Chapter 592: Preparing

Shen Xu sighed when he heard the voice.

He and Zhen Yuan had long noticed that several people were spying on them.

However, the spying didn’t carry malicious intent so they ignored it and didn’t question the patriach.

At this time, looking at the clothing of the three male cultuvators and one female cultivator who were walking towards them, Shen Xu immediately connected the dots.

’The formation association.’ He thought and turned to Zhen Yuan with a knowing look.

[The rabbit clan asked for a second opinion.] He transmitted and Zhen Yuan smiled.

[It’s their right to do so but I am afraid that they were disappointed.] The man said and Shen Xu raised an eyebrow.

[Is it so difficult to break the life draining formation?] He asked and Zhen Yuan nodded before explaining.

[The materials I asked for are only useful because I can supplement them with runes. Otherwise, those materials are nowhere near enough to break the formation.] He said and quickly continued.

[Under normal circumstances, the materials needed to break the life draining formation are either extinct or extremely precious. It’s doubtful that the fifth princess would have been saved if you and I didn’t come to the rabbit clan.] He said.

"Fellow daoist Rong." The partriach greeted and then turned to Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan.

"Fellow daoist Shen, fellow daoist Zhen, this is Fellow daoist Rong. He is the grand elder of Nanping City’s Formation association." He introduced and Shen Xu nodded.

"Fellow daoist Rong." He called and Zhen Yuan hummed to express his greeting.

"Fellow daoists." Rong Qing greeted, while his disciples bowed to Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan.

"Seniors." They greeted.

"Fello daoists..." Rong Qing started with an uneasy expression.

"I was hoping we can discuss the life draining formation." He finally said.

Shen Xu turned to Zhen Yuan when he heard this.

However, Zhen Yuan shook his head before speaking.

"The fifth princess can’t hold on for much longer. I will prepare the materials first and we can discuss the formation while I am arranging it." He said.

Although he had a complete inheritance, Zhen Yuan didn’t disdain discussing with other masters.

After all, masters often expressed their personal insights when participating in group discussions.

Although these insights were not always useful, some were meaningful and able to enhance Zhen Yuan’s knowledge pool.

"You..." Famg Wan started and pointed at Zhen Yuan with an aggressive expression.

However, Chen Dong stopped her and turned to his master.

Seeing the look, Rong Qing sighed and nodded.

"In that case, I will wait for fellow daoist Zhen to prepare the materials." He said.

Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan entered their portable cave after that.

A breath later, they entered the space and began preparing.

First, Zhen Yuan checked the prepared materials and assessed their suitability.

"How? Are they usable?" Shen Xu asked.

"The soul jades and qi drawing stone are high quality." Zhen Yuan said and removed three basins from his storage ring.

Soon after, he filled all three basins with immortal spring water and added a drop of moon essence liquid into each.

When that was done, he put the soul jades in one basin, the qi drawing stone in another, and the monster cores in the last basin.

"Don’t you need other materials?" Shen Xu asked.

"I will prepare some soul nourishing wood, soul water, and primordial qi wood just in case." Zhen Yuan said and continued preparing.

One and a half space years, equivalent to fifteen real days passed in the blink of an eye.

During that time, Zhen Yuan cleaned the materials and used his law scripting brush to etch runes into them.

When that was done, he and Shen Xu left the space and exited their portable cave.

"Did Fellow daoist Zhen succeed?" The partriach asked as soon as he saw Zhen Yuan and Shen Xu.

"Everything is ready." Zhen Yuan said and the partriach sighed in relief.

"Do you need to rest first or..." The man started but Zhen Yuan shook his head.

"It’s best to treat the fifth princess as soon as possible." He said and turned to look at Rong Qing’s group.

"Daoist friend Rong, let’s go." He invited and Rong Qing nodded with an eager expression.

The group didn’t go the fifth princess’ burrow.

Instead, Zhen Yuan asked the partriach to take them to a clearing with abundant immortal aura.

Soon after, the group entered the forest and for an incense stick before arriving at a clearing.

"Will this place do?" The partriach asked, looking at Zhen Yuan.

"Mmh." The man nodded and began surveying the clearing.

When he was satisfied that the clearing was sufficient, he waved his hand and three boxes appeared on the ground.

"How can I help?" Rong Qing asked.

"The counter formation of the life draining array has three layers." Zhen Yuan started and quickly continued.

"The outer layer represents physical strength and I will use monster cores to arrange it."

"In the same way, the middle layer represents the soul and I will use soul jades while the innermost layer represents qi and I will use the qi drawing stone."

While speaking, Zhen Yuan opened the first box to reveal five monster cores.

However, the monster cores were unlike what the rabbit clan had collected!

The monster cores were originally green, blue, yellow, red, and black because of their element attribute.

However, the colours were dull due to impurities and resentment but after cleansing them, they were now vibrant and looked like polished gems.

"Are these monster cores?" Guo San asked with a shocked expression.

After all, as a formation master, he often worked with monster cores but had never seen them cleansed to such an extent.

’How did they do it?’ He wondered but didn’t dare to ask.

However, he knew what he could and couldn’t ask but Fang Wan wasn’t as self-aware.

"How did you purify these monster cores?" She asked, looking at Shen Xu and Zhen Yuan with glistening eyes.