In fact, it is not surprising that Zhang Daxian and others have such doubts. After all, Wen He's order of contact with metaphysics is different from that of ordinary metaphysics disciples.
According to common sense, the first thing a disciple of metaphysics would learn is the common knowledge about Yin Qi, the movement of spiritual energy, etc., and only then would they learn the more difficult method of drawing formations.
After all, drawing an array is not as simple as just memorizing the array shape. It also requires sufficient spiritual energy to support the completion of the entire array. Once there is any deviation, the array will be directly scrapped. This is why the success rate of drawing an array is so low.
But Wen He was different. She didn't understand what Yin Qi or spiritual energy were. The old man of the Gu family also had only a vague understanding of them. He only knew that the formations in those ancient books were good things, so he let Wen He learn them for fun. Who knew that Wen He actually had such talent and patience, and took great pains to learn those formations? Don't look at how easy it is for Wen He to form a formation with one stroke now. When she started to draw randomly, it took her nearly three to five years to slowly get familiar with it. After learning the core and methods, other formations became much easier to draw.
As for Wen He's spiritual energy, well, how should I put it, this was really an accident.
Wen He had mistakenly used the Mind Concentration Formation as a birth-inducing formation since she was a child, so the fruits she planted all contained the power of the Mind Concentration Formation. Wen He grew up eating fruits from her own orchard, and gradually, over time, the Mind Concentration Formation played a huge role. It seemed as if it was helping Wen He's body absorb spiritual energy all the time. Gradually, Wen He became so rich in spiritual energy.
Of course, Wen He was unaware of all this. After all, she had been used to it since she was a child and did not feel anything special about it. She did not think there was anything particularly different about herself. To her, these were just like her daily life.
So when Wen He turned around, she saw Zhang Daxian and the other metaphysical disciples staring at her as if she were a monster. She was startled, thinking there was a monster behind her, or that there was something strange about her. She couldn't help but look down at herself, but didn't find anything unusual, which made her feel even more puzzled. "Uh... what's wrong with you? Is there something wrong?"
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Yes, there are many, even huge questions! For example, who exactly is your master? How do you manage to draw a formation so easily? And why does the same formation work so differently on you? Are you being treated differently?
The group of metaphysical students couldn't help but roar inwardly, but facing Wen He, who looked confused and bewildered, they were speechless. They only felt like they had been slapped in the face, like they had already lost from the starting line. Why is other people's metaphysics always different from their own?! QAQ!
The disciples of metaphysics were extremely upset. They felt that this mission was not only harmful to their bodies and wallets, but also to their hearts. If they were not the ones with good perseverance, they would have been devastated by now.
However, no matter how sad and upset they were, the disciples of metaphysics quickly regained control. After sorting themselves out, they did not delay any further and quickly set off along the path opened for them by the white fog. In order not to waste time, they even ran at a jogging pace, just to quickly meet up with the other team.
The journey was extremely smooth, at least much smoother than when Zhang Daxian and his companions first came up. Although they encountered some low-level unclean creatures that were looking for death, they were all scared away by Zhang Daxian ringing the big copper bell, making the journey extremely smooth. If they continued at this speed, it would probably not take long to find the trace of Senior Qian and his companions.
Everyone thought so, however, just when they had a premonition that they were about to encounter something, the originally gentle and clear white mist suddenly twisted, and the white mist blocked everyone's sight so arrogantly, separating everyone in just a moment.
Zhang Daxian even felt as if there was a strong force pulling him suddenly in another direction, but the magical thing was that Zhang Daxian did not resist. He seemed to hear a sound, a sound unique to the mountains.
In a few seconds, the white mist had spit him out, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Shen Xiu who was also spit out by the white mist, and he seemed to be in deep thought. Not long after, the remaining metaphysical disciples were also spit out by the white mist one after another and gathered together. Obviously, they all heard the sound of the mountain to some extent.
The mountain had indeed brought them to where Elder Qian and the others were, not far ahead. However...
"Where's He girl? Why hasn't she come out in such a long time?"
