Chapter 407 Tiangang Hunyuan Formation
"This is the forbidden magic map of the underground ancient city. There is an ancient forbidden array at the entrance. It requires two magic monks to work together to break it. I will need you to work with me later." The young man surnamed Xu pointed to a corner of the forbidden magic map and said solemnly.
Ye Chunyang looked at the direction the other party pointed and found that there were indeed many forbidden areas in the map. The most obvious one was the entrance to the ancient city. Compared with this place, it should be the source of the red light.
He looked at the depths of the space again and vaguely saw an ancient underground city. After a flash of thought, he nodded lightly and said: "Since you are familiar with this ancient city, why don't you lead the way in front? I will naturally do my best to help you."
"Then I will do my best for you."
The young man surnamed Xu smiled.
After taking back the jade, he led the way in front and asked Ye Chunyang: "By the way, I haven't asked you your name yet?"
"I am Ye Ting." Ye Chunyang said calmly.
"Ye Ting?" The young man surnamed Xu paused slightly, showing a little surprise.
He looked at Ye Chunyang slightly, and asked in doubt: "Your name is unfamiliar. As far as I know, there seems to be no Ye surnamed elder in the Fire Dragon Sect with the power period?"
Ye Chunyang felt cold in his heart. This was completely a mistake. Although he knew that there was a Fire Dragon Sect on the North Vessel, he didn't know the people in it. If he was exposed, he might have to use other means.
The chill flashed in his heart, and Ye Chunyang said expressionlessly: "I have been traveling outside for many years and only returned when the Spirit Heaven Realm was about to open. It is normal that Fellow Daoist Xu did not recognize me. Moreover, although my sect is not as good as some second-rate sects, it also has some background. Could Fellow Daoist Xu still recognize everyone in our sect? Fellow Daoist Xu can cultivate magic power alone, which makes Ye very impressed."
His question made the young man surnamed Xu hesitate.
It is difficult for casual cultivators to achieve anything without a chance encounter. His ability to cultivate magic power naturally has some unknown secrets. He originally had some doubts about Ye Chunyang's identity, but after the other party provoked him like this, he was speechless.
After a gloomy look, the young man surnamed Xu laughed and said, "Fellow Daoist Ye, you are too kind. I just got some opportunities by chance. It's not a big deal. But the Fire Dragon Sect has you, so I think it is considered to be an upper-middle level among the third-rate sects."
Ye Chunyang smiled but did not answer, and did not take the flattery of the young man surnamed Xu to heart.
This person is also cautious as a casual cultivator should be. He seems to be chatting casually but is flawless, but he still lacks some Taoism.
After all, before entering Tianqimen, Ye Chunyang also practiced alone, and he was much more experienced than ordinary people in all aspects. How could this person see through his identity?
While the two of them were testing each other, they walked into the depths of the space. Soon, the outline of the underground ancient city appeared in front of them, surrounded by hundreds of fist-sized rubies, illuminating the ground.
"The news is indeed correct. There is indeed an underground ancient city under this ice valley."
The young man surnamed Xu showed a happy expression. Even though he had already mastered the exact information, he couldn't help but marvel at the ancient city when he really saw it.
The ancient city seemed to be connected to the nine underworlds underground, exuding an ancient and profound atmosphere. There was a totem printed on the city gate, which looked like a ferocious beast. Although it was just a pattern, there was also a cold light in its eyes, which made people feel chilled.
There were also various monsters and ghosts carved around the totem, like a closed gate of the underworld, connecting to the nine underworlds.
Ye Chunyang stood under the city wall, and a hint of darkness flashed in his eyes.
With his extraordinary spiritual sense, he could feel that there was a powerful ban on the city gate. If he wanted to enter the city, he had to lift this ban. However, judging from the fluctuations around it, this formation was probably a spiritual formation, which was far more powerful than ordinary magic formations and could not be cracked by ordinary means.
After a moment of silence, he turned his head and asked the young man surnamed Xu: "Fellow Daoist Xu, do you know what kind of spiritual formation is the forbidden formation on the city gate? Is there a way to break it?"
In fact, Ye Chunyang has some confidence in breaking the ancient spiritual formation, but he has not yet known the details of this person, so he will naturally not expose his strength in front of him.
The young man surnamed Xu was silent for a while, and said: "The information I got only marked that there is an ancient spiritual formation at this city gate, but I have no idea how to break it."
After a pause, he continued: "But if you want to know what kind of restriction this place is, you just need to try it and you will know."
He stared at the city gate for a long time with a gloomy expression, and waved his hand to sacrifice a palm-sized golden round blade.
The blade was sharp, and its power increased greatly under the mana of the young man surnamed Xu. In a blink of an eye, it turned into a roulette wheel. After a whistle, it rotated towards the city gate at an astonishing speed.
With a "bang".
A low roar echoed in the ground. After being chopped by the round blade, the city gate was splashed with fire and trembled violently, and a three-foot-long gap appeared.
The young man surnamed Xu was delighted when he saw this scene.
But then he couldn't help but be suspicious.
As far as he knew, every forbidden formation in this ancient city was incredibly powerful. As the key to blocking the city gate, the spiritual formation here was needless to say. Now a crack was split with one blow. Isn't it too easy?
Moreover, after the attack of the round blade magic weapon, the city gate did not trigger the ban. Could it be that the fact was not what they thought, and the spiritual formation had long lost its spiritual power in the years?
