Long Yaozu immediately stopped his cultivation, grabbed the compass, and rushed out of the house.
Outside the house, he could feel even more strongly that something was wrong. In the sky, dense black circular clouds were constantly swirling and converging towards the peak of Canglong Valley.
As these black clouds gathered to a certain extent, they began to slowly descend, and the pressure brought by this descent made people feel fear.
What made Long Yaozu even more terrified was that he saw flashes of lightning brewing within the dense black clouds!
However, things were far from over. Just then, a fierce wind suddenly picked up, a strong gust of wind swept in, with a wind force of about level six or seven.
The trees in the entire valley rustled loudly, and even a trash can was blown up and directly smashed towards Long Yaozu's head. Fortunately, he was highly vigilant and dodged in time.
Long Yaozu shivered in fear and quickly hid in a sheltered place. He checked the compass on his flashlight and found that the pointer of the compass in his hand had begun to spin at high speed. The speed of rotation was getting faster and faster, and the entire compass was almost turning into an electric fan!
At this moment, a figure appeared in front of him. Long Yaozu looked up and saw that it was none other than the young master of the Long family, Long Xiao, the future successor of Long Yao Tian.
"Elder Yaozu, Father wants you to come over..."
Long Xiao was very displeased with the sudden appearance of Long Yaozu. In the Long family, the status of an elder was very valuable. The power and prestige of an elder were no less than that of the patriarch.
Furthermore, in the Long family, an elder could obtain immense resources, which would make anyone envious.
However, it was not easy to become an elder in the Long family. You needed the strength to convince the public, make significant contributions to the family, and possess sufficient seniority.
Long Xiao originally thought that the next elder position in the Long family should fall to him. He only lacked seniority. Unexpectedly, Long Yaozu descended from the sky, and his father, Long Yao Tian, was extremely respectful to Long Yaozu. This young master of the Long family always had a thorn in his side.
"Young Master, please give me some time. I believe the Patriarch is looking for me to inquire about this anomaly. I am currently investigating the cause of this phenomenon."
"Alright, do it quickly. I'll be waiting!" Long Xiao replied coldly.
Long Yaozu felt the resentment emanating from the person in front of him, but he said nothing. Long Yaozu knew very well why this guy was giving him a cold shoulder.
However, now was not the time to dwell on this matter. Long Yaozu lowered his head and plunged into the strong wind.
Long Xiao thought for a moment and also plunged into the wind with Long Yaozu.
Long Yaozu struggled to support himself, holding the compass in his hand and his flashlight, following the trenches that formed the spirit gathering formation to investigate the surrounding situation.
Long Xiao was not idle either. He kept moving around Long Yaozu, blocking the debris that was being blown by the wind and hurled at Long Yaozu.
Although he was dissatisfied with Long Yaozu becoming an elder, as the young master of the Long family, he understood the importance of the family's status.
After more than half an hour, it would normally be dawn, but now, the entire sky, especially above Canglong Valley, was covered by a large mass of dense black clouds, and the ground was still pitch black.
However, within this mass of black clouds, the lightning flashes could be seen becoming denser and denser! At this time, the gusts in the valley had reached level 8, and some old houses that had been poorly maintained had even had their roofs blown off by the strong winds.
"Let's go see the Patriarch!"
Long Xiao nodded, turned around, and led the way. Long Yaozu followed closely behind, and the two headed towards the residence of the Patriarch, Long Yao Tian.
At this moment, the Patriarch Long Yao Tian was already waiting there with a gloomy expression. Upon seeing Long Yaozu, he anxiously asked, "A'zu, what's going on outside? What exactly is happening? I want an explanation!"
"Patriarch, I just took a look. Our spirit gathering formation seems to have gone out of control!"
"Out of control? What does that mean!" Long Yao Tian's eyes widened, his gaze as if he wanted to devour someone.
"Out of control means out of control... Uh, let me put it this way, the speed at which the spirit gathering formation is absorbing spiritual energy from heaven and earth now exceeds the speed I originally designed.
If too much spiritual energy gathers and is not released, it can cause great trouble. And the spirit storage formations I set up within the grand formation are basically full!
This way, our grand formation lacks a buffer for this excess spiritual energy from heaven and earth, leading to the current situation!"
At this time, Long Xiao, who was standing by, also spoke, "Patriarch, Elder Long Yaozu is telling the truth. There are strong winds outside now, and the spiritual energy is very dense, almost exactly as the elder said and analyzed!"
"Why is this happening? Why did the formation go out of control when it was fine?" Long Yao Tian said with a furious expression.
"Uh, according to my analysis, it's because of the complex terrain of our Canglong Valley, and the operation of the natural spirit gathering formation in Canglong Valley for hundreds of years. A lot of spiritual energy from heaven and earth has accumulated in this vicinity.
The spirit gathering formation absorbed a large amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, causing the spirit gathering formation to absorb more spiritual energy from heaven and earth than its limit..."
"So what do we do now? Is there any way to stop this chaos?" Long Yao Tian asked, scratching his head with a distressed look.
The storm this time brought immense losses. Many old houses had to be repaired. To prevent external scrutiny, many buildings in Canglong Valley were covered and decorated with plants and other things, but now these decorations were almost completely lost.
Long Yaozu hesitated for a moment before saying, "When I was building this spirit gathering formation, I took some protective measures, so it is very difficult to disrupt the operation of this grand formation. It's not impossible to stop it, but we can only forcibly disrupt the operation of the spirit gathering formation."
"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and stop the spirit gathering formation!" Long Yao Tian said with great dissatisfaction.
"But, but, if the spirit gathering formation is forcibly stopped, it will cause damage to the spirit gathering formation. At that time, the jade stones that form the spirit gathering formation may shatter. If we want to restore the spirit gathering formation, we will have to prepare new materials!"
Long Yao Tian's head immediately felt as big as a bucket. The Long family had invested an astronomical amount of money to build this spirit gathering formation. Now, less than a day after it went into operation, a problem had arisen, and they might have to spend more money. This was almost unbearable!
"Roughly, how much will be lost?" Long Yao Tian asked, suppressing his anger.
"Uh... conservatively estimated, it will be a loss of thirty percent, or possibly half..." Long Yaozu stammered.