No wonder the young lady showed no excitement upon seeing the combination spirit tool. If it were him, he would have been able to keep his cool too... well, maybe just a little bit excited.

Yu Yao took a sip of tea and continued slowly, “Not only that, but when you no longer need the formation, you can deactivate it and take the formation disk with you. It’s reusable.”

“Oh my heavens!”

The old man’s eyes widened, and he almost gasped for breath. A formation disk like this could easily be auctioned off at the grand auction held by Yu Linglong every ten years, right?

**Chapter 90: Let’s ‘Lock’ Yu Yao in the City Lord’s Mansion with ‘Clothes’!**

The old man quickly pinched his thigh, the pain reminding him that he wasn’t dreaming.

Where on earth did the young lady get such a formation disk?

Then he suddenly thought of Bai Feng’s identity and achievements. Could it be...

He instinctively glanced at Bai Feng, but was stopped by Yu Yao’s voice: “Don’t think too much about the formation disk, okay? We just need to tell the guests what functions it has, nothing more!”

Yu Yao’s tone was heavy, her icy words pressing down on him like a mountain, making it hard to breathe.

“Y-yes, I don’t know anything!”

The old man nodded vigorously. Although he didn’t understand why they needed to keep this information hidden, he knew that neither the young lady nor that formation genius was someone he could offend. His job was simply to follow the young lady’s orders and get things done!

“Good, I trust you to handle it.” Yu Yao’s tone softened again. “Alright, you go take care of the auction matters. I want to take my junior brothers and sisters to browse around the auction house.”

“Yes, young lady.”

The old man quickly left the room, and as he walked down the corridor, he felt a mix of emotions.

No wonder the young lady looked down on that artifact master; with a junior brother like this, there was really no need!

Of course, he still needed to maintain a good relationship with the artifact master. To show respect, he might as well let him take the stage himself.

Inside the room.

“Didn’t see that coming; you really have the demeanor of a young lady!”

After the old man left, Bai Feng relaxed a bit. He picked up a piece of pastry and joked with Yu Yao, “You’re quite the young lady yourself!”

“Ah, well, our family is in business, unlike your Bai family, where everyone’s watching you!” Yu Yao stretched lazily. “Good thing I joined the Tianjian Sect; I don’t have to deal with all that nonsense.”

“Alright, enough about that.” She jumped off her chair, grabbed a few pastries, and stuffed them into her mouth, mumbling, “Let’s go check out Yu Linglong. Little junior brother, didn’t you want to buy some formation materials?”

“Then you have to give me a bigger discount!”

...

Due to the emergence of a new child of destiny, Bai Feng didn’t linger outside for long. After buying the formation materials and having breakfast with Bai Yumo and Yu Yao, he returned to the City Lord’s Mansion.

As soon as he got back, he was called by Liu Meng: “Bai Feng, you’re just in time. Tomorrow we’ll start preparing to build the grand formation. I need to go over some precautions with you to prevent any accidents.”

“Okay, Master.”

Bai Feng nodded and exchanged a few words with Bai Yumo and Yu Yao before walking over to Liu Meng to listen to her explain the precautions for building the grand formation.

“... Basically, that’s it. We don’t need to worry about things outside the formation; Chu Ningyan will help handle that.”

Bai Feng nodded thoughtfully. The grand formation would indeed be very different from ordinary formations. For example, one is a two-story bungalow, while the other is a skyscraper with dozens or even over a hundred floors. Naturally, the latter is much more complicated to construct.

However, he still had some other concerns: “Isn’t Xuan Guang City far from the demonic realm? Could there really be others trying to stir up trouble?”

Could it be other sects? But building a grand formation is more about others paying while they provide the labor. While it would indeed increase their connections, it wouldn’t necessarily mean that the other party would completely side with the Tianjian Sect.

Otherwise, the Northern Region would have long been the territory of the Fengling Sect.

Liu Meng shook her head: “You were born in the Bai family, so you might not be aware of the cultivators outside the righteous and demonic paths.”

“Although the Northern Region seems to be ruled by both the righteous and demonic paths, that’s just the power at the top. Among the larger number of mid-tier and lower-tier cultivators, they are mainly composed of loose cultivators or those from small to mid-sized sects. While they appear to be mostly righteous cultivators on the surface, they actually don’t care much about the conflict between the righteous and demonic paths; they care more about their own interests.”

