Chapter 28
Disappeared into the world?
"In my dream, I learned a formation that can isolate Fushan Kingdom from the outside world. Neither the turbid demons nor other countries that covet Fushan Kingdom can enter here." Mu Cheng said slowly.
This formation was too bizarre, but they had seen too many bizarre things now, so apart from curiosity, they could not feel any extra emotions at this moment.
Their thoughts were written on their faces. Mu Cheng said, "You're curious about this formation, right?"
Looking at the children in front of him nodding obediently, Mu Cheng smiled again.
He held out his hand in front of several people, waiting to see their reactions.
Qiao Lang was almost sleepy listening to their conversation. After finally waiting for Mu Cheng to make another move, he immediately leaned over excitedly to take a look.
“!!!”
When he saw it for the first time, he almost screamed, but fortunately he reacted in time and did not shout out. Tong Le in front of him was obviously also startled, and took a step back and stepped on his foot.
The hands in front of them had slender fingers and distinct joints, but it was obvious that these hands were translucent!
"At that time, I didn't have a single moment's rest to set up the formation. I was almost possessed by a demon, and I didn't notice the passage of time at all. Only after I finished setting up the formation and returned to the palace did I realize that so much time had passed." Mu Cheng withdrew his hands and chuckled softly. "And I, an ordinary mortal, didn't drink a drop of water or eat a grain of rice for a month. What do you think is the reason?"
Liu Huaizhao wanted to ask him if he had any cultivation, but suddenly thought of something, and his voice became a little hoarse, unable to hide the shock in his tone, "Are you... dead?"
This was very rude, and Qin Zunyue subconsciously wanted to stop him, but thinking of what Mu Cheng had said before, he just stood there silently.
"right."
After receiving Mu Cheng's answer, silence fell in the empty dormitory.
"Are you scared?" Mu Cheng asked.
He knew in his heart that it was natural for people to be afraid in this situation, but before he could think about it, he saw the people in front of him shaking their heads.
Apart from anything else, they are really getting bolder day by day during this period.
"I'm not really scared." Qiao Lang scratched his head, not sure if he should say this, but he couldn't help asking, "What happens next?"
"That's a long story. Come on, I'll take you to see it." Mu Cheng coughed lightly and gently shook the bell beside the bed. Then Ling Xin came in with several servants and began to help Mu Cheng change his clothes.
He was vague in his words, and the others didn't ask any more questions. They just stood aside quietly, waiting for Mu Cheng to change his clothes.
Mu Cheng changed into a green robe. His clothes were very different from Liu Huaizhao's. The others could not understand it very well, but Tong Le had loved reading since she was a child and had a very wide range of knowledge. She could clearly see that this set of clothes was the same as Liu Huaizhao's, and neither of them appeared in the books of later generations. She wondered if it was because these dynasties were too far away from them.
When she first arrived here, she was a little flustered and had no time to pay attention to these details, but now she finally had the mood to observe these things. She really couldn't help her curiosity. While following Mu Cheng out, she would take a look at Mu Cheng's clothes from time to time.
Mu Cheng led them to a fenced-off open area. He placed his palm on the wall and gave it a light push. The ground shook slightly, and amidst the flying dust, they saw that the road they had come from had also turned into a wall.
Liu Huaizhao was about to turn around and ask Mu Cheng what was going on when he found that Mu Cheng, who brought them here, was missing.
The next second, some noisy sounds rang in their ears. The sounds were not loud, but they were sad.
"This... what is this place?" Zheng Shu looked at the skinny and numb people in front of him, frowned, and a trace of pity flashed in his eyes.
"This is what Fushan Kingdom looked like in the past." Qin Zunyue had just finished speaking when he heard several loud bells ringing.
Before they could react, they saw the people around them kneeling down, but their expressions were still numb, as if their bodies and spirits had been separated, and they were only mechanically doing the actions they were supposed to do.
The sound of horse hooves approaching from afar passed by them, but they heard the death announcement clearly.
"He said the emperor is dead? Was it Mu Cheng?" Zheng Shu asked.
Liu Huaizhao nodded and said, "Let's go and see what Mu Cheng wants us to see."
Fortunately, their years of experience in hunting in the wild allowed them to easily find the way to the palace.
Several people entered the palace through the unguarded palace gate. All the palace servants they met along the way were walking in a hurry and had sad faces, which was completely different from what they had seen before.
The same thing happened in Mu Cheng's dormitory. Several boys knelt beside him with their heads down and trembling. Ling Xin was crying as she and other servants changed Mu Cheng's burial clothes.
“This is the first time I’ve seen this scene.”
Mu Cheng's voice, tinged with emotion, sounded from behind them.
The next second, they saw Mu Cheng, who had changed into his shroud, suddenly sit up. Ling Xin was so frightened that her tears stopped flowing. Then, Mu Cheng, wearing his shroud, jumped off the bed and ran out of the palace amid the screams of his attendants.
Then, the scene before their eyes turned into deep mountains.
It was already dark, and a tiger was staring at Mu Cheng, who was wearing a white shroud, in the darkness. However, Mu Cheng was completely unaware and continued running forward on his own.
While they were still worried about Mu Cheng, the tiger seemed to have noticed something, the hair on its back stood up, and it turned and ran away.
Logically speaking, they were just like they were in Ajin's memory, without any physical form. But for some reason, Qin Zunyue could feel a cool breeze blowing past, and Liu Huaizhao beside him began to shiver again.
