Sixty or seventy breaths later, Yan Qingchen's tightly closed lips suddenly exhaled, and a soft drink burst out.
"law!"
Following his quick shout, the sloping tree on the cliff, which had always been normal and motionless, disappeared without a trace in an instant.
But in that place, a small piece of gray light appeared. The piece of light was about four feet in size and was in the shape of an upright diamond.
It gives the impression that at the other end of the cliff, a corresponding exit appears. A gray light shines through from the opposite side, which reflects the diamond-shaped light.
"This...this is the reef formation!"
A voice with a strange tone came from behind after seeing the diamond-shaped light clearly.
Just after the diamond shape appeared, Yan Qingchen retracted his hands and stopped casting spells, but he did not step forward immediately.
At this moment, the four people behind him also sensed waves of spiritual energy fluctuations, which were emanating from the gray diamond.
The middle-aged monk with a long beard spoke immediately. Although his voice was extremely low, his tone was full of surprise.
The so-called "Reef Formation" is an ancient formation that is almost extinct. Today, few monks can fully deploy it.
No matter what the formation is, as long as it is in operation, even if it is an illusory formation that is indisputable, there will be some different fluctuations.
Even if such fluctuations are noticed by the monks, discovery is discovery. Whether it can be eradicated is another matter.
Just like when Li Yan and the others were trapped in a maze during their last mission, the same scenes appeared repeatedly. As long as the monks were not stupid, they would know that they were trapped in a large formation without having to investigate.
But how to break the formation? Even Li Yan couldn't find the formation barrier. In the end, he had to rely on tactics to let others take him out.
More than 90% of the formations in the world require spiritual stones to operate, but the "Reef Formation" is a formation that does not use spiritual stones, but only borrows the spiritual energy from heaven and earth to drive it.
The advantage of this formation is that the fluctuations it emits are basically consistent with the rules of the surrounding world, so it is difficult for you to detect the existence of the formation by trying to detect abnormal auras.
At the same time, another obvious sign of this formation is that it has double restrictions. The outermost restriction is cover. Even if you attack it, it will not rebound.
It just uses the power of the rules of heaven and earth to feedback your attack, making you feel that the attack is in a normal place.
Only after this layer of restrictions is broken, the hidden formation below will truly appear. This situation is very similar to the hidden reefs in the river, which is why this type of formation gets its name.
It's just that for this kind of formation, even if you are familiar with the refining and arrangement methods, it is very difficult to completely arrange it.
It must be done with the help of a specific environment, and the selection of such an environment is also very demanding.
This formation not only gathers the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but also disperses the spiritual energy in heaven and earth, serving as the core of driving the formation without being noticed by others.
Just setting up a suitable spirit gathering formation inside is extremely difficult, and it must coincide with the trend of the laws of heaven and earth.
If you want people to be unable to detect abnormalities due to the gathering of spiritual energy around them, this cannot be achieved by just using magic.
Rather, it requires real weather and geographical conditions to achieve the "reef" effect.
In addition, the layout of the "reef formation" also requires some raw materials that contain the laws of space. Just collecting these raw materials may not be possible for the formation master to assemble.
Therefore, although the "Reef Formation" has unique miraculous effects, it is too difficult to refine and arrange.
Therefore, in the development of the path of cultivating immortals, such formations gradually went extinct. In the current fairy world, such formations may only exist in very few top sects.
This type of formation is mostly used in the core positions of sects, or in places where important treasures and secrets are hidden, but this is just speculation by outsiders, and few people can see it anymore.
As a top sect, Huang Qi Gu's alchemy and weapon refining are closely connected with runes and formations, so a true disciple of Huang Qi Gu must be proficient in formations.
Although no one is trying to arrange the "Reef Formation" anymore, relevant introductions are still preserved in classics.
The middle-aged monk with a long beard has read some relevant introductions. Although he does not know how to arrange it, the characteristics of the "reef formation" are also quite obvious.
The moment he saw it, the monk's powerful memory immediately let him know what happened, and he couldn't help but scream in surprise.
After the other people heard this, they just glanced at the bearded middle-aged monk, and their spiritual consciousness had carefully scanned the rhombus on the cliff.
"Senior Brother Zheng is really amazing. His profound knowledge makes me admire him. My master also found this place accidentally and couldn't get rid of it.
