Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 572: The Secret in the Stone Pillar

Chapter 572: Chapter 572: The Secret in the Stone Pillar

After burying the remains of the Martial Artist, Fang Bai used over a dozen large stones and several hundred Essence Stones to set up a Concealment Formation around the grave.

"Eh? It’s gone!"

"Who would have thought Brother Fang was a master of formations!"

Once the Concealment Formation was activated, the grave of the Martial Artist seemed to vanish into thin air, leaving no trace to be seen, which greatly astonished both Ye Wumei and Wu De.

Fang Bai said, "This Concealment Formation works like a kind of blinding spell that can confuse one’s vision. With this formation protecting it, there’s no need to worry about the grave being disturbed, and the Martial Artist can truly rest in peace!"

"Brother Fang, you are a genius! Not only do you excel in both medical skills and martial arts, but you also have a mastery of formations. Even in the Hidden Sect World, it would be hard to find someone like you!"

Wu De said feelingly, deciding to closely follow Fang Bai from then on.

Ye Wumei felt proud and smug to herself, thinking, "The man I, Ye Wumei, like, is of course extraordinary!"

Fang Bai gave a faint smile, raised his hand to point at a stone pillar, and said to Wu De, "Try hitting that stone pillar with all your might!"

Wu De’s heart stirred, understanding that the stone pillar Fang Bai mentioned might very well be the Array Eye of the Stone Array. He excitedly walked to the pillar, circulated his True Yuan, took a deep breath, and punched the stone pillar with force.

Crack—

The stone pillar fractured, rays of light shooting out from the cracks, dazzling to the eyes.

Startled, Wu De thought the stone pillar contained killing intent left by the Martial Artist and hastily retreated several feet, crossing his arms in front of his chest in a defensive stance, looking tense.

Fang Bai chuckled, "Don’t worry, it’s filled with Essence Stones; there’s no problem!"

Upon hearing the words "Essence Stones," Wu De’s spirits lifted, he relaxed his guard, and moved back to the cracked stone pillar. Squinting, he indeed found it stuffed with Essence Stones of various colors, the dazzling light emitting from them.

The so-called stone pillar was merely an inch-thick layer of stone on the outside.

"These one hundred and eight stone pillars, each filled with a large number of Essence Stones, are what make the Slaughter Array possible. While ordinary stone pillars can also be used to form some arrays, they couldn’t possibly have such strong defensive capabilities."

Fang Bai explained.

Wu De threw another punch, and the already cracked stone pillar burst open, the Essence Stones scattering all over the ground.

"There’s about four to five hundred Essence Stones in one pillar, and with one hundred and eight pillars... heh heh, this trip was not in vain; I’ve made a tidy sum!"

Brushing away his earlier downcast expression, Wu De said to Fang Bai with a smile, "Same old rules, we split it fifty-fifty. I’ll take the Essence Stones from this pillar first!"

As he spoke, Wu De walked over to the scattered Essence Stones. With a wave of his left hand, his Spatial Ring glinted and he gathered the several hundred Essence Stones into it.

After Wu De and Fang Bai had divided up a large amount of cultivation resources from Zhuge Dingtian’s tomb last time, Wu De saw that there was not much space left in his Spatial Ring. He found a secret location to store most of the resources, planning to use them later, and now he kept only a small portion in his ring.

Similarly, Fang Bai, in a mountain area near Zhongzhou, had stored most of the Essence Stones from his Spatial Ring, then set up a Concealment Formation; apart from him, no one could discover those Essence Stones, ready to be retrieved when needed in the future.

Therefore, in both of their spatial rings, there was enough empty space for each to carry tens of thousands more essence stones.

The stone pillar that Wu De had just shattered was the array eye of this slaughter array; once the array eye broke, the array lost its offensive and defensive capabilities. However, the other martial artists had already given up on attacking the stone array, retreating to a distance to spectate, waiting for news from Fang Bai, Ye Wumei, and Wu De.

From inside to outside, Fang Bai and Wu De blasted apart pillar after pillar, then used their spatial rings to greedily collect essence stones and spiritual medicines. Ye Wumei, standing aside, was stunned and extremely envious, wondering when she would be able to own a spatial ring herself.

Apart from the pillar that served as the array eye taking a toll on Wu De’s True Yuan, he and Fang Bai found bursting the other pillars to be a breeze, easily crushing them with a punch and then conveniently collecting the essence stones within into their spatial rings.

In less than half an hour, they smashed all one hundred and eight pillars, and by the time the onlooking martial artists surrounding the stone array realized something was amiss and closed in, Fang Bai and Wu De had already blasted the last few pillars and collected their essence stones.

As for whether the other martial artists would be green with envy and openly loot, the two of them remained fearless.

Any martial artist who dared to provoke them was in for a fight!

"They actually broke the stone array!"

"Why was it so easy for them to shatter those stone pillars when we couldn’t? What’s the reason?"

"What was that shining out of the pillar just now? It was glittering!"

"It looked like gems! It seems that each stone pillar had many inside!"

"What happened? The relics of the martial artists in the stone array are gone!"

"Indeed, it must have been those three playing tricks!"

"Surround them, press them for answers, and see what happened!"

The nearly one hundred martial artists surrounding the stone array saw the pillars destroyed, the array nonexistent, and even the martial artist relics they coveted had vanished, causing a stir and fervor to bubble up from all directions as they encircled Fang Bai, Wu De, and Ye Wumei with greedy eyes.

The middle-aged man and woman, suspected "Ghost Doctor Valley" disciples, along with eight other Earth Level senior martial artists, all from hidden sects, knew that the shining objects were not gems but essence stones, far more precious and crucial for aiding martial artists in their cultivation.

Essence stones were rare even in the Hidden Sect World; seeing them in such abundance here was joyously unexpected for them. The fleeting appearance of these essence stones astonished them, now completely out of sight.

However, the martial artists from the hidden sects, privy to more knowledge, recalled ancient texts which mentioned storage spiritual tools, legendary treasures. Their eyes turned red at the sight of Fang Bai and Wu De.

If they managed to acquire such a spiritual artifact and learned how to use it, it would be a great contribution once they returned to their sects.

Although other martial artists were not aware of storage spiritual tools, they knew Fang Bai and Wu De must have some treasure for storing items, otherwise, how could the essence stones before their eyes disappear into thin air?

After Fang Bai and the other two collected the essence stone elixirs with their spatial rings, they ignored the nearly one hundred martial artists around them and strode towards the air cushion boat, ready to return to the yacht when they were blocked by a few martial artists.

"Leave behind what you’ve got before you go! Or else..."

"Predecessors be damned! Get lost for Taoist Master!"

A mid-level Profound Level martial artist hadn’t finished speaking when he was kicked several meters away by Wu De, violently spewing blood and suffering severe injuries, which rendered him powerless to fight.