The young man surnamed Xu thought that this was also possible. He immediately pinched his fingers and chanted a spell. A ray of fire was added to the round blade, and he chopped it hard again at the gap on the city gate.
Seeing his move, Ye Chunyang narrowed his eyes slightly, and a feeling of uneasiness rose in his heart. Just when the young man surnamed Xu split the gap on the city gate, he clearly saw a trace of strange power quietly absorbing the spiritual power on the round blade...
His heart sank slightly, and he was about to open his mouth to remind him, but it was too late.
The young man surnamed Xu had just activated the magic weapon, and the ferocious totem on the city gate flashed a strange red light, which looked charming and cold. Under the flow of this light, the gap on the door healed rapidly, and then with a "bang", in the shocked eyes of the young man surnamed Xu, the round blade magic weapon was swallowed by the red light, and instantly dimmed, lost its spirituality and fell back in front of him, and the strange red light expanded and shrank, turning into a hundred-foot light column shooting towards the young man surnamed Xu.
This person's expression changed drastically, and under the heavy spiritual pressure of this light, he couldn't help but scream, and quickly retreated, and then pressed the Qiankun bag, and a green bronze mirror flashed in front of him.
Without saying anything, the young man surnamed Xu cast three spells in succession. The mirror glowed brightly, and it hung in front of him like a giant shield, confronting the red light on the city gate head-on.
This bronze mirror was full of spirituality, and it was obvious that it was a spiritual treasure of extraordinary grade. As soon as it appeared, it blocked the red light, allowing him to escape.
"I didn't expect the restriction on the city gate to be so powerful. Brother Ye, can you see what kind of spiritual formation it is?"
After the red light dissipated, the young man surnamed Xu fell back to the original place with a pale face. After picking up the round blade magic weapon that had lost all its spiritual power, he half-closed his eyes and looked at the city gate, with a lingering fear.
Ye Chunyang secretly laughed. This person knew that there was a forbidden method on the city gate but still wanted to try it. Isn't this asking for trouble?
However, through the young man surnamed Xu's move, he could see something. The dangerous red light was emitted from the totem on the city gate. Obviously, the key to the forbidden method was here. When this person made a move, he also had a brief exchange with Guanglingzi in secret, and had some understanding of the forbidden method here.
After thinking for a moment, he pointed to the totem on the city gate and said, "This forbidden method is called the 'Tiangang Hunyuan Formation', but this formation is an invisible formation, and the formation flags are nowhere to be found. The only way is to attack the formation eye and reduce its spiritual power to have a chance to break it."
"Tiangang Hunyuan Formation?" The young man surnamed Xu was surprised and stared at the totem on the city gate carefully.
The reason why the invisible formation is called invisible is that its formation trajectory is extremely complex, and the formation route is even more unpredictable. It may be a life gate in the previous moment and a death gate in the next moment. Except for the person who set up the formation, others can't find any traces of the formation flags, let alone break the formation with traditional methods.
However, judging from the rebound just now, the spiritual power contained in the totem is really amazing. If it is attacked with magic power alone, it will consume a lot.
The young man surnamed Xu hesitated for a moment.
He did not ask Ye Chunyang how he saw this formation, but only frowned and asked: "Besides attacking the center of the formation, is there no other way?"
"There is no other way." Ye Chunyang shook his head.
He had asked Guanglingzi the same question.
This old monster is a living spirit. His attainments in the art of formation are beyond the reach of others. Even he personally admitted that this spiritual formation can only attack the center of the formation to reduce its spiritual energy, which is definitely not false.
The young man surnamed Xu took a deep breath, stared at the totem on the city gate, and his eyes flashed with sharpness. He said: "In this case, I have to follow what Daoyou said. I think if you and I join forces, it should be possible to break this formation."
"Of course." Ye Chunyang smiled faintly and did not reveal anything.
In fact, if the young man surnamed Xu had not said that there was the essence of Gengjin in this ancient city, he would never have come here to take risks. Now that he has come here, there is no reason to give up. Although meeting this person is purely coincidental, he must break this formation and enter the city to explore it.
The young man surnamed Xu had a clear purpose. After Ye Chunyang told him how to break the formation, he sacrificed the bronze mirror again without saying a word and flew towards the city gate.
After a moment, he turned the mirror upwards and cast spells repeatedly. The mirror suddenly sprayed out bursts of dazzling rays of light, which was even better than when it resisted the red light of the totem just now.
Ye Chunyang looked at the mirror, and his eyes flickered slightly. Judging from the fluctuations of magic power alone, the power of this mirror is probably comparable to his Demon Seal, but this person seems to have more than just this method.
Just like the round blade magic weapon was destroyed by the forbidden method just now, this person seemed not to feel sorry at all.
However, in order to avoid the other party's suspicion, Ye Chunyang thought for only a moment, and after a flash of thought, he flew to the city gate with the young man surnamed Xu, and with a single hand, he sacrificed the Demon Seal and drove it to the totem on the city gate.
"Huh? Daoist friend Ye, this seal seems to be an ancient treasure? Daoist friend, it is a good opportunity to get such a treasure."
The young man surnamed Xu was startled, looking at the Demon Seal in Ye Chunyang's hand with a look of surprise.
"Daoist friend Xu, you are too kind. Ye has been traveling for many years, and occasionally he has some opportunities."
Ye Chunyang smiled lightly, without any intention of explaining more.