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Jiang Baizhou did not expect that this formation was completely different from what he expected.

He couldn't see clearly at night, so he borrowed a little light from the five-element precept to illuminate his surroundings and see clearly the arrangements in the formation.

This is a small garden. Due to no one taking care of it all year round, the land is barren and the branches grow horizontally. Some plants and trees have died due to the influence of the climate, leaving a withered and yellow trunk standing upright.There are several bricks and stones on the ground, with different shapes, paving a stone road leading to the depths of the garden, but the stone road is cut off by the fog, and it is impossible to see the scene further away.

The reason why this "Tianya Formation" could not catch Jiang Baizhou's eyes was because he knew that overseas formation studies had been lost and it was difficult to find experts, and the other was because of the principles of formation formation.

The so-called array is actually a tactic that maximizes geographical advantages.

A large formation cannot be erected out of thin air, it must rely on the earth, ocean, forest, etc., use the power of the environment to strengthen itself, and even merge with the current environment.The more powerful the formation is, the more it looks like a natural one, and it can almost get rid of man-made traces. The Haimen formation is a typical example.

But the upper city is a city in the sky, and the suburbs outside the wall are narrow and unobstructed. What "geographical advantages" can it have?Is this garden as small as a sparrow and the fog like paper paste enough to play?

Jiang Baizhou saw through its flaws at a glance, and without even thinking about it, he flew up with Long Ying and landed on a large raised rock in front of him.

Their trampling touched the mechanism, and the paved stone road under their feet was suddenly broken up, and the stones turned suddenly like stars in the sky, quickly forming a new road, the fog in front of the road suddenly dissipated, and a monument emerged from the branches , wrote the word "surprise".

Shocking the door is fierce, but Jiang Baizhou is not afraid at all. He doesn't have the patience to break through the formation.He and Long Ying walked all the way, the stone plate under their feet turned all the way, suddenly, the tablet with the word "shock" disappeared, and a word "death" appeared right in front of it.

dead door.

Before the two of them could react, several long arrows shot out from the dark night. The arrows were full of fire, and they shot precisely at Jiang Baizhou and Longying. The flames burned and scorched.

Burning hair is more unpleasant than physical injury. How has Jiang Baizhou suffered such a disadvantage?

He became even more impatient, the five-element ring's light soared, and a stream of water gathered between his fingers, and with a slight raise of his hand, he rushed into the air and turned into a cloud of rain, mercilessly dousing the fire on the ground.The cold water poured into the hot fire, stirring up countless smoke and dust.

The smoke had a strange smell, Long Ying sensed something strange, and quickly covered his mouth and nose: "Brother, step back!"

But it is absolutely impossible for Jiang Baizhou to retreat in the formation of others.

Although he doesn't like to show off, he thinks that he is the master of all formations in the world. Even if it is as strong as Haimen Formation, he will break through it sooner or later.

Long Ying had never seen Jiang Baizhou so stubborn and refused to listen to persuasion, so she couldn't hold him back, so she had to go with him.

Jiang Baizhou can not only call the rain, but also call the wind. He blows away the smoke and goes straight to the stone plate, and the strange door changes in front of him: shock, death, scene, Du, injury, rest, open... the door of life!The gust of wind suddenly subsided, and Long Ying followed him into the gate of life.

Afraid of fraud, Jiang Baizhou tapped the tree with his feet, flew up into the air with Longying, broke a branch and threw it under his feet, it really caused the stone road to vibrate, and a mechanism surfaced.

But unexpectedly, that organ was not a killer move.I saw the stones sinking together, arching out a smooth and traceless stone road.The stone slab was carefully polished, with engraved characters on it, and each word could be seen clearly at every step, and finally it was connected into a poem:

"When will the blue sky and the moon come? I'll stop drinking today and ask."

Jiang Baizhou choked slightly: "The leader of the array is not murderous enough, and the leisure is not small."

It was also the first time for Long Ying to see this kind of formation, and she was quite open-eyed, but Jiang Baizhou immediately said: "But it's still a bit worse than Xiaoying, you are more elegant than him in growing flowers in the formation."

Long Ying: "..."

Long Ying rubbed her nose, and pretended to be dignified to read the poem to conceal her embarrassment. After reading it a few times, he suddenly said, "Brother, do you think this poem was written casually? He has other intentions, and seems to be waiting for someone, while waiting, wondering when that person will come."

"Really? Who are you waiting for?" Jiang Baizhou asked.

Long Ying thought for a while, but was not sure: "The one who broke the formation?"

"..."

Why wait for those who break the formation?

This is very strange, no one has carefully laid out a formation for others to crack, but the leader of this formation is indeed very strange, the closer he gets to the depth, the lighter his killing intent, and his level is not as Jiang Baizhou expected so bad.

Limited by the narrow and flat geographical environment, this formation is fragile, but not crude.

The so-called sparrows are small and complete, but there is an ancient rhyme of ingenuity everywhere in the formation, simple but not simple, hundreds of times stronger than the organ formation in Gongsun Mansion.

Jiang Baizhou changed his position and thought about it. If he was allowed to set up a formation here himself, even if it would be better, it would not be much better. The geographical limit has already been reached.

Thinking of this, Jiang Baizhou put away his contempt and walked deeper with Longying.

