Chapter 1227: Chapter 1231: Three Scrolls

Previously, everyone in the Osmanthus Sect came here.

Today, it is precisely the opportunity for a return journey!

This time, Xia Liu has decided to make the Cultivator’s Technique public after returning.

Whoever can successfully cultivate it with talent will be a cultivator in the future.

Xia Liu trusts their character.

Even if they are unable to operate it, they certainly won’t react much.

Because apart from a few sisters, those disciples all grew up with him or are village brothers younger than him.

The people of Osmanthus Village, who have lived in poverty for a lifetime, know how to be content.

These are matters for later discussion; naturally, Xia Liu hopes they all succeed in their cultivation.

Even if he suffers a bit in the future, he will surely take care of everyone.

As the Supreme Elder of the Osmanthus Sect,

If he can’t even support a sect of less than a hundred cultivators, then he doesn’t need to live.

Because the distance between the island and Morning City is rather long, although the sisters can walk on water, they can’t reach Morning City even if they exhaust their Spiritual Energy.

So the sisters return by yacht while Xia Liu employs his movement technique.

In Morning City, Guo Po, Guo De, and Guo Shi, who had long been prepared, instructed people to arrange things early.

To the Guo Family, Xia Liu is not only a respected guest but also a close friend and the Guo family’s son-in-law.

“He’s here!”

Guo Po, who was resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them, as a figure appeared in the courtyard without warning.

That scorching Red Vastness slowly dissipated.

The two apprentices guarding the door were secretly amazed.

Upon realizing who it was, they became excited.

Xia Liu is here! Xia Liu is here!

“Three elders, I trust you have been well.”

Entering the hall, Xia Liu clasped his fists in greeting, showing no sense of imposing power.

In front of Guo Po and the others, he is the junior.

Even possessing the power to destroy the world, as the Guo family’s son-in-law, he will be a junior for life.

“Chief Xia, you’re overpraising us!”

Guo De and Guo Shi felt embarrassed.

They questioned themselves about where they were qualified to be Xia Liu’s elders.

“Ha, Elder Xia.”

Guo Po was very casual, having had a long acquaintance with Xia Liu, he understood his character.

He himself was a Guest Elder of the Osmanthus Sect, and in the presence of Xia Liu, the Supreme Elder, he naturally treated him as a friend.

“Elder Guo, everyone has troubled you during this time.”

“No trouble, the disciples of the Osmanthus Sect are friends of the Guo Family, they can stay for a lifetime.”

As a Guest Elder of the Osmanthus Sect and of the previous generation of the Guo Family, Guo Po’s words were Guo Family’s customs.

If Xia Liu dared to say anything more, he would have gotten angry.

“Hehe.”

Xia Liu smiled silently, everything needed no words.

“Are you planning to return today?” Guo Po asked.

“Yes, I’ve handled everything, and everyone can cultivate in peace from now on.”

Having vaguely known some details earlier, Guo Po admired Xia Liu after learning he had settled everything.

In such a short time, the things he experienced might shock him for a lifetime.

“Brother Guo Shi, go tell the disciples of the Osmanthus Sect.”

As a disciple within Xia Liu’s sect, the Osmanthus Sect received top-level treatment at the Guo Family!

“Alright, I’ll go right away.”

Guo Shi, in the Innate Realm, didn’t feel embarrassed at all; in fact, he rather enjoyed it.

Because he represented the Guo Family’s sincerity in front of Xia Liu.

“Thank you.”

Xia Liu observed everything, and this gratitude came from his heart.

“By the way, Elder Guo, I now urgently need an item, I wonder if you’ve heard of it.”

Taking the opportunity while waiting, Xia Liu asked.

“Let’s hear it.”

Both Guo Po and Guo De became serious.

For Xia Liu to make a request, it must be very important to him.

“The Clan Protection Formation Manual.”

“The Clan Protection Formation Manual!!!”

Guo Po and Guo De were taken aback.

This was the first time they heard someone inquire about such a thing.

They knew very well about the Clan Protection Formation.

It was because the Guo Family had a Clan Protection Formation that it could protect the family for thousands of years.

“If I may be so bold, why does Elder Xia need the Formation Manual?”

“I want to set up a barrier for the sect and the village.”

The response from Xia Liu made Guo Po and Guo De freeze.

They had vaguely guessed some of this before.

But hearing Xia Liu say it personally changed the meaning entirely.

He actually spoke of setting up a barrier!

He actually can set up a formation!

Incredible! Astonishing!!!

Even the ancestors of the Guo Family, when establishing the Guo Family’s territory, had to pay unimaginable costs to invite a master to set it up.

Yet now, thousands of years later, the descendants of the Guo Family heard someone say they wanted to set up a formation.

Although they were not from that discipline, it didn’t prevent their shock.

“Elder Xia, are you sure you’re not joking?”

Guo Po was somewhat incredulous; formations were too mysterious, and an average person couldn’t even comprehend a Formation Map.

Not to mention setting one up.

Moreover, Guo Po had seen some records.

To set up a formation, one had to be a Formation Master.

Yet, even in the Warrior Era, Formation Masters were precious.

Amongst a hundred million people, having one Formation Master was considered lucky.

In the age of technology, Formation Masters were probably extinct.

While Guo Po was shocked by Xia Liu’s intention to set up a formation, he was also curious.

Could it be that Xia Liu is a Formation Master?

“Of course not, to be honest, I am somewhat a Fifth-Rank Formation Master.”

“A Fifth-Rank Formation Master!!!”

Hearing this news, Guo Po and Guo De nearly fainted from shock.

Just becoming a Formation Master was already terrifying enough.

For Xia Liu to be a Fifth-Rank!

Although they didn’t fully understand what a Fifth-Rank represented, it surely far exceeded usual Formation Masters.

“Genius! Truly a genius!”

The two couldn’t help but praise him.

They completely understood now.

The future couldn’t be measured with the perspective of ordinary martial artists or common experts when it came to Xia Liu.

Things unimaginable to them were nothing out of the ordinary for him.

“Ha, you flatter me!”

Xia Liu didn’t pretend to be modest, since he was indeed better than many.

“I seem to have found some Formation Manuals in the Scripture Pavilion, but I don’t know if they count as manuals since they are remnants of ancient civilization.”

Though he had lived a long life,

Guo Po hadn’t managed to decipher those texts.

He understood some of the simpler ones and, realizing they were about formations, he stopped studying them.

Not because he wasn’t interested, but because it was of no use.

Why waste decades or even centuries researching Divine Books that didn’t benefit him?

“Ha! I’m grateful, Elder Guo!”

Xia Liu suppressed his inner joy, leisurely sipping tea as he waited.

A short while later, Guo Po returned with several scrolls.

These scrolls exuded an ancient and weathered aura.

Seeing the names on the scrolls, Xia Liu couldn’t help but feel his heart race.

“Spirit Gathering Array! Attack Formation! Guardian Formation!”

Three scrolls, three different Formation Manuals!

Xia Liu felt completely overwhelmed.

He was too excited.

Although he hadn’t yet looked at the contents, he was confident they were exactly what he needed!