Ling Tian heard shouts from above.
"Ling Tian... Ling Tian... are you there?"
Hearing the voice, a smile appeared on Ling Tian's face. This was the voice of his confidante, Zhang Caifeng.
"Caifeng, I'm right here! Don't worry, I'm fine."
A few minutes later, a rope was thrown down. Ling Tian grabbed the rope, used his Qinggong, and easily reached the ground. At this moment, Ling Tian saw that there was a small detachment of over ten people from the military, protected by over a dozen disciples from Longhu Mountain, who had come here.
It wasn't strange for them to be here. The power of the cloud-burst bomb that exploded in the underground space earlier was too immense. The entire cave ceiling had collapsed, and flames had shot up tens of meters above the surface.
The massive tremor had caused seismic instruments near the village to detect earthquake waves close to magnitude 5.
Moreover, the explosion had also affected the natural Yin gathering array. A lot of Yin energy was annihilated by the high temperature of the explosion.
People outside discovered that the electronic equipment in the village, which had been severely affected and unable to function normally, had suddenly regained its functionality.
So, Jiang Tao, the person in charge of the military outside, discussed it with Zhang Daoyun, the sect leader of Longhu Mountain. Both sides decided to send people in to check and provide support and rescue for Ling Tian.
They took a speedboat from the village and traveled upstream along the river, quickly arriving at the cold pond. There, they witnessed an astonishing scene: a crater the size of a stadium had been blasted into the mountainside by the explosion. The flames from the blast had erupted from here.
Zhang Caifeng, worried about Ling Tian's safety, rushed over directly.
Ling Tian followed the team to the village and found that Xie Liheng and the others had also arrived. After eating something, Ling Tian called everyone together for a meeting.
He reported in detail the battle he had with those from unorthodox paths, naturally glossing over some of his core secrets with a subtle approach.
After Ling Tian finished speaking, Jiang Tao, the person in charge of the military, asked, "Comrade Ling Tian, according to you, the unclean things in this village have been mostly eliminated by you, and the Yin煞 affecting the village has also disappeared. Does this mean that the matter here is resolved and the villagers can be moved back?"
Ling Tian shook his head. He stood up, walked to the table where everyone was gathered, and spread out a map—a high-resolution map taken by satellite.
Ling Tian picked up a water-based pen and drew a complex pattern on the map.
"Mr. Jiang, everyone, it's not that simple. This natural Yin gathering array is extremely vast. Even though this explosion had a certain impact on the formation, it did not affect its overall operation.
Moreover, the peculiarity of this formation far exceeds your imagination. It also has self-repairing functions. Even if it suffers some impact and damage, the formation can repair itself!
You might see that the density of Yin energy in the formation has significantly decreased, but it will not take more than a week for the formation to establish new circuits and return to its previous state!"
Ling Tian racked his brain, trying his best to explain the content related to the Yin gathering array in a way that was easy for them to understand.
At this moment, Xie Liheng frowned and asked, "Ling Tian, then tell us, was this Yin gathering array formed naturally, or was it man-made?"
"There are naturally formed Yin gathering arrays, but they are far from this complex. I can be sure that this Yin gathering array in Hantan Town has been established for at least eight hundred years!"
As for why someone would build such a thing, Ling Tian was still clueless. He guessed that perhaps a cultivator had died and intended to refine their corpse into a zombie.
It was highly possible that there was a tomb beneath the center of this Yin gathering array.
"Mr. Ling Tian, how can we destroy this damned Yin gathering array and restore Hantan Town to normal? We need your professional advice!"
"Let me think!"
Ling Tian fell into deep thought. The entire room fell silent. Everyone held their breath, afraid that their voices would disrupt Ling Tian's train of thought.
After a while, Ling Tian looked up.
"There are some ways to destroy this natural Yin gathering array, but the price is that it will cause severe damage to the surrounding terrain and natural environment!
I wonder if you can bear this price!"
Jiang Tao hesitated for a moment and asked, "Mr. Ling Tian, if this Yin gathering array is not removed, what will be the consequences?
If we seal off this area and keep this formation, will it have any impact on the surroundings?
Please report truthfully. We need to convey this matter to our superiors and conduct an assessment of this incident!"
"My recommendation is that this Yin gathering array must not be kept, otherwise, it will bring endless trouble.
If we do not intervene, in about a week, this Hantan Village will return to its previous ghastly state.
What's more serious is that in this environment, many evil creatures will be bred. Animals, plants, and even corpses within the Yin gathering array will mutate.
As for your lockdown, forgive me for saying, it's useless! Therefore, I suggest that we destroy this Yin gathering array completely at all costs, once and for all!"
After Ling Tian finished speaking, everyone whispered to each other. Jiang Tao nodded with a grim expression and went to the side to make a phone call to report to his superiors.
After more than half an hour, Jiang Tao returned.
"Mr. Ling Tian, the higher-ups have made a decision and ordered us to thoroughly eradicate the evil spirits here under your guidance."
"Good!"
Ling Tian was not hesitant. He took out a marker of a different color and started drawing and writing on the map.
"The mountain forest I've circled must be burned. The trees here have extremely heavy Yin energy and must be burned completely, roots and all...
And these few hills, these small hills are important nodes of this formation. You can see what method you will use, demolition or excavation. You are very professional in this regard.
I suggest we act quickly while the Yin energy in the formation has not yet recovered. Otherwise, prolonged delay will lead to more trouble!
As for me, I have more important things to do. Although I destroyed a cave, there is still a huge space underground in the center of this formation. I must enter it and completely destroy the formation's core to achieve a permanent solution!"
Then, everyone held several more hours of meetings to formulate the next plan. As for excavating the hills and burning the forests, these were not problems at all. For the construction powerhouse, these were minor matters.
And early the next morning, under everyone's watchful eyes, Ling Tian embarked on his journey again.