Chapter 222: The Misty Stone
Passing through the thin space, An Wenjian and Qiqi entered the boundary between the Crow Country and the Monkey Country.
The surrounding scene had already appeared in the divine consciousness's vision, but there was only a blank white in his eyes.
"It's a thick fog."
An Wen muttered, fortunately, the divine consciousness vision was not affected, and no danger was found nearby.
"It's also my first time in Foggy Hollow, and I've always passed through a safe passage before."
Qiqi followed the voice and reached out to grab An Wenjian's arm's clothes: "Do you have any formations that can expel the surrounding fog?" β
"Wait a minute."
An Wen thought of a good formation, and stretched out his hand to draw a few times in the air in front of him.
As the formation activated, the fog around them visibly lightened, but did not disperse.
"I can see it clearly!"
Qiqi felt relieved when he saw An Wen beside him, but he didn't let go of his hand.
"This formation should be enough to disperse the fog in a range of more than ten kilometers."
An Wen saw that he used his spiritual power to "grab" a cloud of mist in his hand, and tried to analyze: "These fogs are not naturally generated. β
Qiqi subconsciously shrank behind An Wen and looked around: "Danger? β
"Not yet."
An Wen saw it, and the analysis has confirmed that although the fog is difficult to disperse, the composition is the same as the ordinary fog, no problem: "I just confirmed with my divine sense, this is a valley, but there are no plants, no spirit animals, only stones." Your third grandfather also said that there is no danger here. β
"Maybe it's not dangerous for him..."
The more Qiqi spoke, the quieter she became, and she suddenly remembered, or noticed, that An Wen saw that the realm was higher than herself, and she could do the Void Formation: "If we successfully escaped from those people just now, wouldn't you tell me that your own cultivation and formation attainment?" β
An Wen saw that he couldn't keep up with the speed of Qiqi's thinking, and reluctantly replied: "I didn't deliberately hide it, it's just that you didn't ask." And there is no requirement for this in the contract we signed. β
ββ¦ If you ask now, "
Qiqi was silent for a moment and said, "Will you tell me?" β
"Cultivation is the Soul Condensing Realm."
An Wenjian said directly: "The formation level is not very clear. When I was in Baojin City, I could only do a maximum of five levels of certification, but I was already able to do the Void Formation. β
"It's already amazing."
Qiqi said seriously, and then asked in a somewhat low mood: "After arriving in the Monkey Country, will you return to the cultivation world immediately?" β
"Yes."
An Wen replied in seconds: "A lot of people are waiting for me, and they are also worried about me." In any case, I'm going to go back and meet them first. β
Speaking of this, An Wenjian took Qiqi into the air, flew forward, and gradually accelerated.
"When you return to the cultivation world and see those people, you'll come back, right?"
Qiqi didn't know why he was asking, but as long as he thought that he would not be able to see the person next to him for a while, he felt an inexplicable emptiness in his heart.
"Yes, but not right back."
An Wenjian carefully looked around, and replied with a little attention: "I originally came to the demon world because of an accident, and there are many things in the cultivation world that need to be dealt with. If you come to the demon world again, it will be ten years at the earliest. β
[Ten years, a long time...]
Qiqi sighed in his heart, but didn't show it: "Then when you come again, do you want to find an errand in my second aunt's college?" For example, being a formation teacher. β
"We'll talk about it then."
An Wen was not very interested: "I prefer to use formations to build houses than to teach formations." β
"You like to build houses?"
Qiqi said unexpectedly: "Could it be that you used to be a craftsman, and you found that you had a better talent in formation, so you changed to cultivate?" β
"No, I've always been a formation cultivator. Because of my innate ability, I can only play a better role through the formation. β
An Wen said: "Building a house is a hobby. β
"That's right..."
Qiqi couldn't find a topic, and one person and one demon stopped talking and flew forward silently.
More than an hour passed, and the surrounding scene remained unchanged.
[What's going on?] γ
An Wen frowned when he saw it, and realized that the situation was wrong: [The visibility is indeed very low, but through my divine vision, I have indeed kept flying forward, why hasn't the scenery changed? γ
Analysis: The vision of the divine consciousness is fine, but the sense of direction is disturbed.
γSense of direction......γ
Seeing something, An Wen slowed down and quickly stopped.
"What's wrong?"
After Qiqi finished asking, he suddenly reacted and said nervously: "Is there any danger?" β
"Don't be nervous, it's not dangerous."
An Wen analyzed it on the spot for a while, and confirmed: "It's just that I suddenly understood what your third grandfather meant." β
Qiqi asked cooperatively, "What do you mean?" β
"This realm, this foggy valley, there should be some natural formation."
An Wen saw his index finger spinning in the air: "Affected by the formation, we have been spinning in place since just now. β
"Haven't we been flying forward?"
Qiqi looked dazed: "I didn't turn a corner." β
"It doesn't feel accurate sometimes."
An Wenjian took out a rope magic weapon about three meters long: "Come, you grab one end and fly forward for a while to see if the rope will be tight." β
Qiqi did so, muttering in a low voice: "Pulling the rope will definitely ...... Huh? β
Before she finished speaking, Qiqi realized that something was wrong: she was obviously flying in the direction away from An Wenjian, but the rope in her hand did not feel tight.
Just thinking about this, Qiqi suddenly found that he had arrived behind An Wenjian without knowing when: "How can this be?" I didn't even feel the spiritual power fluctuations of the formation. β
"It's not that you have to have spiritual power for the formation to be effective."
An Wenjian turned around and retracted the rope: "For example, our innate ability can be used even if we don't have spiritual power. β
"But natural abilities are only possessed by living creatures."
Qiqi couldn't figure it out: "No matter how powerful the formation is, it won't come back to life, right?" β
"The formation won't, but the stone will."
An Wen saw that Qiqi landed on the ground, and grabbed a fist-sized stone casually: "These stones should be a kind of living creature called 'Lost Stone'." β
"Lost Stone..."
Qiqi repeated it a few times in his mouth, remembering it: "Foggy Valley Lost Stone!" β
"That's right."
An Wen saw that he lost the stone in his hand: "When I was in Baojin City, I heard people from the Craftsman Repair Association talk about this kind of 'living' stone, and I thought it could be used as a special building material, so I inquired a little. β
"I only found out when I heard from a previous guest."
Qiqi also picked up a piece casually: "The guest said that this kind of maze stone will disorient the surrounding monks, and he wants me to use the maze stone to refine a magic weapon." But the lost stone I got at that time was no different from an ordinary stone no matter how I looked at it. β
"Now this one looks like an ordinary stone, too."
Qiqi looked at the stone in his hand and asked, "This kind of thing, where can it be considered alive?" β
"Although it is a stone no matter how you look at it, the maze stone does have the ability to disorient the surrounding monks or spirit beasts. In addition, these labyrinths have the ability to move, but they are very slow. β
An Wen saw that the divine vision swept around, and the stones seemed to be randomly distributed, but in fact they were in accordance with a certain pattern: "However, they only show signs of 'living' when they are in the Foggy Valley." Once taken out of the Foggy Hollow, it's just an ordinary stone. β