roccoschili Chapter 172 I don't understand formations, but I understand scents!
Chapter 172 I don't understand formations, but I understand scents!
"Ye Xiaobai, you know about formations?" Liu Rumei asked disdainfully.
"Yes, Fellow Daoist Ye, are you familiar with this formation?" the cultivator surnamed Sun asked with a hint of doubt.
"I don't understand formations, but I do understand..." Ye Xiaobai still couldn't bring himself to say that he understood the concept of scent.
"What do you know? Why are you stammering like that!" Liu Rumei said impatiently.
"Anyway, I just feel this location is strange. Attacking other places is still an attack, so why don't we try here?" Ye Xiaobai still insisted that the two of them attack the triangular location where the scent flowed and converged together.
"Fine! I give up!" Liu Rumei had no choice. After all, breaking the formation already consumed spiritual energy. If everyone's efforts were not directed in one direction, it would waste everyone's time and energy.
Immediately, Liu Rumei and the cultivator surnamed Sun joined forces with Ye Xiaobai to attack the location designated by Ye Xiaobai. In a short while, the power of the defensive array was significantly weakened.
Liu Rumei and the cultivator surnamed Sun were instantly shocked, not expecting that the location Ye Xiaobai pointed to would have such a significant effect after being attacked.
Ye Xiaobai confirmed that his feeling was correct; the location where the scent flowed and converged was precisely the core of this defensive array.
Seeing how effective Ye Xiaobai's attack was, Mu Jiuling, who was not far away, also began to suspect that Ye Xiaobai was familiar with how to break the current formation.
"It's just good luck! Come and see the methods of our Seven Lakes Sect!" Wu Haotian of the Seven Lakes Sect scoffed disdainfully upon seeing the effectiveness of Ye Xiaobai and the others' attack. Wu Haotian naturally didn't believe that Ye Xiaobai could find the location of the array's core in this seventh-order formation.
Ye Xiaobai naturally ignored it. If others didn't believe it, he would try it himself. He turned around and went to the side to meditate and recover his strength.
Seeing that Ye Xiaobai ignored him, Wu Haotian could only mutter to himself, "You brat, just you wait, you'll get what's coming to you once we get out of this secret realm!"
Next, Wu Haotian's group continued to disrupt the formation. Wu Haotian took out his natal magic weapon—the Haotian Hammer—and, along with the Seven Lakes Sect disciples, frantically bombarded the center of the formation.
However, the effect was much worse; the array's power was being worn away very little. At this rate, it would probably take them a month to break through this defensive array. Ye Xiaobai still needed to refine pills and couldn't afford to waste so much time.
A disciple from the Seven Lakes Sect, who was in the same group as Wu Haotian, walked up to him and whispered, "Should we ask Fellow Daoist Ye over there? Let him tell us where the formation is weak?"
"What are you asking? Haven't you eaten? You don't even have the strength to attack the formation?" Wu Haotian immediately shouted angrily.
Upon hearing this, the Seven Lakes Sect disciple immediately lowered his head and stood aside, using all his strength to continue attacking the formation.
A short while later, Wu Haotian's group finished their attack. All three of them were exhausted, but the results were not satisfactory.
Next came the three disciples of Qingxia Sect. They noticed the difference in the effectiveness of Ye Xiaobai's destruction of the formation compared to the others, and they immediately ran to Ye Xiaobai's side and respectfully asked, "Fellow Daoist Ye, why don't you just tell us where the formation's core is?"
"Fellow Daoist Ye also wants the treasures within the formation, right? We can't just keep at this stalemate, can we?"
"I did want to say it, but some people were unwilling to believe it before, and saying it wouldn't do me any good either," Ye Xiaobai said calmly. He wasn't in a hurry at the moment; it was others who were anxious.
Upon hearing this, Mu Jiuling was unwilling to slowly work through the formation any longer, so he said to Ye Xiaobai, "Ye Xiaobai, if you can tell me the location of the formation's core, I, on behalf of the Qingxia Sect, guarantee that after breaking the formation, you can choose one treasure first! You have no objections, right?"
