In the Heaven Slashing Palace, there were a group of people standing. These people weren’t young and their status within the Tyrant Blade Sect wasn’t low. If one of these people stomp their feet, the entire Tyrant Blade Sect would tremble. But now, these people were gathered in one place with frowns on their faces. There were whispers from time to time. It was clear that they were going through a tricky time.

The Sect Master looked at everyone. There was no expression on his face. But he was also feeling distressed right now. This was because the Ghost Cultivators have been causing trouble to the Tyrant Blade Sect.

Seeing that a solution couldn’t be decided in a short time, the Sect Master turned to Elder Zhen and asked, “Old Zhen, tell me, how long would it take you to study the formation that Little Hai mentioned?”

Elder Zhen thought for a moment and said, “We’ve never researched such a formation before. Coming up with such a thing in a short time is very difficult.”

The Sect Master frowned. At this time, a voice outside announced, “Zhao Hai is here to see the Sect Master.”

Hearing this, the Sect Master immediately said, “Let him in.” After the Sect Master said that, Zhao Hai walked in from the outside. The Tyrant Blade Sect was unlike other sects. It didn’t have a lot of customs.

When he entered the Heaven Slashing Palace, Zhao Hai discovered that there were a lot of people inside. Moreover, he knew a lot of these people. These people were either powerful elders or Hall Masters of the branch halls. They were high-ranking people within the sect. Zhao Hai didn’t dare neglect those present as he immediately gave a salute to each of them.

The Sect Master waved his hand and said, “Little Hai, it’s not the time to pay attention to such things. We all know what you suggested to your Masters. But we have a problem. Studying such a formation would take a long time. During this period, the sect would need to respond. I want to hear your opinion.”

Zhao Hai stared, he didn’t expect the Sect Master to ask this question. Although his strength was good, and he also has two powerful masters, his qualifications in such a meeting were too shallow. His strength wasn’t bad among Outer Disciples, but he wasn’t exceptional among Inner Disciples. In this case, it was truly surprising for the Sect Master to ask his opinion.

The Sect Master looked at Zhao Hai’s expression and said, “You don’t need to worry. Just tell me what’s on your mind.”

Zhao Hai nodded, “Yes. Sect Master, what I think we should do now is to recall everyone back to the headquarters.”

Hearing this, the Sect Master couldn’t help but knit his brows. Then he asked, “Recall everyone? Wouldn’t that mean giving our branch halls to the Ghost Cultivators?”

Zhao Hai shook his head and said, “Don’t think about it that way. Recalling everyone is preserving the strength of each branch while we hunker down in the headquarters. It’s impossible for the Ghost Cultivators to be active in the True Spirit Realm for a long time. The other sects will have to act. If we keep the current state, the Ghost Cultivators would just continue to grind our strength down. As long as our Branch Hall members are safe, the Ghost Cultivators will have no way to threaten us. If they really dare to occupy our branch halls and stay, then we can wait until we finish researching the formation and then counterattack. When the time comes, it will be our turn to clean up those Ghost Cultivators.”

The Sect Master nodded, but he didn’t say anything to agree with Zhao Hai’s plan. As he looked at the Sect Master, Zhao Hai continued, “Sect Master, right now, the Tyrant Blade Sect is like a hand that is open. It isn’t clenched into a fist. Meanwhile, the Ghost Cultivators are hitting our fingers with their fists. Even if our fingers are strong, it can’t compete with other people’s fists.”

“Recalling the Branch Halls is equivalent to the sect turning its open hand into a fist. If the Ghost Cultivators dared to send people to occupy our branches, then they would be opening their fists. Once we make our preparations, we’ll be the one hitting their fingers. Even if the Ghost Cultivators don’t spread out their forces, it would be a fight between two fists. And in that moment, we still have the advantage.”

Hearing Zhao Hai, the Sect Master couldn’t help but nod. Then he said, “That’s reasonable. Is there anything else?”

Zhao Hai nodded, “There is. Sect Master, the attacks of the Ghost Cultivators are more frequent, and also very ruthless. I guess their goal isn’t simple. Various branch halls are attacked at the same time. The Ghost Cultivators should be aware of our sect’s situation. They might be going all out now so that the headquarters can send support to the branch halls. Every time we send support, the less people we have in the headquarters. When the time comes, the Ghost Cultivators will attack the headquarters and we will have less people to defend with.”

The Sect Master’s expression changed. He hesitated for some time, then he turned his head to the others and said, “Everyone, what do you think?”

Everyone whispered to each other for a while. Then a voice was heard, “I think what Little Hai said was reasonable. Sect Master, we should recall everyone from the branch halls. When we are ready, we’ll clean up those ghost cultivators.”

Everyone turned their heads and saw Lei Bao, the Branch Hall Master of Magnificent Dragon City branch. Lei Bao had a small relationship with Zhao Hai. And since what Zhao Hai said was reasonable, he was the first to stand up and support him.

With Lei Bao’s lead, the others also expressed support towards Zhao Hai’s plan. It wasn’t difficult to think that Zhao Hai’s words made perfect sense. As soon as they heard Zhao Hai, they immediately knew that he was right.

The Sect Master nodded and said, “Alright, since everyone agrees, then all Branch Hall Masters, immediately recall your branch halls back to the headquarters. Formation Hall, hurry up and study the formation. Figure out a way to crack the spatial imprisonment formation as soon as possible.”

Everyone loudly complied. At this time, Old Zhen opened his mouth and said, “Sect Master, I have one request. I hope you agree.”

