Chu Tianchen's heart sank, and his first reaction was, has the Haoran Formation been destroyed?
The elder who protected the mountain pulled him and walked out, saying in an anxious tone: "It's too late to explain, let's talk as we walk."
Soon, the two of them left Qingsongyuan and flew to Qingyun Peak at lightning speed.
On the way, the mountain guard elder simply explained: "For some reason, the Haoran Formation failed!
The death energy, demonic energy and blood light in the forbidden area are not only not purified, but are increasing in number!"
"How could this happen? Has the formation been destroyed?" Chu Tianchen frowned even more tightly.
He even began to wonder if something was wrong with the great elder of Qingshan Sword Sect.
After all, everyone went back to rest, and only the great elder stayed in the forbidden area.
The Great Elder has participated in the arrangement of the great formation, so he naturally knows how to destroy it.
The elder protecting the mountain shook his head, "I don't know what's going on. You'll find out later when you see for yourself."
As they spoke, the two landed on Qingyun Peak and rushed directly into the Hidden Sword Pavilion.
Within a few breaths, the two of them passed through the teleportation array and entered the forbidden area thousands of feet deep underground.
"Whoa!"
As soon as the two of them appeared in the forbidden area, they were surrounded by overwhelming death aura, demonic aura and bloody light.
In the empty cave, you can no longer see the colorful spiritual mist and the sacred and dazzling golden light.
Only the billowing black energy and demonic energy condensed into purple-black clouds, which continued to surge and converge crazily towards the altar in the middle of the cave.
There are also thousands of strands of blood shining in the purple-black clouds and mist, making the entire cave look evil, eerie and terrifying.
Ye Wentian and Qi Rulong had already arrived and were standing under the altar, observing solemnly.
In addition, the Great Elder, Second Elder and Chuan Gong Elder, as well as Song Qingyun and Mo Qiushui of Yuxiao Sect also arrived.
Everyone was staring at the altar, using their spiritual senses to explore the situation inside the altar, their eyes full of worry.
Chu Tianchen rushed to the altar with the mountain guardian elders and asked: "Sect Master Ye, Elder Qi, what happened?"
Both of them shook their heads and said in a serious tone: "We have checked the Haoran Formation, and there has been no change or damage.
For some unknown reason, endless demonic energy, death energy and bloody light suddenly appeared in the forbidden area."
"The Array of Haoran has been contaminated, and its effectiveness has been greatly reduced.
The awe-inspiring light generated by the formation was also consumed by the demonic energy and death energy, and had almost no effect.
The evil remnant soul has been supplemented by too much demonic energy and death energy, and its power is increasing crazily."
Although, the Haoran Formation can generate the aura of Haoran and can purify the energy of demons and death.
But the relationship between the two is like water and fire.
Water can certainly extinguish fire, but if there is too little water and the fire is too intense, the water will evaporate and will not be able to extinguish the fire.
Of course Chu Tianchen understands this.
So, he immediately pointed out the core of the problem.
"Have you ever investigated when the demonic aura and deathly aura appeared?
And, the reason and source of the sudden increase in demonic energy and deathly energy?"
Without waiting for Ye Wentian to answer, the elder said angrily: "Chu Tianchen, why are you pretending to be confused in front of us?
You brought out the Haoran Formation, and we arranged it according to your requirements.
Now the formation cannot seal and purify, but instead makes the situation more critical.
You know exactly what the reason is, so why bother asking us?"
"What do you mean?" Chu Tianchen frowned and looked at the great elder with sharp eyes.
"Sect Leader Ye left you here to guard. You failed to detect the abnormality and report it in time, which aggravated the situation. Shouldn't you feel guilty and blame yourself?"
The First Elder sneered: "You really harbor evil intentions, shirking responsibility when something goes wrong, and you still want to slander me?"
The second elder also spoke in agreement: "Chu Tianchen! I have suspected for a long time that you must have bad intentions when you take the initiative to visit our sect for no reason.
After all, the Haoran Formation is a holy-level formation, which is rare in the entire Qianchuan Ancient Territory.
How could you be so kind as to contribute the formation map to help our sect solve hidden dangers?"
Even the elder Chuan Gong said with anger on his face: "Chu Tianchen, you must have deceived us with fake formation diagrams and wanted to put our sect into a situation of no return!
Sect Master! I propose to arrest Chu Tianchen immediately and torture him severely!
His conspiracy has been exposed, we must not be deceived by him again!"
Several elders had the same attack on Chu Tianchen, and the atmosphere immediately became tense.
Qi Rulong watched all this expressionlessly. Mo Qiushui frowned and was about to retort, but was stopped by Song Qingyun's eyes.
Chu Tianchen was not angry, and looked at Ye Wentian with a calm expression, and said in a deep voice: "Whether the Haoran Formation is real or fake, Sect Master Ye and Elder Qi must know it well.
As for the effectiveness of the Haoran Formation, after the formation was completed yesterday, everyone could see it.
If a few elders want to confuse right and wrong, I won't bother to argue.
I just want to ask Sect Master Ye, what are your preparations and plans?"
Ye Wentian said expressionlessly: "We will never wrongly accuse a good person, but we will also never let a bad person go.
Now that the situation is urgent, if the current situation continues to develop, in a few days at most, the evil spirit's remnant soul will be able to break free from the seal.
