System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

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With a casual wave of Chen Xuan's hand, all the Jiang clan's high-ranking members quickly and succinctly revealed their trump cards. Then, the group of eighteen experts at the Foundation Establishment Realm split into three teams and rushed towards their respective ambush areas without hesitation.

The mountaintop felt empty and desolate after the departure of the Jiang clan's high-ranking members. Although Jiang Ming had left, his firewing bird remained, guarding Chen Xuan's side.

"Firebird, you will be at Chen Xuan’s command at any time in the Central Government." Jiang Ming’s figure had long since disappeared, but his deep voice still drifted over and clearly reached the Firewing Bird’s ears.

"If any unexpected situation arises, you can inform me at any time through the master-servant contract."

Upon hearing her master Jiang Ming's instructions, Huo'er nodded solemnly and replied, "Master, Huo'er has remembered."

Seeing Chen Xuan so majestic and commanding in front of so many experts from the Jiang Clan's Foundation Establishment Realm, Bai Li was overjoyed. After everyone else had left, she could no longer contain her emotions. Like a joyful little bird, she rushed into Chen Xuan's arms, her fair, jade-like arms tightly encircling his neck. Her eyes sparkled with infatuation as she gazed at Chen Xuan's face with her autumn-like eyes and said, "Master, you were so majestic just now! Bai Li loves you so much!"

Huo'er was shocked by the scene. In its understanding, there had never been such a presumptuous behavior between a spirit beast and its master, and the master had not even reprimanded it.

Bai Li held an extremely important place in Chen Xuan's heart. During his seclusion, Bai Li devoted herself to managing and protecting the Longxia tribe, and Chen Xuan silently listened to and witnessed all her efforts.

Therefore, Chen Xuan did not reprimand Bai Li for her actions. Instead, he gently stroked Bai Li's long, dark hair and said with a smile, "Alright, you two wait here while I go set up the formation."

"Huh, weren't all the formations taken away? Why do we still need to set up formations?" Bai Li reluctantly released Chen Xuan, landed on the ground, and asked with a face full of doubt.

Chen Xuan smiled mysteriously and said, "To ensure everything goes perfectly, we must have a backup plan."

"Wow, that's right." Bai Li suddenly realized, her eyes sparkling with admiration.

Amidst Bai Li's adoring gaze and Huo'er's complex expression, Chen Xuan transformed into a streak of light and flew towards the designated battlefield area.

"Sister Bai Li, how could you treat your master so rudely?" As soon as Chen Xuan left, Huo'er could no longer contain its jealous and gossipy nature. It rushed to Bai Li's side and grabbed her hand tightly, asking the question.

"And what's more, your master wasn't displeased at all, and even tacitly approved of your outrageous behavior," Huo'er continued, her tone full of confusion.

Upon hearing this, Bai Li grinned smugly. She looked at Huo'er and said triumphantly, "Hmph, there are differences between people. My master is not married, and he never looks at other living beings with strange eyes. He treats his disciples and me, a spirit beast, the same way. He treats them all equally."

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Huo'er felt as if her worldview had been shattered. She looked at Bai Li and asked a question that made Bai Li's pretty face instantly turn slightly red.

"Sister Bai Li, you don't actually like your master, do you?" Of course, the "like" Huo'er was talking about was different from what she thought "like" meant.

Huo'er stared intently at Bai Li and emphasized, "We are the demon race! How can demons like humans? This is absolutely not allowed."

Upon hearing this, Bai Li immediately became displeased. She pouted and said, "What do you mean it's not allowed? What, does it mean that humans and demons will be attacked if they're together?"

"Yes, we will be attacked!" Huo'er said with utmost seriousness.

"Hmph, I don't believe it. Who would be so idle as to meddle in other people's love affairs?" Bai Li said this, but she couldn't help but worry when she thought of her master's stubborn and unyielding state.

"Sister Bai Li, you didn't... you know... with your master, did you?" Huo'er asked curiously when she saw Bai Li's face slightly flushed and her voice filled with coquettishness.

"What is that?" Although Bai Li sometimes teased Chen Xuan at night, she was actually a complete novice when it came to relationships, knowing nothing and being quite naive. The only scenes of romance she knew about were from her past life in Longxia, which she had seen through Jiang Linglong's phone.

"Well, what is that?" Although Huo'er usually has a cool and aloof demeanor, she actually knows much more than Bai Li.

"Huh?" Bai Li looked at Huo'er with a blank expression.

"Exactly, have you slept together?" Huo'er had barely uttered the question when she realized her mistake and quickly corrected herself, "Oh no, I mean, have you mated?"

"Huh?!" Upon hearing this, Bai Li's face instantly turned bright red, as if it were about to bleed. Then, she glared at Huo'er with shame and anger, and shouted, "You old driver, you ran over my face with your tire! I didn't expect you, a little flying spirit beast, to be so lewd!"

Huo'er had never seen Bai Li so embarrassed and angry, and was immediately frightened and at a loss for what to do. She quickly begged for forgiveness, "Sister Bai Li, I was wrong, I will never dare to do it again." However, Bai Li did not intend to let Huo'er off so easily.

On the eve of a great battle, the atmosphere should have been heavy and oppressive, but these two immature girls chased and played on the mountaintop, adding a unique touch to the tense atmosphere.

Meanwhile, Chen Xuan and the core members of the Jiang clan were busily setting up a large formation and practicing a large-scale combined formation technique to deal with the invading enemy.

The first ambush site was about 200 li away from the southeastern defense line of Zelinhai. The second ambush site was about 120 li away, and the third ambush site was about 50 li away. Beyond that was the edge of Zelinhai.

Chen Xuan's divine sense was extremely powerful; with a single thought, it could instantly cover a radius of a thousand miles. Therefore, Jiang Tianxiao's choice of Chen Xuan to oversee the overall command was undoubtedly an extremely wise decision.

The divine sense transmission can be directly transmitted to the ears of everyone in one's own camp. Moreover, once the divine sense reaches the level of divine consciousness, the Heavenly Eye will be activated and most formations will become ineffective. The maze formation cannot be disturbed by its five elements and directions, and the weak points of the trapping formation and killing formation can be seen at a glance.

This is equivalent to having a powerful advantage, like military radar, even before the battle begins, when the two sides are facing off. Frontline combat personnel can also receive real-time temporary dispatches from the commander in the command post, regardless of the limitations of terrain and environment.

If this were a modern world, this natural advantage would be like the trenches, barbed wire, and combined arms tactics of World War II in the Gulf War against the most advanced electronic and information warfare of modern times—a complete dimensional reduction attack.