Chapter 92 Seeking Defeat Alone
"So where did Brother Spider go?" Lan Yue exclaimed in surprise. She hadn't seen Brother Spider come out before, and they hadn't seen him even after they'd been out for so long! Could it be that the system was lying to them?
"Your spider brother is perched on your head." The system's voice was still faint, as if it were drifting out from a deep valley.
In that instant, Lan Yue seemed to be affected by the system's voice as well, feeling a chill on the top of her head.
She suddenly lowered her head and conjured a water mirror. Sure enough, she saw a small and cute spider perched on her head. The little spider was motionless, as if it were a hair ornament for her. It even used its silk to create a shape for itself, making the whole spider look like it was perched on a simulated little flower.
Lan Yue: "!!!"
"Brother Spider, when exactly did you come out with us?!" Lan Yue was practically going crazy. "Did you even discuss it with your father before you left?!"
The little spider seemed not to understand, and continued in the same position. It even spat out another mouthful of spider silk, which then condensed into a beautiful little flower.
Lan Yue's face was covered in translucent little flowers, and the senior brothers and sisters around her couldn't stop laughing.
"Little Lanyue, so this is actually a real spider! We thought it was your new headdress," one of the senior sisters laughed.
"I didn't expect this little spider to be so cute after it shrank. If it hadn't followed you, we would have liked to keep one as a pet too," another senior sister said with a smile.
Lan Yue felt a little helpless seeing her senior sisters laughing so happily. "Senior sisters, stop laughing. If this little guy hadn't discussed it with his father before running away from home, wouldn't that late-stage Nascent Soul demon beast have chased us to the ends of the earth?"
Everyone's expression froze. They had also considered this possibility. They immediately forgot about joking and sped up, wishing they could disappear on the spot.
"Quick, quick, junior sister, let's run! You're so slow at flying on your sword, let your senior sister carry you!"
Before Lan Yue could even react, she was carried onto a flying sword and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The philosophy of all Nanling Sect disciples is that once you've got something, you can't give it back! If you just return it, wouldn't all the monsters they've killed have been for nothing? After working so hard for so long, there should be some reward, right?
So Lan Yue could only watch as her senior sister led her further and further away, while the little spider on her head shook its eight little legs more and more happily.
"Well, Brother Spider, it turns out you didn't come with me by chance; you've been planning this for a long time!"
Sure enough, every mischievous kid wants to escape from their parents! This time, Brother Spider will probably experience the hardships of the cultivation world after escaping, and it won't be so easy for him to go back, hahaha!
The happier Lan Yue was, the sadder she felt inside, because as she laughed, she suddenly remembered the points she owed.
That's a whopping 5000 points! So we have to start watching the drama now, we can't be idle for a moment!
Lan Yue didn't dare to eat those big melons, as it would consume her mental energy, so her eyes lit up and she set her sights on the demonic beasts beside her.
In the system map, small red and yellow dots lit up around them; red represented hostility, and yellow represented neutrality.
Lan Yue raised a devilish smile, quickly exchanged a glance with the hostile demonic beasts that had shown their faces, and then began to unleash her ultimate attack.
[Lan Yue: What are you laughing at, you flowery praying mantis? Hurry up and focus on your hunt! Can't you see the female praying mantis behind you drooling? She's already eaten nine, just waiting for her extra meal today! Poor thing, you don't even have any offspring yet, you'll be eaten soon!]
[Lan Yue: You butterfly disguised as a leaf, don't think you're so well disguised and green that I won't spot you. Who can you fool with your tricks? You can only fool yourself. Don't be fooled by the many green caterpillars behind you; they're not your offspring!]
Several disciples of the Southern Spirit Sect following behind almost fell off the spirit sword.
They stared at each other in the air, their eyes seemingly asking, "What's wrong with Junior Sister Lanyue today? Why has she suddenly gone mad?"
Instead of joining the gossip among the others, it started attacking the surrounding demonic beasts indiscriminately. Could it be that it was just captured by that Nascent Soul stage demonic beast and got a shock?
In that instant, they all silently clenched their fists and made up their minds.
