Chapter 3: The thieves suffered heavy losses, and Xu Jinghuai was forced to explore the cave
On White Stork Island, the anti-theft team fell into the phantom array, and under the guidance of the half-hung cultivator, more than half of the cultivators were killed and injured in less than an hour. Of course, those who died were all those with low cultivation, and except for the one who was unlucky at the beginning, the rest of the Daoists were alive.
Xu Jinghuai knew that the man was pointing the wrong way, but he was silent. He still thought in his heart, how could he kill a few more Daoists. Sure enough, that formation cultivator lived up to his expectations and pointed to a dead end full of poisonous insects and poisonous arrows.
Weng Xingwei saw that the fog in front of him was obscuring and his vision was very poor, so he felt that there would be an ambush. Puzzled: "Can you really go out on this road?" ”
Array Xiu replied: "The illusion array is a way, the virtual is real, and the real is virtual. It may seem dangerous, but it's probably the way out. ”
Xu Jinghuai sighed in his heart, he was afraid of meeting someone who didn't understand everything. Although the phantom array does pay attention to the virtual is real, and the real is virtual, it also depends on the situation! The role of the phantom circle is usually to trap or cover the enemy. (Note: Soul Array Cultivation can attack Divine Soul with Phantom Array, which is a special case)
However, White Stork Island is a pirate's nest, and the purpose of their formation is naturally to kill the enemy. Although the Phantom Circle is difficult to kill, it can be used in conjunction with other means to attack. For example, poison arrays, arrow arrays, traps, sneak attacks, and so on.
Shu Jun is a second-grade formation immortal, and almost all the formations he has set up on White Stork Island are for the purpose of killing. The phantom array here is to cover poisonous insects and traps. It's a pity that the formation cultivator doesn't seem to understand this.
Weng Xingwei thought about it for a while and felt that this was reasonable, but this time he carried forward his spirit and chose to walk behind. And the one at the front was the thin old man Niu Chuan who scolded Xu Jinghuai for collecting the sails. Perhaps, he is the only one who believes that the purpose of this trip is to eliminate theft.
Seeing that the cultivators were about to enter a dead end, Xu Jinghuai began to think about how he could ensure his safety without being exposed? Yu Ping saw him stunned and reminded: "If you don't want to die, follow me." ”
When Xu Jinghuai heard this, an idea immediately popped into his mind. He pretended to be scared, grabbed Yu Ping's skirt, and hid behind her. As soon as Yu Ping took a step, she found that someone was dragging her behind. turned around and looked, saw Xu Jinghuai's panicked appearance, and teased: "If you tear off my skirt, I will do you now." ”
However, Xu Jinghuai seemed to accept his fate, shaking his head, but he didn't let go. Yu Ping glanced around and found that Xu Jinghuai was the only one left in the Scattered People Realm, no wonder he was so panicked. At the moment, he comforted: "Don't be afraid, with me, I will definitely protect you." ”
Xu Jinghuai nodded stupidly, less than a foot away from Yu Ping. After a while, the cultivators walked into the range of the poisoned arrows, and suddenly the poisoned arrows shot out with bursts of wind. At the same time, Xu Jinghuai's feet slipped and dragged Yu Ping to the ground.
A round of poisonous arrows flew out, and Niu Chuan, who was walking in the front, was hit by several arrows and killed on the spot. Weng Xingwei wielded a long whip to resist poisonous arrows, and he had no worries about his life for a while. Other Dao realms also showed their own magical powers, some held big swords, some held shields, and some grabbed real human realm monks as human shields.
However, even so, there were still two Daoists who were poisoned by the arrow, and the venom of the eight-eyed spider eroded the primordial infant and could not escape death.
Yu Ping gasped, if it weren't for Xu Jinghuai's grab, she might have confessed. At that moment, a piece of ice formed in front of him. Xu Jinghuai hid behind her, observing the situation. Suddenly, a True Realm monk grabbed his robe and tried to hide behind an ice shield.
