A life of leisure is worse than a life of flowers and splendour

After the two demon cultivators left, Du Shuangshuang, who had been hiding in the formation, finally breathed a sigh of relief. She knew that if it weren't for the uniqueness of her formation and her strategic positioning, she wouldn't have been able to escape detection. Du Shuangshuang was once again thankful for her skill in choosing a location, and she would definitely choose the right spot for her formations in the future.

However, Du Shuangshuang did not let down her guard. She knew that these demon cultivators were ruthless and cruel, and if she was caught by them, the consequences would be disastrous.

Although she knew this place wasn't safe and the two of them might return, it would be best to take Senior Sister Lingling away as soon as possible. However, Xiaopang was still in the process of building her foundation, and Senior Sister Lingling was severely injured and unable to move on her own. Du Shuangshuang was secretly anxious, tightly gripping the formation plate in her hands. If the enemy truly discovered her, she would have to rely on the formation to withstand them. She hoped it was as powerful as Uncle Chu said. If it could save her life, she would accept the cost of a few spirit stones.

Time passed minute by minute, and Sister Lingling finally slowly opened her eyes. She looked at Du Shuangshuang, a trace of gratitude flashing in her eyes.

"Thank you, Junior Sister Du... I thought I was dead..." Senior Sister Lingling said weakly.

"Don't be polite, Senior Sister. Your injuries haven't fully recovered yet, so you should recover as quickly as possible. We don't know if the other party will come back.

Senior Sister Lingling nodded. She tried to sit up and practiced breathing exercises. After a while, her complexion improved slightly.

"Those two demon cultivators should still be nearby. We can't act rashly." Senior Sister Lingling analyzed, "If we are discovered, I am seriously injured now and I won't be able to recover for a while. I have already used the Nascent Soul sword talisman that my brother gave me when I escaped before. If I meet them again, I'm afraid there will be no escape." Du Shuangshuang looked at the junior sister beside her, and the Taoist friend from Yunlang Pavilion who was in the process of building his foundation. If, if he succeeded in building his foundation, three of them would be against two people. Although she was injured, she would still be able to fight.

Du Shuangshuang agreed with Senior Sister Lingling's idea, and they decided to hide in the formation temporarily.

Two days later, Senior Sister Lingling's injuries had almost healed. It turned out that the evil energy used by one of the demon cultivators was holding her back. Once her spiritual power recovered, she forced the evil energy out of her body and was fine. Thankfully, the two demon cultivators hadn't been searching the area. Instead, they had returned the day before, bringing with them the three men who had previously hunted Xiaopang. They'd set up a formation nearby and hid there, observing the surroundings. That's when Du Shuangshuang spotted them.

Du Shuangshuang was very glad that they did not continue the search, and she finally felt relieved. However, they did not leave, so Du Shuangshuang was very worried that Xiaopang would have some strange symptoms while building his foundation, and the formation might not be able to cover it up, which would be very dangerous at that time.

Just as he was thinking, a large amount of spiritual energy gathered around the fat boy over there. The spiritual energy in the top-grade spirit gathering array was extremely rich to begin with, and the spiritual energy in the secret realm was also very rich. It was slowly drawn into the array by the spirit gathering array, and it was not very conspicuous. The spiritual energy in the array was already so rich that it turned into mist, and the spiritual mist swirled into the fat boy's body. The top-grade spirit stones in the spirit gathering array were also being consumed rapidly. Fortunately, it did not affect the outside too much. With the cover of the array, the outside world should not notice it.

But gradually, the influence of the spiritual energy expanded, and Du Shuangshuang and Ling Ling became nervous. They silently prayed in their hearts that they would not be discovered, but things went against their wishes. Soon, the influence of the spiritual energy fluctuations spread outside the formation. The few people who had been squatting and watching also noticed the abnormality in an instant and quickly locked the location.

"Someone actually broke through here! Quick! Catch them!" one of them shouted.

Before he finished speaking, several figures rushed towards the formation.

"Oh no! They are coming!" Ling Ling said anxiously.

At this time, Xiaopang's breakthrough is at a critical moment and cannot be interrupted.

Du Shuangshuang's eyes narrowed, and he decided to stall for time. If he didn't say anything, people would think he was a pushover. If he spoke, he might even be able to frighten them.

"Who are you? Why are you disturbing our junior brother's breakthrough? Do you know who we are?" Du Shuangshuang spoke arrogantly in the formation, sounding very high-handed.

"Heh, whoever you are, come out and speak!" the other party responded bluntly. Judging from what the people inside said, there should be quite a few people inside, but there are also quite a few on their side, and most of them are Foundation Establishment cultivators. Furthermore, they must have set up the formation here long ago, otherwise they would not have missed it. Since they arrived later, they probably wouldn't dare to attack rashly, so the few demon cultivators were even more confident.

Du Shuangshuang sighed inwardly. They were all smart people, knowing that today would probably not end peacefully. She took a deep breath and prepared to continue stalling for time.

"What are you going to do? Tell me. Our junior brother is making a breakthrough, and we can discuss it as long as it's not excessive." Du Shuangshuang said,

"Haha, then show your sincerity. How about coming out and meeting everyone?"

