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On the third day after the dining hall closed, Qi Yushu and his companions came back. They brought a piece of news, that is, there is indeed a large ruin in the south of Shenxu Palace, and the rare treasures they brought back from the ruins made the monks' eyes light up.
It just so happened that the Ten Thousand Sects Conference was about to be held, and many sects gathered in Shenxu Palace. At that moment, the heads of all the sects, big and small, sat down to discuss overnight, and they made a plan, that is, before the Ten Thousand Sects Conference, each sect would first explore the ruins.
Ye Wenqiu and his companions had long expected that the various sects would have this idea, it was just that the timing of the appearance of the ruins was wrong. Even if they wanted to monopolize the ruins, the other sects would not allow it.
Because the time and location of the ruins were so ingenious, the major sects named it the Wanzong Ruins. The Nascent Soul cultivators from the five major sects had already explored the route, and when midnight arrived, the cultivators from other sects would enter the Wanzong Ruins in batches.
Before midnight, the southern hilltop of Shenhua Peak was already filled with monks. The monks showed off their magical powers. Some rode on spiritual beasts that were ten feet tall, some protected their bodies with magic weapons and glowed like big light bulbs. Some talked and laughed with their companions, while others kept silent and blended into the crowd to reduce their presence.
In the past, this time period was Du Heng's sleep time. Tonight, there was an activity, so his spiritual energy circulated around his body for several times before he drove away the sleepiness. He held Xiaoxiao, who was humming, in his arms, and Xiaoxiao's eyelids were glued together. Du Heng adjusted his posture to make Xiaoxiao sleep more comfortably: "Go to sleep." Xiaoxiao: "Chi..."
Du Heng was actually a little excited. When he read novels, he often saw cultivators encounter great opportunities when they entered blessed lands and caves. After traveling through time, this was his first time entering the ruins! This was all thanks to Wen Qiong. If it weren't for Wen Qiong, he, as a casual cultivator, wouldn't even be able to get close to the ruins.
Looking to the left, he saw Xuan Yu turning his head to look at him: "What's wrong?" Du Heng smiled and said: "I'm a little excited and a little worried."
Feng Gui's voice came from the right: "What are you worried about?"
Du Heng turned his head and saw Feng Gui carrying Jing Nan on his back, with Jing Nan sleeping soundly with his head buried in Feng Gui's shoulder. Jing Daxian was sleeping so soundly that he was snoring, attracting the surrounding monks to look over frequently.
Du Heng said: "I am not very flexible in flying the sword. What if we need to fly the sword to enter the ruins?" He heard from his senior sisters that the teleportation array of the Wanzong ruins is in the air, and they need to fly the sword to go down.
Feng Gui said calmly: "What's so scary about this? Even if others fall, you won't fall. Why do you always worry about these impossible things?"
Du Heng scratched his head: "Isn't this...preparing for a rainy day?" Jing Nan turned over and muttered: "This is called having too much free time and daydreaming all day long."
Du Heng stared at Jing Nan dimly, while Jing Daxian continued to pretend to be dead with a happy snore.
At this moment, a dazzling aura suddenly appeared in the valley in front of him. It rose higher and higher, and when it reached the highest point, it exploded with a bang. The silent mountains were awakened by this aura, and the night turned into day.
Du Heng became alert: "Are the ruins about to be opened?" He had heard before that there would be lightning and thunder when the ruins appeared, but looking at the bright moon and sparse stars tonight, it didn't seem like there would be thunder.
Hearing Du Heng's question, Wen Qiong, who was standing in front of them, said, "You're overthinking. It's probably Ye Wenqiu who's going to nag again. It's so annoying."
This time Ye Wenqiu will also follow everyone into the ruins. If there is any danger in the ruins, he can resist it for a while.
