Grudge Breaker

Chapter 316: The Mystery of the Darkness
"This is, this is... a ghost market?"

Ding Heran rubbed his eyes and his mouth unconsciously opened into an O shape.

What was going on? Weren't they in the dry well in the Territory Lord's Mansion? How did they end up in the Ghost Market in the blink of an eye?

But these walls covered with mosses, vines and fragrant flowers, the abundant mountain springs and groundwater resources, and the stalactites of various shapes that resemble waterfalls, pagodas, golden toads, and yakshas sitting cross-legged, where else could they be but a ghost market?

"No, Lao Ye, I'm confused. What's going on?"

As Ding Heran spoke, he was about to untie their bound hands, but was stopped urgently by Ye Wujiu.

"Don't solve it!"

"We are still in the Territory Lord's Mansion."

"It is difficult to tell the real from the fake in the snake array, so don't let your eyes deceive you."

"Clam?"

Ding Heran plucked a piece of grass with small white flowers from the nearby cliff, and carefully took two rice-sized petals into his mouth. It really tasted like real grass flowers.

He handed the remaining single-root grass to Ye Wujiu.
"This can't be fake, right? There was nothing like this in the black well just now."

"So let's think optimistically. Even if we are still in the Territory Lord's Mansion, at least we are no longer in the dry well, right?"

Ye Wujiu nodded solemnly. Logically speaking, they should have passed the trap set by the Snake Formation and entered the tangled passages behind the stone wall. Moreover, his steps along the way were correct, so if he continued walking along this passage, he would definitely reach the exit. However, the scene before him was so unsettling that even a calm person like him couldn't help but feel a little scared.

Because from Ye Wujiu's perspective, the surrounding scene was completely different from what Ding Heran saw -

They were clearly in the hollow cave left by the sinkhole in the Hidden Mist Village. Most of the surroundings had collapsed, and there were burnt tables, beds, and cabinets inside.

Farther into the hollow cave is the crevice path that we had seen before, formed by the erosion of an underground river over the years. Later, the path disappeared, the underground waterway widened, and the exit led to Zhusha Town.

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Everything here, including Ding Heran beside him, looks and looks exactly the same as Ye Wujiu had seen him in the past, except for one thing.

The necromancer was at the end of the crevice path, with his arms folded across his chest, staring at him quietly.

Ye Wujiu couldn't help but clench his fists - he still remembered that he had indeed seen the necromancer appear in the Lord's Mansion in that strange dream, and everything was right.

Ma Zhenchun took a step forward.
"Is this the scapegoat you brought with you?"

Even though they were standing very far away, the sound was so piercing that it hurt their eardrums.

Ye Wujiu was startled when he heard the voice. This was not an illusion!

If it was something that was fostered by an illusion, it would be impossible to see someone who had not appeared in the scene at that time - at that time in the hollow cave, Ma Zhenchun only had a glance with Ye Wujiu, and the others did not see him. But now he took the initiative to mention that there was someone around him, which obviously exceeded the scope of the illusion.

Obviously, Ma Zhenchun could see Ding Heran.

Realizing this, Ye Wujiu's face turned pale and he subconsciously stepped forward, blocking the necromancer's view of Ding Heran.

"If you dare to hurt him, I will become your next one without hesitation, just to make you wish for death."

"Hahahahaha! With who you are now?"

Ma Zhenchun laughed wildly, and the next moment, he disappeared from a distance and suddenly appeared behind Ding Heran!
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"what!!"

Before Ding Heran could even complain about Ye Wujiu's serious expression and his harsh words to the air, he was unexpectedly flung forward a few steps like an arrow. As the two were tied hands, Ye Wujiu was also pulled over by him.

"fire!"

Ding Heran turned around and looked at his back, he felt as if a fire was burning on his body, the pain made him break out in a cold sweat, his brows twisted into a knot.

But when he looked at his back, apart from the pain from the molten lava corroding his bones, everything was fine and there was nothing unusual.

Ding Heran groaned and slammed hard into the stone wall, trying to suppress the inhuman pain in his back.

……

But all this looked completely different from Ye Wujiu's perspective.

There was a ray of the necromancer's solar prominence on Ding Heran's back, like a strong leech, twisting its body madly and drilling into his body!

He wants to turn Ding Heran into the next Solar Prominence Puppet!
Ye Wujiu's eyes were red with anger as he thought of the wound on his arm that had been tormenting him day and night, and was constantly being eroded and festering. Even a man like him had been tortured to the point of almost falling into demonic possession, so Ding Heran would definitely not be able to bear it!
With almost no hesitation, Ye Wujiu pulled Ding Heran over, quickly calculating in his mind the direction of the next Beidou Gangbu step. As he took a step, he used water magic in his hands - fortunately it was humid here, he condensed the moisture in the air into an icicle at the fastest speed, and pierced through Ding Heran's waist and abdomen mercilessly!