Zhang Daxian couldn't help but have a bad premonition. Sure enough, even if they waited a few more minutes, they still didn't see Wen He come out, and the white fog seemed to block their way back. An invisible force was stopping them from returning to the original path, just like a certain consciousness that had just been silently conveyed to their minds: the seal has been broken, the mountain has been completely sealed, only allowing people to enter but not exit... but the mountain itself cannot resist the evil energy. Once the mountain is completely covered by this evil energy, the mountain will die.
It was the mountain spirit of this big mountain, who seemed to have made the final judgment and directly blocked all the escape routes, intending to die together.
In this way, their original plan to go down the mountain directly seemed to have been ruined. It would be good if Wen He was outside the white fog. Every one of them who survived was better than their current situation.
As Zhang Daxian thought about this, he quickly came back to his senses. He exchanged a glance with Shen Xiu and other metaphysical disciples, and realized that he could only take things one step at a time. The most urgent thing was to contact Old Qian and the others, at least to let them know the current situation, so that they could be mentally prepared no matter what would happen in the future.
On this side, Zhang Daxian and his group were already rushing towards the place with the heaviest yin energy deep in the mountains, while Wen He on the other side was brought by the mountains to a pitch-black place. It seemed as if he could not see his hand in front of him, and the air was mixed with all kinds of extremely unpleasant smells, like the smell of something rotten and decayed, which made Wen He unable to breathe and almost vomited.
As soon as his eyes had adjusted to the darkness, Wen He quickly held his breath, roughly smoothed the ground with his feet, and then quickly used the wooden stick in his hand to silently draw two magic circles, one was a freshness circle and the other was a bright fire circle. In just a moment, the circle was completed, and the suffocating, rotten, and decayed stench around him was finally swept away. The air finally became fresh again, but under the illumination of the bright fire circle, Wen He gradually saw the environment in front of him clearly, and his brows couldn't help but frowned.
It felt like a battlefield, but one without smoke or flames. Only countless broken or decayed magical instruments scattered across the ground bore witness to what had happened here.
No matter whether they were high-level or low-level magical weapons, almost all of them had been severely damaged. Some had even been broken into pieces and could no longer be distinguished from their original appearance.
And now, as if stimulated by the spiritual energy driven by the Wenhe formation, the scattered magic weapons around suddenly flashed with faint light, and then slowly gathered into a ball of light and suddenly scattered in all directions.
In an instant, the forest that originally seemed very dim suddenly became bright. No, it was not just bright. It seemed that the entire space had changed in this instant, but the magnitude of the change was very slight, just like some plants seemed to have shortened their lifespan, turning from old trees into lush young trees, or some places that seemed originally empty suddenly had many small clumps of flowers and plants.
But at this moment, a voice suddenly came from the front.
"Mr. Shen, you've never been a righteous man. Why are you trying to stop me?! Or is it because of your status as the head of the Shen family?! That's right, I've been the King of Hell for so many years, and I still can't let go of everything in the world. It's ridiculous. I thought people built the Temple of the King of Hell because they loved and respected me, but the truth is they were afraid of me. Hahahaha, it's hilarious. Even the reason I died in the first place was because of the ridiculous ignorance and ridiculous fear of those villagers who hacked me to death!"
"You said that this was a sin committed in this mortal world. I just wanted to do what I wanted to do happily! Why did you stop me?! Chen Yan!"
Chen Yan? Was it the Chen Yan she knew?
Wen He was stunned and subconsciously turned his gaze away, but the moment he saw the face of the man standing in front of him, he was suddenly stunned.
The person standing in front of him was not a handsome old man as Wen He had imagined before, but a young and intimidating man.
His facial features are somewhat similar to Shen Xiu's, but completely different. This is not just limited to the colorful features or the different temperament, but it is because this man's aura is so strong that just standing there makes people unable to look directly at him and break out in cold sweats.
But this is not the point. The point is that Chen Yan was surrounded by a group of ferocious and bizarre Yin creatures. Wen He had read the description of Yin creatures and unclean things in the jade card, and the Yin creatures here were all powerful monsters that were extremely difficult to deal with.
And now, these big evil creatures and big demons seemed to be glaring at each other in such an orderly manner, obviously being controlled and obeying orders from someone, and this person seemed to be the extremely angry man who called himself "King of Hell" facing Chen Yan.
