TBIP: Chapter 34 Part 1

“It is really haunting like a ghost!” Lou Xingyao frowned, but there was no surprise on his face.

No matter whether it was He Wanqing’s reminder when she left or his understanding of Ye Hantian, Lou Xingyao knew that the other person would definitely not give up after the events of that day.

He and Wen Hanshan might live in a simple house, but they had lived in this small county for several years. Based on the intricate situation of the intelligence network in Xilin County, it wasn’t difficult to find out where the two of them were located.

Even so, Lou Xingyao inevitably felt a bit bored in his heart.

He was about to say something when he looked up and found that Wen Hanshan’s expression seemed to be different. “What’s wrong?”

“The one who acted is a golden core cultivator.” Wen Hanshan nodded at the formation disc in his hand.

At this time, Lou Xingyao realized that this formation disc had been more than half covered with a blood-red color at some point. It looked even more dazzling against Wen Hanshan’s slightly white fingers.

The parent-child formation was a thing left by Wen Miaoyin, and there were naturally many extraordinary features.

Not only could the situation of the parent formation be detected from a distance, but it could also judge the cultivation of the person who attacked the parent formation from the degree of change.

Lou Xingyao originally thought that even if Ye Hantian was unwilling to give up, he would only send a few capable subordinates at most to trouble them.

Who would’ve thought that he would be able to command a golden core cultivator to act?

It wasn’t difficult to see from Wen Hanshan’s expression that he was also a bit surprised by this.

It must be known that a golden core cultivator had a good status even in the Zhou family.

Before his injury at the age of fourteen, Wen Hanshan still had to respectfully act like a junior when facing a golden core cultivator of the family and couldn’t act rashly.

How could he dare to instruct a golden core cultivator to do things?

Now Ye Hantian had done what Wen Hanshan couldn’t do before, but even from the reaction of this child formation, it could be seen that the golden core cultivator was very careful and did his best when attacking the formation.

Lou Xingyao gained a new understanding of Ye Hantian’s status in the Zhou family.

At the same time, he couldn’t help feeling worried in his heart. “Can this formation still withstand it?”

For today’s Lou Xingyao, this small courtyard was no longer an expensive thing.

That mere 3,000 gold wasn’t even worth one furnace of his pills.

But no matter how much wealth Lou Xingyao had now, this small courtyard still had an unusual status in his heart.

This was the first place he settled down on Tianming Continent, and was also the home he shared with Wen Hanshan.

Even now, Lou Xingyao could still recall the infinite sense of security brought to him by Wen Hanshan’s every move on the first night they moved into the courtyard.

In addition, this small courtyard had witnessed the whole process of Lou Xingyao’s growth in the past few years, which was of great significance.

If possible, Lou Xingyao didn’t want this small courtyard to be destroyed due to a man-made disaster.

“There will be no problem.” Wen Hanshan’s mood was much calmer.

It wasn’t that he had no affection for this small courtyard. On the contrary, the status of it in Wen Hanshan’s heart was also very good.

Due to this, he had already strengthened and improved the formation around the small courtyard before leaving.

In order to ensure its safety, he didn’t hesitate to use the high-level protective formation in his hand.

Forget a golden core cultivator doing his best. Even a nascent soul ancestor couldn’t do anything about this formation.

As everyone knew, there was no longer the existence of a nascent soul ancestor on today’s Tianming Continent.

So now, this golden core cultivator wouldn’t get any benefits here, and all his efforts would be in vain.

Hearing this, Lou Xingyao finally sighed with relief. “It is still Brother Wen’s thoughtfulness.”

Wen Hanshan glanced at the child formation disc in his hand and said with a bit of regret, “Still, it isn’t good to go back again in this short period of time.”

As the eldest son of the Zhou family, Wen Hanshan knew the Zhou family’s style very well.

Since a golden core cultivator had already made a move, this represented the attitude of the Zhou family to a certain extent. They wouldn’t give up easily.

If they went back now, they would inevitably bump into someone from the Zhou family.

Wen Hanshan had now broken through and thought he had the power to fight when facing a golden core cultivator.

However, he decided to avoid them for the time being when thinking of Ye Hantian’s strange luck.

“Didn’t we already make a decision on this before?” Lou Xingyao smiled, not caring about it.

As early as when he made the decision to compete with Ye Hantian, Lou Xingyao had a bit more urgency in his heart.

In his memory, there happened to be some opportunities suitable for Ye Hantian which would be born in the near future.

Thinking of the fact that Ye Hantian had now come to Xilin County, Lou Xingyao couldn’t help wanting to put those things in his pocket as quickly as possible.

He was afraid that if he was a step too late, they would fall into the other person’s hands like it was written in the plot.

Therefore, after a brief discussion with Wen Hanshan, the two of them made a decision to stay directly in the Endless Forest after Wen Hanshan’s thunder tribulation.

Now it was just a matter of continuing to act according to their previous plan.

“That’s true. Let’s go.” Wen Hanshan nodded. He didn’t think much about it any longer and directly put away the child formation disc in his hand.

Seeing this, Lou Xingyao hurriedly put forward his own request. “Can you listen to me this time?”

Wen Hanshan naturally understood the meaning of Lou Xingyao’s words. He wanted to make the decision about the next itinerary, just like his experience in the Endless Forest last time.

Thinking that the other person happened to have comprehended sword intent and needed a lot of actual combat to consolidate the realm, Wen Hanshan nodded. “Okay.”

Where did Lou Xingyao want to consolidate his cultivation?

He wanted to take the opportunity to grab all the things that originally belonged to Ye Hantian.

After getting Wen Hanshan’s permission, he thought about it and directly selected a direction. Then he flew toward the destination with Wen Hanshan.

