After Shen Muzhi left the ruins on Xuan Cheng's back, he walked in the direction where the army formation was.

Xuan Cheng said that there was a spring behind the formation. The spring was the outlet, and it was connected to the lake beyond the poplar forest. But without the bead in his hand, he would not have been able to find the spring. Moreover, there are strange passages in the waterways of the springs, which can only be safely passed through with the help of round beads.

Speaking of the beads, Shen Mu's heart was curious, so he asked him if he could find any clues from this thing and figure out what was going on in this place.

Xuan Cheng shook his head and said, "There is a ban set by a master on this bead, and I can't break it with my current strength." At that time, in that illusion, it was not so much that I took it down, but that it chose me on its own initiative!"

Speaking of the illusion, Shen Muzhi thought of the news he had probed from that woman at that time, and after hesitating for a moment, he said to Xuan Cheng: "I think this time the matter may be related to Liu Guan!"

"Liu Guan?" Xuan Cheng glanced back at him in surprise, but then immediately furrowed his brows and thought deeply. After a while, he said in a deep voice: "If it is really Liu Guan, then it can explain why the few people who appeared in Lancheng before suddenly did something to you! Now it seems that Liu Guan, the old immortal, should have been eyeing us a long time ago." Those people suddenly made a move, probably to force us to leave Lancheng. ”

Being said by Xuan Cheng, Shen Muzhi thought back to what happened that night, and there were many doubts at that time, but at this time, according to Xuan Cheng's line of thought, most of them could indeed be figured out.

With Liu Guan's means and personality, even if he didn't know that he and Xuan Cheng were in Lancheng at the time, he would not send a few people to directly attack them so rashly, of course, this could also be the recklessness of his subordinates. But at that time, those people seemed to be coming for the demon beast on the surface, so it can be seen that they couldn't ask anything from him, and even when he still insisted on taking him away after he said that he was a member of the Great Sword Sect, it could be seen that the purpose of those people was not the demon beast, but him.

Or rather, it's them.

It's just that, according to this line of thought, there are still doubts in this matter, for example, why is Liu Guan so sure that after they leave Lancheng, they will definitely go in this direction?

Moreover, in the Yin City Illusion Realm before, the mysterious man seemed to care more about Xu Ranran. If their purpose was to bring Xu Ranran here, then why didn't they let those people attack Xu Ranran directly?

Even if they need Xuan Cheng to come here, they can use Xu Ran as bait to lure Xuan Cheng here.

After Shen Muzhi said these doubts one by one, Xuan Cheng couldn't answer the reason. After pondering for a long time, he said to him: "The old immortal has always been extremely cunning, and he has always liked to go around and around, and he prefers to do things by the hands of others. If you want to find out this matter clearly, I am afraid that you can only find Liu Guan to confront him face to face. ”

Shen Muzhi heard this, and suddenly thought of the relationship between Xuan Cheng and Liu Guan, Shen Muzhi was curious back then, and he also asked Xuan Cheng, Xuan Cheng seemed to be a little secretive, and he brought it over in a few words. At this time, he thought about it again, lying on Xuan Cheng's shoulder, and after looking at his face, he still suppressed the curiosity in his heart again.

As they spoke, the two of them had already arrived near the formation.

The original lifelike terracotta warriors are shattered and fallen at the moment, and they are in a mess, and they are almost incomplete. Among the debris all over the ground, there are occasional white bones, and there is a faint evil aura on it.

Xuan Cheng took out the bead and held it in his hand.

As the two of them stepped in, the evil aura hidden in the debris fled to the side.

The further in, the more bones there are on the ground.

As he walked, Xuan Cheng suddenly explained why Shen Muzhi couldn't find them before.

It turned out that not long after Xu Ranran fainted, she woke up again, but after waking up, she didn't see Shen Muzhi, and the surrounding scene was very terrifying, and this little girl didn't know where the strength came from, so she left there alone with Xuan Cheng, who was not awake.

As for why there were no traces, Xuan Cheng didn't know, it was probably the movements of Shen Muzhi and the Yin Spirit when he fought later, which covered up those traces, so Shen Muzhi didn't find anyone later.

And when Xuan Cheng woke up from his slumber, the girl was carrying him on his back, and her thin body was about to be pressed to the ground by Xuan Cheng. In this way, the little girl was still blushing, holding his hand desperately with both hands, and desperately gritting her teeth and walking forward. The appearance of sweating profusely and trembling legs made Xuan Cheng's mood extremely complicated at that time.

When he sobered up a little, he remembered that it was Shen Muzhi who took him to escape from Yin City before, so he hurriedly asked Xu Ranran where Shen Muzhi was. But the little girl was lucky not to be frightened at that time, how could she say it clearly.

