Chapter 201: Merit Descends
Only after finishing did he explain, "I heard that low-grade spirit jade is commonly used in the Spirit Realm. Each piece contains about a thousand times the spiritual energy of a top-grade spirit stone. One top-grade spirit stone can already form a small spirit vein. Based on that scale, over a thousand pieces of low-grade spirit jade merging into a lower realm spirit vein would release enough energy to potentially overwhelm it completely. At that point, even the ability of the Concealment Stone to block spiritual energy and divine sense might not be enough to contain the explosion."
"So it is better to prepare formations in advance. If something like that happens, to avoid attracting attention or causing competition, we can immediately isolate the spiritual energy with the barrier formation and use the illusion formation to simulate the previous environment, preventing nearby cultivators from noticing the changes in Snowy Cave Mountain," Gou Guangming immediately added.
"As expected of Senior Brother, very thorough."
Seeing his master acting so diligently, Gou Zhi who had already reached the Deity Transformation stage could barely hold back his expression.
He quickly changed the topic.
"Sect Master is even more impressive. To think he can obtain Tier 5 formation discs and more than one at that."
"Gou Zhi is right. My Master is the most amazing," Fu Young said approvingly.
Gou Guangming looked at Gou Zhi with a sorrowful expression.
"Gou Zhi, I want to take you as my master."
"Senior Brother Guangming, we already belong to the same sect. We are fellow disciples," Gou Zhi replied expressionlessly, word by word, reminding his own master...
"Pfft."
Hearing their conversation, Xiao Shou let out a light laugh and was just about to speak.
At that moment, Fu Young glanced at Gou Guangming and suddenly exclaimed, "Master, look."
Hearing this, everyone followed the direction Fu Young was pointing.
They saw that Snowy Cave Mountain, which had originally been desolate and sparsely covered with scattered green stones had now split open with countless enormous cracks.
The entire mountain body kept rising in height, while new mountain ranges were forming and spreading outward in all directions.
Various demonic beasts fled in panic.
The Concealment Stones that was shattered by the rising mountain kept rolling down in large numbers revealing beneath them a crystalline mountain body, or rather, an expanding spirit vein of crystal-like structure.
"Formation, activate!"
Fu Young quickly controlled the formation to simulate the surroundings and block the leakage of spiritual energy, while also attempting to continue observing the ongoing changes of Snowy Cave Mountain.
However, things were not as simple as they had imagined.
After the mountain split open and the crystal-like structure was exposed, dense white mist-like spiritual energy spread in all directions and merged into the surrounding atmosphere.
Suddenly, An Ho grabbed An Yu and cried out in pain, "Mother, it hurts!"
"Little Ho, what is wrong with you?"
An Yu who had been unconsciously absorbing the extremely dense spiritual energy snapped back to her senses and asked anxiously.
Only then did she realize that countless fine blood threads were slowly seeping out of An Hoโs body.
Fu Young immediately sensed the situation and quickly opened a gap in the formation.
"Cao Xue, An Yu, take the children out. The spiritual energy here is too dense. The children cannot withstand such sudden pressure."
"Yes!"
"Yes, sir!"
The two of them respectfully accepted the order, only to soon realize with shame that it was not just An Ho enduring the pressure.
The other children, including Ye Ying, were also silently resisting the pain.
At the same time, An Yu also felt that her body was close to being overwhelmed by the spiritual energy.
She quickly took Cao Xue and piloted the wooden crane puppet out through the formation gap.
After they left, Fu Young immediately closed the formation.
However, they had underestimated the power of the low-grade spirit jade and overestimated their own tolerance.
Less than two breaths after An Yu and the others left, Snowy Cave Mountain had not yet shown any major visible transformation, only continuously releasing white mist-like spiritual energy, when Gou Guangming, Gou Zhi, and Gou Yue could no longer withstand the pressure.
Gou Guangming quickly said, "Senior Brother, we cannot hold on either. Please open the barrier and let us out as well."
"Letโs all leave together. I am also starting to feel some pressure."
Seeing that Gou Guangming whose cultivation was higher than his own was unable to endure first, Xiao Shou did not want it to look like he and his disciple were too special.
So, he put on an expression of strain and gave Fu Young a meaningful look.
Please stop pretending.
That same energy you used to survive heavenly tribulation would not be stopped by this.
The four members of the Gou family all thought this at the same time.
But when they saw Fu Young glance at them with a strange, half-smiling expression, they quickly suppressed their gloomy, blood-filled expressions.
"Then letโs go out first and come back after the changes stabilize," Fu Young said with satisfaction.
He opened a gap in the formation.
Naturally, he reached out and took Xiao Shouโs hand, then flew out through the opening.
Gou Guangming and the others quickly followed.
After everyone had exited, Fu Young sealed the formation again and used an illusion array to restore the surrounding environment to its previous state, preventing unnecessary attention.
Thus, under everyoneโs watchful eyes and the continuous trembling of the earth, Snowy Cave Mountain underwent intense transformation for a full two hours before finally calming down.
Just as the higher cultivators were preparing to go back in and check the situation, a sudden change occurred in the sky.
A faint yellow light began to gather above, condensing into a mass of mysterious yellow energy that descended vertically toward Xiao Shou.
Before Xiao Shou could even react, it directly seeped into his body and disappeared.
"Merit? How is this possible?"
Cao Xue who had been comforting the frightened children suddenly exclaimed in shock, his face full of disbelief.