Wen He couldn't tell the man's age, or rather, couldn't quite fathom it. While he wasn't as imposing as Chen Yan, his aura was no less impressive. He was supposed to be a gentle, refined scholar, and quite good-looking, a very courteous and affable type. But now, he was completely consumed by anger and hatred. The pain and vicissitudes of life etched in his eyes seemed unmistakable, a pain that even the passage of time couldn't erase.
The dark ancient robe he was wearing made his back look even more tragic. As he moved, the jade pendant on his waist happened to catch Wen He's sight. He saw a word engraved on the jade pendant in a very ancient font: Wei.
Suddenly, Wen He seemed to know who this man was. When she was very young, she heard her grandfather tell a folk legend that happened when he was a child. It was said that there was a Yama Temple not far away from this mountain. It was a very rare temple. Generally speaking, most villagers built City God Temples instead of Yama Temples. After all, the word Yama always sounded unlucky.
The amazing thing is that the incense at this Yama Temple is surprisingly prosperous, as if it has never stopped for hundreds of years. People nearby always say that this Yama Temple is particularly effective. Anyone who goes to the temple to worship and asks the King of Hell to let someone into a dream will see their deceased relatives in their dreams not long after they go back. It seems that it has been like this for hundreds of years. Gradually, this Yama Temple has become the most prosperous place in the vicinity.
But when his grandfather was in his early teens, that is, more than eighty years ago, one night, a loud thunder suddenly exploded in the night sky, accompanied by a huge bang, and the Temple of Yama collapsed without any warning. Some people said that it was caused by the thunder, while others said that the temple had been built for a long time and was corroded inside, so it collapsed on its own.
But if it were just that, his old man would not have remembered this incident until now. The main reason was that some things happened later. Because the Yama Temple was efficacious, after it collapsed, people nearby wanted to rebuild the Yama Temple.
However, strangely, the Temple of Yama could not be built no matter what. Accidents occurred every time during the construction. Accidents happened frequently, and once a worker almost died. At this time, people nearby finally felt that something was wrong, and they took great pains to investigate the origin of the Temple of Yama.
You won't know until you check, and you'll be shocked when you check. It turns out that the reason the Temple of Yama was built hundreds of years ago was not because of respect and love for Yama, but because at that time, there was a scholar in the village. This scholar was not only well-educated, but also seemed to have suddenly become able to see the dead one day. Regarding this matter, the scholar was not afraid, but he also communicated with the dead who had not yet had time to go to the underworld after their death, and conveyed the news that they had not had time to convey to their relatives.
What a terrible thing this must have been. The scholar was a monster, possessed by a ghost. Fear accumulated in the hearts of the villagers day by day, until one day, the villagers could no longer control themselves and took advantage of the scholar's inattention to swing their butcher knives.
After the scholar died, the villagers were afraid that he would become an evil ghost and do evil things. After all, he was a monster that could see the dead when he was alive. How could they not be afraid? So the villagers built a temple for him and placed a statue of the scholar inside the temple. They burned incense every day to show their suppression and prevent the villagers from being retaliated.
Gradually, as the rumor spread, this temple somehow became the Temple of the King of Hell.
After learning the origin of the temple, the people nearby were frightened. They suddenly felt that the Yama Temple might not be rebuilt and that it was Yama's revenge. So no one dared to mention the Yama Temple again, let alone rebuild it.
Wen He remembered that his grandfather had said with emotion at that time that he had seen the statue in the temple and it really did not look like the King of Hell, but more like an elegant scholar. There was also a jade pendant hanging around his waist with the word "Wei" engraved on it, which should be the scholar's name.
If we infer this way, this is the fundamental reason why the war broke out eighty years ago. It was really because the King of Hell was taking revenge. From the conversation just now, it seems that this King of Hell had always been a good King of Hell. Until for some unknown reason, he suddenly learned about his own death. He was greatly stimulated and turned evil to seek revenge and became what he is now.
Wen He could actually understand the King of Hell's anger. After all, who would diligently protect someone only to later discover that those people were the culprits who killed them? How could they not go mad?! And now, the King of Hell was in this state. His anger stimulated the surrounding Yin creatures for a burst of excitement. It seemed that as long as the King of Hell gave the order, all the Yin creatures around would pounce without hesitation and devour Chen Yan completely!
