Chapter 12 So she can come and solve problems but instead of solving them, she just commits suicide...?
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For many, the choice between protecting one and sacrificing another seems self-evident.
When the two options were presented, Ye Caifeng and Ye Ning exchanged a glance, both understanding each other's thoughts.
It's really laughable. Before we set off, I clearly told Dongfang Qian not to get involved in this mess, but she insisted on overestimating herself. Now she knows she was wrong, right? Regretful, isn't she?
Only Dongfang Yaotian's expression was blank, and he fell from Fengyun in a very comical way. He staggered a few steps and stood outside the killing formation, his handsome and resolute face covered with bloodshot eyes, and his expression gradually collapsed.
The two figures, a girl in green robes and a female cultivator in light clothing, were trapped in the formation. The top of the formation was constantly descending, compressing their living space.
Intricate, blood-red runes crisscrossed and flowed across the giant array, resembling sharp, broken blades that could fall at any moment. The blade was aimed at the most important woman in his life.
Qiu'er was the woman he was determined to spend his life with, and Qianqian was his closest relative, whom he had grown up with like a younger sister... Why, why!
Dongfang Yaotian could not accept the current situation.
He roared helplessly and angrily, "Isn't this an array designed to target the Netherworld Clan? How come it's holding people captive?!"
Mei Zichen coldly looked around: "Now that my junior sister is also trapped here, I'd like to ask if there is a traitor among you."
This deadly formation was proposed by a disciple of the Jade Void Sect. To put it nicely, it was a thunderous method to surround and kill the Netherworld Clan; to put it bluntly, it was an extremely insidious talisman formation.
According to the Langhuan Covenant, this formation must never be used against cultivators or mortals except by the Netherworld Clan; it is practically a forbidden formation.
The high-quality spiritual bone aptitude of the Jade Void Sect disciples ensured the absolute tightness of this forbidden array talisman, while the Ye family's Pure Land Spirit Array added an even thicker outer shell to it, and the array eye stone tempered by the Golden Hook Ye Sect was also indestructible.
In other words, no one can open it unless someone dies.
With a worried expression, Ye Caifeng supported the distraught Dongfang Yaotian and suddenly suggested, "Brother Yaotian, why don't we activate the Heavenly Origin Mirror? There are countless cultivators in the world; if they see the situation, perhaps someone can break this formation?"
Dongfang Yaotian said in a daze, "Yes, open, open the Heavenly Origin Mirror, Qiu'er, Qianqian, I won't let anything happen to either of you!"
Ye Caifeng's eyes darted around, and she turned around and pointed at the disciples of the Golden Hook Ye Sect. Soon, a huge Tianyuan Mirror floated with slight ripples and slowly opened in the air.
Ye Caifeng knew perfectly well that someone had to die in the end to break the deadlock. But this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
If they abandoned Dongfang Qian and Gong Yuqiu survived, Yaotian would have a permanent scar in his heart, and their relationship would never be the same again. In fact, Ye Caifeng felt that abandoning Dongfang Qian was only natural. She was a good-for-nothing and shouldn't have come along in the first place. This outcome was inevitable.
If Gong Yuqiu were to be sacrificed, then the position of Yaotian's Daoist partner would be vacant, and she would always stay by his side, becoming the most important woman to him.
On the Heavenly Origin Mirror, spiritual energy from all directions quickly flowed in, causing countless ripples to form words.
"A deadly formation? How did it trap two cultivators?"
"Look, there's a piece of Netherworld Fish Scale on the ground. It seems the Netherworld Clan has run away. These wicked beasts are indeed very cunning."
"Who's in the formation? There's a Heavenly Spirit Bone among them, and the other one... well..."
Dongfang Yaotian shouted from the Tianyuan Mirror, expressing his willingness to pay any price to find a master to break the formation and find a solution that would satisfy both parties. However, no one could offer a solution.
Dongfang Yaotian, in a state of despair, frantically slashed at the array barrier with his knife. Gong Yuqiu was just a hair's breadth away from him, her eyes already brimming with tears.
Ye Ning quietly walked to the white-robed man's side and whispered, "Daojun, if you had to choose one in the end, who would you choose?"
She stood a little closer and caught a whiff of a unique, cool, and refreshing fragrance emanating from the other person. She blushed and looked up—
But then they saw Chen Jinshi's long, drawn-out eyes staring intently at the formation.
He was looking at Dongfang Qian.
"...You despicable bastard!" Miao Jue cursed inwardly.
She could also feel that gaze upon her.
