BVAHEDLA[W Chapter 105

Chapter 105: Cultivation 6 – That was a person who should have died long ago.

Chapter 105: Cultivation 6 – That was a person who should have died long ago.

After returning to the sect, Chu Li-fei spent another half month observing the personnel arrangements for patrolling the back mountain, recording their patrol patterns and starting to formulate a plan.

——If possible, he still didn’t want to force his way in. If he could do it quietly and without being discovered, that would be best.

Then he prepared some things that he might need when sneaking into the back mountain, like invisibility talismans, and some protective magic treasures and talismans.

To make Lu Mo-chen advance two major levels, from the early stage of the Golden Core realm to the late stage of the Spirit Transformation realm, no matter what kind of existence that was, the spiritual power it contained was definitely real.

If he encountered any accidents, such as triggering some protection mechanism or something—he wasn’t the Son of Heaven like Lu Mo-chen, without the favor of the Heavenly Dao, maybe the Heavenly Dao even wanted him to disappear sooner—if such a huge amount of spiritual power exploded, according to his current cultivation level, he would be crippled even if he didn’t die.

Chu Li-fei also wished he had more time, but he only had half a year left.

Two years later, the Wuji Sect Leader and his master, Wuyou Daoist, they would…

Eh, something seemed wrong.

Half a year…

Suddenly, Chu Li-fei noticed something strange.

If he was going to be killed by the Wuji Sect Leader and Wuyou Daoist in half a year, becoming a new “treasure” in the forbidden area of the Wuji Sect’s back mountain, then how could Lu Mo-chen have thrown the living him into The Abyss of Demons eight years later, which was even further away from when he should have “died”?

So, in his previous life, he didn’t die at the node of half a year later.

Something else must have happened back then.

Because the part of his previous life’s memories related to the back mountain was erased by the Wuji Sect Leader and Wuyou Daoist, Chu Li-fei hadn’t noticed anything wrong before.

But what exactly happened that could have saved him from the fate of dying in half a year?

And the key to uncovering these questions was still related to the forbidden area of the back mountain.

Therefore, Chu Li-fei still couldn’t delay; he had to find the truth before the “originally planned death.”

After preparing everything, Chu Li-fei chose a day and decided to start implementing the plan.

He changed into black clothes, cast a spell to conceal his breathing, and quietly squatted on a tree branch, watching the Wuji Sect disciples patrolling below.

According to his previous observations, there would be a change of guards in half an incense stick’s time, and the two sides would then hand over their duties.

At this time, because the attention of the two parties handing over was diverted, it actually formed a gap.

Although it was only for a moment, it was enough.

Chu Li-fei silently began to count down in his heart.

3, 2, 1…

0——

The countdown ended.

At this moment, he heard the sound of neat footsteps coming from under the tree where he was.

A patrol team had 4 people. The reason why there was only one sound of footsteps was because these people had undergone long-term training, and everyone’s step length and frequency were kept consistent.

However, someone still began to complain in a low voice:

“Really, I’m so sleepy. What exactly is in the back mountain that’s worth us patrolling every day?”

The person who said this reached out and waved his hand in the forest, as if to drive away mosquitoes, “Tsk, go, go, go.”

Hearing this, someone immediately chimed in:

“That’s right, we’ve been guarding here in shifts for so many years, and we haven’t even seen a shadow of anyone, only mosquitoes. With this time, I’d rather go to Yao Xiang House to drink a pot of flower wine.”

“That taste~ tsk tsk tsk.”

“I say, why don’t we just slip away later? Anyway, the reputation of the back mountain forbidden area has long been spread, and I guess no one dares to come. What if we skip a day of work?”

Chu Li-fei hid in the tree and quietly waited for the opportunity. Hearing the man’s words, he had an extra idea.

Listening to their chat, the members of these disciples patrolling the back mountain forbidden area seemed to never change. Except for the fixed daily shifts, a team of people would only come to patrol the back mountain forbidden area at a fixed time.

And according to Chu Li-fei’s observation for several days, the fact seemed to be indeed the case.

Then—

He suddenly had a bold idea in his heart.

Few but elite, with members who never changed, and no flow with the outside world, did this mean that these people knew some secrets about the treasures in the back mountain forbidden area?

Could he use some means to obtain this information?

However, he quickly dismissed this idea.

It’s better not to create unnecessary complications.

“Be careful what you say.”

At this moment, a person suddenly spoke, interrupting the two people’s chat and also interrupting Chu Li-fei’s thoughts.

It seemed to be the captain of this team.

Before long, the two teams met and began to hand over their duties.

Chu Li-fei was prepared. He seized the opportunity, took advantage of the two sides’ unpreparedness, and bypassed the eight people without any danger, successfully entering the back mountain.

As soon as Chu Li-fei stepped into the back mountain area, he felt something strange.

Unlike the outside, there wasn’t even a single patrolling person here.

That’s too relaxed.

The back mountain was not actually a mountain but just a place surrounded by several small hills.

In the center of several small hills was a flat ground. In the center of that flat ground, there was a clear spring.

