Chapter 60: Trapping
With the faint light of the flashlight, Yang took out a picture scroll and spread it out in front of everyone.
The picture scroll is extremely old, the paper is dark yellow and black, after being spread out, only one foot square, in the middle of the picture is a mass of lines like earthworms, there are many symbols of different shapes between the lines, and the scroll is full of difficult and difficult words written around it, all of which are commonly used by Taoists Cloud Seal, Gongbi Painting, small characters, every wisp is extremely fine, there is no smearing place.
This painting is the same as a ghost painting in the eyes of Tian Qi, Xiao Tian, and even Zhao Huxing and Li Dayong, and they can't understand it at all, only Pang Xie and Yang Zheng can see that this is a formation diagram.
"Nine Palace Bagua Array? This is not easy to break. Ponche frowned.
The Nine Palaces Bagua Array is the most basic formation of Taoism, and anyone who can arrange a formation in the world will arrange this formation nine times out of ten.
It just shows that although this formation is not the most powerful formation in the world, it is the most widely used formation in the world, not only in Taoism, but also in Confucianism, soldiers, and Yin and Yang.
If a formation is used by many people, it must have its advantages.
This formation has two major advantages, one is that it is easy to get started, even if a beginner who doesn't know anything, as long as he learns hard for a year and a half, he can set up a formation, although the power is not strong, but it is better than nothing. The second is that the potential is endless, if someone can really devote themselves to studying for 1,800 years and give full play to the mysteries of the formation, it will be enough to compete with the strongest Liangyi Dust Array in the world, and will not fall behind at all.
"It's nothing, the master surnamed Luo has clearly written the key positions in the formation, we don't need to break the formation, just follow the guidance of the formation map. ”
As he spoke, Yang moved his fingers lightly, pointed to one of the symbols and said, "We are here now, in the exchange position." He pointed to another symbol. "The eye of the array is there, in the position of the scum, from here to there, there is such a route. ”
While listening to his explanation, Pang Xie recalled the knowledge about the formation in the "Xuangong Tips", and after making sure that there was no problem, he nodded in agreement.
After a few people agreed, they rested for a while, Zhao Huxing and Xiaotian each bandaged their wounds, ate some biscuits and dried meat to replenish their strength, and Yang pacing meditated to recover his spirit.
Half an hour later, the six of them set off together, found a passage in the underground grotto according to the route on the formation map, and walked straight in the direction of the formation eye.
Yang Cheng and the others followed Pang Xie's advice, turned off the flashlight, and walked forward in the dark together.
Among the six, Pang Xie led the way in front of the head and walked in the front, followed by Zhao Huxing, followed by Li Dayong, Xiao Tian, Tian Qi, and Yang Yan in the end.
Along the way, the six men were cautious and prepared for possible attacks from the depths of the cavern.
According to the previous speculation, if the large array has stopped running, the black python that suppressed it may lurk in the shadows and will come out to attack at any time, if the large array is still running, there will be a formation obstruction, in short, this road will not be smooth.
Unexpectedly, it wasn't until more than an hour later that several people came to the front of the grotto where the eye of the formation was, and the road was smooth and steady, without any accidents.
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Click!
Yang gently unscrewed the switch of the flashlight, and a dim light lit up in the grotto, and the grotto in front of him barely showed a trace of his true face.
It was an extremely large grotto, larger than the grotto I had encountered before, and the top was also hung down by stone thorns the size of buckets, like stalactites, with round roots on top and sharp tips at the bottom, between light and shadow, the sharp tips reflected the light like a blade, and the top of the shadows swallowed up the faint light like hell.
Around the grotto, you can vaguely see the passages of different widths and narrows, there are about more than a dozen, some of which are naturally formed, and a few can be seen to have traces of artificial excavation, and the passage that the group just walked out of was artificially excavated.
Unlike the previous grotto, the ground of this grotto is relatively flat, and there are no large rocks blocking the way.
"Ahh
Tian Qi walked out of the passage, entered the grotto, took a long breath, and said in surprise: "It's strange, the air in this place is so fresh, are we going out soon?"
Li Dayong, Zhao Huxing and others nodded one after another, different from the damp and stuffy feeling in the passage, the air in the grotto is obviously much fresher, walking here, it is like diving in the water for a long time, and finally being able to breathe with your head out.
"This place has a lot of vitality in heaven and earth!"
Pang Xie's feeling was different from theirs, after stepping into the grotto, he clearly felt that the heaven and earth vitality in the grotto was dozens of times stronger than the outside world, although it was not as sufficient as eight hundred years ago, but it also had the level of five or six hundred years ago.
"Brother Pang also feels this way?"
Yang turned his head and asked, his cultivation was second only to Pang Xie, and his kung fu had almost reached the peak of the day after tomorrow, and he was only short of opening up the inner and outer worlds before he could step into the realm of "metamorphosis", so in addition to Pang Xie, his feeling was the most obvious.
Pang Xie nodded, took a long breath, and silently used the "Xuangong Essentials", urging the cyan cyclone in the dantian, and absorbing the vitality between heaven and earth with all his might.
A week, as long as it takes more than ten minutes, the inhaled heaven and earth vitality is enough to practice outside for a day.
"If Professor Yang is not in a hurry, he might as well practice here, maybe there will be unexpected surprises. Pang Xie said suddenly.