The Sect Master looked at Old Zhen and said, “Tell me.”

Old Zhen said, “Sect Master, I want to ask Little Hai to help the Formation Hall temporarily. Little Hai’s understanding of formations is very deep. I think we can speed up our research with him helping us.”

Hearing this, the Sect Master thought for a moment and said, “Alright. I’ll agree to your request. Have Little Hai help your Formation Hall. However, after this, the Formation Hall cannot keep Little Hai. Understood?”

Old Zhen couldn’t help but show a disappointed expression. However, he still nodded and said, “Sect Master can rest assured. When the time comes, I’ll let him go.”

The Sect Master waved his hand and said, “Alright. Everyone go and prepare. We have to deal with this matter in the shortest time. We need to make those Ghost bastards aware of the might of our Tyrant Blade Sect. From now on, Heaven Slashing Palace will activate its spatial imprisonment array. Moreover, 60% of the headquarters’ transmission formations will be closed. Each branch hall is only allowed to use one formation each. And be ready for combat at all times!”

Hearing this, the people present paused. But they didn’t oppose the Sect Master. Everyone complied and left simultaneously.

Just as Zhao Hai was about to head out, he was grabbed by Old Zhen who said, “Kid, you can’t run away this time. Go with me to the Formation Hall right now. Right, bring your wives with you. They are also quite skilled at studying formations.”

Zhao Hai smiled bitterly and said, “Elder Zhen, I have to head back to get some things. Once I’m done, I’ll immediately go to the Formation Hall. You don’t need to worry. The Sect Master already gave a command, do you think I would run away?”

When Old Zhen heard this, he thought for a moment and then nodded, “Alright, go and return quickly. This matter is very important to the Tyrant Blade Sect. You can’t be slow.”

Zhao Hai replied, “Elder Zhen can rest assured. I’ll report to the Formation Hall as soon as possible.” Then he turned around and left. Heaven Slashing Palace already activated its spatial imprisonment formation, so Zhao Hai can only use fixed transmission formations to return to his residence. As soon as he returned to Resident Complex 52, Zhao Hai discovered Laura and the others having fun with the children. The children were very excited. Back in Coiling Dragon City, they have parents constantly looking at their backs. Now, without their parents, they went all out. They followed Qiu Tie everywhere.

Zhao Hai looked at the children and smiled faintly. He walked towards Laura, who was watching the children, and said, “Make preparations. We’re going to stay at the Formation Hall for a while. By the way, leave someone to watch over the little guys. Don’t let them get into trouble.”

Laura smiled and said, “Don’t worry, we have everything prepared. We can go to the Formation Hall anytime.” Zhao Hai nodded, he looked at the children and said, “Good, then let’s go.” Laura nodded and then informed the others. The only ones who remained to watch the children were Meg and Julie.

Zhao Hai and the others stood on the fixed transmission formation and then arrived at the Formation Hall. When they arrived, they saw that everyone had been very busy. Countless people were running everywhere. The normally peaceful Formation Hall finally livened up.

Elder Zhen was already waiting for Zhao Hai to arrive. Seeing Zhao Hai and the others, Elder Zhen immediately walked over and said, “Alright, come here quick. Let’s begin.” Zhao Hai and the others complied and walked towards the research room with Elder Zhen. Upon entering the research room, Zhao Hai couldn’t help but stare.

It must be known that Zhao Hai had a faint idea about the high-ranking members of the Formation Hall. Practically every one of those high-ranking members were present in the research room. Zhao Hai was surprised. But this also shows how important the Tyrant Blade Sect view this matter.

Without wasting words, Elder Zhen went straight to the point, “Everyone, stop your chit-chat. Let’s begin.” Everyone complied and went on to their tasks.

Zhao Hai knew clearly that researching new formations wasn’t an easy task. There are two ways of going about in breaking a spatial imprisonment formation. The first method was to use raw strength. No matter what formation was used, as long as the counter formation was strong enough, then it would certainly break. This was the most common method that cultivators use. However, this method had a diminishing effect on particularly large formations.

The other method of cracking formations was the complete opposite of using brute force; and that was using pure technique. A formation would be observed and analyzed. Then from the understanding gained, the weakness of the formation would be found. Then starting from this weakness, the researchers would walk upwards until they could break the formation. This method was very difficult to do. The people needed to break the formation using this method could only be formation masters.

There were very few people in the True Spirit Realm who could break formations using pure technique. Because of the difficulty of this method, only formation cultivators could undergo this process. And most formation cultivators would have a hard time breaking large formations. Not only was this process tedious, but it could also be dangerous.

In addition to experience and expertise, a large number of resources were also needed to study a formation.

There were people in the past who wanted to master breaking formations using technique. There were even some who wanted to create a formation that could break all formations. But in the end, all of them failed. This was because after a long time, variations of formations were created in the True Spirit Realm. Studying all these formations to create a singular solution to all of them was practically impossible. Nobody in their right mind would want to embark on this journey.

If the situation wasn’t special, the Tyrant Blade Sect wouldn’t even think of researching methods to break the spatial imprisonment formation. Whether it be the Sect Master, Elder Zhen, or even Zhao Hai couldn’t be completely confident. They can only do their best to achieve their goal.

With Zhao Hai’s arrival, the formation hall’s research began. While the research was ongoing, the various Branch Halls of the Tyrant Blade Sect began to return to the headquarters. The entire Tyrant Blade Sect was blanketed by a dark mood.