What Wen Qiong said was indeed correct. After the ball of light appeared, Elder Ye stood in the air and bowed to everyone: "My fellow Taoists, before you enter the ruins, I need to say a few words to you." Then, Supreme Elder Ye analyzed the risks and opportunities in the ruins with reason and reminded everyone that there were risks in entering the ruins and that they needed to be cautious when grabbing treasures.
Du Heng felt that Ye Wenqiu had been talking for at least two incense sticks of time, and Xiaoxiao in his arms was sleeping so hard that she had snot bubbles coming out of her nose.
After waiting for Ye Wenqiu to finish speaking, the midnight hour had arrived. The cultivators gathered their consciousness at the place where Ye Wenqiu had just stood, wanting to see what the entrance to the ruins looked like. After midnight, a ball of orange-red mist suddenly rose in the air. The mist slowly stopped in the air, and every moment, the mist expanded several times more than at the beginning.
There was a faint white color in the center of the fog, and sharp-eyed monks saw mountains and water in the middle of the white mass. Suddenly, exclamations came from all directions: "Look! It's the Wanzong ruins!" "Wow, what a huge ruins!"
Wen Qiong said to Du Heng and the others, "We from Dingkun Sect will be the third to go in, so follow closely." As soon as Wen Qiong finished speaking, the cultivators from Dingkun Sect were shocked.
Du Heng thought that only Wen Qiong and several of his senior brothers and sisters from Dingkun Sect came to attend the Ten Thousand Sects Conference, but he did not expect that there were more than 200 people from Dingkun Sect attending the conference, and the lowest level of cultivation among them was a Jindan early stage cultivator. That's right... Du Heng was the lowest level Jindan early stage cultivator. Don't ask Du Heng how he felt, he didn't have time to think about this embarrassing question.
As the host, the monks of Shenxu Palace went in first, followed closely by the people of Tianyi Sect. When the yellow robes worn by the monks of Tianyi Sect dissipated in the mist, Wen Qiong waved his hand and said, "Let's go."
When taking off, Du Heng noticed a problem. He found that among the five major sects, only Dingkun Sect did not have a fixed Taoist robe. Of the other four major sects, Shenxu Palace was not to be mentioned. From top to bottom, except for the disciples of the Punishment Hall, all other disciples wore moon-white Taoist robes, and they looked handsome when carrying swords.
In addition, the Taoist robes of Tianyi Sect are yellow, the monks of Zhenhuang Mountain are all in silver-white armor, and the female monks of Langhuan Pavilion wear lavender clothes. Only Dingkun Sect is colorful, not only does it not have Taoist robes, but even the sect tokens are varied.
Wen Qiong explained it this way: "Not only is it expensive to custom-make uniform robes, but they all feel the same when they are worn. It's hard to tell the difference between men and women at a glance, so it's better to let them express themselves freely. The colorful ones are so beautiful!" When she said this, Wen Qiong was wearing a colorful little dress and the little butterfly on her head was also colorful, which was really unbearable to look at.
Du Heng flew towards the large group. Fortunately, there were many cultivators in Dingkun Sect, but few of them were able to fly swords. Du Heng relied on his little spiritual energy to magically blend into the large group, and he didn't look out of place.
The ruins in the center of the fog revealed the tip of an iceberg. Du Heng saw that the mountains and waters were getting closer and closer to him. It was amazing that it was midnight in the Taixu Realm, but it was daytime in the Wanzong Ruins. The moment he entered the ruins, Du Heng saw a leisurely white crane flying under everyone's feet.
At this time, Wen Qiong shouted, "Not good! Everyone, be alert!"
Du Heng looked over in confusion, only to see the sky, which had been clear just now, quickly darken as if ink had been splashed on it, and at the same time his body was falling rapidly. In panic, he felt Xuan Yu reaching out a hand to hold his arm. On the other side, Feng Gui or Jing Nan held his hand.
However, before Du Heng could breathe a sigh of relief, his world began to spin. Strong winds blew from all directions, and Du Heng heard someone shouting, "The ruins are closed! We can't get out!"
