Ji Yuan walked through the void, and soon arrived at a formation base.
This was a lake, located southwest of the main peak, and the two places were more than three li apart.
Although it was called a mountain protection formation, the range it protected was not just one mountain peak, but covered an area of more than ten li.
However, the formation here seemed to have been severely damaged, and the cultivators who later occupied the mountain did not repair it completely.
Just like the lake in front of Ji Yuan, which was one of the formation bases of the formation, it was clearly revealed due to the damage of the formation, but only one or two ordinary formations were set up as a disguise.
Ordinary cultivators in the first or second realm might not be able to see through this place, but with Ji Yuan's cultivation, he could see it clearly.
He originally thought that destroying the formation base of the mountain protection formation would cause some trouble, but now it seemed incredibly easy.
After thinking for a moment, he sent out several sword qi, which penetrated the formation concealing the formation base, making them lie dormant, ready to erupt at any moment to completely destroy the formation base.
After making the arrangements, Ji Yuan quietly left and went to the next formation base.
Most of the formation bases that outsiders could not spy on were exposed like this, only covered by one or two ordinary formations.
He had planted several sword qi that could be ignited at any time near four or five formation bases with almost no effort.
"It seems that the third-realm cultivator on the mountain is a bit tight on funds right now!"
Ji Yuan stood at the foot of the mountain and looked up at the summit in the distance.
If the other party had enough money, they would have repaired the sect's mountain protection formation completely at the first opportunity.
Otherwise, a seemingly powerful formation would appear like paper to outsiders, and its flaws could be easily found, making it inoperable.
Such a formation was fine against ordinary cultivators, but for anyone with a discerning eye, it was like a useless decoration in front of them. Not only would it not play any role, but it would also be easily exploited by the enemy.
After pondering for a moment, Ji Yuan did not immediately trigger the sword qi that had entered several formation bases, but instead relied on the divine abilities of his natal flying sword to sneak into the main peak again.
He walked in the void, slightly faster than his usual้้ (escape speed), and soon arrived halfway up the mountain.
However, looking at the dilapidated pavilions and towers everywhere, he couldn't help but fall silent. Places like the library and the Qiankun Pavilion were now completely deserted.
This made Ji Yuan, who had intended to seize some spoils, unable to help but feel both amused and frustrated.
A sect of such magnitude actually lacked places for disciples to obtain resources or read books.
Then there were only a few possibilities.
One was that the sect had just been plundered, otherwise, even in a sect of ordinary strength, there would be corresponding places.
Perhaps there were not many cultivation techniques or divine abilities, but basic books should be there.
As for the other possibility, it was that these things were all gathered in one place, and ordinary disciples could not access them.
Considering that most of the sect's disciples were forcibly recruited, had restrictions planted on them, and the mountain protection formation was left unrepaired,
Ji Yuan leaned towards the second possibility.
So after pondering, he stepped into the void again and quietly arrived at the summit.
As soon as he approached, he clearly sensed the aura of the third-realm cultivator here. Although it was indeed much stronger than that of wild cultivators, it was only at the initial stage of the Ming Dao realm. It was not difficult to kill him.
However, Ji Yuan's goal was not here, and to avoid attracting the attention of the Samsara Tower and the rebels, he could not really kill him.
He stood in the void, took out his natal flying sword, injected a large amount of divine consciousness into it, and controlled it to travel through the void.
The formations here were like nothing in front of the white jade flying sword, unable to cause any obstruction.
After all, compared to its sharpness, this sword was more adept at traversing the void and breaking formations and restrictions, allowing it to pass through layers of obstruction like entering an uninhabited realm, without being noticed.
Ji Yuan slowly closed his eyes, focusing his mind on his natal flying sword, and controlled it to travel through the void at the summit.
After a little more than half an hour, he suddenly had a thought, and a smile appeared on his lips.
Directly below the meditation room where the third-realm cultivator was meditating and breathing, there was a vast space filled with countless spiritual treasures.
There were not only various divine abilities, cultivation techniques, and other classics, but also more than ten magical artifacts, as well as spiritual materials and elixirs of varying value.
With just a sweep of his divine consciousness, Ji Yuan roughly estimated that all the items here were worth at least a thousand spirit coins.
For a moment, he began to waver. Just one treasury could contain such valuable items.
Then, what precious treasures would the Ming Dao realm cultivator, the owner of this place, have in his Shanhe Bag?
After pondering for a long time, Ji Yuan gave up the idea of killing him. The most important thing now was to take Xue Yang and the others away from here, and then pick up Zhao Yuansong and the other two from Fengming County.
Before that, it was natural to avoid any unnecessary trouble.
So he controlled the flying sword, ignored the layers of formations and restrictions in the treasury, and collected all the treasures into the small cave within the sword body.
The entire process took less than a moment, and then the white jade flying sword returned and circled around him happily.
He took a deep look in the direction of the third-realm cultivator's closed-door cultivation, then quietly turned and left.
When he emerged from the void again, he had already returned to the courtyard halfway up the mountain.
Xue Yang and the others, who were already prepared, immediately became spirited upon seeing him, realizing that it was time to leave.
"Let's go."
Ji Yuan smiled slightly, then flicked his finger.
From three or four li away, everyone could feel surges of immense spiritual energy rising into the sky, accompanied by thunderous roars echoing in the sky.
Amidst a shaking of the earth, the group could clearly see with their Dharma eyes that the dense spiritual energy accumulated by the mountain protection formation had turned into towering pillars of light.
All the cultivators in this place felt the collapse of the formation, and each of them immediately became as if facing a great enemy, rushing to the destroyed formation bases.
Even the cultivators guarding the courtyard had withdrawn more than half of them in a short period of time.
On the summit, a powerful aura rose, and a divine consciousness quickly swept across the surroundings.
Seeing this, Ji Yuan nodded slightly, then took a step forward, arriving outside the courtyard.
He looked at the cultivators who remained, and flicked out several sword qi. Empowered by the destructive sword dao, these cultivators, who were only in the first or second realm, fell to the ground without even a scream.
Their life force was completely destroyed, leaving only their souls, which were then forcibly sent into reincarnation.