"Since everyone agrees, let's get started," said Nan Jingshuo.
The situation as it was, the sooner it was resolved, the better.
Liu Jizhan nodded and stood up, preparing to assign personnel.
With Liu Jizhan gone, the atmosphere fell silent again. Yu Daohen, unconcerned, took out his phone, found a number, and sent a text message.
(Do you know the seal of hell in Chang Le Gate has been opened?)
Yu Dao stared at the screen. After a moment, he received a single character back.
(Yes.)
Yu Daohen was helpless. This guy was truly stingy with his words.
(I need to bring people into the city to set up the formation.)
After sending the message, Yu Daohen stared at the screen again, waiting for the other party to reply.
(Oh.)
After another moment, he received an "Oh."
Yu Daohen was a bit bewildered by the "Oh" he received.
(Aren't you worried about me?)
At the Midnight Spirit Shop, Qin Muyu sat on a bench in the backyard, watching Yu Yijun practice.
Hearing the phone buzz, Qin Muyu picked it up and smiled, typing a few words back.
(Be careful!)
On the other side, Yu Daohen looked at the message from Qin Muyu, smiled faintly, replied with two characters, and then paid it no further mind.
(Okay!)
In the backyard, Qin Muyu saw Yu Daohen's message and didn't reply. He put down his phone and looked at Yu Yijun, who was practicing.
"Little girl, I'm going out for a bit. You'll be alone in the shop."
Yu Yijun saw Qin Muyu was leaving and didn't ask any more questions, just nodded obediently, "Got it."
Qin Muyu nodded, then transformed into a wisp of white smoke and drifted into the well.
On the other side, about an hour later, Liu Jizhan returned to the tent.
"Everyone, the people have arrived, and we can depart."
Seeing Liu Jizhan say this, the others all stood up and walked out of the tent.
Outside the tent, they saw densely packed figures, over a hundred people.
The few people in front wore uniform daoist robes, likely from the Formation Sect.
These eight were all disciples of the Formation Sect, and they knew where to place the corners of the formation.
The leading disciple of the Formation Sect cupped his hands and introduced himself, "My name is Guan Cuizhen, and I am the senior disciple for this operation."
The others nodded. Guan Cuizhen began to explain the plan: "The formation has eight corners. The northern corner is near Chang Le Gate, where the most evil spirits are, making it the most dangerous. The remaining southeast and west are all close to Chang Le Gate, so they are relatively dangerous. The northwest and northeast are behind Chang Le Gate, where there are fewer evil spirits. The southwest is near the county town, and the situation there is unknown. The southeast is in the suburbs, where there are the fewest evil spirits, making it the safest."
After Guan Cuizhen finished his analysis, he waited for the others to speak.
"The strongest here is Brother Hao, so you choose first," Tang Junsheng said with a smile to Hao Tianquan beside him.
It was you, you scoundrel, who dragged me into this. With your title of the strongest in the human world, in front of so many young disciples, if you have any shame, choose the weakest southeast corner.
As expected, the moment Tang Junsheng spoke, Hao Tianquan's face immediately fell. He cursed Tang Junsheng in his heart for setting him up.
If he had chosen later, he could have at least picked one of the three corners with fewer evil spirits, not to mention the weakest southeast corner.
But with Tang Junsheng's words, he had no choice but to choose the most dangerous corner.
"Since Brother Tang has said so, I will choose the most dangerous northern corner. What about you, Brother Tang?" Hao Tianquan said, not forgetting to bite back at Tang Junsheng.
"The capable should bear more responsibility. Naturally, I will choose the southern corner," Tang Junsheng said with a faint smile.
He had also anticipated that Hao Tianquan would bite back. As a Black List expert, he naturally chose a more dangerous location.
"If Donor Tang chooses the southern corner, then this humble monk will choose the western corner," Cui Yiling said, clasping his hands together.
Nan Jingshuo, who had been silent, followed suit, "Then I will choose the eastern corner."
His original plan was for the four of them, the Black List experts, to choose the four most dangerous corners.
Seeing Nan Jingshuo speak, Xu Guancang and Ma Zhong also spoke up.
"I'll take the northwest corner, and Brother Ma will take the northeast corner," Xu Guancang said, looking at Ma Zhong beside him.
Ma Zhong nodded in agreement.
They were as close as two peas in a pod, so Ma Zhong naturally had no objections.
Besides, the two corners were in similar locations.
Now only the unknown southwest corner and the safest southeast remained.
Yu Daohen remained silent, waiting for Liu Jizhan to speak first.
Liu Jizhan was the person in charge of this area. As someone who came to help, he shouldn't choose the southeast corner, no matter how much he was pushed.
Seeing that Yu Daohen had no intention of speaking, Liu Jizhan could only say helplessly, "Then I will choose the southwest."
Yu Daohen saw Liu Jizhan speak and shook his head helplessly, looking as if he had no choice, "Since all the seniors have chosen, only the southeast is left."
Anyway, it wasn't him who didn't choose, but that there was no opportunity. Could he be blamed for this? No.
After choosing their respective locations, they began to assign personnel.
The selection of people naturally started with the person who chose the corner first.
Hao Tianquan, because he was going to the most dangerous location, chose several stronger disciples. Tang Junsheng, Cui Yiling, and Nan Jingshuo, being Black List experts, chose few stronger disciples out of pride. Xu Guancang and Ma Zhong were also quite sensible.