His body seemed to be torn apart. In the chaos, he heard two sounds of tearing cloth, as well as Jing Nan and Feng Gui's muffled groans. Then his body was swept into the strong wind. In the end, he only remembered that he hugged Xiao Xiao tightly in his arms, and then he lost consciousness.
When he woke up, he was floating on the water, with Xiaoxiao squatting on his chest, chirping and calling him. When he opened his eyes, he saw countless double images, and the severe headache made him feel nauseous and want to vomit. It took him a long time to sit up, and when he sat up, he propped himself up with his hands in the muddy mudflats.
It seemed that he was lucky, as he landed in the water when he fell. However, it was said that when falling from a height, landing in the water was no different from landing on the ground. Du Heng felt that he must have had a concussion.
There was a body of water in front of him and a reed-covered beach behind him. When Du Heng staggered to his feet, he felt his body was unusually heavy, as if it was no longer his own.
Xiaoxiao asked him worriedly, "Chiuchi?" Du Heng wanted to touch Xiaoxiao's head, but his hands were full of mud and would only make Xiaoxiao dirty. "I'm fine. Let's go ashore first."
By the time he walked from the mudflats to the shore with Xiaoxiao in his arms, the sun had already set. The magic on Xiaoxiao's body was gone, and he turned from a little white chicken into a little yellow chicken again, but his body was covered with mud, and he looked black and yellow in patches.
It’s not that Xiaoxiao doesn’t like cleanliness, but he and Du Heng are sure of one thing - their spiritual energy is gone.
It wasn't just suppressed and unusable, it was gone. The Dantian was empty, and even the golden elixir that usually spun around was now stuck and couldn't move. Since arriving in the Taixu Realm, Du Heng had never been so embarrassed, even when he was escaping, he could still use his spiritual energy.
The beach was full of reeds. The reeds were taller than people and rustled in the wind. The large reed flowers were connected together. Standing on the barren hill next to the beach, Du Heng's eyes were blank. He felt that he was abandoned by the world.
Xiaoxiao was shivering from the cold, and so was Du Heng. His clothes were stained with mud, and the cold and wet clothes stuck to his body. He didn't even have the conditions to find a clean place to wash, let alone use spiritual energy to cleanse his body.
Du Heng smiled bitterly and hugged Xiaoxiao. He opened his clothes and stuffed the ice-cold Xiaoxiao into his arms: "Luckily I have you. I don't know where Xiaoyu, Nannan and Xixi have gone." Xiaoxiao chirped to comfort Du Heng, telling him not to worry, uncle and the others would definitely come to find Du Heng.
Du Heng touched the storage bag on his waist. It was embarrassing to say that he couldn't even untie the drawstring on the storage bag after losing his spiritual energy. For a moment, Du Heng felt that he was no different from a waste.
Seeing the sun setting, Du Heng made a decision: "We have to find a place to spend the night. We have to think of a way to survive before Xiaoyu and the others find us." He didn't know if there were any wild animals nearby. To be on the safe side, it would be best to find a cave or a tall tree to spend the night.
However, there were only gentle slopes all around, not to mention caves, not even tall trees were seen.
Xiaoxiao's stomach growled with hunger, and he chirped twice. His storage bag was full of delicious food, but he was in the same situation as Du Heng, he couldn't even open the storage bag. Xiaoxiao was so upset that he was about to cry.
Du Heng patted Xiaoxiao's head and said, "Don't be sad. Let's settle down first. There will always be a way."
Du Heng thought he must be trapped on the island in the middle of the river, because when he climbed up the slope, he found that there was water all around him. The setting sun was spread on the water, the reeds were swaying around, and the wild ducks were quacking in the reeds. This scene was very spectacular. If they were not trapped here, this scene would be a great sight.
Du Heng lowered his head and said to Xiaoxiao: "Xiaoxiao, there are wild ducks around, which proves that there are no large wild beasts here. I think we are at least safe now."
