Mortal: My divine sense has mutated.

Chapter 26, Part 4: The Scumbags and the Division of Loot

The Four Fiends Formation is a top-grade intermediate defensive formation. As long as a Foundation Establishment cultivator presides over the formation, it can withstand a Core Formation cultivator's fierce attack for a period of time. Therefore, the seven sects placed it here to guard the only large spirit stone mine in the Yue Kingdom.

With this formation in place, it is indeed very difficult for these demonic cultivators to break through the wasteland spirit stone mine.

But Wang Chan had been planning this for a long time, so how could he not have made preparations?

With a wave of his hand, Wang Chan summoned five thin, dark-skinned Foundation Establishment cultivators who emerged from the formation of Qi Refining Demonic Cultivators.

Upon seeing the five Foundation Establishment cultivators, Chen Qiaoqian and Xuan Le's expressions changed drastically, and they exclaimed in surprise, "Demon Flame Sect cultivators?!"

Demonic Fire Cultivators are a unique form of asceticism within the Demonic Flame Sect. They rarely indulge in pleasure, dedicating almost all their vital energy to wartime.

These five Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, when they join forces, can condense a Core Formation level Azure Sun Demonic Flame, making them invincible in conquering cities and fortresses.

In order to deal with the Four Fiends Formation, Wang Chan specially borrowed these five demonic fire cultivators from the Demon Flame Sect.

As the five demonic fire cultivators sat cross-legged on the ground and cut their palms to connect their essence into one, a fireball radiating Core Formation level energy was quickly condensed and shot towards the defensive light barrier of the Four Fiends Formation.

Chen Liang, Han Li, Chen Qiaoqian, Lü Tianmeng, and Xuan Le did not stand idly by. They led the Qi Refining cultivators in the mine to power the Four Fiends Formation, allowing it to easily withstand the attack.

However, Wang Chan quickly gave the order for the other Foundation Establishment cultivators and all Qi Refining cultivators to join forces and assist the Azure Sun Demon Fire in bombarding the defensive light barrier of the Four Fiends Formation.

Seeing this, Chen Liang suggested that all the cultivators present should donate some spirit stones. Qi Refining cultivators could donate a few spirit stones, while Foundation Establishment cultivators could donate dozens of spirit stones.

By channeling the spiritual energy of these spirit stones into the Four Fiends Formation, the cultivators in the field can retreat in batches under the cover of the formation.

The proposal was quickly agreed upon by Lü Tianmeng and Xuan Le. So, after all the Qi Refining cultivators in the mine donated some spirit stones, they withdrew into the mine tunnels under the leadership of Chen Qiaoqian.

After Chen Liang, Han Li, Xuan Le, and Lü Tianmeng poured all the collected spirit stones and spiritual energy into the Four Fiends Formation, they also retreated.

Before entering the mine tunnel, Chen Liang casually threw out a few intermediate-level fire explosion talismans, destroying the entrance to the tunnel.

Upon seeing this, Zhongwu cupped his hands to Wang Chan and said, "Young Master, they've escaped. Let's hurry and give chase."

Wang Chan calmly waved his hand and said, "Zhongwu, you're still a bit too impatient. You need more experience."

Zhong Wu: "So, we're not going to chase after them?"

Wang Chan: "Of course we should chase them, but it's not too late after we break through this Four Fiends Formation. Do you know why?"

Zhong Wu: "This, I do not know."

Wang Chan chuckled and said, "Actually, the news that Chen Liang was here was sold to us in the Demonic Path by that Lü Tianmeng. That fool who only has eyes for spirit stones thought he was hiding it well, but he was actually recognized a long time ago."

If I'm not mistaken, Lü Tianmeng led us here this time probably to take advantage of the chaos to rob Chen Liang of his entire fortune, and then leave Yue Kingdom to live a carefree life.

He might even take advantage of the chaos to kidnap Chen Liang and bring him to our side to claim the reward. So, all we need to do is continue attacking this Four Fiends Formation, scaring them into a panicked escape. Then Chen Liang won't be able to get away either.”

