mesbooks Chapter 280 I am a little fish (35)
Chapter 280 I am a little fish (35)
The people from Misty Mountain hopped around for a while longer before scattering like birds and beasts.
Ah Huo also spoke to the disciples of Lingxiao Sect, and these junior disciples then dispersed in groups, clearly preparing to search for clues.
After waiting a while, Jingli heard Ah Huo's telepathic message.
"How long are you two... three going to eavesdrop?"
Meng Li: "Wait until you've finished dealing with your business."
"It's all taken care of."
Ah Huo chuckled softly before saying this, and the sound traveled to Jing Li's ears, making it feel like the other person was breathing in his ear, causing his ear tips to burn uncontrollably.
Before long, Ah Huo arrived in front of the two of them as if riding the wind.
"What a coincidence." He cupped his hands in greeting.
Meng Li returned the greeting perfunctorily: "What happened just now?"
Ah Huo smiled and shook his head: "It's just a minor squabble between the younger generation, nothing to worry about."
He still held onto his fan, and in this freezing weather, Jingli was a little worried that he might catch a cold from fanning himself.
Chun Xiaopian probably sensed something and groggily opened her eyes again.
Her round eyes, still glistening with tears, stared at Ah Huo with obvious confusion.
Ah Huo also noticed Chun Xiaopian's gaze. She was a tiny bundle, wrapped tightly in Jing Li's cloak, with only her eyes showing, which were bright and adorable.
Meng Li looked at Ah Huo, then at Chun Xiaopian, and asked, "Do you want to absorb him?"
Upon hearing this, Chun Xiaopian shuddered, immediately closed her eyes, turned around, and hid herself completely in Jingli's arms.
Jingli secretly pricked up her ears.
Meng Li mentioned absorption.
She previously told Jingli that the Chun Xiaopian who became a child was from the same source as the original Chun Xiaopian, and now she mentioned letting Ah Huo absorb Chun Xiaopian.
Could it be that Meng Li knows about the relationship between Ah Huo, Chun Xiaopian, and Chun Qi?
Because they didn't say it explicitly, Jingli didn't ask directly either. He hugged Chun Xiaopian closer, with a comforting tone.
Ah Huo took in their actions, smiled, and shook his head: "Not for now."
Meng Li shrugged indifferently, and the three-person team became four people, continuing forward.
Jingli learned some other information from Ah Huo.
They entered the formation earlier than the three of them; judging from the time within the formation, it was probably five or six days ago.
The group from Misty Mountain had entered with them about two or three days ago; this was information Ah Huo had extracted from them during their interaction earlier.
Now, apart from the formation they are in, only one other formation is still operational; the other formation cores have been stored in their spatial storage by Lu Mingguang and Jing Li.
Under normal circumstances, because the core of the array cannot be subdued or refined by ordinary cultivators, these small arrays will continue to exist, forming a cycle. All cultivators who enter the Spirit Puppet Burial Tomb will continuously reincarnate within the nine small arrays until no one survives.
Now, only two formations remain that can be entered, so naturally new people come in from time to time.
Furthermore, the first formation with a clear time rule that Jingli and the others experienced would not allow people to enter midway like the current formation, but would wait for one cycle to end before starting the next cycle.
This also shows that the key to breaking this formation at this moment is not time, but something else.
"This formation contains many treasures that can only be formed under harsh and cold conditions. Just now, my junior brothers and sisters got into a dispute with the people of Misty Mountain because of this."
Ah Huo seemed to have no defenses against them. He took out some plants and crystals he had found from his Qiankun and shared some with Jingli and Mengli. He also shared their discoveries in the formation.
"This formation covers a vast area. My men and I haven't even reached the boundary since we entered. It seems like the entire area is covered by snow-capped mountains."
"Moreover, we still have no way of determining the killing mechanism of this formation."
"Massacre?" Jingli asked.
“Yes, a massacre,” Ah Huo repeated, his fox-like eyes narrowing slightly with a smile. “This formation can also kill people.”
"Also?" Jingli's eyes widened slightly.
"Hmm?" Ah Huo's voice rose slightly at the end, and he said somewhat flippantly, "What, the formations you encountered before didn't kill anyone?"
Jing Li paused for a moment. Every formation did indeed have taboos that could not be violated, but they had been living too easily, and some formations were even independent of each other, which made him forget about this.
"How many formations did you pass through?" Meng Li asked.
“Three,” Ah Huo replied.
It seems that the time flow of this formation is relatively slow, Jingli thought to herself.
"Continue, what is the current slaughter mechanism of this formation?" Meng Li brought the topic back.
Ah Huo said, "The slaughter mechanism of this formation seems to be triggered randomly, at any time of day. Sometimes it's the migration of beasts, sometimes it's an avalanche, sometimes it's a plant riot, and most commonly it's tectonic plate remodeling."
As he spoke, Ah Huo pointed to the flat snow blocks in the foreground that he found very incongruous: "These blocks 'come alive' from time to time and will devour people."
Then he shrugged helplessly: "But unfortunately, we haven't figured out the pattern. Almost all the rogue cultivators in this formation are dead."
In other words, those who have survived are either disciples of sects or evil cultivators. These people either don't care about the lives of others or have many ways to protect themselves. As for rogue cultivators who lack the support of sects, they will naturally be the first to be eliminated in this formation.
"In addition, puppets will revive in this formation at night. However, these puppets have not harmed anyone so far, but that may not be the case later." Ah Huo added, "The place where the puppets revive is the same place where the massacre took place that day. A barrier will be formed around it, and living people cannot enter."
Meng Li nodded her thanks; this information was indeed very important to them.
"What are your thoughts on breaking the formation?"
Ah Huo shook his head regretfully: "We've tried everything, from the heavens to the earth, but we haven't found a place similar to the array's core. However, it's highly likely that it's related to those resurrected puppets."
The puppets resurrected at the site of the massacre, and ordinary people cannot enter.
If they are indeed related to breaking the formation, then this has become another dead end.
"Besides what I gave you, you'd better find some treasures within the formation as well. Although it hasn't been verified yet, the chances of being slaughtered while carrying treasures seem to be smaller."
"it is good."
Meng Li responded faintly and fell into thought.
Jingli was pondering the connection between those songs and fragments of images and the current formation when a pair of hands tugged at her shoulder.
Jingli snapped out of her daze and met Ah Huo's beautiful eyes: "Be careful, although it's a formation, this is still the mountains."
Jingli looked down at her feet. They had just stepped over one snow block to another. There was a slight height difference between the two blocks. If Ah Huo hadn't helped her, Jingli might have tripped.