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Du Heng never dreamed that the first challenge after entering the Wanzong Ruins would be to be completely deprived of spiritual energy and trapped on the island in the middle of the river. This is simply survival in the wilderness!
However, Du Heng only had his spiritual energy drained away. The physical strength and strength he had gained from practicing during this period of time were still there. Compared to ordinary people, he was already very lucky.
He and Xiaoxiao looked around and finally chose a place to spend the night. On the south side of the island there was a sandy beach, the vegetation here was not lush, but it was sheltered from the wind, and because there were more sand and rocks, there was a relatively clean water source here.
Du Heng finally found the magic of the Qingshuang Sword. The Qingshuang Sword could cut iron like mud, so it was no problem for him to deal with the flexible reeds. Du Heng harvested the reeds with his strong physique, and he tied the reeds together with the thorny vines on the island.
Du Heng piled up bundles of reeds in a V-shaped pattern. When more than a dozen bundles were piled up, a cavity was formed under the reeds that could accommodate two people. Du Heng left a cavity at the entrance so that people could get into the cavity by bending over.
He processed the stone in the cavity and then covered it with reed stalks. After a thick layer of stalks was laid, a shelter that exuded the fragrance of reeds and could shelter from wind and rain appeared.
Xiaoxiao liked this shack very much. He ran around it several times, flapping his wings and making trembling chirps. He thought this shack was more beautiful than his uncle's palace!
Du Heng was sticky, and there were some small insects crawling all over him on the reed leaves. How nice it would be if there was a fire to heat some water so he could take a bath? It would be best if there was a torch so he could reach inside the shack and warm himself up, otherwise those small insects would crawl out of the reed leaves and make him feel very uncomfortable.
At this time, Du Heng fully realized how difficult it was to go from luxury to frugality. Normally at home, as long as the spiritual energy surged and the talismans were used, all kinds of daily necessities would appear. But now on the deserted island, he could not get any help from heaven or earth, and he was almost living a life like a primitive man drilling wood to make fire.
While there was still some light in the sky, Du Heng and Xiao Xiao waded into the water near the shack. Xiao Xiao shook her body in the water, shaking off the mud on her down feathers. Du Heng took off his clothes and rubbed them in the water, then took a bath in his clothes without soap.
Maybe it was because they had just exercised, so they didn't feel cold at this moment. At least compared to when they just opened their eyes, they were in a good mood to worry about dinner.
Du Heng smiled comfortingly and said, "There are fish in the water and wild ducks in the reeds. At least we have food. What we lack is a little fire. Once we get the ingredients, we can make a fire by rubbing two sticks together." Xiaoxiao nodded in agreement: "Chirp!"
As she spoke, Xiaoxiao suddenly dived into the water. Du Heng was stunned for a moment: "Xiaoxiao?!"
After a while, Xiaoxiao poked his head out two meters away from the shore, holding a fish bigger than himself. Du Heng was pleasantly surprised: "Great job, Xiaoxiao, I didn't know you had this skill!"
Xiaoxiao dragged the fish to the shore, and Du Heng used the Qingshuang Sword to kill the big fish, scaled it, and strung it on reed leaves and hung it outside the shack. He saw some wood washed over by the beach where the water flow was slow, and some of the wood was already dry on the shore.
Du Heng picked up some wood and dragged it to the front of the shack. Xiaoxiao disappeared again. Du Heng heard the screams of wild ducks coming from the reeds. He thought Xiaoxiao should go catch wild ducks. This child was usually delicate, but at the critical moment, he was brave and strong, much more useful than Du Heng.
When Xiaoxiao dragged the wild duck out of the reeds, Du Heng had finally accomplished something great. Relying on dry wood and reed flowers, he finally lit the first fire on the mudflat!
This was actually a difficult task. First, you had to find dry reeds and catkins, and then pile small branches on top. Small branches were hard to find, as all that came over the mudflats were large tree trunks. Fortunately, Du Heng had the Qingshuang Sword, and he chopped the wood into small pieces.
