Chapter 5: The Colorful Sky Lotus (Part 1)

  Yu Linglong turned her head back and asked: "Little Fourth Brother, did you find anything wrong?"

  Xiao Si didn't say a word, and from his sleeve he pulled out a stack of Xuantian Formation diagrams. Wanyi held up a torch beside him to illuminate the diagrams.

  Xiao Si stared at the formation for half a day, suddenly picked up a stone from the ground, weighed it in his hand several times, and threw it towards the mountain pass with force.

  Something incredible happened, just as the stone flew over the mountain pass, it seemed to be attracted by something and disappeared silently in everyone's sight.

  Qiu Junyi furrowed his brow and, imitating Xiao Si's actions, picked up a stone to test his strength. His skills far surpassed those of Xiao Si, and his technique with hidden weapons was even more exquisite. The small stone whizzed through the air like a shooting star.

  However, when it flew over the mountain pass, the sonic boom stopped abruptly, and the small stones also disappeared without a trace.

  "Little Fourth Brother, what's going on?" Chu Lie couldn't help but ask.

  Xiao Si stared intently at the mountain pass, which in the darkness looked like a huge bloody mouth waiting for prey to fall into its trap.

  "This is an extra dish added by Old Blind for us, adding a 'No. Killing' change at the entrance of the Xuantian Formation." Xiao Si wiped the rainwater from his face and replied: "If we blindly step into the mountain pass, we will be forcibly transported out by the sudden launch of the formation change, who knows where we will fall in the Baitu Qianke Formation?"

  Zhao Baichuan said: "Little Fourth Brother, since you can see through the deceitful plan of the diviner, can you think of a way to break it?"

  Xiao Si looked around at the faces gazing at him with concern, and suddenly felt a great weight on his shoulders. In the past, apart from following the old man to eat and drink, he was used to being alone, as the saying goes, "one person eats their fill, the whole family doesn't go hungry." But now, there were nearly a hundred people by his side, whose lives and safety depended on him.

  His scalp felt a chill and he cursed under his breath: "Damn it, I'm still unsure about my own situation, how can I have the leisure to care about so many things?"

  Suddenly, Wen Er said beside him, "I believe you must have a way."

  Xiao Si was taken aback, looking at the expectant gaze of this young girl with a hint of admiration, her heart skipped a beat. As they say, what's the big deal about ginseng fruit? The most amazing and delicious fruit in the world is still apples. She blurted out: "What's this 'unnumbered evil'? A small dish. Everyone wait here for a moment, I'll go to the mountain pass and take a look around, maybe I can break it immediately."

  With everyone watching, he had no choice but to swallow his pride and head towards the mountain pass.

  Wan'er called out from behind: "I'll go with you, just in case something happens and I can take care of it."

  Chu Lie said: "Little Fourth Brother, I'll come and help you out too!"

  As Chu Lie's identity and status, he was surprisingly willing to be a subordinate to a 15 or 16-year-old boy, which made Xiang Xiao Si's face shine with delight. However, at this moment, his mind was filled with thoughts of Yu Rou, those mysterious eyes that couldn't be described clearly, what kind of clear stream could make him feel like he was flying on clouds and mist? This old man came over to interrupt at this time, which was quite boring.

  Three people walked cautiously to the front of the mountain pass, and although they were only a few steps away, with Chu Lie and Wan Er's torches lighting the way, they still couldn't see clearly what was inside.

  Xiao Si took 998 steps from one end of the mountain pass to the other, neither more nor less.

  He stopped his footsteps on the left side of the mountain, squatted down and looked inside while thinking: "The position we are in is the Qian Gua Tian Xiang, belonging to water in the five elements, with the three talents linked together. I wonder which variation of the upper six numbers this unnumbered evil move of Lao Mangzi belongs to?"

  He drew out his Yōsen sword and scratched the ground a couple of times, drawing a rough map of the mountain pass, muttering to himself as he wrote something.