Xu Jinghuai's killing intent burst out, first hitting the man's elbow with a knife, and then a fire palm came out. Suddenly, the spirit of fire rushed to his face, and the man was injured in the eye, wailed, and was pierced through the chest by a poisoned arrow.
When Yu Ping saw this scene, she was shocked in her heart. In terms of Xu Jinghuai's fire palm alone, he is by no means a cultivator in the realm of scattered people. Xu Jinghuai also realized that he was exposed, looked at Yu Ping's shocked expression, smiled slightly, but his left hand was against her waist.
Yu Ping felt that she had been deceived, and said angrily: "You are not a scattered person at all. ”
Xu Jinghuai grabbed her chin and smiled: "Only smart people can live long." ”
"Do you think I'm going to be afraid of you?"
Xu Jinghuai still kept smiling, but his left hand emitted an aura, but it was just a warning, and it didn't hurt her. Yu Ping felt the power of this aura and thought that she could not match it. begged for mercy at the moment: "Along the way, although I have teased you, you are not a loss for this kind of thing, right?" ”
When Xu Jinghuai heard this, his face suddenly became gloomy, and he said coldly: "Cooperate with me, I can spare your life." ”
Yu Ping nodded, guessing Xu Jinghuai's cultivation, she felt that at least it was close to the existence of the Immortal Monarch. Thinking of this, she regretted it a little in her heart, and knew that she had done him in advance. Speaking of which, he is also a person who has been an immortal.
Xu Jinghuai observed the situation, the poisonous arrow has ended, and the next thing is the poisonous insect. He felt that it was too tricky to deal with poisonous insects, and it would inevitably expose his strength. Now, there are only six Taoists left on the field, and they can choose to break the formation. He told Yu Ping the method of breaking the formation, and led everyone away through Yu Ping's mouth.
Yu Ping is not stupid, she can mix into the Taoist realm as a female cultivator, how can she not have some brains. The reason why she was deceived by Xu Jinghuai was because of her special fetishes on the one hand, and because Xu Jinghuai was so handsome. She believed that there was no woman in the world who was not moved by the sight of that face.
Yu Ping withdrew the ice shield and began to evacuate with Xu Jinghuai in her arms. She didn't tell everyone that she had found a way out. She believed that if she withdrew like this, those people would definitely follow. It's like a leader in a flock of sheep that has been enclosed. Sure enough, several True Realm monks saw her leave and hurriedly followed.
Xu Jinghuai was very annoyed by Yu Ping's behavior of holding him, and said coldly: "You are really not afraid of death." ”
Yu Ping teased while running: "Death is in your hands, the old lady admits it." I really regret not doing it to you on the ship. ”
Xu Jinghuai laughed angrily when he heard this, and said helplessly: "You are the stupidest woman I have ever seen." ”
"You people, you only know that you have to climb up desperately, but you don't know the truth that people live for a lifetime and should be happy in time. The old lady has done one hundred and seven in her life, counting you just enough to make up one hundred and eight. ”
"I'm not interested in old women, and even less in old women like you."
"Little baby, those little girls don't understand anything. Play with me and I'll make you happy. ”
"Don't talk nonsense, there's a formation flag in the tree in front, destroy it first."
"The slave takes the order." Yu Ping let out a palm, breaking the thick tree with the mouth of the bowl, and suddenly the flag flew out. Immediately afterward, she sent out another cold ice seal to freeze the formation flag, and the mist dissipated for a while.
Yu Ping looked at Xu Jinghuai with some surprise and asked, "Are you a formation cultivator?" ”
Xu Jinghuai broke free, shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "Think about how to explain it first." ”
Yu Ping glanced at a few Taoists who were galloping over, and with a turn of his mind, he slashed at the surrounding trees.
Xu Jinghuai approvingly: "Smart." ”
Weng Xingwei was the first to arrive and asked, "Yu Daoyou, what are you talking about?" ”
Yu Ping pointed to the frozen array flag and said, "I accidentally found the array flag hidden in the tree, you can also break the formation!" ”
Although Weng Xingwei was a little skeptical, it was important to save his life now. He said to the other Taoists, "Cut down all the trees here." ”
Xu Jinghuai breathed a sigh of relief, although the method was a little stupid, it could also break the formation.
