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Chapter 43 Sect Grand Competition (8)

Luo Zai Shui and Chu Ye Li slowly made their way through the desert, sometimes sinking into deep water and sometimes losing half of their calves.

"This can't go on."

Chu Yeli still had an injury on his leg. If he continued walking, even if he made it out, his leg would probably be ruined.

Luo stepped onto a relatively firm patch of ground, reached out, and pulled Chu Yeli along.

The two were exhausted after struggling for a long time. There was no water in the desert. Chu Yeli, who had already entered the Golden Core stage, could go without food and water without much problem, but Luo Zaishui was only at the Qi Refining stage. She licked her dry lips and wondered how long she could last like this.

"Stop struggling, save your energy. Did you bring any fasting pills?"

Chu Yeli stuffed a fasting pill into her hand. He didn't have a problem not eating it, but Luo Zai Shui couldn't. If she was subjected to this for several days, she would either starve to death or die of thirst.

Why do you still carry these things with you?

Luo Zai Shui didn't refuse and swallowed the fasting pill directly. This kind of high-grade fasting pill can last for at least ten days.

“I bought a lot of pills from Nie Xushuang last time, and she gave them to me as a free gift.”

"What do we do now?"

This was the first time either of them had encountered this situation. Although they both remained relatively calm, they were still at a loss for what to do and were somewhat anxious.

Luo Zai Shui blinked, analyzing the current situation: "The elders have discovered we're trapped, and they should try to rescue us, but what about the Wen family..."

She glanced at Chu Yeli's legs and continued, "Just by looking at the arrays the Wen family set up at the foot of the mountain, you can tell they don't want us to get out alive. They will definitely try to stop the elders."

Chu Yeli crossed his arms, finding it hard not to agree with her: "Moreover, the fact that this formation was placed at the very end of the competition means it's definitely not that simple. The Wen family doesn't want us to live; in their eyes, this formation definitely has a way to kill us."

“This formation isn’t one we usually see replicated. In that case, we can eliminate them one by one from the books we’ve read.” Luo Zai Shui lowered her eyes, her mind racing through the books on formations she’d read. “Then…”

"An ancient formation!"

The two reached the same conclusion at the same time; they looked at each other and understood what the other was thinking.

"I have read all the books on formations in the library of Xianyun Peak, and I have also read no fewer than a thousand books on formations circulating in the market..."

"The Linghai Sect has many books on formations, and although I haven't read them all, if it's a formation that neither you nor I have read, then such a formation should only be recorded in ancient books..."

The two of them had a sudden thought, as if something had occurred to them.

"This formation cannot be broken."

Luo Zai Shui affirmed, "If it is indeed an ancient formation, then it must have a reason to exist. Ancient formations have been suppressing ferocious beasts and vengeful spirits for many years. If they are broken, the consequences will be endless."

“Moreover, this is an ancient battlefield. If I’m not mistaken, it should be suppressing ancient vengeful spirits. If that’s the case, then we need to get out of here as soon as possible.” Chu Yeli looked around. “If our analysis is correct, the only way for us to get out now is to find the Gate of Life.”

Luo Zai Shui, resting her chin on her hand, suddenly recalled an ancient book she had read earlier: "Let's go find the tombstone!"

Why are you looking for a tombstone?

Chu Yeli was puzzled.

"I read in an ancient book that the ancient methods of suppressing vengeful spirits were relatively simple. Our ancestors would invite one or more guardian deities. These guardian deities were usually great generals in life, with extremely strong malevolent energy. They commanded millions of generals in life and could suppress restless vengeful spirits after death. The location of the guardian deity should be the core of the formation."

Chu Yeli understood what she meant, but putting it into practice would still be very difficult: "That's true, but this is a vast desert. It's not easy to find a living person, let alone a tombstone. Moreover, sandstorms rage here all year round, so these things may have already been buried."

Luo Zai Shui looked at him with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot: "Have you lost your mind from bleeding too much? We array disciples naturally have our own methods. Let me ask you, where do we usually choose to suppress spirits when we set up a spirit-suppressing array?"

Without hesitation, Chu Yeli replied, "Naturally, it's a place with abundant yang energy."

"Then let me ask you another question: if we are suppressing an evil spirit, and this spirit is extremely ferocious, how should we set up the formation?"

"Choose the place with the heaviest yin energy to set up a yang-attracting formation to suppress it, and then set up a trapping formation outwards..."

As they talked, Chu Yeli suddenly realized: "You mean, we should go find the place with the heaviest yin energy..."

Luo Zai Shui nodded: "That's right. If there really is a guardian deity, then the guardian deity should be located in the place with the heaviest yin energy to suppress it. We should find the guardian deity first, and then find the gate of life. That way we should be able to get out."

"it is good!"

The two men pulled out compasses from their storage bags, and after the pointers on the compasses swung wildly left and right for a while, they both pointed north.

The two exchanged a glance and embarked on their journey once more.

In front of the Wen family's council hall, the crowd remained deadlocked.

"Is Patriarch Wen threatening me?"

Xie Jing's hand was already on the folding fan at his waist. Although the sect leader of Xianyun Peak did not show any emotion, his hand was already tightly gripping the hilt of his sword, ready to strike.

The Wen family patriarch still had a smile on his face: "I dare not. I am only thinking of the people. I know that you, Immortal Venerable Xie and Sect Master Lin, are anxious. There are also a few juniors in my family, but there is really no other way. We can't let the people of the world take risks for the sake of a few juniors."

Everyone knows that when it comes to the art of array formations, Xie Jingruo is second to none.

“This is a bit unreasonable, Patriarch Wen,” the Sect Master of the Metallurgy Sect stepped in to smooth things over. “These are all juniors we’ve watched grow up. It’s heartbreaking for us elders to see them in such danger. Besides, with Immortal Venerable Xie around, how could anything possibly happen?”

"Is that so?" The Wen family patriarch narrowed his eyes and looked at Xie Jing. "If something really happens, who will take responsibility?"

"I'll do it..."

Before Xie Jing could finish speaking, the sect leader of Xianyun Peak spoke first.

"I, Xianyun Peak, will take this responsibility. We've watched Shui and Yeli grow up, and we can't just abandon them. Besides, they are both geniuses in the art of array formation. It's not fair to let such geniuses fail in the competition." The sect leader of Xianyun Peak patted Xie Jing's shoulder and whispered in his ear, "Go quickly, I'll take responsibility if anything happens."

Xie Jing nodded, said nothing more, and immediately used the Wind Riding Technique, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

The Wen family patriarch watched Xie Jing leave, a smug smile spreading across his face.

It's unclear whether the flow of time inside the formation is different from that outside, but Luo Zai Shui and Chu Ye Li have been walking together for two days now.

"what is that?"

Luo Zai Shui, with her sharp eyes, spotted a splash of red in the sand.

"It seems to be a member of the Wen family; they should already be dead."

"and many more!"

Luo Zai Shui noticed that the corpse was somewhat unusual, and stumbled over to it.