Neither of them took the attack on the courtyard to heart.

Unlike the two of them, there were people who were furious due to this matter.

Outside the small courtyard where Wen Hanshan and Lou Xingyao lived, a middle-aged man dressed in a white brocade robe, who looked to be around 40 or 50, constantly attacked the courtyard.

It was just that no matter what he did, the attack vanished without a trace around three feet away from the small courtyard. There was no movement.

Even if he increased the spiritual power input in his hand and borrowed the power of the magic weapon, it only made the protective barrier around the small courtyard reveal a bit of the courtyard’s true appearance.

Then after the attack disappeared, the barrier wasn’t damaged in the slightest, but also gradually disappeared, no longer revealing its true identity.

The feeling was like trying his best but only hitting a ball of cotton. It really made people feel powerless.

Ye Hantian watched all of the middle-aged man’s movements. The expression on his face gradually changed from being full of confidence to full of doubt.

After the man’s attack was once again blocked by the barrier, Ye Hantian finally seemed to have lost patience and asked, “Third Elder, can you do it?”

The third elder was already frustrated due to not being able to attack for a long time. Once he heard Ye Hantian’s question, he became angry and asked, “When is it a junior’s turn to intervene when a senior is doing something?”

The others were afraid of the third elder, but Ye Hantian wasn’t afraid and retorted without hesitation, “You have been here for almost an hour, but you are still unhappy about someone questioning you?”

“You…” The third elder was furious at Ye Hantian’s words and immediately wanted to teach this junior a lesson.

The moment he raised his hand, he met Ye Hantian’s fearless expression.

After remembering the various explanations of the head of the family before going out this time, he finally put down his raised hand and snorted coldly. “This old man is indeed helpless here. The eldest young master is very skilled. Why don’t you think of other ways yourself?”

Then he didn’t care about Ye Hantian’s reaction and waved his sleeves, walking away.

“Huh?” Ye Hantian never thought he could make the third elder so unhappy by just saying a few more words.

He originally wanted to say something, but the figure of the third elder was already gone by the time he looked up.

In the end, he could only mutter in a very dissatisfied manner, “Who swore in the beginning that it is as easy as raising his hand? What golden core cultivator? I think he is more like a half-baked cultivator!”

Fortunately, the third elder had already left, or he would be even angrier at Ye Hantian’s words.

After muttering and complaining about the third elder for a while, Ye Hantian finally called out to the system in his mind.

“I’m here.” The system responded as quickly as ever.

“Is there anything you can do about this turtle shell?” Ye Hantian couldn’t help poking in front of him as he talked.

The next moment, the palm of his hand was indeed blocked by an invisible barrier.

“Yes.” The system didn’t hesitate to give an answer.

“Hurry up and break this turtle shell!” Ye Hantian was overjoyed.

Unexpectedly, he was rejected by the system. “No.”

“Why?” A hint of irritation appeared on Ye Hantian’s face.

“The energy is insufficient. This barrier is composed of a fifth-grade protective formation, and it takes 10,000 spirit beads to break it.” The system gave the answer without hesitation.

“10,000!” The moment this number came out, Ye Hantian couldn’t help screaming.

Fortunately, Wen Hanshan and Lou Xingyao chose this small courtyard at the beginning because they liked the fact that it was located in a relatively remote area, and the surrounding area was secluded.

Now that the third elder brought by Ye Hantian was gone, there was no one left to notice his abnormal behavior.

Ye Hantian finally came to his senses and shouted in his mind, “10,000 spirit beads. Why don’t you just go and rob me!”’

“The fifth-grade formation can resist the full force of a nascent soul cultivator’s blow. 10,000 spirit beads is already the bottom line.” There were no fluctuations in the system’s response.

“Nonsense! Didn’t you say that the highest level on Tianming Continent is only fourth-grade? How could they possibly have a fifth-grade formation?” Ye Hantian immediately found a loophole in the system’s words.

He was different from Lou Xingyao. Lou Xingyao might’ve finally obtained Lou Xiaowu’s memory, but his understanding of this world was still very limited.

Ye Hantian was undoubtedly a lot luckier. The first moment he transmigrated into this world, he was bound to the system.

In addition to obtaining the memories belonging to the owner of the body, the system answered things that the original body didn’t know.

Among them, the system could be said to know everything about the basic situation of this continent.

So on the first day he came to this world, he knew that this was just a small world. A golden core cultivator was already the limit that this world could bear.

At that time, Ye Hantian was still very dissatisfied with this matter.

He felt that since he had transmigrated and obtained a golden finger like the protagonists of most novels, he could ascend to become an immortal.

This type of small world that could only cultivate to the golden core would only block the speed of his cultivation.

It wasn’t until he heard the later description of the system that he knew there was a passage to a middle world in Tianming Continent.

In the middle world, golden core cultivators were everywhere, foundation building cultivators were like dogs, and qi condensation cultivators like him were similar to mortals on Tianming Continent and were the lowest level of society. This made his heart feel slightly balanced.

At least here, he was able to suppress mortals and beat them.

In addition to this certain benefit, a small world had many disadvantages.

The Dao was incomplete, and it was very barren in terms of resources.

For example, there weren’t the cool high-level magic weapons or pills that Ye Hantian imagined.

Even if he had a system, it was only willing to give him a good level cultivation method for free. Other things required money.

It was either that Ye Hantian’s authority was insufficient, it had insufficient energy, or the small world had a limited capacity and couldn’t support the appearance of items beyond the level of the small world.

At that time, he knew that in this small world, the most powerful thing was only fourth-grade.

Now the system said that the formation of this small courtyard had reached fifth-grade. This obviously didn’t match the information that the system had told him before.