Please call me Huanxian

Chapter 378 I am a Formation Breaker
Xu Yuanchang saw the shadow of the altar suddenly stop in the sky, and the white clouds and mist that swept in front of him calmed down. He hurriedly found the paper with Lao Li's drawing of the rabbit from the space, and took a closer look at it. The ink characters were clear and the strokes were as clear as new.

However, when he took the paper out of the space, the words on it disappeared without a trace.

"Boy, what tokens do you have? Take them all out."

The crow rolled its eyes up to the sky and sneered in a gloating tone.

Xu Yuanchang realized that he was being fooled by the crow in front of him. When he took out the paper, the words disappeared immediately when it came into view. It might also be that Lao Li and the crow were playing a trick on him.

Being trapped in the fog restriction, he was not too worried. An illusionist had nine lives, and his means of escape were always arranged a hundred miles away.

At worst, he could use the "teleportation" of the subtle illusion of heaven and earth to replace the wandering incarnation puppets, or bury the sleeping bean soldiers.

"Fellow Daoist Wu Crow, please stop making trouble. If you have something to say, please tell me. If not, I will go back."

Xu Yuanchang said this, and when he thought about it, he found that he had lost contact with the incarnation and bean soldiers outside, which was a great shock.

The magical power restrictions before him were far beyond his imagination and were much more powerful than Zeng Lao's small world with an umbrella.

"Quack, please go back. Goodbye."

The crow flapped its wings that shone with a purple-blue metallic luster and laughed unpleasantly.

The phantom in the air smashed down with a huge bang. The huge pressure and a trace of the power of rules pressed Xu Yuanchang, who had changed several magic weapons and magical skills to resist, to the bottom of the lake, leaving him with almost no power to resist.

The white mist is drifting, the snow is flying, and the whole place is so clean and white.

The stupid birds on the branches shook off the snow on their backs and rolled their eyes towards the sky in disdain.

Xu Yuanchang got up from the ground, put away the colorful phantom armor that appeared on his body, and the staff and magic mirror in his hand all disappeared. Soft lights lit up one after another in the darkness.

He was in an octagonal room, about three hundred feet in size. Above his head was a dark curtain, and he had no idea how high it was.

In the middle of the space stands a bronze monument more than ten feet high, solemnly standing.

"Crow, you look so ugly. This is not the attitude to ask for help."

Xu Yuanchang calmly brushed off the dust on his body.

He guessed tentatively.

"Bullshit, I'm not called Crow, you deserve a beating, don't you?"

A crow flew in from nowhere, folded its wings and landed on the top of the stele. It said in an unpleasant voice with a hint of anger: "My last name is Chu and my given name is Wu. You can call me Wu Zu."

"Fellow Daoist Chu, you brought me into the divine platform space. If there is anything you need my help with, please tell me."

Xu Yuanchang called the other party "fellow Taoist" without caring about anything. He and Lao Li had been together for a long time, and he was very sharp-sighted. He was certain that the other party had something to ask of him.

"You are a fool, you can't even save yourself. It's a pity that the dead rabbit boasted about how smart and powerful you are. Seeing is believing. You are so stupid that you fell into the trap so easily. What can you do to help? It's good enough that you don't make things worse."

The crow chattered and cursed.

It squinted at the Taoist priest who was observing the space calmly. It was angry that the rabbit had found a Taoist priest to help.

It knows clearly that it hates Taoists the most, no matter if they are old, young, or medium-sized, all of them are hateful.

"I trusted Lao Li too much, and I trusted Lao Li's friends because I loved him. This will be held accountable to Lao Li in the future. A man without trust cannot stand. If you betray even your friends' friends, what's the point of living longer?"

Xu Yuanchang explained his reasoning in a normal tone.

He believed in the bullshit Old Li's friend, who was overconfident and ended up in trouble after defeating two powerful monsters of the same level.

Having suffered a secret loss, he cannot speak out and instead finds some high-sounding excuses to justify himself.

"Quack, quack, I'm dying of laughter, who is friends with that damn rabbit?"

The crow flapped its wings and laughed so hard that it fell backwards. It was very exaggerated and cursed: "The dead rabbit cheated and deceived people and did all kinds of evil things. He only harmed his 'friends'. I have fallen into this miserable state now and have been suppressed at the bottom of the lake for more than 5,000 years. Isn't it all because of the dead rabbit that I am in such a miserable state now? I am barely alive.

There are endless complaints and endless hatred.

The crow cursed for a quarter of an hour without repeating itself, then suddenly folded its wings and stopped talking.

Xu Yuanchang scratched his ear and said with a smile, "What do you need me to do? Tell me. Since Lao Li tricked me here, maybe I can help you out?"

This crow had been imprisoned for many years and was like a nagging woman, scolding whoever he caught. He had rich experience in dealing with such manic guys, the first ones were Zeng Wanglou and Chang Ruhui, and later Lao Li.

Looking back now, he seemed like a savior, running around everywhere to save people from suffering.

I did a lot of good things, but in the end, nothing came of it.

