After leaving the capital of Shengning Kingdom, the group of four went straight to Shituo Mountain. Now that the emperor of the Shengning Kingdom has offended, it has become even more unsafe in the territory of the Shengning Kingdom, and they must fight quickly.

Ye Lingxi had already done some homework before he came, although Shituo Mountain was the largest mountain in Shengning Country, but the entrance to this mountain was only a small mountain road. If you can't find the right trail, it's easy to get lost in the forest.

After various inquiries and inquiries along the way, the group of four finally found the path up the mountain.

At first, the trail was relatively gentle, but as we walked, the trail gradually became steeper, and it was impossible to continue riding the mountain. So, they put their horses halfway up the mountain and started to climb the mountain on foot.

"Everyone stay safe, look around, and if you find a snake with brown patterns, ask me to take a look."

Now that there is only this last link left to detoxify Murong Cheng'an, Ye Lingxi is looking forward to it and urgent. She found that Murong Chengan's face had a tendency to turn black recently, and the snake venom would hurt Murong Chengan's body a little bit if she didn't understand it.

"Here's one!"

Xiaolian screamed excitedly, and Ye Lingxi turned his head to look in the direction that Xiaolian was pointing.

"No, the brown pattern of this snake is simpler, and the brown pattern of the five-step snake will be more complex than this one. These five-step snakes are very cunning and look so similar to many other species of snakes that they are difficult to distinguish. Let's keep looking. ”

Xiaolian was just excited for a second when she was thoroughly doused with a basin of cold water.

Murong Cheng'an didn't concentrate on finding the snake, but kept carefully observing the surrounding environment. He always had an inexplicable premonition that their trip would not be so smooth.

Sure enough, after they had been gone for a while, a strange situation happened.

Before they knew it, they seemed to be walking into a fog, and the distant scenery gradually became blurred. At the same time, Murong Cheng'an felt a strange tiredness, as if he had gone through a difficult fight.

Something is wrong, very wrong!

Before Murong Cheng'an could express his doubts, Zhao Ping spoke first.

"Master, my subordinates feel that they can only use fifty percent of their internal strength."

Although he said very frightening words, Zhao Ping's tone was quite calm. After all, he is the right protector of Wan'an Palace, and Zhao Ping is also a person who has seen strong winds and waves.

Murong Chengan had been ordered by Ye Lingxi not to use internal force recently, so it wasn't until Zhao Ping mentioned it that he tentatively took a breath.

Sure enough, as Zhao Ping said, Murong Chengan also felt as if he had lost part of his internal strength.

Xiaolian and Ye Lingxi also noticed this terrible phenomenon.

"There must be something wrong with this fog!"

Xiaolian directly pointed the finger at the fog, but Ye Lingxi didn't think so. Although this mist was a little weird, she had already explored it just now, and this mist was an ordinary mountain and forest qi, neither poison nor medicine, and it should not have the effect of blocking the true qi in their bodies.

However, if it is not because of the fog, then what is it that prevents them from using all their internal strength?

For a person who practices martial arts, not being able to use internal force is about equivalent to losing most of his martial arts, and his combat effectiveness will become very low. Now the internal force value that can be used by all four people is only half of the usual value, and once an enemy appears, it is easy to wipe out the entire army.

The four of them all thought of this, so their expressions were very solemn.

Nowadays, finding snakes has become a secondary task, and solving the problem of internal forces has become a primary task.

Murong Chengan subconsciously encircled Ye Lingxi in the crook of his arm, and his protective posture was very obvious.

Ye Lingxi was moved in his heart, and he was very satisfied with Murong Chengan's subconscious protective actions.

"Aside from the strange fog, do you notice anything else?"

Hearing Murong Cheng'an ask, Ye Lingxi immediately understood that Murong Cheng'an thought the same as her.

"Not yet."

Murong Cheng'an nodded slightly, didn't say anything else, and continued to carefully observe the surrounding environment.

The fog was getting heavier and heavier, and they already had to slow down their march so as not to hit a large tree under the cover of the fog.

Ye Lingxi was walking very fast just now, and under the mist, she didn't notice a big tree beside her, and a small piece of fabric on the skirt was scratched off by the bark. Later, he crashed into a 100-year-old tree.

"Be careful."

"Uh-huh!"

However, not long after Murong Cheng'an told Ye Lingxi, they stopped their steps at the same time, and their two pairs of eyes stared straight at the root of the big tree in front of them. Then, in tacit understanding, they turned their heads to look at each other, and from each other's eyes, they both read the same surprise and understanding.

"It's a formation!"

It turned out that what they saw was the fabric of a skirt that Ye Lingxi had just been scratched off by the bark. This means that they are back to where they were. However, they have been moving in one direction, and logically speaking, they should not return to the same place. Obviously, they have unknowingly fallen into a formation. As for whether this formation is specially used by people with intentions to deal with them, it is difficult to say.

