789: 788: The Puppet Master 789: 788: The Puppet Master Tang Feng crooked his finger in a beckoning gesture, a clear invitation to confrontation.
The onlookers, unable to contain their rage, wished nothing more than to trample him beneath their feet.
However, to them a mere Emperor Realm cultivator was not worth considering seriously.
Still, two of them stepped forward; handling an Emperor Realm cultivator should be well within the capacity of two from the Empyrean Mystic Realm.
But they witnessed a very bizarre scene.
As those two companions approached within two meters of Tang Feng, their bodies suddenly burst into flames.
Within three breaths, they were reduced to ashes scattered on the ground.
Gulp!
The remaining dozen or so people couldn’t help but shiver inwardly, feeling that this youth was no ordinary individual.
“All together now,” the leader exclaimed after a mutual glance.
An interesting scene then unfolded.
After dashing two or three meters forward, he realized that not a soul had followed.
Turning back in disbelief, he was nearly enraged to death.
The very people he had brought with him had turned tail and were fleeing in panic, something he had never anticipated.
But on second thought, it made sense; their equals in cultivation had been instantly obliterated, and any who approached would simply be lambs to the slaughter.
Fleeing was the best strategy.
The lone Empyrean Mystic Realm Immortal sighed helplessly as screams once again rose in the distance; none of those fleeing had managed to escape.
All were killed in an instant.
Now only he remained.
“Why not kill me?”
Tang Feng shook his head with a smile, “Killing you is but the matter of a breath’s time.
I want to know who sent you, of course, you can choose not to tell me.”
“I will not tell.”
“Then you may go die,” Tang Feng said, somewhat surprised.
He hadn’t expected the youth to be so stubborn.
But as much as he respected his resolve, an enemy’s fate was inevitable.
This time he didn’t use the Burning Sky technique, but sealed him first, extracting his Divine Soul before annihilating him.
Picking up an Array Plate from the man’s hand, Tang Feng’s curiosity was piqued.
His own Great Formation was of the fifteenth grade, so to make any impact, this Array Dao Immortal Object must be of at least the same grade.
An Array Breaking Device?
Array Dao Sect.
So that was it.
He never expected them to come knocking so soon.
Had they not attacked directly just to test him?
Or did they have other plans?
Or perhaps they didn’t dare to face him head-on.
How interesting.
Now that they were declared opponents, they could hardly blame him for what was to come, and Tang Feng already had a plan in mind.
A plan that could lead to the destruction of the Array Dao Sect.
If they continued to be ignorant of their position, they were paving their own path to annihilation.
Just then, the Array Base of the Dan Pavilion showed signs of activity—these people really were relentless in their pursuit of their goal.
In an instant, Tang Feng returned to the Dan Pavilion and quickly located the intruders—who had concealed themselves exceptionally well.
He discovered them hiding in plain sight, exposed in broad daylight, standing amidst the crowd.
Indeed, the most conspicuous places can be the best hiding spots.
However, they were dealing with Tang Feng, who was a master of arrays.
They had hoped for an inside-outside pincer movement, with those outside merely serving as bait.
Not a bad strategy, but unfortunate to be met with an array master.
One by one, they were captured and brought to a certain room in the Yuelai Inn.
“I’ll keep this brief—ten breaths is what you have.
Choose to confess or not, it’s up to you,” Tang Feng declared.
“I’ll talk!
We are disciples of the Array Dao Sect!” one of them couldn’t withstand the pressure and blurted out immediately, causing his fellow disciples to look at him with scorn and disdain in their eyes.
“Trash, rubbish.”
“If Master knew you were such a cowardly cretin, he’d probably smack you dead with one blow,” the other disciples vehemently spat.
Tang Feng observed these spewing disciples from the Array Dao Sect and suddenly had an idea.
He then said to the disciple who had spoken up, “Want to see how loyal they really are?”
The man nodded his head; he didn’t dare shake it.
Therefore, Tang Feng made his move.
As a Medical Master, he naturally had methods to handle them, and his most skilled were the acupuncture technique and the Cutting Tendon Skill.
At first, these individuals could truly endure the pain with gritted teeth, but as time passed, the pain intensified and became even more unbearable.
Soon, some could no longer hold on and began to beg for mercy.
“Now, have you anything to say to me,” asked Tang Feng with a smile that, to them, seemed as terrifying as a Demon God, sending shivers down their spines.
“Immortal, I will say whatever you want to know,” they replied.
“Weren’t you just cursing your senior brother?”
“I was wrong, senior brother is right,” they admitted.
No sooner had this guy finished speaking than the others could no longer bear it, with one of them even starting to cry.
Tang Feng released the technique, and those people returned to normal, but their demeanor was far from what it had been initially.
They all waited, exhausted, for their fate to be decided, clearly lacking their earlier resolve.
They were half-dead.
“What is your status in the Array Dao Sect?”
“We are all Core Disciples.”
“You wanted to break the formation?” Tang Feng asked with a smile.
“Yes, our sect ordered it, so we must do it,” they confirmed.
“How many people have you brought, and did any seniors from your sect come along?”
“Ten of us came, and some did not come today; they are staying at Yuelai Inn.”
“Would you choose death, or submission,” Tang Feng asked, as he considered the value of their talents.
The abilities of these individuals sent here were naturally top-notch; if they could be put to his use, it wouldn’t be such a bad idea.
As expected, they all chose submission.
A flick of the Spirit Control Technique, and they were completely subdued.
After subduing them, he had them improve other formations within the housing complex, such as the Spiritual Rain Array and the Gathering Element Array, to enhance the growth and vitality of the greenery.
In particular, for the Cherry Blossom Path, Tang Feng planned it as a feature of the complex.
He had once directly transplanted the cherry blossoms from an Earth campus, and after nourishing them within him for so many years, they had gained spirit and could bloom all year round.
When he planted them in the complex, these spirit-enlightened cherry blossoms suddenly became Immortals, a transformation they hadn’t anticipated.
However, as their cultivation wasn’t natural, they couldn’t transform, although, after ten thousand years, they would still have the chance.
All in all, Tang Feng was very pleased.
Once they produced more cherry trees, he planned to plant them throughout the entire complex, making it one of the most beautiful sceneries.
With a variety of colors intermingling under the blue sky, it was particularly striking.
In short, Tang Feng liked it very much.
Of course, within the complex there weren’t just cherry blossoms, but also other Immortal Flowers and Immortal Trees.
At night, under the glow of the lights beneath the trees, the beauty was breathtaking.
So within his thoughtful arrangement, everything seemed so harmonious, so stunningly beautiful.
Come evening, families and immortal couples would walk together along the Cherry Blossom Path as if they were in another world.
Honestly, not a single resident regretted purchasing a home there.
In this place, they enjoyed conveniences not found in the rest of the Immortal Domain; everything was handy, with a significant increase in the quality of life, whether it was cooking or other daily aspects.
They were very satisfied, especially since the Immortal Essence here was twice what it was outside, and they could permanently enjoy a ten percent discount at the hotels and shopping malls, including on Immortal Pills.
Just because of this, as soon as the sale began, the thousands of units were sold out.
Honestly, Tang Feng didn’t anticipate such a successful sale, and by the time he thought of buying more land, the prices had soared so much that it wasn’t worth it anymore.