  Wan'er curiously bent down to take a look and found that Xiao Si was scribbling some mysterious symbols on the ground, occasionally jumping out with a few numbers that made no sense.

  The people in the distance were getting anxious, but they dared not disturb Xiao Si, so they endured and didn't speak up.

  After a while, Xiao Si suddenly jumped up and laughed: "Go to your mother's nine-five divination, middle line no blame!" He put away the Youquan knife and said two sentences to Chu Lie and Wan Er, then the three of them disappeared together into the mountain pass.

  Qiu Junyi stared at the backs of the three people who had disappeared and asked: "Did Xiao Si find the entrance?"

  Yu Ling just wanted to answer, when she heard a shout from behind the mountain pass: "Everyone follow the path drawn by Chu Lao's knife in the middle of the mountain pass, and leave the rest to your family's Xiao - brother to handle!"

  The crowd cheered, and no longer cared whether he called himself Fourth Master or Fourth Uncle. Under the command of Yu Linglong, they formed two columns and marched into the formation between the two fine lines drawn by Chu Lie with his fierce fire treasure knife at the mountain pass.

  Yu Ling walked at the front of the team and saw Xiang Xiao Si, Chu Lie and Wan Er standing under a giant stone more than ten feet away. The giant stone was engraved with "Xuan Tian Da Zhen" in silver hook iron strokes, and next to it was a line of small words: "Enter my gate, there is death but no life."

  Look at Xiangxiang again, who is diligently using a Yuquan knife to scrape off the small characters one by one.

  Everyone stood in order, not daring to move on their own. It took half a day for Xiao Si to completely flatten the eight small characters, and then he saw this kid wipe his face with rainwater or sweat, take a deep breath and say: "Refreshing, another trap set by Lao Mangzi has been broken!"

  Everyone suddenly realized, and couldn't help but secretly marvel at the strange and unpredictable Qimen Dunjia. Even the eight seemingly insignificant words contained a hidden killing intent. Little did they know that in Xie Siye's mind, these eight words were extremely unlucky, and must be eliminated at all costs.

  Suddenly heard more than ten zhangs away a long whistle, a black shadow jumped out, and the face was vaguely recognizable as Yu Feng.

  He last fought a bloody battle with Geng Shaohua at Wangjiang Building, and was almost killed by a sword that pierced his abdomen. After more than a month of rest and recovery, he volunteered to guard the back mountain and became the master of the Xuantian Great Array.

  Yu Biao's eyes scanned the crowd, and he coldly sneered: "You've finally arrived, at least I didn't wait in vain for half the night. Have you seen the inscription on that mountain stone?"

  "He pointed at the small mountain rocks behind Si Ma's back and read out loud word by word: 'Xuan Tian Da Zhen, go to your mother...'"

  But it was just now that Xiao Si added four big words under the word "Mystic Heaven Array" with all his might. Yu Feng recited them smoothly, only to realize that something was wrong.

  Everyone was shocked, and when they saw the four big characters "go to your mother" carved by Xiao Si on the mountain stone with a Youshui knife, they burst into laughter.

  Yu Biao's face turned red with shame and anger, coldly laughing: "Let you all be arrogant for a moment, soon you will die without a place to bury your bodies!"

  Wan'er's eyes turned red when she saw her enemy, and with a flick of her sleeve, twelve icy arrows shot out. She shouted: "Evil thief, watch the arrow!"

  Yu Feng made a flip, and twelve cold feather sleeve arrows flew out from under his feet.

  Chu Lie angrily shouted: "You little thief, how dare you be so presumptuous in front of me!" He drew his sword and rushed towards Yu Feng.

  Xiao Si was too late to stop him and hastily shouted: "Yu Zongbiao, quickly grab hold of Old Man Chu!"

  Jade's slender fingers moved swiftly as she swung her wrist and sent out a silver whip.

  Chu Lie only saw himself plummeting down several zhang, his true energy exhausted. He pointed his toes downwards, wanting to borrow force to bounce back up, but unexpectedly, one foot stepped down and found nothing, his body suddenly falling downwards.