Upon hearing this, Zhongwu bowed with admiration and said, "Oh, Young Master's foresight is truly admirable."

However, Zhongwu thought to himself, "What's going on? Wasn't this young master Wang supposed to be an incompetent spendthrift? This plan doesn't seem like it..."

On the other side, Chen Liang, while passing the spirit stone storage warehouse in the mine tunnel, turned and walked in that direction.

Seeing this, Han Li couldn't help but say, "Senior brother, what are you doing? In the face of disaster, life is more important than spirit stones."

Without turning his head, Chen Liang said, "What if I had a way to take those spirit stones with me?"

Upon hearing this, Lü Tianmeng and Xuan Le's eyes lit up, and they followed Chen Liang over.

Han Li had no choice but to follow, and the four of them soon arrived at the spirit stone warehouse.

In front of Chen Liang and his companions were hundreds of boxes neatly arranged, each covered with a sealing talisman that shimmered faintly, making them quite conspicuous.

Under the watchful eyes of Han Li and the others, Chen Liang took out a set of intermediate-level illusion array flags and set them up.

Just as Han Li and the others were puzzled, Chen Liang took out seven spirit talismans from his storage bag and used his spiritual power to stick them one by one to the seven spirit stone boxes belonging to the seven sects.

As soon as the seven talismans came into contact with the seven spirit stone boxes, they transformed into a beam of spiritual light that coiled around the sealing talismans on them.

After a flash of light, the sealing talismans on the seven spirit stone boxes turned to dust and dissipated.

Upon seeing this, Lü Tianmeng burst into laughter, "Excellent! I never expected Junior Brother Chen to have such methods. Now, these spirit stones won't benefit those demonic cultivators anymore."

While laughing wildly, the guy didn't forget to open a spirit stone box and gently stroke the spirit stones inside. His infatuated gaze was as if he were looking at a group of peerless beauties.

Chen Liang then said, "During the year I was stationed at the spirit stone mine, I was so bored that I couldn't help but study the sealing talismans of the seven sects, and thus developed the corresponding unsealing talismans."

Now that we've tried it, it has indeed come true. I hope you will all keep this a secret; the four of us will divide these spirit stones equally.

Lu Tianmeng patted his chest and said, "Junior Brother Chen, rest assured, no one other than us will know about this matter. I just don't know if Junior Brother Han and Brother Xuanle have agreed."

Upon hearing this, Xuan Le revealed his signature, warm smile and said, "Since Junior Brother Chen is so kind, then I naturally won't do anything to spoil the fun."

At this moment, only Han Li was still not quite used to this blatant scene of dividing the spoils.

But he still instinctively opened a spirit stone box, glanced at the spirit stones inside, and said, "I will naturally listen to Senior Brother Chen."

Seeing that the four had reached a consensus, Chen Liang tossed out hundreds of unsealing talismans that he had prepared in his storage bag and used his powerful and flexible divine sense to guide them to stick to the remaining spirit stone boxes one by one.

Once all the remaining spirit stone boxes were unlocked, Chen Liang, Han Li, Lü Tianmeng, and Xuan Le began to collect the spirit stone boxes in the arena and put them into their storage bags.

Finally, the spirit stone storage warehouse was completely empty before Chen Liang and the others left.

Chen Liang, who was lagging behind, casually activated the illusion array he had set up earlier, causing the spirit stone storage warehouse to once again display a scene of hundreds of spirit stone boxes.

Upon seeing this, Lü Tianmeng couldn't help but laugh and said, "So that's what Junior Brother Chen meant by setting up the illusion array earlier. That's truly ingenious."

I can already imagine how furious those demonic cultivators would be if they painstakingly seized the spirit stone mine only to find they'd gained nothing and been tricked by an illusion array.

Chen Liang: "It's just to buy some time. Otherwise, I wouldn't have bothered wasting a set of illusion arrays here."

Lu Tianmeng patted Chen Liang on the shoulder and said, "It's all the same, it's all the same."

The four then left the spirit stone storage warehouse and continued their retreat deeper into the mine.