Meet? The other party was determined to see who was inside. If they didn't meet, it would be fine, and they might still have some reservations. But if they did, they would reveal their true colors. Du Shuangshuang would definitely not go out, and Senior Sister Lingling would definitely not go out! Du Shuangshuang remained silent.

"Hmph, if you don't accept my toast, you'll have to drink for it!" The leading demon cultivator snorted coldly and waved his hand to signal everyone to launch an attack.

Let's give it a try, Du Shuangshuang also wanted to test her own formation. Suddenly, all sorts of spells and spiritual artifacts bombarded the formation, igniting bursts of light. However, the formation was truly powerful, remaining unmoved. However, the spirit stones were being consumed at a rapid rate. The previous mid-grade spirit stone only lasted a quarter of an hour before being depleted, and now the high-grade spirit stone added later was being consumed. Du Shuangshuang and Lingling finally felt relieved, and Du Shuangshuang quickly added another batch of high-grade spirit stones to the formation.

Soon, the less powerful cultivator retreated, leaving only the Foundation Establishment cultivators. With fewer people, it was impossible to break the formation. However, the stones outside the formation were shattered, leaving only the area within the formation unscathed. The enemy finally stopped attacking, perhaps because they themselves could no longer withstand the pressure and needed to recover.

At that moment, the surrounding spiritual energy fluctuations suddenly ceased. Xiaopang had finally achieved a breakthrough! He breathed a sigh of relief, his heart filled with joy and satisfaction. However, he didn't rush to leave the Spirit Gathering Formation. Instead, he continued to practice his skills, stabilizing his cultivation. After a while, Xiaopang felt that his cultivation had stabilized, and he slowly opened his eyes.

When he saw the two people standing outside the spirit gathering formation, Xiaopang couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and a trace of doubt flashed through his mind: "Huh? What's going on? I'm just building a foundation, how come there is one more person?" He looked at the other person carefully and found that it was actually an acquaintance - Lingling from Dao Sect!

Xiaopang secretly congratulated himself. Junior Sister Du was truly lucky! She'd met a fellow disciple so soon, and a senior sister who was very caring and had a good cultivation level. However, Xiaopang didn't dwell on it too much and quickly returned to normal.

"Hello, Senior Sister Lingling, Junior Sister Du, you found Senior Sister Lingling from your sect! You are so lucky!" Xiaopang said happily.

"Yeah, it's good, thanks to you guys," Du Shuangshuang complained silently in her heart, but a smile remained on her face. Du Shuangshuang truly experienced what it meant to smile on the outside but cry on the inside. If only she could, she would just make friends with these people and not come forward to face the issue of being hunted down together.

"Well, hello, Junior Brother Chen." Ling Ling still quite liked this little fat boy. Although the danger was also due to the little fat boy's considerable strength, but fortunately, Junior Sister's formation was powerful and could withstand it. Otherwise, I was afraid I wouldn't be able to protect the two of them, and I would have to fend for myself. Fortunately... I didn't have to do anything that would damage my Dao Heart, otherwise I was afraid that it would leave a flaw in my future cultivation.

"Well, congratulations on your successful foundation building." Du Shuangshuang said.

"That's right, don't you see who I am?" It was still a perfect foundation. Xiaopang paused and swallowed the rest of the sentence, with a look of pride on his face.

"Well, shouldn't we discuss how to deal with the situation outside? We can't be trapped here forever." Du Shuangshuang said,

"Huh?" Xiaopang was confused. What happened outside? Didn't those people leave?

"Look outside!" Senior Sister Lingling pointed outside.

The little fat boy sat with his back to the people outside, and had not noticed the presence of the enemy. He turned his head to look in the direction of Senior Sister Lingling's finger, and only then did he notice the five people outside. It seemed that three of them were the ones who had been chasing him before. Could it be that they had found accomplices again? Were they attracted by the unusual movement caused by his foundation building? Wasn't this a disaster he had brought upon himself? The little fat boy instantly wilted, but he was also very happy that the two had not abandoned him and had been guarding him. If it were him... he would have escaped at the first moment of danger. No one's life was as precious as his own. Junior Sister Du was indeed reliable! He had not misjudged her. It had to be said that this was a beautiful misunderstanding. He also inadvertently increased Du Shuangshuang's favorability.

Ling Ling felt bad too. If it weren't for saving her, her junior sister wouldn't have confronted these people. They should have left long ago after capturing her, and wouldn't have come looking for Xiao Pang just because of his unusual movements during his breakthrough.

Du Shuangshuang thought to herself: How could I stand by and watch them fall into the hands of the Demon Sect? As long as her own life wasn't threatened, she would save them no matter what. She believed she had the ability to protect herself. After all, she still had the formation and teleportation talisman as a last resort. If she truly couldn't defeat them, she could use these means to escape. However, by then, these two people might not have the teleportation talisman to use. Perhaps they had been so miserably pursued earlier because they had no teleportation talisman.

The three people had different ideas, but Du Shuangshuang spoke first, "Let's attack the other party through the formation first. Anyway, we are protected by the formation and they can't hurt us. We can talk about other things later." At worst, they can just stay in the formation and not go out.

"Okay!" the other two said in unison.