"Cough cough..."
Shen Yunhao pushed aside the broken branches that were pressing down on him and quickly looked at Ning Yuyao in his arms, "Yao'er, are you alright?"
Ning Yuyao was well protected by him, only getting a little mud on her face, but she gently pouted, "It's all my husband's fault, now look what's happened..."
"Forehead……"
Shen Yunhao scratched his head awkwardly and gently helped the girl up. "I didn't expect things to get so out of control all at once. I was thinking of using my sword to go back and save her, but I just couldn't... wait, that's not right. Yao'er, you should be able to use your sword..."
Before he could finish speaking, Ning Yuyao quickly interrupted, "Brother Yunhao, look, this peach orchard is so beautiful!"
Shen Yunhao was slightly taken aback. He looked up and realized that the two of them had fallen into a peach orchard!
The sky was covered with pink peach blossoms, blocking out the sun. Sunlight could only filter through the gaps to cast dappled spots of light. The air was filled with a rich, sweet fragrance of peach blossoms.
"Strange? Was there a peach orchard here just now? Why didn't I see it from the sky?"
Afraid that he would bring up the fall again, Ning Yuyao took the initiative to retort, "It was all because of Brother Yunhao's charge that I don't even know where I flew off to..."
Shen Yunhao chuckled, "Well... never mind, let's go!"
As he spoke, he once again manipulated the Guixue Sword that had fallen to the side.
However, just as the sword flew up, it suddenly "extinguished" and fell directly to the ground.
"Huh? What's going on?"
Shen Yunhao was stunned for a moment, then tried again, but the result was the same...
At this moment, Ning Yuyao also noticed the problem. She frowned and summoned the Cloud Frost Sword, but as soon as it took flight, it seemed to be subjected to an invisible pressure and immediately fell to the ground.
The two exchanged a glance, then looked around at the peach grove, their expressions turning serious!
"Something's strange here!"
Ning Yuyao pondered for a moment, then suddenly slashed out with her sword into the open space in front of her.
A wisp of snow-white frost swept across the peach trees like a crescent moon...
However, the Cloud Frost Sword Qi, which was usually invincible, only made these peach branches tremble slightly before dissipating.
The girl exhaled and pondered, "There seems to be a barrier here!"
"A barrier?"
As if remembering something, Shen Yunhao took out a fluffy white fox tail from his copper ring and held it in his hand.
At this point, the fox tail had completely severed its connection with the main body, becoming a magical artifact without consciousness... However, due to the lack of replenishment of spiritual energy over a long period, the effectiveness of this fox tail was far less than before.
The fox's tail emitted a soft light, and Shen Yunhao's eyes also shimmered with a faint silver glow.
Sure enough, the scene before my eyes changed instantly!
A huge hemispherical formation completely enveloped the entire peach orchard, forming an airtight cage!
Its array patterns are so exquisite and complex that they surpass most of the arrays Shen Yunhao has ever seen before!
"What a massive spirit array... It must have been set up by a Void Refinement cultivator at the very least. I'm afraid we'll have no chance of breaking it!"
Ning Yuyao's expression was solemn. After thinking for a moment, she took out a jade talisman and said, "Brother Yunhao, step back. I'll try to break it by force!"
"etc!"
Shen Yunhao quickly pressed her hand down, stopping the millions of spirit stones from being wasted, and said with heartache, "That sword energy was meant to save your life by Palace Master Nie, it's such a waste to use it here!"
"But even if Senior Sister came, she wouldn't be able to break this Void Refining Formation..."
Shen Yunhao shook his head and looked around carefully. "This barrier... is not a killing formation, but more like a huge trapping formation!"
Shen Yunhao had studied the basics of spirit arrays with Ji Lingyue for a period of time, which was enough for him to recognize most spirit arrays.
With the help of Linghu Zhiwei, his words still have some credibility.
"Trapped in a formation? How do we get out?"
“Since it’s a trap, there must be a way out or a key point.” Shen Yunhao stood up and dusted himself off. “This peach grove looks beautiful, but it actually hides a mystery. Let’s go further in; we might find a way to break the formation. It’s better than just waiting here.”
"Um……"
The two walked through the peach grove, initially trying to figure out which way to go, but soon discovered that no matter which direction they went, the scenery around them seemed to be much the same. After wandering around for several hours, they eventually seemed to have returned to the vicinity of the starting point.
It was as if... the path beneath their feet had come to life, guiding them through a giant circular maze.
"This formation is guiding us to go in circles."
Ning Yuyao stopped and looked at the faint ice marks she had left on a peach tree not long ago, her tone certain.
Shen Yunhao squatted down and carefully studied the soil and the arrangement of the peach trees under his feet.
"Yao'er, look at the spacing and direction of these peach trees..."
He pointed to several seemingly random peach trees in front of him, "They may seem chaotic, but if you look closely, the angle of their trunks and the direction of their branches subtly guide the eyes and feet of passersby, leading them in the direction he has set. Even without a spirit array to confuse their vision, it would be difficult for an ordinary person to leave this place... The person who planted these peach trees is definitely a true master!"
Ning Yuyao frowned. "We can't cut through it, and we can't get out. Are we... going to be trapped here and die?"
Shen Yunhao shook his head. "Actually, to deal with such a formation, as long as you make sure you walk in a straight line and don't turn around, you'll definitely be able to get out... It would be much easier if you had a compass."
Ning Yuyao blinked. "What is a compass?"
"It's nothing... It doesn't matter even if it's not there!" Shen Yunhao smiled slightly and took Ning Yuyao's hand as they walked forward.
"After going around in circles so many times, I've figured out the tricks here!"
Next, the two stopped following the seemingly obvious "path" and instead squeezed past two closely spaced peach trees, climbed up a small slope by stepping on tree roots, and took a few steps back, seemingly without any rhyme or reason.
After stumbling and wasting another half hour, Shen Yunhao's eyes suddenly lit up!
"Found it!"
As he parted a cluster of exceptionally lush peach blossoms, what lay ahead was no longer an endless expanse of peach trees, but a narrow crevice in a valley.
At the entrance to the crevice stands a tightly closed, ancient stone gate. On the right pillar is a row of ancient characters, while the left pillar is as smooth as a mirror.
"Is this... the exit?"
Ning Yuyao stared at the stone gate before her, her brows still furrowed.
Shen Yunhao slowly walked to the stone gate, raised his sword and poked it, but there was no response, so he reached out and pushed it.
"The door is so heavy, I can't open it!"
Ning Yuyao also stepped forward to try, and shook her head, saying, "This stone door is extremely heavy and cannot be opened by brute force!"
Shen Yunhao stroked his chin, looked around, and then looked at the ancient characters on the stone pillar. "Yesterday cannot be retained, for if it is retained, it will all be in vain... This looks like a couplet... Is it asking me to come up with the second line? Tsk tsk tsk, this is such a familiar pattern..."
"However... isn't this couplet a bit too simple? Even someone like me who didn't graduate from college could easily come up with a matching couplet..."
Shen Yunhao cleared his throat and called out to the stone gate in a tentative tone, "Women must not be chased, or you will be treated like a dog!"
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