Keqing, it’s just cultivating immortality, is it that difficult?

The remnant soul argued with a glare on his face.

[What's wrong with this fairy? I thought I was a genius for cultivating to the late Nascent Soul stage at my age, but what's wrong with her? Do you want to say that this fairy is also a girl of luck? ]

[Uh... Could it be that I really missed the era? ]

The remnant soul also had self-doubt. Could it be that in this era, becoming a Nascent Soul at the age of 100 was nothing?

In a state of self-trance, Keqing led the group to the location of the formation.

"It should be right here."

Keqing nodded and looked around.

When his spiritual sense swept over, he found that it was an ordinary mountain range, with flowers, plants and green trees.

But from another perspective, it is another scene. Fireflies float in the air in a regular pattern, forming dense "silk threads" like spider webs.

"Since it is here, let me take a closer look..."

Even though he was so close, Jing Ming still couldn't find any traces of the formation. Could there be any formation that was so powerful?

Huangzhou is supposed to be very poor.

He thought about it, and his spiritual sense turned into an air blade, and he gently chopped towards the place where little friend Keqing pointed!

Sure enough, in an instant, as the spiritual consciousness swept through, it encountered an obvious feeling of spatial dislocation. A hole suddenly appeared, and countless cracks appeared in the place where flowers and plants were thriving.

Click, a scene different from this place and this scene suddenly appeared.

It is like a broken mirror with a piece missing, and what is revealed is not the scene of flowers and plants, but the other side of the truth.

A bare rocky ground.

"What's going on? The formation is under attack!"

"who is it!"

There was a cry of surprise from inside.

Jingming raised his eyebrows slightly.

"It seems I have found it."

In order to play with them without alerting them, he waved his hand and an invisible force enveloped everyone.

At the same time, the people inside seemed to have penetrated some medium, ripples appeared in the space, and several figures in white clothes came out.

"senior……"

"Don't worry, they can't see us..."

He said.

"I just set up a barrier, they can't see it."

Keqing then nodded.

Sure enough, after those people came out, they didn't notice that there were several people standing right in front of them.

The other party looked around vigilantly, and then explored the damaged areas of the formation.

"Did someone come here, or did a wild beast encounter it?"

"Could it be that some random cultivators accidentally broke in... and they discovered it?"

"Let's check it out. We can't let any fish slip through the net."

Those white clothes

'Group Lu ⑨④; ⑨ San Lu] One, three or five people discussed for a while, and then began to search everywhere.

Jingming looked at the formation carefully, and then observed it attentively.

"No wonder this place is so hidden. It turns out to be a natural formation. With a little modification, it can be done quietly without being noticed."

Jingming said thoughtfully.

"Natural formation?"

Ke Qing was confused.

"Yes, it is a natural formation... a formation that is born naturally."

"Look here, the mountains and water embrace each other, and the water is shaped like a dragon. Although the terrain on the right is undulating, it also hides a certain cyclical order. At the intersection of the mountain and the water, spiritual power flows like ripples."

"Isn't this a natural formation?"

“This formation seems to be able to create a natural illusion, concealing the flow of spiritual consciousness and spiritual power. That’s why I…” Jing Ming’s voice suddenly paused, accompanied by a light cough.

"In short, this place is extremely hidden. Even if it is very close, if you don't know that there is a formation hidden here, it may be difficult to detect."

Jingming shook his head and speculated.

"A natural formation..."

"But it is said that the natural formation has almost no loopholes. How come I feel the abnormal spiritual energy?"

Xun Min was puzzled. Since it was a natural formation, there couldn't be any loopholes...

Jingming chuckled.

"Natural formations are indeed invisible and traceless, and can trap people without them noticing. Some have the power of illusion, some have the power of concealment, and some are even as powerful as killing formations, comparable to the power of powerful cultivators."

Keqing tilted her head.

"But since it is a natural formation, it also depends on the environment. If the environment changes, the formation will not be so natural anymore and loopholes will occur."

"That's right, my friend. I think the reason why you, Xun Min, can feel the spiritual energy is probably because some changes have occurred in this natural formation, causing the aura inside to leak out."

"You know, although the natural formation is natural, its success and failure are also natural..."

As they discussed, the people outside finally came back after searching.

"Strange, you didn't notice anything wrong?"

"Are we being too sensitive? Is it just a problem with the formation? After all, we have repaired this formation several times, right? It is becoming less and less durable."

"That may be the case. All right, everyone, be alert. The Second Young Master will be here soon. Hurry up and prepare the formation. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, you will suffer the consequences."

A young man who seemed to be in charge gave a reminder, and the others immediately fell silent. They saw several people taking out tokens to open the formation.

Jingming signaled with his eyes, and several people hurriedly followed him and went in along the opened formation.

As soon as he stepped into the formation, he was hit by the extremely dense spiritual energy. But what followed was a pungent smell of blood that rushed straight to his head.

Keqing and her companions all felt this sticky, uncomfortable smell, as if all the hairs on their bodies were standing on end.

Seeing this, Jing Ming immediately waved his hands to form a shield, wrapping everyone in it.

"This spiritual power is weird, and the smell of blood is too strong..."

She frowned slightly. Although she was used to seeing seas of blood and mountains of flesh, such a strong smell of blood still made her feel strange.

He instinctively held his breath, cutting off his connection with the spiritual energy around him.

Keqing, who was standing next to him, also sensed something and warned, "Everyone, be careful not to absorb the spiritual energy here."

