The materials needed for the formation have been found, so there is no need to delay. Su Yao should nourish Aotian's soul as soon as possible, and then let Senior Aotian and the two children move around in the room.
The four of them set up a formation and entered the space. In order to avoid accidents, they had to use their free time to practice.
Time quickly came to the next day. According to the information obtained from previous investigations, the man always had the habit of kidnapping people at night, so they were not in a hurry to go to the west gate.
Instead, they chose to have breakfast first before letting Manager Wang lead them towards the west city gate.
On the way to the west city gate, several people kept observing the surrounding situation, but they found nothing else except a few pedestrians.
"It seems that the disappearance of the monk has indeed had a great impact. The closer we get to the west city gate, the fewer people there are, and many shops on the road are closed." Su Yao said with a frown.
"Yes, that's true. Wang Chenggong, please take us to the restaurant closest to the north city gate." Nalan Jingyue's expression made it impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.
"Master, don't worry. I have already made arrangements yesterday. The restaurant closest to the north gate closed early in the morning, but I went to buy his restaurant yesterday. The people inside are our own people, so it will be foolproof." Manager Wang looked like a flatterer.
Nalan Jingyue stared at him carefully for a long while before he slowly said, "I guess it's because I haven't been here for too long. You're handling things in an orderly manner now."
Manager Wang was overjoyed. Others might not know it, but he knew it. The master would not praise anyone easily, and it was a high evaluation for him to say such words.
"Master, thank you for your praise. You are the best teacher." The old face of Manager Wang was almost blinded by his smile.
Nalan Jingyue continued walking forward, and then added, "Just leave two people in the Qi Refining Stage in the restaurant tonight to act as a show. You don't need to make any arrangements for the others. I have my own plans."
"Yes, I understand." Manager Wang nodded repeatedly.
After walking for another half an hour, the group finally stood at the door of the restaurant that Manager Wang mentioned.
Not knowing if there were any enemy spies outside, they were very cautious. When they were a few hundred meters away from the restaurant, they asked Manager Wang not to go with them. The North Gate was already notoriously dangerous, and the fact that they were still heading there was suspicious enough.
As soon as they entered the restaurant, they pretended to have just arrived in the city and said they wanted to stay in the hotel. After all, they still had to do enough superficial work.
The waiter was quite clever and answered questions fluently. It seemed that he had received instructions from the headmaster Wang early in the morning. The waiter quickly led them upstairs to the room prepared for them in advance.
Nalan Jingyue waved his hand, telling him it was okay and he didn't need to come up. The waiter responded respectfully and then left.
"I didn't expect that Manager Wang is so foolproof in his work. For convenience, he even set up our room opposite the door. This way, if that person shows up, we can help you faster." Su Yao still has a high opinion of Manager Wang.
"He is indeed good. It's still early, let's go into the house first to discuss the detailed plan for the future." After saying this, Nalan Jingyue entered the house first, and the other three followed.
Su Yao looked at Nalan Jingyue sitting at the table and couldn't help but guess in her heart that he must be starting to make tea again.
Sure enough, she guessed it right. Su Yao couldn't help but complain in her heart again. Where did he learn this habit of drinking tea when talking about things? If there is a chance, she must help him change this habit.
Although she thought so in her heart, her body still sat down obediently and drank the tea he handed to her.
Nalan Jingyue didn't know that Su Yao had remembered his little habit. He took a sip of tea before speaking slowly: "It's not even noon yet. I'll set up the formation when it's done. After that, we'll go investigate near the north gate."
"I have no objection!" Ning Jing said quickly.
"I have no objection either!" Xu Fuyi continued following Ning Jing.
"Me too." Su Yao naturally had no objection. He had made all the arrangements, so she just had to follow his instructions.
"In order to prevent that person from going to the wrong room, just in case, I will set up a formation in the room where you three are staying. But I don't think that person will be stupid enough to leave me alone and provoke you three at the same time." Nalan Jingyue continued to add.
"You have thought it through very carefully. I think this time it will be foolproof. But I am very curious. Can your formation really make that person unable to return? Do you need to set up more trapping formations? I can add an illusion formation in the trapping formation." Su Yao began to get excited as she spoke.
Nalan Jingyue looked at Su Yao's sparkling eyes and couldn't help laughing: "I think it should be unnecessary. Even if a cultivator in the Out-of-Body Stage comes, he can't get out of my formation, unless it's not a cultivator but a soul. However, souls generally can't keep solidifying their bodies. Even those with powerful souls like Senior Aotian rely on the magical powers of their own race."
"That's true. If I had known earlier, I would have called Senior Aotian over. He is a soul, so it should be easier for him to find out information." After all, Aotian's soul can pass through walls. The more he thought about it, the more he regretted leaving them in the restaurant.
"You're right to think so, but Senior Aotian's current soul strength is naturally not as strong as it was in his prime. It would be a bad idea to let him come and take risks."
"Okay. It's almost time, do you want to set up the formation first?" Su Yao looked at the sky outside the window. It was almost noon.
"Hmm." Nalan Jinyue took out a large bottle of cinnabar from the storage bag and poured it into the copper basin. Then he took out the chicken blood that Manager Wang gave him yesterday and mixed the two evenly together.
Su Yao and Ning Jing couldn't help but open their eyes wide to look. They were really curious about these formations. What kind of formation could have such a powerful effect that it could even trap a cultivator in the out-of-body stage.
But there's nothing special about Nalan Jingyue's technique, and the materials he added are just ordinary cinnabar and chicken blood.
Su Yao couldn't help but ask, "There's nothing different about your material. Can the formation drawn with this thing really trap a cultivator in the Out-of-Body Stage?"
"Don't underestimate this formation. It's called the Gangzhi Formation. The difficulty lies not in the materials used in its drawing, but in the fact that your mental strength must be strong enough to support you in completing the drawing. If you are interested, I will teach you after this is done." Nalan Jingyue explained to her patiently.
"So that's how it is. Thank you very much." Su Yao thanked him sincerely.
Nalan Jingyue didn't say anything else. He just took the basin of cinnabar chicken blood in his hand and began to draw a formation around the room. Su Yao and the other two didn't dare to disturb him at all. They just stared at his every stroke.
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