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Chapter 39 39. Hallucination
Jiang Jianxin had never seen a gifted person in the Fool Sequence, so he didn't know what Xie Yan meant by the Fools creating information cocoons for themselves.

The surroundings were filled with thick fog and a cold murderous intent was spreading. It was not appropriate to talk any more, so Jiang Jianxin just nodded and focused on the matter at hand.

"Let's not talk about your business for now, let's form the formation first."

Xie Yan nodded, his expression becoming serious:
"I haven't seen this thing before. Is it powerful?"

Jiang Jianxin turned around and drew his sword, blocking the black hand that stretched out again from the fog behind him, and reminded Xie Yan:

"Watch what's behind you!"

“Puff—whoosh—”

A huge black mouth stretched out from the white mist and bit towards Xie Yan's head.

The boy's reaction speed was quite fast. With a "bang", he turned into a fat bird, flew out from the gap between the teeth of the black air, and rolled and crawled to Jiang Jianxin's shoulder.

"What are these things? I don't remember seeing them in the contaminated area."

Xie Yan said loudly, he was really scared by this weird thing.

Jiang Jianxin held the sword and said calmly:

"This isn't a contaminated area. This is a formation set up by an evil cultivator. The Eight-Direction Soul-Devouring Formation can absorb resentment within a hundred miles and transform it into physical resentment to attack anyone who enters the formation."

"what?"

Xie Yan was stunned when he heard this:

"What is an evil cultivator, and what is a formation?"

Jiang Jianxin closed his eyes, grabbed the fat bird's long tail and lifted him up from his shoulders:

"Get down, don't lie on my shoulder. We need to split up and find the two core points of the Eight Directions Soul Devouring Formation and damage them. Only then can we open a way out."

The fat bird that Xie Yan turned into fluttered in the sky:

"I don't think I'm doing very well. You know, the Trickster sequence isn't good at attacking, and I'm also injured. It's a bit difficult for me to transform now."

Jiang Jianxin took a deep breath and asked patiently:
"So what are you fraudsters good at?"

Xie Yan answered without even thinking:

"You're a liar! You only know how to lie!"

"..."

Jiang Jianxin was speechless and helpless.

She said as calmly as possible:

"So what you're saying is, you're a worthless fighter. Even though there are two of us entering the formation, it's no different than if I were to go in alone—and I even have to protect you?"

Fatty nodded vigorously in the sky, flapping his wings and said pitifully:
"I can't help it, it's just Xin..."

Before he could finish his words, Jiang Jianxin frowned, grabbed the fat bird in the air, and threw it into the fog like a discus.

"Hey, you—you—are not—Sword Master—"

The sound of the flowing wind rustled in his ears, and Xie Yan flew uncontrollably into the depths of the white fog. He flapped his wings in bewilderment, and only heard the cold words left by Jiang Jianxin:
"Either we find the eye of the formation and destroy it, or we die in the fog."

"Don't tell me you're just a liar. You were able to flee several miles after receiving a single blow from my sword, and even dodged seven or eight of my sword blasts while seriously injured. You must have some other way to save your life."

The white mist closed, and the sword-wielding girl disappeared into the mist.

The fat bird flapping in the air tilted its head and turned into a purple-robed young man in the white mist. He wiped his still bleeding waist and abdomen. The scars that were deep enough to see the bone had mostly healed.

He lifted up the loose hair on his forehead, pouted and said depressedly:

"You're quite smart. I didn't fool you. Although I can't die, my attack power is really poor."

The purple-robed youth kicked a small stone on the wasteland, rubbed his head irritably, and said unhappily:
"Forget it, just let me, the master thief, reluctantly find the key to the formation."

……

On the other side, after sending the burden away, Jiang Jianxin breathed a sigh of relief and felt much more at ease.

As for whether Xie Yan could complete the task, she had her own considerations.

Just as she said, with the same sword, Yin Ju, who was ranked in the top five in the war camp and had an extraordinary physique, was seriously injured by the sword and vomited blood, and had difficulty standing up, while Xie Yan was also hit hard, but was able to transform into a rabbit and jump dozens of miles, and even found a cave to hide himself carefully.

When introducing himself, he only mentioned that he was a Trickster, without revealing his specific abilities. Jiang Jianxin guessed that this person's abilities were not simple. Whether he had an attack or not was another matter, but his survival methods must be extraordinary.

Now only she and Xie Yan have entered the formation, so they can only trust that he can find it.

After sending the fraud master away, he went to find the second array center. The first array center was Jiang Jianxin's task.

Hands made of black air continued to stretch out from the white mist and stab towards her vital points.

Jiang Jianxin didn't dodge or evade, but drew his sword and slashed directly.

"boom----"

"state----"

"boom----"

No matter from what tricky angle the evil hand stretched out could be crushed by her sword.

Slowly, the Black Hand's attacks became less frequent, and the white fog in front of him became thicker and thicker.

Jiang Jianxin knew that the formation was going to come up with a new trick.

"boom----"

After repelling another black hand, the scene in front of him suddenly changed.

"Ugh——"

The white mist dissipated at a certain moment, revealing an extremely familiar scene.

"Junior sister!"

In the distance were rolling mountains shrouded in clouds. A young man ran up to her. He was wearing a white robe and had two large wooden swords on his waist.

"You broke through the foundation-building stage so quickly?"

Jiang Jianxin was stunned and looked at his hands.

The Tangguang Sword that she was holding in her hand disappeared at some point. She was wearing the same long gown as the boy, but her body had shrunk a lot, and her two little hands were chubby.

Seeing that she was in a daze and didn't speak, the young man asked again:

"Junior sister, what's wrong with you? I'm your senior brother."

Jiang Jianxin looked at the man in front of him.

In fact, she had seen his appearance many times in the diary, but this was the first time she saw him in person.

He looked younger than the one drawn in the diary. His long black hair was tied up on top of his head, his eyes held a bright smile, and his lips seemed to be naturally upturned. Even without any expression, he looked like he was smiling with high spirits.

Jiang Jianxin shouted out the name that had been buried in his memories and choked with sobs for a long time:

"Senior Brother Ji Changqing?"

The young man in front of him nodded and muttered in confusion:

"Junior sister, what's wrong with you? You seem to not recognize me after coming out of seclusion."

Jiang Jianxin shook his head slowly and said:
"How is it possible... I have always remembered my senior brother."

The boy smiled, took her hand and said:
"Let's go! I heard that you successfully established your foundation, so Master asked me to take you to the main hall. Hurry up, don't make her wait anxiously."

Ji Changqing took one of her hands, and Jiang Jianxin looked at the empty palm of her other hand, feeling a little dazed.

She always felt that she had forgotten something, but what exactly had she forgotten?

Jiang Jianxin blinked.

She remembered that she had joined the Sword Sect a year ago, drew Qi into her body overnight, and reached the third stage of Qi training in three months. Now she has broken through to the foundation building stage.

The master cherishes her talent and is very attentive to her cultivation. Now that she has successfully established her foundation, she will definitely summon her over immediately.

Jiang Jianxin was confused for a moment, then smiled. She caught up with her senior brother and said:

"Let's go, let's go. I also want to report the good news to Master!"

(End of this chapter)