After trying for a while, the route in Zhang Xiyan's mind became clearer and clearer, and the forward speed gradually accelerated. As a result, the Jiang family monks who were following him were gradually pulled away from each other.
Although Jiang Nianlian could sense the position of the two women, he did not dare to pursue them easily under the heavy fog. He ordered Jiang Lian to step forward to break the formation and help him guide the direction.
After walking for more than an hour, Zhang Xiyan finally rushed out of the corridor of District 9. The fog in front of her cleared and she could clearly see the scene in front of her. Beyond the mist is a long passage. In my memory, walking through the passage is where my father's secret room is.
However, she knew that although it was just a passage, the formation restrictions in it were very dense. With her own formation level, it was impossible to reach the secret room. After thinking for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and turned around, bowed towards Mist and said, "Thank you, senior, for your guidance. Please show up to meet me!"
Zhong Ningxuan was stunned and asked: "Sister Xiyan, what senior, who else is helping us?" The previous instructions had always been from Cheng Ling who sent messages to Zhang Xiyan, but she didn't know it.
Zhang Xiyan shook her head slightly, and still said to Miwu: "Senior, I am grateful to you for saving these two little ladies. Please show up to meet me and help me."
Cheng Ling sighed, and scanned it with his consciousness, discovering that there seemed to be a layer of powerful restrictions deep in the corridor. He then realized that with Zhang Xiyan's level of formation, it would take an unknown amount of time to break it.
He smiled bitterly and shook his head, emerged from the fog and said, "No need to be polite, aren't you afraid that I, like the Jiang family, will covet the treasures left by your father?"
"Senior, if you have this intention, there is no need to tell me how to get out of the nine-curved corridor." After saying that, he raised his head and looked towards the mist. The figures in front of them gradually became clearer. The two women opened their eyes wide and shouted in disbelief: "Taoist Master Ma, why is it you?"
Cheng Ling laughed and said, "Why can't it be me?"
Zhang Xiyan smiled bitterly and said, "Senior, are you following us like the Jiang family?"
Yun Jingwen smiled slightly and explained: "Girl, don't think so much. I asked him to follow you. As for the Jiang family, we have nothing to do with them. Believe me, if you really want to get what your father left, With his methods, you can’t even detect it.”
"Sister Jingwen, how come you are here?"
After Yun Jingwen explained, the two women felt relieved and gradually relaxed their vigilance.
Zhang Xiyan looked at Cheng Ling and said, "Master Ma, thank you for your guidance along the way. I wonder if you can pass through this passage?"
Cheng Ling nodded slightly. He didn't say a word before just to dispel the two women's doubts. After all, this was something left by their father. It would be difficult to gain the two women's trust by suddenly showing up to help. After Yun Jingwen's explanation, it can at least be slowed down a lot.
Looking at the passage ahead, he frowned slightly and said, "Xi Yan, what level of formation master is your father?"
"Seventh grade, Taoist Master Ma, can you crack it?" Zhang Xiyan asked doubtfully.
"I don't know, let's give it a try first. Don't worry, the nine-curved corridor is not something that the formation master of the Jiang family can crack in a short time."
The two women secretly breathed a sigh of relief, looking at him with increasingly mysterious eyes. They met outside Nanshan City before and couldn't see Cheng Ling's cultivation level clearly, but they felt very compatible with each other. Coupled with Yun Jingwen's heaven-defying appearance, they felt a sense of closeness.
I didn't expect to meet you now
, he is even proficient in the formation. But in Canglan Continent, I have never heard of the existence of a sect like Quanzhen Sect. In addition, Cheng Ling's behavior is strange, and he has been carrying Yun Jingwen on his back. Although the latter looks like a mortal, but that His eyes showed a hint of nobility and coercion, and he was obviously no ordinary person.
For a moment, a hope arose in Zhang Xiyan's heart. Maybe Cheng Ling could really lead her to find the secret room where her father was retreating.
Cheng Ling gently put Yun Jingwen down from his back and let her lean against the wall of the passage. Then he turned around and carefully observed the passage in front of him.
The passage is in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, with a width of about one foot on both sides and a height of about three feet. Two simple palace lanterns are hung on the walls on both sides. Perhaps because it was so long ago, the candles in the palace lanterns had long since burned out, making the entire passage look very dark and deep.
He took two steps forward, stretched out his right hand, and slowly reached forward. Less than halfway out, he felt a resistance coming from him, as if there was a thin film blocking him from moving forward. He held the finger gestures with both hands, connected the points in the void several times, and then covered the front of his eyes.
After a long time, he slowly moved away, mysterious lines flashed in his pupils, and his eyes burst out with two dazzling rays of light, looking at him from top to bottom. Wherever you look, there are threads everywhere, densely packed like a spider web.
His heart moved slightly. These threads were all forbidden lines, which were different from the life and death forbidden lines. The threads seemed virtual and real, like a protective mask, completely covering up the situation inside. This kind of restraint method is exactly the control restraint among the three major restraints, and this control method is obviously for the purpose of sealing.