Crow was silent for a moment. The little guy in front of him seemed a little strange, neither humble nor arrogant. It would be better if he was not a Taoist priest.

"I am being suppressed by the three ancient formations of 'Tian Gang, Ju Shui, and Xing Dou'. Do you have any way to help me break the seal of the divine platform from the inside out?"

"I am a 'formation breaker'."

Xu Yuanchang first revealed his other identity that was about to be forgotten.

He hadn't broken the formation himself for more than a hundred years because he had no need to do so. Dingzhou was full of talented people, and he couldn't break formations of level four or above. He didn't have the time or energy to study it.

"A formation breaker? Gah, God has mercy on me. I finally did a good deed for once."

The crow was stunned for a moment, then burst into an unpleasant laugh.

"My formation-breaking skills have been abandoned for more than a hundred years. It takes some time to get familiar with them. I also need the cooperation of Fellow Daoist Chu."

After Xu Yuanchang turned the unfavorable situation around with one sentence, he first stabilized the opponent and suggested: "If you want to break the suppression of the ancient formation as quickly as possible, can I summon a few formation masters to help? We can work together inside and outside to break the ban."

He needs to get in touch with the outside world.

Given the slightest chance, he could use his illusionist skills to disappear in the blink of an eye.

The other party cheated him first, and now he is not allowed to make plans later?
The crow flapped its wings and flew into the air, shouting, "You are allowed to enter this place but not leave. There is nothing I can do. Just focus on breaking the formation here. You have plenty of time. The eight portals in the altar space lead to different formations and restrictions. The first ones are very simple. You can use them to familiarize yourself with them. I have survived for more than 5,000 years, so I don't mind a few hundred years."

With a flash, it disappeared into the darkness above.

A voice came faintly.

"My friend, if you need anything, just ask. I can give you all the books and resources I have collected. If you can break the ban, I will give you the 'Heavenly Book Bronze Tablet' as a reward."

Xu Yuanchang cursed inwardly, "Dead crow."

The other party was unmoved and very cunning, and there was nothing he could do.

He could only take inventory of the books in the space, first familiarize himself with the principles of breaking formations that he had learned from Zhao Jun, and then practice step by step from low-level formations.

I have no one to rely on, I have to fight alone, and my life is a bit miserable.

He read books and solved battles every day, accumulating experience bit by bit. When he concentrated on one thing, the days passed easily.

Five years passed in the blink of an eye.

……

Dong Xing, who was wearing a tattered Taoist robe and a bamboo hat, was using a wooden stick to poke the grass. He said to the three black-clothed men who were blocking the road and robbing people in front of him, "We are very poor and have very little money left. We don't have the money you need. Please help us."

"Stop talking nonsense, leave all your belongings behind, including the stick in your hand." "You acted so convincingly that I almost got fooled by you."

"Yes, your old bamboo box must weigh at least 50 to 60 kilograms. When you stay at the hotel, the waiter needs to lend a hand. You are a thief with a guilty conscience and dare not show off your wealth. You didn't expect that the sound of the silver and money in the bamboo box would be heard by someone with ulterior motives."

Three men in black were holding knives, waving them and shouting ferociously.

Dong Xing looked at the nearby hills and barren mountains. There was no one living there. It was indeed a good place to kill people and rob. He was too lazy to waste his words. His master once said, "Killing evil is doing good. What does it matter if you commit a great sin?"

He walked forward with a wooden stick.

When the three men were swinging their knives ferociously, he raised his wooden stick and stabbed them again and again.

"Puff, puff, puff", three people had holes in their foreheads, and they fell dead with their eyes wide open and looking to the sides in horror. There were a few "clang" sounds, and the knives hit the gravel, rolled a few times and were motionless.

"The killing is endless. Die early and reincarnate early. Be a good person in the next life."

Dong Xing wiped the wooden stick into the grass and mud, with no expression of joy or sadness, and silently recited a sutra for the salvation of souls.

He slept in the open air along the way, visited famous places in various places, stayed at Taoist temples, and debated Taoist scriptures with people. His master once taught him that "when it comes to sleeping and eating, clothing, movement and stillness, speech and silence, and how you deal with things, as long as everything is in accordance with the laws of Heaven, then the Tao is nothing more than this." His practice was based on this.

Occasionally, when there are storms, thunder and lightning at night, or when I see flowers blooming, my heart is touched and inspired.

He stayed for a few days to ponder silently and experience the vague moment that made his heart beat.

After five years of stopping and starting, they have already traveled more than 30,000 miles. Now they have reached the border of Shanyang State. Another 30 miles away is the Xiyuan area. After the Gobi Desert, they have to cross 5,000 miles of uninhabited desert.

One night last summer, he passed a dangerous juncture on his path of practice.

To use the words in the book, it is called "being restless and possessed by the devil."

There are all kinds of random thoughts in the mind, including murderous intent, evil thoughts, obscenity, self-salvation, transcendence, violence and other strange and bizarre ideas.

