At this

 moment, it was too late to stop him. I had to stand and watch Dorgon 

draw the 

arrow and pull the string! 

Luckily, Li Mazi’s reflexes 

were

good

. He immediately cocked his head to one side and successfully avoided the fatal shot. 

However, 

he

was still

 hit at his shoulder. The fiery arrow burned his shoulder, 

which left

 a charred area. Li Mazi screamed in pain.

Through his gritted teeth he 

said

, “Why are you 

freaking

 standing idle there? Move!” 

“Ptui!”

As soon as he said that, he spat blood. Dorgon shot another arrow 

at

 him. 

Ye Chen saw the dangerous situation

 and left 

the formation. He grabbed Dorgon’s bow

 and pulled it as he screamed at me. He wanted me

 to take action. 

“Damn it!” I cursed 

as

 Dorgon was beating the 

living daylights

 out of them. Then, I looked around. There were 

mountains

 and trees, but no water. Without water, Li Mazi’s Five Elements Great Formation couldn’t work well. 

It was n

o wonder it was broken so easily! 

When arranging the Five Elements Great Formation, one must pay special attention. If one of the elements representing the Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth 

is

 missing, the power of the formation 

will

 be greatly reduced. 

At this

 moment, I couldn’t care much. I relocated the formation and sat down cross-legged. After 

c

losing my eyes, I started to read the Five Elements spell to activate the formation. 

However, it was frustrating that I couldn’t activate the Five Elements 

F

ormation 

because there was no 

water! 

Li Mazi and Ye Chen had blood all over their bodies now. They couldn’t resist for a long time. 

“Little 

B

rother Zhang, run! Run as far as you can! Help me take care of my son and daughter!” Li Mazi 

said with difficulty 

as he spat blood

. 

When he recognized that I couldn’t activate the formation, he asked me to run away. At the same time, he clutched onto Dorgon

 in an attempt to trouble him and deviate 

his aim. It was the first time I saw Li Mazi act like this. He was

 not 

afraid of death

.

It was our comradeship

—t

he higher form of friendship

—

that made us 

stay

 together through 

life and death

. It made Li Mazi willing to 

sacrifice

 his own life. 

“Brother!” My nose felt sour. I gritted my teeth

 and looked 

at Dorgon. 

He

 was also looking at me. His eyes showed his content and disdain. 

“I’ll risk my life with you!” I didn’t believe that I couldn’t activate the Five Elements Great Formation. I took out a dagger and cut my finger. Using my blood, I drew a ring in the middle of the formation then four arrows extending from the ring, which pointed at Mount Changbai, the virgin forest, the earth underneath, and the river in the far distance respectively. Moreover, with the Yang flame in my blood, I had gathered the five elements successfully! 

I read the spell 

as my blood continued 

to drip into the ring. The more blood the ring had, the farther the four arrows 

could

 extend.

T

his formation had been activated by my blood. I was thrilled

 and read 

the spell faster and faster. I wanted to make the Five Elements Great Formation cover Mount Changbai in its 

entirety

. I wanted to see how Dorgon could escape! 

When I began to shiver 

due to

the

 shock 

from

 blood loss, the four arrows started to glow. At the same time, a big glowing ring emerged above Mount Changbai

.

Then, I heard countless people screaming and crying. Deep in my soul, the pain was so extreme that I felt like a hundred or a thousand mice were nibbling my brain and my heart. 

T

he attacks were made by the wandering

ghosts within the coverage of the light ring of the Five Elements Great Formation. They 

were attacking

 the formation 

to escap

e. It was the first time I had set up such a colossal formation, and I finally 

understood

 why my grandpa had kept reminding me t

o 

never stay in an expanding formation. 

Before I could deal with Dorgon, I had to endure the a

ttacks from the 

other ghosts and monsters

! Since

 I hadn’t thought about this crucial point, I had to endure it now. 

Gradually, the feeling of having mice nibbling my heart subsided. It meant the ghosts

were eradicated. 

I was exhausted. 

The beads of s

weat on my forehead were as big as soya beans. I shivered

 and felt 

so cold

. It was as 

though I was 

in an ice

 chamber. I began struggling 

as I read 

the spell. My eyes felt so heavy. I wanted to sleep. 

