Chapter 772: Northern Big Dipper’s Nine Stars

Translator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter

The legendary figure of the hidden sects was Du Dutian. He reached Great Heaven before the age of forty-five and created the All Heavens Sect. No one had been able to beat this record, but now it had been broken by a young girl countless times younger than him.

Yun Ziyi reached Great Heaven in her twenties, becoming the youngest Great Heaven master in the Magical Continents. With Yun Dongxia missing, Yun Ziyi took over the Magical Merchant Association and devoured the Sea Merchant Clan half a year ago.

When Ye Mo arrived in Chan City, he learned casually that it was the most powerful force in the city, aside from a few first-grade sects.

The first-grade sects seemed to know that Yun Ziyi’s rise was related to Ye Mo and all retreated. Therefore, in Chan City, the Magical Merchant Association reigned supreme.

Ye Mo scanned his spiritual sense and found Yun Ziyi. She was at the Heaven Level Tertiary Stage. Ye Mo could tell she hadn’t sold the Great Essence Increasing Pill he had given her; she had used it to cultivate.

Yun Ziyi was swirling a cup of tea. Three pills, and she had gone from Black Level Peak to Great Heaven Tertiary Stage, becoming the youngest Great Heaven master of the Magical Continents.

Before, she wouldn’t have believed it, but now it was reality. Only she knew the actual youngest master wasn’t her, but Ye Mo.

“Just how many secrets does he have?” Yun Ziyi sighed. She knew Ye Mo wasn’t interested in her.

In appearance, she lacked nothing compared to Mu Xiaoyun. Yet, why was Ye Mo’s heart tied to Mu Xiaoyun and had no feelings for her at all?

Yun Ziyi sighed. She vaguely knew, but didn’t want to admit it. She wanted to get closer to Ye Mo, not because she was in love with him. She had an ulterior motive. If Ye Mo hadn’t been so powerful, would she have sought his closeness? No way.

“What secret?” a voice suddenly sounded at her doorstep. Yun Ziyi was startled. She looked up to see Ye Mo entering.

“Huh! It’s you, Brother Ye!” Yun Ziyi’s face immediately brightened.

Ye Mo saw through Yun Ziyi’s attitude, but he didn’t care. It was merely a business relationship.

“I asked you to buy some herbs and ores for me last time. How is it going?” Ye Mo asked directly. He didn’t intend to stay long.

Yun Ziyi quickly replied, “It’s all ready. Come with me, Brother Ye.”

Yun Ziyi led Ye Mo to the herb storage of the Magical Merchant Association. Ye Mo was quite satisfied; the herbs were well-preserved.

There truly were a lot of good things.

Ye Mo asked her to leave for a moment so he could put everything in his ring. Although she found it strange how Ye Mo could put it all away, she knew he was no ordinary person, so she didn’t ask.

…

Yun Ziyi didn’t ask Ye Mo for money. Ye Mo left behind two more Great Essence Increasing Pills and told her to take care of Shi Tie. He declined her invitation and left Chan City.

He had done all he could in that small world. He hadn’t killed Jie Xun yet, but the Magical Continent was vast. Finding her would be difficult.

He had to return. His longing for Luo Ying and Ning Qingxue made him unwilling to stay a moment longer.

…

Ye Mo returned to the Magical Continent Mountain.

There were nine peaks, so Ye Mo dug a cave in the middle peak and set up an invisibility formation outside.

He prepared for a long battle there with the formation.

The Seven Peak Formation was actually connected to the cosmos and constantly shifted based on time.

The hidden sects could only leave every fifty years because the formation opened at that precise moment. Ye Mo knew that to leave, he needed to find a moment when the formation weakened.

He studied the formation alone and lost track of time. After another year, he reached the Chi Gathering Stage Eight Middle Stage, yet he still couldn’t overcome the Seven-Star Formation.

One day, discovering a formation door on two other sects, Ye Mo realized it wasn’t a Seven-Star Formation but a Nine-Star Formation. His previous studies were useless.

Helplessly, he returned to Chan City and had Yun Ziyi buy large quantities of formation books. Then, he went back and continued studying the Nine-Star Formation.

The nine stars were seven overt and two covert. To pass through this formation, he needed to understand the formation doors of the two covert stars.

Time flew by, and Ye Mo studied the formation every day.

After countless calculations, Ye Mo found two methods. One was to use vast sums of top-grade spirit stones and forcibly connect with the Nine-Star Formation’s doors.

However, this not only required massive amounts of spirit stones but also immense power. Otherwise, the formation’s repulsive force would kill him and destroy the formation.

The second method was to create another formation and connect it to the Nine-Star Formation’s doors. He would use his cultivation essence to search the formation and find the fleeting moment when it weakened.

It was a laborious method requiring constant focus, but he had no other choice.

…

At that moment, in a valley in the Duan Heng Ranges in China, Luo Ying, Ning Qingxue, and Tang Beiwei stood by a huge rock.

“Sister Luo Ying, did my brother leave from here?” Tang Beiwei asked curiously.