He filled the cracks in the dry wood with reed flowers and dry reed leaves, and then used a dry wooden stick to scratch the cracks back and forth frantically. When he saw green smoke and red sparks coming out of the reed flowers, Du Heng almost cried.
After the bonfire was lit, Du Heng put his clothes beside him to dry, and the wet Xiaoxiao was also dried. The warm smell of the sun and the smell of grilled fish wafted out of Xiaoxiao's body at the same time. Du Heng grinned and said, "Xiaoxiao, stay away from the grilled fish. The fishy smell is drifting to you."
Xiaoxiao chirped a few words, and Du Heng miraculously understood what he was saying. Xiaoxiao said: Long Jun’s grilled peach blossom fish is the most delicious.
Du Heng looked at the tasteless grilled fish skewered on the sword and agreed, "Yes, Xiaoyu's grilled fish is the best."
When Du Heng wrapped the two wild ducks in mud and buried them in the campfire, the grilled fish on the sword was almost done. Du Heng and Xiao Xiao shared the fish. Perhaps because they were too hungry, they actually thought the grilled fish tasted pretty good.
If Du Heng hadn't stopped her, Xiaoxiao would have wanted to dive into the river and catch two more fish.
Du Heng made a simple torch and held it in the shack to heat the reeds. In the light of the fire, the insects on the leaves fled desperately, and those that didn't have time to flee were burned with a crackling sound. After a circle of heating, the shack became warm and the moisture on the reeds was burned away.
Only then did Du Heng spread the reed catkins that he had left for his bed in the shack. The brown catkins were still a little damp, but spreading them under his body was much more comfortable than sleeping directly on the reed stalks.
Xiaoxiao dived in and didn't want to leave anymore: "Chirp." He was tired and sleepy, and he missed home.
Du Heng was silent for a while, then he said, "I miss home too."
The wind started to blow outside. Du Heng climbed out and brought in a half-dried robe. The robe was large, so he wrapped the smoky-smelling robe around himself and hugged Xiaoxiao: "You won't be cold this way."
Xiaoxiao responded with a chirp: "Chirp." Yes, when the duck is roasted and they eat it, they won't be cold anymore.
Listening to the crackling of burning wood outside the shack and the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the shack, Du Heng was extremely grateful that he still had Xiaoxiao by his side. If Xiaoxiao wasn't by his side, he didn't know how he could hold on.
Without spiritual energy, people tend to get sleepy. When the duck was almost roasted, Du Heng took it out and he and Xiao Xiao ate one each. The wild duck was not seasoned, so it was definitely not delicious. But at this time, as long as they were full and could sleep for a while, Du Heng felt it was a blessing.
After eating the duck, Du Heng threw the duck bones into the fire, added a few thick logs to the fire, and went into the shack. He blocked the hole of the shack with reeds, and then he and Xiaoxiao fell into a deep sleep.
In the dark world, a little fire lit up on the small island in the middle of the river. The fire flickered, and when people thought it was about to go out, it burned tenaciously again.
Du Heng slept soundly and did not even dream. If the wild ducks in the reeds around him were not too noisy the next morning, he could have slept a little longer. After waking up, Du Heng felt much more comfortable. He closed his eyes and looked at his Dantian. My goodness, the golden elixir in his Dantian seemed to be rusted and did not move at all!
Today is also a day without any spiritual energy, perfect.
Xiaoxiao also woke up. The reeds around him were blown up by his warmth. Xiaoxiao yawning in the reeds looked particularly cute. Du Heng couldn't help but hug Xiaoxiao and rub her twice: "Good morning, good morning. Today we have to find our friends scattered in the ruins."
Du Heng didn't believe it. With so many people coming to the ruins, could he be the only one who ended up in this godforsaken place?
