Is this girl cultivating immortality? Yunling finds out!

Chapter 8 Cheating?

"This small heavenly thunder formation was created by my daughter. The materials used in the formation are all rare treasures."

The three of them stood at the gate of the courtyard.

Fang Hongyi explained the origin of the formation to Lu Yu in detail.
Fang Ningyu, just turned nineteen, was already a cultivator in the foundation-building stage. She was born with the best-grade golden spiritual roots, which were rare in the world.

He also studied formations and numerology, and was the chief disciple of one of the Qingling Sect's sects, learning from the sect's formation master.

This small sky thunder formation was created by Fang Ningyu by combining formation and magic, and it was driven by more than a hundred high-quality spirit stones. It took him half a year to develop.

Not only is the thunder in the formation incredibly powerful, but the principles and rules within the formation are also extremely intricate and difficult to break.

Lu Yu secretly remembered what Fang Hongyi said, turned around and walked to the gate of the courtyard to look inside.

Fang Hongyi was even more direct. With a wave of his hand, a surge of spiritual power flowed into the courtyard.

The wind and dust suddenly rose up!
When the dust settled, one could see that on the bluestone floor of the courtyard, the light yellowish soil actually revealed faint regular textures.

Lu Yu observed carefully and found that the courtyard was cut into squares horizontally and vertically by the array patterns.

Fang Hongyi bent down, picked up the gravel on the ground, and threw it into one of the squares.

"Crack!"

As the stone fell to the ground, a bolt of lightning struck down, and the gravel turned into powder in an instant.

Fang Hongyi turned his head and said:
"As you can see, one wrong step could trigger the thunder."

Lu Yu touched his chin and asked:

"Then if I just test every grid with stones, won't I be able to find a safe path?"

Fang Hongyi shook his head:

"It's useless. There are some grids in this formation that can sense the spiritual power of cultivators. Plants, trees, mountains, and rocks are useless in triggering them. Unless you master the key points, there's no way to cheat."

Lu Yu nodded, and roughly understood the triggering mechanism of this formation.

Simply put, it means stepping on the grid.

If you step on a safe grid, you will be fine; if you step on a trap, you will be struck by lightning.

But the formation has always been a yin-yang defensive technique with implicit rules.

Since this small sky thunder formation has such a powerful killing power, then correspondingly - as long as you master the rules, you can easily break it!

Lu Yu observed intently for a while, then suddenly pointed to a corner of the grid in front of him and asked:

"City Lord Fang, what is that?"

Fang Hongyi looked in the direction he was looking and saw six inconspicuous dots on a corner of the ground.

“I don’t know about that either.”

Fang Hongyi shook his head, and Lu Yu turned to look at another grid and found that there were four small dots in the corner of that grid.

Looking at them one by one, I found that there were varying numbers of small dots hidden in the corners of several grids.

"Huh? Could it be..."

Lu Yu's heart moved, as if he had thought of something, and he had a vague idea.

Liao Zhongnan was an alchemist who knew nothing about formations. He stood by for a long time but couldn't figure out what was going on. He felt a little tired and wanted to find a way to make his presence felt.

"City Lord Fang, your daughter is truly a genius in the art of formations and possesses extraordinary talent for cultivation. Her future is promising."

After all, he is a businessman. He knows that he can't help, so it's good to flatter him.

Fang Hongyi was immediately interested when he heard people praising his precious daughter, and said proudly:

"Of course! Look at her casually setting up a formation. Even with my Golden Core Realm cultivation, I can't do anything to her!"

"Yes, yes, Miss Fang is truly a leader of the younger generation!"

Liao Zhongnan saw that his flattery had landed him in the right place, so he quickly smiled and said:

"If you ask me, even if Miss Fang missed the Hidden Dragon Meeting, it won't matter much. She will be able to recover her spirit in a few days anyway. Why bother with that empty reputation?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Hongyi's expression changed for a while and he didn't respond.

Liao Zhongnan was slightly puzzled and said:

"City Lord Fang, although the Hidden Dragon Conference is a grand event for the younger generation to emerge, with your current status, even if you miss it, it won't have any impact on your daughter's cultivation."

Fang Hongyi shook his head and replied slowly:

"Old Liao, you don't know that the reason Yu'er is so obsessed with the Hidden Dragon Society is because she made a bet with someone when she was in the sect."

"Bet?"

Liao Zhongnan was slightly startled, faintly smelling the scent of gossip, and asked carefully:

"What bet?"

Fang Hongyi did not answer, as if he did not want to talk about this topic.

He just sighed slightly, turned around and said to Lu Yu:

"Mr. Xiao Lu, how's your research on this formation going? Hey? Mr. Xiao Lu? Mr. Xiao Lu?"

Liao Zhongnan also turned his head, but found that Lu Yu, who had been standing at the gate of the courtyard just now, was nowhere to be seen.