Therefore, the top priority is to find out the source of the evil energy and death energy and find a countermeasure!"
Hearing these words, the First Elder, Second Elder and Chuan Gong Elder all frowned and quickly spoke to object.
"Sect Master, we know that you have a kind heart, but your connivance with Chu Tianchen is a harm to our sect!"
"Chu Tianchen's conspiracy has been exposed, and there is nothing more to say. If you don't arrest him, I'm afraid he will take the opportunity to escape!"
"Sect Master, please..."
Ye Wentian glanced at the three elders majestically, and they suddenly stopped.
Then, Ye Wentian ordered in a deep voice: "Chu Tianchen, I, you, Elder Qi, Elder Song, and Elder Mo will stay here, and we will find a way to neutralize the evil energy and death energy.
Great Elder, Second Elder, and Elder Chuan Gong, you immediately go to Qingyun Peak to investigate the situation.
If there is any abnormality, please report it to me immediately."
Regarding this decision, Chu Tianchen nodded in agreement: "The speed and efficiency of the Haoran Formation in gathering the spiritual energy of the world is more than five times that of the Vientiane Demon Sealing Formation.
A large amount of death energy and demonic energy suddenly appeared in the forbidden area, most likely coming from outside Qingyun Peak.
If we can find the source of the evil energy and death energy and cut it off, things can turn around."
Ye Wentian waved his hand, signaling the three elders to execute the order immediately.
The three elders bowed their hands and were about to leave.
At this moment, a spiritual light lit up in the corner of the cave, and a figure flew over as fast as lightning.
"call out!"
In the blink of an eye, that figure appeared in front of everyone.
Everyone took a closer look and saw that it was Xu Shiqing, the dean of the foreign school.
He looked anxious and shouted in a solemn tone: "Sect Master, something big has happened!
A large amount of demonic energy and death energy have gathered around Qingyun Peak, as well as overwhelming blood!"
When they suddenly heard the news, everyone was shocked.
As Chu Tianchen said, the demonic energy and deathly energy in the forbidden area originated from outside Qingyun Peak.
But then everyone had another question.
"Why did a large amount of demonic energy, death energy and bloody light suddenly appear around Qingyun Peak?"
"Elder Xu, you were patrolling around Qingyun Peak. Did you find anything unusual?"
Xu Shiqing shook his head quickly, saying that everything around him was normal and he didn't know what was going on.
Ye Wentian thought for a moment and changed his mind.
"The Great Elder, the Second Elder and the Chuan Gong Elder will stay here. The others will follow me to investigate the source of the demonic energy."
After saying that, Ye Wentian took Chu Tianchen, Qi Rulong and others and hurriedly left the forbidden area.
After a while, everyone appeared on the top of Qingyun Peak, standing high in the sky and overlooking the surroundings.
I saw that Qingyun Peak, illuminated by the setting sun, was not as golden as before, but was surrounded by thick purple-black clouds and mist.
In the thick purple-black fog, which was as thick as lead clouds, there were constant flashes of blood, like lightning.
Ye Wentian, Qi Rulong and Chu Tianchen all looked far into the distance and released their spiritual consciousness to cover dozens of miles around, carefully exploring and distinguishing.
After a while, the three of them found out the clues.
"The death energy, demonic energy and blood light gathered from a distance, attracted by the awe-inspiring formation, and finally gathered in the forbidden area."
"Devil energy and death energy come from all directions, and the source should be outside Qingshan Sword Sect.
The death energy and bloody light are very fresh, and they are not only rich in blood, but also filled with endless resentment.
Generally, this situation will only occur on a battlefield where two armies are fighting and hundreds of thousands of casualties are suffered."
"Mr. Chu, you mean... those death auras, demonic auras and bloody lights are man-made?
Outside the Qingshan Sword Sect, is there a brutal killing battlefield?"
As soon as Qi Rulong finished speaking, Xu Shiqing quickly shook his head and said firmly: "This is impossible! The territory within thousands of miles around our sect is our territory.
There are hundreds of cities in the territory, who dares to fight without permission?
What's more, if hundreds of thousands of people were killed, how could our sect not even receive any news?"
Seeing that Xu Shiqing's words made sense, everyone looked at Ye Wentian to see how he would make a decision.
Ye Wentian ordered in a majestic tone: "Immediately send a message to the twenty-four cities surrounding our sect and ask them to send troops to inspect the territory.
Once any abnormality is discovered, report it immediately.”
The elder of the mountain guard said he obeyed the order, and quickly took out twenty-four jade slips of summons and issued orders to the twenty-four city lords.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
Soon, one after another, the jade messengers turned into auras and disappeared into the sky.
Next, while waiting for news, everyone rushed to the edge of Qingshan Sword Sect and patrolled along the mountain-protecting formation.
There was no suspense in the result. The steady stream of death energy, demonic energy and blood light were indeed gathered from outside.
Unknowingly, half an hour passed.
But the city lords of the twenty-four cities have not responded to the message for a long time.
Everyone realized that something was wrong.
"It's strange. Usually when I give orders, those city lords will reply to the message as soon as possible no matter how busy they are."
"It's okay if one or two don't reply in time, why don't the twenty-four city lords reply to the message?"
"Oops! There may be something wrong with those twenty-four cities!
In fact, the situation may be so serious that they may not even have a chance to summon us for help.”