MSBITRS Chapter 45 V1

Having been out for a few days, the mountain should be fine, right?

On the way back to the Immortal Sect, Li Changshou was quietly thinking to himself.

His master was probably still drinking on another peak, and he had already reminded his little junior sister to focus on her cultivation and stay put.

The most likely trouble that could occur would be someone visiting Xiaoqiong Peak and accidentally stumbling into the array around the alchemy chamber. While the trapping and disorienting arrays didn’t have direct lethality, staying inside for too long could easily cause a person’s mindset to become unstable, giving rise to inner demons…

However, after nearly driving Elder Jiu to madness last time, Li Changshou made some small modifications to the linked array.

— He left a ‘guest path’ open.

If the intruder was an outsider, it would be no problem to drive them mad or eliminate them outright. But since the sect had a large protective formation around the mountain, how could an outsider normally sneak in?

In most cases, those who enter the array would be sect members with strange purposes. It would be inappropriate to kill or drive them mad.

Therefore, Li Changshou had placed some markers on a ‘dead-end’ path, guiding the intruders into a comfortable and welcoming space to temporarily calm them down.

This way, he could avoid awkward situations and prevent the intruder from wandering around, giving him enough time to set up other arrangements.

Moreover, if a True Immortal got trapped and started bombarding the surroundings, there was a chance they might trigger hidden killing formations…

Whether the intruder was injured or killed didn’t concern him, but if the sect came to question him about violating the formation regulations, it could become a real problem.

The surface-level array’s purpose was to prevent anyone from approaching the alchemy chamber. By setting up a ‘guest room’ inside the array, he could solve these two critical problems.

This was a well-thought-out and necessary measure taken by Li Changshou.

Not to mention…

He had also borrowed his master’s name, and the markers were written in his master’s handwriting.

After all, his master was the peak lord, while he was just the eldest disciple of Xiaoqiong Peak.

‘Finally, almost back.’

Li Changshou scanned the distant mountains, calculating how little distance remained on his journey.

Once he returned, he would continue suppressing his cultivation and focus on refining the Three Flames True Fire.

At his current low cultivation level, if he forced himself to suppress the natural progression of his breakthroughs, he could probably hold it back for another two years.

Two years should be enough to at least bring him to the introductory stage of Three Flames True Fire.

The next time he left, it would be for his real tribulation.

Speaking of which, how should he explain the linked arrays around the alchemy chamber to his master? If his master asked how the arrays were set up, should he reveal a bit of his hidden strength?

He naturally trusted his master, but if his master ended up drunk and spilled the truth…

Forget it. His master and junior sister were the closest people to him, and their ‘privileges’ and treatment should be equal in his eyes.

When he returned, he would talk with his master, letting him know as much as his little junior sister knew.

As he neared the mountain gate, the night wind unexpectedly felt warm.

…

When Li Changshou returned to the gate of the Immortal Sect, it was already midnight with a bright moon and scattered stars.

Everyone disbanded in front of the Hundred Wonders Hall, and Li Changshou bid farewell to Elder Jiu before flying toward Xiaoqiong Peak.

Qin Xuan’ya had wanted to talk to Li Changshou, but as soon as she landed, a few senior uncles called her into the Hundred Wonders Hall, leaving her no chance to escape.

Li Changshou silently left without drawing attention, feeling elated by the gains he made in the past few days.

But as he thought back on his trip to the East Sea, his expression darkened…

He still couldn’t figure out why the Dragon Prince had chosen him to leave the formation that day.

To avoid running into that unpredictable Ao Yi again in the future, he would just have to stay away from these ancient noble families.

Xiaoqiong Peak was eerily quiet. From a distance, Li Changshou noticed that neither his little junior sister nor his master were in their respective huts. Using his spiritual sense to scan the grand formation, he immediately saw that both his master and junior sister were trapped at the edge of the formation…

What?

How did they both end up trapped together?

His master had been in seclusion and unaware of the array’s changes, and Ling’e had been an observer during the construction. How did they end up in there together?

Could it be that they just thought the view was nice and went in together to drink tea and watch the stars?

Li Changshou flew over, not in a hurry to release them. He first carefully checked the inner and outer parts of the grand array, then pulled out the jade token to control the formation and closed the outer trapping formation.

A light breeze blew, the mist in the forest swirled, and the once-dense forest seemed to have fewer trees.

Ling’e immediately cheered, “Master! Brother is back!”

Elder Qi was startled, trying to stand up but then remembering something, he sat back down with a stern face, picking up his whisk.

Cough! “You little rascal… So, Li Changshou, come here and accept your punishment!”

As Li Changshou floated down, he blinked, sensing something unusual in the air…

As soon as he landed, his master’s whisk flew toward him.

After ascending to the state of a Turbid Immortal, Elder Qi’s strength had undergone a significant leap. The whisk instantly transformed into a vast white net, and if Li Changshou hadn’t held himself back, his instincts would have dragged him away in a flash.

The white net fell, and Li Changshou was firmly bound by the whisk.

Ling’e, nearby, immediately pounced on him, knocking him over…