Chapter 94 Impersonating "You're hurting me!"
Before dawn the next day, Jiang Yuhuo and Li Mengbai set off.
Li Mengbai was wrapped in a heavy cloak, faintly hidden in the night. A complex pattern of lights, incomprehensible to Jiang Yuhuo, began to appear beneath her feet. Although she couldn't understand it, she knew it was a teleportation array.
A pale hand emerged from the dark cloak, and Li Mengbai smiled at her, "Come here."
Jiang Yuhuo had asked Li Mengbai earlier where she was going and what she was going to get, but Li Mengbai just smiled and didn't say anything. Then she replied, "Don't you really need to get the Earth Flame Vine to save your senior brother? What's so important to you?"
Li Mengbai was right. Even knowing that what lay ahead was fraught with danger, she would still go for the sake of the Earth Flame Vine.
Jiang Yuhuo gave him her hand, and the next moment she was pulled into the teleportation array. The world changed instantly, and the surrounding scenery changed rapidly, making her dizzy.
The voice above me said, "Hold me tight."
Jiang Yuhu grabbed his arm, and because he was so dizzy, he unconsciously tightened his grip, causing Li Mengbai to scream in pain.
You're hurting me!
"Jiang Yuhuo, let go, let go!"
Fortunately, the dizzying sensation quickly passed, and Jiang Yuhuo finally stepped onto solid ground; the teleportation was over.
Under Li Mengbai's fierce gaze, Jiang Yuhuo released his arm with a hint of apology, pressed her temples where the dizziness had not yet subsided, and asked him, "Where is this?"
What came into view was a desolate wasteland, with low grass and scattered pebbles, and not a trace of human presence.
Li Mengbai poked her forehead. "Look behind you."
Jiang Yuhuo turned around, and behind her stood a towering mountain peak, like a pillar reaching to the sky—Tianque Mountain.
"The teleportation array only goes this far." Li Mengbai wiped away the mark on the ground and muttered reluctantly, "There's still a long way to go."
He and Jiang Yuhuo continued upwards, and the higher they went, the more desolate the surroundings became. Gradually, they climbed to the place on Tianque Mountain where the snow never melted.
The terrain became rugged and the surroundings grew cold. Li Mengbai rubbed his hands together and wrapped his cloak tighter, but saw that Jiang Yuhuo, who was only wearing a thin shirt, remained unmoved.
He walked behind Jiang Yuhuo, his gaze lingering on her hand hanging by her side from time to time.
When the hand swung slightly backward, Li Mengbai naturally grabbed it.
Her hand was truly like a small stove; once Li Mengbai grasped it, he was reluctant to let go.
Jiang Yuhuo turned around, "What are you doing?"
"I'm cold."
The temperature of his hands was extremely cold, and Jiang Yuhuo did not pull his hands away when she saw how cold he was.
"You still haven't told me where we're going?"
Li Mengbai was in a good mood. With his destination in sight, there was no need to hide it anymore. He curled his lips into a smile.
"Spirit-Suppressing Array".
Jiang Yuhuo stopped in her tracks, stunned. Was this a place she could be?
"You want to steal something from the Spirit-Sealing Array?" Her voice rose slightly with surprise.
Li Mengbai glared at her, "Shh! Keep your voice down."
Jiang Yuhuo had heard of this place before. Legend has it that a brutal monster was suppressed within the Heavenly Palace's Spirit-Suppressing Array, which had wreaked havoc on the mortal realm and required the sacrifice of countless cultivators to subdue it. But that was just a scary story Wen Yizhan had told her when she was young to frighten her; she never imagined that one day she would actually set foot there.
Li Mengbai asked her in return, "What's wrong? Do you want to back out?" He exhaled a cold breath, "Let me tell you, it's too late to back out. You've already broken through the nine restrictions of Tianque with me all this way. Even if you turn back halfway now, you'll be hunted down to the ends of the earth by the people of Tianque."
Um?
Jiang Yuhuo recalled the occasional fluctuations of spiritual energy she noticed while traveling, as well as the fleeting array of light.
