Chapter 165: The Soul-Mazing Formation on Fengwu Mountain
It is now April, and the trees on the mountain have sprouted new buds. I heard from the villagers that the mountain has the same name as the village, called Fengwu Mountain.
Perhaps because of the rain that fell nearby, the mountain was a bit slippery to walk on. Even the stones on the mountain looked as if they were soaked with water.
The trees in the mountains are lush and tall. It was still daytime when we first climbed the mountain, but not long after we entered the mountains, the trees blocked out the sun.
Long Qi and his three companions moved forward, carefully searching the surrounding area for any traces of Pinellia ternata. However, there were overgrown bushes all around, so even though the villagers said that Pinellia ternata came from this road, it was difficult to find anything.
Moreover, we encountered many long snakes along the way, some of which were poisonous. It was getting dark, and if we didn't hurry up, the moonlight would not be able to shine in at night, and it would be even more dangerous.
Just as the four of them were walking and discussing whether they should split up, it suddenly became dark around them. They could not see anything and could not see their hands in front of them.
This is strange. Normally, even if the sun sets, it should take some time, but now it seems as if it has suddenly turned into night.
In this situation, Long Qi immediately thought of the ancient bamboo forest. This was exactly the same situation as when he was in the bamboo stick old man formation.
He immediately became alert and hurriedly spoke out to remind everyone, but when he turned around, he could only see darkness and received no response from Xinyi and the other two.
It seemed that he was really trapped in a magic circle, but what made him wonder was who would set up a magic circle here?
I still remember Lingxiang once said that most magic arrays would confuse people. If one accidentally falls into an array, the first thing to do is to keep calm and not panic, otherwise the magic in the array will confuse the mind.
Thinking of this, Long Qi hurriedly recited the Qingxin Jue silently, and then pinched the formula to open his spiritual vision and hearing, hoping to find out the surrounding situation. However, just as he opened his spiritual vision and hearing, the surroundings suddenly became bright.
The surroundings were no longer forests, but a house. This house was full of ancient charm, and it looked somewhat familiar, but I couldn't remember it for a while.
Seeing this, Long Qi was suddenly shocked and thought to himself that this was not good. He had fallen into an illusion in the formation.
Seeing as you can't use magic in this formation...
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"But what if you accidentally get caught in the magic of the formation? Will you be trapped to death in the formation?" Long Qi asked.
When Lingxiang heard this, she thought to herself: Although Long Qi is clever, he doesn't know much about unconventional methods. He might get trapped in the formation one day. If I don't teach him a way to escape, he might get trapped to death.
Thinking of this, she drew a circle on the ground. "Generally speaking, every magic circle has a core. Even if you are trapped in an illusion, the core still exists. If you can find the core in the environment and destroy it, the magic circle will naturally be broken."
"But since it's an illusion, how do we know which one is the center of the formation?" Upon hearing this, Honeysuckle asked immediately.
Lingxiang smiled. "Of course it's not easy to find out. Magic arrays are set up to conceal their presence, but illusion arrays are different. If a magic array causes you to hallucinate, then the center of the array must be the object before you. However, the most powerful thing about illusion arrays is that they often peek into your innermost being, using this to defeat you. At this time, you need to do more than just find the center of the array; you must also maintain your original heart."
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Thinking of what Lingxiang had taught him before, Long Qi immediately calmed down. Since he was already deeply trapped in the formation, the only thing he could do now was to find a way out in this illusion.
Thinking of this, Long Qi began to walk along the corridor. However, after walking for a long time, he still couldn't reach the end, and the steps he came from were no longer visible.
Just as he was thinking about climbing over the railing, he heard a voice calling from behind:
"Xiao Qi...Xiao Qi..."
The voice sounded very familiar, but he couldn't remember whose it was.
"Xiao Qi...Xiao Qi..."
The voice kept calling him, but he never turned back.
Lingxiang once said that if you are trapped in a maze, you must never look back. Once you look back, you will be trapped deeper into it.
Long Qi kept walking forward, and the voice kept calling him.
"Xiao Qi...Xiao Qi..."
"Xiao Qi...it's me...it's Brother Wu!"
Upon hearing this, Long Qi paused, but still did not look back.
Just at this moment, a hand was placed on his shoulder, and he subconsciously turned his head away. At that moment, he felt something was wrong, but after turning around, he couldn't remember what was wrong.
At this time, Long Qi turned into a child, and in front of him stood a boy who was only a head taller than him.
