Chapter 71 (2/2)

Xiao Han shook his head, sighed, closed the door and window, turned around and said, “You have made too much noise this time. We have been suspected.”

Xiao Chen frowned, “Still no news?”

Xiao Han shook his head. “There’s a sword grave in the forbidden area at the back mountain, but there are also many restraining formations. Shangguan Yan and I couldn’t get through them. If she hadn’t put sleeping poison on the two guards last night, we would have been found.”

“Time is running out. I’ll go with you tonight.”

At night, a curved moon was in the sky and the air was cold on the mountain. The shadows of the wood branches looked scary. The three people had gathered at the appointed place, and Shangguan Yan had already cast a sleeping poison to the guards of the back mountain.

“What took you two so long to come here! This place is spooky and scared me to death!”

“Shh.” Xiao Chen immediately made a gesture of silence.

After walking for a mile, they saw two ghost fire dancing ahead. The two ghost fire precisely revolved around a central point. Xiao Chen settled down and immediately recognized that this was the Two-Yi Formation. He said, “I’ll break the formation. You stay here.”

Two ghost fire had sensed that there was a stranger coming and revolved faster while the fire became stronger and shone brighter around. Xiao Chen concentrated and chanted spells as two beams of white light moved from his fingertips to the two fire. The fire was immediately put out.

“All right, let’s go.”

He was very good at formations back then. Such an easy formation was nothing in front of him. The three people proceeded for a while, and a figure suddenly stopped their way. Shangguan Yan was immediately startled, saying, “I’ve used the sleeping poison. What happened?!”

“Those who trespass on the forbidden area will be killed without exception!”

That man was a foot above the ground, his eyes and voice were empty. Obviously, he was not a real person but a formation spirit.

The formation spirit was a spiritual build derived from a formation. If the one who made the formation did not have profound cultivation, he could not produce a formation spirit by his own energy. This formation spirit right here did not have its own consciousness and relied on the formation to work. It should be some kind of low-leveled formation spirit.

Xiao Chen shook his hand, gesturing the other two not to approach.

“I repeat. Those who trespass on the forbidden area will be killed without exception!” The formation spirit was about to attack seeing the three comers did not want to retreat.

“Warning is invalid! Kill!” A beam of white light suddenly dashed to them. Xiao Chen stood the frontmost and immediately hold up a defense barrier to block the white light.

The light was dazzling and reflected all around like it was daytime. Xiao Chen worried this might caught the others’ attention and said in a deep voice, “It’s a formation spirit. You hold it. I’ll go break the formation.”

Xiao Han and Shangguan Yan immediately stepped forth and block the attack together. Xiao Chen used his Divine Sense to scan around and found four hidden formation points. It turned out to be a four-square vertical and horizontal formation. He immediately injected a spiritual force to the north formation point and then drew a virtual seal to the west formation point. Two formation points were broken instantly, so the other two left also broke themselves. The formation spirit also disappeared.

Shangguan Yan was sweating all over. She finally relieved, but she also wanted to quit. “Such a formation spirit is already so hard to deal with. I don’t know what lies ahead. Why don’t we come back tomorrow?”

“No. Two formations were already broken. The others will definitely suspect with time being.” Xiao Chen said decisively.

The three people walked west for a while and were stopped again. After they broke the formation, they went on a secret path. Xiao Chen noticed that there was a strong evil air ahead that was filled with a demonic aura. The further they went, the heavier the evil air became. He said seriously, “This place is unusual. Strange things are everywhere. Be careful.”

Xiao Han looked dignified, and Shangguan Yan was also afraid to say more. They carefully looked around. While proceeding, they felt a coldness attacking them.

It was early spring, a season when the flowers and trees were the most prosperous. However, the nearby grass and woods were withering with a faint smell of death in this place.

After another 30 minutes, the view in front of them became clear. It was a cave, in front of which hung eight Tai Ji-printed huge swords. They kept switching locations. Xiao Chen immediately stopped and put the other two people behind him.

“Be careful! It’s the Universal Mystic-Yin Formation!”

The Universal Mystic-Yin Formation was a high-end formation. Qian, Kun, Li, Kan, and the other four locations switched constantly. It was useless even broke one or two formation points.

Xiao Chen concentrated and sensed the continuous flow of evil Qi from inside the cave. How could such a strange place locate in an Immortals’ sect? It seemed that the Skygale Sect was indeed unnormal. He said, “I’m afraid I can’t break it through with my current capability. What now?”

Xiao Han’s eyebrows furrowed tightly. He stared at the eight huge swords in the air. He and Shangguan Yan had not gone this far before, so he did not know that there was such a high-end formation here. He did not know what to do either.

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Chen said, “Xiao Han, you and I will work together to restrain three locations: Qian, Kun, and Xun. Shangguan Yan, you rush into the cave as fast as you can.” He then looked at Shangguan Yan behind him.

“Me?” Shangguan Yan pointed to her nose and shook her hand, saying, “No, no, no. I’m not going. It’s so dark and creepy in there.” Xiao Chen said, “What if I tell you maybe there is some kind of extraordinary Ancient Chinese Cauldron of refining poison in there?”

Upon hearing the cauldron, her eyes burst out keen light. But looking at the dark cave, she was still a bit scared. Xiao Han said, “Forget it, don’t force her. Why don’t we go back and think about the countermeasures first and come back tomorrow night?”

Xiao Chen nodded and said, “Alright. I’ll go back to study the Universal Mystic-Yin Formation.”

When they got back, Xiao Chen found some yellow paper, drew a dozen seals on them, and began to practice the Universal Mystic-Yin Formation. Xiao Han was not proficient in formations and he could not understand what Xiao Chen was doing, so he just stood by and watch. After a long time, Xiao Chen still could not figure out a way to break it. It was too late at the moment, so they cleaned themselves and went to bed.

The next morning, Xiao Han already went out. When Xiao Chen was about to go out, Huangfu Xin’er came to him.

Xiao Chen saw her face abnormal and he was stunned. “What’s wrong?”

“Have you been to the forbidden area last night?”