The more he deduced the direction of the thread, the more frightened he became. This kind of seal restriction was very high-end, and it was not under the life and death ban seen in the Demon Blood Continent. Combined with the formation settings of the previous nine-area corridors, Zhang Xiyan's father's formation level was by no means lower than his own, or even higher.
He couldn't help but ask: "Xi Yan, is your father really just a seventh-level formation master?"
Zhang Xiyan said: "Yes, but I have never been in this passage before, so I don't know what grade the formation inside is. My parents told us before that the passage is very dangerous, and Ningxuan and I are not allowed to enter without permission. play."
Cheng Ling was silent, maybe the restriction here was not set by Zhang's father, and judging from the marks on the walls on both sides, it was very old. Could it be set by the ancestors of the Zhang family? Cheng Ling didn't believe that anyone other than himself could set up such a powerful seal restriction.
Thinking of this, my curiosity aroused. What kind of treasures are there in the passage, and such a restriction is actually set up. This time, I can't face it easily. I calm down and carefully deduce the restricted position.
Fortunately, my formation level had been upgraded to ninth level before, and I was proficient in the forbidden law of life and death. Among the three major restrictions, the ban on life and death is the most difficult one to master, and it is also the basis for cracking other restrictions.
Life and death, life and death, either life or death. As long as a monk is good at the ban on life and death, he will be successful in cracking the ban. It's very simple. As long as the life and death ban is placed on the source of the ban, the ban can be easily cracked.
But Cheng Ling didn't want to do this. The biggest function of the restriction here was to seal, not to defend or attack, which was a bit intriguing. Obviously the owner who set up the restriction wanted to seal some kind of powerful treasure or dangerous place.
If it is destroyed easily, who knows what the consequences will be. What's more, he doesn't want to be here
While breaking the ban, let the Jiang family monks behind him take advantage of it. The method he uses is mastery!
He wanted to study the origin of the seal's restriction and completely control it. In this way, they could enter the passage without damaging the restriction. The Jiang family monks behind him will still block him when he gets here.
Although this method is slow, it is better than steady. Moreover, he believed that it was not an easy task for the monks of the Jiang family to cross the nine-curved corridor. It would be impossible without ten days and a half. If it still doesn't work, at worst, you can do some tricks on your own to raise the missing formation to another level.
With Cheng Ling's proficiency in fighting techniques, it took him seven days to master the complete context of the seal in front of him. During this period, the three girls had been waiting anxiously. Zhang Xiyan and Zhong Ningxuan looked behind them from time to time, fearing that the monks from the Jiang family would suddenly break in.
As for Yun Jingwen, she couldn't bear it. She kept sleeping and waking up. She wanted to give some words of comfort, but she always felt that she was unable to do so. She even felt that the nirvana of the spiritual roots in her body was gradually increasing, making her soul and consciousness heavy.
It's just that he didn't want Cheng Ling to know that the other party had done too much for him along the way, and now that he was encountering difficulties, he really didn't want to bother him anymore. Therefore, he was groggy for the past seven days, unable to summon up any energy, and spent most of the time in a deep sleep.
The two women later discovered her situation and looked at each other before completely letting go of their suspicions. It seems that just like what she said, she was seriously injured, and the real energy in her body can hardly be sensed, and she is no different from a mortal.
After Cheng Ling came to his senses, he immediately returned to Yun Jingwen's side, looked at the state of her body, sighed lightly, and injected a large amount of vitality into her body.
After a long time, Yun Jingwen woke up and turned around and said, "Brother Cheng, am I going to die?"
Cheng Ling sighed secretly, fed her a three-line restoration pill, and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Trust me, I will definitely help you recover."
Yun Jingwen said weakly: "Yes, I believe it, but now we should help them find the secret room first!"
Cheng Ling said: "Jingwen, this place is not simple. There may be some strange treasures. I have a feeling in my heart that it may be helpful to you."
Yun Jingwen suddenly realized that Cheng Ling spent a lot of energy to break the channel restriction because he felt it was helpful to her. She was moved and said, "Really? Are you trying to trick me?"
"It's true!" After saying that, he turned to the two women and said, "Please take care of it for me. I have cracked the restriction on the passage here."
The two women were refreshed and nodded in agreement.
Cheng Ling stood up and pointed out finger gestures with both hands toward the edge of the wall. Gradually, the deep passage in front seemed to light up, and the threads gradually appeared, changing between reality and reality as his finger gestures continued.
After a moment, those threads connected together, and the light shone brightly. The entire passage shone like daylight, and even the carvings on the wall could be seen clearly.
Cheng Ling said: "The passage is open for a limited time, so hurry up!"
The two women were completely shocked by the scene in front of them. They quickly woke up, lifted up Yun Jingwen and rushed into the passage. Cheng Ling followed them in after they disappeared into the darkness.
The next moment, the light in the passage gradually disappeared and returned to the previous dark scene, as if what just happened had never happened at all!
