Chapter 62: The Great Array of Protecting the Mountain

  Facing the arrogant Yan Chongli, Fang Lixin's heart did not move with anger, but allowed him to shout in front of himself, which was also annoying. Unfortunately, the Bodhi Law disappeared and could not evoke the sword intent, and the Five Ghosts Copper Ring was not good at using it in a large crowd, and the identity of the Array Master did not want to be exposed. Thinking about this, it's quite troublesome.

  "What's wrong, why aren't you speaking? My patience is limited, if you don't kowtow to me soon, I'll have to take action." Yan Chongli stared at the silent Fang Li, his eyes full of mocking color.

  Liu Caiyu kept gripping Fang Li's clothes, seemingly a bit nervous. She hadn't expected to be bullied the moment she entered the sect; this was something that had never happened before.

  Fang Li's face was calm, and he looked at Yan Chongli with a bland expression, softly uttering two words: "Teng Cao."

  "What did you say?" Yan Chongli furrowed his brow, feeling somewhat perplexed. But the next moment, with a rustling sound, twelve vines suddenly shot out from Fang Li's body and struck at him directly.

  "Shameless, you dare to launch a sneak attack!" Yan Chongli was shocked and wanted to retreat backwards, but he and Fang Li were standing less than two meters apart, how could he dodge? All he heard was the sound of several slaps, Yan Chongli was still whipped by three or four vines on his body, burning with pain.

  "Bastard!" Yan Chongli was furious, although his cultivation was higher than Fang Li's, and he didn't suffer any internal injuries under the protection of his true energy, but the physical pain was unavoidable. Especially the root of the rattan that hit his face made him almost lose his composure.

  With a loud shout, Yan Chongli's long sword chopped continuously, and in no time, he cut off all the vines that wanted to entangle him. Fang Li didn't want to waste his true energy, so he stopped attacking, letting the severed true energy vines dissipate.

  "I want you dead!" Yan Chongli cut off the rattan grass and took advantage of his victory to pursue, directly stabbing towards Fang Li, his eyes blazing red.

  As the saying goes, "don't hit a person in the face", Fang Li's first move was to slap him right on the face. Yan Chongli, who had always thought highly of himself, didn't directly pass out from anger, which was already quite something.

  Fang Li looked at him coldly, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes. Having strong cultivation didn't necessarily mean one could defeat their opponent; otherwise, there wouldn't be things like weapons, magical artifacts, and spirit symbols to aid in battle.

  Yan Chongli launched a surprise attack. Fang Li stood his ground, not dodging or retreating. He drew the Xuan Tie sword from its scabbard and struck directly at Yan, without any fancy moves.

  "Give up your sword techniques, let's compete in strength! Do you think I'm afraid of you?" Yan Chongli immediately saw through Fang Li's plan and was delighted. A guy who had only reached the sixth level of Qi Refining actually wanted to go head-to-head with him? How ridiculous!

  Yan Chongli didn't hesitate, the true energy in his body went crazy and poured into the long sword. As long as Fang Li dared to collide with him head-on, he would definitely be severely injured. For a cultivator with low cultivation to defeat one with high cultivation, the only way is to use cleverness to break through, such as exquisite moves or powerful magical artifacts. What is most taboo is hard fighting.

  Yan Chongli was confident, a victorious smile had already spread across his face, but the next moment, he suddenly felt a shock in his heart. The true energy that had been flowing smoothly suddenly became blocked, as if there was a feeling of being unable to muster up strength. In surprise, he hastily looked inward and Yan Chongli was immediately shocked pale. It turned out that it wasn't the true energy that had a problem, but rather his own body that had a problem. Unbeknownst to him since when, a faint wisp of black energy had appeared in his body, the black energy had already pierced through the blood vessels and meridians, and was pressing close to the edge of his heart!

  Poisoned! Yan Chongli was stunned, but before he could think further, Fang Li's Xuan Tie sword had already stabbed in front of his eyes, and was about to pierce his skull.

  "Spare my life!" Yan Chongli shouted, hastily shrinking his neck. Fortunately, he had a short neck, and this shrink really allowed him to dodge, the Xuan Tie sword almost scraping against his scalp as it passed by.

  It's unclear whether it was intentional, but Fang Li activated the Water and Fire Two Instruments Array on the Xuan Tie Sword, releasing a scorching fire dragon. Although the fire dragon didn't directly harm Yan Chongli, it circled above his head, instantly burning off all his hair with a loud crash.

  In a panic, Yan Chongli fell off his horse and collapsed to the ground, wailing incessantly.

  The two men's confrontation happened too quickly, and the onlookers didn't have time to react. Especially when they saw Yan Chongli, who had been in a superior position, suddenly stumble and be defeated by Fang Li, it felt strange.

  "It's actually Fang Li who won, what is the reason?" The newly promoted disciples muttered to themselves, very puzzled.

  At this time, Yan Chongli had already rolled and crawled to one side, looking extremely disheveled. In order to suppress the toxins in his body, he did not dare to attack Fang Li again, no matter how suffocated he felt in his heart, he could only endure it. However, although so, a pair of eyes still looked at Fang Li with malice, and the resentment was self-evident.

  "What's wrong with him?" Liu Caiyu didn't react until Yan Chongli escaped to the side, and then she asked subconsciously.