Soon, the light in front of me disappeared. Li Mazi and Dorgon were gone. I felt like I was in 

the middle

 of chaotic space. 

Feeling e

xhausted, I closed my eyes

 and fell 

asleep. 

“My grandson, wake up. Don’t sleep, my grandson! If you sleep, you will never wake up again.” Before I completely lost my consciousness, I heard my grandpa’s voice. My eyes flew open, but my grandpa wasn’t 

anywhere to be seen

. 

The ring of light was still there but it was dimmer. Dorgon didn’t have the mind to take care of Li Mazi and Ye Chen. I didn’t know 

when it had happened,

 but he had left Mr. Jin’s body

. He was spinning and floating 

in the air. 

It seemed my grandpa

 hadn’t come here

. It was my love for my grandpa

 that 

had awakened me right before my death. 

I felt somewhat lost, but when I saw Li Mazi and the others lying on the ground, 

a

 sense of responsibility arose in me. I pulled myself together and started to read the spell. 

At this

 moment, Dorgon and I were in 

a

 back and forth situation. However, I knew I couldn’t endure things for a long time. 

Now

 was my last chance! I bit the tip of my tongue and spat my essence blood into the ring of light in front of me! 

With a swift rattle, the Five Elements Great Formation in front of me glowed brightly, which illuminat

ed

 the surroundings as 

though

 it was broad daylight. 

Dorgon was struggling. Then, he halted. After a terrifying scream, his soul perished. I gave a reluctant smile. After the ring of light scattered, my body felt so light. My eyes 

shut. 

When I resumed my consciousness, 

it

 felt like everything 

had been

 a dream. I heard noises, but 

besides

a

 hazy white space in front of me, I saw nothing else. 

I heard Yin Xinyue crying

. My 

eyes 

flew open

 all of a sudden. I found myself in a patient ward in the hospital. 

People were standing

 around my bed. 

I saw Yin Xinyue, Li Mazi, Mr. Jin, and Ye Chen. 

“What’s wrong?” I tried to get up from the bed

, but m

y head felt so dizzy. I had to 

shake

 it a few times. 

Yin Xinyue hurled herself into my chest

 and wept 

loudly. “Jiulin, you woke up. I thought you would never wake up.” 

Yin Xinyue

looked weary. There were dark circles under her eyes. Li Mazi and the others also looked tired. Moreover, I recognized that the wounds on their bodies had relatively healed. It turned out I had been unconscious for half a month! 

Yin Xinyue was still crying. “The doctor said if you 

didn’t

wake

 up soon, you

 would be 

a man in a vegetative state.” 

I was scared, but I didn’t regret it

.

 The worst consequence 

was living

 in a vegetative state. 

However, 

if I hadn’t created the slaughtering formation, Li Mazi and the others would have been killed. 

People’s lives were neither long nor short. The important thing was to live with responsibility and courage! 

It was similar to when Li Mazi had decided to sacrifice himself to save me. 

It was the most precious 

quality

 a person possessed

. It was t

he kind of great friendship and comradeship that differed us from animals. 

Since

 I had woken up, I didn’t want to trouble Mr. Jin any

 longer

. Moreover, I 

wasn’t h

urt that much. I just needed time to heal my internal wounds. 

W

e left the Mount Changbai area after that. 

Mr. Jin 

wanted me to stay with him

 and treat me for a while. Their family 

felt

 so grateful 

to

 me. However, 

since

 I insisted

 on leaving

, Mr. Jin gave me the bronze bow. 

At the same time, when Mr. Jin’s mother 

learned

 that Yin Xinyue was my fiancée, she gave her a gift that wasn’t ordinary at all

. It was a

 pair of carved golden bangles made of pure gold

. The inside was made of agate. 

Mr. Jin’s mother said that it was the Jin family heirloom, 

an item

 the imperial family used to treasure. 

Since

 she was so persistent, I asked Yin Xinyue to 

accept

 the gift. In return, I didn’t accept Mr. Jin’s payment. It seemed that after this business case, I had earned myself another good friend!