The view outside was bright, and the wild ducks took off in front of them. It was a spectacular sight. However, Xiaoxiao was a little disappointed: "Chirp..." Breakfast flew away.
The distance between the island in the middle of the river and the north bank is relatively close, and you can reach it by swimming more than 30 feet. The current at this time seemed quite gentle, and Du Heng said to Xiaoxiao with a determined heart: "Xiaoxiao, let's swim over there?"
Xiaoxiao was a little reluctant to part with the small shack he built last night. He turned around and looked at the shack for a while. Du Heng said to him, "We can't open the storage bag now and can't take it away. When we have a chance in the future, can I help you make a better one?"
Xiaoxiao then became happy: "Chirp!"
It was quite cool to wade in the early morning. Du Heng took off his robe, folded it and let Xiaoxiao hold it. Then he carried Xiaoxiao and swam across the river.
The mountains on the north bank of the river were much higher than the island in the middle of the river. Du Heng walked in the mountains for most of the day with a long sword in hand and did not see anyone. However, Xiao Xiao had a lot of gains. He found several fruit trees in a row. Du Heng put a lot of fruits in his sleeves. The disadvantage of doing so was that he could feel the fruits swaying in his sleeves when he swung the sword.
There are many trees in the mountains, and when Du Heng is confused about the direction, he will ask Xiao Xiao for advice. As long as Xiao Xiao points with her little wings, Du Heng will move in the direction Xiao Xiao points without saying a word. He has a reason for doing this. People often say that the phoenix is a lucky animal, and they are blessed with good fortune. Even if Xiao Xiao can't transform, he is still a phoenix, right?
It's true that what Du Heng did was effective. On the afternoon of the second day after arriving in this world, he saw smoke rising from the mountains ahead!
The moment he saw the smoke from the cooking fire, Du Heng almost cried with joy. He and Xiaoxiao used all their strength to climb over the mountain, which should have taken more than half an hour to climb, in just one stick of incense.
On the other side of the mountain was a basin. On a slightly gentle slope, Du Heng saw a monk in a bright yellow Taoist robe with his back to him. Du Heng called out enthusiastically, "Is this Taoist friend a disciple of Tianyi Sect? I am Du Heng, a disciple of Dingkun Sect!"
Hearing Du Heng's voice, the man turned around with his sword in hand. Seeing the man's face clearly, Du Heng slipped and fell flat on his face. The man was indeed a disciple of Tianyi Sect, and the leader was Wang Muye.
If Du Heng had not heard Jing Hong talk about her and Wang Muye before, Du Heng would have felt like he had found a savior when he found Wang Muye. But thinking about the Hun Tianzhu that Xiao Yu and the others said was on Wang Muye, Du Heng would rather not meet him.
However, the call had already been made, so it was difficult to take it back. Moreover, Wang Muye was very friendly when he saw Du Heng. He sheathed his sword and said politely, "I know you. You are Sect Master Wen's disciple."
Du Heng got up from the ground in a panic. He greeted him awkwardly, "Sect Master Wang."
Wang Muye stared at Xiaoxiao with interest and said, "Is this the chicken you raised? I remember it was white, right? Why has it changed color now?"
Du Heng opened his eyes and said blindly: "I don't know why, Xiaoxiao changed after arriving here. By the way, Sect Master Wang, can you use spiritual energy?" At this time, as long as he can survive, it doesn't matter whether it is an enemy or a friend. As long as Du Heng can contact the main force, it is better than anything else.
However, Wang Muye shook his head regretfully: "No. Can't you use spiritual energy too?"
Du Heng looked bitter. It was over. Wang Muye, a cultivator at the Out-of-Body Stage, couldn't use spiritual energy. Wouldn't he, a disciple at the Golden Core Stage, die even more miserably? What should he do?
Wang Muye smiled and comforted Du Heng: "It's okay, if I can meet you, I can meet more people. Maybe after meeting a few more people, we can leave here. There is strength in numbers!"
