Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi-Chapter 359: Eye-Popping

"Who goes there?"

A thunderous roar suddenly erupted, like a startling clap of thunder from the clear sky, nearly knocking Chen Shuiwen and his two companions off their horses.

Hiss!

Chen Shuiwen, Li Shengtian, and the third person’s faces turned pale, their hands clutching their ears, as their heads buzzed loudly.

It was an utterly embarrassing sight.

Chen Shuiwen glared in the direction of the mountain gate, "Who dares to be so bold, hiding your head and showing your tail, intentionally frightening us?"

Xiao Yi glanced at him and said indifferently, "Chen, you worry too much. We of the Xiaoshanhe Institute are upright and aboveboard; how could we engage in such sneaky acts?"

"Upright and aboveboard? Hmph, if you really were, why would you hide your gate guardians?" Chen Shuiwen retorted with a dark face. That voice had almost scared him off his horse.

It was certainly embarrassing.

He had already heard many of the disciples discussing his panicked state.

Yu Huaxian said indifferently, "Chen, you’re showing your ignorance. Our Xiaoshanhe Institute has never hidden its gate guardians..."

"Not hidden?"

Li Shengtian sneered, "If they aren’t hidden, then why can’t we see them?"

Tian Xiao scoffed, "You’re not going to say there’s something wrong with our eyes, are you?"

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Yu Huaxian nodded and said, "Indeed, there is something wrong with your eyes. These two Mountain Guardian Demon Beasts are right in front of you, yet you look right through them!"

"Mountain Guardian Demon Beasts?"

Everyone was taken aback.

All eyes turned towards the mountain gate, and there, in front of the white jade stone gate, sat a formidable demon beast on each side. These two demon beasts were meticulous and immobile, making them seem like statues.

Gululu!

Chen Shuiwen and the other two exchanged glances, "These are demon beasts?"

Chen Shuiwen approached one of the demon beasts and reached out to test its authenticity.

And then...

Boom!

Chen Shuiwen was sent flying, tracing a beautiful arc through the air, and crashed to the ground with a thud. Blood spewed from his mouth, and he looked utterly bewildered, while the demon beast he had touched coldly said, "Don’t you even look at what you are, daring to touch me with such filthy hands?"

Hiss!

Everyone couldn’t help but take a sharp breath.

They looked at the two demon beasts in astonishment.

Chen Shuiwen was at the peak of the Tao Tribulation Realm, and yet, this demon beast sent him flying with such ease, leaving him no chance to resist. The only possibility was that this beast was a Sixth Order Beast King.

Sixth Order Beast King!

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This was an existence comparable to the Dharma Manifestation Realm, and even the ten great sects would treat such a creature as a guardian spirit beast!

The Xiaoshanhe Institute was using them as gatekeepers?

"It must be a hoax, it has to be!"

"How could anyone bear to use a Sixth Order Beast King as a gatekeeper?"

"Even if they were willing to use it as a gatekeeper, such a proud being would never stand for such an insult!"

All faces were a picture of bewildered confusion.

Sixth Order Beast Kings, known for their immense pride.

Let alone guarding a gate.

Even taming them as mounts had an extremely low chance of success.

Qi narrowed his eyes, withdrew his gaze from the two demon beasts, and turned to Xiao Yi, his eyes gleaming, "Xiao, if I’m not mistaken, these two Beast Kings are the very ones you subdued on the Great Liang Mountain, right?"

Xiao Yi smiled and nodded, "Qi, you have sharp eyes indeed. After I gave these two beasts a beating, they insisted on guarding my gate with shameless persistence; I couldn’t even drive them away!"

Everyone: "..."

The two demon beasts: "..."

A look of sorrow filled their eyes as they gazed at Xiao Yi.

They had thought about fleeing more than once, but initially, they were subdued by Xiao Yi’s formidable martial force. Later, Xiao Yi offered them precious elixirs. In just over a month, the two mighty Beast Kings made breakthroughs from being comparable to the first level of the Dharma Manifestation Realm to the second level.

You must understand...

Demon beasts typically relied on the passage of time to cultivate.

Where would they find such precious elixirs?

Now, the two of them were genuinely committed to staying here; they need not worry about being ambushed, nor fret over cultivation. Why would they object?

Gululu!

The crowd swallowed hard.

The complexions of Chen Shuiwen, Li Shengtian, and Tian Xiao turned exceedingly grim, especially Chen Shuiwen, who wished he could burrow into a hole and hide. He had been so proud, boasting about the permanent presence of Golden Core Realm experts guarding his gate.

Yet at Xiao Yi’s, there were beings of the Dharma Manifestation Realm stature!

The blow to their pride was severe.

For a moment...

Within the crowd of over fifteen hundred people, some began to stir: "The Xiaoshanhe Institute can have Beast King experts guard its gate—such grandeur, even the ten great sects might not be able to accomplish that, right?"

"Then why did we even leave Xiaoshanhe Institute?"

"Let’s go back!"

