Chapter 37: Chi Xiao, More of a Man Than a Real Man

Someone is intruding upon the formation?

Zheng Tuo immediately became alert!

Falling Immortal Mountain was located deep within Dao Enlightenment Peak, a place rarely visited. Who would come here for no reason?

Could it be Senior Brother Du Ming or Senior Sister Lan Caicai coming for a visit?

He tapped the bronze treasure mirror to see who had broken into the formation.

But when he saw what was happening inside the formation, his expression instantly turned extremely grim.

Inside the bronze treasure mirror.

Senior Brother Du Ming and Senior Sister Lan Caicai did not appear; instead, a fiery red figure emerged.

Dressed in Crimson Feather Battle Armor and wielding a twenty-four-foot Fire-Tipped Spear, Chi Xiao’s fiery red hair fluttered wildly. Like a female war goddess, she was relentlessly battering the Immortal Trapping Formation.

Damn!

No way.

How did this woman find me?

Zheng Tuo was speechless.

The person he least wanted to provoke was Chi Xiao.

Because this girl was completely uncontrollable.

A goddess could be enticed with delicious food to help him do things.

Chi Xiao, however, was impossible to communicate with.

If she discovered he was living here, Falling Immortal Mountain would likely turn into a graveyard very soon.

But it was strange.

How did Chi Xiao know he was here?

Could it be... Martial Aunt Hong Niang!

Damn it!

Zheng Tuo cursed himself for being too careless.

He should have realized it sooner.

Martial Aunt Hong Niang still hadn't let him go; she still wanted him to be the son-in-law of Ethereal Peak.

"You bastard Zhu Woshi, get your ass out here and die..."

Chi Xiao roared, swinging her Fire-Tipped Spear and slamming it violently against the Immortal Trapping Formation.

*Boom!*

A massive, explosive sound echoed through the valley, startling countless birds into flight.

Fortunately, Dao Enlightenment Peak was sparsely populated. Even with such a large commotion, it wouldn't attract many people.

If this were anywhere else, there would likely be crowds of onlookers everywhere.

Chi Xiao’s entire body trembled, her face frostily grim, looking like an erupting volcano.

She had spent three months pestering her master, finally learning from one of her master's sleep-talking episodes during a nap that the fellow who had played her was living right here.

Without a moment's hesitation, she had charged straight over.

"You bastard, you think a single formation can stop my rage? Don't let me catch you, or I'll skin you alive!"

Chi Xiao gritted her teeth, gripping her spear tightly as she frantically struck the Immortal Trapping Formation.

*Boom! Boom! Boom!*

The thunderous sounds continued unabated.

Under Chi Xiao's violent power, the Immortal Trapping Formation shook wildly, looking as if it might collapse at any moment.

"What a violent little girl. Whoever marries you must have had their ancestral graves emitting black smoke—no, their ancestral graves turning into a volcano!"

Zheng Tuo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

He felt he was incapable of taming such a volcanic woman.

However...

Zheng Tuo rubbed his chin, watching Chi Xiao in the mirror as she entered her "unparalleled mode."

Since she had delivered herself to his doorstep, he felt it would be a waste not to make use of her.

Chi Xiao's spiritual attribute was Fire, one of the strongest offensive attributes.

Perfect.

With such violent fire attributes, she could help him test the defensive formations within the Immortal Trapping Formation.

With this plan in mind, Zheng Tuo controlled the defensive formations within the Immortal Trapping Formation to surge toward Chi Xiao's position.

Chi Xiao had no idea she was being used.

Her only thought now was to break the formation and give that guy who played her a severe thrashing to vent her fury.

Chi Xiao's arrival was a complete accident.

Zheng Tuo did not like accidents.

But since she was here, he was no longer afraid.

He casually took out a set of top-tier Tier 1 defensive formation plates and hung them around his neck.

The formations in these plates were purely defensive and were much stronger than the defense of the Immortal Trapping Formation.

With just a thought, the plates could activate the formations to protect him.

The formation was called the Guardian God Formation.

He could boastfully say it was one of his own little inventions.

After all, he was a man who had thoroughly mastered the first volume of both the Nine Volumes of the Dao of Formations and the Nine Li True Method.

However.

Was one set a bit unsafe?

Since it was a new product, what if it failed?

He casually took out four more sets of Guardian God Formations and hung them all around his neck.

Feeling the weight against his neck, Zheng Tuo nodded with satisfaction.