Before he could get close, Chu Li-fei sensed something was wrong.

The spiritual energy here was too concentrated; even the world’s top spirit gathering array didn’t have this effect.

He continued to move forward towards the place where the spiritual energy was emanating from.

Then he stopped in front of that spring.

The silvery moonlight plated the spring with a layer of sacredness. The soft sand was washed by the water, shimmering with tiny lights, just like the stars in the sky. And with the spiritual power stirring and spreading, the spring water rippled, clear to the bottom.

You could see the whole thing with just one glance.

There was nothing at the bottom.

Chu Li-fei felt confused.

He still didn’t believe it and went in for a swim. The spring was not deep, at most three or four meters.

However, there was still nothing.

Strange.

But if the treasure wasn’t here, where could it be?

And this was the place with the most concentrated spiritual energy.

Logically speaking, the entrance should be nearby, so it definitely couldn’t run away.

Could it be that some kind of illusion was used?

Chu Li-fei observed it carefully again, but he still didn’t find anything wrong.

All formations must have a core, and the core is the place where the formation’s spiritual energy is the most concentrated.

With the core, the formation can live.

But Chu Li-fei didn’t find any trace of the core.

Then what exactly was going on?

Was he going to return empty-handed today?

Chu Li-fei frowned slightly. Suddenly, he seemed to feel something was wrong.

The loss of spiritual power in his body was accelerating.

He was now in the early stage of the Spirit Transformation realm, and the spiritual power he possessed was as much as the sea, but now nearly a third of it was lost, and the few small spells he had just cast certainly wouldn’t consume so much spiritual power.

Then what exactly was the culprit?

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration appeared in his mind, and he seemed to vaguely guess the answer.

Was there a possibility…

That he himself was the core of the formation.

If so, it made sense that the spiritual power was being lost so quickly.

Becoming the core of the formation required maintaining the consumption of the formation, so the spiritual power was naturally consumed quickly.

In this case, if you wanted to destroy the core and unravel the formation—

You would have to kill yourself first.

But if you didn’t think of this and were still thinking hard here, the spiritual power would eventually be exhausted, and at that time, even if you wanted to leave, you probably wouldn’t be able to.

Chu Li-fei was already in the early stage of the Spirit Transformation realm. If someone with a lower level came, they would probably be done for long ago. Moreover, even in the Spirit Transformation realm, the spiritual power was being consumed so quickly.

A formation that used people as the core was truly unheard of.

Killing people invisibly was naturally clever and profound.

What a good calculation.

No wonder there were heavy guards outside. When it came to the place that actually hid the treasure, it was empty. It turned out that there was such confidence.

Chu Li-fei’s eyes widened slightly, feeling a little chilly. He only felt like he had fallen into a trap that had been prepared long ago.

Moreover, he had willingly stepped into it.

It was like a piece of honey was hanging in front, luring him step by step into the vortex, and then he was deeply trapped.

He was already very close to the answer, so no one could possibly give up at this time, right?

He wondered which expert had set up such a formation.

Chu Li-fei’s brain was spinning rapidly. The most urgent thing was to think of a countermeasure first.

He had no intention of dying here.

If he wanted to break the formation, he had to destroy the spring first.

But if he wanted to destroy the spring without hurting himself,

There was only one way.

——Find a new spring.

As long as the new spring was stronger than his spiritual power, then the formation should automatically judge the new spring to become the spring, right?

Of course, this speculation had an element of gambling.

But what exactly could replace him and become the new spring?

This thing had to be stronger than him, and it would be even better if it was natural.

This kind of thing was stained with the aura of heaven and earth and belonged to the laws of the world.

Suddenly, he raised his head and looked at the crescent moon in the sky.

The bright moon was like a hook, hanging high in the sky, very far away from him, but in the dark, there seemed to be a faint connection.

The moon belonged to yin and controlled the tides, and water was the most yin and soft thing.

And Chu Li-fei happened to be of the water attribute.

As long as there was a moment of connection, it would be enough.

Moreover, Chu Li-fei always felt that in the distant sky, there seemed to be some more mysterious existence calling to him.

But now was not the time to think about these things.

Chu Li-fei quickly mobilized his remaining spiritual power. The shimmering blue spiritual power seemed to faintly resonate with the crescent moon. For a moment, he saw—

Under this spring, there was a cavity.

That was the place he was looking for.

Chu Li-fei quickly threw out spirit stones from his space ring to replenish his spiritual power and then output all of his remaining spiritual power in one go, finally exchanging it for a moment of gap.

He took advantage of the moment when the spring was converted, jumped into the spring, and then completely disappeared.

The back mountain returned to peace, as if no one had ever been there.

After reaching the cavity below the spring, Chu Li-fei quickly used spirit stones to continue replenishing his spiritual power, and then while using spiritual power to dry his clothes, he continued to walk forward.

Until at the end of the long tunnel, he saw an old man with white hair.

Chu Li-fei heard the sound of “as expected” in his heart.

But when he saw clearly who that person was, his eyes suddenly widened, filled with disbelief.

Because—

That was a person who should have died long ago.

But now, he was still alive.