At the same time, the voice of the remnant soul sounded: [Boy, don’t absorb the spiritual energy here]

Xun Min was stunned, but quickly followed the instructions and quickly expelled the spiritual energy he had inhaled.

He felt a sense of discomfort. The spiritual energy that should have made the monk happy was now as sticky as glue, causing his meridians to feel strange.

"Senior...what's going on? Is there something wrong with the spiritual energy here?"

Xun Min asked.

"Ah."

Jingming looked at Keqing:

"You felt it too, right?"

Keqing nodded gently: "This place is filled with strong blood sin, karma curse and injustice, even the spiritual energy is affected. Absorbing this spiritual energy will only increase the power of sin and bring about a greater heavenly calamity."

Jingming sighed.

"The young monks may not have noticed it, but thought it was a good thing. Little did they know that absorbing this spiritual energy would actually increase the difficulty of overcoming the tribulation."

He stretched out his hand and the spiritual energy in the air seemed to become tangible cotton candy, slowly gathering in his hand. With a strong pressure, the spiritual energy turned into liquid-like spiritual fluid.

He raised his eyebrows and waved his hand lightly, and saw tiny creatures as small as nematodes being peeled out of the spiritual liquid, some were green, some were red, and some were black.

He squeezed gently, and the creatures twisted as if they had life, and even tried to climb up.

Jingming snorted lightly, and a flame flashed in the palm of his hand, and those "nematodes" turned into ashes in an instant.

"See? This is the sin. Don't let it entangle you, otherwise when you pass the tribulation, the heaven will not care who these sins belong to."

He looked around. This place looked like a mined mine. The ground was bare, completely different from the scene outside.

"It seems that many unnatural and even extremely cruel things have happened here..." Jingming's words revealed a hint of worry.

"This rune... is indeed a sacrificial formation, or is it the forbidden formation..."

He casually swept his spiritual sense across the formation, and everything in it came into view. He couldn't help but sigh.

"A sin..."

In silence, Keqing's consciousness swept over

The scene around me was heartbreaking. In front of me, one living person after another was used as a node in the formation, standing upright like a human stake. Countless thin lines shuttled through them, drilling in from their nostrils and out from their hearts, constantly absorbing their blood. This blood flowed along the pipes, forming a complex network, and gathered in a small pool in the center.

The scene in the formation was like a miserable painting. Their eyes were empty and desperate, and their blood was constantly being drained.

The pool of blood essence was a sticky, smelly blood color. The nature of the water was self-evident—the blood essence of countless cultivators.

To have so much pool water, it must have taken the blood and essence of so many cultivators.

At least when Keqing roughly swept away, she saw densely packed sticks like pillars inserted on each node of the formation.

They are still alive, but only just alive.

As they walked, even Xun Min and Yu Qiu who were standing nearby saw it.

Xun Min felt a strong sense of discomfort in this bloody and deadly environment.

His heartbeat quickened, and the expression on his face was a mixture of shock and indignation. Seeing these innocent people being cruelly exploited, his sense of justice and anger erupted like a volcano:

"These people have harmed so many people! How despicable!"

Yu Qiu glanced at him, and he didn't expect that this man still had some sense of justice, so he didn't feel so disgusted.

Although Yu Qiu was surprised by this, he also felt that it was commonplace. There was a hint of calmness and helplessness in his expression, and his voice was filled with deep emotion.

"I can't help it. This is just greed... Although I'm not an evil cultivator, I'm no different from one."

"Senior, do you know this formation? Those people... can they still be saved?"

Keqing whispered.

She thought the number of people was not large, but she did not expect such a large number of missing persons, which was beyond her expectations.

He shook his head slowly, his voice steady and powerful: "They may seem alive, but in fact their souls are like candles in the wind and there is no hope for them. Let's send them off when the time comes..."

"As for this formation, it is actually a forbidden formation, which is quite rare."

"As for the specific name, the evil cultivators always give it whatever they want. They may call it the Heavenly Evil Formation that Changes Fate Against Heaven, or the Blood Evil Rotating Formation. After a brief observation, I found that this formation is actually a clever combination of several formations, forming a unique combination formation."

"Generally speaking, it uses certain means to induce people with special physiques to participate voluntarily, and then extracts their physiques inadvertently. This formation challenges the way of heaven, so someone needs to share the cause and effect. These human sticks are the medium for bearing the cause and effect, and eventually gather the physiques into the pool and transform them into a strange power."

"Physique is both invisible and visible. Putting them in this state is, on the one hand, to reduce trouble, and on the other hand, to use their resentment, anger, and bad karma to prevent the 'physique' in the pool from escaping. After all, the physique given by heaven is positive in nature, and will naturally avoid such dark and filthy forces."

"In addition, the existence of the natural magic array here effectively blocks the insight of the heaven. Once the physique is extracted, the cause and effect will be shared by them. By absorbing this physique, they can change their fate against the will of heaven."

Jingming spoke plainly.

"After that, because of the proper deception, as long as nothing unexpected happens, he is still that clean person."

He had seen this kind of thing many times, and he just sighed, without making much of a fuss.

"Senior, how can we solve this problem... Well, I mean, after they deceived the Heavenly Dao like this, is there really no one who can do anything about them?"

Keqing asked with a confused look on her face and a slight frown.

"Generally speaking, it is true that it is difficult for heaven to interfere."

Jingming touched his chin and knew that friend Keqing was somewhat dissatisfied with this situation.