Chapter 177 The Road Ahead is Long

"Third senior brother, when did you go to the library?" Ye Xingzhou asked.

Gu Qingshan thought for a moment, "I've been there several times, the last time was about five months ago."

That means that five months ago, the high-level formation book was still complete.

Ye Xingzhou concealed the emotions in his eyes and took out the tattered formation book from his storage bag.

Gu Qingshan looked at the damaged formation book with a look of surprise.

"How did the Tianxuan formation become like this?"

Ye Xingzhou carefully studied the expression on Gu Qingshan's face. Gu Qingshan looked surprised, and it didn't seem like he was acting.

Ye Xingzhou lowered his eyes, "Someone tore it."

Gu Qingshan flipped open the book and saw four pages missing. "It's unusual for a high-level formation to be damaged, especially for a spiritual being that has awakened. Third Junior Brother, have you reported this to the Law Enforcement Hall?"

"I've spoken to Senior Brother, and he's taken care of it." Ye Xingzhou paused for a moment, "Third Brother, do you still remember what the other three missing pages are?"

Gu Qingshan shook his head, "I was only focused on reading the Dongyin Nation's formations at the time and didn't pay attention to anything else. Junior Brother, what happened to those three formations?"

"It's okay, just asking."

Ye Xingzhou took back the formation book and stared straight into Gu Qingshan's eyes, with a hint of spying in his eyes.

"Third Brother, how did you observe that the bugs on the monsters can devour spiritual energy?"

When he went to investigate, the monster was hiding underneath, with only a black hole visible at the bottom of the lake.

Furthermore, the photo stone that Gu Qingshan gave to Chao Fuyun did not show the scene of Gu Qingshan entering the black hole.

Although there is a black shadow in the image stone, it is just an illusion. The real immortality is on the monster's body.

It was hard not to doubt Gu Qingshan's words.

Gu Qingshan didn't notice Ye Xingzhou's change of attitude, and thought seriously, "When I was fighting the monster, I had a strong energy to protect my body, but the moment I got close to the monster, my spiritual energy was instantly consumed."

"You may not believe it, but I saw black bugs swarming on the phantom. The spiritual power was eaten by the bugs."

Gu Qingshan recalled something, his expression growing heavy. “The monster gave me one last look, as if asking for help. I don’t know if that was true.”

The suspicion that had just risen in her mind was temporarily suppressed by the second half of Gu Qingshan's words.

Ye Xingzhou was speechless for a moment.

He had seen the Immortal Parasitic Two-Headed Snake controlling a body, so he knew how powerful the Immortal was.

Moreover, when he went to Dongyin Kingdom, the monster's entire body was infected, especially its eyes, which meant that the monster had been completely controlled by Bu Mie.

“Junior Brother, I’ve heard from Senior Brother about the Dongyin Kingdom, but how did you deal with that monster?” Gu Qingshan asked curiously.

"It wasn't me, it was Senior Brother Xiang who solved it. The Wood Spiritual Root can restrain it." Ye Xingzhou twitched his knuckles slightly, without elaborating on the immortality. "Third Senior Brother, it's getting late, you should get some rest."

“Okay, Junior Brother, you should get some rest early too.” Gu Qingshan saw that Ye Xingzhou was distracted and stopped forcing him to talk.

The night wind is cold.

Ye Xingzhou sat on the stone bench outside the courtyard, clearing his mind and thinking.

To be honest, Ye Xingzhou still became suspicious after hearing what Gu Qingshan said.

When he went to the library before, he asked the spirit of the Xuantian Sword Technique book who had entered and left the library in the past year.

Xuantian Sword Technique said that Mu Liushui and Gu Qingshan had a lot of interactions.

Ye Xingzhou could understand Gu Qingshan's behavior. After all, he had accepted the mission, and if he came across an unknown formation, he would go in and check it out. It was not wrong for him to know the name of the formation.

Ye Xingzhou could also understand why Gu Qingshan didn't say anything before, because it was normal to forget due to his physical condition.

But it was this natural development that aroused Ye Xingzhou's vigilance.

