Bai Nianchen propped himself up on his knees, panting as he stared at the Monkey King before him.
The Monkey King was also not doing too well. It was parched and dry from the old Taoist priest's torment, its very existence questioned.
It was preposterous that it couldn't catch such an old man!
Bai Nianchen, too, pulled at the corners of his mouth, his heart pounding furiously, feeling as though it would leap out of his chest at any second.
He couldn't understand how this old monkey could pursue him so relentlessly!
He, with his innate Dao Body, was almost out of breath from running!
"Hoo... hoo... This poor Taoist can run no more. You, you impudent monkey... Must it be this way?"
The Monkey King was instantly enraged, shattering a nearby boulder with a furious punch!
What was this "must it be this way"? This old Taoist priest had nearly killed all of its monkey offspring, and now he dared to ask why!
You mongrel, you annihilated my family, and you expect me not to come out for revenge?
Yes, Bai Nianchen had spent the entire day leading the monkey on a chase for several rounds, killing off most of the other young monkeys from the Ghost-Faced Fire Monkey tribe. The remaining ones were too well-hidden, and he hadn't found an opportunity to strike.
And this Monkey King was thoroughly provoked. It finally realized that it couldn't be led around by this human.
Today, either it or the old Taoist priest had to die!
And so, man and monkey, one fleeing and one pursuing, had run for nearly ten kilometers.
Bai Nianchen knew that if this Monkey King didn't kill him today, it wouldn't rest.
If the Spirit Beast Realm had cell service, his WeChat steps would undoubtedly be number one in the country.
The old Monkey King was also exhausted. Despite being a third-tier demon beast, it couldn't endure being tormented by the old Taoist priest like this.
However, it now knew that the old Taoist priest was out of stamina, and he was about to die under its flames.
Thinking of this, the Monkey King roared with excitement, its flames burning even more intensely.
It lunged at Bai Nianchen, believing the old fellow was utterly spent!
However, Bai Nianchen let out a long sigh and said calmly, "You think this poor Taoist has no stamina, but why do you think I haven't also thought the same?"
"Between heaven and earth, there is nothing but Yin and Yang energies. When balanced, there is stability; when chaotic, there is destruction!"
His clothes were somewhat tattered, and Bai Nianchen, who had looked somewhat disheveled, instantly changed his demeanor as he spoke, returning to his former ethereal and dignified self as the White Daoist Priest.
The Ghost-Faced Fire Monkey King, with its three-meter-tall body, drew closer to Bai Nianchen, its oppressive aura intensifying.
Yet, it wasn't as excited as before, for it sensed a trace of fear from within its instincts.
"Formation of Yin Yang Reversal!"
"Ooh?"
The Monkey King was greatly alarmed, for the old Taoist priest before it had vanished.
A rotating Tai Chi diagram appeared on the ground, its black and white colors distinctly separated.
Then, as the black and white twin fish switched places, Bai Nianchen and the Monkey King’s positions were directly swapped!
After the Monkey King landed, the ground trembled. It immediately turned its head, trying to adjust its attack vector. However, in its field of vision, heaven and earth seemed to have inverted, and Bai Nianchen before it was standing upside down.
"Roar!"
A mass of pitch-black blazing fire was spewed out, causing the air to scorch and distort. However, in the next moment, Bai Nianchen disappeared from its sight again.
In this world where everything was reversed, the Monkey King felt dizzy and nauseous!
It felt like its CPU was going to burn out!
To the viewers outside, however, it appeared as though the Monkey King was trapped within the formation, spewing fire aimlessly at the air, launching various ineffective attacks.
And it walked with a limp, wobbling as if it had drunk fake alcohol!
Bai Nianchen, having studied Taoist classics since childhood, had researched various Taoist formations.
Not all of them were fake; it was just that they had been passed down for too long, and coupled with the inability to cultivate, many of them had become incorrect.
After cultivating the "Heaven and Earth Yin Yang Secret Art," Bai Nianchen's understanding of Yin and Yang between heaven and earth deepened, enabling him to perfect the ancient texts passed down by his master.
This "Formation of Yin Yang Reversal" was a formation he had perfected from those ancient texts.
It could deceive the senses of those who entered the formation to a certain extent, inverting their vision. When one stood in different Yin and Yang regions with the enemy, it could forcibly swap their positions.
"Holy crap! I thought the old Taoist priest shooting lightning was his limit, but I didn't expect him to have new tricks!"
"Awesome... Awesome! He can set up formations too!"
"Could this be the legendary secondary profession, the Formation Master?"
"Husband!"
"Damn it, you dare to shout that? You won't let the old Taoist priest off either, are you a poodle?"
Before Xue Qianwei could even ask, Chu Yang preemptively explained, "This formation wasn't obtained from me."
Xue Qianwei: "???"
"I wasn't going to ask!"
"Oh, then I won't say anything."
Boss Xue's face stiffened, and then he incessantly tugged at Chu Yang's clothes.
Chu Yang sighed and said, "This formation was knowledge obtained by Daoist Priest Bai from his family's Taoist scriptures."
"Huh? Isn't that just trickery?"
"Of course not. This era, known as the Era of Dharma Decline, implies that a long, long time ago, this land possessed a brilliant cultivation civilization. Many things are actually remnants from that distant era. Now that spiritual energy is beginning to revive, those remaining ancient texts may also possess considerable value."
As for the cultivators from Longhu Mountain, who claimed to be the orthodox lineage of Taoism, they were dumbfounded after witnessing Bai Nianchen deploy this formation.
"Senior Brother? I think I've seen a description of this formation in the scriptures. Why can't we deploy it? Could ours be fake?"
"Shut up! What's fake? We just lack the necessary cultivation!"
"Right, right! It's definitely not our fault. The fact that it can be found in our scriptures further proves that Daoist Priest Bai is one of us from Longhu Mountain!"
"Haha! Exactly, exactly!"
The cultivators of Longhu Mountain unilaterally reached an agreement regarding Bai Nianchen's lineage, even though Bai Nianchen had never contacted any cultivators from Longhu Mountain since his birth.
Then, it was seen in the image that the Monkey King, trapped within the Yin Yang Reversal Formation, thrashed about, becoming a sitting duck, and was subsequently blasted into a charred corpse by several chaotic divine thunders unleashed by Bai Nianchen.
Bai Nianchen, after working diligently for two days, couldn't hide his joy.
"Infinite Heavenly Venerable! This poor Taoist spent an entire night setting up this formation. Did you think this poor Taoist couldn't run? You are mistaken! In truth, it was merely inviting the wolf into the fold!"
Although the old Taoist priest still appeared extremely fatigued, he was now full of spirit!
Suddenly, he realized something: "Are people outside watching this poor Taoist?"
Thus, Daoist Priest Bai slowly tidied his slightly tattered attire, striking a pose of ethereal and dignified presence, and elegantly extracted the demon core from the Monkey King's body.
Everyone: "......"