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In the White Stork Island Cave Mansion, Ding Hook was leisurely drinking tea, while the other three leaders were wandering left and right, very anxious. At this moment, the little minion came to report that the other party was frantically logging, and the phantom array seemed to have been broken.
When the second leader heard this, he was shocked and ordered, "Explore again." ”
Ding Gou yawned as if he hadn't heard it, as if he wanted to sleep. Seeing this, the second leader said anxiously: "Big brother, at their speed, they will soon break the formation." ”
"What are you afraid of, this is the first battle, and the good show is still to come."
"What else?"
"Flame Array, Ice Spike Array, Poison Array, Liangyi Killing Array."
"Are there so many?" The second leader was a little skeptical.
In fact, the reason why Ding Gou said this was to calm their hearts, after all, with his formation cultivation, some formations could not be controlled at all. For example, the Liangyi lore array, this array is Shu Jun's most powerful formation, if the timing is right, he can even kill the three-rank immortal monarch.
On that day, Duan Chen easily swept through White Stork Island with the cultivation of the third-grade sword immortal, and a large part of the reason was that he came with the sword and did not fall into the formation. Moreover, Shu Jun was not particularly proficient in the control of the Liangyi Killing Array, so he placed this array in the cave. Unfortunately, Duan Chen's sword was so fast that they didn't even have a chance to dodge.
Having said that, Xu Jinghuai and the others broke the phantom formation by cutting wood, but there were also casualties in the process. When they attacked the entrance of the cave, there were a total of eight left, of which six were in the Dao Human Realm, and the remaining two were Xu Jinghuai and that formation cultivator.
Xu Jinghuai was surprised that he could survive, what kind of luck was this, or was he like himself, hiding his strength? Thinking back on his actions, Xu Jinghuai preferred to believe the latter.
Yu Ping saw him stunned and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
Xu Jinghuai leaned into Yu Ping's ear and whispered, "There is a problem with that formation cultivation, you should be careful." ”
However, the annoying thing is that Yu Ping didn't seem to listen, because she was sniffing Xu Jinghuai's body with her eyes closed. After that, he complained: "You just get from me." ”
Xu Jinghuai was helpless, she was really a stupid woman!
Weng Xingwei suffered a loss and did not dare to enter the cave rashly. He swept away the surrounding cultivators and hit Xu Jinghuai with his idea. "Hey, boy, explore the way ahead."
Xu Jinghuai pointed at himself in a panic and asked, "Me?" ”
"It's not who you are, Pathfinder." Weng Xingwei said sharply.
Yu Ping was not happy, stood in front of Xu Jinghuai, and maintained: "She is my person, I want to explore the way by myself." ”
Weng Xingwei frowned, thinking to himself, this old lady's cultivation is no worse than him, and it is not cost-effective to fall out at this time. He focused his gaze on the formation cultivator again, and reprimanded: "It's all because of you that we have lost so much, go in and explore the way, otherwise the old man will kill you now." ”
The formation cultivator looked at the others and saw that no one was willing to speak to him. With a sigh, he went into the cave to find his way. Xu Jinghuai was puzzled, how could this guy be so obedient? Was he really just lucky?
The seven of them stayed outside, and after a while, they heard the cave shouting, "Come in, it's safe here." ”
When Weng Xingwei heard this, he was about to raise the whip into the cave, but he saw Xu Jinghuai pulling Yu Ping and saying something. He was puzzled and slowed down, and it was his hesitation that saved his life.
I saw a Taoist rush into the cave, and before he had taken a few steps, the entrance of the cave was closed, and then the man's wail was heard. After a while, the door opened again, revealing a charred corpse.
