Demon, come and cultivate for me.

What is inner seeking? It is seeking one's true self.

People are forced out.

You'll never know how inadequate you are unless you're pushed by the outside world.

You'll never know how awesome you can be until you push yourself.

In his previous life, Zhou Chu drifted aimlessly for twenty or thirty years, believing himself to be a kind-hearted and ruthless person, and a prominent figure in society.

Now, he has come to his senses and realized that in the eyes of the gentle and refined carnivores, he was nothing but scum, just a slightly larger piece of scum.

Having been given a second chance at life and possessing advantages that are difficult for ordinary people to attain, why not do something worthwhile?

For example, saving himself, saving his two companions outside the cave, and saving dozens of lives in the Black Wind Valley camp.

If possible, saving all living beings once wouldn't be so bad!

The key to breaking the current deadlock lies in the formation.

The formations of the world are ever-changing, but they all follow the same principle. At their core, they all use certain materials and arrange them in a specific direction to form an invisible and intangible "momentum".

If Zhou Chu were to fully comprehend the diagrams of the Thirty-Six Star Formations, he might be able to imitate them and find the key to breaking the current formation.

He closed his eyes, his consciousness entered the illusion, and he commanded the female wolf demon soul in the Taixu Wuxiang Diagram to comprehend the fourth formation diagram. Then he closed the Taixu Wuxiang Diagram.

When it was opened again, the female wolf's lifespan had been exhausted, and the page that had been occupied was now blank.

Open the cultivation technique:

The fourth formation has not yet been comprehended.

He urged the little wolf demon's soul to continue its comprehension.

As a result, the little wolf demon's lifespan ran out, and he still hadn't figured out the fourth formation.

【Thirty-Six Star Formations (Tier 3)】

【Formation 1: Nine Palaces Formation】

【Formation Two: Star Shift Formation】

【Formation Three: Illusion Formation】

[Having cultivated for 1055 years]

Zhou Chu was somewhat frustrated. His demon soul, which possessed the attribute of "comprehension," had spent nearly five hundred years trying to decipher the fourth formation diagram but still hadn't succeeded.

However, he was not flustered. In the Tai Xu Wu Xiang Diagram, time in the outside world was relatively still.

He also possesses the souls of hundreds of wild boar monsters, whose combined lifespan is nearly ten thousand years. He refuses to believe he can't comprehend it.

All in!

As he expected, given enough time, even a monkey could type out a Dream of the Red Chamber by putting it in front of a keyboard.

Similarly, even a pig could decipher a formation diagram after ten thousand years.

Zhou Chu opened the page of the cultivation technique again:

【Thirty-Six Star Formations (Tier 3)】

【Formation 1: Nine Palaces Formation】

【Formation Two: Star Shift Formation】

【Formation Three: Illusion Formation】

【Formation Four: Yin Yang Formation】

[Having cultivated for 11,360 years]

The Yin-Yang Formation requires forty chess pieces to set up. This formation is a protective formation, where the Yin and Yang energies are balanced, which can help those who have been exposed to Yin cold or evil fire to quickly restore their balance.

After Zhou Chu entered the cave, he was affected by the formation inside, and the coldness entered his body, which suppressed his strength.

Unfortunately, with his current strength, he can only condense thirty-six of them with his true energy at most, which is not enough to use the fourth formation.

However, this does not affect his understanding and appreciation of the Yin-Yang formation.

Comparing the placement of pieces in the Yin-Yang Formation, Zhou Chu quickly discovered that the unknown formation in the cave bore some resemblance to it.

The difference is that the formation in the cave is made up of thirty-six piles of bones.

The four extra chess pieces in the Yin-Yang Formation are positioned in a Yin-within-Yang and Yang-within-Yin configuration.

You use me, and I use you; this is called the harmony of Yin and Yang.

If the skeletons are arranged in a yin-yang formation, then the male and female skeletons need to be placed separately to distinguish between yin and yang.

