Chapter 95: All gathered, Bei Liyuan is about to wake up and the materials are gathered...
The Ice Python frowned. "Since you know this, you still dare to ask for this condition? If I give you my heart, how can I live?"
Li Youyang said respectfully, "Senior, you have more than one heart. Ever since arriving at Bingfeng, I've noticed a similarity between your aura and that of the Nine Infants. I suspect you might share a common origin with the Nine Infants."
The Ice Python smiled and said, "With such an exquisite heart, it's no wonder you can set up such a wonderful formation. But taking my heart won't be so easy. Defeat me with magic, and I'll exchange it with you."
Li Youyang: "I wonder how you would like to fight?"
Ice Python: "You and I will each set up a killing array, and then the other will break it, until one of us is trapped and killed. Do you dare?"
Li Youyang said coldly, "Senior, please go first."
A quarter of an hour later, the Ice Python Formation was complete: "You may enter the formation now."
Just before Li Youyang entered the formation, the Ice Python spoke again: "If you regret now, it's not too late."
Li Youyang walked into the formation without hesitation, with murderous intent oozing from the Ice Python's eyes. The magic competition was just an excuse, his real purpose was to kill the man directly and take away the magic book. He moved his sword quickly and the killing formation was activated.
Li Youyang suddenly felt the pressure in the formation, and with the pressure came a strong wind and snowstorm. Every snowflake was a poisonous blade that could kill with one blow.
Li Youyang casually cast a formation to protect himself and then sent out his spiritual energy to search for the center of the formation. However, after three careful searches, he found nothing and could not help but frowning. This was the first time he encountered such a situation.
A quarter of an hour later, cracks appeared in the protective formation, and the usually calm Li Youyang became a little impatient for the first time.
Outside the formation, the Ice Python couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips. It was impossible to find the eye of the formation to break it, because the eye was not in the formation but on his body. If he wanted to break the formation, he had to leave the formation first, but if he wanted to leave the formation, he had to break the formation. So this was a deadly situation. Soon this man would die in the formation, and the treasure book would be his.
Just when the ice python was feeling proud, it suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, and then the formation dissipated, and Li Youyang walked out.
"How is this possible!"
Li Youyang explained: "I have searched the formation many times without success. Either the key is hidden very secretly, or it is not in the formation at all. However, I don't have much time left, so I can only take a gamble."
"But the center of the formation is not inside the formation, and you can't leave the formation. How did you destroy the center of the formation and break the formation?"
"It seems that the cultivator who taught you the formation didn't fully master it. The formation's core can't really be separated from the formation. The so-called not being inside the formation is just a spatial location. The person who wants to break the formation only needs to find the formation's core. If they know it's hidden outside, they only need to follow the formation's spiritual energy to sever the connection between the two sides to destroy the formation's core. It's not necessary to leave the formation."
The Ice Python clenched his fists in frustration. His father must have told him about this method before, but he only listened to half of it and thought that this method was invincible, so he stopped listening. He didn't expect that it would leave such a huge hidden danger.
Li Youyang continued, "Now it's Senior's turn to test the formation. Of course, if you're afraid, you can admit defeat now."
The ice python snorted, "Who are you looking down on?"
Li Youyang's sword fingers moved quickly, and after a quarter of an hour the formation was complete: "Senior, please enter the Heart-Searching Formation."
"Questioning Heart Formation, what a ridiculous name."
The Ice Python complained as he entered the formation. This formation was different from the ones he had set up. It wasn't a killing formation, but more like a spatial formation. He quickly found the center of the formation and sneered, "Nothing more than that."
He struck out with a palm, but the center of the formation was unharmed. For the next half hour, the ice python tried all kinds of methods, but the center of the formation did not change at all. The ice python could not help but get furious. What on earth was this thing made of? Why couldn't it be destroyed in any way?
"I'll give you a tip, Senior. This formation is called the Heart-Searching Formation."
"The Heart-Questioning Formation, you can't really ask me to take out my heart and ask it, right?"
Li Youyang remained silent. The Ice Python hesitated for a moment, then pulled out a heart and pointed it at the center of the formation: "Ask."
But there was silence for a long time. The Ice Python frowned and said, "Why don't you ask? Is it too far?"
Thinking about it, he walked closer with the heart. Still no response, he walked closer even more. When he was almost at the center of the formation, the center finally changed a little. The Ice Python felt proud, thinking it was just as expected. But the next moment, a hand suddenly stretched out from the center of the formation and snatched his heart away.
Ice Python: ???
Then he realized that he had been fooled. This was not a real true eye at all. It was just an ordinary time formation.
A quarter of an hour later, the formation dissipated, and Li Youyang and others had already left Jibing Peak on a flying boat.
The Ice Python was furious, but didn't dare to chase after him. In his frustration, he caught sight of the spellbook on the ground and hurried over to pick it up. After flipping through a few pages, his anger subsided considerably. "This junior is quite particular about his work. It's not a loss at all."
On the flying boat, the Divine Master Lingye joked, "I didn't expect this Ice Python to be so foolish. It seems many rumors in the world cannot be believed. Only by going there in person can we know the true situation. I originally thought it would be difficult to deal with, but unexpectedly it is even easier than the demon dragon. Maybe the Fire Lotus Seed is not as difficult to obtain as we thought. It's just... I came here to help, but in the end it seems that I didn't help much. Sigh! When can I pay back for the sins I committed before!"
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A month later, everyone arrived at the extremely hot place.
Nan Dazhuang said directly: "The magma gets more intense the deeper you go. The previous armor was melted five kilometers away from here."
Lingye Divine Lord flew up on his sword and said, "Let me try it first."
