Lu Feng sighed, "As for the formation of this place, Sima Yaoyao only stated the beginning, saying that this secret place was planned to protect the family formation from outsiders. Strictly speaking, this place is more like It’s a cage used for suppression.”
When everyone heard this, they were all startled, and a flash of panic flashed through their hearts for no reason.
Lu Feng lamented: "It's a pity that she didn't elaborate further, so she completely lost her self-awareness because she couldn't support herself with all her strength."
Tang Yuan was shocked: "She was also banned by you?"
Lu Feng shook his head and explained: "She took the initiative to choose to enter the forbidden area to help frighten the many soul puppets inside; if not for this, I am afraid that I would not be able to survive until she wakes up, and she will inevitably perish."
Qian Xin murmured and exclaimed: "So she is really good. Given the choice of dying together or dying to help others, she selflessly chose to sacrifice herself."
"It's not all selfless," Lu Feng smiled peacefully, "Before she died, she once threatened me and asked me to help with two things. If she didn't do it, she would die with me."
Tang Yuan was surprised, "What two things?"
Lu Feng sighed: "The first is to order me not to harm the descendants of her Sima clan; the second is to ask me to find the complete layout of the Thirty-six Heavenly Punishment Formation and hand it over to the descendants of the Sima clan to pass it on. "
Tang Yuan's face turned cold, "Wouldn't that be an advantage to that villain Sima Ye?"
Qian Meng was also a little dissatisfied, "If a formation as powerful as the Thirty-Six Heavenly Punishment Formation were passed on to a person with Sima Ye's temperament, I'm afraid it would be an aid to evil..."
Lu Feng nodded in agreement, "I am also worried about this, so before acceding to her request, I added that I will not kill her Sima family members, but if I encounter someone who is evil and unkind, I will still give her some treatment." lesson;"
"If she is destined to inherit the Thirty-six Heavenly Punishment Formation, it will only be handed over to her good-hearted descendants of the Sima clan, and will not be passed on to Sima Ye and his ilk."
"Did she agree?" Qian Meng asked thoughtfully.
Lu Feng nodded, "She is quite a sensible person. Perhaps because she has experienced something like her sister, she also has a great dislike for people with evil roots in the clan."
Tang Yuan asked angrily: "Then did she mention how to get out from here? Or did she mention where the vortex mouth leads to?"
Lu Feng looked seriously at the entrance of the passage in the distance and said bluntly: "She said that such passages would appear every night, and they were found in all four directions. They were opposites, two lives and two deaths."
Qian Meng was surprised and said: "There are them in all directions? Are there four such passages?"
Qian Xin curiously echoed: "Two lives and two deaths means that there is no danger in the two places, but does it mean that we are almost going to die here in both places?"
Lu Feng nodded, "There are two canopies inside and outside this place. If you want to cross the outer canopy, you need to enter through these four openings. The same is true for the inner one."
Qian Meng was horrified: "Doesn't that mean... if we want to break into the center of the city, we still need to cross the inner sky, and we may have to go through some dangers before?"
Lu Feng said solemnly: "That's the theory."
Tang Yuan frowned: "Is there no way to tell in advance whether the entrance is safe or not?"
Feng Li was surprised: "So, the reason why the Holy Sect group passed here safely was because the entrance opened at that stage happened to be a safe entrance?"
Lu Feng said frankly: "That may be the case, or it may be that they hold the key to the secret realm here."
"According to Sima Yaoyao, this secret realm was forged by the blood of the Sima clan, and the special key is hollow inside and contains the original essence and blood of the direct descendants of the Sima clan. It can be sensed by the formation. The holder of the key passes through this passage. It will not be attacked by the formation."
Qian Meng asked with concern: "How many such keys are there? As far as I know, Sima Ye has one in his hands. Do the people from the Holy Sect also have one in their hands? How did they get it?"
Lu Feng shook his head. He didn't know. Maybe he was just lucky and came across a dangerous passage.
Gan Xin said suspiciously: "No, Master, if the key contains essence and blood, and the essence and blood is to avoid the dangers of the formation here, isn't it contradictory and unnecessary? The key belongs to the Sima clan, and they themselves are With a lineage of essence and blood, there is no need for such a key to protect it? On the contrary, if it is obtained by outsiders, wouldn't it be a waste of opportunities for outsiders? "
Lu Feng explained: "After so many years, the bloodline of the descendants of the Sima family has changed countless times, and it is difficult to keep it as pure as it was at the beginning. Perhaps it was based on this consideration. The ancestors of the Sima family must have expected early on that such a secret realm The next time it is turned on, the time interval will be very long."
