Chapter 1920: The Strength of the Alien Spirit Tribe

The formation was fully repaired and began operating at the simple command of the other party. Could it be like her bloodline, where a single word creates a rule, and all techniques follow?

Soon, Kong Shiyao understood that this was not the case.

What the other party did seemed somewhat similar to the power of Master Kong's bloodline, but in reality, it was different. It was a specific application of the Teacher's Heavenly Decree.

But... this Heaven-Mending Formation contained the power of the Heavenly Dao, making it difficult to activate even manually. How could it be controlled by voice?

Just as she was about to speak, she saw Ancient Sage Yan Qing on the side couldn't help himself and asked the question.

"The previous formation wasn't quite suitable," Zhang Xuan said with a slight smile. "I made some modifications while setting it up!"

"Modifications?" Kong Shiyao stiffened. "That's impossible... This formation was created by Ancestor Master Kong; it couldn't be wrong..."

How could a formation left by Master Kong possibly have errors?

"A formation left by Master Kong is indeed not wrong, but... over tens of thousands of years, the Kunxu Realm has undergone earth-shattering changes," Zhang Xuan explained. "The previous formation is no longer suitable. Otherwise, countless predecessors wouldn't have needed to continuously repair it!"

Time had flown by, and the world had changed drastically.

Tens of thousands of years ago, the Kunxu Realm was certainly not as it is now. With the world itself having changed, how could a sealing formation remain unaltered and always be correct?

Kong Shiyao was speechless, then became even more profoundly shocked.

Modifications... He had actually modified Master Kong's formation!

And he succeeded!

She felt a dizzy spell. Learning a formation diagram in two breaths, deploying a formation in less than twenty, and even modifying it along the way... Was this human speed?

Her talent, which she had always been proud of, was nothing before him!

"The situation is stable now," Zhang Xuan said. "What exactly happened, Ancient Sage Yan Qing? Could you please explain it to me in detail?"

Seeing the formation stabilize and completely seal off the mercury-like power, Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. He no longer paid attention to Kong Shiyao, who was standing beside him, astonished like a block of wood, and instead looked at Ancient Sage Yan Qing.

And she calls herself a descendant of Master Kong... Look at her, acting like she's never seen anything like this before...

Deploying a formation in over twenty breaths... that's already very slow. If my cultivation were to break through to Ancient Sage, it wouldn't even take two breaths...

"Zhang Shi, what do you feel about that mercury-like power?" Ancient Sage Yan Qing asked, not answering the question. "Can it be absorbed and refined?"

"This power is somewhat similar to spiritual energy, but in reality, it's completely different," Zhang Xuan said truthfully. "If absorbed, my meridians wouldn't be able to bear it and would directly burst..."

That kind of power was like mercury, incredibly heavy. Let alone ordinary people, even he couldn't withstand it.

"That is... the spiritual energy of the Firmament!" Ancient Sage Yan Qing said with a bitter smile upon hearing his description.

"Spiritual energy of the Firmament?"

"Yes, why are the people of the Firmament stronger than us?" Ancient Sage Yan Qing explained. "Because their spiritual energy is completely different from ours; it's much heavier. Constantly immersed in it, they possess extraordinary combat power from birth!"

"Absorbing this constantly... Is that really alright?" Zhang Xuan was astonished.

His combat power at the Blood Rebirth realm felt his meridians almost tearing when he absorbed even a little. Could those born in such a place really absorb this power without dying?

"Come with me!"

Seeing his expression, Ancient Sage Yan Qing shook his head. Forcing himself to endure his weakened body, he flew directly in one direction.

In this battle, he had lost too much blood. Although he didn't die on the spot, his lifespan was almost exhausted; he didn't have much longer to live.

Following closely behind, after flying for a while, they arrived before a sealed palace. Pushing the door open and walking in, they saw a sealed formation ahead. Inside the formation was a massive iron cage, forged from unknown materials and covered with special runes.

Inside the cage were two young men. Seeing Ancient Sage Yan Qing and the others, they showed vicious intent, as if they wished to kill them.

Zhang Xuan's eyes swept over them. These two were actually at the peak of the Great Sage, Immortal Realm, only a hair's breadth away from Ancient Sage. Judging by their aura and power, they were no different from Yan Xue, who was not far away!

"This... Why are they kept in a cage?" Zhang Xuan asked, full of doubt.

Although the Hundred Schools of Philosophers did not fully adhere to Master Kong's principle of 'education without discrimination', they still advocated benevolence and righteousness. These two had such strong talent and high cultivation; why would they be kept in a cage all this time?

Could it be that they had committed some terrible, heinous crime?

"Zhang Shi, can you discern their identity?" Ancient Sage Yan Qing asked.

Zhang Xuan shook his head.

With so many powerful experts among the Hundred Schools of Philosophers, he didn't know them; how could he know their identities?

"They are... members of the Spirit Clan!" Ancient Sage Yan Qing explained.

Zhang Xuan stiffened. "How is that possible? Are they perhaps Spirit Clan royalty... specially disguised?"

Spirit Clan members are usually enveloped in a murderous aura and are taller than normal humans. These two, however, appeared no different from ordinary people and had no hint of murderous intent. How could they be Spirit Clan?

Could it be Spirit Clan royalty using special disguise methods?

That's not right either. If it were a disguise, as long as Luo Ruoxi wasn't involved, his Eye of Insight would be able to see through it clearly, without error.

These two in front of him had no disguise whatsoever; they were completely in their original form.

"They are genuine Spirit Clan members," Ancient Sage Yan Qing said, seeing his disbelief. "They absorbed that mercury-like power for cultivation and transformed into this appearance!"

"This..." Zhang Xuan was startled.

He had just wondered if that power couldn't be absorbed. Now, not only had it been absorbed, but it had also turned them into normal humans... Was this true?

Ancient Sage Yan Qing said no more. With a flick of his wrist, the mercury-like power he had collected earlier on the high platform immediately surged towards the two young men in the cage.

The two young men not only showed no fear but their eyes lit up. They simultaneously sat down, opening all their acupuncture points, and rapidly absorbing the power.

As the power surged into their bodies, it was like boiling water. Their aura and power grew stronger and stronger, and more profound.

"Indeed..." Zhang Xuan clenched his fist.

He couldn't even absorb the mercury-like power, yet the Spirit Clan members could absorb it with ease, and their cultivation speed was incredibly fast!

He looked at the old man before him, wanting to hear the answer from him.

"This kind of power is related to innate physique," Ancient Sage Yan Qing explained. "As long as one's innate physique is strong, they can adapt! Spirit Clan members reach the Transcendent Mortal realm at birth, and their innate physique is many times stronger than humans'. Even so, I experimented on ten of them, and only these two survived!"

Ancient Sage Yan Qing shook his head. "As for humans, we've experimented on no less than ten thousand over the years, and they all died!"

Zhang Xuan's expression changed.

He had thought that while Spirit Clan members were stronger than humans, there would be little difference once they reached a certain cultivation realm. He never dreamed the gap would be so vast!

If this power were allowed to flood the entire Master Teacher Continent...

Would humanity not be annihilated, and the Spirit Clan grow ever stronger?

Shocked, he couldn't help but ask, "Could it be... that Master Kong used Ancient Sage Ziyuan's corpse to set up this grand formation to block this aura, specifically to prevent this power from leaking out?"