Wu Shattered Star River

Jiang Han wasn't particularly knowledgeable about formations. He hadn't studied them extensively, only for a short period.

However, he had entered many treasure lands, secret realms, and bizarre locations, giving him some understanding of the principles behind certain formations.

This was the first level of the Sea King's Shrine; it couldn't be too difficult to pass. Therefore, it must have a logic to it. As long as he found that logic, he could solve this stage.

He continued to lead the team, constantly marking the path, and continuously sensing and analyzing the situation.

After running back and forth a dozen more times, he finally stopped. He said to Pei Zhu and Pei Sui, "Give me a few days, and I'll deduce it. There should be hope of getting out!"

Jiang Han sat down on the spot, his main soul entering the Heavenly Beast Cauldron.

Pei Sui and the others sat around Jiang Han, watching him with a mixture of belief and doubt. Even Pei Zhu felt somewhat skeptical.

Jiang Han hadn't done much, just running back and forth for a while and burying some marks. He said he could crack this maze in a few days? How could they possibly believe that?

The main reason was that this canyon was strange. There were no formation patterns, no special features. They couldn't see any problems at all, let alone think of a way to break the situation.

Time passed quickly, and three days went by, but Jiang Han showed no signs of progress.

Affected by the demonic energy, the group of young masters and ladies became increasingly irritable. After another day, Pei Sui said impatiently, "Jiang Han isn't trying to trick us, is he? It's not a solution to keep waiting like this!"

Pei Zhu glared at him and said, "If we don't wait, what can we do? Do you have a way to lead us out?"

"Try more things. Maybe a blind cat will catch a dead mouse?"

Pei Sui muttered, then said, "I'll go try. You guys wait here!"

"Don't you dare!"

Pei Zhu said coldly, "If you run around randomly, it's easy to get separated. I'm leading the team this time, and you must listen to me. Otherwise, I'll report you when we get back."

"Hmph!"

Pei Sui was furious, but ultimately didn't act rashly, instead sitting to the side and sulking.

After another half-day passed, Jiang Han finally opened his eyes. Pei Zhu immediately asked with concern, "How is it, Jiang Han!"

Jiang Han didn't say anything, but instead stood up and said, "Let's go, let's try!"

The group of cultivators immediately followed Jiang Han, who began to run forward, continuing to bury marks as he went.

He ran for a li, then retreated two li, then advanced three li, then retreated four li, then advanced five li, and so on…

Seven li, eight li… a hundred li!

Jiang Han tossed them back and forth, making the group of cultivators quite exhausted. After turning back more than a hundred li again, Pei Sui finally couldn't bear it anymore, looking at Jiang Han with a dark face and saying, "Jiang Han, what are you doing? Are you playing us like monkeys?"

"That's right, what's with all the back and forth?"

"If you can do it, do it. If you can't, then you can't. Don't pretend here!"

"I'm pretending your grandpa… Running back and forth here, are you playing around?"

"I'm not going anymore. He doesn't understand anything, just pretending to be a great expert here."

The group of young masters were already unhappy with Jiang Han because of Pei Zhu, and they had become irritable due to the demonic energy. They spoke out one after another, and some even began to insult Jiang Han.

Jiang Han stopped, coldly glancing at the cultivators who had spoken, and said, "If you don't believe me, you can go find a way out yourselves. But if you get separated and are trapped here for three years, don't blame me!"

Pei Zhu said with a dark face, "Stop talking nonsense. Anyone who doesn't want to follow us can get lost!"

The group of cultivators exchanged glances. Several young masters from six-star forces harrumphed a few times and actually walked away on their own.

Pei Sui seemed somewhat afraid of Pei Zhu. Although his realm was higher than hers, Pei Zhu had spoken, so he just pursed his lips and ultimately said nothing.

Jiang Han ignored them and continued to walk back and forth like this.

After walking back and forth twice, they didn't encounter the young masters who had left. This made the remaining cultivators feel inexplicably uneasy. Could it be that those cultivators had really gotten separated and would never be seen again?

However, there were no dangers on this level. Even if they were trapped here, they would be teleported out after three years at most.

With the soul strength of the cultivators, they wouldn't go crazy even if they stayed here for three years. At most, they would be a little mentally disturbed, and they would recover after resting for a while.

Jiang Han continued to lead the cultivators back and forth, turning back more than a dozen times again. Pei Sui became impatient again.

At that moment, Jiang Han suddenly spoke up, "Alright, we're out!"

"What do you mean?"

The group of cultivators blinked, looking at the canyons on both sides, looking at the thick black fog, feeling that there was no difference!

Pei Sui scanned around with his soul sense and asked, "Jiang Han, are you an idiot? Or is there something wrong with your brain? What 'out'?"

Jiang Han ignored him. He suddenly sped up, rushing forward rapidly.

Pei Zhu quickly followed, and the group of cultivators followed, rushing forward. After rushing forward for more than a thousand li, the black fog in front of them suddenly slowly became thinner.

After running another hundred li, the front suddenly opened up, the light became brighter, and the whole world felt brighter.

"Hmm…"

Looking at a huge canyon entrance in the distance, and also seeing a desolate plain outside, all the cultivators felt like they were dreaming.

"We really came out?"

"How magical, why can we come out by walking back and forth?"

"Sect Leader Jiang, how did you do it? What is the principle behind this?"

"Yes, Sect Leader Jiang is too amazing, he can really lead us out!"

A group of cultivators were filled with amazement. A cultivator ran forward, walked out of the canyon entrance, smelled the fresh air outside, and waved to the crowd, "We really came out!"

"咻!"

A group of cultivators rushed forward, all running out of the canyon entrance. Pei Zhu and Jiang Han walked at the end. Pei Zhu curiously looked at Jiang Han and asked, "What's the principle?"

"It's very complicated if you say it's complicated, but it's actually very simple if you say it's simple!"

Jiang Han thought for a moment and said, "Let me explain it to you simply. This maze is a canyon, and the terrain of the canyon doesn't change. But the marks we left all disappeared, plus that young master who flew upwards was attacked by the soul."

"So… the core principle of this maze is actually that the canyon can produce illusions. The scenery we see is all fake. We've actually been walking in circles inside."

"Once you understand this point, it's actually easy to deduce later—I kept walking back and forth, and the distance I walked each time was different. I was just avoiding walking in circles inside all the time. Moving outwards little by little, moving in one direction. As long as we move in one direction, we will always come out…"

"I see!"

Pei Zhu was very smart. Although Jiang Han only gave a simple explanation, she was already able to understand the key points inside.

There were also some cultivators nearby who heard Jiang Han's words, and they all looked at Jiang Han with new eyes. They were somewhat unconvinced by Jiang Han before, but now they were somewhat convinced.

"Look quickly!"

At this time, a young master outside said, "There's a river over there, and a fruit forest, there are spirit fruits! Let's go pick spirit fruits!"

"Let's go!"

Several young masters and ladies immediately flew away. Jiang Han and Pei Zhu had just walked out. Jiang Han glanced at it from a distance, his brow furrowed, and he suddenly spoke up in a deep voice, "Don't get close yet, be careful of danger!"