  "He's poisoned." Fang Li said calmly, looking at Yan Chongli with a calm gaze, and didn't continue to provoke him. Making him poisoned was already a loss of face for him, the lesson was enough. Of course, if there was an opportunity, Fang Li wouldn't mind killing him either. However, it was his first day in Xuan Yang Sword Sect, he still didn't know the rules here, and if he rashly killed a fellow disciple, he might stir up big trouble.

  "You're poisoning me!" Liu Caiyu's eyes widened in a look of incredulity.

  Fang Li frowned and asked in return: "Is there a problem?"

  "No big deal, just a bit surprised. I always thought you were a straightforward person, didn't expect you to use such despicable means. The poison is good, if it can kill him, that's even better." Liu Caiyu said. She was extremely disgusted with Yan Chongli.

  Isn't that a bit too much? Fang Li was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled and said, "I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. The poison in him is from the green python, which shouldn't be enough to kill him. I suppose he'll be able to expel all the toxins from his body within two or three hours."

  Fang pointed to the ground, where two blood-stained poisonous fangs had fallen. These two poisonous fangs were originally wrapped in true energy vines by Fang, and only injected poison into Yan Chongli's body when they were whipped at him, a means that was not decent but quick and effective.

  "Despicable!" Yan Chongli said with resentment, his eyes fixed tightly on Fang Li. He was not reconciled to having suffered this loss today.

  Fang Li furrowed his brow, looking at him coldly. "If you're not satisfied, you can come find me to avenge yourself anytime, I guarantee that every time you come, you'll be humiliated once. There are at least ten ways for me to defeat you."

  Yan Chongli gritted his teeth and did not retort, now the situation was stronger than people, if Fang Li got angry, he would have to suffer some humiliation. After weighing the pros and cons, Yan Chongli chose to swallow his anger and took advantage of Fang Li's caution about the rules, immediately starting to walk towards the cave he had chosen for himself, wanting to get rid of the poison.

  Fang Li saw this and didn't stop him, but Liu Caiyu was still resentful and kicked him twice. Unexpectedly, Yan Chongli endured it silently, not making a sound.

  "On the first day of joining the sect, I've already made an enemy. It's indeed true that there are many disputes." Fang Li shook his head, thinking of Yan Chongli's resentful gaze when he left, and couldn't help but feel a little helpless.

  Until Yan Chongli walked away, Wu Lingfeng and other outer door disciples finally "slowly arrived" to see Fang Li standing there, and hurriedly asked with concern: "What happened here? Brother Fang didn't get hurt, did he?"

  Fang Li naturally knew they were intentionally late, but didn't point it out, smiling and replying: "Thanks for your concern, Master Brother, nothing serious happened, just exchanged a few moves with someone."

  "It's like this, but it's okay to spar, just don't cause any serious injury or death, otherwise there will be some trouble," said Wu Lingfeng.

  "Isn't it a sect rule that we can't fight among ourselves? I hope Brother Fang will explain the rules to me." Fang Li said with a smile. If I understand the rules, in the future when I conflict with others, my heart will also have a bottom line.

  "Our Xuan Yang Sword Sect has few restrictions, prohibiting private fights and infighting among fellow disciples. Just remember this point and you'll be fine. Of course, if fellow disciples engage in private fights outside, the sect won't bother with it either." Wu Lingfeng seemed to be explaining, yet also reminding Fang Li of something.

  "Thank you for letting me know." Fang Li nodded his head and also felt relieved. He then exchanged a few more pleasantries with him before leaving.

  Those Golden Elixir stage and above elders are still focused on the sect's grand competition, so for now, no one will come to bother these newly promoted disciples.

  Fang Li had nothing to do, so he started wandering around Huaiyu Peak. After reaching the top, he could see many buildings on other peaks. What surprised Fang Li the most was a peak that was planted with spiritual herbs, and it was densely packed with medicinal gardens. With so many spiritual herbs, I'm afraid they can refine quite a few elixirs.

  However, what attracted Fang Li's attention was not this, but the aura of killing that flowed out around the mountain peak. This breath was not emitted by the cultivator, but a protective array of the mountain. The formation that can be used to guard such a large range is at least fifth-order.

  "I don't even know what kind of killing array this is, but it can actually release such a strong and solemn killing intent." Fang Li's heart was somewhat curious, and he really wanted to go take a look, but in the end, he still restrained this impulse. Not to mention whether he could see through the mystery of this formation or not, if he were to be discovered, he would inevitably be accused of trespassing on forbidden land.

  Of course, if he is lucky enough to see through the mystery of this formation, then this large formation will become his aid. As long as there are no other formation masters interfering, he can operate the formation against the enemy. The benefits of this are absolutely unimaginable.

  Although his divine consciousness only reached the third stage and could not set up a fifth-stage array method, if someone else had already set it up, he could also apply it. However, the premise is that he needs to comprehend the operating principle of this array or obtain the array stone of this array.

  A slightly more powerful formation is difficult for ordinary cultivators to use, because the activation method is too complicated. For this reason, formations like the Mountain Protection Formation generally have an array stone or something similar, which makes it easier to control. However, as for the array stone, Fang Li dare not think about it, this thing must be in the hands of the elders in the Yuan Ying period, or even in the hands of the sect master, anyway, he has no chance of getting it.

  Of course, even if he really got the Array Stone Fang Li, he would not deign to use it. As a prestigious array master, relying on an array stone to control the array, wouldn't that be laughed at by his peers?