406: Chapter 409 Even the most cunning strategist can easily outmaneuver himself!

“Buzz—”

The Star Gazing Tower suddenly burst with brilliant light. Countless ancient and complex runes, like a sea of stars, emerged on the tower's surface. Vast Star Power, like the Milky Way pouring downward, surged toward the gap in the Formation.

However, at the very moment Zhuge Xuanji exerted his full strength, an even more vast and profound will followed the channel eroded by Yin and Yang and descended with a boom!

With just a gentle descent, the massive Star Power mobilized by Zhuge Xuanji actually crashed into an insurmountable high wall and barrier, collapsing and dissipating in an instant!

Furthermore, his own close connection with the Star Gazing Tower and the 'Zhou Tian Starry Universe Grand Array' seemed to be severed alive, no longer able to transmit any power!

“What?!”

Witnessing this scene, Zhuge Xuanji let out a muffled groan as his body swayed slightly, his eyes filled with utter horror.

While Yun Chenzi was putting all his effort into breaking the Formation, he actually had the spare energy to divide his attention and suppress his own counterattack so effortlessly?

This disparity in strength was simply too ridiculous!

Zhuge Xuanji thought to himself, but under that vast and mighty power, he no longer had the strength to resist.

He could only watch helplessly as those black and white colors bit by bit corroded the starlight curtain.

As time passed, the fissure grew larger, its edges becoming clearer and more stable.

Finally, when the hole expanded enough for a person to pass through leisurely, the Yin and Yang dao rhyme permeating the exterior slightly solidified.

In the next moment, a figure wearing a Daoist robe, eyes containing the black and white Taiji, seemed to step out from an ink wash painting.

With just one step, he crossed from outside the fissure into the Zhuge Family territory.

With another step, his figure suddenly vanished before the eyes of the many horrified members of the Zhuge Family.

When he reappeared, he had silently arrived at the top floor of the Star Gazing Tower.

This absolute Forbidden Ground, which even the core elders of the Zhuge Family were never permitted to enter, welcomed its first outsider in history.

Looking at Yun Chenzi, who was standing close by with his hands behind his back, observing the scenery inside the tower with interest, Zhuge Xuanji felt that even breathing had become difficult.

An invisible pressure caused this Master of the Blessed Land, who controlled the heavenly secrets, to feel an unprecedented sense of suffocation.

“It's over, I'm going to die, I'm going to die!”

Zhuge Xuanji wailed in his heart as countless thoughts flashed by, but they ultimately turned into a sigh of helpless self-mockery.

“Truly, a good swimmer drowns in water, a good warrior dies in battle, and a good schemer ultimately fails to calculate his own fate. I have spent my life peeking into the Heavenly Secrets and calculating countless schemes, yet I ultimately failed to calculate that I would have such a day.”

Despite saying this, Zhuge Xuanji had actually tensed his mind.

He had already prepared for the worst; even if he had to risk everything for a mutual destruction, he wouldn't make things easy for Yun Chenzi!

However, after waiting for several breaths, the expected attack did not arrive.

Yun Chenzi still had his back to him, his gaze seemingly attracted by an ancient star map on the wall, looking at it quite intently.

Zhuge Xuanji was filled with uncertainty and apprehension. After hesitating repeatedly and seeing that the other party really had no intention of acting immediately, he finally suppressed the unease and numerous conjectures in his heart.

He took a deep breath, trying to make his voice sound as steady as usual, and then tentatively spoke to ask.

“I do not know what business brings Fellow Daoist Yun here, to go as far as blockading my family and forcibly breaking the Formation?”

Hearing this, Yun Chenzi finally withdrew his gaze and slowly turned his head.

His eyes, which contained the black and white twin fish, fell upon Zhuge Xuanji. A strange expression appeared on his face as he asked back.

“Fellow Daoist Zhuge, do you truly not know my purpose for coming?”

Zhuge Xuanji's heart skipped a beat, but his face remained as steady as an old dog, showing a perfectly timed look of confusion and innocence.

“This old man truly does not know.”

He had made up his mind that as long as the other party didn't speak plainly, he would absolutely not admit to the matter of exposing Yun Chenzi's trump cards.

Not admitting it meant he hadn't done it, and if he hadn't done it, then this matter had absolutely nothing to do with him, Zhuge Xuanji!

As the saying goes: if a thing cannot be done, then act as if nothing happened.

“Heh!” Yun Chenzi let out a light laugh. There wasn't much anger in that laugh; instead, it carried a bit of teasing.

“Fellow Daoist Zhuge, you are truly a master at playing dumb.”

Hearing the undisguised sarcasm in those words, Zhuge Xuanji's cheek twitched slightly, but his expression remained unchanged, as if he truly didn't understand what the other was saying, only looking back at Yun Chenzi with a slightly suspicious gaze.

Seeing Zhuge Xuanji's 'dead pig not afraid of boiling water' attitude, Yun Chenzi found it somewhat amusing but did not get angry.

If it were before Undergoing Tribulation, being schemed against like this, he would probably have used thunderous methods upon meeting, to both determine superiority and decide Life and Death, venting the hatred in his heart and settling the Karma.

But now, he had crossed the five calamities, his Dao Heart was as perfect as a bright mirror, and his cultivation had entered a brand new 'Dao Realm'.

Standing higher, he could also see further.

Past grievances seemed to become insignificant in the face of the true Great Dao of Longevity.

All actions should take the 'Dao path' as the highest principle.

Therefore, he was too lazy to play word games with this old fox and got straight to the point.

“I already stated upon arrival that I came this time only to discuss important matters.”

Zhuge Xuanji carefully observed Yun Chenzi's expression. Seeing his gaze was frank and his tone solemn, not appearing to be faking, he believed him a bit more.

His fingers hidden in his sleeve moved inconspicuously, performing a quick deduction using the Heavenly Secret Art.

Although at this moment the entire Heavenly Secret Blessed Land was shrouded and interfered with by Yun Chenzi's Yin and Yang dao domain, making the heavenly secrets obscure and chaotic.

But to just roughly calculate the truth or falsehood of the other's words, with his level of attainment, he could still barely manage it.

A moment later, the deduction results fed back to his mind.

“No way, you're for real?”

Zhuge Xuanji muttered to himself, a flash of astonishment crossing his face.

The calculation results showed that Yun Chenzi was not lying!

The main purpose of his trip was indeed to discuss matters, rather than to settle old scores!

This result left Zhuge Xuanji quite speechless, even wanting to curse a bit.

After all that fuss, was it just his own guilty conscience making him jump to conclusions?

Seeing someone come to the door aggressively, he thought they were here for revenge, but it turned out they actually had legitimate business.

This blunder... However, what kind of major event would require Yun Chenzi to go to such great lengths?

Zhuge Xuanji's curiosity was piqued, and he simultaneously realized that anything Yun Chenzi treated so solemnly was definitely no small matter.

But since the other party wasn't here to settle old scores, things would be much easier to handle.

Zhuge Xuanji quickly adjusted his mindset, a serious expression appearing on his face.

“So that's how it is. This old man has misunderstood. Since you've come to discuss important matters, Fellow Daoist, please speak. I wonder what this old man can do to help you?”

Now, he was the meat on the chopping block.

In Yun Chenzi's current situation, playing tricks was already meaningless.

It was better to be straightforward and see what medicine the other party was selling in his gourd, then plan a counter-strategy.