"Xiao Qi, I've been calling you for a long time, why don't you pay attention to me?"
Huh?
Long Qi was stunned. He couldn't even remember what he was thinking. Bad? Why was it bad?
Seeing Long Qi like this, the boy tapped his head gently: "What's wrong? Are you stupid?"
Long Qi covered the place where he was hit and said quietly: "Just now I just felt something was wrong, but suddenly I forgot what was wrong..."
"Not good? It's broad daylight, what's wrong?" The boy smiled and took Long Qi's hand. "Let's go, Daddy is back. I heard he brought some goodies this time."
Long Qi was still wondering what was wrong, but the boy pulled him and started running.
The two of them walked around the corridor for a long time before they found an exit.
"Hurry up, hurry up," the boy urged, "I heard it's a rare treasure!"
Upon hearing this, Long Qi quickened his pace, and the way he ran with his short legs was so pleasing to the eye.
"Brother Wu! Wait for me..." He called the boy in front of him while running.
Brother Wu? Who is Brother Wu? Why does he look so familiar?
"Hurry up, hurry up!" Brother Wu in front waited for him for a while, and seemed to be dissatisfied with his slow running, so he picked him up and ran. As he ran, he complained: "Xiao Qi, have you eaten too much these days? Why are you so heavy? I can't hold you anymore."
Long Qi felt a little uncomfortable from being shaken, and said in a trembling voice: "I just ate a few more mouthfuls of glutinous rice cakes, how can I be fat?"
The words were spoken in a baby voice and actually made Brother Wu laugh.
Soon, the two of them ran to a yard, which was filled with laughter and joy.
Brother Wu quickly put Long Qi down, tidied his clothes, and then pulled him into the yard.
A burly man in the yard was surrounded by a group of teenagers, and next to him stood a woman who looked dignified and gentle.
"Your father just came back and is very tired. You are all like naughty monkeys." As the woman spoke, she picked up the boy who was hanging on the man.
At this moment, everyone seemed to notice Long Qi at the door and greeted him with a smile: "Xiao Wu, Xiao Qi, come and see, Daddy brought back a treasure from outside, it smells so good!"
Only then did Long Qi understand why he could smell a fragrance from a long distance away. It turned out to be the treasure his father brought.
only……
Why does this scent sound so familiar? I feel like I've smelled it somewhere before.
Xiao Longqi frowned and followed Brother Wu forward, just in time to see the brocade box in his father's hand.
At this time, the brocade box opened wide, and inside it was a pill shining with golden light.
Long Qi frowned even more tightly, feeling that this pill seemed familiar.
At this time, the mother saw Long Qi like this and quickly came forward to pick him up, teasingly asking: "What's wrong with you, Xiao Qi? Why do you look so unhappy? Are you hungry?"
But Brother Wu burst into laughter when he heard this: "Mom, please don't feed Xiao Qi anymore. He's so heavy. I ran all the way with him just now, and I was exhausted."
Mother smiled and glared at Brother Wu: "Look at what you said. You can't stop your seventh brother from growing up, right?"
"So what if he never grows up? With us brothers around, how can we let him suffer?" After hearing what his mother said, a young boy said with a smile.
"That's right, we brothers will definitely be able to protect him well. He will be cute if he doesn't grow up like this!" Brother Wu also echoed.
Several teenagers gathered around the mother who was holding Long Qi, smiling, and reached out to tease the little Long Qi who had a frown on his brow.
However, Long Qi's eyes were always fixed on the pills in the brocade box in his father's hand. No matter how these young men teased him, his brows could not be relaxed.
Naturally, his father noticed Long Qi's reaction and hurried over with the brocade box. "Little Qi, are you interested in the treasure in your father's hand? Do you want to have a taste?" He held out the brocade box and said, "I didn't expect our little Qi to be such a connoisseur. He could tell at a glance that this is a good thing."
Long Qi stared at the pill in front of him, feeling that he must have seen this thing somewhere, but he couldn't remember where.
"Daddy, what is this?"
My father smiled when he heard this, closed the brocade box, and said very proudly, "This is a good thing that Daddy finally got on his trip this time!"
However, Long Qi seemed to have no regard for his father. He just frowned and felt that this thing was very important and he had to figure it out.
"Dad, what is this thing?" Long Qi asked again.
Seeing Xiao Longqi like this, his father smiled and said, "Xiaoqi is still young, so I can't tell you about this thing yet. When you grow up, you will know what it is. In short, just remember that this is our Long family's treasure."
