Martial Master

Seeing the old man throw out the formation flags, Qin Chen's gaze immediately sharpened.

Fei Yang and Ge Peng also showed expressions of seriousness and vigilance.

Previously, the formation had taken them a long time to find some flaws, yet this old man, in just a moment, had already found the method to break the formation and was quickly dismantling it. Clearly, he was a highly accomplished fifth-level formation master.

Initially, the old man's peak Martial Zong cultivation at the late fifth level was not enough to make the two wary, but with his identity as a formation master, they had begun to take him seriously.

“Good, esteemed sir, you truly deserve your reputation as a fifth-level formation master. Good skill. If there are any treasures within this formation, we will not treat you unfairly,” Ge Peng and Fei Yang said in solemn tones.

For now, they needed to stabilize the situation.

“You are too polite, my old bones are just a bit curious about this formation and can't help but play around. If there are treasures, I will definitely not compete with you,” the old man said gently, but his gaze was fixed on the formation before him, as if he was studying the entire structure of the formation to learn from it.

Qin Chen sneered inwardly. From the moment the old man entered, he had felt something was off. Now, seeing the old man's method of breaking the formation, he immediately understood why.

This old man was no stranger to this underground relic. Although he was hiding it well, Qin Chen’s sharp eyes spotted it right away—this person was incredibly familiar with these two formations.

Qin Chen quickly realized that this old man had not only visited this underground relic before but had even set up the two fifth-level formations that trapped Ku Yunzhi.

It was highly likely that when he first discovered this place, Ku Yunzhi had not yet matured, so he laid down these two formations, planning to return when she was ready.

Who would have thought that upon entering, he found someone else had gotten there first? So he pretended to be an accidental intruder, intending to throw Ge Peng and the others off guard.

Then, under the guise of breaking the formation, he intended to involve himself.

Such deep schemes, Qin Chen sneered to himself. No matter what this old man had planned, he had to be extremely cautious.

As the old man continuously threw out formation flags, the formation light that enveloped the area rapidly disintegrated. After a stick of incense's worth of time, all the formation light had completely vanished.

The scene before them was revealed.

When Ge Peng and the others saw that there was only a single spirit herb within the formation, they immediately showed expressions of disappointment. However, upon seeing the true appearance of that spirit herb, they were all stunned.

“Ku Yunzhi, it’s actually Ku Yunzhi.”

“The legendary divine herb that can dissolve pill poison and eliminate all unstable foundations?”

“The purple Ku Yunzhi, what age is this from? Isn’t Ku Yunzhi supposed to be red? Why is this one purple?”

“I’m not sure, but this is definitely Ku Yunzhi.”

The excitement on their faces turned crimson, and they could barely breathe, each one feeling their hearts race.

Any martial artist from Tianwu Continent had likely consumed pills.

Especially for common martial artists like Ge Peng—they had decent talent but were not extraordinary. To reach this level and become a peak Martial Zong at the late fifth level, they had gone through countless dangers and hardships.

They had even consumed a large number of pills to advance a single level, undergoing inhuman trials.

And now, they were seemingly training and exploring in the Black Death Swamp.

For what purpose?

Wasn’t it to one day knock on the door of a venerable and enter the Martial Venerable realm!

But they all understood that with their talents and bodies, crossing into the Martial Venerable realm was almost impossible.

Not for other reasons, but because in their early lives, they had consumed too many pills, resulting in a severe accumulation of pill poison in their bodies.