The Aloof Lord's Mysterious Wife-Chapter 869: Give Up Just Like This? Yun Yubai Can’t Wait

Soon, the paper puppet was covered in bite marks from the snake’s teeth and quickly dissipated.

This kind of snake was clearly highly venomous. Ximen Chuan felt his scalp tingling, and in his heart, he silently decided that from now on, if Nanli asked him to go east, he would never go west.

He said, "Looking at the situation, there could be many more red snakes around. Your paper puppet got entangled the moment it got close. It’s useless."

Nanli nodded. "Then I’ll use more."

Talisman, after all, was something she could draw whenever she had time, and she had a lot of them stored up.

With a flick of her hand, she threw out dozens of Puppet Talismans, summoning multiple paper puppets.

The dozens of paper puppets attacked together, and surely one of them would be able to dodge the red snakes’ attacks and successfully gather the Five-Element Fire Herb.

Ximen Chuan gritted his teeth. "Such a waste! It’s a real waste!"

Nanli examined the Five-Element Fire Herb.

Now that North Wilderness was almost deserted, these herbs had grown for a long time and had strong medicinal effects.

She said, irritated, "It’s a good thing I came, or you would have died here."

Ximen Chuan paused. "North Wilderness is just too dangerous! Besides, I’m just a blade cultivator, how could I match up to you?"

Although Nanli’s cultivation wasn’t high, she was almost an all-rounder, and could adapt anywhere.

He might not have many strengths, but self-awareness was one of his virtues.

Nanli sighed and apologized, "Sorry, I won’t make you come next time."

Ximen Chuan, prideful, replied, "No, let me come again! Next time, I’ll make sure I don’t need your help."

Nanli raised an eyebrow, not bothering to argue.

The two of them took a detour through the North Sea, then entered the Upper Realm. They got in touch with Cinian and others, preparing to head to Seven Peaks Sect.

Although Ximen Chuan wasn’t very skilled at surviving in North Wilderness, he had many informants and spies in the Upper Realm.

Seven Peaks Sect had strict control over who could enter or leave, but someone still managed to get his news and risked descending the mountain to meet them.

However, that person was an outer disciple.

When Ximen Chuan made his move, he gave the disciple a bag of spirit stones.

The outer disciple checked the spirit stones and saw that they were all high-grade ones, his eyes lighting up.

After a rough count, there were over a hundred of them.

The outer disciple cupped his hands and said, "Please ask, Palace Master. I will speak truthfully."

Ximen Chuan asked, "Is Seven Peaks Sect still under lockdown?"

"Yes," the outer disciple replied. "Originally, three Peak Masters went out to capture people, but after the Bai family defected from Jiuzhou Town, they returned. However... the Sect Master hasn’t come back yet."

"Ji Chengyi hasn’t returned? Do you know why he hasn’t come back?"

"I’m just an outer disciple. I don’t have access to many confidential matters," the outer disciple answered.

"Do you know how to break the Seven Peaks Sky Net Formation?" Ximen Chuan asked again.

"The Seven Peaks Sky Net Formation is incredibly intricate; it’s a mountain protection formation. As an outer disciple, I only learned a little about it. I don’t have the qualifications to study this kind of formation," the outer disciple said helplessly.

Ximen Chuan was a little irritated.

The disciple had indeed answered every question truthfully, but the problem was, all he knew was whether Ji Chengyi or the Peak Masters had returned.

He was about to take action when Nanli walked out from behind the trees and stopped him. "Wait, let him go."

The moonlight was clear.

The outer disciple saw Nanli’s face and froze in shock. "You two..."

Had they colluded together?!

Ximen Chuan frowned. "We’re about to attack Seven Peaks Sect. If you let him go, it’s like giving him a chance to go back and report to them."

Cinian, who had been silent, spoke up, "We only need to seal his memory tonight. No need to kill him or get our hands bloody."

Ximen Chuan had already killed countless innocent people and felt that Nanli’s approach was too troublesome. But seeing her insist, he had no choice but to back down.

Nanli knocked the disciple out and sealed his memory.

They moved to a different location to discuss their plan.

Now that Ji Chengyi wasn’t at Seven Peaks Sect, it seemed like a good time to attack the mountain.

Yun Shen spoke up, "The Seven Peaks Sky Net Formation requires seven people to stand at each position to activate it. With my master in his current state and the Sect Master not in the mountain, the Seven Peaks Sky Net Formation can’t be activated at all. Ninth Princess, let’s go and save my master!"

"Really?" Ximen Chuan crossed his arms. "Yun Shen, you’re Yun Yubai’s only disciple. You should have seen the diagram for the Seven Peaks Sky Net Formation, right?"

Yun Shen shook his head. "Only Peak Masters can see the formation diagram and study the Sky Net Formation."

Ximen Chuan sneered. "Could it be that your talent isn’t enough, so Yun Yubai didn’t teach you?"

Yun Shen’s face darkened.

Cinian stepped in and defended Yun Shen, "The Seven Peaks Sky Net Formation was created by an ascended immortal. It’s incredibly powerful. For so many years, only the Sect Master has kept the formation diagram and the formula, and it’s only passed on to Peak Masters. It’s normal that regular disciples can’t learn it."

Upon hearing that they planned to attack Seven Peaks Sect, Bai Hao also joined them.

Even though he was at the early stage of Body Transformation, he didn’t dare to be careless.

He said, "Several hundred years ago, some small sects tried to challenge Seven Peaks Sect’s dominance over the Spirit Tree and agreed to attack the mountain together. One of the sect leaders, already at the mid-stage of Deity Formation, didn’t take the Seven Peaks Sky Net Formation seriously, but once the formation was activated, he was killed, and the others perished too."

His expression was grim.

The implication was that they shouldn’t act recklessly and fall into the enemy’s trap.

Once the formation activated, with so few of them, they would be helpless.

Cinian nodded, agreeing, "The old monk knows about this. Since then, no one has dared to invade Seven Peaks Sect."

"You’re all too cautious! Now that Seven Peaks Sect is missing one Peak, the formation can’t activate!" Ximen Chuan was indifferent. "Nanli, if you hesitate, Yun Yubai will be beyond saving!"

"Yes!" Yun Shen felt like he finally heard something reasonable.

But Nanli remained calm. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Draw the general layout of Seven Peaks Sect first."

Because of the Sky Net Formation, it was impossible to see the terrain from above Seven Peaks Sect, as it was shrouded in mist.

Yun Shen was feeling flustered. He took several deep breaths to calm himself.

Using his years of memory, he quickly sketched out the general terrain of Seven Peaks Sect.

Nanli glanced at it and sighed, "It really is a good place. No wonder they were able to set up the Sky Net Formation."

Such a defensive formation, if it’s complemented by the terrain, could be said to be flawless.

No wonder Seven Peaks Sect had stood strong for so many years.

She then said, "Although it’s called the Seven Peaks Sky Net Formation, even if one or two Peak Masters are missing, the formation can still be activated. It just won’t be as powerful."

Bai Hao waved his hand. "That’s the problem."

Yun Shen’s face turned pale, and he became anxious. "Are we really giving up just like this? My master can’t wait!"

Nanli replied, "Give me one night. I’ll study if there’s any way to break the formation."

They needed to stay in the mountain to help Yun Yubai with the antidote, and they had to break the formation to ensure their safety.

After all, this wasn’t just her mission; she had to look out for the others as well.

Since Yun Shen was still injured and couldn’t help, he could only keep quiet and not disturb her.