Chapter 101 Ancient Five Elements Array
Wu Tianyu was diligently cultivating Gu worms beside the pool of flames, while Yunxi arrived at a new place on the other side.
She opened her eyes and found herself lying next to a pill-making furnace, which was very tall, like a majestic cauldron standing in front of her.
Beside the alchemy furnace was a white ghost, who was stroking his beard as he searched for materials.
"Isn't the Crimson Sun Flower right here? Why can't I find it?"
A faint voice came from there; the white ghost kept muttering to itself.
Yunxi silently picked up the blazing sunflower from the ground and placed it on top.
"Found it! Found it! I can finally make the Nine-Turn Crimson Sun Pill!"
The white ghost danced around excitedly, quickly processing the materials and finally putting everything into the alchemy furnace.
Completely unaware, someone suddenly appeared behind him.
Yunxi was very self-aware; she took out a photo stone at the very beginning and recorded all the images on the stone.
She herself was also staring intently at the White Ghost's steps, constantly recreating those movements in her mind.
"I think I've seen the name 'Nine-Turn Crimson Sun Pill' in a collection of alchemy texts, but the specific recipe for it has been lost. It must be an ancient alchemy formula."
Yunxi memorized the steps in her mind while thinking to herself.
There was also a very small alchemy furnace next to it. Seeing that the white ghost ignored it, she simply decided to make one herself.
As expected, the white ghost stared intently at the enormous alchemy furnace, ignoring her completely from beginning to end.
It's better to leave her alone. Yunxi can find any medicinal herbs she wants right next to her. She's like a mouse that's fallen into a rice jar, or a dried-up fish that's entered a vast ocean.
In no time, following the steps of the White Ghost, the medicinal herbs were processed.
However, after putting these medicinal herbs in, Yunxi instinctively felt something was wrong, so she threw in a twin flower.
The ghost sensed something instantly and stared at her intently for a long time.
Nine-story tower.
Lan Yue finally stepped into the sixth floor, but the sixth floor was not the more complicated wall she had imagined.
As she approached, several water jets came flying at her.
Before they knew it, countless stones rained down from the sky.
After finally managing to avoid those stones, she was surrounded by many earthen walls, like a maze.
Vines entwine the earthen wall, each vine bearing small, smoky gray flowers.
As soon as you get close, these smoky gray flowers will launch an attack. If the smoky gray flowers are no match for them, then the vines will swing up and the earthen wall will change accordingly.
"This is... the ancient Five Elements Formation?" Lan Yue asked thoughtfully.
Only the ancient Five Elements Formation has interlocking links; the current Five Elements Formation is just a series of random attacks, with no discernible pattern.
It's like a big stew, just throw things in randomly.
"Is this a case of 'I've finished learning the theory, now I'm going to do real-world practice'?"
"When it comes to breaking through enemy formations in actual combat, I'm really not that good at it." Lan Yue fell into deep thought.
"You can't take shortcuts this time, so you'd better focus on breaking the formation," the system advised earnestly from the side.
"Once we get out, we'll just watch the show. You should hurry up and exchange your points back."
This guy's debts are piling up, and even the system is getting a little alarmed.
"No rush, let me think about it some more. I'm sure there's a way to break the formation quickly!"
What a joke! How could he not resort to opportunism?
With her current strength, if she were to encounter a puppet formation, she wouldn't be the one fighting back, but rather the puppets would be fighting her!
She absolutely has to find a way!
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Within the ruins.
Many disciples were following their sect's procession.
The teams from the Crimson Moon Sect and the Yao Guang Sect were quite strong, and the teams from the other three sects secretly followed behind.
The teams from the two sects ahead of them didn't care much, since they had already picked whatever they wanted.
As for the rest, let those people take it if they want.
Having seen the routes of the Northern Ridge Holy Land and the Southern Spirit Sect, they were moving very fast here, and would detour whenever they encountered a Golden Core stage demon beast.
Upon seeing the enormous, towering ancient tree in the distance, the leading groups from the Crimson Moon Sect and the Yao Guang Sect immediately turned around and left.
They would rather take a three-day, three-night detour than pass through the territory of this late-stage Nascent Soul Xuan Tian Black Spider.
However, the people from the Qing Shi Sect and Xuan Ye Sect behind them hesitated greatly, as they had also witnessed Lan Yue rescuing people.
They thought that if they offered the monsters as gifts, they might be able to get them to pass through this route.
After all, if you go deeper along this route, you'll find the land of inheritance.
If we take a detour, when will we be able to find the lineage?
Perhaps if you find another place, you'll never encounter that opportunity again.
"We, the Qing Shi Sect, will stay!" the leading disciple said through gritted teeth.
They came here specifically to inherit the legacy. To allow them to enter this ruin, the elders gifted the Southern Spirit Sect many precious items.
If they take a detour to other places and ultimately fail to find the lineage, wouldn't all of this be in vain?
The Xuan Ye Sect and another relatively unknown small sect next door continued to follow closely behind the Chi Yue Sect and Yao Guang Sect, taking a detour.
"Laughable! All you ever do is follow those people around. You'll only ever get to drink their soup!" Qing Tong, the leader of the Qing Shi Sect, laughed.
The members of the Xuan Ye Sect were furious, but their leader forbade them to speak, so they could only glare at them.
"You, your Qing Shi Sect might not even be able to afford meat soup!" another sect couldn't help but whisper back.
"How is that possible?" The leader of the Qing Shi Sect laughed loudly.
"We'll go catch the monster right now! I refuse to believe we can't get across! You're just jealous!"
He left with the group of Qing Shi Sect members behind him without looking back.
However, not long after, screams came from the towering ancient tree.
Outside the ruins, all the elders' pupils contracted.
Because all the water curtains of the Qing Shi Sect were filled with a vast expanse of black mist.
A moment later, the black mist vanished, and all the water curtains disappeared into thin air.
"Not good! The ruins are dangerous!" The Second Elder probed into the ruins with his spiritual sense, but was suddenly ejected.
The ruins were completely sealed off, and the entrance could no longer be found.
In that instant, he also sensed that trace of demonic energy.
The Second Elder suddenly thought of something and quickly turned to look in the direction of the Qing Shi Sect Elder.