyan's request to invite him for tea and a talk, Qing Chen's face was cold as he said, "Drink tea with me? Are you worthy?"
Are you worthy! Are you worthy...
These three words echoed repeatedly in Lu Wuyan's mind.
His smile froze and disappeared.
He could no longer remember who had dared to speak to him like that last time, but he could be sure that their grave grass was definitely much taller than his now!
"Young Master Qing, I admit you are indeed very talented, but being arrogant due to talent is not a good habit. You must understand, there is a saying in this world: there are always people beyond people, and Heavens beyond Heavens!"
Lu Wuyan was persuading, urging Qing Chen to think carefully again, whether he truly wanted to go to war with Heaven Feather Sect.
"Kill."
Qing Chen was too lazy to waste any more words with Lu Wuyan. He didn't come here to reconcile with Lu Wuyan; he came to destroy the Sect!
Why waste words on those who are about to die?
"You're ungrateful!" Seeing Qing Chen so unappreciative, Lu Wuyan also became angry, "Do you really think Heaven Feather Sect is afraid of you? Formation, activate!"
As Lu Wuyan's "Formation, activate!" echoed through the Heavens and Earth, tens of thousands of Heaven Feather Sect Disciples simultaneously injected their Spiritual Qi into the Formation Stones.
In the next moment, the Formation Stones were lit up one after another, connecting stone to stone, forming a giant Formation diagram.
When the Formation diagram was completely lit, beams of light shot up into the sky, carving an even larger Formation diagram above the Nine Heavens, covering the entire Heaven Feather Sect.
"This Formation is called the Flood Dragon Grand Formation, a Profound Rank Medium Grade Formation. To destroy you, it's more than enough!" As soon as Lu Wuyan finished speaking, countless Spiritual Qi gathered in mid-air, transforming into dozens of feet high Flood Dragon phantoms.
"Flood Dragon Grand Formation..."
If Qing Chen remembered correctly, he had seemingly just recently acquired an Earth Rank High Grade Formation called the "Kunlong Great Formation."
'I wonder if, with my current Comprehension Ability, I can comprehend Formations?'
Qing Chen did not rush to order the Shadow Puppets into action. The Flood Dragon Grand Formation had not yet been fully activated. Qing Chen, with the thought of giving it a try, opened his System backpack, selected the Kunlong Great Formation, and began to comprehend it.
He had only just closed his eyes for a short while before opening them again immediately.
For no other reason than that this Kunlong Great Formation, which had reached Earth Rank and was infinitely close to Heaven Rank, had already been mostly comprehended by him.
Qing Chen had thought that his current comprehension speed was terrifying, but he had not expected it to be terrifying to this extent.
An Earth Rank High Grade Formation, mostly comprehended in the blink of an eye...
If this were to be known, it would probably make those Formation Masters who prided themselves as Geniuses feel ashamed, lose confidence in Cultivating this Dao, and become utterly dejected from then on.
High Comprehension Ability truly allows one to do whatever they want!
"The Flood Dragon Grand Formation is complete! Today will be the day you two die!" Since things had come to this, Lu Wuyan could no longer remove Han Qingyue from this matter.
Killing the current Imperial Son-in-Law already offended the Imperial Family, was he afraid of adding a Princess?
By then, if Great Han truly pursued the matter, with the people dead and the lights out, how it was explained would be up to his own mouth.
Little did he know that this decision had delivered a great gift to Qing Chen, and the System was stirring.