Weng Xingwei gasped, and only then did he realize that there was something wrong with that array cultivator. He asked, "Which of you brought it?" ”
The remaining four Daoists shook their heads one after another, they had never seen this person before, and they thought it was brought by Weng Xingwei. Seeing this, Weng Xingwei gritted his teeth in anger and scolded: "It must be an undercover agent sent by the dog thief Ding Gou." ”
Xu Jinghuai agreed with his point of view, and had a little appreciation for Ding Hook in his heart. It is rare for this person to come up with an undercover trick in such an urgent situation. However, he suddenly found that several Daoists had focused their eyes on him.
Xu Jinghuai shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "I didn't hurt you, did I?" ”
Weng Xingwei stared and asked, "You don't seem to be from Laicheng, right?" ”
Xu Jinghuai nodded and said, "I'm not." ”
Weng Xingwei gave everyone a look, as if he was going to attack Xu Jinghuai. Yu Ping stood in front of him and maintained: "Old lady's people, see which of you dares to do it." ”
Weng Xingwei hesitated, put down the long whip, and asked, "Do you know the formation?" ”
"I understand a little." Xu Jinghuai replied with a smile.
"Can you break the formation?"
"I can't."
"You're kidding me?" Weng Xingwei raised the long whip as he spoke, and was about to whip it.
Xu Jinghuai patted his forehead and sighed: "I haven't even seen the formation, how can I break the formation?" ”
When Weng Xingwei heard this, he felt much more down-to-earth. said to Xu Jinghuai: "If you can break the formation, Shu Jun's things will be yours at that time." ”
"Can you call the shots?" Xu Jinghuai looked at the other four Taoists.
Weng Xingwei snorted and said, "None of us are formation cultivators, so it's useless to hold it." ”
Xu Jinghuai nodded, pointed to the entrance of the cave and said, "I can go to break the formation, but I still need something." ”
"Say whatever you need."
"Magic weapons, spirit runes, and spirit stones."
The Fu cultivator felt that this was reasonable and asked, "What spirit rune do you want?" ”
"Flying Charms, Movement Charms, Fire Charms, and Demolition Charms." Xu Jinghuai said one by one.
When Fu Xiu heard this, he said angrily: "You are really good at picking." ”
"Do you give or don't give?" He said this, but his hand stretched out. Because, at the moment he had to give.
After Xu Jinghuai received the spirit talisman, he looked at Weng Xingwei again, "I still need your golden silkworm armor." ”
Weng Xingwei directly refused: "No, the golden silkworm armor is the treasure of the old man's family, how can I give it to you." ”
"You always misunderstood, I just borrowed the golden silkworm armor to break the formation. After breaking the formation, it will naturally be returned to you. Xu Jinghuai had a sincere look.
Yu Ping saw Weng Xingwei hesitating, and said sarcastically: "Some people want to drink milk, but don't give grass to the cows, where does the milk come from?" ”
Weng Xingwei took off his outer robe, revealing the inner armor of gold silk, which was made of golden silk, which was not invaded by water and fire, and was not worn by knives and guns. Just as he was about to give it to Xu Jinghuai, he suddenly asked, "Spirit stones can also break the formation?" ”
Xu Jinghuai pulled the golden silkworm armor and put it on, and said with a smile: "I risked my life to break the formation, shouldn't you give some comfort money?" ”
"Hmph, I can give you the comfort money, I hope you can use it."
Xu Jinghuai kept smiling, stretched out his hand, and asked for the spirit stone. Weng Xingwei threw him a kumquat and said, "That's all the old man has." ”
Xu Jinghuai caught the spirit stone and began to ask the other four people for it. The Fu Xiu was a little annoyed and said, "The old man has already given you the spirit talisman." ”
"One yard to one yard, Weng's predecessor also gave the golden silkworm armor."
"Borrowed." Weng Xingwei hurriedly corrected.