Even if Junior Sister Lan Yue goes mad, it doesn't matter. She ended up in this situation because she was trying to save them. They will definitely take responsibility for her in the future!
Lan Yue, who was in front, had no idea that the people behind her had gone to such an extent; otherwise, she would have immediately stopped eating melon seeds and quickly covered her head.
However, Lan Yue was destined never to know, so she continued.
[Lan Yue: Hey you, you rampaging chicken hiding in the bushes across the way, stop hiding! Your tail's showing. Oh wait, sorry, I misread it, that's a spirit plant, not your tail. I didn't know you were a tailless chicken!]
[That's hilarious! No wonder you've been hiding there all this time. You wanted to use that spiritual plant as your tail so the monsters wouldn't laugh at you. You're really clever!]
She indiscriminately fired her guns, causing chaos wherever Lan Yue went, with all the demonic beasts retreating in fear.
This made Lan Yue sigh deeply, and she suddenly felt a sense of loneliness and invincibility.
[Lan Yue: Maybe when we read martial arts novels back then, we all felt this way about the greatest masters in the world?]
Thump~
Lan Yue's triumph didn't last long. Her senior sister, who was flying on her sword ahead, was flying too fast and crashed directly into a semi-transparent barrier. Both of them fell from the sky.
Even the little spider was shaken and rolled to the ground, but it was very persistent. It shook its eight legs and continued to climb back onto Lan Yue's hair.
"Don't..."
The two of them were about to explain the situation to the person behind them, but it was too late. The senior brothers and sisters behind them were even faster and fell in headfirst, like dumplings being dropped into a pot.
When Yunxi finally landed inside the barrier, everyone sat on the ground looking at each other in bewilderment.
"What's going on? I didn't see anything when I was flying just now, so how come the scene suddenly changed and the location changed?" Li Bai asked curiously.
"This place is very strange. It has array restrictions, making it impossible to fly on a sword or even mobilize spiritual energy. Everyone be careful." Qingzhu stood up, holding an oil-paper umbrella, her brows slightly furrowed.
"Could this formation be a spirit-suppressing formation? Like the layers of restrictions set up at the Myriad Swords Pavilion, which can isolate spiritual energy?" Lan Yue asked.
"No, this should be an ancient formation. The spirit-suppressing function is just a side function. Perhaps there are other functions that we haven't been able to see." Qingzhu couldn't be sure either.
"Then does that mean we have no way to get out? If we can't get out, how are we going to find the inheritance?" Li Bai was shocked.
Their main purpose in coming to this place was to search for the ancient heritage lost within these ruins.
Such ancient inheritances are even rarer than some ten-thousand-year-old spiritual plants and fruits. Ten-thousand-year-old spiritual fruits may only be used to make a few pills, but ancient inheritances bring about the improvement of the entire sect and enhance the overall strength of the Southern Spirit Sect.
"We can only take it one step at a time and slowly unravel this formation. Once an ancient formation like this is triggered, there is no way to get out. We should be glad that this formation is not from the ancient Absolute Killing lineage, otherwise everyone's lives would be in danger."
Looking at the desolate scenery before her, Qingzhu slowly took two steps, surveying her surroundings with her eyes.
"The Ancient Killing Lineage, what is that?" Lan Yue has been studying formations recently, but she has never heard of this name.
"The ultimate killing technique is a lineage of ancient formations. There are many kinds of ancient formations. Some formation masters like to study the five elements and yin and yang, so this type of formation is called the Five Elements Formation."
"Some people like farming, so all their formations are designed to facilitate planting. This lineage is called Azure Mang."
"Of course, there are those who love peace and those who love killing. The arrays researched by these array masters are called the Killing Array. No one who enters the Killing Array can come out alive unless their cultivation level is high enough or they can break the Killing Array."
Qingzhu explained.
"Although I have studied both formations and weapon crafting, my main focus is on weapon crafting, so I don't really understand this formation very well," Qingzhu shook her head.
"So there are so many intricacies to ancient formations. What I learned before was just the tip of the iceberg," Lan Yue exclaimed with awe.