Yang is only one step away from the realm of "metamorphosis", the first time he has entered this kind of environment where the vitality of heaven and earth is extremely strong, the body is most susceptible to the stimulation of vitality, and now he cultivates immediately, maybe he can open up the inner and outer worlds, if it is a long time, the body is used to this concentration of heaven and earth vitality, I am afraid that there will be no such effect, so it is good to remind.
Once Yang Xiu breaks through, his combat power will naturally increase, and when the time comes, the two of them will join forces, and they may not be able to defeat Lao Qiu, so they don't need to take any magic weapons or fight any black pythons.
For some unknown reason, the more Pang Xie walked into the grotto, the more uneasy he felt in his heart, and his intuition told him that the danger lurking was getting bigger and bigger.
"No need, there is a lot of danger here, let's leave as soon as possible. Yang shook his head.
Pang Xie nodded, not reluctantly, cultivation is a breakthrough, chance, heart, and luck are indispensable, although the vitality of heaven and earth here is strong, but it does not mean that it will inevitably break through, he is kind enough to remind him, Yang Pacing does not listen, and there is no need to say it again.
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"According to the situation depicted in the formation map, this grotto should be where the eye of the formation is, let's look separately to see if there is a suppression of the big formation. Yang said.
Zhao Huxing, Xiao Tian, Tian Qi and others nodded together, and although Li Dayong still didn't believe it, he didn't say anything against it.
"Everyone, be careful. Pang Xie reminded him.
If what Yang Cheng said was true, this Nine Palace Bagua Array was laid down by the Quanzhen Sect Patriarch Xuanxu Dao Chang, then it would never be as simple as it seemed.
The Xuanxu Dao Master was the Venerable of the First Sect, and he was also the top master in the cultivation world at that time, if this great array was really laid by him, it must have its own surprises, and it was by no means easy to break. The most important reason why they were able to walk all the way to the eye of the formation was that the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi had declined, and the Yuan Qi had been unable to maintain the normal operation of the formation, so many formation arrangements had failed. However, the vitality of heaven and earth in the grotto in front of him is still strong, if there is any formation arrangement, I am afraid that it is still running, if I accidentally touch the formation, I am afraid that the consequences will be unimaginable.
If what Yang Cheng said is false, the vitality of heaven and earth in this place is so strong, I am afraid that it also has its peculiarities, and it is still necessary to be extremely cautious.
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"What Brother Pang said is, let's be careful, turn on the flashlight, and see it clearly before we do it. Yang nodded and said.
Click, click...
Several flashlights were turned on together, and the light in the grotto suddenly increased a lot, illuminating a large open space in front of them.
"Huh, what is that?" Tian Qi couldn't help but shout.
Under the light, a dark platform appeared in the shape of a tower, standing in the middle of the grotto.
This high platform is made of black stone blocks, it is not clear when the light is dim, it is a little brighter at the moment, only to see, the height of the stone platform is about four or five meters, there are steps on all sides, the top seems to be a platform, there is a red cylindrical stele standing on the platform, looking at it from a distance, there seems to be something on the stele, but the light is insufficient, and it is not clear to see.
"This is where the eye of the array is, isn't it a magic weapon to suppress the eye of the array?" Yang paced half asking, half talking to himself.
"I'll take it back and take a look!" Xiao Tian continued Yang Pacing's words, among the few people present, she was one of the youngest, and her personality was also the most outbreaking, although Tian Qi was the same age as her, she was not as bold as her.
Yang didn't answer, turned around and glanced at Pang Xie, wanting to hear Pang Xie's opinion, along the way, he found that Pang Xie not only cultivated higher than him, but also understood the formation above him.
"That's not right. Ponche frowned.
"How?" asked Young.
"According to the formation diagram, this is where the eye of this Nine Palace Bagua Array is located, according to the common sense of the formation, it should be heavily protected, but there is no arrangement here except for a stone platform, it is not the common sense of the formation arrangement. Ponsie said.
"According to the notes, the Xuanxu Dao Master was the top master in the cultivation world at that time, and his cultivation was thorough, could it be that he had already practiced to the realm of returning to the basics, and there was no need for other protection?" Yang Yan asked.
Pang Xie shook his head, through the heavens and the earth? What are you kidding, since the vitality of heaven and earth has declined, how can anyone be called heaven and earth.
"What do you want to do so much, let's get it first!"
Without waiting for Pang Xie to understand, Xiao Tian walked quickly towards the high platform, and in a blink of an eye, he came to the bottom of the stone platform.
Yang didn't stop it, and let Xiaotian go.
Xiaotian came to the bottom of the stone platform, stepped up the steps a few steps, and came to the platform above the stone platform, only to see a red stone tablet standing on the platform, and a stone seal was placed on the stone tablet.
She reached out and grabbed the stone seal on the stele, and wanted to pick it up, but unexpectedly, the stone seal seemed to grow on the stele, and she couldn't pull it, looked down, and shouted loudly: "Teacher, why can't this thing be dragged, come and see, there are three words written on it: 'Pingshan Yin'!"
Yang raised his eyebrows and was about to move forward.
When Pang Xie heard the words "Pingshan Yin", his heart couldn't help but move, and when he looked up and saw Yang walking forward, he stopped him and shook his head gently.
Yang was stunned for a moment, and then shouted loudly: "Xiaotian, you try again!"
"Good!"
Xiao Tian nodded, mustered ten percent of his strength, and reached out to pull the seal again.
Unexpectedly, this stretch of hand, although the stone seal was dragged down, the crimson stone tablet also sank down at the same time, revealing a two-foot square and bottomless black hole, and a great suction force instantly sucked Xiaotian into it!