Bai Feng nodded. Although he hadn’t been out much, it didn’t mean he was out of touch. On the contrary, he enjoyed gathering news and rumors from outside, and indeed, what Liu Meng said was true.

Many loose cultivators, while afraid of the brutality of the demonic path, also didn’t like the righteous path. After all, the righteous path isn’t made up of saints either. The most typical examples are certain spoiled young masters who bully others without facing serious consequences, not to mention that the major sects monopolize the best cultivation resources, leaving the loose cultivators and smaller sects with only scraps. Overall, it’s just a bit better than the demonic side.

“They were originally a scattered bunch, but then one person united these loose cultivators. Although they still have their own agendas, they now share a common goal.”

“Their goal is simple: for their own interests, they don’t want one side to become too powerful. Ideally, they want both sides to be evenly matched, or even to suffer mutual destruction, so they can reap the greatest benefits from both.”

Liu Meng seemed to have had contact with those people. She continued in a calm tone, “But the grand formation will disrupt the balance they hope for. After all, once the grand formation is established, it will be difficult for the demonic path to break through, and it will also increase the difficulty for the demonic path to infiltrate the righteous territory or cause chaos behind the righteous lines. So they will find ways to join forces with the demonic path to sabotage the construction of the grand formation, and they don’t even need to get their hands dirty; they just need to spread the news to the demonic path.”

Bai Feng pondered for a few seconds. No wonder the Tianjian Sect sent so many elders this time. Although he had shown considerable talent in formations, it shouldn’t warrant such heavy protection. Now it seemed that it was to protect the grand formation from being sabotaged by the demonic path.

“Sorry, I’ve been rambling on.” Liu Meng shook her head. “Let’s continue. Next, I’ll explain the layout of the grand formation.”

“Okay, Master.”

As Bai Feng listened to Liu Meng explain the layout of the grand formation, a hint of worry began to surface in his heart.

That guy, Hei Lian, wouldn’t take the opportunity to stir up trouble, would he?

And with the emergence of the child of destiny today, it was an even more ominous sign. The construction of the grand formation was bound to encounter problems!

He could already envision the subsequent plot: the grand formation encountering unexpected issues, Xuan Guang City on the brink of collapse under the demonic path’s assault, all the elders of the Tianjian Sect entangled with demonic path experts, and just when the grand formation was about to be destroyed by a few young demonic disciples, the child of destiny would appear out of nowhere. Initially mocked by the demonic disciples for his low cultivation, he would then defeat them against all odds, saving the city from peril and earning the admiration of the city lord and his daughter.

“However...”

Bai Feng thought of the three children of destiny who had come along this time and felt that the plot probably wouldn’t develop so smoothly.

Whether it would head in a good direction or a bad one, he couldn’t say for sure.

...

In the following two days, Bai Feng also became busy.

Even so, he still found time to discuss clothing-related matters with Yu Yao. For this, he even stayed up late to sketch a few designs, effectively ‘locking’ Yu Yao in the City Lord’s Mansion and preventing her from getting anywhere near the auction house.

“What’s this...?” Yu Yao’s eyes widened, almost pressing her face against the paper.

“A wedding dress.” Bai Feng sat in a chair with his hands crossed. “Remember the white-themed design that Teacher Chunqiu came up with? This is one of them, and I think it’s the boldest design.”

“For hundreds, even thousands of years, weddings have mostly been in red, but Teacher Chunqiu boldly chose white. Besides being beautiful, it adds a touch of purity and sanctity.”

Yu Yao nodded vigorously: “Little junior brother, you’re absolutely right! Teacher Chunqiu always brings me new surprises. I’m going to finish this outfit tonight!”

Seeing Yu Yao’s ecstatic expression, Bai Feng couldn’t help but smile slightly: Sister, just focus on making clothes in the City Lord’s Mansion for now, and don’t think about the auction just yet.

**Chapter 91: Sister, may I ask who Teacher Chunqiu is?**

Having achieved his goal, Bai Feng didn’t linger in Yu Yao’s room any longer and turned to busy himself with the grand formation.

After he walked away, Bai Yumo suddenly emerged from the other side of the house, her brow slightly furrowed—why was Bai Feng coming out of Yu Yao’s room? Were they discussing clothing designs? But why didn’t he call her?

Could it be...