Please call me Huanxian

Chapter 401: Background, Battle of Wisdom

Perhaps it was the arrogance of the Taoist priest below that angered the existence in the dark, and evil spirits surged in from all directions like a tide, suppressing the brilliance emitted by the phantom armor and precious clothes, so that it could only illuminate an area of ​​about three feet. It flickered and seemed to be swallowed up and extinguished by the thick darkness at any time.

Xu Yuanchang carried a bronze tablet as thick as a pillar and turned around. His expression became more and more wild and unruly, and invisible golden light was emanating from his body.

"Collect it from me!"

Then he shouted with pretended disdain.

Within the surging tide of evil, there were traces of dark energy hidden, swirling into the space of his Fantasy Fairy Ring.

The Divine Altar of Creation absorbs all water elements, and refines the water evil and water poison that can corrode treasures and the bodies of cultivators into water essence, which expands outwards at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Xu Yuanchang was secretly delighted. He had to provoke the giant eye to attack him.

He had to observe and look for opportunities to break into the underground palace during the attack. If he continued to do nothing, he would be helpless.

Inside the underground palace, one was attacking like a tide, while the other was swaying left and right and it seemed like they couldn't hold out for long.

Perhaps out of fear of the weapon on the Taoist's shoulders, the remaining statues on the pillars flashed a few times and then became silent as dead objects. They did not take the opportunity to beat the Taoist who was trapped in the evil water tide and unable to move freely.

However, in less than a quarter of an hour, the giant eye in the sky saw through the Taoist's clumsy performance, and the madly attacking water evil spirit suddenly dissipated.

Xu Yuanchang's body glowed brightly, and he laughed, "Come again, you almost knocked me down."

If it is empty, make it real; if it is real, make it empty. Fighting with wits and strength are both means.

He secretly felt regretful, feeling that the Creation Altar was about to be upgraded. A thin sixth layer of phantom appeared above the fifth layer, and it seemed that it was just a step away.

As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen jade pillars that were standing there, some real and some fake, almost all emitted silver light.

Tearing through the thick darkness, interlacing and overlapping, it seemed as if more than ten big suns were shining.

The silver light was like substance, bursting out with terrifyingly high temperatures.
Xu Yuanchang had suffered a great loss once, and had long been on guard against the sinister and cunning opponent's repeated tricks. He deliberately used the divine light of creation to flow throughout his body, hiding himself under the light of his precious clothes without being noticed, and he also strengthened the protection of his eyes.

The phantom armor withstood the first wave of attacks, but was soon riddled with holes by the silver light needles mixed in with the light.

Xu Yuanchang had already closed his eyes and consumed the energy of the soul-replenishing talisman in an instant. He heard a fine "hissing" sound in his ears. He used his magic power to activate the treasured robe to strengthen the protection. He stretched out his left hand diagonally upwards and spread a piece of silver liquid on his palm, which quickly expanded and changed direction, collecting the blazing light attack and reflecting it fiercely towards the giant eye in the sky.

His spiritual consciousness scanned the entire underground palace through the light waves. He "saw" the giant eye being exposed to strong concentrated light and instantly exploded into a black mist and disappeared, leaving behind three twisting afterimages, and a faint "Ah" howl could be heard.

Xu Yuanchang used his mind to control the magic glass mirror to subtly change the reflection direction. With strong light shining, the afterimage disappeared into thin air.

Use the opponent's force to counter it, and try to find the giant eye's flaws and weaknesses.

At the same time, he introduced the silver light surrounding him into the space of the Fantasy Fairy Ring. This was a refined Shinto flame, which was sent to the God of Creation to be absorbed and devoured. Although his means of attacking the giant eye were insufficient, he had many ways to defend himself and could respond to all kinds of strange sneak attacks at random.

The refined energy can also be used to partially repair the damaged phantom armor.

Xu Yuanchang carried the bronze tablet, turned around and quickly rushed over ten feet away, swung the huge weapon and "clang clang clang" a few times, knocking down three statues that had come down from the jade pillar to take advantage of the situation. The other three statues ran away in time and escaped back to the jade pillar to continue being dead.

After putting away the three illusory beads, the many pillars gradually dimmed.

The underground palace returned to darkness again.

The silver liquid in Xu Yuanchang's palm disappeared. He slapped another talisman on himself, put away the bronze tablet, and walked in another direction.

Passing through the space formed by several jade pillars and walking to the corner at the end, Cen Kan was leaning against the dark stone wall, with the right side of his chest pierced by a spear. His whole body was invisibly eroded by the water evil spirit, and he was emitting thin white mist. He was seriously injured and dying.

"Uncle Xu... ahem."

"Don't move, these minor injuries are nothing serious."

Xu Yuanchang first glanced around and found nothing strange hidden on Cen Kan's body.

He took out an ordinary spirit-replenishing talisman and injected it into the body of Cen Lao Er, who was unable to use his magic power and couldn't even open his storage ring.

