Chapter 113: First Encounter

Unlike reality, here I tore off one bead, and the rest of the beads automatically connected together, appearing a little sparse, but it did not prevent me from continuing to wear it on my wrist.

I walked to the center of the formation and looked at the bead in my palm. The blue mass in the middle of the bead was like a flame leaping about, beautiful and astonishing. In my understanding, blue is the purest color of the soul.

Could it be that a soul is sealed inside? I don’t think my master would do such a thing, and a complete soul shouldn’t be expressed as a ball of flame. At least it should be tangible. It should be close to the shape of the original yang body.

I couldn’t guess what was inside, but I felt a little reluctant. After all, I had worn this agarwood bead for so many years. If I used it today, would I lose the true spirit of the agarwood bead? Although I only just learned of its existence.

“Chengyi, what are you daydreaming about?” Chengyuan asked me softly.

“Oh, no.” I casually replied, and without further hesitation, I placed the bead in the exact position of the eye of the formation. Even without Chengzhen’s reminder, I had already seen the general location of the eye of the formation in that moment. With Chengzhen’s reminder, I should not have placed it incorrectly.

Because the pattern was hidden, the beads were placed like they were just lying on the ground, but once they were placed, a small part of the formation began to take effect. The beads were actually fixed in the center of the formation, and to remove them, the entire formation would have to be broken.

However, this formation is also very special. If you don’t activate all the formation points, the formation will not operate completely. Even if there is only one missing, its effectiveness will not be able to be exerted even one hundredth of a percent. If there is a great power to suppress it, it is still simple. Therefore, the owner of this ghost city will let me activate this formation point. As long as it is not the end, it does not need to worry.

Even if the great formation is completely operational, does it have a back-up plan? To ultimately destroy the great formation? I can’t guess.

I calmly placed the beads down. This was just a small step forward. I was calm, turned around and left. Everyone followed closely behind me. The wind blew past, and we had a feeling of desolation and heaviness, but also full of hope…

But then, the next moment, behind us, there was a loud roar like thunder. We all turned around at the same time and saw the hidden pale golden pattern appear again, but it was much smaller than when Master Hongren had made it appear, and it was even a little unclear.

For the first time, I felt that the pattern was so beautiful, but the surprise it brought us was not just that. After the muffled thunderous roar, a faint golden light suddenly shot up again, breaking through the clouds and continuing to rush towards the grayish-red sky…

This is how miracles happen. The gray-red sky, which seemed to be unchanging, suddenly appeared to be cracking. The next moment, it cracked open, and a crack the size of a palm appeared in the sky!

We saw the purple-red sky outside the ghost city again, even though it was only the size of a palm. This is hope!

“Hmph!” A snorting sound rang out again, coming from the east. Standing at the easternmost point, Chengyuan groaned and took a few steps backwards. The soul does not bleed, but in this place that is neither dream nor reality, it has its own special form of expression. I saw a trace of blood flowing from the corner of Chengyuan’s mouth.

This made me feel very distressed. My little sister, who had suffered so much, would not allow the ghosts here to bully her like this. I pulled Chengyuan behind me and stood at the easternmost point, shouting, “You all stand behind me.”

Chengxin wiped away the blood from the corner of Chengyuan’s mouth with a heart of compassion, and jokingly said in my ear, “Kid, wow, the mountain-shaped vein, the back is really majestic, that’s it, I’m really relieved to have you here.”

I knew that Brother Chengxin was joking in such a casual way to make me relax. Now is not the time to fight, but I don’t have time to joke with Brother Chengxin. My soul felt a kind of crushing, a kind of strong crushing of the weak.

Before, Master Hongren blocked this pressure for us, but now, we are alone.

But how could I, Old Li, be crushed by the soul of another evil spirit? I clenched my fists, and my spiritual power was condensed to the limit. At some point, the strength of one’s spiritual power has a great deal to do with one’s willpower. The words “Old Li” are the deepest thing in my will, and they support me in facing this pressure without flinching.

