Grudge Breaker

Chapter 315: Snake Formation
"Old Ye, there's nothing in this crappy place. It's a waste of time. Let's go up."

As Ding Heran spoke, he touched the wall of the well with disdain. Although it was dry, it was extremely slippery. It took them a lot of effort to get down, so it might not be so easy to get up.

Ye Wujiu turned a deaf ear and stood there motionless as if he was under a spell.

"Old Ye, I'm telling you..."

"Shut up."

Ding Heran frowned and closed his microphone.

Although it was pitch dark and Ye Wujiu's appearance could not be seen clearly, the deterrent power of these two words was very real - usually this would only happen when he was thinking about something with great concentration and had found clues to the solution.

Ding Heran was so frightened that he dared not even breathe.

He didn't know how much time had passed. Maybe not that long, but he had nothing to do so it seemed long and unbearable.

"I may know the secret of this well."

Ye Wujiu finally spoke.
"The entire Territory Lord's Mansion is a huge magic formation."
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"We encountered countless traps and illusions along the way, but if we think about it carefully, they all seem to originate from the 'Eight Formations of Wu Hou'. These eight formations correspond to the eight trigrams, and they are the basis and variants of each other. The eight formations can interact with each other to evolve into sixty-four formations, which correspond to the sixty-four hexagrams of the Book of Changes."

"And the eight formations that serve as the basis of the formation have infinite variations. They are the "Heaven Covering, Earth Carrying, Wind Rising, Clouds Hanging, Dragon Flying, Tiger Wings, Bird Soaring, Snake Coiling" recorded in the "Military Strategy Compilation".

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Ding Heran scratched his head awkwardly. Formations and mechanical devices have always been his weaknesses. Whenever he talked about this topic, he could only listen to Mo Tingfeng and the others talking about it.

At this moment, Ding Heran suddenly heard Ye Wujiu's talk about dragons, tigers, birds and snakes, and his heart was frightened. He silently tiptoed in the dark, fearing that some "dirty things" would suddenly gush out from the bottom of the well covered with dead branches and leaves.

"How about we go up first and talk about it?"

"You know, I hate snakes. If I accidentally run into that snake formation you mentioned, I won't be able to use it in this well, right?"

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All that could be heard in the darkness was Ye Wujiu sighing softly.

"Old Ding, you are even more ignorant than Brother Wei."

"You are confused about the Military Strategy Compilation, but you must be clear about the Eight Formations Theory, which clearly states that the Eight Formations are 'gold, wood, water, fire, earth, heaven, earth, and man', right?"

"Hehe... clear, right?"

Ding Heran just gave a wry laugh, which basically meant he was giving up on the topic.

Although I couldn't see his expression, I could easily imagine Ye Wujiu's disdain for him at that moment.

"You...listen carefully, I will only say it once."

"Although the word 'Snake' is in the name, it does not mean a snake entangles people. Instead, it means using mechanisms, terrain, light and environment to set up an illusion array, making it coil like a snake or a python. There are many ways to confuse people, making it difficult to distinguish between benefits and harms and reality."

"The Snake Formation is almost a dead end. There is only one way out and one exit in the entire formation. And the exit changes infinitely with the mutual influence of the Eight Wu Hou Formations. Even if someone escapes by chance and reenters the formation, even if they follow the trail and take the last path again, the end of that road is definitely not the exit."

"To get out of the snake formation, you need to combine the time and direction, use the art of Qi Men Dun Jia to start the game, find out the specific location of the 'Teng Snake', one of the eight gods in the current time, and avoid it completely. 'Avoid the Teng Snake, walk away from the door', and no matter what the situation, you must not go back. Only by following this method can you have a chance to break the situation."

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"No, Old Ye, do you really have to give me special treatment in this damn place?"

Such detailed "earnest teachings" made Ding Heran a little confused. He just felt that something was wrong with Ye Wujiu since he went down the dry well, but he couldn't tell what the problem was.

"hehe."

Ye Wujiu sneered, which sounded quite abrupt in this pitch-dark dry well.

"I don't know whether I should praise your intuition or scold you for your bad mouth."

"If I'm not mistaken, we have entered the snake formation since we entered the well."

"What?!"

Ding Heran became anxious when he heard this and subconsciously felt the wall of the well to find a way out.

