589: C589 Master

C589 Master

Tiny lightning bolts were like tadpoles as they jumped about within the rising lightning barrier. They quickly filled the entire barrier like a massive lamp that flickered at the peak of the western mountain.

Yang Junshan's complexion suddenly changed. He suddenly retreated backwards, and a thick bolt of lightning descended along with the thunder in the sky, directly sinking into the lightning barrier. It was only at this time that the people on the mountaintop finally saw that thick dark clouds had already gathered in the sky.

Another three lightning bolts struck down. Although they were all submerged within the lightning barrier, the scattered lightning sparks still made Yang Junping and the others a little surprised. However, to Yang Tian and Yang Junping, it was nothing at all.

The lightning that condensed within the barrier of lightning became increasingly intense, until it surpassed the limit of what the barrier could handle. Then, a golden lightning bolt shot down from the top of the western mountain like a centipede, striking down several miles away.

After a streak of lightning, another bolt of cyan lightning struck down from the peak of the mountain. However, this time, it changed its direction and directly penetrated several kilometers to the east. Following that, another series of bolts of lightning of different colors enveloped an area of several miles around the entire Western Mountain, as if they were communicating with the entire range of the lightning treasure formation.

The muffled thunder in the sky fell onto the peak of the western mountain along with the lightning that came crashing down. The entire western mountain seemed to be trembling, and the ground within a radius of several miles also surged with muffled rumbling noises, as if there was a primordial giant beast resonating with the heaven and earth.

The array formation had been activated, and a thin layer of the barrier, with countless flashes of lightning, began to slowly rise from the ground with the Western Mountain as the center. Then, it slowly closed in on the sky above the Western Mountain, and finally fused with the purple thunder crystal barrier, becoming like a giant glass bottle upside down on the ground, enveloping the Western Mountain, Western Mountain Village, and even the surrounding defenses completely.

Looking at the lightning swimming overhead, even though they knew that Yang Tian and his son were improving the village protection array, the villagers of Xishan Village and even the cultivators of Yang family couldn't help but doubt if these lightning would suddenly strike down.

At the foot of the mountain, the small poplar trees swayed despite the lack of wind. However, this time, the rustling sounds were no longer as cheerful as before. It sounded more like it was trembling due to fear.

Yang Junqi stood under the tree, one hand caressing the trunk as if she was soothing the small poplar. At the same time, she raised her head to look through the gap in the tree's canopy at the lightning bolt that was moving along the peak of the western mountain.

Initially, Yang Tian had wanted to invite Yang Junqi into the array at the very last moment. However, in the end, she was rejected by Yang Junshan, who instead gave her a mission to take care of Little Yang Tree.

Yang Junqi was initially puzzled. Although the little Yang Tree normally only communicated with Yang Junshan, how many times in a cultivator's life would she have the chance to witness the formation of a great treasure step array? Yang Junqi even thought that Fourth Brother was trying to distance himself from her.

It wasn't that Fourth Bro wanted to distance himself from her, it was just that Little Yang Tree was truly frightened. Even when she was comforting Little Yang Tree, there was something strange about it, and the lightning barrier that was moving above her head actually gave her a bad feeling, as if it would fall down at any moment. Moreover, there was a high chance that it would come for Little Yang Tree.

Yang Junqi recalled what her fourth brother had told her before, that the spirits of nature were weak and that they shouldn't be frightened when they are born. Sometimes, even a few taps on their body would be enough to destroy their intelligence.

In the past, it was not as if Western Mountain Village had never experienced a thunderstorm. However, back then, it had been protected by a great protective formation, and now, the entire protective formation was covered in lightning.

Yang Junqi even touched the trunk of the small tree pitifully. Didn't this child have to live in fear every day in the future?

The Yang siblings and Su Baozhang were equally frightened. Although the three of them had been warned by Yang Junshan to retreat to a distance of more than 300 feet, the power of the lightning that descended from the sky had forced the three of them to retreat another 200 feet. Even now when they thought back, the lightning that came from that Thunder Ball still made their hearts tremble.

Not only them, but even Yang Tian had to retreat and avoid the initial lightning strikes. Only Yang Junshan, as the controller of the lightning array, could remain safe and sound from the lightning strikes.

However, even so, Yang Junshan was still shocked. He knew how dense the thunder essence of the purple crystal was, and he had even thought about the difficulty of controlling it, so he had instructed Su Bao Zhang and the others to back up to a distance of 300 feet, but he had not expected that at the moment the great array opened, the purple crystal actually attracted the heavenly thunder from the sky. Furthermore, it seemed that a large portion of the lightning essence was poured into the purple crystal ball of lightning, directly turning it into the entire formless lightning array's activation energy.

