Chapter 164 How many ways are there to write the word "回"?

Five people rushed out and headed straight for the site where Luoshumen was located.

Restricted by the rules of the secret realm, they could not fly in the air. Fortunately, the five of them used their spiritual power and footwork and were very fast.

Luoshumen is not far from the territory of the Supreme Sect, with mountains, water, and dense trees.

The five people swaggered and appeared in the sight of the three people from Luoshu Sect without any cover.

Lin Du took a quick glance, lowered his head to watch the compass turning, and retracted his consciousness, "Heaven and Earth Return Array."

"Let's not tear it down yet. Once this hill becomes ours, I can modify it and use it."

Lin Du led five people and walked straight in without even sticking the concealment talisman they had taken out.

But in a moment, the breeze in the forest rustled and gently brushed the man's face, and even the hem of the robe did not sway at all.

"Why is this Hui-shaped formation leaking air..." Lin Du felt it for a moment, "The air flow is not right."

"Isn't that right?" Yuan Ye felt it for a moment, "Generally speaking, the Hui character formation is a closed formation, but it's normal that there might be vitality of heaven and earth inside it?"

Lin Du shook his head, "Do you know how many ways to write the word 回?"

Yuan Ye looked at Yan Qing blankly, "You read a lot, you come."

Yan Qing thought blankly for a moment, "Three?"

Lin Du grinned, "Of the four, only one is breathable. But among all the formations, the reason why it is called the Hui-shaped formation is that it is a nested formation evolved from the most basic square formation, so it can be used for defense."

"It's wrong to have airflow." Yan Qing understood, "But Junior Master, what is the fourth type?"

Lin Du blinked, "Is it important?"

Yan Qing pondered for a while, still tortured by his damn thirst for knowledge, "Important."

"It's not important. Don't be so pedantic. You don't have to go to Yuanye's house to take the eight-legged essay exam."

Lin Du lazily walked into the formation, "Follow me, don't make a mistake."

The four people followed Lin Du obediently, following him step by step, and walked to the center of the U-shaped formation.

A man wearing the uniform of a Luoshu Sect disciple was sticking his butt out and conscientiously setting up the formation. He held a book in one hand, with the numbers he had just calculated spread out in front of him, and in his other hand was the glass rope that should be buried in the formation.

"Qian is the seventh glass rope, Gen is the hidden earth." Lin Du hugged his arms and reminded.

"Oh, okay." The formation mage responded subconsciously. After walking seven steps, he was suddenly startled and turned to look at the people who appeared in the formation at some point. "How did you get in?"

"I was wondering why this formation is leaking. It turns out you didn't set it up properly." Lin Du retracted his gaze from the paper and sighed softly, "It's the early stage of Tengyun Realm. Jinxuan, go ahead. Yanqing, watch the retreat."

A long whip exploded in the air with a crackling sound, and in the horrified eyes of the formation mage, the long whip created a fierce aura around his body.

"There should be two more people up there." Lin Du thought for a moment, "Tian Wu, Yuan Ye, go take a look and change the flag. Their blue flag doesn't look good."

"Okay." Yuan Ye responded and released a small wooden puppet that looked like a jumping frog. "Go, my jumping frog."

The jumping frog was wound up, but it did not jump. Instead, its four legs spun rapidly around fixed joints like wheels, flying upwards at an extremely fast speed close to the ground.

The formation mage who was forced into a corner by Jin Xuan still had time to take a look at the thing that slipped past him like a mouse.

What do the people of Wushang Sect call a jumping frog? There must be something wrong with the naming.

The formation master is really not good at fighting, especially when the formation has not been completed. Yan Qing hardly needs to take any action, as Jin Xuan alone can force the opponent to have no way to fight back.

Although the early stage of Tengyun Realm and the Dayuanman Realm of Qinxin had some realm restrictions, Ni Jinxuan tied them up tightly with a whip.

It is still difficult to forcibly break free from the constraints of a heavenly grade spiritual treasure.

Lin Du turned around and began to pack up the original formation, borrowed the materials prepared by the formation master, and began to modify the Hui-shaped formation.