Even the system couldn't help but chime in: "The villain is truly despicable; he's really dragging you into a fire pit. How can we resolve this—"
The key is clear: the current angst is in line with the objective laws of melodramatic and tragic novels. The female lead, as the destined protagonist, certainly cannot die here, and the death of the cannon fodder can further deepen this tragic love story.
The death of his sister will forever be a thorn in Dongfang Yaotian's heart, and at the same time, it will make the kind-hearted, saintly heroine unable to forgive herself for the rest of her life.
—The villains are masters of this art.
Even though he was the one who pushed her off the cliff, he was now standing on tiptoe with his hands behind his back, looking down with great curiosity. His eyes were clear and gentle, as if he cared a lot about how she struggled.
That's not even the worst part.
Miao Jue followed the spiritual bone meridians in her inner palace and finally confirmed that because the spiritual power of the living beings in this deadly formation was cut off, she was also unable to use the Rewind technique.
This actually further confirms that the Netherworld Clan and human cultivators are exactly the same, using the same Five Elements spiritual power system. Therefore, the formations that trap and kill the Netherworld Clan can also deprive humans of their spiritual power.
The magic trick had been activated several times in her mind, but to no avail. Otherwise, she would have gone back to when the female lead barged in and jumped out, then kicked the male lead and the villain into this formation.
The crimson array above their heads fell lower and lower, and Miao Jue looked pale and sickly.
Only now did she clearly understand why the growth of the spiritual bone determined the strength of the time-travel power—because time travel itself is a very special kind of spiritual power.
So, how do we break this deadlock?
Miao Jue's almond-shaped eyes scanned everything within the formation, not missing a single blade of grass or tree, and a clear plan was forming in her mind.
—"Give up."
The female protagonist's melancholy voice rang out. Even with her Heavenly-level Water Spirit Bone, she was unable to put up any resistance here, so Dongfang Qian was even less likely to.
From a young age, Gong Yuqiu possessed an inexplicable sense of mission that permeated her naturally clear mind, driving her to save anyone at all costs. Even though Dongfang Qian had repeatedly humiliated her in the past, and even though her innate talent was far inferior to her own, she was still a human being, one of the people she was meant to protect.
Miaojue looked up, and suddenly something lit up?
With a sorrowful gaze, Gong Yuqiu looked one last time at Dongfang Yaotian outside the formation, a smile slid through her tears, and then she raised her sword—
She's going to commit suicide!
Use her death to break this deadly formation.
A clamor erupted on the Heavenly Origin Mirror: "What righteousness! What great love!" "Who is this little girl?" "This child is no ordinary person—"
Dust settled in his eyes, still fixed on the secret technique, unmoved.
Dongfang Yaotian's eyes widened in horror, "No—!!!"
Mei Zichen: "Junior Sister!"
A flash of cold light appeared on the sword blade, accompanied by the slash of a green robe, and something fell to the ground with a clatter.
With a swift kick, he knocked the sword that the female lead had placed against her neck away, yelling, "Are you crazy?!"
She had just found a solution when she was almost blinded by the holy light emanating from the female lead.
Is he alright? Is he out of his mind? Why would he commit suicide without considering solutions to a problem? What is he so passionate about that he'd be willing to sacrifice himself for anyone?
More importantly, Miao Jue had no doubt that if Gong Yuqiu swung his sword, it would definitely trigger the Heavenly Mandate Protection Mechanism.
Then her sword light would suddenly be deflected by the formation, and the sharp sword energy would rampage within the formation, eventually striking the cannon fodder.
Why do you know so much about the secret techniques? Haven't those two done countless times that their attacks always end up bouncing off her?
Miao Jue hooked his toes and kicked Gong Yuqiu's sword even further.
Chen Jinshi looked at her with a strange yet intriguing gaze.
Gong Yuqiu stared blankly for a long while before looking at Miaojue with reddened eyes, "Princess, you..."
Why wouldn't they let her sacrifice herself?
Outside the formation, Mei Zichen, seeing this, showed a hint of approval to Miao Jue: "Not bad, it seems that Princess Dongfang also knows that she is not worth a Heavenly Spirit Bone sacrificing for you - I think you are ready to end your own life."
Miao Jue looked at him in surprise: "Why should I die?"
Mei Zichen frowned: "If you don't die, am I going to have my junior sister, a Heavenly Spirit Bone, buried with you?"
The rest of the words were not explicitly stated, but everyone present, including those on the Tianyuan Mirror, could see that this girl in green was just an ordinary person with mediocre talent, not only far inferior to someone with the Heavenly Spirit Bone, but also worlds apart.