It was also the first time later that I went back and studied for a long time before I figured out the origin of this formation.
Now that the entrance to the formation has been revealed, the next step is how to crack it. Several senior brothers are masters of this method. You can all try to crack it.
If there is a better way to get rid of it, there is no need to gather everyone's strength. The method that Master gave me may not really work.
But judging from the information I got, it shouldn’t be easy to break, and our time is limited, so we can’t delay too much here!”
After Yan Qingchen collected the magic formula, he looked at several people and said, while his consciousness spread again in an instant, alerting him to whether there were other living beings around him.
Although this place is hidden, there may be other people who happened to come here. If that was the case, he would have to leave the other person behind.
But the surroundings are as quiet as before, and so far, no one else has come here.
After Yan Qingchen finished speaking, he took the lead in setting his sights on the bearded middle-aged monk. With his intention, of course he would take action directly and let these people cooperate to crack it.
But in that case, with these people's dubious vigilance and caution, only after they are really frustrated will these people take the initiative to cooperate with them.
Moreover, these people in the back will be more attentive in actively cooperating. If this matter was put in the front, these people may still have an indifferent attitude.
But now after seeing the "Reef Formation", even if we drive them away now, no one will leave.
On the contrary, whoever lets him go, the other party will definitely fall out with that person and take action. Just the appearance of a "reef formation" can let these people know that there is a valuable treasure inside.
Otherwise, who can use such a formation to protect a place?
Sure enough, as soon as Yan Qingchen's eyes fell on the bearded middle-aged monk, the other man nodded immediately without hesitation.
"Okay, then Zheng will give it a try, but we have something to say beforehand. If Zheng breaks the formation by luck, can the conditions be slightly changed?
If there are treasures inside, in addition to exchanging some of the treasures on equal terms, can I allow Zheng to choose one first?"
After he said this, he immediately glanced at the other three people. The other three fell silent for a moment, but Yan Qingchen only spoke after thinking about it for a moment.
"I don't have any objections. With what Master told me, I won't participate in breaking the formation alone. In fact, whoever breaks the formation first can have such conditions.
But I said that the time should not be too long to avoid long nights and dreams, so one person should limit it to two hours. If that doesn't work, then follow my method and work together to eliminate it.
But once you enter in that situation, you have to choose a treasure first!"
Yan Qingchen's face still showed the warm spring breeze, but he mainly threw this question to the other three people. At this time, others should also want to crack the formation first.
In an instant, there was a brief silence here. After about five or six breaths, someone still spoke to break the silence.
"What Junior Brother Yan said makes sense, so let's limit it to two hours for each person. After all, no one knows what is going on behind this formation.
And we don’t have much time to stay in the Ancient Palace of Heritage. If there is too much noise here and it really attracts others, then it will be difficult for us.
Since Junior Brother Yan said this, it means that he invited me to come because he has confidence in the method he can work together to crack.
It is also thanks to Junior Brother Yan that we are here. Of course, in the end, it is up to him to choose a treasure.
But as for the order in which the four of us break the formation, I think we should use the method of opening fists to separate the front and back, so that everyone will have no opinion!"
Another middle-aged monk named Qian said while looking at Yan Qingchen and monk surnamed Zheng. Although he seemed to be very polite to Yan Qingchen on the surface, he was actually making arrangements.
The qualifications of this person and the monk surnamed Zheng are not much different. They are all veteran core elite disciples, and he also feels that he is also very proficient in the formation.
Yan Qingchen had revealed the "Reef Formation", and of course he had some confidence that he could break the formation inside.
Therefore, he proposed to use the simplest method of opening fists to decide the order. Regarding the suggestion of monk surnamed Qian, although monk surnamed Zheng's face remained as usual, dissatisfaction suddenly flashed in his eyes.
However, the strength of the monk surnamed Qian was not inferior to him, and the other party would not be afraid of him, so he could only nod in agreement with a smile on his face.
"I'll do it last, some senior brothers please come first!"
But at this moment, Liu Siyu whispered, she didn't care whether it was first or last, in fact, she just wanted Yan Qingchen to take action directly, and they could just help from the side.
But she also knew that such a proposal would actually be bad for Yan Qingchen, so she didn't say anything else.
But he said that he would just take action in the end, and of course the remaining monk was happy to agree...