After the formation was completely activated, the dense lightning that was originally several miles above the Western Mountain gradually disappeared. However, it did not truly disappear, but instead formed into an invisible barrier. When the barrier was activated, the lightning in the formation would quickly gather at the area that was touched, allowing the invader to counterattack.

"Brother, the formation has been set up, right?"

Yang Junping was trembling with fear. The scene just now was too astonishing. He even suspected that Yang Junshan had lost control of the array.

"En, success. The operation of the great formation is normal, and the power of the great formation can almost be unleashed to the extreme. If there's a next time, even without a Mortal Realm cultivator in the village, one would need at least the cultivation of Heavenly Dipper Sovereigns to break through the formation and enter."

The moment Yang Junshan's voice fell, a roar came from the sky, followed by a strike that was not much different from the previous ones fell straight onto the huge lightning ball on the mountain peak, it was like a white ribbon connecting the western mountain to the sky, following that, the scattered lightning scattered across the entire western mountain peak, just after hearing Yang Junshan's words, the three Martial Disciples who had stepped into the range of 300 feet all let out strange cries, their bodies were trembling, they simply wanted to die.

"Bro, this is what you said the setup was a success?"

Yang Junxin shrieked. Just now, that bolt of lightning had caused her hair to shoot up into the sky.

Even Yang Tian Gang asked worriedly, "How did you get struck by lightning in the sky?"

Yang Junshan was also shocked, but he could feel that the lightning array was operating normally, and it didn't have any negative effects. In fact, when the lightning struck down, he could feel that a portion of the lightning spiritual energy was directly injected into the lightning ball, and aside from maintaining the operation of the array, some of it was absorbed by the purple thunder crystal core.

Could this be a backlash?

Even Yang Junshan was a little uncertain. After instructing the others to go down the mountain, he stayed behind to observe the operation of the array.

After a while, another bolt of lightning descended from the sky, directly passing through the lightning barrier and entering the lightning ball on the mountain peak. After a while, another bolt of lightning descended from the sky, passing through the lightning barrier and entering into the lightning ball on the mountain peak.2

Yang Junshan couldn't help but rub his chin. In this case, wouldn't the village protection array continue to operate without worrying about the consumption of the purple Thunder Crystal?

Just as this thought flashed in his mind, another bolt of lightning struck down with a loud bang. Yang Junshan could not help but think, this thunder was too scary, it was too eye-catching to be struck by lightning every day on the mountaintop, but compared to the actual benefits, this was nothing. It was just that the thunder was too terrifying, but he had already gotten used to it after a while.

While Yang Junshan was still thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of the sudden change in the array, Yang Junping, who had just left, suddenly came back. However, at this time, another bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, forcing him to stop far away, and he only shouted towards Yang Junshan: "Brother, someone came to visit."

Yang Junshan was surprised, "Who?"

Yang Junping said, "The master refiner of the Heaven Shaking Sect, Ouyang Xulin!"

Yang Junshan was startled and said, "Finally here!"

Yang Junshan looked up at the sky, thought for a while, and then walked down the mountain.

Yang Junping followed up quickly, "Brother, you're not afraid of leaving after the accident, but the next bolt of lightning would have struck fear into everyone's hearts!"

Yang Junshan said without turning his head, "Don't you see that the dark clouds are about to disperse? Without the gathering of the clouds, can we still strike the Sky Thunder?"

Yang Junping turned his head to look and found that the dark clouds had indeed dimmed down. A faint light began to shine from behind the clouds, and the lightning bolt that followed was much weaker than before.

Yang Junping could not help but think to himself, 'Luckily it didn't turn out to be a lightning strike every day, otherwise just the loud noise alone would have deafened everyone!'

The Yang Family wouldn't be like Wang Yuan, blocking people from entering the village and waiting for their master to come and identify them. Not to mention that right now, the Western Mountain Village had just formed its first level treasure refining array, who below the Heavenly Dipper Realm would dare to be impudent?

At this time, under the guidance of Su Bao Zhang, Ouyang Xu Lin walked towards the village with a complex expression on her face as she watched the lightning strike down from the sky onto the peak of the western mountain and the village protection formation.

This was a treasure grade array!

Ordinary cultivators might not be able to sense the invisible village protection array, but as a cultivator, not only could Ouyang Xu Lin clearly sense the existence of the great array, he could even feel the terrifying power hidden within!

No wonder the inner sect was increasingly wary of the rise of the Yang family. Even when he was invited by Yang Junshan to assist in the refining process, it caused quite a big debate inside the sect, to the point that they were still unable to complete the task.

"Brother Ouyang!"

Yang Junshan's face was full of joy as he walked over quickly and said loudly, "Why are you late?"

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Yesterday, she mistook Yang Junqi for the eighth sister. Her ranking should be the tenth generation of the Yang family. In the original Yang family tree, Yang Junqi's initial setting was eight years old, ranked tenth.

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