The people of the Jade Void Sect naturally shared this attitude.
The people of Tianyan Kingdom were the same. Ye Caifeng, supporting Dongfang Yaotian whose eyes were filled with struggle and despair, gently advised him:
"Qianqian, we all know that you usually hate Fairy Gongyu, but if she lives, she will slaughter more Netherworld people and protect more common people. Do you understand what I mean?"
These words not only revealed Dongfang Qian's despicable character to those outside the Tianyuan Mirror, but also elevated the situation to a higher moral level.
With her hands tucked behind her back, her small, fair face, framed by the crimson array runes, looked incredibly beautiful. Her expression was calm: "If we can't break this array, will both of us survive?"
Ye Caifeng really wanted to mock him out loud, but she forcibly held back and asked, "Do you have a way?"
Dongfang Yaotian's eyes were filled with such pain they almost popped out of their sockets: "Qianqian, I..."
Even he couldn't do anything about it, he had no chance!
Ye Ning took a few steps forward, looking at the array of light that was almost descending above their heads, and said with great concern, "Princess Qianqian, don't delay any longer. You know yourself that you don't have the ability to open the killing array. Are you going to drag Fairy Gongyu down with you to die?"
The fish, still clutched in his sleeve, hovered anxiously around his wrist bone, its round fish eyes constantly fixed on Miao Jue: "Little girl, quickly pick up my scales! Holding them above your head won't kill you... Once the other one dies, she can come out..."
Chen Jinshi lowered his eyes coolly, "Why are you meddling?"
Yingyu Guiliu shut his mouth.
Then she muttered to herself, "But you didn't take it either, did you?..."
Under the watchful eyes of everyone with their own thoughts, Miaojue stood up from the ground and picked up a piece of paper with his fingertips: "I have the inanimate object."
Everyone inside and outside the Tianyuan Mirror was stunned. What?
The clever trick: "Here's a poor little ant that someone stepped on and killed. How about it? Why aren't you starting the formation yet?"
The scene fell silent.
Chen Jinshi was stunned.
A moment later, a wide, inexplicable smile spread across his eyes.
He laughed so hard his chest almost trembled.
From the crowd, Mei Zichen leaped up, shouting, "You brat, what nonsense!"
He was completely enraged, gripping his sword and charging straight at Dongfang Yaotian: "What are you hesitating for?! My junior sister has a Heaven-level Water Spirit Bone. Do you know how many Heaven-level individuals are currently registered, and how many of them are Water-type?"
"I'll be frank. Dongfang Qian is your sister. You two have a pact of mutual protection, enough to end each other. The array is about to be deployed, why don't you act now?"
Ye Caifeng made a firm stand by him: "Brother Yaotian, I have always believed that you will make the decision that is most beneficial to the common people."
Mei Zichen approached Dongfang Yaotian: "Or do you really believe she can break the formation? Her?!"
Miaojue put her hands behind her back and asked him, "Why not?"
The Tianyuan Mirror was in an uproar.
"Seriously? Is she just naive or ignorant?"
"As far as I know, a hundred years ago, Langhuan used the Absolute Killing Formation to slaughter several members of the Netherworld Clan. In the past hundred years, no living creature has been able to leave this formation unscathed—"
He finally managed to gather enough clever tips while the conversation rambled on.
This deadly formation does indeed sever the spiritual energy of living beings, but those trapped inside—
There are also trees.
The meridians within her body, which grow like trees, are naturally connected to her, absorbing the natural spiritual essence of the trees and flowing through her spiritual bones that carry the power of retrospection.
Under the formation, the spiritual energy still could not stay in the body, but the magic technique only needed a moment.
Mei Zichen burst into laughter in anger, and said to everyone on the Heavenly Origin Mirror, "Witnesses, there's a limit to unreasonable arguments—"
"How can you, a mere mortal woman with no talent or ability, be worthy of the great formation that took the disciples of my Jade Void Sect sixteen incense sticks to complete!"
"Dongfang Yaotian, why haven't you made your move yet? Do you want to make an enemy of the entire Jade Void Sect?!"
The next second, Miaojue raised his hand and pretended to make a hand seal.
The bud of the clock hand in the sea of consciousness had long been fixed at the array eye where dust had been gathered and ashes remained, providing localized positioning for the entire array.
Then, suddenly dial back all the way down!
What's so special about 4416 incense sticks?
In the blink of an eye, in an instant, the seemingly indestructible killing array above their heads vanished into thin air.
Silence reigned in all directions.
The girl in the blue dress walked out in a calm tone.
"I've solved it now."
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