Chapter 1399: The Faction Concealed in the Shadows! (2/2)
”Wang Chong, kid, how is your condition?”
Wang Chong stood back up and confidently declared, ”There are no longer any major problems.”
His condition hadn't been that serious in the first place, as his energy had yet to run rampant. Thus, all he needed was some rest and meditation to recover.
”Haha, great! Now we can think of a way to leave this place. Your calculation ability combined with my understanding of formations means that we can find the Life Gate and get out of here.”
The Demonic Emperor Old Man spoke up in his deep and dignified voice. ”That's right. There was no Origin Immortal Mountain here at all, only this extremely dangerous formation. It's about time for us to leave.”
They had come to the northwest to search for the Origin Immortal Art so that Wang Chong's cultivation defect could be treated, but it was now apparent that there was no Origin Immortal Art here at all.
Moreover, now that both the righteous and evil path martial artists had gathered, it was no longer proper to stay here for very long.
The Demonic Emperor was beginning to contemplate retreat.
To the surprise of the two, Wang Chong shook his head, his face solemn.
”Master, Senior Zhou, this matter is not as simple as it seems, and it won't be that easy to reach the Life Gate. At the very least, those people will never let us leave.”
Buzz!
The Formation Elder and Demonic Emperor Old Man glanced at each other in shock.
”Chong-er, what do you mean?”
The Demonic Emperor Old Man was the first to speak, his brow tightly furrowed in confusion.
”Yes, what are you trying to say?” the Formation Elder asked, staring at Wang Chong.
After spending time with Wang Chong, the Formation Elder had become profoundly aware that Wang Chong was not someone who spoke without thinking. There was undoubtedly a reason he had said such things.
Wang Chong did not directly answer, instead asking a question to the Formation Elder. ”Senior Zhou, do you remember when you said that you felt that someone was meddling with the formation?”
”That was just a guess of mine because the formation was moving rather strangely. Kid, why are you asking about this? Could it be…”
As the Formation Elder spoke, his eyes went wide in disbelief.
”Your guess was correct. There really is a third faction present here who is using the formation to target us, as well as the righteous and evil path martial artists.”
”What?!”
The other two were flabbergasted by this statement.
”Chong-er, are you sure?”
The Demonic Emperor Old Man raised an eyebrow, his expression completely different from before. If there really was a third faction here controlling the formation in secret, even luring over countless martial artists of the evil and righteous paths, then there was something else going on in this incident.
”Kid, do you know what you're saying? It's been several hundred years since someone has gotten their hands on the Origin Immortal Art, and countless martial artists have gone after it because no one owns it. But if it's as you say, then it means that all those legends circulating outside are fake; that from beginning to end, this was all a conspiracy, a scam!”
The Formation Elder was extremely agitated. He wasn't very interested in martial arts, but he was extremely interested in the ancient formations of the Origin Immortal Lord.
This was his lifelong desire as a formation master, but if the Origin Immortal Art was fake, then it meant the legends about the formation manuals could also be fake. In a flash, his face had turned ghastly pale.
”Senior Zhou, let's put aside the matter of the Origin Immortal Art for now. After all, the treasure maps for the Origin Immortal Art have been circulating for some time. This matter is not guaranteed to be utterly baseless. But there is no question that someone has been secretly controlling this formation the entire time,” Wang Chong solemnly said.
In front of his two seniors, Wang Chong immediately voiced all the doubts on his mind, holding back nothing.
”Do you still remember how we were forced out of the Rest Gate? The entire formation has clearly been altered because of it. In addition, the Rest Gate should have been safe, but we were attacked twice in the span of twelve hours. None of this is normal.”
”But these are only suspicions, not actually indicative of anything. After all, this is an ancient formation left behind by the Origin Immortal Lord. No one knows its unique properties or how it actually operates. When you say the formation is odd, that's only when considered using the usual rules, but those don't necessarily apply here,” the Formation Elder said. Suspicion and certainty were two completely different concepts and indicative of completely different things.
”If that were all, there would naturally be nothing to say, but Master, Senior Zhou, do you remember how, not long after we were forced out of the Rest Gate, we encountered Song Yuanyi and the Righteous Alliance group?” Wang Chong sternly replied.
The Demonic Emperor Old Man frowned and said, ”Chong-er, even that is not enough. Song Yuanyi entered the formation the same as us. To meet him within the formation is to be expected.”
It was clear that he did not share the same view as Wang Chong.
”Again, this isn't enough, but… the Black Yin Ancestor?” Wang Chong asked, locking eyes with his master.
At that moment, he seemed capable of seeing through all secrets.
”To meet Song Yuanyi in the formation can be put off as coincidence, but to meet the Black Yin Ancestor so soon after meeting Song Yuanyi, is that still a coincidence? What exactly is the probability of meeting the two titans of the martial arts world at the same time within this formation?”
Wang Chong looked at his two seniors. The Demonic Emperor Old Man and Formation Elder immediately fell into a shocked silence, pensive looks in their eyes.