Asu settled Qingshi and his party in a place called 'Shenxianju' on the mountainside. This is a garden built on the mountainside with more than a dozen buildings of various types and dozens of rooms that can accommodate people.
Asu took Qingshi and the others to play every day, but the island was not big, and they could visit it in just a few days.
Qingshi proposed to go out of the island to see other places together, but Asu said no, he couldn't leave the island for even half a step, so Qingshi and the others couldn't leave either. Qingshi had no choice but to give up.
On this day, Qingshi, Duan Wutian and Chen Tianye brought a few big red fish to barbecue. The big red fish is a third-level spiritual beast, with a body length of more than one foot, rich in fat, glutinous skin, and delicious meat.
Qingshi invited Asu to eat with him. He hadn't cooked for a long time. This time he showed off his skills and grilled the fish until it was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It was so delicious that Asu almost bit off the root of his tongue.
The 'Shengchun' wine made Asu feel like a fairy. He had never been so happy in thousands of years.
"Asu!" Seeing that Asu was already a little drunk, Qingshi said, "Thank you for playing with me these days, but this Dream Island is too small after all. No matter how beautiful the scenery is, there will be times when you get tired of it. You have thousands of dollars here. Year, don’t you feel tired of watching it?”
"Oh! Of course I'm tired of it," Asu's interest faded a lot and he sighed, "But there's nothing I can do about it. Who told me that I couldn't defeat that old guy from the Desert Dragon, but he was able to restrain me."
"What a pity," Qingshi said, "I really want to take you to see the outside world, which is much bigger than this underground world. The colorful scenery will definitely open your eyes."
"Yes," Asu said, "I really want to go out with my eldest brother for a visit. Don't worry, it will be done in a thousand years."
"I don't want you to suffer here for another thousand years," Qingshi said. "Do we really have no choice but to wait for a thousand years? What kind of magic did the Desert Dragon use to restrain you? , tell me, maybe I can help you remove it?"
"You can't say this," Asu said. "You'll die as soon as you say it."
"Oh, there is also the Spell of Speech!" Qingshi nodded, "We can unlock the Spell of Speech first, and then you tell us about the situation of the Spell of Speech, and then we can find a way to unlock it together."
"No!" Asu shook his head and said, "This old guy, the Desert Dragon, is very powerful. His spells are not easy to unlock. Maybe we both have to finish it."
"At least give it a try." Qingshi learned how to lift the gag spell from Chun Niang and is confident about it. "I'm still somewhat confident about lifting the gag spell."
"Brother," Asu said, "You don't want me to be trapped here anymore. I understand and I'm very grateful, but I'm willing to wait another thousand years. In fact, the old guy Desert Dragon is quite good to me. Without him, I would If I want to transform into an immortal, I am afraid that I will have no hope for the rest of my life, so I am still willing to protect him for three thousand years. The three thousand years of protection is a promise between us, and it is also a transaction. Within three thousand years, I owe him, and after three thousand years, we will mutually No more debt."
"Oh!" Qingshi said, "That's it. Brother really keeps his word, which is admirable."
"Asu," Chen Tianye suddenly said, "What if the Desert Dragon is really dead? If he is dead, do you also need to fulfill your promise?"
"This..." Asu said, "I don't know, I haven't thought about this problem. Although I think he is probably dead, I can neither confirm whether he is really dead, nor do I know whether he is dead or not." After that, will his forbidden spell still work until the expiration of three thousand years. So, I can only wait for three thousand years."
"Why can't it be confirmed?" Duan Wutian said in a rough voice, "Didn't you say that he is in a small stone house? Just go and see?"
"No," Asu said, "Just like I can't go to the sea or leave Dream Island, I can't enter that house. I can't even get close to it."
"What about me?" Qingshi said, "Maybe I can help you take a look."
"Ah!" Asu was shocked, "How is this possible?"
"Why not?" Qingshi said, "Are you worried about my safety? Or did the Desert Dragon say that outsiders are not allowed to enter his small house?"
"I can't do it," Asu said, "Others can't do it even more."
"But I remember you said," Qingshi smiled, "As long as I can kill you or defeat you, I can do whatever I want, right?"
"Yes!" Asu said in surprise, "Brother, what are you going to do?"
"I want to see if I can beat you," Qingshi said with a smile, "Let's compete in drinking capacity. If you can't drink one of us, does that count as you being defeated by us?"
"Hahaha..." Asu said with a smile, "Brother, you really shocked me. You actually want to compete with me for drinks! Okay, let's give it a try, but there's no way you can win. Mine. And even if I really can’t drink you, it doesn’t mean you have defeated me.”
"Then..." Qingshi said, "How can I defeat you?"
"We are all cultivators," Asu said. "Of course we compete in martial arts and fight."
"A practitioner not only practices martial arts," Qingshi said, "but also martial arts. If I trap you with a magic circle, does that count as defeating you?"
"Forget it!" Asu said, "However, no magic circle can trap me. I can break any magic circle with my strength. Oh, I mean except for the magic circle of the old guy, the Desert Dragon."
"I don't believe it," Chen Tianye said, "How about we give it a try?"
"Okay," Asu said, "You can try whatever you want."
