Chapter 1406: Chapter 1407: Tearing Off the Pretense (2)
On the third day, just as the sun was rising, Long Zaitian, the Shao Brothers, and everyone from the Xuanqing Sect gathered early at the training ground.
This was the most exhilarating challenge for the Xuanqing Sect in a century. The young girl, only twenty years old, took just two days and two nights to break through the first seventeen challenges of the Xuanqing Sect’s most famous Eighteen Golden Figures Formation!
Her speed in overcoming the challenges has surpassed everyone in the history of the Xuanqing Sect; even Chiang Yu, whom the Xuanqing Sect admired, had to be in awe!
This is no longer a bet between the Xuanqing Sect and An Yiqing; this is no longer about the survival of the Xuanqing Sect or the challenge involving Chiang Yu’s position! Thousands of people in the Xuanqing Sect held their breath, waiting for the final outcome. They hoped for someone who could overcome all impossibilities and create a miracle unique to the Xuanqing Sect!
At 9:15 in the morning, An Yiqing lived up to everyone’s expectations and completely solved the eighteenth challenge, becoming the fastest person in the history of the Xuanqing Sect to challenge the Eighteen Golden Figures Formation!
"Is this... done?!" The people of the Xuanqing Sect stared blankly in An Yiqing’s direction. They didn’t understand much about the Eighteen Golden Figures Formation, but since Chiang Yu said the formation was broken, it must be true.
Wasn’t it said that the Xuanqing Sect’s Eighteen Golden Figures Formation was a miraculous one, with only Chiang the Military Advisor having broken it in a century? Didn’t Military Advisor Chiang say he spent a lot of effort and barely got through the Eighteen Golden Figures Formation in a week? How did An Yiqing manage to succeed effortlessly in just two days and two nights?
The members of the Xuanqing Sect didn’t have as many mixed thoughts as Long Zaitian and the Shao Brothers. When Chiang Yu broke the formation initially, they admired Chiang Yu; although An Yiqing was an enemy of the Xuanqing Sect, at this moment, everyone felt an inexplicable sense of admiration for her.
Watching An Yiqing about to take the final step out of the formation, Chiang Yu couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, strangely feeling a bit fortunate. He didn’t know what he was relieved about; An Yiqing was clearly the enemy of the Xuanqing Sect, but Chiang Yu didn’t wish for anything to happen to her.
However, before Chiang Yu could finish his sigh, an abrupt change occurred at the training ground! The mechanical crossbows, which had been set nearby, suddenly activated for an unknown reason, and countless arrows flew straight toward An Yiqing!
The Xuanqing Sect’s training ground was oval-shaped, and these mechanical crossbows had been set placed in the northern area. Perhaps to make room for An Yiqing and the Eighteen Golden Figures Formation, these crossbows had been divided into four groups and moved to the east, west, south, and north directions. And the place where the crossbows released the arrows happened to be aimed precisely at the center of the training ground!
These mechanical crossbows were not meant for attacks but were used by the Xuanqing Sect to train their members in shooting accuracy, so everything was customized, automatically releasing arrows. Unless power was cut off to stop the crossbows, these arrows would keep shooting until they were completely depleted!
Chiang Yu suddenly stood up from the stand, his face pale. He clearly remembered that the arrow boxes of these mechanical crossbows had just been replaced with new ones yesterday! The total number of arrows in the training ground’s arrow boxes added up to at least seven or eight hundred arrows!
Unless An Yiqing had the Golden Bell Shield and Iron Cloth Shirt, having seven or eight hundred arrows shot at her would undoubtedly be fatal!
"Eighteen Golden Figures, quick! Protect Miss An!" Chiang Yu responded with decisive action, attempting to command the Eighteen Golden Figures to protect An Yiqing.
However, Long Zaitian, who had been silent, suddenly shouted, "Chiang Yu, who allowed you to arbitrarily use the Xuanqing Sect’s Eighteen Golden Figures?! Do you know that only the Sect Leader has the authority to command them? Do you intend to seize power?!"
Chiang Yu’s face darkened; this was the first time in so many years that Long Zaitian had confronted him so openly, and it just happened to occur at such a critical moment!