Chapter 192: Formation Peak’s Master, Zhao Wuji

High up in the clouds of the Cloudwater Sect, there was a majestic peak shrouded in constant mist. This was the Formation Peak, one of the great peaks of the sect.

The Formation Peak was not a place for ordinary disciples to cultivate. It was like the core hub of the entire sect’s defensive and spiritual systems. The grand protection array of the Cloudwater Sect, the Cloudwater Mist Grand Array, was maintained from here. Furthermore, the peak itself was built upon a High Grade spiritual vein, and through the masterful arrangement of gathering arrays, the spiritual energy here was dozens of times denser than the rest of the sect.

It was a Holy land for cultivation only third to Pill Peak and Main Peak.

At the very deepest part of the Formation Peak, inside a heavily sealed cave, an old man was sitting cross legged on a jade bed.

This old man had a white beard that reached his chest, and his face was filled with the vicissitudes of life. He was the supreme ancestor of the Zhao Family, and also the current Master of the Formation Peak, Zhao Wuji.

At this moment, Zhao Wuji’s body was surrounded by a swirling vortex of golden spiritual energy. In his dantian, a golden core was rotating rapidly, emitting a brilliant light. He was currently in a critical state, trying to break through from the Mid Stage of the Core Formation Realm to the Late Stage of the Core Formation Realm.

However, the golden core trembled violently for a moment, and the light suddenly dimmed. The swirling spiritual energy dispersed instantly.

Zhao Wuji slowly opened his eyes, and a trace of helplessness flashed in his pupils.

He let out a long, turbid breath.

"Sigh... the bottleneck is really too difficult. This old man has been stuck at the Mid Stage of the Core Formation Realm for over sixty years, but I still cannot touch the threshold of the Late Stage."

Zhao Wuji shook his head. In the cultivation world, every small realm was like a heavenly chasm. Not to mention breaking through to the Late Stage, even a slight improvement was extremely difficult.

Originally, the Zhao Family was just a small, insignificant mortal family in the outer city. Back then, the family pooled all of their meager resources, even selling their ancestral fields, just to let him test for his spiritual roots. Fortunately, he had excellent talent, especially in the Dao of Formations.

After joining the Cloudwater Sect, Zhao Wuji relied on his own hard work and the continuous financial support from his family. Every time he needed spiritual stones, foundation building pills or rare formation materials, the Zhao Family would sell everything they had to support him.

With his own terrifying achievements in the Dao of Formations and the family’s backing, he stepped up step by step. From an Outer Sect Disciple to an Inner Sect Disciple, then to the most coveted Core Disciple. Fifty years ago, he established heaven shaking merit by repairing a crack in the sect’s grand protection array. Relying on this merit, he was promoted to an Inner Sect Elder and then appointed as the Master of the Formation Peak.

After becoming the Peak Master, Zhao Wuji used his immense status and resources to develop the Zhao Family. He moved them from the Outer City to the Inner City, and through a century of operation, he finally made the Zhao Family one of the powerful Tier 4 families.

However, after reaching the Peak Master position, Zhao Wuji completely entered Sect’s daily work and secluded cultivation. It had been about a hundred years since he last contacted his family. In his eyes, the family was already stable, and as long as they didn’t provoke people they couldn’t afford to offend, they could naturally survive in the inner city. He didn’t want to waste his precious time on trivial family matters.

But just as Zhao Wuji was adjusting his breath, preparing to attempt the breakthrough again, a sudden change occurred.

Buzz

On the stone table in front of him, a pitch black slip suddenly vibrated. At the same time, a wisp of strange, gray smoke from the soul communication incense floated into the cave, condensing into a blurry image.

Zhao Wuji’s face instantly sank. His eyes flashed with a cold, terrifying light, and a majestic aura burst out from his body, making the air in the cave tremble.

"You are asking for death!" Zhao Wuji snorted coldly. "Who dares to activate the soul communication jade slip? Don’t they know this old man is in critical seclusion? If this causes me to suffer Qi Deviation, I will exterminate their nine generations!"

He was extremely annoyed. In the cultivation world, disturbing a cultivator’s seclusion was equivalent to murdering their parents. Especially when he was trying to break through a major realm, any slight distraction could cause him to fail and even suffer a backlash.

With a wave of his sleeve, Zhao Wuji grabbed the vibrating jade slip and pressed it against his forehead. His divine sense swept into it.

Instantly, the desperate and panicked voices of the Second Elder and the other elders echoed in his mind. The details of the Zhao Family’s recent humiliation, the loss of sixty percent of their assets, the crippled Third Young Master, and the terrifying existence of the Honorary Core Disciple, Yu Liang, all poured into his brain.

After receiving the message, Zhao Wuji’s face turned green, then red, and finally turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

Bang!

He slapped the stone table fiercely, turning the solid spirit stone table into fine powder.

"A group of useless trash! A bunch of brainless fools!" Zhao Wuji roared, his was voice like thunder, shaking the dust off the cave walls. "This old man gave you a Tier 4 family’s foundation, and you actually managed to lose sixty percent of your assets in a single day?!"

"Zhao Feng! You are the Patriarch! You actually took Fifty Elite guards to deal with a junior, and not only did you fail, but you also had to sign a humiliating contract? And Zhao Kuang! That little bastard actually dared to harass a woman in the Outer City? He actually got his dantian crippled and became a brain damaged mortal? You are all courting death! I should just kill you all!"

Zhao Wuji was extremely furious. His chest heaved up and down, and his spiritual aura was fluctuating violently. He was not just angry at their incompetence, he was extremely annoyed that these idiots actually dared to break his seclusion for such a messy situation!

He’s in seclusion for a hundred years, and the first time they contacted him was to tell him that the family was about to be destroyed and that they had offended an Honorary Core Disciple of the sect!

"Calm down... I must calm down..." Zhao Wuji took a few deep breaths, forcefully suppressing the chaotic spiritual energy in his body. If he let his heart demons run wild, his breakthrough would be completely ruined.

After a long while, his expression gradually returned to normal, but the coldness in his eyes was even thicker than before.

"Hmph, an Honorary Core Disciple?" Zhao Wuji sneered, his eyes flashed with a sinister light. "Even if he is an Honorary Core Disciple, he is just a junior who has been in the sect for a few years. He actually dares to bully my Zhao Family to this extent. If this old man doesn’t teach him a lesson, he will really think my Zhao Family is a soft persimmon that anyone can pinch!"

Although he was annoyed that his seclusion was broken, Zhao Wuji was also clear in his heart. The Zhao Family was his root. If the family was destroyed, his face as an Inner Sect Elder would be thrown to the ground, and he would become a laughingstock among the other peak masters.

Furthermore, the other Tier 4 families were like wolves eyeing a sheep. If the Zhao Family showed weakness now, those families would definitely swarm up and tear them to pieces.

"This matter cannot be handled through normal channels. Since you all are a bunch of trash, then this old man will personally go down the mountain to clean up your mess!"

Zhao Wuji stood up and his robes fluttered without wind. A terrifying aura of the Mid Stage Core Formation realm swept out, making the entire cave tremble.

He waved his hand, putting away the jade slip, and walked towards the cave entrance.

"Yu Liang... Honorary Core Disciple..." Zhao Wuji’s eyes narrowed and a dangerous light flashed in them. "Let’s see if this junior has the ability to bear this old man’s anger!"