The formation master had been tied up by Yan Qing and Jin Xuan. He looked at Lin Du's formation and couldn't help but say, "This is not a Hui-shaped formation at all."

Lin Du looked up in surprise, "Do you know how many ways to write the word 回?"

Formation Master:?

"What does that have to do with the Hui-shaped formation?"

Lin Du straightened up, "You haven't even finished laying out the outer layer yet, don't you know there's a survivor? I drew this episode based on your original foundation."

"I haven't finished setting up the formation yet. What formation mage wouldn't leave someone alive before he finishes setting up the formation?"

…

Lin Du looked at him and raised his eyebrows, "Sorry, I won't leave any of you alive."

Luoshumenzhen Master: I don’t believe it.

It is an established rule that formation masters leave one person alive at the end of their formation. This is because they are afraid that the energy inside may be locked due to an accident before the formation is completed, or that the formation may be arranged incorrectly, causing energy imbalance and immeasurable consequences. A living person is also a gap, and the living person will be added after confirmation and energy balance.

Lin Du was overconfident in not leaving anyone alive, and an accident would happen sooner or later.

No formation mage can set up the formation perfectly every time; there will always be some unexpected events along the way.

Leaving a survivor is a chance for the formation mage to survive.

Lin Du finished the arrangement carefully, then turned to ask Yan Qing, "Do you want to come back, Yi Si?"

"Yes, that's the ancient Chinese way of writing the word '回'." Yan Qing nodded.

The two of them looked at the array mage at the same time, with the same thought in their eyes, "How pitiful! He really didn't study enough."

The formation master was speechless for a while. "It is clearly written in the formation basics that the Hui formation is composed of two closed frames nested inside and outside, and it is the most solid defense formation. Now that you have opened the outer layer, how can it be considered a Hui formation?"

Lin Du crossed his arms and said, "Just tell me if it's a return word."

The reason why she changed the "回" formation into an open one was that she changed the defense formation into a trapping formation, still nested inside and outside, but the "巳" formation inside was a snake-shaped trapping formation, and the nested inside and outside was a maze formation.

Fortunately, I didn't leave and was able to walk into the living hole. It was a U-shaped defense formation. Once I got into the living hole, it would be difficult to find a way out.

But Lin Du was too lazy to reason with this formation master. If he arranged the formation according to the book, no matter what formation it was, it would be broken sooner or later. Otherwise, why were the mountain protection formations of all major sects composite formations and new formations developed by formation masters?

The rules are the same rules, but how to use them is up to the monks, so naturally the effects will be different.

How can a good array mage be so dogmatic?

Isn't the reason why formations are fun, that they can manipulate the spiritual power of all things between heaven and earth, transforming the changes and fluctuations between them into a powerful energy field, thereby achieving countless different magical effects that go beyond common sense?

The formation master inexplicably felt that the formation he had learned for decades had been greatly impacted. "That is clearly not a Hui-shaped formation, it is a compound formation! How can it be called a Hui-shaped formation?"

Lin Du sighed, "The response I'm talking about is not the one about the formation, and the one about leaving no one alive is not the one about leaving no one alive."

This guy is good at memorizing, but he can't take jokes.

The formation mage suddenly felt a chill on his neck. "You...what do you want to do? This is a competition. You don't really want to kill anyone, do you?"

Lin Du thought about it and glanced at Yan Qing, "No, I was just kidding."

The formation mage breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."

As soon as he finished saying this, he felt a pain in his neck, and then his vision went dark.

"If he faints, he won't be considered alive. Just throw him into the trap. It won't be a problem when we get out of the secret realm."

Yan Qing dragged himself to follow Lin Du's footsteps, and suddenly remembered, "So, Junior Master, what is the fourth way to write the word 回?"

Lin Du crossed his arms and stomped ahead, threatening, "Don't imitate the people of Luoshu Sect."

"No, I'm smart enough." Yan Qing walked in the forest with a knife in one hand and the fainted formation mage in the other. His heavy body rubbed against the fallen leaves and the ground, making a dragging sound.

"So what exactly is the fourth type, Junior Master?"

He was almost driven crazy by his strong desire for knowledge.