He spent a lot of time investigating the formation. Gu Qingshan had just recovered his memory when he passed on this information. He found out that the formation of Dongyin Kingdom was a Wood Spirit Root Heaven-level formation.

Ye Xingzhou twisted his fingertips, his gaze penetrating the bamboo leaves and falling on the courtyard where the water flowed in the evening.

The house was hidden in the moonlight, emitting a faint light. The windows were dark. The owner had already gone to bed. Occasionally, there was the rustling sound of bamboo leaves shaking.

Mu Liushui also went in and out of the library.

Mu Liushui said at the time that he had been to West City and noticed that there was a formation under the stone statue. It was possible that Mu Liushui had also returned to the library to check the formation.

And this is a reasonable reason.

If both parties happen to be reasonable, then it seems unreasonable.

It was as if the man in black robe had already planned to intervene personally when he was tearing down the formation, and then take advantage of the situation to subtly change the calculations.

Ye Xingzhou couldn't help but suspect that the man in black robe was one of his second or third senior brothers.

No one, he hoped.

Tomorrow, he will explore the bottom of the dusk flowing water again.

Ye Xingzhou took out a blue hairpin from his storage bag. The hairpin shone like water and was full of spiritual power.

This was the Cang Shui Bow that Gui Xinlan gave him when they were in the Ghost Town, asking him to pass it on to someone with water spiritual roots.

If according to Gui Xinlan, he should have found the name of the formation in the library, but someone intervened and disrupted the process.

Unfortunately, due to the limitations of nature, Gui Xinlan could not directly tell the name of the formation.

Although he will know the four formations sooner or later, this is more like a layout that breaks the calculation.

A slight mistake can lead to a huge loss.

Ye Xingzhou had no idea what kind of consequences beyond calculation the butterfly effect would bring.

What exactly do you want to do, the man in black robe?

Ye Xingzhou stroked the hairpin with his fingertips.

Now he has brought back the Demon Summoning Scroll from Chaoxi Mountain, but the system has not responded to the completion of the task.

Ye Xingzhou intuitively felt that it was related to the stone statue in West City and the Miss Mei mentioned by Yue Qianpan.

The road ahead is long.

Ye Xingzhou put away his hairpin and staggered into the house as if he was drunk.

Ren Wangzhu also has water spiritual roots, so he can hand over the Cangshui Bow to Ren Wangzhu next time they meet.

*

This was Ye Xingzhou's first time to visit Mu Liushui's courtyard.

There is a shallow pond in front and a bamboo forest in the back. Surrounded by mountains and water, it is as quiet as a fairyland.

Ye Xingzhou stepped on the bluestone tiles and knocked on the door. After waiting for a while, no one opened the door.

Is this going out?

Ye Xingzhou looked up at the sky. The sun was high in the sky and the sky was bright.

He came here just after waking up. It’s not too late. Did Mu Liushui go out so early?

Ye Xingzhou walked around to the backyard to look for someone.

The bamboo leaves are green and placed on the table. The sunlight shines through the bamboos, and the shadows of the bamboos are as clear as the jade.

Mu Liushui was dressed in a blue shirt, as calm as water, with eyebrows and eyes like a painting, and white gauze covering his eyes, leaving a slight shadow under his high nose bridge. The wind blew gently, and a corner of the white gauze covering his eyes fluttered.

He held a cup of tea in his hand, sipping it quietly, his expression indifferent and distant.

Ye Xingzhou's arrival did not affect his tea tasting. He tilted his head, and his voice was as clear and transparent as running water.

"Junior brother, please find a seat."

Ye Xingzhou sat on the other side of the stone table, "Second Brother, how are your eyes?"

Mu Liushui shook his head slightly, "It's been eroded by the ghost energy, it can't be cured."

Then he added, "But it doesn't matter. If you can't see with your eyes, you can use your spiritual sense to explore the way."

Mu Liushui picked up an empty teacup, slowly poured out a cup of hot tea, and moved it in front of Ye Xingzhou.

"Bamboo leaf tea, you can try it, little brother."

"Thank you, Senior Brother."