Ye Lingxi was shocked in her heart, and at the same time, she kept searching in her heart for the knowledge about the formation that Chu Yunxi had taught her.

When Murong Cheng'an followed Ye Lingxi back to Yunxi Village, after discovering that the entrance of Yunxi Village was a formation, he also learned some things about the formation.

The essence of the formation is to trap the people in the formation, so that the people in the formation cannot escape the formation. But trapping the people in the formation is only the most basic effect of the formation, in addition, it will also cause different changes in the people in the formation.

For example, the illusion array will cause the people in the array to have illusions; The madness array will make the people in the array go crazy and eventually die of madness; The melancholy array will make the people in the array feel depressed and die.

From this point of view, the formation they are in now should be the formation that makes the people in the formation lose their internal strength. I don't know how long they have been in the formation, if they stay in this formation for a long time, they are likely to completely lose their internal strength, and even if they get out of the formation, it will be difficult to recover. As a result, the situation is critical.

And the effect of this fog is likely to confuse their vision and reduce their alertness. If it weren't for the fact that Ye Lingxi had just been scraped off a piece of skirt fabric by the bark, they might not have realized that they had entered the formation.

"I might have a way, let me try."

Ye Lingxi suddenly had an idea.

Any formation has a formation eye, which is the source of providing formation energy, as long as the formation eye is found, it is equivalent to half of the formation is solved.

And the most common way to find the eye of the formation is to find the point with the strongest effect according to the effectiveness of the formation.

Since the effectiveness of this formation is to make people lose their internal force, the array must have a strong power to absorb the internal force of those who practice martial arts.

Ye Lingxi's plan was to tie a string around her wrist and tie the other end of the string around Murong Chengan's wrist. Then, she went to explore the array alone, and the others meditated on the spot, slowing down the rate of internal force loss and saving the internal force reserves of the whole team.

Once Ye Lingxi really found the formation eye, she also learned several feasible methods to crack the formation, it shouldn't be a big problem, if she didn't find it, she could still go back the same way.

However, Ye Lingxi's proposal was opposed by everyone else.

"Do you know the formation?"

Murong Chengan frowned and did not answer, Zhao Ping and Xiaolian shook their heads.

"That's it! Of the four of us, I am the only one who understands the formation, so this is the most reasonable way to do it at the moment. If we go together to find the Formation Eye, if we can't find it, we will lose the overall strength of our team in vain. You see, the lives of the four of us are now connected. ”

Although Ye Lingxi knew it with reason and moved with emotion, Murong Chengan still resolutely disagreed with Ye Lingxi getting out of his sight at such a time.

"Okay, you and I together, the two of us will go, Zhao Ping and Xiaolian will stay where they are, how about it?"

At this time, Murong Chengan readily agreed.

However, Xiaolian and Zhao Ping did not agree.

"Master, the two of us are slaves, how can we let the master take the risk to find the formation while our two minions wait in place? Let's go with the two of us, you stay where you are and save your internal strength! ”

Ye Lingxi couldn't help but roll his eyes, gritting his teeth in anger.

"You two go, even if you two find it, will you crack the formation?!"

"Master, if we find it, let's go back the same way first, and then take the master to crack the formation, okay?"

"Not good!"

Ye Lingxi couldn't help but slap Zhao Ping on the head.

"How much time and internal effort do you have to waste when you go back and forth like this! Since you two recognize me as your master, listen to me! As I said, the lives of the four of us are now tied together. Now is not the time to dwell on any issues of dignity and inferiority, I asked the two of you to conserve your internal strength, also in order to prepare for emergencies after the formation. We entered this formation today, I think it is no accident, maybe the enemy is waiting outside the formation to hit us! If we all waste our internal strength and wait for the formation, we will be killed by the enemy! ”

Ye Lingxi's bitter persuasion finally worked! After getting Murong Cheng'an's approval, Xiaolian and Zhao Ping agreed to Ye Lingxi's proposal.

It's mainly witty, and what she said does make sense!

In the end, Ye Lingxi tied a thin rope on Murong Chengan's wrist, and the other end was tied to Zhao Ping's wrist. Then, Ye Lingxi and Murong Chengan began to look into the distance.

The fog was still very thick, and the visible distance in front of him was only a few dozen inches, Ye Lingxi used the internal force as he walked, looking for direction by observing the changes in the internal force, and Murong Chengan was responsible for observing the surrounding environment.

Ye Lingxi looked at the white expanse in front of him, and felt a little sad in his heart, as if he had seen the end of his life.

Because of the emotional instability in Ye Lingxi's heart, she often wandered when she was looking for directions, and in the end, she actually returned to Xiaolian and Zhao Ping's position.

"Master!"

After Xiaolian heard Ye Lingxi's voice, she hurriedly stopped meditating, got up and ran in front of Ye Lingxi.

But seeing Ye Lingxi's solemn face, Xiaolian probably understood.

It seems that they have gone back to square one......