Chapter 22

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“I know a bit.”

“Follow me.”

Mo Xiao led Ye Wushuang to the back of the room, opened a hidden compartment, and revealed a secret chamber behind it. At first glance, the chamber was ten zhang long and five or six zhang wide, with walls constructed of dense steel stones, built with remarkable solidity.

Mo Xiao guided Ye Wushuang inside, where they saw numerous spiritual patterns etched into the walls at the deepest part of the chamber. Initially visible, these patterns spread outwards and gradually faded from sight, hidden throughout the Soul-Devouring Hall, forming various formations…

At the core, there were hundreds of intricate and complex spiritual patterns intertwined. Mo Xiao’s eyes were dazzled just by looking at them.

Alchemists, weapon craftsmen, and formation masters—these were all highly esteemed professions. Not every martial artist was suited to alchemy, weapon crafting, or learning formations. Yet, martial artists could not do without potions, weapons, and other such tools. This made alchemists, weapon craftsmen, and formation masters extremely rare, and their status naturally became very high.

Ye Wushuang approached Mo Xiao and looked at the spiritual patterns gathered together. His eyes sparkled briefly before returning to normal.

“This is the central hub of our Soul-Devouring Hall’s formation system,” Mo Xiao explained. “The core formation here is a first-tier spiritual formation known as the Yuan-Sealing Five-Element Formation, combined with about sixteen smaller ordinary formations!” She continued, “With one first-tier spiritual formation and sixteen ordinary formations working together, even if more than a hundred high-level martial artists at the Body-Refining Realm were to storm the Soul-Devouring Hall, at least half of them would be dead by the time they got inside…”

Seeing Mo Xiao’s proud expression, Ye Wushuang felt a bit embarrassed.

Is that all?

Not to mention the first-tier spiritual formation, the Yuan-Sealing Five-Element Formation, which was made up of three hundred spiritual patterns. Each pattern was far from perfect and complete, and the way they were combined was extremely crude. As for the sixteen ordinary formations… with dozens of spiritual patterns put together, they were full of flaws. It was a miracle that these patterns could even form a formation!

Seeing Ye Wushuang’s seemingly disdainful look, Mo Xiao couldn’t help but say, “Although our Soul-Devouring Hall’s formations may not be comparable to those of the four great families, they are not weak either…”

Ye Wushuang gave a helpless smile.

He stepped forward, stretched out his hands, closed his eyes slightly, and then opened them again. In the palms of his hands, he had already condensed more than a dozen spiritual patterns.

At that moment, the dozen or so spiritual patterns, like dancing sprites, one by one entered the hundreds of spiritual patterns at the hub.

Gradually, the spiritual patterns on the walls around the room began to glow, as if the dim light of fireflies on a dark night had turned into the radiance of the moon.

Instantly, a subtle and mysterious aura began to gather throughout the entire Soul-Devouring Hall.

At this moment, Mo Xiao’s eyes widened in disbelief as she watched Ye Wushuang.

She could naturally sense that the damaged formations within the Soul-Devouring Hall seemed to be resonating with each other and had regained their power.

And Ye Wushuang had merely condensed a few spiritual patterns and integrated them into the formation hub to achieve such an effect?

Mo Xiao remembered clearly that Uncle Xuan had once invited a first-tier spiritual formation master from the Imperial Capital to set up this linked formation, which took half a month. Moreover, this formation needed regular maintenance, each time taking a day or two. But now, Ye Wushuang had repaired this linked formation by simply condensing a dozen or so spiritual patterns…

This was called “knowing a bit”?

Ye Wushuang looked at the gradually flowing spiritual patterns, which released a faint spiritual energy that permeated the entire Soul-Devouring Hall. He let out a soft breath.