More than three hundred people tried to return to where Xiao Yi and the others were.

However...

Xiao Yi said indifferently, "What do you think Xiaoshanhe Institute is? A place you can come and go as you please? Get lost and head back!"

Boom!

As if from nowhere, a violent gust of wind pushed those three hundred people back behind Chen Shuiwen.

Chen Shuiwen’s face looked incredibly displeased.

Scowling, he turned to the more than fifteen hundred people and said solemnly, "Everyone, remain calm... What truly offers assistance to you in a sect is not the gatekeeper but the powers within the sect and its various resources. This Xiaoshanhe Institute doesn’t even have a Spirit Gathering Array—cultivating here is no different from cultivating at home! My Shanhe Martial Arts Academy, however, has a Spirit Gathering Array that is four times as effective..."

Li Shengtian’s eyes also lit up, his defeatist attitude swept away as he stared at Xiao Yi, "Dean Xiao, the most fundamental standard for establishing a sect is the Spirit Gathering Array, and you don’t even have one..."

"Don’t rush!"

Xiao Yi smiled and said, "The Spirit Gathering Array has already been laid out by my people, and I estimate they will activate it very soon. Follow me and see for yourself!"

"Being laid out? Humph, who doesn’t know that within the Great Qian Dynasty regarding Spirit Gathering Arrays, only that person from Tianjian Sect is the top one! The Shanhe Martial Arts Academy’s array was personally laid out by that very person. Do you mean to tell me that your Xiaoshanhe Institute found an Array Master even more skilled than him?" Chen Shuiwen said with disdain.

Xiao Yi simply replied with a smile, "Let’s go up and have a look!"

The group began to make their way toward the summit.

Shortly after...

They entered the Xiaoshanhe Institute, and at that moment, in the practice arena of Xiaoshanhe Institute:

Chen Ziyi and Li Youruo were leading a group of disciples waiting there.

As soon as Xiao Yi and his people reached the foot of the mountain, they had received voice transmissions from the two Beast Kings and were specially waiting here.

"Hmm?"

"Chen Ziyi? Li Youruo? It looks like the two of them really did betray Three Seas Mountain and Wendao Villa!"

"But... These two are only six-star Array Masters; even if they work together, they couldn’t possibly set up a Spirit Gathering Array more powerful than the one at Shanhe Martial Arts Academy..."

Li Shengtian sneered at Xiao Yi, "Dean Xiao, is the Spirit Gathering Array you mentioned laid out by these two? If that’s the case, it seems we needn’t bother to look any further, as there’s no way they can set up a stronger Spirit Gathering Array than the one at Shanhe Martial Arts Academy!"

"That’s not necessarily true!"

Xiao Yi smiled and looked toward Chen Ziyi and Li Youruo, "You heard Mr. Li. Why don’t you activate the Spirit Gathering Array and let them check it out?"

"Yes!"

The corners of their mouths raised slightly as they both ascended into the air.

Each of them held an array flag in their hands. With a whoosh, the array flags entered into the mountain, and the two of them shouted in unison, "Activate the array!"

Boom!

A column of light, indescribably powerful, shot up into the sky.

This pillar connected heaven and earth.

Within the immense column of light, a profusion of stars ebbed and flowed, sketching out a magnificent star chart in the void that aligned with the trajectories of the constellations above, forming a massive vortex atop the sky of Imperial Dragon Mountain.

Rumble rumble!

Countless elements of heaven and earth began gathering.

Within ten miles.

Within a hundred miles.

Within a thousand miles...

All the elements within a thousand miles seemed to be instantly drained.

And the concentration of the heaven and earth’s essence within Xiaoshanhe Institute continued to soar.

Twice as dense.

Three times denser.

Four times denser...

In the blink of an eye, it had already surpassed the fourfold concentration of the Spirit Gathering Array at the Shanhe Martial Arts Academy.

"This, this is impossible..."

"How could it be like this? What kind of terrifying formation is this, it’s actually..."

Chen Shuiwen and his group were dumbfounded, their faces filled with horror.

An hour later.

The Spirit Gathering Array was fully operational, and the concentration of the heaven and earth’s essence within the Xiaoshanhe Institute had reached a staggering tenfold!

Ten times the density of the heaven and earth’s essence caused the somewhat barren Imperial Dragon Mountain to begin covering itself with greenery at a speed visible to the naked eye. Flowers bloomed in abundance, dead wood sprang to life, bursting with vitality...

Xiao Yi’s lips curled upwards, his gaze playful as he looked at Chen Shuiwen and the others, "Gentlemen, what do you think of my Spirit Gathering Array?"

"..."

The three of them were speechless, at a loss for words.

The scene before them...

Completely blew their minds!

A Spirit Gathering Array with tenfold efficiency could be called a miracle!

Chen Shuiwen’s eyes were bloodshot, unable to utter a word, only feeling a burning pain on his face. His smug fourfold Spirit Gathering Array seemed like trash compared to Xiaoshanhe Institute’s Spirit Gathering Array!