"Liu Huaizhao?" Qin Zunyue supported him, his tone full of worry.
Mu Cheng glanced at him and said, "This is an illusory place. The jade will not work. You can only endure it yourself."
Seeing Liu Huaizhao shaking more and more, Qin Zunyue could no longer care about anything else. He hugged him tightly, trying to transfer his body temperature to him. "Your Majesty, why is he like this?"
His tone was anxious. Seeing his worried look, Mu Cheng opened his mouth but still didn't tell him the reason. "Don't worry. He has a special physique. This is normal."
Although he could see that he didn't want to talk more, Qin Zunyue still wanted to ask more details, but Liu Huaizhao in his arms pinched him lightly, which immediately attracted his attention.
"How's it going? Are you feeling warmer?"
Liu Huaizhao looked up and saw the concern in Qin Zunyue's eyes. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he seemed to feel warmer.
So he nodded from Qin Zunyue's arms, his voice muffled, "It's much warmer."
Mu Cheng's eyes showed a hint of surprise, but after seeing their postures, he figured something out. He shook his head and smiled softly, then changed the subject, "Look over there."
Several people followed his gaze and looked at the other Mu Cheng.
He had stopped running and was standing in front of a stream, his mouth moving constantly.
According to the distance between them, Qin Zunyue and the others should not have heard his whispers, but in this illusory place, they not only heard his words clearly, but could even see his expression reflected on the water.
"Is it here? Is it here? How do I do it? Tell me, how do I do it?"
There was a hint of pain in his tone, as if he was in a state of confusion. After saying these words, he sat down on the ground as if exhausted.
He stopped talking to himself, and the people standing in the void staring at him did not speak either.
The silent atmosphere made Tong Le breathe softly. She glanced at Liu Huaizhao who had returned to his original position, then glanced at Mu Cheng who was sitting on the ground and Mu Cheng who was standing beside them.
One of them was sitting and the other was standing. One had disheveled hair and was covered in dirt, while the other was spotless like a banished immortal, but the pain in their eyes was exactly the same.
After a long time, Mu Cheng, wearing funeral clothes, slowly climbed up. The snow-white funeral clothes had long lost their original color. He continued to stagger forward.
"Where does he want to go?" After following Mu Cheng for a while, Tong Le finally couldn't help asking.
But no one answered her, because Mu Cheng in the illusion stopped again, bent down, picked up a branch, and started painting on the ground.
Liu Huaizhao could see that what he was drawing was a formation, but he couldn't tell what kind of formation it was, so he looked carefully, trying to find the answer to this question.
But before he could figure out anything, Mu Cheng had already thrown down his stick, sat down on the ground, crossed his legs somewhat awkwardly, and began to meditate.
"Are you curious about this formation?" A smiling voice came from behind.
Liu Huaizhao looked at Mu Cheng and nodded.
"This formation is the one I saw in my dream—the one that can make Fushan disappear."
"What!" Liu Huaizhao was a little surprised. He originally thought that this formation would be very complicated - after all, making a country disappear, just thinking about it would make you know how difficult it is.
"Actually, this formation isn't the key. The most important thing is what needs to be done after the formation is completed."
He gently pressed Liu Huaizhao's shoulder, lowered his voice, and said, "The more advanced the formation, the more indispensable it is. Do you know what it is?"
Liu Huaizhao shook his head and asked humbly, "I am not very knowledgeable and only know a little about formations."
Mu Cheng's tone was gentle, but his words were full of meaning. "It's not that you are untalented, it's just that the opportunity hasn't come yet."
Without giving Liu Huaizhao a chance to ask again, Mu Cheng pointed at himself who was meditating and said, "Look, that's the indispensable thing for the formation - the soul."
His voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for everyone present to hear clearly. Everyone looked in the direction he pointed and found that the "soul" was not an adjective, but something really left Mu Cheng's body.
Then they saw Mu Cheng's soul. The soul seemed to see them as well, but did not pay any attention to them, only moving its lips quickly.
This time they couldn't hear the content clearly, but they clearly felt something coming from all directions.
"Look over there!" Tong Le's shout reached everyone's ears. They no longer stared at the soul, but looked up at the surrounding mountains and forests.
The cries of startled birds became the only sound they could hear. They stood in the void, and although they could not feel the shaking of the ground, the swaying shadows of the trees and the panicked fleeing animals reminded them of what was happening.
"The formation has been activated."
Before he finished speaking, Qin Zunyue saw that wisp of soul instantly turned into thousands of beams of light, scattering in all directions, and it was unknown where it went.
He held his breath and followed one of the beams of light with his eyes, and saw it disappear into the stream not far away.
Soon, the animals gradually stopped fleeing, but still looked around vigilantly.
"That mountain." Liu Huaizhao raised his hand and pointed to a mountain in the distance, "Has its position changed?"
He spoke with certainty, but in his heart he was extremely surprised - because it was not only the mountain that had changed its position.
"And that river! I remember it clearly, its original direction was not like this!" Tong Le's exclamation rang out immediately. After careful observation, several people found that the surrounding mountains and rivers were all different from the locations they had previously recorded.
If he had only had suspicions before, now Liu Huaizhao could confirm that Mu Cheng was the legendary person who disappeared after setting up a formation with mountains and rivers.
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