Finally, from the unfinished narrative in Xu Ranran's mouth, I could roughly guess what happened at that time, and a long time had passed. Xu Ranran doesn't remember the way he came, and although Xuan Cheng is awake, his injuries are still very serious, if he encounters a mysterious person again, even if he can protect his life with the beads in his hand, it is only a battle of trapped beasts.

Therefore, when he found that there was an exit nearby through the beads, he hesitated again and again, but decided to leave here with Xu Ranran first.

The process of going out, because of the protection of the beads, was quite smooth. After going out, Xuan Cheng found a safe place to settle Xu Ranran, and then quickly turned back to look for Shen Muzhi.

Fortunately, although he came a little late, Shen Mu's life was great and he was still alive.

In Xuan Cheng's words, there was a faint sense of guilt.

Shen Muzhi didn't want him to blame himself for this, so he planned to divert the topic. But before the words could be spoken, Xuan Cheng suddenly said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry!"

These three words made Shen Muzhi stunned.

He glanced at Xuan Cheng's side face, and the apology on his face was sincere.

Shen Muzhi knew that these three words were not only for him and Xu Ranran to leave first, but also for the fact that he blamed him for not protecting Xu Ranran in the illusion before.

Xuan Cheng's reaction and emotional outpouring at that time really made Shen Muzhi feel a little hurt.

Between them, after so many years of relying on each other, it can't match the master-apprentice friendship between him and Xu Ranran, which has only been a few months, and it is not a true master-apprentice, which makes him a little unacceptable all of a sudden.

However, after almost dying once, those emotions have long been forgotten by him.

No matter what, in this world, only Xuan Cheng can do his best for him.

Xu Ranran's matter, although logically, he didn't do anything wrong, but from Xuan Cheng's point of view, that is the apprentice he values, and Shen Muzhi, as his best friend in life and death, should love the house and Wu.

But at this time, thinking back to the situation at that time, when the mysterious man took Xu Ranran away, although Shen Muzhi was also in a hurry, he was indeed not so anxious.

After all, the child is not in his heart.

But that kid is in Xuan Cheng's heart.

That's why the conflict between them happened at that time.

Shen Muzhi thought about this, and said to Xuan Cheng seriously: "In the future, Ranran will also be my apprentice, I will treat her like you!"

Xuan Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

The two have relied on each other for so many years, and have experienced so many ups and downs, some things don't need to be said too much, and some emotions don't need to be hidden.

He was very happy that Shen Muzhi could say this, because he knew that once Shen Muzhi said this, he would definitely do it. And, that's what he wants.

And for Shen Muzhi, with the three words sorry, it is enough.

The two of them, who were completely free of burden, had a little more smile on their faces. Suddenly, even the white bones under his feet looked much cuter.

At this time, the two of them had already penetrated into the formation.

Among the debris on the ground, there were occasional evil qi wrapped in green light, and after sensing their approach, it quickly flew away into the distance. Looking at these, Shen Muzhi and Xuan Cheng had no intention of making a move.

Probably because of that orb, when they looked at the boundless military formation, they had already crossed by not long after the two of them left.

After passing the formation, I walked a little further, and in the darkness ahead, several pillars suddenly appeared, standing up to the sky and the earth.

Shen Muzhi counted carefully, and there were a total of nine pillars, forming a ring.

Xuan Cheng pointed to the pillars and said that the spring was in the center of the pillars.

Not long after the words fell, the bead in Xuan Cheng's hand suddenly lit up, and a faint golden light emanated from the bead, gently wrapping the two of them in. The air around them, like flowing water, parted in front of them, bypassed them, and then merged behind them, flowing away into the distance.

Shen Muzhi looked curious and asked Xuan Cheng what kind of name this was.

Xuan Cheng couldn't say, but he only roughly guessed that this might be a certain formation.

Rao is Xuan Cheng is also quite deep in the matter of formation, but the subtlety of the formation here is beyond the scope of his knowledge.

The two of them soon approached the nine pillars, and Shen Muzhi also saw the spring that Xuan Cheng said. The spring is not big, it looks like a well, the water surface of the well is calm and waveless, and the dark color makes people feel palpitations at a glance.

The surrounding stone pillars, each of which is as thick as a person hugging each other, are carved with complex patterns, like some kind of text, and like some kind of totem. Shen Muzhi asked Xuan Cheng, and Xuan Cheng didn't recognize him.

Without much delay, the two of them quickly went down the well, and under the golden light, the well water was isolated from their bodies. Xuan Cheng took Shen Muzhi and dived down with a familiar car,

This looks like a small wellhead, but after coming down, I find that the space below is beyond imagination.

Looking around through the golden light, I saw that in the darkness, there were constantly streamers passing by. These streamers exist, and it seems that each one is a figure.

These figures are vague, translucent, and emitting a faint light, like mermaids, swimming in this deep water, and at a glance, they are full of weirdness.

However, these streamers seemed to be very afraid of the golden light emitted by the beads in Xuan Cheng's hand, and before they could get closer, they had already fled far away.