However, Chen Yan's expression remained unchanged, as if he hadn't noticed the surrounding evil creatures staring at him eagerly. He just stared straight at the King of Hell, and unexpectedly sneered without warning. With a hint of sarcasm, he said, "I don't know who gave you the illusion that you know me so well, Lao Wei?"
"But you're right about one thing. I, Shen Yan, have never been a righteous person. My status as the head of the Shen family is just for the convenience of action. Of course, I really have no right to stop you. I have no control over what you want to do, and I have no interest in knowing what you want to do."
"If that's the case, why did you try to stop me and bring those metaphysical disciples with you?!"
"Oh, this is a huge misunderstanding. Let me be clear. I didn't bring you here. I just happened to be on the way. And... I'm not trying to stop you. I just don't want to lose a good opponent. You see, I haven't had any good opponents for almost three years. You're basically the only one who can handle me. And as far as I know, what you're doing now is not tolerated by the laws of nature. You will only be destroyed and unable to enter the cycle of reincarnation. This means that I will have no good opponents to face me from now on. How boring will my life be for the next few decades? This is not good, not good, not good at all..."
"How about this, Lao Wei? Let's make a deal. We haven't been able to decide who's the better of us. If you defeat me, you can do whatever you want. But, bringing these unclean creatures with you is really troublesome. It would be a waste of time to defeat them all..."
As Chen Yan said this, it seemed as if those terrifying and powerful monsters and evil creatures around him were nothing to him and he didn't take them seriously at all.
No one knew what he was thinking about, but he suddenly started laughing. That smile was so beautiful that it frightened the King of Hell, and he had an extremely ominous premonition. This premonition even made him scream out uncontrollably, "This is... Chen Yan, what do you want to do?!"
"Oh, I didn't intend to do anything. I just set up a great seal. This is perfect. No one can disturb us from competing. As for the method of breaking the seal, how about this? Whoever can make me lose convincingly will have the seal lifted?"
However, Chen Yan did not give the King of Hell a chance to shout "no" and the great seal was cast. The next moment, he heard the sound of magic weapons, and everything in front of him had returned to its original state, still the same as when Wen He had just come in and the broken magic weapons were scattered all over the ground.
There were no large numbers of powerful monsters around, no Chen Yan or the King of Hell, only Wen He himself, and the cool and calm vegetation around him.
At this moment, there was a series of "crackling, crackling" sounds, and the magic weapons that originally had some spiritual energy remaining were all shattered. It seemed that they had completed their mission and were all broken into useless tools that were almost unrecognizable from their original appearance.
The scene just now should be the remaining spiritual energy of the magic weapons scattered on the ground, recording the scene that happened here more than eighty years ago. In other words, it is the cause of the war that happened more than eighty years ago and the source of the seal deep in the mountain.
As expected, it was the Shen family master, Shen Yan, who personally placed the seal. However, Wen He never expected that Shen Yan's reason for placing the seal was not to suppress or protect himself, but simply to avoid being disturbed while he and the King of Hell competed.
I have to say, to a certain extent, this approach is somewhat similar to the personality of Shen Yan, who is often complained in the jade card. It turns out that he is not a serious person like Shen Xiu said, not at all. A serious person should be like the angry version of Zhang Daxian.
With the light provided by the bright fire formation, Wen He walked forward a little, and sure enough, not far ahead, he saw a huge seal. It was somewhat similar to the formation drawn by Wen He. That person also drew it directly on the ground, but he used much more force, and also infused it with great spiritual energy, engraving the seal formation firmly on the ground, and it could not be wiped off no matter how hard he tried.
However, such a complete formation was interrupted at a certain position in the lower right corner by a new plant that had just emerged from the ground. Although the sealing formation looked intact as a whole, the growth of such a plant had indeed destroyed the formation, causing a crack in the formation and blurring the structure within the formation.
Unfortunately, Wen He had actually seen this formation before, and it was on the jade token. Although Wen He had not been able to draw this sealing formation so far, she had a good memory, so it was possible that she could complete the seal and draw it.
Thinking of this, Wen He decided to pull out the new plant that destroyed the formation and try to complete the entire formation.
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