Chapter 255: Deciphering The Bewildering Formation (1/2)

Lin Mu simply told it to wait in his mind, and he tried using the spirit sense to check the area. He was suspicious when he had originally arrived, but soon understood the reason behind the Brown Shrubby Forest Cat's disappearance.

”Huh, there is a formation array here? How?” Lin Mu wondered.

”Not just any formation array. Look further with your spirit sense.” Xukong spoke.

Lin Mu did as he asked and discovered that he could not extend it beyond two meters. After two meters, it was as if his spirit sense bent and came out of another part of the formation.

”What is this?” Lin Mu questioned.

”This is actually two formations layered together into a formation array. You have seen these two before at the Myriad armament canopy abode before, but its level is significantly low. You can use your previous deciphering method to find the nodes.” Xukong answered.

Lin Mu then started chanting the severing heart sutra and extended his spirit sense, touching the formation array. The same thing as before happened and his spirit sense bent, coming out of another spot. But Lin Mu did not mind this and tried again.

An entire hour passed and multiple attempts had been done by Lin Mu, yet every time the same thing happened and his spirit sense came or from another random spot.

Xukong actually knew how to help Lin Mu, but he intentionally did not help him. He wanted him to learn through trial and error, wanting to see how much he had improved from before. This formation in front of him, while similar to the one at the Myriad armament canopy abode, was not exactly the one that Lin Mu had solved.

The difference lied in the basic characteristic of the Myriad armament canopy abode. The Myriad armament canopy abode was a spirit tool and did not actually exist in the same plane as the real world, instead existing in a minor one in the lesser void. That was also the reason why Lin Mu was able to find it rater quickly, the mysterious ring had helped him.

But right now these formations had become an obstruction even though they were low leveled. This kind of formation array was composed of two types of formations. One of them was the common illusory formation that Lin Mu had seen before. It was similar to the one that was used to hide Jing Wei's emporium and the desolate alley it was located in.

The second one was the more complex one that was actually causing the bigger problem. This kind of a formation was called a bewildering formation and its only function was to confuse the intruder. It could make the intruder change his direction if they walked into it, making them leave the formation from another direction.

Some of the bewildering formations could even trick the spirit sense and would make the cultivator using it feel as if his spirit sense was blocked by something. Another effect it could have on spirit sense was that it could make the cultivator misjudge it. This would cause them to extend and contract their spirit sense randomly.

The combined effect of both these formations created this formation array and had become the obstacle in Lin Mu's path.