He didn't know what the well wall was made of, but it seemed to be more slippery than before. Not to mention that the Snake Formation had a death rule that prohibited him from turning back, even if it didn't, he might not be able to get out the same way. This dry well was at least thirty feet deep, and it was not straight up or down, but had many twists and turns in the middle, which meant that it was not advisable to fly up to it, as he would easily hit the rugged and slippery well wall. Without a foothold to maintain balance, he would definitely fall, which would only make him fall even more miserably.

After thinking it over, feeling depressed, Ding Heran punched the wall of the well.

"Old Ye, are you mistaken? This broken well is so small and we have been here for a long time. Don't tell me, where is the way?"

"Let alone a living person, I don't think even a fly can fly out. Why don't we send a message to the master and ask him to rescue us. Let's get out first and make a long-term plan later."

"Why would the Territory Lord's Mansion make things so complicated? Aren't they afraid that one of their own people might accidentally fall in?"

"But normal people wouldn't come to such a desolate place..."

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Faced with Ding Heran's barrage of complaints, Ye Wujiu ignored them and closed his eyes and placed his palms on the wall of the well, using his water-based magic to release layers of ice crystals. Although he couldn't see it, he could use this method to quickly "scan" the inner wall of the dry well to look for a possible exit or secret door.

However, this technique consumes a lot of energy, and he is injured, so he can only use it once at best. Everything depends on luck.
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About three cups of tea later, Ding Heran was the first to retract his magical power, his face full of frustration - he found that this broken place was simply unable to carry out directional communication.

Not only that, he took out a handkerchief, wrapped the silver and a personal token in it, and tried to use magic to throw them out of the dry well so that the patrolling guards of the Lord's Mansion would find the two of them.

But the fact is that even this level cannot be achieved.

The entrance to the cave was clearly unobstructed, but there was an extremely strong air screen pressing towards the bottom of the well. Even with his quasi-B-level magical power, he was unable to penetrate this barrier.

Ding Heran sighed and sat down against the wall of the well.

Now, not only did Ruan Mianmian fail to find them, but they were also trapped here - for the two commanders of Tianluo and Diwang of Sichen Mansion, it would be so embarrassing if this matter were to get out.

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"Old Ye, I have run out of tricks. It depends on you whether I can get out successfully this time."

"Ah."

Ye Wujiu responded vaguely and sat down against the wall of the well. The spell he had just cast had consumed a huge amount of his energy, and he really needed to slow down. Fortunately, he had already had some ideas on how to break the impasse.

"The inner wall of this dry well is made entirely of obsidian. It is a barrier and astringent. It is a huge magical tool in itself. No wonder it can block all outgoing information from here."

"I just cast a spell and went through it carefully. There are no secret doors or buttons on the wall of the well. However... within this layer of obsidian wall, there are a total of 81 winding paths."

"One of them must lead to the exit."

Ding Heran stood up when he heard this, looking determined to win.

"Sure, Old Ye, you have a solution! Since there is an exit in the stone wall, it's easy. You pick a path and I'll clear the way!"

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"not that simple."

"Not to mention that these exits are about three meters away from the stone wall. It is difficult for you and me to drill through them with our magic power. Even if we have the magic power, it is impossible to do it."

"The snake array is ever-changing. Maybe if you really break through it, you will find that there is just another stone wall, and there is still no exit."

"Are we going to be trapped here to death?" Ding Heran became even more depressed.

“…Let me try.”

As Ye Wujiu spoke, he took off his belt and tied one of their hands together. He then asked Ding Heran to close his eyes and told him not to open them no matter what the situation or any sound, and just follow him closely.

After doing all this, he also closed his eyes and led Ding Heran to the center of the dry well. He pinched his fingers and chanted the spell, and according to the Qi Men Dun Jia, he found the "opening" position in the well at this moment, and then moved forward towards the "opening" position with the Beidou Tiangang Step - the Beidou Tiangang Step was crisscrossed, and it was inevitable that he would encounter the "Teng Snake" position during the movement. Ye Wujiu changed his steps here so that its angle would always face the "opening" position of the eight gates.

Of course, Ding Heran did the same thing.

It's strange to say, the bottom of the well is only four feet in diameter, and with the spacing of their steps, they would probably hit the obsidian wall before they could complete half a set of Beidou Tiangang Steps. But after half an incense stick of time, not only did the two of them not hit anything, they also felt that the space was getting wider and wider.

Faintly hearing the sound of dripping water, Ding Heran closed his eyes and sniffed, smelling a scent that sounded like mountain spring water after rain.

"Old Ding, open your eyes."