She pinched a talisman in her sleeve. Li Mengbai wasn't trying to scare her. No sect's forbidden area would be without restrictions along the way. The reason they were able to arrive so smoothly was because the aura she collected made the restrictions identify them as disciples of the Heavenly Palace.
She was the one who gathered the aura and broke through the restrictions; if these things happened in Tianque, she would naturally be hunted down.
Although Jiang Yuhuo had prepared to offend Tianque as early as when she was collecting the aura of Tianque disciples, she had nothing to fear as she was all alone. However, she did not expect Li Mengbai to be even bolder and dare to covet the things inside the Spirit-Sealing Array.
Li Mengbai laughed triumphantly, "Thanks to you for taking that Heavenly Palace Sect Master, all the restrictions along the way, no matter what level they were, opened directly because they sensed his aura. Hahaha, if he had discovered it, he would probably have been the first to hunt you down."
Jiang Yuhuo felt a pang of unease at his words, and suddenly the sword in his hand felt burning hot.
The sword she held was the spirit sword that Jia Yue had given her as a reward; it shone with a brilliant silver light and was a fine sword that Jiang Yuhuo had never seen before.
"But he deserves it. Who told him to cause your senior brother to go blind? He should pay for it, don't you think?"
Li Mengbai chuckled and covered Jiang Yuhuo's hands with both of hers, finding them incredibly warm.
But the next moment, the hand was withdrawn.
Li Mengbai's hand was suddenly empty. Just as he was about to make a move, he saw Jiang Yuhu switch hands and grip the sword, her refusal quite obvious.
The two traveled on the ice field for a while before they saw a huge cave standing on the snow-white ice field, and a stone house next to it.
Li Mengbai used a transformation spell to become Jia Yue, and then transformed Jiang Yuhuo into a disciple of Tianque.
The two landed leisurely in front of the cave. As soon as they stood still, a Tianque disciple in a white robe and red embroidery came out of the stone house. He was the one who had been assigned to guard the formation here.
Due to the unique nature of the Spirit-Sealing Array, Tianque is not worried about anyone recklessly breaking in, so only one disciple is stationed there year-round, who only needs to continuously observe the operation of the array.
Upon seeing that the visitor was the Sect Master, the disciple of Tianque immediately patted his shoulder and curtsied.
"Jia Yue" raised her hand slightly, her face calm and stern. "No need for formalities. I'm just passing by and came to check on the situation of the formation."
A faint, cool fragrance of Udumbara wafted in the air. The disciple had no doubts, but glanced at the disciple following the Sect Master. Usually, it was the Protector who followed the Sect Master, so this disciple was somewhat unfamiliar.
The disciples guarding the formation got up and led "Jia Yue" towards the cave, reporting the formation's condition over the past few days to the visitors along the way.
"...Since the day you repaired it, the great formation has been operating normally, and there has been no trace of the thieves. It seems that the thieves learned of the formation's power in the last battle and dare not cause trouble again..."
"Jia Yue" twitched her eyebrows and nodded as she listened.
The "Tianque disciple" next to him secretly glanced at "Jiayue" and had a vague idea in his mind.
The array was functioning normally, so there was nothing new to report. The disciple guarding the array quickly finished speaking, and then silence fell over the cave. He racked his brains and finally thought of something to add.
"Ah, the mark that Lord Zongzi added last time is also very strong. Any birds and beasts that accidentally wander here are all smashed outside the formation. With this mark, we no longer need to worry about thieves breaking in."
After the words were spoken, a long silence followed. The disciple keeping vigil felt a sinking feeling in his heart, realizing that his flattery had probably backfired.
"Jia Yue" smiled and nodded at him with satisfaction. "You did a good job. You reminded me. But I remembered there is another mark that can be attached. You may leave now. Do not come in without my permission."
Overjoyed at being praised so highly by the clan leader for the first time, the disciple on guard duty nodded vigorously, bowed, and took his leave.
Watching the disciple leave the cave, the gentle smile on "Jia Yue's" face vanished instantly. His blue eyes turned black, and he pulled out a talisman from his sleeve. He blew on it, and the talisman transformed into a golden and red butterfly, fluttering away into the depths of the cave.
The paper talisman butterfly touched a certain spot in the void and was instantly shattered into dust by a beam of light. The light spread along an invisible wall, immediately revealing the entire array to everyone.
