A month later, the Yue Kingdom's former eldest prince, now the King of Yue, led his son, Pei Zhe, and 10,000 elite soldiers to Jishui. The next day, the allied forces of the three kingdoms began formation drills. Before setting up the formation, they erected an altar. A wizard, over fifty years old, with a head full of pheasant feathers, walked barefoot onto the half-meter-high altar, holding a sharp sword in both hands.
A group of wizards were also barefoot around the altar, swinging their arms and legs as if they were jumping on a rope like Wu Fengxian. The old wizard on the altar held up a sharp sword, raised his head and closed his eyes, muttering something incomprehensible.
After he finished reading it, he also jumped onto the rope by shaking his arms and legs. His posture looked as if there were red-hot irons burning his feet. His legs bounced back and forth, looking as ugly as could be.
Jian Ning put down the telescope and said, "What the hell, it's not even close to what Wu Fengxian is jumping!"
Although she said this, she did not dare to let her guard down. She raised the telescope and continued to watch. Ding Youtian, Huo Jincheng and Qin Yifan also held a telescope each. They saw that the old wizard was jumping around, then suddenly took out the sword, closed his eyes and chanted a spell.
After a moment, the wizards under the altar stopped jumping rope, looked up at the sky, and opened their arms, as if they wanted to stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun.
The old witch on the altar had the same shape, but with an extra sword in his right hand. The sword suddenly flew out of his hand and soared up. Suddenly, sword lights were flying all over the sky, covering the sky and the earth. Finally, they all fell to the ground and the sword lights surged for several feet, as if a solid wall had been built on the ground.
But in the blink of an eye, the sword light dissipated, and the altar and the wizard disappeared without a trace in the telescope, leaving only yellow sand in the sky.
Damn! Jane Ning understood that this was a barrier set up with witchcraft power to prevent them from peeking into the formation in advance.
As the horn sounded, the neighing of thousands of galloping horses was heard, but yellow sand was rolling and flying in the sky ahead, but only the sound was heard but no trace was seen, and not even the shadow of a horse could be seen.
On the battlement of the city wall, Ding Youtian looked at the dust rising in the air and waved his hand, "Let's go. No matter how capable he is, he can't block out the sky and the sun. Go up Jiguan Mountain and find a high ground. I don't believe I can't see him."
"Good idea, standing high and seeing far." Qin Yifan was the first to respond.
An hour later, Jian Ning, Ding Youtian and others climbed to the highest peak of Jiguana Mountain. When they reached halfway up the mountain, Ding Youtian and Qin Yifan were carried up by Tong Bajin and others in turns.
"Look, I can see it." After Jian Ning finished speaking, Ding Youtian couldn't wait to raise the telescope in his hand before he could even catch his breath.
"Is this a long snake formation?" Jian Ning also knew several ancient formations, which he had seen in books before.
"It can't be that simple." Huo Jincheng said.
Indeed, Jian Ning thought, the Three Kingdoms coalition, having boasted so much, certainly wouldn't deploy in a straight line. He held his breath and watched again. As the command flag wavered, the formation shifted. Countless other coalition soldiers, armed with shields, quickly moved closer to the long snake, which, upon closer inspection, resembled a giant scorpion.
In addition to scorpions, there are also centipedes, geckos and toads. By the end, Jane Ning couldn't remember how many small formations there were in total.
Huo Jincheng and Qin Yifan didn't know either.
Fortunately, Ding Youtian had learned shorthand from Blind Liu. He said solemnly, "There are ninety-two formations in total, interconnected and spread out in a vast expanse, with endless variations. They are truly a formidable fortress. Within these formations lie hidden talents. It seems the Three Kingdoms are unprecedentedly united, their elites have been fully deployed. Are they determined to win my grand banquet? Humph! Wishful thinking!"
"What kind of formation is this? Do you know? Do you have a method to break it?" Huo Jincheng asked with a frown.
"Let's call it the Five Poison Formation," Ding Youtian said. "My master told me that everything in the world is interconnected and mutually exclusive. If a formation can be created, there must be a way to break it. I just don't know how yet."
Jian Ning said: "Don't worry, there is still time. Think about it slowly, and you will figure it out eventually."
Qin Yifan also said, "That's right. People always come up with solutions. My father loves listening to your teacher's storytelling, especially stories about the Three Kingdoms. Coincidentally, the Three Kingdoms are invading now. I often hear my father say that three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang. If we put our heads together, and with Brother Ding, the Southern Prime Minister's disciple and a brilliant thinker, we won't have to worry about not finding a way to break the situation."
Ding Youtian shook his head, raised his head and looked up at the sky, then pondered for a moment, "I still don't have a clue. This formation is extremely dangerous. There are twelve formations guarding the entrances outside the five gates alone, corresponding to twelve hours. If I want to break the formation, I must think carefully. I'll leave for now and come back tomorrow."
On the way down the mountain, Jian Ning remembered that she forgot to take a screenshot and send it to Ma Fuquan. She knew that Wu Dui used to like reading military books. He was not only well-versed in modern field combat, but also interested in ancient battle formations. In her spare time, she had heard him and the quartermaster Yu Dahai set up the Longmen Formation.
Even if he didn't know what the Five Poison Formation was, it was always good to have one more person to think about it. She still sent a message to Ma Fuquan as she walked, roughly describing the formation she had seen.
Ma Fuquan: [I only have a superficial understanding of ancient formations, not really any knowledge at all. When you talk about large formations within small formations, ninety-two formations in total, I'm completely clueless. If it were me, I'd just blast them!]
As the overlord of the Central Plains, Dayan Dynasty would naturally not do such an unethical thing. Ma Fuquan knew it, he was just talking big.
But Jian Ning took it seriously. She said to Ding Youtian and the others, "There's no need to be morally upright when dealing with bandits. If we provoke them, we might as well bombard them. Besides, they only said that if we can't break the formation, we'll have to cede land and pay compensation, but they didn't say that if we do, they'll withdraw their troops and compensate us for our losses. If they can't figure out how to break the formation, I'll bombard them!"
"Madam, you're joking." Ding Youtian said, "My Great Yan Dynasty is a nation of etiquette. How can we treat the same standards as uncivilized barbarians? If he can set up his formation, I can definitely break it. It just takes a little time to investigate."
He continued, "The Five Poison Formation is based on the Five Elements, Eight Trigrams, and Qimen Dunjia. No matter how it changes, the principles remain the same. Of the ninety-two formations I already know, there are the Gold, Silver, Copper, and Iron formations; the Sunlight, Starlight, Morning Light, and Moonlight formations; there's also the Storm, Gale, and Hurricane formations; and there's also the Lightning, Thunder, Black Water, Poisonous Water, and Muddy Water formations. Starting tomorrow, come and take a look at it daily, slowly exploring it. We'll discuss it together, and I don't believe we can't break it."
"It would be great if Prime Minister Nan were here." Huo Jincheng blurted out.
"What? Do you underestimate me?" Ding Youtian stamped his feet and looked at him sideways.
Huo Jincheng said hurriedly, "How dare I? I don't understand the formations you just described. Lord Qin and I can't catch up with you in this regard, so how dare we underestimate you?"
"Hey, you said you were done for by yourself, why did you drag Master Qin into this?" Jian Ning rolled her eyes at him, "You're a grown man, but you always say things in such a rude way."
"That's right." Ding Youtian added.
"I've noticed you two always like to bully me. What's going on?" Huo Jincheng's face darkened. "I'm just a military supervisor after all. Can you guys stop always trying to bully me?"
"cannot!"
Jian Ning and Ding Youtian said in unison.
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