Brother Wu, who was standing by, suddenly asked, "Is this pill the Long family's treasure? What about the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss?"
"The Seven-Star Dragon Abyss is naturally also a treasure of our family. It's just that originally our family only had that one treasure, but now there are two." The father smiled and was about to put the brocade box away.
Xiao Longqi felt that he had to figure this thing out right now, so he kept asking, "Father, what on earth is that?"
Seeing Long Qi like this, his father seemed to be at a loss. He smiled and said, "This is a magical medicine that I begged from the Yuanqing Sect. It's called the Life-Sustaining Pill. It was made by Fairy Tu Mi herself. There are only three of them in the world..."
Long Qi didn't hear a word of what his father said next. He just stared with his eyes wide open, as if frightened, scaring his mother so much that she kept calling his name.
But no matter how his mother called him, he didn't respond at all, but just kept muttering:
"Life-extending pill...Yuanqing Sect..."
He seemed to have forgotten something...
"Life-extending pill...Yuanqing Sect..."
He desperately wanted to remember what he had forgotten, but he couldn't remember it. He could only keep repeating a few words:
"Life-extending pill...Yuanqing Sect..."
But what exactly did he forget?
His head hurt so much and his vision went dark, but he kept repeating these words. He couldn't even hear the calls of his father, mother and brothers. Only these two names were on his mind.
"Life-extending pill...Yuanqing Sect..."
Suddenly, there was a flash of fluorescent light, and Long Qi felt as if there was something extra in his arms. He reached out and touched it, and actually took out a flute.
He stared at the flute in a trance, and suddenly he heard bursts of flute sounds, sometimes high, sometimes low, sometimes far, sometimes near, as if calling him.
It was at this moment that he suddenly remembered the name of the flute - Qingfeng Cuiyu Flute.
This was given to him by Lingxiang!
Yes! He forgot the incense! He shouldn't have forgotten the incense!
This is the token of love Lingxiang gave him!
Long Qi looked at the Qingfeng Jade Flute in his hand. The flute suddenly glowed with light, and the surrounding scenery seemed to wrinkle like water waves, but the brocade box in his father's hand remained extremely clear.
Long Qi closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he had turned back to his original appearance. He raised the Qingfeng Jade Flute and leaped towards the brocade box.
The life-extending elixir in the brocade box must be the core of the formation!
There was a flash of green light, and his parents and brothers all stood behind him, and the illusion slowly dissipated.
He looked back at them gradually disappearing, his heart aching and tears streaming down his face.
Yes, these are the appearances of his family members, his father, mother, and brothers. They have always cared for and loved him. Even when he was robbed by the demons, they were the ones who protected him as he left the Long family.
So many years have passed, and he has long forgotten what they look like, but he didn't expect to see them in this maze. How could he not feel sad?
Tears were streaming down his face, and at this moment he suddenly heard a voice:
"Xiao Qi, don't be sad, don't look back, live on!"
This is……
Wu Ge’s voice!
Looking at the faces gradually disappearing, Long Qi felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife. At this moment, the Qingfeng Cuiyu Flute in his hand suddenly started to sound again. As the melodious flute sounded, another voice came to his ears.
"Long Qi, don't look back!"
It's Lingxiang! It's Lingxiang helping him!
He quickly composed himself and turned around. A tear passed by, shining with light, and fell into the darkness.
As a ray of clear light descended, the surrounding darkness slowly dissipated.
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Zhao Wuyang had been wondering why Long Qi, Xin Yi, and Liu Xia had stopped moving while they were walking. No matter how he called out to them, even when he slapped them in the face, they didn't react at all, as if...
Just like when we were in Dian Cang Palace!
Could it be that I encountered an illusion? But why was I fine?
This was also something that had always puzzled him. It seemed that these illusions were of no use to him at all. Just like when Lian Qiao went on stage to compete with Kunwu Sect a few days ago, she flicked her fingers but no magic appeared. It was only later that he heard that she had used the magic of mirror flowers and water moons on the stage.
It is said that it is an extremely powerful illusion, which is the ability of the magic weapon selected by Lian Qiao in Dian Cang Palace.
But he clearly only saw Lian Qiao run onto the stage, throw two talismans, and then run around...
Could it be that the illusion doesn't work on him?
Just when Zhao Wuyang was confused, he saw Long Qi fall to the ground...
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