"Nephew Lu Lu?" The two of them searched around the door for a long time but couldn't find Lu Yu.

Just as I was confused, I suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from the courtyard:

"Miss Fang, my name is Lu Yu. Please open the door."

Then, there was a clear female voice:

"How did you get in?!"

Fang Hongyi and Liao Zhongnan, who were outside the courtyard, looked at the courtyard in surprise, holding their breath and waiting for Lu Yu's answer.

But Lu Yu was stunned by the question.

How to explain this?

You can't say that you played a game called "Minesweeper" in your previous life, right?
The principle of your formation is exactly the same as that of the game!

"Miss Fang, I'm just lucky. I just walked in!"

Lu Yu stammered casually.

Fang Ningyu in the room didn't believe it at all. After a little thought, she seemed to understand something and said angrily to the outside of the room:

"I know! My father must have given you some kind of protective magic weapon! That's why you forced your way in!"

This formation took her a lot of effort to create!

Now, his masterpiece was broken by a stranger through cheating, and his own father was an accomplice!

Then he thought about the pill his father had sent him, which had imprisoned his soul and spirit, and he was about to lose the bet.
For a moment, the resentment and grievance in my heart surged into my heart.

Fang Ningyu stood up suddenly, rushed to the door in three or two steps, and wanted to have a good argument with the other party.

I pushed open the door, only to see a handsome young man in a white shirt and a blue shirt outside. He smiled and bowed respectfully towards me.
"Miss Fang, nice to meet you. My name is Lu Yu. Hello."

As the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person, especially when the smiling person is good-looking.

Fang Ningyu's momentum stagnated, and her anger subsided a little. She looked Lu Yu up and down and asked:

"Are you the Soul Condensation Master? So young?"

"It is I who am. I wonder when Miss Fang can begin to cultivate her spirit?"

Lu Yu asked with a smile.

After all, in Lu Yu's eyes, the woman before him was worth a hundred high-grade spirit stones!

"Spiritual?"

Fang Ningyu looked closer at Lu Yu and waved her hand casually:
"I'm already at the Foundation Establishment stage. Judging from the spiritual power you possess, you're only at the Qi Refining stage at best, right? How can you help me nourish my spirit?"

"I can cross borders and cultivate my spirit."

Lu Yu replied calmly.

"Oh?"

Fang Ningyu seemed to be a little interested. After all, she had never heard of a soul master who could cross borders. Could it be that this Lu Yu really had something extraordinary about him?
However, when he thought about how the other party had cheated to break his formation, he suddenly became unhappy and said bluntly:
"Even if you can cross the border and incarnate spirits, you relied on my father's magic weapon to break through the small sky thunder array. I don't trust you for such opportunistic tricks."

Lu Yu was slightly stunned, scratched his head, and said:
"City Lord Fang only told me the origin of this formation. I broke through the formation myself and walked in."

"you?"

Fang Ningyu was full of disbelief, rolled her eyes at Lu Yu, and said:
"Oh, then tell me, where is the key to my formation?"

"If I tell you that I have come up, will Miss Fang let me contain my spirit?"

"nature."

"it is good!"

Lu Yu smiled faintly, looking like a master, and whispered:
"The key to this formation lies in the technique."

Fang Ningyu was stunned when she heard this, and looked at Lu Yu in surprise, and then she heard Lu Yu continue:
"Miss Fang's formation is exceptionally ingenious, and it aligns with the principles of numerology. The number of dots in the corners of the square actually indicates the number of lightning grids hidden in the surrounding eight directions."

"...and by simply connecting the numbers in the adjacent grids and doing some deduction, we can find the path to safely pass through."

Lu Yu explained the principles of the minesweeper game in detail, and Fang Ningyu couldn't help but nod secretly.

After explaining the method of breaking the formation, Lu Yu did not forget to add:
"Miss Fang has mastered both the art and the formation to perfection. I admire you!"

This explanation and flattery completely convinced Fang Ningyu.

There was also some admiration in his eyes when he looked at Lu Yu.

Although she was a little willful and capricious at home, it was only because she was born into a high-class family and was gifted, so she was spoiled by the City Lord's Mansion.

But ever since she joined the sect to cultivate immortality and met many talented immortals from aristocratic families, her personality has become much more restrained.

In addition, she herself was not a bad person, and she realized that Lu Yu was indeed talented, so her attitude immediately softened a lot.

"Mr. Lu Xiaolu, I apologize for being rude."

Fang Ningyu bowed earnestly, and Lu Yu quickly turned sideways, gave her a light support, and said:
"Miss Fang, you're being too polite. Now that I've proven it, can you consider the matter of Soul Condensation?"

Fang Ningyu nodded slowly and said softly:
"Then please invite Mr. Lu into the house to discuss in detail."

(End of this chapter)