The formations inside the cave, regardless of age or gender, were all haphazardly piled together, formed from the condensed resentment of those who died unjustly, which turned into pure yin energy.

It contains only yin and no yang, so this must be an extremely yin formation.

Although Zhou Chu had guessed most of it, he still hadn't found the key point of this extremely Yin formation.

The overall arrangement of the Yin-Yang Formation is somewhat similar to the formation in front of us, except that it has two more positions.

The extremely Yin formation inside the cave is missing these two locations.

How can this be good?

After a moment's thought, Zhou Chu suddenly came up with a solution: since the formation could not be broken, why not modify it to make it lose its original function!

He brought his consciousness back to reality.

The mountain lord was still carrying him at breakneck speed, but his speed was much slower than before.

Zhou Chu gripped the mountain lord's fur tightly, while focusing all his attention on the placement of the bones, recalculating the orientation, and searching for a suitable place to modify the formation.

boom!

After running two laps, the mountain tiger suddenly collapsed to the ground, lying on its side and panting heavily.

Caught off guard, Zhou Chu also fell and was completely disoriented.

"Brother Zhou Chu, are you alright?"

Chen Xiangzi's voice came from the darkness.

"He's not dead," Zhou Chu answered loudly.

There was no response from the other end.

The mountain lord, who was lying on the ground, suddenly rolled over and pinned Zhou Chu down.

Zhou Chu was still in the form of a mountain demon, possessing immense strength. With a determined effort, he pushed away the mountain demon's heavy body and stood up to create distance between them.

The mountain lord stared intently as it lowered its front body, poised to pounce at any moment. Zhou Chu had been clinging to its back for a long time, and it dared not attack rashly, fearing it would be "stuck" again.

Zhou Chu's method of disrupting the formation was to use four chess pieces, placing them at the extreme yin and extreme yang positions, thereby changing the current formation's form.

Because of the mountain tiger's menacing gaze, he hesitated to make a move.

Just as the two sides were deadlocked, Xie Qi quietly came up behind Shan Jun, holding several paper talismans in his hand.

These paper talismans were just drawn by Chen Xiangzi to immobilize opponents. When used on a martial artist of the same level, these talismans can render them unable to move for at least half a quarter of an hour.

However, Chen Xiangzi was unsure whether it would be effective on the mountain tiger or how long it would last, so he gave Xie Qi several drawings.

Zhou Chu saw through Xie Qi's intention at a glance, nodded slightly to him, and then suddenly punched the mountain lord who was two or three steps away.

The mountain lord was startled by his sudden action, and all his muscles tensed up, as if he might pounce on Zhou Chu at any moment.

Zhou Chu extended his arm, and Lord Chongshan extended his arm, hooking their palms together:

"Come here, kitty! Come here, kitty!"

Enraged by his provocative actions, the mountain lord growled and slowly approached Zhou Chu.

Zhou Chu continued to tease him relentlessly.

The mountain lord slowly bent over, then leaped up.

It's now!

Xie Qi immediately seized the opportunity and leaped forward.

Snapped!

He firmly affixed the paper talisman to the mountain lord's thick hind leg.

The immobilization charm took effect instantly, freezing the mountain lord in place, keeping its front paws raised.

Zhou Chu breathed a slight sigh of relief and conjured two black chess pieces and two white chess pieces with his hand.

The location of the mountain king is one of the two places that Zhou Chu needs to place his pieces.

Without the slightest hesitation, he flicked out two white pieces, which landed precisely beneath the mountain king.

The white seed took root on the ground, emitting a white light that shone brightly against the green glow of the will-o'-the-wisps on the pile of bones.

The surrounding air suddenly turned cold and damp.

"It's done!" Zhou Chu was overjoyed and turned to find another place to place his piece.

As soon as I took a step, a gust of evil wind came from behind me.

Before he could think, Zhou Chu turned around and threw a punch.

A blue dragon-shaped phantom was wrapped around the mandrill's thick arm, and with a dragon's roar, it crashed into the mountain lord's belly.