Guo Xingyue and Ye Mingcheng had been hiding in the cave for a total of five cultivation eras. In the first three eras, cultivators frequently flew past the mountain. The most thrilling incident was that a cultivator was recuperating and restoring his true energy not far from the cave. Fortunately, Ye Mingcheng's arranged formations were reliable, and these cultivators who were searching back and forth did not detect the presence of the two.
Guo Xingyue's injuries had long been healed. Although he was still at the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, his realm and true energy had become stable, and he was only one step away from the later stage of the Nascent Soul. During these five years, he had learned the contents of the three jade tokens given to him by Ye Mingcheng. Especially in the arrangement of formations, he had even surpassed Ye Mingcheng. The formations arranged by Ye Mingcheng at the cave entrance had been modified by Guo Xingyue, and even Ye Mingcheng himself could hardly pass through them.
Guo Xingyue also learned the basic knowledge of refining tools from Ye Mingcheng. However, neither of them had too many minerals on hand. Although Guo Xingyue knew how to refine tools, he did not have many opportunities for practice. He only repaired the flying sword he brought from Pangu Star and added a lot of green crystal diamonds to it. This made Ye Mingcheng feel distressed and scolded him as a prodigal son. In addition, Guo Xingyue also superimposed three flying wind arrays on his two flying swords, greatly improving the speed of the flying swords.
This superimposition of arrays was a whim of Guo Xingyue. After countless experiments, he was beaten black and blue by the power of the arrays several times before he finally succeeded. With his current cultivation level, he could only achieve three layers of superimposition. If he went any further, the true energy would not be able to control the arrangement of the arrays. However, this was also a great innovation in the cultivation world. In the past, some people had also tried it, but none of them had succeeded. Ye Mingcheng was envious when he saw it, but when Guo Xingyue gave him the method, no matter how he tried, he could not succeed and had to give up.
In fact, the main reason why Guo Xingyue could achieve the superimposition of arrays was that he entered the path of martial arts and had extremely high control over true energy, and his grasp of strength and angle was extremely accurate. Although there were few cultivators who entered the path of martial arts, there were also some. However, these people often did not pay attention to the study of arrays, but were addicted to martial arts. While other cultivators, even if they were proficient in arrays, could not control the true energy as strongly as those who entered the path of martial arts. Therefore, this superimposition of arrays had never been achieved by any cultivator.
The two had been hiding in the cave for five years. They estimated that the three factions on Jujiu Star should have given up searching. So they tidied up the cave and flew towards the public teleportation array on their flying swords. It took them three whole days to approach the mountain where the teleportation array was located. Ye Mingcheng excitedly pointed to a high mountain not far away and said, "Second brother, the foot of that mountain is the teleportation array. We can take seven more teleportations from there to Jushou Star."
As soon as they landed and were about to walk towards the teleportation array, Guo Xingyue suddenly had a bad premonition that something was about to happen! He quickly extended his spiritual sense to observe the situation around him and said, "Brother, there may be an ambush. You should start the teleportation array first. Hurry up!" Ye Mingcheng firmly believed in Guo Xingyue's intuition and quickly rushed to the teleportation array. He placed the crystal stones in the array and used his fingers to form seals to start the teleportation array.
Guo Xingyue's spiritual sense detected that several cultivators were approaching. One of them had a cultivation level much higher than his own. He thought to himself: The visitors are too strong, and it will take time for the teleportation array to start. It seems that it's too late. I can only block the visitors first to give my brother a chance to escape. Guo Xingyue said to Ye Mingcheng, "Brother, the visitors are too strong. After the teleportation array starts, you should leave quickly. I will hold them off!" Ye Mingcheng said anxiously, "Second brother, we should leave together!" Guo Xingyue said, "Brother, my sword is fast, and I can escape by myself. You should leave quickly. Otherwise, neither of us will be able to escape." After saying that, he flew onto the air on his flying sword and shouted loudly, "The Seventh-Rank Lotus Platform is with me. Those who want it, come out!"
Before he finished speaking, six cultivators flew out from nearby and surrounded him. The leader was a blue-robed man with black hair, blue eyes, and a high nose. His cultivation level had reached the early stage of the Spirit Division, and among the other five people, one was at the early stage of the Out-of-Body Stage, one was at the later stage of the Nascent Soul, and three were at the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. The leader said to the Out-of-Body cultivator, "Yu Kai, you go and kill the young master in the teleportation array." Then he stared at Guo Xingyue fiercely and said, "You have the audacity to destroy my nephew's physical body. Today, I will definitely refine your Nascent Soul." Guo Xingyue saw that Yu Kai was about to fly towards the teleportation array and quickly shouted, "Wait! If you kill my brother, you will never get the Seventh-Rank Lotus Platform." The blue-robed man sneered and said, "After killing you, I can naturally search for it on your corpses."
Guo Xingyue laughed loudly and said, "You can only get the storage ring, but you will never be able to open it."
"What a joke! How much cultivation can a young master at the middle stage of the Nascent Soul have?"
Guo Xingyue took off the ring on his finger and threw it to the blue-robed man, saying, "If you don't believe me, you can try it." This storage ring was the one given to Guo Xingyue by Ye Mingcheng when they first met. Guo Xingyue transferred the things in the ring to the storage bracelet when he was bored in the cave and then re-refined the ring. He superimposed three self-created locking arrays on the ring. Without Guo Xingyue's hand seal, it was impossible to open it. Moreover, since the ring was refined, it had not been used and was completely empty. Therefore, Guo Xingyue was very confident in handing the ring to the blue-robed man.
The blue-robed man tried for a long time but couldn't open the storage ring. He also tried to send his spiritual sense into the ring, but he was hit hard by the array on the ring and almost damaged his spiritual sense. Although it was not a serious problem, his face still looked ugly. He wanted to force it, but he was afraid of destroying the Seventh-Rank Lotus Platform in the ring. The blue-robed man stared at Guo Xingyue and said, "Where did you get this ring?" Guo Xingyue did not answer but asked, "I am Guo Xingyue. I have seen senior. May I ask your name?"
The blue-robed man sneered and said, "I am Yu Hua. Don't try to delay time, young master."
Guo Xingyue laughed loudly and said, "Senior Yu is joking. The Seventh-Rank Lotus Platform is in the ring. This ring was passed down by my ancestors who ascended to immortality. It is said to have been given by immortals. Without the ancestral hand seal of my family, no one can open it." While talking, Guo Xingyue used his spiritual sense to observe Ye Mingcheng's situation. He saw that Ye Mingcheng had already started the teleportation array and was standing in the array, anxiously looking at the air and not willing to leave alone. Guo Xingyue continued, "As long as senior Yu lets my brother leave, I will give you the hand seal."
Yu Hua looked at the ring in his hand and was somewhat convinced by Guo Xingyue's words. After all, he had never seen such an array on the ring. With his more than two thousand years of cultivation, he couldn't even break through the first layer of the array on the ring. It seemed that this ring was indeed a precious object, and there was an eight-chance that the Seventh-Rank Lotus Platform was in this ring. Yu Hua pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, let that young master live for a while and let him go. But you must first tell me the hand seal." Guo Xingyue thought to himself: If I had told you this method earlier, the trick would have been exposed. He laughed and said, "Senior Yu is joking. My brother and I are only at the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. If senior Yu goes back on his word and kills my brother and me, it will be too easy. Only when my brother leaves first can I give you the hand seal."