Among the five elements, water overcomes fire. Although Ye Wujiu was seriously injured, his full-strength attack still tied with Ma Zhenchun, whose fire magic power had increased dramatically due to the transformation of the evil formation. It should even be said that he won a small victory. The solar prominence that tried to drill into Ding Heran's waist was knocked away and turned into a black mist in the air and disappeared. "Old Ye? You... poof!"

Ding Heran spat out a mouthful of blood. He never expected that Ye Wujiu would attack him.

He didn’t know if it was a psychological effect, but because of Ye Wujiu’s ruthless attack, the burning pain on his back disappeared.

Or is it that the penetrating wounds on his body are more painful than the wound on his back, so he can't feel it?

"Snapped!"

Ye Wujiu tore off the belts that were tied around the two men's hands and pushed Ding Heran, pushing him away from the Teng Snake position.

"roll!!"

Ding Heran couldn't see Ma Zhenchun, so he naturally didn't understand why Ye Wujiu suddenly went crazy and attacked him, but the iron-blue face and bloodshot eyes in front of him made it seem as if he would have died here if he had left a moment later.

There was no time to hesitate. Ding Heran endured the severe pain, covered the wound with one hand, chanted incantations with the other hand, and quickly left the place with the Beidou Tiangang Step.

He didn't have time to look back, so naturally he couldn't see that Ye Wujiu had opened a defensive barrier behind him, just to isolate him from possible harm and try his best to protect him from leaving.

"Take care of yourself."

Ye Wujiu whispered softly to his back, then turned and walked in the opposite direction.

There, Ma Zhenchun was looking at him with an evil smile...
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"Wujiu suddenly went mad. The situation is extremely dangerous. If he escapes from the snake formation and hides somewhere, and tries to attack the nobles attending the banquet today, or even the territory lord or the princess... the consequences will be disastrous."

Ding Heran led Mo Tingfeng to the dry well and told him the whole story.

Although there was no information about the "necromancer" in Ding Heran's story, Mo Tingfeng still keenly sensed that something was wrong.

It is impossible for Ye Wujiu to suddenly lose control and go crazy for no reason. Even if it was the solar prominence poison in his body, with his strong willpower, he would never take the initiative to kill Ding Heran.

Something must have happened that Ding Heran was not aware of.

Especially when he was performing a spell to treat Ding Heran just now, he faintly caught a trace of blood in his wound. Mo Tingfeng had reason to suspect that an evil creature had broken into the Lord's Mansion, and Ye Wujiu's strange behavior was precisely to save him.

However, Mo Tingfeng did not directly state his speculation, otherwise, with Ding Heran's temperament, he would immediately jump into the dry well in front of him again to look for Ye Wujiu.

Mo Tingfeng wrapped his palm with magic power and reached into the well. He immediately felt layers of darkness sucking him in, as sticky as asphalt.

I touched the wall of the well again, and the unique coolness of obsidian climbed up along my fingertips. This kind of stone is best at absorbing energy. The cave is dry yet so slippery, which shows how strong the yin energy is in the cave.

Why would such a shady place exist in the mansion of a territory lord?
Mo Tingfeng stood up and carefully identified the surroundings. The more he looked, the more he felt that this place was not that simple. If the entire Lord's Mansion was a huge magic formation, then this dry well was the center of the formation. It could be used to break the formation or to set up the formation. The changes were endless depending on the time of day.

"This is my first time encountering a snake formation. I didn't expect it to be so strange and mysterious."

Ding Heran couldn't help but sigh,

"If it weren't for Old Ye at that time..."

He couldn't continue. Thinking of Ye Wujiu's determination when he hurt him, Ding Heran couldn't help feeling sad.

……

"There's more than just a snake formation here."

"Wu Jiu's judgment is basically correct, but he overlooked some details."

"The Territory Lord's Mansion is indeed based on the Wu Hou Eight Formations, with eight basic formations and sixty-four minor formations. But more than that, the Wu Hou Eight Formations also incorporate the Mohist mechanical techniques and the method of exorcism, forming a new variation of the formation that can not only confuse people, but can even confuse souls."

"This evolved Wu Hou Eight Formations is called the 'Hidden Mysterious Formation'. It is best at using mechanisms and light and shadow to conceal the truth, creating an illusion that takes the false as the real and the false as the true, confusing people invisibly."

Ding Heran looked as if he had suddenly realized something.

"No wonder Old Ye suddenly wanted to kill me. He must have been bewitched by the Mysterious Array!"
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"The Lord of the Territory is suddenly showing great courtesy to a common girl. Could it be that he is bewitched?"

In the main hall of the Lord's Mansion, Gu Cangyue, who had been pretending to be asleep with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Song Weichen, who was sitting on the Lord's Chair and was laughing at Qin Huan, with a face full of disgust.

His figure flashed, and the next moment he appeared on the Jing Chair, sitting across the table from Qin Huan, with Song Weichen next to him, a smile on his face.

"Since you are so good at pleasing men, it seems that it is okay to send you to Fanlou to be entertained."

There is a big fire in Los Angeles. My cell phone alarm went off four or five times today. I was really panicked. So the update is a bit slow. Sorry for the delay.