Chapter 154: Pre-War Rally

After a busy day, all the banner arrays and various preparations were finally set up.

Through the joint efforts of several thousand, nearly ten thousand people, a massive formation had been mapped out across a radius of fifty miles.

The entire formation required the deployment of hundreds to thousands of peculiar array patterns, each about two meters deep, in all sorts of shapes and sizes.

These patterns varied in scale—some were large, some small, some long, some short. The largest approached the size of two basketball courts, while the shortest was barely a meter wide, extending into the sky.

"Well... it seems you've gotten quite a bit smarter, haven't you?" Seeing that her few words failed to fool Suigintou, Mercury Lamp could not help but slightly arch an eyebrow.

"What's the matter, jealous? Would you like this young master to take you out to see the world and have some fun next time?" Yin Rongyu flickered a lock of hair dangling beside his cheek and shot Gu Lian a provocative, seductive wink.

People who are physically unwell tend to be a bit moody. Therefore, Chen Xing did not mind Yin Rongyu's attitude. Besides, this young master Rong had never been particularly pleasant to anyone, except for Yu Youjia.

This was caused by the thunder-attracting bead taken by Da Niu from Wang Tianlei during the suppression of bandits at Miao Mountain. Wang Tianlei's ability to summon thunder from the heavens that day was indeed quite formidable, but the lightning he summoned was not even a tenth of what was happening now.

Cultivators of the ancient era, especially mighty beings who had reached the Mahayana or even the Tribulation Transcendence stages, possessed far more treasures than contemporary Mahayana and Tribulation Transcendence cultivators could ever imagine. Legend has it that the powerful cultivators of antiquity had treasures piled up like mountains, with countless spiritual artifacts at their disposal, inexhaustible and endless.

Walking over to the door, Chen Xing opened his arms, hesitated for a moment, and still feeling uneasy, he closed the door behind him, walked gently back to the washbasin, and wanted to turn on the faucet to wash up once more.

Hearing the sound, Leng Yue cast a casual glance at Helan Jue, said nothing, and slowly closed her eyes. Out of sight, out of mind; right now, she had no idea what kind of riddles Helan Jue and Feng Qiye were playing at.

Yu Youjia's reasoning had been explained very clearly. Although he was still uncertain where the "Zhongyang Building" in Yu Luoxin's eyes actually was, Yu Zhicheng had a vague intuition about it. Moreover, Yu Youjia had also given him peace of mind—no matter what he chose to do, it was likely what Elder Yu had hoped to see.

This Liu Xinhe indeed possessed quite a bit of scheming. If she had simply begged Xiahou Ce not to drive her out right off the bat, Xiahou Ce might not have given her any face and could have expelled her immediately.

Drawing close to each other with a sense of peace, the two remained silent for a long moment before Feng Qiye softly asked Leng Yue. The remarks she made publicly during the day had somewhat surprised her.

Some people attempted to track the troops, but they were all intercepted by the forces of Landon, who had anticipated the move.

"That's because the ingredients here are good; it's not entirely my credit. Didn't you all say the water here tastes sweet?" Lin Hao said, feeling even more embarrassed.

Zhang Ruofeng's tone carried a hint of dismissal because he truly had no idea how to shake him off. Since the guy insisted on meeting, then fine, they would meet. It would make him give up this notion completely.

Cai Yan, whose heart had been overflowing with joy just moments before, felt as though she had plummeted from the sky and shattered to pieces. Huaner had to help her to the bed to lie down for a while before she began to feel better.

"If he is the king." Jia Xu paid no attention to Xiao Honglü's implicit threat and instead uttered these words.

"The ratings have soared to five percent!" roared a staff member. The entire control room erupted in shock, with every staff member jumping up and high-fiving each other in excitement.

This was the brilliance of Zhang Ruofeng's strategy; without spending a single penny, he achieved promotional effects far surpassing what Huayi could buy with money.

The final result turned out much as Lin Mu had estimated: within a week, on the 12th, the filming of *The Great Pursuit* was concluded.

Zhang Ruofeng suddenly felt the crushing weight of responsibility... Coach Wu Tong had actually wagered his entire professional career on him.