ATG: Formation Master c22

After placing all the herbs and taking all the things the disciples got from their trip to the Secret Realm.

Cang Long rewarded the trio with what they wanted, plus what they got from Heavenly Sword Villa for taking high places.

The trio went to cultivate with giddy, bright smiles, and they were certain they would reach Sky Profound before graduating and joining Prince’s army.

With all the small things out of the way, Cang Long went to the Palace.

Something interesting is happening.

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“Royal Father, you can’t do this! It’s not fair!” The Crown Prince Cang Lin exclaimed with anger.

“Fair? What's the point? Son? You are not cultivating; I will outlive you and your brothers. You being Crown Prince is simply useless and a waste of a title.” Cang Wanhe explained to him.

“B-But I don’t have access to these techniques! If I had, I could cultivate!” Cang Lin exclaimed with anger.

“If you want, you have to speak with your brother.” Cang Wanhe has completely abandoned his three useless sons.

Cang Lin gnashed his teeth, hating every moment of this.

“What about me?” That moment, the doors opened themselves as the Formation Prince strolled in, followed by a Fairy.

“Brother Long! Share with me your Dharma Body Technique!” Cang Lin asked without wasting a moment.

“No, I don’t like you. I watched you for years, wanting to see if you were worthy of being my sibling. Sadly, you are not.” Cang Long didn’t hold back. Over the years, he has surpassed his brothers in influence. He has the military, not just his Battalion, but other generals; they all line up behind him.

While these three princes are only starting to think about how to secure their positions after the Emperor moved to dispose of them, the Formation Prince has already acquired all the pieces.

“Preposterous, I am your older brother! The Crown Prince!” The pompous Prince declared, but no one cared.

“Hn.” Cang Long walked over. The Emperor lost interest in his useless son and focused on his favourite.

“Cang Lin, we have already decided that you, your mother, and your siblings will move to the South province to enjoy whatever life you have left. 

We have provided you with everything you need in your life, but you haven’t shown any initiative to be great, like your Eighth Brother. That is why you are removed as Crown Prince and exiled.” 

“Y-You can’t do this!” 

Instead of allowing the Prince to rant, the Emperor’s eyes glowed and crushing cultivation descended on the Crown Prince, who lost the will to scream.

Moments later, Royal Guards arrived and took the useless prince away.

After the ex-Crown Prince was taken away, the Formation Prince asked.

“Royal Father, is it true?” 

“Indeed! From now on, you are my Heir! The Crown Prince Cang Long! We are awarding you all the estates and territory our useless son had.” 

Cang Long perked up. He recalled some nice Palaces his older brother had.

“Does that mean the Empress is no more?” He asked about that curious little thing.

“Yes.” The Emperor smirked for a second. He now has power… absolute power in the Empire. Nobles can’t do much now that he is Sky Profound and quite close to the Throne Realm.

No other faction could challenge the Imperial rule.

“Good. Mother will be happy to hear that.” Cang Long smiled. Now that the bitch was gone, his mind was at peace.

“She should be, after all, I am planning to make her my Empress.”

“Hn.” 

The new Crown Prince nodded. He wasn’t that happy, for the simple reason that he would be worried about how much she was going to talk about this, and he wouldn’t have his piece.

‘Wait, I got a manor in Villa District, I could move there, or return to Profound Palace.’ 

Now that he had choices, he didn’t want to listen to all that!

“Now that this is out of the way, we must discuss the tribute to the Phoenix Empire.” Cang Wanhe got serious.

“I can delay it for several weeks until we declare we are not paying.

With that said, it will take another week or so for their armies to arrive at our borders.”

The Emperor explained to him. He was relieved that they were an extremely weak empire compared to the Phoenix Empire; that means the number of soldiers stationed at the border was insignificant.

“Good enough.” He nodded at his father before looking at the fairy.

“We will leave for two areas. I will be collecting several Profound Beasts for the army.” 

“Do so, don’t waste time, Long’er.” Cang Wanhe nodded as he motioned for leave.

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“I wasn’t expecting to see that.” Chu Yueli didn’t expect to see that family drama. But it made sense. Cang Lin was weak. His cultivation was pathetic. Why did they keep him as Crown Prince for that long?

“My Royal Father gives more than enough chances to improve. Sadly, all that privilege went to his head, and my other two brothers. Much of that is the mother’s fault.

Just because she is Empress and gave birth to three sons doesn’t automatically lead to success, as you saw yourself just now.” Cang Long explained to her as they left the Palace and began to fly.

“I see. Where are we flying?”

“Wasteland of Death. There are two Flood Dragons at the centre.

It’s a pair, I will breed them to have a small army.” 

Her eyes widened. Flood Dragons? Aren’t beasts with a drop of Dragon blood dangerous!?

“Are you sure?” 

“Very, now come, let’s go.” He motioned for her to follow.

The pair began to fly towards the location.

One can run on the ground for around a week to reach the place, but the pair will arrive there the next day.

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…

“It’s getting dark, we should rest.” The fairy commented after seeing the setting sun.

“Yeah.”