The eye of the formation is in the center of the garden, behind the stele with Chinese characters.

There was a frozen lake there, which might have been better called a pond since it was so small.

There is a gazebo by the side of the pond, under the pavilion there are stone tables and benches, there is a wine jar on the table, the mouth of the jar is tightly sealed, and there is only one wine cup under the jar.

All this failed to attract Jiang Baizhou and Long Ying's attention, and their eyes were attracted by the graves on the shore.

It is a tomb of earth, and the stone tablet in front of the tomb is mostly covered by weeds. When I approached and brushed away the weeds, I saw a line of words on the tablet, which read: "The tomb of Wu Kun, the sixth generation successor of No. 20 Wu family at the northern foot."

There is also a line of small characters below, Jiang Baizhou read softly: "The family biography has been extinct so far, I will not rest my eyes and sin against my ancestors. Please come from afar..."

His voice froze, his heart filled with surprise, he couldn't help but look at Long Ying, and after reading the more thrilling second half of the sentence: "...Destroy the eye, there is a gift from heaven."

"How did he know there would be a 'guest from afar'?" Jiang Baizhou couldn't bear the shock, his eyes fell on the word "Tianji", he felt chills all over his body for a moment, and there was a subtle fear in his heart that was indescribable.

But Long Ying murmured: "Beilu? I have a little impression."

Jiang Baizhou looked over.

Long Ying said: "1000 years ago, Beilu was the vassal land of King Beixiao. Beilu City was at its peak, facing the emperor's capital Buixing Town, which was not inferior. But after the natural disaster, the whole Beilu has been destroyed. Oh, I've never heard of the Wu family, so I don't know what their family has to do with King Beixiao. The array has been passed down for 26 generations, so it must be no ordinary family."

Jiang Baizhou didn't say a word, he stared at the tombstone in a daze, and said for a long time: "Destroy the eyes...I'll try."

Startled, Long Ying pulled his sleeve: "Brother, be careful!"

"En." Jiang Baizhou replied absently, and walked towards the pavilion on the bank.

The eye of the formation is the stone table in the pavilion, and it is not difficult to destroy it.Once it is destroyed, it's like the gate of the mechanism is closed, and the formation will be abolished, but since the formation owner claims that "there is a gift from heaven", there must be another mechanism that will show up after destroying the formation.

Jiang Baizhou hesitated, stood by the stone table in a daze, and subconsciously picked up the wine cup on the table.

The wine cup was empty, the wine jar was half full and not frozen, and the sound could be heard when it was shaken. He illuminated it with the light of the Five Elements Precept, and there was an inscription on the table covered under the jar, which was still a poem, and it read: Remaining old people are often called Sanxian by people. They should be called Sanxian because they once watched the East China Sea turn into mulberry fields."

"..."

Jiang Baizhou suddenly felt a tightness in his throat, and a premonition rose in his heart that was difficult to distinguish between good and bad.

He didn't look back, but stretched his hands behind him.

Long Ying was taken aback when she saw this, and when she came to her senses, she immediately stepped forward to hold him, and held his fingers tightly——Jiang Baizhou was trembling a little.

"This eye, do you think I should open it?"

Long Ying didn't want to interfere with his judgment, so she lightened her hand and patted it comfortingly, without answering yes or no, she just said: "No matter what, I'll be with you, brother."

Jiang Baizhou froze and did not move.

Long Ying thought for a while, and then said: "I discovered this formation by accident, but since it is blatantly located in Shangcheng District, the three great families and Feiguang Palace must also know - there are no secrets in Shangcheng District under their control. But this formation has existed for many years, and it is still intact. I think it is because they have a certain fear of it, cannot crack it, and dare not destroy it forcibly. Something may be the secret of the formation eye."

"Yeah." Jiang Baizhou felt better and withdrew his hand.

His hands were warmed by Long Yingying, and a trace of hot air penetrated into his limbs, and his heart also calmed down.

In any case, since you have come, you must never leave empty-handed.

Jiang Baizhou gathered strength in his palm, and he controlled all the ice water in the pond. With only one hand, he raised his palm and lowered it. He patted the stone table lightly with his palm, and the stone table cracked with a sound. eight dollars.

But nothing happened.

Both Jiang Baizhou and Long Ying were stunned, and the sound of the wind subsided in the dark night, so quiet that a needle could be heard.

Long Ying heard Jiang Baizhou's heartbeat.

thump...

dong dong...

One, two, three—

"Brother?" Long Ying couldn't help opening her mouth, but before she finished speaking, the ground suddenly began to shake violently.

The shock came suddenly and violently, Jiang Baizhou was caught off guard and almost fell, Long Ying quickly hugged him, and the two of them fell into the gazebo together.

However, the violent earthquake was only the beginning, without giving them any chance to react, the intensity doubled in an instant, the surrounding vegetation trembled and fell, the frozen water surface cracked, and the gazebo collapsed in a whirl!

Jiang Baizhou hugged Long Ying and rolled on the spot to avoid it. Long Ying almost lost his voice, and called him in a very soft voice: "Brother, the foundation of the upper city is integrated. There is an earthquake here, and the city may also..."

"How about it?"

"—it will collapse."

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Note: The ancient poems in this chapter are quoted, and the previous sentence comes from Li Bai.The last two sentences come from Bai Juyi.