Chapter Nineteenth: After the Tide

  After the emergence of the evil crocodile, the battle in the sky became a one-sided situation. The Flying Corps, even with the protection of the formation, still suffered heavy casualties, with two-thirds of its members dying tragically. People and birds' corpses continued to fall from the sky, smashing into pieces upon impact, leaving no intact bodies behind.

  Hai Youchan rode the Wind Hawk, wielding the fourth-grade artifact 'Great Wind Flag', fighting against the group of demons. However, her cultivation was too weak after all, and in mid-air, she couldn't even set up her strongest formation. If not for the countless spiritual pills her family had given her to support her, she would have probably fallen under the evil python's might long ago.

  "Yongcui, give me the big wind flag!"

  Hai Mingyue's sword flashed in the moonlight, instantly beheading a group of demons and clearing out an empty space.

  Hai Youchan waved her hand and grasped the large flag in her hand. The flag shook, and instantly a violent gust of wind swept around them.

  "Young Cui, control 'The Great Formation of the Ascending Moon on the Sea' and coordinate with me!"

  "Yes!"

  The two women parted ways, and Hai Youchan rode the Wind Chariot back to the Fortress Master's mansion. Before long, the large array of Xingxiang City emitted a dazzling light, and with the main array in place, its power increased several times. A vast and bright moon appeared above the fortress, and the moonlight fell behind Hai Mingyue, making her look like an immortal from the Moon Palace.

  The mighty array, combined with the fourth-grade artifact and the Knot of Dan, was cultivated to perfection. Hai Mingyue displayed unmatched divine power, and the Wind Flag suppressed the evil Jiao in mid-air, rendering it immobile. Before long, it was beheaded by a single sword strike and fell to the ground.

  After the death of the evil crocodile, Hai Mingyue was like a lone hero entering an uninhabited territory. Single-handedly sweeping across the surrounding demons and monsters, he snatched two manors from the mouths of the demonic beasts. By the time the demonic beasts were cleared out, the setting sun hung on the high mountains in the west, casting its twilight glow over the bloody battlefield, where the evening breeze blew away countless ashes, dry leaves fluttered about, sweeping across the remains of the demons and flying over human corpses.

  In the low moaning wind, countless sobs and wails are brought, although victorious, yet before the arrival of the dark night, it is shrouded in the most heart-wrenching sorrow.

  This is the cruelty of this world. Chen Yuan, who had suppressed his anger, stood on the city wall and looked at the backs of countless women and children searching for their loved ones at the west gate. Except for a silent sigh, he felt a greater sense of responsibility in his heart for the manor he was about to establish.

  "Building the manor is not just for my own immortal path, but also for the survival and happiness of countless people. I must put in all my heart's blood to build the manor into a solid fortress. Let the people in my manor live and work in peace, free from the threat of monsters..."

  After the battle, the ground was desolate and quiet, when Chen Yuan heard footsteps coming from behind him.

  He turned around, but it was to see the master of Qingxiangbao and Hai Youchu approaching him.

  "I didn't expect you to be a second-level Array Master." Hai Youcai looked at Chen Yuan, her eyes complex. The person she had rescued from the cliff that day was now the savior of the entire Qinxiang Fortress. Back then, she had been disgusted by Chen Yuan's foul odor, but now looking at his battered body, she felt deeply ashamed.

  "Hai Mingyue thanked Chen Shaoye for lending a hand, otherwise today Qinxiang Fortress would have been destroyed by the demonic tide." Hai Mingyue expressed her sincere gratitude.

  Chen Yuan Zhang's voice was hoarse due to the evil spirit's malevolent energy, his throat extremely painful when speaking, but he still insisted on answering:

  "Resist the demonic tide, every cultivator has a responsibility. Chen Yuan just did what he should have done."

  Hai Mingyue looked at Chen Yuan's upright air and had already made up her mind. She reached out and pulled him, saying:

  "According to Yu Youchan, Chen Shaohua is still a loose cultivator. The Xiangxiang Fortress is willing to offer you the position of deputy fortress master and invite you to join."

  Deputy General!

  He is the deputy master of Qingxiangbao, a direct descendant of the Hai family in Haicheng, and this position undoubtedly enters the first line of power in Haicheng.

  This is a huge **, Chen Yuan naturally had some heart movement.

  But he had already set his sights on something, politely declining: "Thank you for the compliment, Lord of the Castle, but Chen Yuan has already decided to build his own estate and create his own home, so I can only ask you to excuse me."

  Hai Mingyue was slightly disappointed, but his importance in Chen Yuan's heart did not decrease.

  To know that Chen Yuan is now only eighteen years old, an eighteen-year-old second-level array master, the entire continent of Jiuzhou is rare.

  There are countless geniuses in cultivation, but array masters are as rare as a single hair on nine oxen.

  "This young man's demeanor and abilities are truly exceptional, his future achievements will be boundless. Although it's a pity that he can't be won over easily, if you befriend him, you will surely receive rich rewards in the future."

  Hai Mingyue's mind was surging, and she said to Chen Yuandao: "It turns out that Young Master has the ambition to open his own estate. Hai Mingyue cannot force you to stay. However, the kindness you showed to Qingxiang Manor today will not be forgotten by anyone in Qingxiang Manor. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, you can contact me, the Hai family. Not just Qingxiang Manor, but all members of the Hai family will stand up for you until the end."

  Hello!

  One of the top five families within Tian Ce Fu's borders.

  Chen Yuan's resistance this time has gained recognition from the Hai family, and this relationship will be of great help to him in the future.