  It was slow to say that it was fast, the jade-like silver whip came later and arrived first, wrapping around Chu Lie's waist and pulling back fiercely.

  Chu Lie borrowed strength to get up, turned over and fell beside Yu Linglong, and was shocked to break out in a cold sweat, cursing loudly: "Damn it! The front looks solid, but it's actually an endless abyss!"

  His cultivation has reached the realm of renowned fame, and riding the wind is not beneath him. However, who dares to guarantee that there won't be another hidden trap within the depths? Once you fall in, it's truly a matter of life and death.

  Yu Biao saw that Chu Lie had retreated safely, and in his heart he secretly sighed "what a pity". He calmly said: "This is just a small warning, the good show is yet to come!" His figure flashed and disappeared into the dark depths.

  Zhao Baichuan wondered: "Strange, why can this little thief come and go freely on the deep pool as if it were flat ground?"

  Xiao Si lightly smiled and said: "If Zhao Bangzhu carefully observes his movements, he will discover that no matter how this kid dodges and weaves, he always stays on a straight line and doesn't dare to deviate even half a point."

  Wan'er suddenly realized: "You mean there's a rope under his feet?"

  Xiao Si snorted and said, "Zhong Xing has no fault, Zhong Wei is not bright either - would the old blind man miss the opportunity to trap people? I can guess it with a pat on my butt, he will set up a 'thousand miles of dark abyss in one line' here, let Yu Feng deliberately expose himself to lure the enemy, and cheat one by one."

  Qiu Junyi said: "But where did this deep abyss come from? It's not marked on the topographic map."

  Zhao Baichuan took out a copied topographic map and unfolded it under the lamplight, carefully examining it for half a day before barely making out that in front of the mountain rocks where he was standing, there was a cloud-like thing drawn, which just happened to cover up the location of the deep abyss.

  Chu Lie angrily said: "Bu Mangzi is so treacherous, actually setting up an ambush on the terrain map!"

  Yu Linglong sighed: "Soldiers are not afraid of deceit, it's just that we were too careless."

  Having had this fright, the crowd became even more cautious and carefully made their way along a single dark rope suspended over the deep chasm to the other end of the cliff.

  The scenery around the deep valley suddenly changed again, countless strange rocks seemed to have come out of thin air, densely covering the mountains and fields, like a huge maze.

  At this moment, everyone was extremely convinced of Xiao Si and waited for him to make a decision. Unexpectedly, Xiao Si glanced at the strange stone array, drew out the Youquan knife and slashed it fiercely on a tree beside him.

  "Wan'er said in surprise: 'Fourth Uncle, isn't there something strange about this tree?'"

  Xiao Si put down the ancient tree and smiled: "The bright moon shines between the pines, the clear spring flows over the rocks. We need to cut down more trees and tie up a few wooden rafts in order to get across."

  Qiu Junyi was shocked and said: "Could it be that those stones are illusions, and underneath is a pit of water?"

  Xiao Si shook his head and said, "This is a chaotic stone that has been turned upside down in the three talents of heaven, earth, and man. Even if we rush in with our heads down, it's unlikely that we'll be able to turn it around in just three days and nights. The only safe way is to cut down trees to make a raft, use wood to overcome the earth, and use water to carry the boat, and then forcibly cross over from the green whirlpool above the stone array."

  Zhao Bai Chuan asked: "Why did Bo Suan Zi want to leave a passage on this chaotic stone array for us to pass through smoothly?"

  Xiao Si replied, "It's not that the old blind man wants to stay, but it's the rule of heaven, he can't help but stay. As they say, when heaven closes one door, it opens a window, that's the principle."

  Chu Lie smiled bitterly and said, "I've really gained a new understanding. No wonder Old Ge always buries his head in books whenever he has time. It turns out that for someone like us who is so rough around the edges, once we enter the Qimen Dunjia formation, it's no different from being blind. Luckily, this time we have Fourth Brother with us."

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