Xu Hao nodded slightly, "Teacher Guo, you're not wrong, this is indeed yin cold energy. Someone has tempered with this village and set up a formation. If I'm not mistaken, it should be called the Bagua Evil Qi Blood Formation, a very malicious formation.
The person who set up the formation has linked it with the life essences of the Huang Village villagers. If we rashly attack, even if we break the formation, we will also indirectly kill those villagers."
"How vicious! The person who set up this formation really has no conscience at all!" Even Guo Lan, who usually appeared weak and easily bullied, could not help but curse upon hearing there was such a vile formation in the world.
At that moment, a man dressed in a long robe, holding a compass, came out of the Taoist temple, leading all the villagers of Huang Village to the entrance of the village. These villagers all looked somewhat malnourished.
The villagers were all curiously looking out, but Muramasa Masano kept deceiving them, "I have traveled all around, the world is my home, and I like to draw my sword to assist when encountering injustice on the road. However, this has also led me to offend some powerful and evil people, and today one of those evil people wants to kill me.
I have set up a Great Array in our village. As long as we stand united, the evil ones cannot break in. Now I am leading everyone to slay demons and eradicate evil. No need to be afraid, and don't step out of the range of our village, otherwise, you will be killed by those evil people."
The villagers all believed Muramasa Masano's words very much, and when they saw that Xu Hao had arrived in an expensive-looking car, they were even more convinced that Xu Hao was the villain.
"Muramasa Masano? The one who set up the Evil Qi around Qian Youyou?" Xu Hao asked.
Since things had come to this point, there was no use in denying it anymore, so Muramasa Masano simply admitted, "Xu Hao, you have thwarted my plans time and time again, scattering the Evil Qi I painstakingly set up inside Qian Youyou. I will never forgive you!"
"You... you... you will get your retribution!"
When Guo Lan heard firsthand that Muramasa Masano wanted to harm her own daughter, she pointed at Muramasa Masano and angrily cursed.
Even though she was a bit scared just now, faced with the enemy who wanted to kill her daughter, her anger triumphed over fear.
Muramasa Masano replied with an indifferent expression, "I was trying to save her. Ask these fellow villagers, how many people have I saved?"
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The villagers of Huang Village immediately began to speak all at once,
"Miss, you can't wrong a good person. Mr. Muramasa is a great benefactor; he has cured many villagers of their illnesses."
"Yeah, this young man doesn't look like a good person at all. Miss, hurry over here with your child. Don't let him deceive you."
"Hmph! He looks so young, but instead of working hard, he's become a lackey for those villains. He deserves to die!"
Guo Lan was immediately filled with immense rage. Muramasa Masano had actually turned black into white, making those villagers think Xu Hao was the bad guy!
Xu Hao's expression remained unchanged as he transferred a stream of Qi Force into Guo Lan to calm her emotions. Then he said to Muramasa Masano, "Nicely done, harming people while playing the savior, making the villagers feel indebted to you. You then take advantage of this vile Great Array, making us hesitant to act against you, because you could destroy the compass at any moment and have hundreds of villagers buried with you."
"Hahaha! Baseless accusations!"
Muramasa Masano would never admit to having deceived the villagers with his tricks. He sneered, "Xu Hao, if you have the ability, then try to break the formation. I want to see what skills you have! Villagers, go back to sleep, let those evil people rage outside!"
All the villagers cheered for Muramasa Masano's prowess, followed him away from the village entrance, and each went back to their own homes.
Muramasa Masano then sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion in the backyard of the Taoist temple, seemingly resting with his eyes closed but actually controlling the overall situation.
Xu Hao instructed Guo Lan to take her daughter back to the car—the bulletproof glass was still very sturdy. With the heater on, they would not feel cold.
Meanwhile, Xu Hao walked to the entrance of the village.
He looked up at the sky, which was now covered with dense clouds, void of any moonlight.
In any formation, there will be a Formation Eye and Formation Core. Finding the Formation Eye and breaking it, the formation's power will already be reduced by thirty percent. Break the Formation Core, and the formation itself will collapse.
Xuanmen formations, seemingly mysterious, actually encompass the natural laws of Use strength to counter strength. They draw upon the power of the sun, moon, mountains, and rivers to strike at the enemy, the core of the formation, but also the most difficult aspect.
In modern society, many people do not really believe in the ancient Xuan Techniques of Huaya, because they are too difficult to pass on. It is common for people to study for ten years without mastering them, which has led to the dwindling number of true Xuan Technique practitioners, making them very rare to encounter.
Instead, it is those charlatans who flourish, relying solely on a glib tongue to amass great wealth.
In ancient times, when deploying troops for warfare, there was the practice of arranging troops and formations. Military formations are similar to these Xuan Technique formations—auspicious timing, geographical advantage, and human harmony are indispensable elements.