It’s a pity that I don’t have a physical body, otherwise I could use my skills and wouldn’t have to work so hard. But because I don’t have a physical body, my spiritual power has been given the greatest play at this moment, and spiritual power has always been the existence I rely on the most.

In such oppression, it is like a stalactite that is constantly dripping, being squeezed to the limit, but it is endless.

“Chengyi, since it is in a dream, the worst thing is to wake up. This confrontation will not last long.” Chengqing suddenly spoke. As a second-level diviner, he always sees the essence of the problem clearly. His words suddenly made me realize something. I looked at Chengqing in shock.

He said to me calmly, “I’ve figured out the key to this matter.”

But our conversation was interrupted by an arrogant voice: “Very good, very good, let’s see how long you can hold out…”

As he spoke, the pressure was like a tidal wave, but I suddenly clenched my teeth and felt the pressure suddenly increase. However, my spiritual power had not yet reached its limit, and it was still flowing out, not much, but it was always there.

“The effect of the spirit essence has taken effect. Chengyi, merge your soul.” Chengxin said behind me.

Merge the soul? No, not now. It’s just oppressing me. If I merge the soul, how would I be able to live up to the name of the Li family? My soul may not be as powerful as it, but what is the Taoist’s magic for?

At that moment, my unyielding will reached its limit. My heart was burning like a fire. My soul power, which had been squeezed out like a drop, a drop, a small stream, a small stream, suddenly burst open like a big hole, and with a loud bang, it was used like a big wave.

At that moment, I felt as if my whole body was burning, and I shouted back to Chengxin Ge, “No!” Then, I quickly made a hand gesture, using it to concentrate my spiritual power, and with the help of the power of heaven and earth, I wanted to resist the crushing!

Without the constraints of the physical body, I felt for the first time that the hand movements could be so smooth. It was almost as if the mind and the hand movements were one. I thought about what the hand movements would look like, and my hands were able to make the hand movements without any time lag…

It was so exhilarating that I roared, and my spiritual power was concentrated and condensed at that moment, like a sharp sword, stabbing at this oppressive force. The force actually retreated again and again, and the two forces formed a confrontation in midair.

At the confrontation, the wind rose, the gray clouds surged, and I shouted, “Don’t be afraid to hiss. With this kind of underhanded move, you’re a fucking bastard and a turtle!”

At this moment, I felt so happy to swear. Behind me, Cheng Xinyi said to Cheng Xinyi with a weak voice, “Is this the potential of our senior brother in the Shan family?”

Chengxin replied lazily: “He has been psychically abnormal since childhood, so his spiritual power is naturally very strong! In his previous life, he was probably a boy who swept the floor in front of the gate of the great immortal. At least he was touched by the immortal’s aura. If he didn’t have this potential in his soul, could our Master Jiang have accepted him?”

“Come on, Brother Chengxin, sweeping the floor can’t hide the fact that our eldest brother is very handsome now. Brother Chengyi, I’m so proud.” Chengzhen shouted behind me.

Cheng Qing was still silent, but I could hear him laughing.

Whoever comes out on top is the pride of the Li family.

“Hmph, you’re a bit capable, barely qualified enough to play this game. However, you’re very relaxed at this juncture because of Hong Ren. Next time, it won’t be so easy. The elites of the inner city of Xincheng will be all out. I hope you can enter the inner city alive. No, you will definitely live, enduring endless torture.” This arrogant voice was already a bit annoyed at this point. After saying a threatening sentence, the oppressive force suddenly receded and disappeared.

I withdrew my magic, and when my soul power was about to withdraw, I couldn’t help but take a step back. Xiao Chengqian helped me up and asked, “Are you okay? You didn’t get hurt, did you?”

“Nothing, just a little squeeze. I feel stronger, but I’m not used to it.” I said this to Xiao Chengqian in a low-key manner, but it was true.

Xiao Chengqian slapped his head and said, “No wonder our lineage has grievances against you, it’s not fair to be so insulting!”

I laughed and said, “Quick, let’s go to the next place. In any case, we don’t follow the rules. I hope that this way we can relax a little bit. We need to preserve our strength in the outer city.”

At the end, my tone was a bit heavy.