Rebirth of the Useless Bastard Son

“It’s just some opportunistic means,” Li Tianyan said modestly.

Ancestor Yin shook his head. “That’s wrong. If the formations hadn’t been integrated and thorough, how could the Huang-level formations have been used so exquisitely and innovatively?”

“Grandpa Yin seemed to be very close to Fellow Cultivator Li.” When Zhao Shubao heard Ancestor Yin’s laughter, he admired Li Tianyan even more.

For a senior formation master like Ancestor Yin, if Li Tianyan hadn’t really had enough skills, the senior wouldn’t have been able to get carried away with excitement.

“Grandpa is like this. When he sees something he likes, he doesn’t care about anything else.” Pei Qing looked at her grandfather, but the smile on her face softened.

“By the way, why didn’t you see Fellow Cultivator Cheng?” Pei Qing suddenly remembered that she hadn’t seen Li Tianyan’s Taoist companion since she came in.

“Fellow Cultivator Cheng is in seclusion.” When Zhao Shubao mentioned Cheng Qi, those clear eyes suddenly flashed in his mind, and he shook his head in fright.

“After seeing the protective formation in the Cultivator Li’s courtyard, I wanted to go back and study the Huang-level magic formation again,” Ancestor Yin said with a look of sudden curiosity.

Although Huang-level formations were simple, they could be flexible. If used properly, they could even break the rules, which was indeed interesting.

“It was the formation level’s benefit; Ancestor Yin is praising me again.” Li Tianyan also smiled and cupped his hands, and then asked tentatively, “I heard that Ancestor Yin found an ancient formation in the imperial mausoleum, and I had been curious about it for a long time. I wonder if Ancestor Yin could reveal a little bit about it?”

“You kid was waiting for this.” Ancestor Yin could tell that Li Tianyan had deliberately taken him to visit the formation for this reason.

However, Ancestor Yin didn’t blame Li Tianyan for doing this. After all, if it had been him, he would have been even more shameless.

Seeing that this person had saved Pei Qing, Ancestor Yin didn’t hide it and said directly, “That formation was indeed ancient, and it couldn’t even be measured by today’s level. I had been studying it for several years before I could understand a little bit. If I guessed correctly, it should have been an ancient teleportation formation.”

“Teleportation formation?” Li Tianyan’s heart skipped a beat when he heard it.

“That’s right, I only scratched the surface of that ancient formation, and I was able to set up a Tian-level teleportation formation and escape from that forbidden place.” Ancestor Yin remembered that ancient formation with a look of fascination.

For a moment, he couldn’t help but sigh, “It’s a pity that the entrance mechanism had another mystery. When I tried to enter again, I couldn’t get in.”

“Just a little understanding, and that’s Tian-level?” Li Tianyan thought about what level that ancient formation would have been if Ancestor Yin hadn’t exaggerated.

Ancestor Yin nodded. “Yeah, it’s not an exaggeration to say it’s the tip of the iceberg. I had only spent a few years working on just a little bit of the formation.”

“Did you dismantle it?” Li Tianyan suddenly had a bad feeling.

“Yes, how could we thoroughly study the formation without dismantling it? Moreover, the materials I used to arrange the Tian-level teleportation formation were also dismantled from the ancient formation,” Ancestor Yin said.

If he had known that he might never be able to get back in again after coming out, he would have stayed in there for a few more years. Thinking of this, Ancestor Yin still felt a little regretful.

“Did the senior burn down the original drawings of the ancient formation before dismantling it?” Li Tianyan secretly thought. Fortunately, the ancestor had only stayed for a few years; otherwise, the ancient formation might not have been preserved.

“Of course there was this, but I only burned the part that I dismantled. The whole formation was too profound to draw.” Ancestor Yin had wanted to draw the entire ancient formation and then study it slowly, but found that it simply couldn’t be done.

“Ancestor Yin, could you lend me the formation diagram for a look? This Li will exchange it for a Tian-level ten-technique demon-suppressing formation,” Li Tianyan said somewhat eagerly.

When Ancestor Yin heard the Tian-level formation diagram, he was surprised for a moment and nodded in agreement without thinking.

He had come here today actually to thank Li Tianyan. Even if nothing was exchanged, he would have agreed. However, Li Tianyan’s proposal of the Tian-level formation diagram was too tempting, and Ancestor Yin couldn’t say anything else.

After the two exchanged formation diagrams, Ancestor Yin saw that Li Tianyan was indeed interested in the ancient formation and gave him a map of the imperial mausoleum marking the entrance to the ancient formation. As for whether he could enter, it all depended on Li Tianyan’s own luck.

“There is a half-demon blood beast at the old site of the Imperial Tomb, which is very dangerous to the foundation-establishment cultivator. You must be careful,” Ancestor Yin couldn’t help but remind him that he shouldn’t be too impulsive.

“Thank you, Ancestor Yin, for informing me,” Li Tianyan thanked him.

After getting a Tian-level formation diagram, Ancestor Yin couldn’t sit still. “I’ll discuss it with Cultivator Li next time I have a chance. I’ll take my leave today.”

Seeing that her grandfather was so anxious, Pei Qing looked helpless and could only apologize to Li Tianyan with a slight apology.

“Ancestor Yin, Fellow Cultivator Pei, walk slowly.” Li Tianyan politely walked to the door of the alchemy shop.

“Fellow Cultivator Li, I’ll leave first.” After Zhao Shubao and Li Tianyan finished speaking, he walked out too.

Li Tianyan stood at the door of the store and waited until a few people had walked away before looking at the jade slip in his hand with the ancient formation engraved on it.

“The two alchemists are so mysterious that even Ancestor Yin personally visited them. He is a Tian-level formation master.”

“Nowadays, no matter how many people in Alliance City wanted to curry favour with Ancestor Yin, they couldn’t see anyone. I didn’t expect that this small alchemy shop would actually invite people here.”

“I heard that when those young men from aristocratic families went out to travel, they liked to pretend to be casual cultivators. I thought they might be the same.”

“Stop dreaming. In fact, these two people saved Young Master Zhao and Miss Pei Qing.”