Qian Xin suddenly realized when she thought about the lunar eclipse phenomenon, and a bit of shame appeared on her face. She should have been able to react to such a simple truth.
Qian Meng thought about it and said: "Little friend, you said before that this place is a cage. Since it is a cage, why do you need to set a key? Wouldn't it be better to permanently seal it and not let anyone in or out?"
Lu Feng was equally confused, "I also asked Sima Yaoyao about this question, but she didn't respond. She just sighed and said that if she didn't, her Sima family would be completely in decline."
Tang Yuan speculated: "It's probably related to what she asked Lao Lu to do. Her Sima family's clan suppression formation was probably forced to be sealed here for some reasons, or maybe it was because she didn't want to be coveted by people of that era. Seal it; and the reason why I deliberately left the key is that I hope that one day future generations will be able to come back and pass it on to future generations."
Gan Xin sighed: "Then the younger generations failed to live up to their expectations, and the word of mouth passed down from generation to generation went awry. Even the method of opening the secret realm was missing. As a result, Sima Ye's generation had no key but didn't know how to open it?"
Qian Meng smiled, "Let's not make wild guesses here. I'm afraid the truth is more than that simple. No matter how big the error in word-of-mouth transmission is, it won't even interrupt the inheritance of the specific location of the secret realm. Sima That boy from Ye can always think that the secret realm is somewhere in the current Jiangnan City, rather than in the Bihu Lake in the center of Bihu Ridge."
"The difference between the two is probably the fundamental reason for the formation of this place."
Feng Li took the opportunity to say: "Master Qian is right. Let's not delay any longer. There is no guarantee that the passage will disappear at any time. Let's rush through it quickly."
Tang Yuan carried Lu Feng on his back and said with a teasing smile: "Next time, don't be so brave. If you encounter danger later, eight hundred lives won't even be enough for you, a limp dead fish like you."
Lu Feng smiled angrily and said, "Okay, okay, I will give it to you next time I have such an opportunity."
Qian Xin followed the two of them and watched them bickering wordlessly, feeling inexplicably warm.
After successfully passing through the passage.
Everyone's eyes narrowed involuntarily, and the sudden change of day and night made everyone feel uncomfortable.
A moment ago it was still covered in gray night, but suddenly it became a bright and dazzling clear sky, and the surrounding area was no longer filled with tombs, but instead came to an ancient street.
Looking through the alley among the streets and houses not far away, you can vaguely see a large lake at the end.
Qian Meng subconsciously said: "This environment is a bit like the outer circle of Xuanjin City."
Lu Feng understood that what Qian Meng was referring to should be a lake in the distance, like the Yuemi River in Xuanjin City.
At first glance, there are indeed some similarities, but there is obviously no comparison in scale. The Yuemi River in Xuanjin City is much larger than the lake in front of you.
"Old Lu," Tang Yuan stopped teasing and said seriously: "Do you think we should continue to move forward, or should we find a place to rest first?"
Before Lu Feng could speak, Qian Xin's concerned voice sounded first, "Let's find some ground to rest first, at least until the master recovers a little. His current state is too dangerous."
Lu Feng understood Qian Xin's good intentions and shook his head with a wry smile, "It will be difficult for me to fully recover from this injury."
"Then just keep resting," Qianxin said straightforwardly, with a bit of stubbornness and determination in his words.
At this point, she doesn't care about anything else. Even if there are countless resources waiting for free, it is not as important as her own master's recovery.
Tang Yuan understood Lu Feng's unwillingness to delay the rescue of Xia Yiyun, and was also anxious to leave here as soon as possible to confirm Jiang Ruoyun's situation. He hesitated and said: "I'm really not in a hurry. Let's find a place to rest. I'll take advantage of it." During this time, you can explore around and explore, and it will save a lot of time and effort when you turn back and continue traveling.”
Lu Feng had no choice but to calm down. Sensing the silence of the formation around his soul, he felt particularly uneasy.
Previously, in order to prevent Jiang Ruoyun from being implicated, he tried his best to block the induction of the formation at the last moment when he was on the verge of death. Now he is unable to break the barrier and cannot sense Jiang Ruoyun's situation.
But judging from the fact that his soul has not suffered the heart-breaking pain, Jiang Ruoyun's life should be fine for the time being.