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Wang Muye was a very gentle person. Without knowing anything, they would have a good chat with each other. However, Du Heng was always reluctant to let go. He followed behind Wang Muye like a little follower. Wang Muye asked a question, and he answered it. After a while, Wang Muye noticed Du Heng's vigilance.
Wang Muye said helplessly: "Daoyou Du, are you afraid of me?" Du Heng shook his head repeatedly. He and Xiaoxiao shook their heads like rattles: "No, no, Sect Master Wang is a kind person. I'm not afraid. It's just that I am just like this. I don't dare to talk to people I don't know well."
Wang Muye smiled and said, "I didn't realize you were like this, but it's better to be cautious when you go out." Du Heng responded, "Yes, yes, it's better to be cautious." As soon as he finished speaking, Du Heng felt like a fool.
Wang Muye continued to ask: "Which direction did you come from? What's over there? I don't have any other intentions. I am describing the topography of this small cave to see if we are trapped in the formation."
Du Heng then discovered that there was a map on the ground in front of Wang Muye. There were mountains and rivers on the map, and it was drawn very carefully. There were rolling mountains and rivers on the map, and some places were marked with symbols that he couldn't understand.
Du Heng was shocked: "Master Wang, have you traveled so far by yourself?" To be honest, Du Heng had only crossed half a river and climbed over seven or eight mountains since he landed yesterday. Compared with the map drawn by Wang Muye, the place Du Heng had traveled to was only a small corner.
Wang Muye smiled and said, "Some of them are drawn based on my feelings, and some are places I have been to. But so far I have not made a wrong choice."
As soon as Wang Muye finished speaking, he found that Du Heng's eyes were full of stars when he looked at him. Du Heng put aside his resistance to Wang Muye at this time. As a fellow fallen man in the ruins, meeting Wang Muye greatly increased his chances of survival.
Wang Muye smiled gently: "If my calculation is correct, there should be a river in the direction you came from. After you got ashore, you should have walked towards the north." Wang Muye pointed at a river on the edge of the map. Du Heng said honestly: "I did climb out of the river, but I'm not sure if I walked towards the north."
Xiaoxiao chirped twice and signaled to Du Heng, yes, that's it.
Wang Muye squatted on the ground thoughtfully, holding a small branch in his hand: "Look, we are here now." Du Heng looked at the map as he pointed, and saw that the places representing the mountains on the map were marked by Wang Muye.
Du Heng hummed twice in confusion: "Then what? Where should we go?"
Wang Muye's face was a little solemn. He said slowly, "If I'm not mistaken, we are trapped in a formation with rivers as boundaries. I landed in the south. Since last night, no matter which direction I walked, I saw rivers when I walked out of the mountain. This is called a water siege in the formation. We are unlucky and are trapped in the city."
Du Heng scratched his cheek: "Where is the city?" Wang Muye chuckled: "The so-called city refers to the mountains we see in front of us. We are surrounded by the river, and the mountains are the isolated city."
Du Heng smiled embarrassedly: "I am ignorant. Then...what if we cross the river? Can we get out of this predicament?"
Wang Muye shook his head: "We can't escape. No matter which direction we leave and try to swim to the other side of the river, the other side must be this continuous mountain range. If we have spiritual energy, we can still fight back, but our spiritual energy has been sealed, and it is very difficult to escape."
Du Heng squatted opposite with Xiaoxiao in his arms, looking worried: "What should we do?" He had talked about salvaging treasures from the ruins, but now, not only did they not salvage the treasures, but they also got separated from the main group.
Wang Muye said: "We can try to find the center of the formation. If we can find it, we may be able to escape. Or we can stay here and wait for others to rescue us." Wang Muye changed the subject: "However, the Wanzong ruins are undergoing many changes now. I am afraid that others are unable to take care of themselves. We can only rely on ourselves."
Du Heng and Xiao Xiao looked at Wang Muye for help. Wang Muye smiled when he saw the man and the bird tilting their heads: "Don't worry, we can always find a way."
