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Chapter 418 Trapped Formation
Gu Shiyi’s eyes widened. Pu Yanlan took the token and tried it too, only to find that she could not activate it!

Both of them were a little confused. When they were traveling around the world, their confidence came from the secret realm. Once there was danger, they could hide in the secret realm and take the opportunity to practice breathing. So they were not panicked when encountering things. But now they were inexplicably swept into this sea area and couldn't even enter the secret realm. If they were locked up here for the rest of their lives, wouldn't they never see the fox and the others again?
When their eyes met, they both showed panic, and they couldn't help but reach out and clasp their hands tightly. Old Ma was calmer than the others. After eating the jerky, he gestured to the two of them,
"If we can get in, we must be able to get out. Let's look around and maybe we can find a way to leave!"

It was already like this now, there was no point in panicking. Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan took a deep breath and suppressed the panic in their hearts. The three of them then flew up and began to search around in this silent sea area...

In this dark sea, there is no sun, moon, or time. They don't know how long they have stayed in it. They only know how big this space is. It should be about ten miles in radius. With the island reef as the center, they will encounter an invisible wall if they fly five miles above and on all sides. Even though there is still endless sea in front of them, they can only watch the vastness and boundlessness, but they can't take a step forward.

The three of them sat cross-legged on the island reef, and Gu Shiyi wrote on the paper,
"This should be a place where people get trapped!"

Pu Yanlan nodded. She thought of the mysterious mist and took the pen and wrote:

"The weirdness must be caused by the fog..."

Lao Ma is illiterate and can only gesture.
"There are no sea fish or monsters here. Although there is nothing here, but..."

He pointed at the bottom of the three people's buttocks.
"…We haven't explored this place…"

Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan nodded in unison.

"Correct!"

They had explored every direction, but they had not explored the reef island under their feet. Gu Shiyi took out the hatchet on his back and gestured to the two of them,
"Keep digging and see what you can find."

Anyway, they have enough food and fresh water, so they won't starve to death. At worst, we can dig five miles down to see if there is anything blocking us underground as well.

Gu Shiyi was very ruthless, and the other two agreed unanimously.
"dig!"

So Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan took turns using magic tools to dig the ground. When they ran out of spiritual power, they took elixirs. When they were tired, they took over the old horse. The old horse looked up to the sky and let out a long roar. It turned into a monster and plunged into the deep pit dug by the two. The monster's limbs were strong and powerful. Although it was born flat, it had long and sharp steel claws. After it got in, it bit with its mouth and dug with its front paws. Its speed was not slower than the two people using magic tools. The reef debris was seen rising half a sky high from the huge hole, and was slapped into the sea by Gu Shiyi's magic...

Just like that, the three of them didn't know how much time it took them to finally reach the bottom. Gu Shiyi, dressed in black, flew up from underground and gestured to the two above,

"There are discoveries below..."

Hearing that there was a discovery, the two of them immediately cheered up and flew down together, passing through the dark rock layer, as if they were traveling through an endless hell. When they reached the bottom, Gu Shiyi pointed downwards.
"This is it!"

They dug a large hole about ten feet square in the ground. There was a faint red light coming out from the bottom of the hole. The three of them fell beside the red light. Gu Shiyi used a hatchet to dig away the rocks on the surface, and saw that there was a crystal clear red crystal underneath, with faint runes flashing on it. The three of them were delighted to see this. Pu Yanlan gestured,

"This should be a formation set up by humans, specially used to trap people!"

Knowing that it was man-made, I felt relieved. Compared to falling into some naturally formed death zone, the man-made formation at least showed that it was possible to break it!
Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan each took out their magic weapons and tried to hit the red crystal with all their strength, but the crystal only emitted a layer of dazzling red light and then showed no reaction. The two were not discouraged. If this formation was so easy to break, it would not have trapped them for so long!
Gu Shiyi thought about it and took out the demon-subduing pestle.

"Amitabha!"

A handsome young monk with a bald head came out and chanted a Buddhist name loudly.
"The two donors finally remembered me, the monk!"

It is really about using people forward, not backward!
He just moved his mouth but no sound came out, so Gu Shiyi handed over the pen and paper that he had prepared long ago. The monk took it and chanted the Buddha's name again.
The Chi zombie was squatting on the young monk's shoulder. The Chi zombie felt a little uneasy when he saw Gu Shiyi. He opened and closed his mouth but no one knew what he was saying. His slender claws tightly grasped the monk's shoulders. The monk looked him up and down and wrote,
"Hey... two donors, why are you here in this quiet place? Are you here to practice meditation?"

"A quiet place?"

Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan knew there was a way when they heard this. Their eyes lit up and they quickly grabbed the pen and paper.

"Please tell me in detail, monk!"

Monk Shijie refused to speak. He turned to look at Old Ma and chanted again, then wrote,

"Amitabha! Congratulations to the donor for being reborn as a human!"

Lao Ma didn't understand, but he knew he was being spoken to, so he gestured,
"Monk, do you have a way to get us out?"

Monk Shijie bowed his head and said nothing. How could Gu Shiyi not see that he was resentful? He immediately wrote,
"Monk, don't be so arrogant. If you have something to say, just say it. If you have any conditions, then propose them!" "Amitabha!"

Monk Shijie chanted the Buddha's name and wrote,

"I have been chanting sutras to Chi Zan recently. This creature came from the demon world. The demonic nature in it is too stubborn. My Buddhist knowledge is shallow and I cannot influence it. It needs more experience outside!"

I understand. He is trying to suck my blood!
Gu Shiyi thought for a moment and nodded,
"Okay, when we get out of here, monk, can you suck three... no... five? But don't suck humans!"

"Amitabha! Don't worry, I don't kill any living beings!"

Tsk! I believe you are out of your mind!

But there is no way to argue with this monk now. He still has something to ask for!
Monk Shijie turned into a black light and walked around in this underground space. He came back and wrote to the two of them,
"I have heard of this formation when I was still a young monk in the temple. It was originally set up by the sect for disciples who cannot concentrate on cultivation. Although the five elements and yang and yin energies are continuous here, once the aura is locked, there is no way out unless someone outside opens the formation. Also, due to the absolute silence, many disciples with weak wills went crazy after entering it. Later, it was changed to imprison disciples who made mistakes. Such a large and quiet place is really a big deal!"

"What's so generous about it?"

Gu Shiyi pointed at the redstone crystal under his feet and said,

"But because of this thing?"

Monk Shijie nodded and wrote,

"Donor Gu is indeed smart. This red crystal is very rare. A small sect can only build a quiet room at most, but there is no way to create such a large sea. Although this red crystal is not a spiritual stone and cannot gather spiritual energy, it can absorb the sound in the entire formation, making this place a silent place. If an illusion array is added to the formation, people who enter this place will be terrified and unwilling to stay for a moment..."

Nine out of ten disciples who have made mistakes in the sect cannot bear this method of punishing them!

"How to get out?"

Gu Shiyi wrote, the monk thought for a moment and said,
"This formation can only be opened from the outside, it cannot be opened from inside the formation..."

After thinking about it again, I wrote,

"However, attracting external force to break it open is a method?"

"How to attract external forces?"

"Let me think about it..."

The monk thought about this for a long time, so long that Lao Ma could not hold on any longer and fell asleep. Then the monk started to write.
"We can find the weak point of the formation inside the formation, and think of a way to draw the spiritual energy outside to break the weakest point..."

Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan saw him write it word by word. Pu Yanlan thought for a moment and wrote,

"Where do we look for the weak point of the formation?"

The monk thought for a moment and wrote,
"There's no shortcut, I can only try one by one..."

"Okay, let's find the weak point first, and then think of a solution for the rest!"

Gu Shiyi was impatient, so he immediately grabbed the pen and wrote. Fortunately, they had more people and plenty of time. The three of them, together with the monk Shijie, began to search carefully inch by inch in this huge space. The method of searching was very simple, which was to impact the invisible barriers on all sides again and again, and observe the reaction of the barriers bit by bit. Such a stupid method was extremely demanding on patience, and consumed spiritual power and demonic power. At the beginning, Gu Shiyi still used the magic weapon, the hatchet, to hit it inch by inch. Later, he simply learned from Lao Ma and used his strong body to hit the barriers, trying one piece at a time.

Finally, the careful Yan Er discovered a tiny dot about the size of a needle eye three feet below the water surface. Everyone was delighted and asked the monk Shijie again,
"What should we do now?"

The monk thought for a moment and wrote,
"Think of a way to weaken this weak spot bit by bit and sense the spiritual energy from the outside world..."

He also wrote,
"It could be demonic energy or devilish energy. If we can find a way to draw the aura from outside to impact this point, it will be able to open!"

It is extremely difficult to open this formation from the inside, but it is very easy to open from the outside, and it doesn't require much aura!
The rest of the work was done by Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan. They took turns diving into the water, using their demonic and spiritual powers to grind the weak spot, thinning it out a little bit and widening it. Such delicate work could not be done by Lao Ma and the monk, so they could only grind it a little bit by a little bit. It took an unknown amount of time this time...