He loved this kind of heavy sense of security.

With a thought, five emerald-green turtle shells instantly enveloped him.

After a quick check, he put the Guardian God Formations away.

His current strength was at the seventh stage of Qi Refinement, and he had five sets of Guardian God Formations, the Bronze Ring, and the Bronze Treasure Mirror—a triple layer of defense.

Even if Chi Xiao rushed in, he wouldn't be afraid.

Even though she was only at the fifth stage of Qi Refinement, two levels lower than him.

First, he ensured his own protection.

Then, he clicked the bronze treasure mirror.

He began to modify the formations based on Chi Xiao's attacks on the defensive arrays.

It had to be said.

Chi Xiao was truly peerless in her ferocity.

No wonder she was called the "Big Sister" of the Falling Immortal Sect.

Her terrifying output capability would make anyone break into a cold sweat.

Moreover, Chi Xiao's combat talent was outrageously high.

In the entire Falling Immortal Sect, perhaps only the martial arts of Thousand Blade Peak could rival her in terms of combat talent.

"I knew you were strong, but I didn't expect you to be this crazy."

Zheng Tuo muttered to himself, recording notes on the defensive formations in a small notebook.

"But so what if she's strong? She's still just helping me test my formations."

As time passed.

Dusk approached.

Chi Xiao's frantic bombardment gradually slowed down.

A full day of attacking had exhausted her immensely.

Zheng Tuo thought she might leave.

But to his astonishment.

Chi Xiao actually took a pill from a pouch at her waist, swallowed it, and sat down in meditation to recover her spiritual energy.

"Holy crap! This girl's temper is too much!"

Three months had passed.

A normal person would have cooled down long ago.

But not only had Chi Xiao not cooled down, the appearance of the defensive formations had added fuel to the fire.

"You bastard, I've been blasting away here all day, and you won't even come out to see me? This is outrageous!"

Chi Xiao gritted her teeth.

Her eyes burned with rage as she stared fixedly at the formation before her.

"Today, if I don't smash this crappy formation to pieces, my name isn't Chi Xiao!"

Unable to quell her anger, Chi Xiao activated her cultivation method to refine the pill.

Once the pill was refined and her spiritual energy was replenished.

She stood up.

Wielding her Fire-Tipped Spear, she continued to bombard the Immortal Trapping Formation.

"Martial Aunt Hong Niang, with a temper this volatile, I'm afraid even the Monkey King couldn't tame her disciple."

Zheng Tuo shook his head.

If you want to keep bombing, I'll accompany you.

He took out his notebook and continued recording.

"What, found another tool to help you test your formations again?"

Xiao Bai walked over with a swaying gait.

Zheng Tuo looked back at Xiao Bai with a smile.

"I didn't have to look; she's already here."

"Hmph!"

"I'm only doing this so I don't disobey Xian'er's orders. You think I want to help you?"

Xiao Bai thought to herself: *Zheng Tuo, don't laugh for too long. Once I recover my strength, see how I deal with you.*

Testing offensive and defensive formations simultaneously.

Zheng Tuo did not seem overly busy.

His understanding of formations was sufficient to allow him to manipulate two different types of formations at once.

Days passed one by one.

Two months later.

With Xiao Bai's help, the testing of the offensive formations was completed.

The testing of the defensive formations was also nearing its end under Chi Xiao's violent onslaught.

Zheng Tuo couldn't help but marvel.

Chi Xiao was truly more "manly" than most men.

Two full months of bombardment had actually pushed her strength from the fifth stage of Qi Refinement to the sixth stage.

Originally, he felt a tiny bit of guilt.

After all, he had taken an ancient jade from her during the assessment.

And now he was using her to test his defensive formations.

But all of that vanished the moment Chi Xiao leveled up.

Once the formation testing was complete, he had to get Chi Xiao to leave.

If the bombardment continued like this, Chi Xiao's fan club would soon notice something was wrong.

At that point, the male disciples of the entire Falling Immortal Sect would swarm the place, which was the exact situation he wanted to avoid.

But sometimes, plans cannot keep up with changes.

Having increased her strength, Chi Xiao was peerless in her ferocity.

Wielding her Fire-Tipped Spear, she slammed into the Immortal Trapping Formation with everything she had.

*Crack!*

A crisp sound, like a sudden thunderclap, rang in Zheng Tuo's ears.

(End of Chapter)