Du Heng asked: "So are we going to find the center of the formation now? What does the center of the formation look like?"
Wang Muye shook his head: "That's not clear. The center of the formation could be a flower, a stone, a tree, or a cloud, a spring..."
Du Heng was overwhelmed when he heard this: "Isn't this like looking for a needle in a haystack?"
Wang Muye said: "Yes, but according to my speculation, the center of the water siege formation is usually set in the water. To put it simply, if you see something unusual in the water, it is very likely to be the center of the formation."
Du Heng scratched his head: "If the center of the formation is a fish, then we will never be able to get out of it in our lifetime?"
Wang Muye nodded helplessly: "Yes, so it depends on our luck. I plan to go to the water's edge and walk along the current to see if I can find a way out."
Du Heng and Xiao Xiao looked at each other and said, "If I had known, I wouldn't have gone out this morning."
After working so hard to cross the river and climb the mountain, now I have to go back to the starting point. It would be better to sleep in the shack with this time and energy.
Wang Muye smiled and said, "You can't say that. If we didn't go out, how could we meet?" Du Heng felt that what Wang Muye said made sense. He got up from the ground and said, "Let's go, Mr. Wang. I'll follow you."
Wang Muye smiled and said, "Boss Wang?" Du Heng laughed and said, "It's the abbreviation of Sect Master Wang."
Wang Muye held his chin and said, "It's quite interesting. By the way, your physique is not as good as mine. Are you hungry?" Wang Muye took out a fruit from his sleeve and handed it to Du Heng: "Here, I found it on the road."
Wang Muye is a really good person. He is the leader of a sect but he is not arrogant at all. Du Heng decided to treat him as his ally before leaving the Wanzong Ruins!
Du Heng also took out two fruits from his sleeve: "Come on, let's reciprocate." The fruits that Du Heng escaped from seemed to be bigger, redder, and more delicious than the ones Wang Muye found. Wang Muye felt embarrassed when he held the two kinds of fruits in his hands.
Wang Muye thanked him. He took the fruit from Du Heng and took a bite. "I didn't realize you guys were so lucky. The Water Siege Formation is a dead formation. There aren't many things you can find in it. Look, we haven't even encountered a few living creatures in this huge mountain range."
It would have been better if Wang Muye hadn't said it, but after he said it, Du Heng realized that since they entered the mountain in the morning until now, apart from finding a few fruit trees, they hadn't even encountered a few birds along the way.
Du Heng and Xiao Xiao were also eating fruit. Xiao Xiao was eating the fruit Wang Muye handed over. After taking a bite, his face was twisted with laughter. Du Heng held Xiao Xiao and followed Wang Muye: "It seems so."
Wang Muye asked as he walked, "By the way, is the river flowing fast in the south? Did you feel okay when you crossed the river? Are there many undercurrents?"
Du Heng thought for a moment and said, "I swam here from the Jiangxin Island. I only swam about thirty feet. The current is not fast. If it were fast, I would not be able to swim here." Hearing this, Wang Muye paused. He asked suspiciously, "Jiangxin Island? What kind of Jiangxin Island?"
Du Heng casually said, "It's just a small island washed out in the middle of a river."
Wang Muye's mouth twitched visibly: "And then?" Du Heng added: "It's not very big, and there are reeds growing around it, and there are quite a few wild ducks in it."
Wang Muye turned around and said to Du Heng, "Come on, you lead the way. I suspect the island in the middle of the river you mentioned is the center of the water siege." Now it was Du Heng's turn to be dumbfounded: "Huh?"
The center of the formation? Stop it, okay? He didn't feel anything at the center of the formation, and he didn't see any teleportation array that could take them somewhere else.
The author has something to say: Du Heng: This is a shabby place where neither birds nor chickens lay eggs!
Wang Muye: People like this who don’t know how lucky they are really make people want to take advantage of them.
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