He had experienced the pain of being completely unprepared in a forbidden area.

Cen Kan recovered 10% of his magic power, his body glowing with light. He fumbled for a handful of pills and swallowed them. The wound closed up at a speed visible to the naked eye. He stood up with the help of the stone wall, his face pale and bloodless. He clasped his hands and said, "I was deceived before and attacked my uncle. Cen Kan was very disrespectful..."

"Okay, ignorance is not a crime, how are your injuries?"

Xu Yuanchang waved his hand and asked.

Cen Kan smiled bitterly, "The soul has been severely damaged. I'm afraid it won't recover in a short time."

If Uncle Xu hadn't shouted "Wake up" and interrupted the monster in the dark's control over him, the consequences would have been disastrous.

Xu Yuanchang took out a dark red pill and threw it to the listless big guy, saying: "Soul-enhancing pill, it can repair the damage to the soul, you try to eat it."

Cen Kan took the pill and his eyes widened, "Top-grade pill!"

There was a jade-colored halo on the smooth surface of the pill. He threw the pill into his mouth and swallowed it without hesitation.

In Liuyun Continent, fifth-grade top-quality elixirs are rare. To him, although it is one grade lower in rank, it is like a timely help at this time, because fifth-grade elixirs that can repair the soul are extremely rare.

He always carries pills for healing injuries and poisons, but lacks medicines for healing the soul.

Xu Yuanchang observed every movement in the underground palace and suggested, "You should go into the space to recuperate for a while. We will let you out when we need you to help. What do you think?"

Cen Kan bowed and said, "Thank you for saving my life, uncle. I will follow your instructions."

Xu Yuanchang sent the big guy into the space of the Fantasy Fairy Ring. He specially separated a ten-foot-sized area for him to stay in. Some secrets should not be seen by outsiders. He walked to the middle of the underground palace and asked in a voice transmission, "How is Qiu Min?"

Cen Kan's expression dimmed a little, and he said, "Junior Sister Qiu and I were dragged into the underground palace by the Sea Eye. We were caught off guard and trapped by the evil spirit of water. It was like being put into a millstone and being slowly consumed. We couldn't move, and we endured for almost a day and a night... I felt the underground palace shaking and the restrictions were relaxed, so I struggled to break free. Later I realized that it was you, Uncle Master, who came in. The moment before I was bewitched and controlled, I saw Junior Sister Qiu being sucked up by the vortex of evil spirit. I think she is in danger."

Xu Yuanchang raised his head to glance at the dark sky. He was wondering why the giant eye did not kill the cultivator who was sucked into the underground palace immediately, but instead tortured him for three days. There must be other reasons, right?

He transmitted his voice: "Just focus on healing your wounds, I will look for flaws in the underground palace."

Cen Kan bowed, took out a cushion and placed it on the ground, then sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and practiced qigong to regulate his breathing.

There is abundant spiritual energy in the space, which helps to recuperate more efficiently.

Xu Yuanchang lost a sixth-level demon ape soul puppet. As time had passed, he could no longer collect the demon ape's scattered soul power. He walked around the 300-foot-large underground palace twice. The underground palace had a total of 16 sides, corresponding to the 16 jade pillars.

With his knowledge of countless ancient formations, he couldn't even recognize what kind of strange formation was in front of him?

The sixteen jade pillars are undoubtedly the nodes of the formation, and the giant eye in the sky must be the key to breaking the formation.

There were still three statues left to be killed, which would become obstacles for him to break the formation. At this moment, the underground palace was silent and dark, and even the strong water evil spirit was extremely thin.

Xu Yuanchang stretched out his hand to touch the jade pillar, but of course he couldn't reach it. He then took out the bronze tablet and tried to smash it, but it went through the lifelike pillar and hit empty space.

"Hey, fellow Daoist Giant Eyes, if you have any powerful moves, use them all on me. What's the point of bullying my nephew?"

Xu Yuanchang was again being despicable and making trouble out of nothing.

The darkness remained, without any response.

"You think you can trap me with just a star and water-gathering divine path formation? Don't dream. I am interested in the ruins you are guarding. How about we make a bet? In three years at most, I will be able to break this divine path protection formation."

Xu Yuanchang was talking nonsense. He guessed that Giant Eye wanted to waste time with him in this way, perhaps a patience contest lasting decades, and wait for the right moment to launch a thundering attack on him.

Being in a dangerous position, he certainly cannot outlast the opponent. If the time exceeds a certain limit, it will be very disadvantageous to him.

He didn't dare to pin his hopes on Senior Brother Cao. It was like a drop in the ocean, like looking for a needle in a haystack. Even if a master from the Eight-Story Tower came, it would be difficult to find the hidden underground palace.

"Daoist Fellow Giant Eyes, do you want to collect souls and perform some kind of sacrifice to free yourself from this dark place?"

"Speaking of sacrifice, Xu is an expert and knows a lot of tricks. Since we have nothing to do, why don't we exchange our experiences in sacrifice? Maybe Xu can give you some new ideas?"