After Mu Jiuling finished speaking, he still stared at everyone.
Among this group of cultivators, Mu Jiuling's cultivators were the most powerful, so the others naturally dared not have any objections.
"Wu Haotian, you don't have any objections either, right?" Mu Jiuling asked directly, seeing that Wu Haotian hadn't spoken.
"I..." Wu Haotian was about to say something when the disciples of the Seven Lakes Sect persuaded him repeatedly, and Wu Haotian finally agreed.
"I have no objection either!" Wu Haotian said reluctantly.
Seeing that no one had any objections, Mu Jiuling turned to look at Ye Xiaobai, his eyes filled with anticipation.
"Since Elder Mu is so sincere, I will naturally answer all your questions!" Ye Xiaobai was overjoyed to have been given the opportunity to choose a treasure.
Without further ado, Ye Xiaobai told everyone the location of the array's core.
"Will it work, Ye Xiaobai?" Liu Rumei asked with some doubt after Ye Xiaobai finished explaining the location of the array's core.
"Absolutely!" Ye Xiaobai replied firmly.
Seeing Ye Xiaobai's confident demeanor, Liu Rumei had no choice but to try it out with everyone else and see if Ye Xiaobai's words would have any effect.
As Ye Xiaobai predicted, in less than half an hour, under his guidance, the once impregnable formation was completely destroyed.
The spiritual energy within the formation immediately surged forth, refreshing everyone's mind and body. However, due to the presence of Schisandra chinensis, the sour smell in the air became more pronounced, and other cultivators could also smell it normally.
"Wow! So sour! No wonder it's a schisandra fruit that's hundreds of years old!" The cultivators couldn't help but exclaim, while covering their noses. Ye Xiaobai's feeling was even more intense; he felt like he had fallen into a vat of vinegar. He immediately controlled his sense of smell to alleviate the situation.
"Elder Mu, you promised to let me choose a treasure first! I won't be polite!" After adjusting his state, Ye Xiaobai prepared to choose the treasure box in the middle of the wooden frame.
"Wait! Elder Mu, he's just a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, and we're a group of Core Formation cultivators. There's no need for us to hand over our treasures so easily, is there?" Wu Haotian immediately shouted.
"Wu Haotian, you don't need to say anything more. I, Mu Jiuling, mean what I say! Let Fellow Daoist Ye go and choose a treasure first!" Mu Jiuling said with righteous indignation.
"Elder Mu..." Wu Haotian was still unwilling to give up and wanted to persuade Mu Jiuling.
Liu Rumei, who was not far away, could not stand it any longer and stepped forward, saying loudly, "If you want to stop Fellow Daoist Ye, you can try to see if the magic weapon in my hand is sharp enough?" As she spoke, she took out a flying sword magic weapon, ready to fight.
Seeing that Mu Jiuling and Liu Rumei both supported Ye Xiaobai, Wu Haotian didn't say anything more and could only let Ye Xiaobai choose first.
Seeing that there were no objections, Ye Xiaobai immediately walked to the wooden frame, took the treasure box in the middle, and quickly put it into his storage bag.
Seeing that Ye Xiaobai had finished making his selection, Wu Haotian immediately suggested, "Elder Mu, let's each take one of the remaining two treasures!"
"Excellent!" Mu Jiuling did not refuse and rushed with Wu Haotian to the location where the treasure box was placed.
"Wait! I want all the treasure boxes here!" A gaunt old man, leaning on a cane, stepped out from the crowd and shouted. He had originally hoped that after breaking the formation, Ye Xiaobai and Mu Jiuling would fight over the treasures.
To everyone's surprise, Mu Jiuling let Ye Xiaobai choose first, thwarting his plan to reap the benefits without lifting a finger, leaving him with no choice but to take matters into his own hands.