With great willpower, he silently recited the Heart Sutra taught by his master, tied up the "monkey in the heart" that had appeared out of nowhere to make trouble, and drove away the "horse of will". He finally made it through. He felt the sky was wide and the earth was vast, and his mind was as calm as a mirror. It seemed that his spiritual practice had reached a higher level. He had no difficulty at all carrying the dozens of kilograms of ancient books he had collected and bought on the road, and could easily jump over the deep ravine of a valley that was five or six feet wide.

Traveling alone, he encountered many shady shops, robberies, slander, and honey traps.

More than ten people were killed by the wooden stick he used as a hiking stick.

The original intention is to do good and eliminate evil by killing.

He also encountered fairies flying in the sky many times in the wild. He went his own way quietly without any fuss or fear.

The road is under your feet, and everything and everywhere is a practice.

He would walk step by step to the Monster-Catching Mountain and beg his master to accept him as his disciple.

……

Wangxianzhou, the Chenmu swamp filled with miasma all year round.

The transparent snow grain was hovering above a clump of golden orchids. It followed a demon named "Mu Chi" and roamed the world.

Over the years, he has learned many sorcery tricks to make a living, such as concealing his energy, thundering strikes, and escaping from his shell. He is often hunted down until his tongue sticks out, and lives a life of homelessness and revenge at the bottom of society.

It was the first time that it realized the difficulty and cruelty of life in the demon territory. A scattered demon with no identity, no status, and no power lived a life worse than that of an ordinary human dog. It had no intention of disrespecting the Dog Lord.

But compared to the comfort it had when it was a human, it now has true freedom.

You don't need to consider anyone's opinion when doing anything, including being killed.

Mu Chi said that once it earned a hundred crystal marrow stones, he would pay to help it join Lingshuang Mountain, ending its days of being helpless and displaced. From now on, it could practice with peace of mind, or take on sect missions to make money easily without having to live on the edge of a knife and engage in intrigue.

Two faint shadows emerged from the mist in the distance. They were two slim women in scantily clad clothes, with colorful snake tails below their waists, quickly sliding through the muddy water of the swamp.

"Look, there's a seven-branched golden orchid hidden in that clump of waterweed."

"Be careful of fraud, don't be reckless."

"It's near our sect's territory, and Aunt Wan and the others are behind us. Which little thief dares to act so presumptuously?"

The two snake women talked in low voices and approached cautiously. Suddenly, something unexpected happened and cold air attacked from underwater.

The mud and water within a radius of ten feet had already frozen. The snake women screamed and fled into the air. Their tails were covered with a thin layer of ice, which spread to their waists, forcing them to expend their magical power to prevent the cold from entering their bodies.

With two "puff" sounds, two ice needles shot out from the air and hit the snake girl right on the spot.

The extreme cold instantly froze the snake girl before she could even call for help. The snow grains revealed her fat and agile body. She took out a spirit beast bag, put the two captured third-level snake girls in it, turned around and dived into the muddy swamp, and a huge mud bubble emerged.

The whole process was smooth and without any delay, taking only three breaths from start to finish.

"Where did the little thief escape to?"

Two cold lights slashed through the mud along with the angry roar.

Two snake demons with gloomy faces, a man and a woman, flew into the sky where the thief disappeared. They were so bold that they dared to attack the Ghost Shadow Snake Valley and kidnap two snake girls.

However, they used their magical powers and secret methods to turn over almost all the mud and water within a ten-mile radius, but they did not find the hateful thief.

Xueli used the trick of escaping from its shell to trick the two fourth-level snake monsters. It had already turned invisible and escaped far away.

After completing this business deal, we are only thirty pieces away from collecting a full hundred crystal stones.

It seemed as if it could see the happy days of practicing in the ice cave in Lingshuang Mountain in the future.

To use the words that Mu Chi taught it: If you want to get along comfortably in the demon clan's territory, you must discard the conscience you learned from the human race. If a demon does not work for itself, it will be punished by heaven and earth. You must first survive before you can talk about other things.

……

Deep in Hu Lake, there is the altar space.

The crow hovered over one of the open doors, staring at Taoist Xu who was quickly working to break the formation. In just five years, Taoist Xu had been able to try to break the fifth-level formation, but he failed most of the time.

Suddenly, there was a burst of lightning and thunder in the formation.

The phantom armor that appeared on Xu Yuanchang's body emitted silver arcs of electricity, and his hair stood up like a hedgehog. With a "bang", he crashed back into the space of the altar and took more than ten steps back to stabilize his body.

"How's it going? Are you not hurt?"

The crow asked with fake concern, but the sidelong glance he gave revealed an undisguised gloating look.

Xu Yuanchang slowly exhaled a charred breath, and the electric light that was running all over his body flowed into the staff.

"It's nothing serious. I need to think about it for a few days. It's difficult to crack the Five Thunder Formation."

"Okay, I won't bother you."

The crow turned into a wisp of black gas and disappeared.

Except for seeing the Taoist being trapped in the formation or being attacked, the crows will not show up most of the time.

There was nothing much to talk about between the man and the bird, and their interaction was very lonely.

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(End of this chapter)