Lingye Divine Master turned back about halfway through the lava and shook his head: "I can't go any further."
Nan Dazhuang looked at the Divine Lord Lingye in shock. He couldn't even pass one-tenth of the level with his armor on, but this guy managed to pass half of it with his cultivation. How could there be such a big difference between them when they were both at the level of a god? It made his look like a fake.
Fu Guangjun was about to try with a gloomy look in his eyes, but Medicine Saint stopped him: "Your injuries haven't healed yet. Even Lingye Divine Lord couldn't do it. There's no need to take the risk."
Fu Guangjun was stunned. These days, he and the Medicine Saint had not had much contact except for official business. He did not love this person, but this person was willing to break the pill for him. He had not yet figured out how to respond to this friendship.
The Medicine Saint loosened his hand, turned away his eyes, and sighed secretly in his heart. At that time, he expressed his feelings only when he was willing to die. Now he really didn't know how to get along with Fu Guangjun. He was not the kind of person who would pester others. He knew that this feeling would not bear fruit. He would bury it in his heart and never mention it again. But even so, he and Fu Guangjun could never go back to the past. Now Li Youyang was too busy to deal with other things because of Bei Yuan. After Bei Liyuan's matter was dealt with, the three of them would be a tangled mess.
Lingye Divine Venerable nodded: "This young man is right. Even if you are at your peak, you can't get through. The power of this magma has increased exponentially. It is simply beyond human power to withstand it. It is useless here. It is better to go back and find a solution first."
As he said this, he looked at Li Youyang, but Li Youyang just looked at the magma without saying a word. Lingye God sighed and stopped talking.
Half a day passed like this, and Li Youyang suddenly flew his sword above the magma. Fu Guangjun and Lingye Shenzun thought he had lost his mind and wanted to force his way through, so they quickly stepped in front of him and said, "Don't be impulsive. There will always be a way."
Li Youyang said coldly, "I won't force my way through. I just thought of a way and wanted to try it."
The two men moved aside slightly, but did not dare to retreat too far, in case Li Youyang really lost his mind and rushed over.
Li Youyang looked at the magma, moved his sword fingers quickly, and his spiritual breath entered the magma. Then the magma seemed to have life and turned into the shape of a human hand. It went all the way to the Flame Pool and picked a fire lotus leaf to bring back.
Lingye Divine Venerable could not help but praise: "You really have a way, why didn't I think of it."
However, Li Youyang was not as optimistic as him. Instead, he looked at Ye Zi solemnly. After Ye Zi left the fire pool and entered the magma, she instantly turned into ashes.
Lingye Divine Lord: ...
"This magma doesn't even spare its own people."
Li Youyang returned to the flying boat. His thoughts were just as they were. Retrieving the lotus seeds was possible, but bringing them back was impossible. There had to be another way. Could he create a chamber with magma and place the lotus seeds inside? No, the magma itself was quite hot, and it would be difficult to keep the lotus seeds intact for too long. While he was pondering this, Nan Dazhuang said, "If only that arm were longer, they could just throw it high into the sky. While this magma is powerful, it won't reach the sky."
Li Youyang looked at Nan Dazhuang and said, "Say what you just said again."
Nan Dazhuang repeated it, and Li Youyang looked at Lingye Shenzun: "We are all overthinking things."
Lord Lingye nodded, and the two of them flashed out. Lord Lingye flew high in the sky with his sword until he was a thousand miles away from the magma and was no longer affected by the magma. Then he reached the sky above the Flame Pool and flew down with his sword. As he thought, the temperature of the Flame Pool was not high, and he could just go down and pick the flowers. But Li Youyang stopped him and asked him to stand five hundred miles vertically above the Flame Pool. Then he moved his sword again, urging the magma to pick a whole fire lotus and throw it into the sky. Lord Lingye cooperated tacitly, and when he caught the fire lotus, the lotus leaves and stems had burned out, leaving only the lotus pod.
After returning to the flying boat, Lingye Divine Venerable handed the lotus pod to Li Youyang. Li Youyang's hand trembled slightly as he took it, and his voice was slightly choked with sobs: "Thank you."
Lingye Divine Venerable was stunned for a moment. In his impression, Li Youyang was a man like pine and cypress, always standing tall and unyielding. But at this moment, he could clearly sense Li Youyang's fragility: "Why are you being so polite to me? I've already said it, I owe you."
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After returning to Chengyan Palace, Li Youyang began to retreat. Half a month later, he finally handled the matter completely according to the method on the scroll.
Half a year passed, and Bei Liyuan's missing soul began to take shape. Li Youyang no longer stayed by Bei Liyuan's side for twelve hours a day like before.
Nangong Liuchu would occasionally see Li Youyang once or twice, and couldn't help but sigh, "Master is finally alive."
Lie Wushuang hummed in agreement.
Nangong Liuchu glanced towards the study again. "Master is gradually recovering. I guess his feud with Senior Fu Guangjun should be settled soon. I wonder how Master will resolve it?"
Lie Wushuang smiled and said, "That's not something we should worry about. They've been friends for thousands of years, and they've been through life and death together, so there's no way anything will happen again. Speaking of which, didn't we go to the Star God Temple to worship the Star God before? Regardless of whether the Star God Siming really intervened in this matter, the result is always good, and we should go and fulfill our vow."
Nangong Liuchu rubbed his chin. "Only half a year has passed. The Star Lord must have forgotten about it long ago. Big Brother, bringing it up now, perhaps you're worried about a fight between the gods..."
Lie Wushuang gently hit Nangong Liuchu on the back of the head: "Don't worry about so many little things. Let's go."
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