…
While everyone was looking for a place to rest, Jiang Ruoyun and his party, who were far away under the ancient trees in the Longji Mountains, were also resting.
The difference is that now their team has dispersed.
In an empty stone room, there were only two people, Jiang Ruoyun and Sikong Tong;
The surrounding ground was covered with the corpses of countless Qing Tomb disciples.
This stone room is large in area, comparable to an ordinary martial arts arena, but the whole is like a huge stone box, completely enclosed in all directions.
Three huge circles are painted on the centers of three of the stone walls;
The circle is painted with a strange spiritual paint, showing three colors of 'gold', 'silver' and 'copper';
Each circle pattern is more than ten centimeters thick, and there are invisible subtle lines faintly flowing on the main circle, like small fish swimming rapidly in various streams, which is indescribable and mysterious.
Jiang Ruoyun and Sikong Tong were leaning against each other under the stone wall without any pictures on the other side, their expressions full of alertness and panic;
Both of them had more or less scars on their bodies, and their clothes were obviously stained red with blood.
Especially Jiang Ruoyun, there is a dark and bloody palm print on his back, exuding a heart-stopping evil aura.
It was the vicious palm attack she suffered earlier that caused her to be severely affected and activated the contract formation, which was transmitted to Lu Feng.
Ceng Ceng Ceng ~
There was a sound like gold cutting the stone wall.
Jiang Ruoyun and Sikong Tong immediately stared at a stone wall in the distance. They saw the movement coming from the side with a copper circle engraved on it, and they couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.
The copper-colored circle mark on the stone wall was obviously just painted on, but at this moment it was rattling and spinning like a machine, as if it was escaping from the wall.
As it rotates, the circle gradually blooms with streaks of dark orange light. The light gradually evolves from the outside to the inside into a magnificent and complex pattern, which looks like flowers and various ancient characters mixed together;
As the pattern evolved, the dark orange light became brighter and brighter, illuminating the entire stone room with a bright orange light;
The lighting jade that Sikong Tong originally held in his hand instantly dimmed under the cover of such light.
Jiang Ruoyun slowly stood up, holding the fairy silk five-flower brocade in his hand, facing the copper-colored stone wall, as if he was ready.
Seeing this, Sikong Tong pulled Jiang Ruoyun's sleeves weakly, "I will deal with the copper color as promised, why are you trying to snatch it away again?"
Jiang Ruoyun glanced at Sikong Tong with a pale face and sighed: "Your injuries are not much lighter than mine. If you continue to fight, I'm afraid you will hurt the fetus in your belly."
Sikong Tong argued: "But if you continue to fight, your injuries will become more and more serious, and you will also die by then."
Jiang Ruoyun smiled miserably, "If I die, I will lose one life, but if you die, you will lose two lives. It's not worth it."
When Sikong Tong was about to speak again, Jiang Ruoyun stopped him coldly: "Don't worry, I can still handle the copper-colored ring, and it won't involve many injuries."
"Okay," Sikong Tong sighed sadly, took out a long awl from his bag, and gestured: "It's still the same as before, I will sweep the formation from the side, and you will be responsible for restraining it. We will use the minimum consumption.
Come and deal with it and try to delay it until Aunt Rong and the others arrive."
Jiang Ruoyun nodded, staring solemnly into the distance.
The copper ring stopped rotating. There was clearly a solid stone wall behind it, but at this moment, a pair of bronze hands strangely poked out of the copper ring, as if pulling at the mouth of a well;
Then a bronze figure slowly stretched out the upper half of his body;
From a distance, it looks like a bronze human sculpture with grid-like patterns engraved on the body, like a pair of chainmail, giving people an extremely solid feeling.
Jiang Ruoyun looked at him coldly, with the long whip in his hand ready to strike at any time, but he did not make a move.
Many of her fellow disciples had lost their lives due to the dark orange light covering it in their eagerness to attack the strange bronze man.
After a series of previous battles, she already knew the dangers associated with these three rings;
The copper armor drilled out of the copper ring can only have the strength of one or two breaths of the Heavenly Soul Realm at most, but if it is attacked at such a node, the counterattack force can directly reach the level of the second breath of the Heavenly Soul Realm.
The silver armor and gold armor on the other two sides are more fierce and terrifying than the other.
When they encounter Shining Armor, the two of them can still deal with it one or two together.
But if they encounter Jin Jia again, it will be difficult for them to use the secret method to defeat him again.
By then, it will really be buried under this dark old tree.