Xu Jinghuai nodded and said apologetically: "Yes, yes, yes, it's a mistake by the juniors." ”
That Fu Xiu had no choice but to take out a kumquat. After that, Xu Jinghuai looked at Yu Ping again. Yu Ping pointed at herself in disbelief and asked, "Little baby, should I give it too?" ”
When Xu Jinghuai heard this, his face changed, and he replied: "You don't have to give, you go with me." ”
Yu Ping hurriedly took out two kumquats and excused herself: "I don't know the formation, it's useless to go." ”
Xu Jinghuai looked at Weng Xingwei and asked, "Why don't you go with me?" ”
Weng Xingwei coughed and said to Yu Ping: "Yu Daoyou, don't refuse, haven't you always cared about him?" The other four Taoists also chimed in.
Yu Ping put away the kumquat and said angrily: "White-eyed wolf." ”
Xu Jinghuai pretended not to hear it and took the lead in walking towards the cave. Yu Ping sighed and followed.
After the two entered the cave, the door of the cave was immediately closed. Seeing this, Yu Ping did not panic, but stood quietly in place. Xu Jinghuai was quite appreciative of this, and said with a smile: "Don't you ask me, why do you want you to come?" ”
Yu Ping pulled her long hair behind her ears and said indifferently: "Life is not in the same bed, and death can be accepted in the same acupoint." ”
Xu Jinghuai thought she understood what she meant, but who knew that this was the case. However, what is even more annoying is Yu Ping's next sentence. "Why don't you satisfy me before you die?"
"Can you think of something else in your head?"
"It used to be possible, but now it's all about you."
Xu Jinghuai breathed a long sigh of relief and warned: "If you want to live, it's best not to disturb my mind." However, as soon as the words fell, Yu Ping began to undress. Xu Jinghuai really wanted to stab her to death, and scolded: "You don't look at the place when you complain." ”
Yu Ping said aggrievedly: "You misunderstood the slave family, the slave family just changed into compact clothes, so as not to affect you." ”
Xu Jinghuai waved his hand and asked her to change it quickly.
After some farce, Xu Jinghuai took out the red feather plate. To break the formation, you must at least know what kind of formation the opponent is arranged. Of course, if you have a strong enough cultivation, you don't need to know, after all, one strength can break ten skillful.
Xu Jinghuai looked at the charred corpse and speculated that this array should be some kind of fire attribute formation. As far as he knew, the common fire attribute formations below the Array Immortal were Earth Fire Array, Beacon Fire Array, Flame Array, etc. Among them, the Earth Fire Array has the power of eruption; The beacon array was filled with smoke; The Flame Array is the purest of all, which is scorching.
Xu Jinghuai carefully observed the corpse and confirmed that it was a flame array. There are three main ways to break the Flame Array. First, deplete the aura of the formation; second, destroy the eye of the array; Third, pull out the formation flag.
As far as the current situation is concerned, the second one is excluded first, because the opponent's formation skills are not bad, and he can't find the formation eye at all. As for the first one, it is a little unrealistic, after all, with the intelligence of Ding Hook, it is impossible not to prepare a large number of spirit stones to provide spiritual energy. Well, there is only the third one.
Xu Jinghuai turned to look, but saw Yu Ping looking at him with a on his face, and said speechlessly: "You can't... Alas, forget it, I'll do it myself. ”
Xu Jinghuai turned his aura and formed a thick wall of ice, and then took out the blasting talisman. He was about to detonate, but saw that Yu Ping was still stunned. He was really angry, slapped him directly, and scolded: "If it weren't for your sake to protect me, I would have killed you a long time ago, and wouldn't you get in?" ”
Yu Ping covered her face and hid in the ice wall, but there was a hint of joy in her heart. Xu Jinghuai found the right direction, shot a blasting charm, and recited a spell. Suddenly, the blaster exploded, and the rubble shot into the ice wall. At the same time, the Flame Array seemed to be greatly affected, and it exploded one after another.
Xu Jinghuai was shocked, and turned his aura to strengthen the ice wall. Yu Ping also became serious and helped to reinforce.
Outside the cave, the five people listened to the violent explosion, and they all had a trace of worry in their hearts. If Xu Jinghuai failed to break the formation, they could only return in vain.
Fortunately, after a tormented wait, the explosion stopped, and the door reopened.