Xu Yuanchang used his eloquent tongue, imagination and some guesses to dig a hole in one direction.

After a while, a faint and emotionless voice was heard from above the underground palace.

"I am still short of a seventh-level soul. If you sacrifice me, I will be free."

The words were full of dark irony.

Xu Yuanchang laughed dryly and said, "Xu has always been good at helping others. If you want a seventh-level soul, just come and get it. From your tone, you were a human cultivator in the past. How could you be captured by the ancient gods and brought here to guard the ruins? Who did this immoral thing? Tell me. Xu's soul cannot be sacrificed for a while, so there is plenty of time."

He is good at making fun of himself and exposing other people's scars.

He is also good at finding useful clues from other people's words.

The other party's few words revealed a lot of useful information and confirmed his guess about the sacrifice.

"Boy, don't be complacent. You can't last more than a hundred years in the forbidden land. For me, it's just a nap."

The voice from above did not rise or fall, but contained a dull threat.

But he refused to reveal any of his origins.

Xu Yuan sighed and said, "With my ability, I really can't last more than a hundred years. Even if I can, it will be almost over." He changed the subject and said, "As far as I know, if the soul is willing, the success rate of the sacrifice will be greatly increased. Daoist friend Giant Eyes, can you tell me some of the conditions of this place? So that I can be convinced."

"Hmph, you don't need to accept my advice. Just wait for death."

The voice fell silent from then on, and no longer paid attention to anything Xu Yuanchang said. Even when Xu Yuanchang threatened to explode his soul, he ignored it. It was obvious that he was determined to wear out his powerful opponent.

Xu Yuanzhang shook his head helplessly and muttered: "The stones in the pit are smelly and hard. I just don't believe this. Can't I break a mere protective formation?"

He released a sixth-order demon turtle soul puppet and inserted a specially made soul-replenishing talisman.

Part of the demon turtle's soul power is refined in its tortoise shell. As long as the tortoise shell is not broken and not snatched away by the giant eye, the demon turtle's soul puppet is almost immortal, and it is best used to keep watch at this time.

He took out a jade slip from the space, placed it on his forehead and used his spiritual sense to quickly check it.

After he was promoted to the seventh floor, he asked the manager of Cangdian Peak to help him organize all the sect's books on formations, talismans, etc. into jade slips so that he could read them when he had time.

Time passed slowly. After he finished reading one jade slip, he would replace it with a new one, continuing to search unremittingly.

He regretted not having enough knowledge when he needed it, but fortunately he carried with him the heritage of a sect.

……

In the Black Wind Sea, above the small deserted island.

Cao Wanxin lost his usual calmness and indifference, and a new look of worry appeared on his face. He asked two friends from the seventh-level building and a seventh-level sorcerer for help. However, three days passed and the sorcerer could not calculate the location where Junior Brother Xu was sucked into the sea eye and disappeared under the sea.

He asked two friends to search for him, and went down to sea to search himself, but found nothing.

Strange things happen every day in the world of cultivation.

Faced with such a strange thing, he was helpless and sent his three friends away, circling in the air in vain.

Yan Hanlin and Guo Jiayi remained silent and followed from a distance.

……

It was an unknown amount of time that Xu Yuanchang spent, but he eventually found two matching jade slips. After another two hours of careful study, he was able to determine that the formation he was trapped in was a Shinto "virtual water, illusory light" compound formation, and that the sixteen jade pillars were not in the underground palace.

Cen Kan, who had been recuperating in the space, has recovered and is reading a book in the small room.

Say hello to Cen Kan and let the big guy out of the space.

"Cen Kan, I have figured out that the arrangement here is the 'Illusion and Reality' compound formation. Please help me and the Soul Puppet to protect the formation. I need to enter the space, figure out the flaws in the formation diagram, and find a way to break the formation. If you really can't withstand the attack, use your magic power to knock on the mirror and call me."

Xu Yuanchang gave some instructions via voice transmission, and told him several methods of the giant eye in the sky and how to deal with the statue.

Cen Kan's body was glowing with magical power. He held a short-handled thin axe in his hand. He took the silver mirror and nodded, "Uncle Master, don't worry. Cen Kan will protect it even if he risks his life."

Xu Yuanchang hid in the mirror. He needed a quiet place to concentrate on calculating the formation diagram.

The jade slip in his hand only recorded the single virtual water and phantom array. He had to use his powerful calculation ability to try to find the compound array diagram and thus find a way to break the array.

The sound of wind and thunder rang out in the dark underground palace.

A strong aura of water evil emerged from the ground. Sixteen pillars lit up one by one, and three statues walked down from the pillars.

Cen Kan put the soul puppet into his sleeve, closed his eyes, raised the thin axe, and shouted: "Come on!"

His uncle told him that if he could smash the three statues with brute force, the formation would be half broken.

A battle of wits and strength.

……

(End of this chapter)