He looked around, looking for a nice location. The Prince didn’t need to look for long as they landed in a small clearing.

With a simple hand motion, formation rods dropped from the sky and into the four corners before Cang Long summoned his Dharma Body, and a formation house manifested from a space crack.

She looked around; her curiosity was at an all-time high, so she decided to ask him.

“I wanted to ask. Where are these things coming from?”

“Mindscape, it’s a space in my mind where I keep things.” He explained as he walked into the small house.

The fairy followed him. When she saw the size of the house, she was a bit worried. It only had one bed and a table with a single seat.

Not much space! At all!

“Umm…”

He turned around and smiled at her, his hand went for her waist as he pulled the girl closer.

“It’s just enough for us two.” 

Her blush returned with force, recalling what happened in the early morning on the white bird.

He then pushed her into the bed, making her start panicking.

“W-Wait for a second! M-My Prince!” Chu Yueli exclaimed in panic. She isn’t fully ready yet!

“I-I-I thought this was a test…First!” Instead of saying anything, he just smiled. 

“I did want to see your reaction.” Instead of kissing or anything, he simply pulled her into a tighter hug.

“I was almost dissapointed, if you just gave yourself to me right here.” He whispered into her ear.

Chu Yueli internally panicked; she was about to! Thankfully, she didn’t give up that easily!

“I-I see… I still need to learn your arts.” She said with a small huff.

“Doesn’t it all you care about?” He grimaced for a second.

“No, but it shows that I am part of your harem and your family.” She explained.

“Indeed, and you are getting closer there.” After saying that, he gently kissed her on the lips. Kiss is something she won’t oppose. Instead, she will try to learn.

“Mhnn~~”

The fairy softly moaned as he pulled back and sat up at the edge of the bed.

“Since we are getting close to an actual conflict, we should focus on cultivation.” Cang Long motioned, and a bucket of blood appeared on the table. It was radiating a thick Ice Profound aura.

“This is that Ice Beast’s blood.” The fairy immediately knew what this was!

“Indeed, and now watch this.” He got up and summoned formation rods. These rods effortlessly merged with the table before he lifted the bucket and began to lay formations on the table.

Soon after, Chu Yueli could see wisps of Profound energy moving into the bucket. Something began to happen.

“First, we stabilise profound energy in the blood, then remove impurities and ice, before causing the blood to converge into one spot.”

As he said that, she moved her head and saw the contents in the bucket.

She saw a whirlpool of blood, which got smaller as the blood compressed. Then, it became a small pile of blood pills.

“And done.” He took one and inspected it.

“Not as potent with the ice, but these would help us reach the Throne in a matter of days.” He flicked one up before catching.

She looked at him for a second. It was weird for her, as her talent was not as good as her sister's. With all the ice in her body, she doubted she could reach the throne in her lifetime.

But now that the ice is gone and her body is constantly getting purified, she will eventually have all of her Profound Entrances opened.

It’s weird, and it makes her excited. At some point, reality will catch up with her. Maybe then she will scream from happiness as she is still processing that!

“Here.” He handed some pills over to her as he took his and went to sit on the bed. There was enough space for her.

As she swallowed, one Cang Long did it as well. A large chunk of profound energy entered their bodies, and it was extremely pure energy. 

Chu Yueli's cultivation improved considerably. It was even more for Cang Long, who had lower cultivation. 

With the second pill, he moved to Sky Profound Five. It would seem lewding Villa Mistress helped as he easily transitioned to the next stage.

The pair continued to cultivate with the blood pills.

By the morning, the Fairy was at Late Sky Profound Ten. She was close to the Throne.

The pair decided to stay until she reached the Throne Realm. Cang Long used that moment to cultivate as well. The Prince utilised his cheating method of absorbing Profound Energy into his Mindscape and adding it directly to his veins.

Combined with the Blood Pills, he reached Sky Profound Eight in a single night.

“Finally.” Chu Yueli opened her eyes as her cultivation settled down. She became the youngest Throne in her Frozen Cloud.

“Indeed.”

He nodded, but then she moved in and pushed him to lie in the bed. The fairy was on top of him. She began to kiss him hungrily.

The kissing session lasted a while as she showed him how much she cares about that!

A couple of minutes later, she pulled back. There was a bright smile on her lips.

“Was it good enough?” She asked him as the beauty was lying on top of him.

“For today, it will be enough.” He teased back, making her show a pout. Not liking the answer! She tried so hard!

“You…” She complained, but at that moment, Cang Long hugged her, but he didn’t let her go.

The fairy wanted to get off as it was beginning to get embarrassing.

“You will stay like this for a while. After all, we didn’t rest at all.” He stroked her long, smooth hair. 

“Whatever you want, my Prince.” She ended up placing her head on his chest and closing her eyes.

The pair stayed like this for a while until they needed to move; after all, they had limited time.

So after recovering the formation house and the formation rods, they continued to fly towards the centre of the wasteland.

Midday, they saw a pair of silver serpentine dragons snoozing around a cave.

“There it is.” Cang Long smiled. He was surprised by how beautiful these Flood Dragons looked.