495 Barging into Inner City (1/2)

Sacred Flame Sect and Intentionless Sect both had hundreds of years of history. Mo Wen would not believe it if they claimed that they had not gained anything good from Huatian Palace In such a long period of time.

”It's a tough situation indeed. I hope there's nobody who understands the stratagems in Sacred Flame Sect.” Mo Wen's brows knitted slightly. The technique of stratagems relied on the Power of Heaven and Earth. Other than the level of the stratagem itself, the power that could be exercised also depended on the abilities of the person who set up and managed the stratagem.

Even if someone who did not have a thorough understanding of stratagems could set up one, the power of the stratagem would be discounted by at least half and it would be very difficult for it to be used to its full potential. However, if it were someone who understood stratagems very well, even an average stratagem would have exceptional power.

Mo Wen was a person who had a very good understanding of stratagems. Back during the years when he had he cultivated alchemy arts, he had also simultaneously cultivated simple stratagem techniques. Although the standard was not high, he was still comparable to an average Immortal Cultivator.

If there was nobody in the Sacred Flame Sect who was familiar with stratagem techniques, he was very confident about sneaking into that stratagem undetected.

After thinking for a while, Mo Wen retrieved the straw cape spiritual weapon from within the Medicine spiritual ring. A cloud of fog surrounded his body, causing his figure to appear blurry. One could not tell if his body was truly there and it seemed as though it had morphed into the surrounding night sky.

Mo Wen did not actually harness the power of the Invisible Talisman. On its own, the straw cape spiritual weapon had the ability of concealment. Against some of the usual ancient martial art practitioners, it was more than enough. If he used the Invisible Talisman just for himself, it was a waste of resources.

A faint cloud of smoke silently weaved about the night sky. Within a thousand meters of the outskirts of the inner city, there were police tapes in place. Group after group of ancient martial art practitioners from the Sacred Flame Sect were holding torches as they continuously patrolled the surroundings. From time to time, ancient martial art practitioners with the Embryonic Breathing realm would appear. The security was so tight that it was hard for even a fly to enter.

However, in Mo Wen's case, it was as though he was in a dimension with nobody around. The straw cape spiritual weapon's concealment effect had caused the ancient martial art practitioners with a Cultivation lower than the Golden Elixir realm to not be able to detect him at all.

In a moment, Mo Wen had progressed to under one of the city walls. He glanced upwards to notice that the city wall was at least 30 meters high. Surrounding that were some that were even higher. If he flew into the city directly, it was possible that he would be noticed by the Golden Elixir realm ancient martial art practitioners.

He retrieved the Invisible Talisman from the Medicine spiritual ring and it immediately made him invisible. Then, he flew up along the city wall.

Indeed, on the sentry posts 500 meters away, there was an old man in white sitting cross-legged. A pair of fierce eyes swept across the night sky. It was as though even the thick darkness could not hinder his vision.

He was an ancient martial art practitioner with the Golden Elixir realm and was in charge of preventing people from entering or escaping the city.

Mo Wen gracefully drifted through the night sky. The power of the Invisible Talisman had prevented the old man from seeing him totally. Even if Mo Wen passed right by him, he would just think that it was a gust of wind.

As he flew into the inner city, Mo Wen scanned his surroundings. The buildings of the inner city looked just like a palace. However, it had already been split into two sections. The outer circumference had evidently fallen into the hands of Sacred Flame Sect. That stratagem had the entire inner city under it tightly locked.

”Psychedelic stratagem.” Mo Wen noticed that the moment he entered the inner city, everything in his vision had been distorted. The continuously changing environment was like a dream, causing one to be unsure whether things were true or false. One moment it was a garden, the next it was a street, and then it became a palace.

There were many types of stratagems and the psychedelic stratagem was one of them. Other than that, there was also the attack type, defense type, support type, seal type; all the different types of stratagems. There were many effects of the psychedelic stratagem and it was actually very suitable for trapping large numbers of people.

If people of the inner city intended to break out, they would trigger the stratagem. The moment the stratagem got triggered, they would fall into the psychedelic stratagem and would be unable to escape quickly. In this period of time, it would be enough for them to be discovered by the Sacred Flame Sect people. They would also be easily tackled and killed within the stratagem.

It was no wonder that such a long time had already passed but nobody had been able to escape from the Intentionless Sect. When normal ancient martial art practitioners were faced with such an odd situation, they had no choice but to live according to the tempo of the Sacred Flame Sect.

Mo Wen analyzed the stratagem and noticed that this psychedelic stratagem was the most basic of stratagems. It was not very complex and he would actually be able to resolve it without worrying about being discovered by the Sacred Flame Sect people. Ultimately, Mo Wen was also a partial Immortal Cultivator. Even if those ancient martial art sects had some sort of understanding of the world of Immortal Cultivators, they would never experience things as Immortal Cultivators themselves.

The key to resolving the psychedelic array lay in one's walking path. It was very similar to walking in a maze. If one orbited along with the power of the psychedelic array, it would be very easy to get through. However, if one did not proceed in the same way as the orbits did, it would cause a trigger and they would face multiple obstructions.

Mo Wen was in the psychedelic array as he walked all over the place. It was as though he was strolling but the Sacred Flame Sect people had actually not noticed him and seemed to treat him as part of the stratagem since they were unable to detect anything unusual.

About half an hour later, Mo Wen finally walked out of the psychedelic array. The scene in front of him had changed and a huge palace building appeared before his eyes. The false images had currently all disappeared.

However, the scene before his eyes was also extremely unusual. Under the night sky, there was a cold wind blowing and snow falling. Snow was piling up into thick layers, covering all the buildings. From time to time, there would be snowstorms, so strong that they could cause a Qi Nucleation realm ancient martial art practitioner to waver after being blown.