Jiang Yuhu looked up and saw the ceiling at the end of the wall of light. This spacious space was more like a palace than a cave.
How can we break this formation?
Jiang Yuhuo condensed a bit of spiritual power between his fingers and tentatively sent it into the formation. As soon as the light flew away from his fingertip, it was dispersed by a talisman from Li Mengbai.
"Don't move," Li Mengbai said with a rare serious expression. "This formation is no longer just a simple spirit-suppressing formation. Whether you do it intentionally or unintentionally, once your spiritual power touches it, you will be met with its counterattack."
Jiang Yuhuo twirled between his fingers and watched as Li Mengbai squatted down, fiddling with something.
"You were the 'thief' last time, weren't you?"
Li Mengbai paused his spellcasting, a smug smile playing on his lips. He winked at her, "Do you believe that I was able to break through his formation last time, and I can do it again this time?"
Jiang Yuhuo remained noncommittal; she was now in the same boat as him, and of course she hoped he had the ability.
Li Mengbai brought two fingers together and made them dance in the air a few times. When his fingers landed, a golden mark that Jiang Yuhuo couldn't understand immediately appeared in the air. The mark flew towards the light array and attached itself to it.
Above the light array, a different silver mark gradually appeared high up.
Having located the location of the mark attached to Jia Yue, Li Mengbai immediately flew into the air and drew another light mark in the void, attaching it to the silver mark.
By writing the inscription in reverse and superimposing it on top, the mark attached by Ga Yue can be cleverly dissolved.
The entanglement of the two marks caused the light in the entire cave to intensify, forcing Jiang Yuhuo to squint and think to himself that Li Mengbai was indeed quite skilled in the art of talismans.
Before Li Mengbai could even see her admiring gaze, he discovered that the golden mark's light was gradually swallowed by the silver light, and no matter how many lines he drew on it, the result was the same.
Li Mengbai also understood that this seal not only countered the intruder, but also used the power of the spirit-suppressing array to dissolve the spiritual power on his seal. Before he could unseal it, it was already dissolved by it.
Tsk, this wretched fish is really troublesome.
In the city of Falling Moon.
The merman, cursed by Li Mengbai, was at the inn, waiting for the person inside to go out and practice swordsmanship as usual, but she didn't appear even after the rain in the city had stopped.
Anxiety began to rise in his heart, but when he thought of the way she turned and left after seeing him last night, he stopped in his tracks as he was about to go into the inn to look for her.
cannot……
But something's not right; she's not the type to oversleep.
Jia Yue couldn't wait any longer and went straight to Jiang Yu Huo's room.
The room was empty and neatly tidied, but there wasn't a soul in sight.
She left again.
The slight joy that had arisen from feeding the blood instantly sank to the bottom. The blue-haired merman propped himself up on the corner of the table, his face tense, and his fingers unconsciously tightened, turning the wooden corner of the table into a pile of dust.
So you really don't want to see him?
But he refused to grant her wish.
Unable to see anyone, Jia Yue began to track the location of the sword. He had to admit that the young man's guess was correct; he had placed a mark on the sword, genuinely wanting to give it to her, but also hoping to use it to create a connection between them.
With her sword in hand, he could find her no matter how far she went.
He tried to activate it several times, but the mark on the sword did not resonate with him, and a bad feeling immediately arose in his heart.
Just as he was trying to reactivate the sword mark, another mark stirred – it was the spiritual energy fluctuation emanating from the Spirit-Sealing Array.
Jia Yue's eyes sharpened, and she immediately left the inn, rushing to the back mountain of Tianque.
The disciple guarding the formation was focused on the cave entrance, waiting for the sect leader inside to come out, and did not notice that another person had arrived outside.
It wasn't until Jia Yue approached that the disciple guarding the formation noticed her and hurried to greet her. He was puzzled; he had been staring at the cave entrance the whole time, so when exactly did the sect leader come out?
Upon seeing the disciples guarding the formation, Jia Yue asked, "Has anyone attempted to breach the formation?"
The disciple guarding the spirit tablet was taken aback and asked in surprise, "Didn't the Sect Master already go in just now?"
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