  This friendship, Chen Yuan will naturally cherish.

  "As long as Chen Yuan is capable, the fortress master will have no difficulties in the future that I won't help with. As long as Chen Yuan can do it, I'm willing to rush into a sea of knives and a mountain of fire."

  "Good!"

  Hai Mingyue gave a big thumbs up, and her appreciation for Chen Yuan reached new heights.

  Hai Youchan was young and couldn't understand why the two of them had become like sworn enemies after just a few words. She shook her head slightly, staring at Chen Yuan's face full of red rashes, took out a dan medicine from her bosom, and said: "Your face looks scary, this dan medicine can cure external injuries, you'd better take it quickly."

  "Thank you!"

  ……

  This time the tide of monsters, even if Chen Yuan absorbed the monster's soul and exchanged it for a thunderbolt, he still condensed more than 1,000 monster souls. This was only the case with the monsters in the western city, and when Chen Yuan rushed to the east, south, and north, the monster souls had already dispersed into the sky and earth.

  He spent a thousand yuan to exchange for the first volume of "Mr. Shi San's Array Method Pen Records", which is strictly speaking, not an array method, but a detailed analysis work introducing the array method. Chen Yuan gained a lot of knowledge about the array method on the one hand, and proactively offered to help Hai Mingyue repair the damaged array methods in two affiliated mansions.

  The formation of the array is not comparable to the refinement of the array. Even if it's been thousands of years for the Hai family, and generations of array masters have passed down their skills, their ancestors could refine a 4th-level grand array, but found it difficult to repair a single 1st-level array pattern.

  It can be said that refining an array is even more difficult than forming one.

  Hai Mingyue was surprised when Chen Yuan said this, but she nodded and let him try. Unexpectedly, three days later, he really repaired the formation completely, and the structure of the formation became even more stable, stronger than before.

  Two manor array methods were repaired, making Hai Mingyue astonished as a heavenly being. Immediately afterwards, Chen Yuan was found and asked if he could repair the 'Sea Above Ascending Bright Moon' main array.

  Of course, the materials for repairing the formation were all from Xingxiangbao. The Hai family was not just wealthy and arrogant. When Haomingyue found Chenyuan, he directly gave 140 high-grade demon crystals as the formation fee.

  The main formation of the Xiangbao is 'Rising Moon on the Sea', which was personally refined by their ancestor, Yuan Laozu. Chen Yuandong admired this formation extremely, and even among the countless formations in the Jade Slab, there were few that could match it at the fourth level.

  Shi San didn't know what kind of person he was, but his insight into the formation method was so brilliant that Chen Yu admired him with all his heart. No matter whether it was refining the array, controlling the array, or repairing the array, he had a unique perspective and analysis, especially when it came to repairing the array, which was incomparably mysterious. Chen Yu wanted to understand the Hai Shang Sheng Ming Yue Da Array, so he naturally nodded in agreement.

  When repairing the formation method, Hai Jia did not entirely believe Chen Yuan either.

  So they sent Hai Yu Chan to supervise on site, in order to prevent Chen Yuan from stealing the formation structure under the guise of repairing the formation.

  "Can you really repair the fourth-level formation?" Hai Youcai stood beside Chen Yuan, watching him manipulate the seal, supplementing the core of the rising moon on the sea with a hook and a pull, and asked worriedly.

  "Wait until I've finished repairing, and you'll know." Chen Yuan replied confidently. In fact, he was still secretly studying the formation structure of Hai Shang Sheng Ming Yue, using Shi San Zhen Fa Bi Lu as a reference. He had already grasped about 70-80% of the Hai Shang Sheng Ming Yue Grand Formation. Having an extra fourth-grade extreme-quality formation was equivalent to saving Chen Yuan tens of thousands of mid-grade soul spirits.

  While repairing the formation method, Hai Youchan was always watching herself by her side.

  At first she was the supervisor, but with Chen Yuan's performance, she also became a thief.

  Chen Yuan didn't care how much she secretly learned, as long as a beauty was by his side, he naturally welcomed it. Moreover, the array repair method was far more profound than setting up an array, and without the detailed annotations in the Array Scripture, Chen Yuan would have to spend a lot of time figuring it out.

  The front and rear formations were gone for ten days, the sea rose to a bright moon, but the damage suffered was not serious. Chen Yuan still fulfilled his mission and repaired the formation method perfectly.

  After the formation was repaired, Chen Yuan bid farewell. As he left, Hai Mingyue handed him a cloth bag containing hundreds of pieces of demon beast materials, including the horns of a fourth-level Mountain Confining Ox and the tendons of an Evil Crocodile, all of which were top-notch materials worth several tens of thousands of high-grade demon crystals.

  Chen Yuan did not refuse this kindness and would repay it later.

  I brought back the Wind Chaser from the Refining Shop, and because I was a hero at the West Gate at that time, the Refining Master slightly enhanced the effect of the Wind Chaser, increasing its speed by 20%.

  Leaving the Xiangxiang Fortress, there was no too much attachment, the only thing that made Chen Yuan a little reluctant to part with was Hai Youchan's pure and lovely, beautiful and unattainable beauty. After several days of getting along and exchanging knowledge of array techniques, they had already eliminated the initial estrangement, at the time of parting, Hai Youchan's watery eyes made Chen Yuan really want to hold her hand and leave together.

  However, Hai Ming Yue was staring at him with a piercing gaze, so he could only give up for now and continue this romantic fate another day.

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