This is what Qing Duan and Chen were waiting for. They originally wanted Asu and Duan Wu to drink together, but Asu didn't agree. Now that Asu agrees with the formation, of course they have to give it a try.
Chen Tianye hurriedly ran to a forest that he had long been optimistic about, and then used a set of prefecture-level high-grade formation flags - Hunyuan formation flags - that Qingshi had given him to start setting up a psychedelic formation.
Chen Tianye currently has the level of a fourth-level formation Taoist. The formation he set up was the 'Three Transformations of Mulberry Fields' taught to him by Qingshi, and the formation flag he used was also from Qingshi. Therefore, there was not much difference between the formation he set up and the one set up by Qingshi himself. .
This formation was of course very unusual. It took Chen Tianye an hour to set it up. In fact, he had already simulated the formation several times in this forest.
Chen Tianye set up the psychedelic formation and ran back happily to ask Asu to break the formation. Asu clapped his hands, stood up, and walked into the woods as Chen Tianye asked. Qing Duan and Chen all ran to the best position to see how Asu would break the formation.
I saw Asu walking a few steps in the formation, then clenching his right fist and standing calmly. Suddenly, Asu shouted, squatted on one knee, struck down with his right fist suddenly, and punched the ground hard.
Accompanied by a deafening muffled sound, a shock wave suddenly erupted with Aso as the center, instantly uprooting the trees in the forest, flying into the air along with dirt and gravel, flying all over the sky and spreading in all directions. .
After a few breaths, all the mud, rocks, broken branches and leaves in the air fell away, and a circular shallow pit with a diameter of a hundred feet appeared at the location of the psychedelic array in the forest. The mud and stone on the surface of the pit was lifted six feet away. Not a blade of grass is left behind.
Asu straightened up, clapped his hands, then walked towards the large fire pit where the fish was being grilled, tore off a large piece of fish meat and started chewing it. Qing Duan, Chen and the others were stunned, and it took them a long time to come back to their senses. They knew that there was no hope of defeating Asu with the magic circle.
Qingshi walked back to drink with Asu, but Duan Wutian was pulled by Chen Tianye to accompany him to clean up the blown formation flag.
"Asu, your power is incredible," Qingshi said, "You are right, no magic circle can trap you. You can defeat all magic with one force!"
"Actually, that's not necessarily the case!" Asu said with a smile, "That old guy from the Desert Dragon has reached the pinnacle of formation skills, and I can't break the formations he set up. According to what he said, he used heaven-level formations. Even now I can’t break the heaven-level magic circle set up by the magic weapon.”
"Oh!" Qingshi nodded and said thoughtfully, "Asu, you mean to say that there is a heaven-level magic circle set up by the Desert Dragon here?"
Qingshi knows that 'Heaven Level' is the name of the Shenmu Continent, and the Tianlong Continent is generally called the seventh level, which is the highest level.
"That's right!" Asu said, "There are magic circles set up in two places on Dameng Island. They are both heaven-level magic circles set up by the old guy himself."
"Which two places are they?" Qingshi asked curiously, "Can I take a look?"
"There's one place where it's OK," Asu said, "and there's another place where it's not."
"Can you tell me in detail?" Qingshi said, "I have never seen a heaven-level magic circle. Asu, please take me to see it!"
"Okay!" Asu said, "The one place you can't see here is the stone house where the old guy, the Desert Dragon, waited to die. The one you can see is the Hall of Education. In fact, I took you to see it that day. But I only took you You saw the front hall, but I didn’t show you the back hall, because the back hall is an area covered by a heaven-level magic circle, and I can’t enter.”
"Since you can't get in," Qingshi said with some disappointment, "then how can you show me?"
"This is different," Asu said, "You are not allowed to enter the old guy's small house. I am not able to break the magic circle set up by the old guy, so I don't have the ability to enter this Hall of Education."
"Oh," Qingshi said, "What is the back hall of Chuanxi Palace? Is it important? Why does it need to be covered with a heaven-level magic circle?"
"The Hall of Transmission is where the old guy teaches his apprentices," Asu said. "The back hall is where he stores Taoist canons, secret books, and his own inherited works. Naturally, these things must be well preserved. Although the old guy spreads his teachings here, He has entered the formation, but he does not prohibit me from going there. If I can break his formation and enter the back hall, then I can also read those Taoist canons and secret books, just like his disciples and descendants back then."
"That's it!" Qingshi nodded thoughtfully and said, "In this way, I can not only go to the back hall of the Chuanxi Hall to have a look, but I can also try to crack the desert dragon's magic circle. If it is cracked, can I also look at it? Those Taoist secrets and even his inherited works?"
"What about this?" Asu scratched his head and said, "I haven't considered this situation. The old guy didn't say anything about it either!"
"Asu!" Qingshi said with a smile, "I told you, we are here to learn from the Desert Dragon. Since he has set up magic arrays to test his disciples, as long as his disciples crack the magic array he has set up, If I crack the formation, I can get his inheritance, so if I crack his formation, I will naturally be qualified to become his disciple and get his inheritance, right?"
"Well..." Asu tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said, "It seems to make sense..."
