Chapter 1073: Entering Hidden Cloud (II)
The territory of White River Stream.
Brocaded light shimmered on Hongfu Mountain, forming a great arc-shaped halo that hovered above the peak. Wisps of cloudlike glow drifted softly within it. From afar, it looked less like an immortal gate and more like the residence of an immortal family.
Li Zhouwei and the others arrived in streaks of light. Miaoshui hurried out from within the formation. When cultivators of the Baiye Capital Immortal Dao had arrived earlier, she had been so frightened that she hid inside, clutching the formation plate in panic and pretending ignorance. Fortunately, no one had paid her the slightest attention.
Miaoshui held up the multicolored formation plate with both hands as Li Zhouwei descended and said respectfully, "Greetings, family head. This is the formation plate of the Cloud Veiling Sky Ascent Formation of Hongfu Peak, a lower-grade Foundation Establishment formation. It can even render early Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators helpless."
Li Zhouwei accepted it with clear delight. The Li Family had only just risen to the rank of immortal family, and their Foundation Establishment Realm formations consisted merely of those on Glacial Cloud Peak and Mount Qingdu. Though the Cloud Veiling Sky Ascent Formation was not on the level of the Cloud-Gathering Southern Heaven Formation or the Heaven-Guarding Formation of Five Waters, it was still the most valuable formation on the entire mountain. If not for the Capital Immortal Dao, Wenhu would never have had the means to set it up.
He examined it briefly before Li Chenghui stepped forward to take it.
Li Chenghui said, "It carries the Dao of Auspicious Essence. This formation may offer some assistance in alchemy and artifact forging."
"Indeed!"
The Li Family had only exchanged a hundred moves or so with the Capital Immortal Dao cultivators. With numbers on their side, they had suffered no severe injuries. Only Qu Buzhi had hurt his hand, and An Siwei had taken a palm strike; both would recover after a few months' rest.
Li Zhouwei immediately sent the two to choose cave dwellings on the mountain to recuperate, then stepped into the main hall. Turning to Li Chenghui and the others, he asked, "Two elders, how was the Hidden Cloud territory on your march here? Did the local families cooperate?"