Heartless Phoenix Queen - C218

Murong Xiu was overjoyed when he saw the little deer on Zi Yuan’s body. “You’re really capable, Zi Yuan!”

“This is Qu Shuangshuang’s prey, not yours.” Zi Yuan replied snappily. Hearing this, Qu Shuangshuang also said arrogantly, “I found this deer, so I won’t give it to you to eat!”

Feng Lingxue gleefully received the entire deer from Violet Garden’s shoulder and began to peel it with a dagger.

Ziyuan said in admiration, “I didn’t expect you to be adept at bullying people!”

Feng Lingxue smiled and said: “I just found a wild bamboo forest over there and made a few water drains to store water. Our water sacs are all stored there, go and help me look at how much water we have stored, leave this deer to me.”

Without waiting for Violet Garden to get up, Qu Shuangshuang ran over to look at the water sacs and found that one of them was already filled with water. She then took it over. Zi Yuan poured the water in the water bag into a bamboo tube that Feng Lingxue made and placed it over the fire to heat up the water.

Feng Lingxue peeled off the hide and cut off the fawn’s four legs. Then, he used tree branches to hide the fawn and hung it over the fire to roast it. Zi Yuan had already scalded the pheasant feathers with hot water and cleaned the pheasant feathers. The pheasant was split in half and roasted over the fire.

Two hours later, they finally managed to eat the steaming roast chicken and venison. Although there was no seasoning, in the face of hunger, the natural aroma of the meat was sufficient to satisfy their taste buds and stomachs.

It rained all night, and when the first light of dawn came, it stopped. Mist began to rise from the forest.

In the evening, Feng Lingxue had already finished roasting all the venison. She made a package with the venison skin and stored the meat inside. Looking at the venison, seamed with needle and thread, Viola knows that he must have secretly overstepped himself in the night when everyone was asleep with his twelve-plated. Qu Shuangshuang was skeptical about Feng Lingxue saying that she used immortal arts to turn the deer skin into a bundle, but since she was still a child, she quickly stopped questioning how the deer skin became a bundle.

“This mountain is so large. If you were to search for it, by the time your Violet Garden finds Helian, there would probably be only a set of corpses left.” When they were ready to go, Murong Xiu splashed cold water on them.

Zi Yuan did not tell her that she had a map of the mountain range and knew where the army had disappeared from. In other words, she knew the location of the formation set up by Tang Ao.

So she ignored it and said, “I’ll find it.” He tied the tarpaulin to his body and carried the simple bow and arrow on his back as he continued his journey into the mountains.

Of course, Qu Shuangshuang was following closely behind her. Feng Lingxue held another iron chain and hung it on Murong Xiu’s chain. She held Murong Xiu’s hand like a dog and kept up with Zi Yuan’s pace.

The adults walked very fast. Initially, when Zi Yuan wanted to take care of Qu Shuangshuang’s legs, he slowed down slightly. However, Qu Shuangshuang soon discovered that she was able to keep up. The gaze with which the Violet Garden looked at her was especially complicated. In the end, she managed to convince this extremely powerful girl, and the Violet Garden carried her on its back and performed a Qing Gong as they flew forward. Naturally, Murong Xiu was led by Feng Lingxue.

In the evening, the two of them arrived at the valley where Helian had disappeared.

“This is where Helian disappeared.” Zi Yuan put down Qu Shuangshuang, who was on his back, and said affirmatively.

“Woman, you want to charge through?” Once Murong Xiu landed, he began twisting his body.

“Be a good boy!” Zi Yuan stopped him. “Can you see any formations set up here?”

“How am I supposed to check if I’m being tied up by you and my zhenqi circulation is restricted by your medicine? “Ahhh!” Murong Xiu complained as he sneezed. “Look, I caught a cold yesterday when I was so far away from the fire.”

Zi Yuan said coldly, “Feng Lingxue, take him and have a look.”

Feng Lingxue said with a wry smile: “You really did not spare any effort to order me ah.”

Zi Yuan raised an eyebrow and said, “I haven’t settled the score with you yet for the matter of you pretending to be unconscious for two days and lying to me!”

Feng Lingxue was helpless. She could only circulate her skills and bring Murong Xiu to investigate the situation in the valley.

In the time it took for three incense sticks to burn, the two of them had returned to their original spots. Feng Lingxue was clearly having a difficult time; she sat down and drank a few mouthfuls of water.

On the other hand, Murong Xiu grinned and said, “Hehe, I didn’t expect that brat Tang Ao would actually be able to bring out the Eight Lightning Formation! This kid is really smart. ”

“What sort of array formation is the Eight Lightning Formation?” Zi Yuan pressed.

“…” I know! ” Qu Shuangshuang suddenly interrupted.

The three adults looked at the child with infinite surprise. Such a strange thing, a ten-year-old girl, it was amazing that she knew.

Qu Shuangshuang unhurriedly drew a narrow rectangle on the ground before she started to explain the Eight Lightning Formation, “This formation is suitable for use in this kind of terrain. It’s called the Eight Lightning Formation, there are a total of four Formation Apertures, and all four of them have to remove the Formation Aperture at the same time in order to break through this formation. “If we enter the Eight Lightning Formation and the array is activated, then those who cannot break through the array will not be able to leave. They will only be trapped within the array and die.”

“Where is the core of this formation?” Zi Yuan asked anxiously.

“That’s not clear.” Qu Shuangshuang found a few smaller stones on the ground and said, “If you are a beginner of arrays, then normally, according to the traditional arrays, the core of arrays will be at these four locations. The Formation Aperture could be set up using traps or people. I think if it’s used in battles, it should be a troop of soldiers. ”

Zi Yuan muttered to himself, “Tang Ao can be considered a beginner, right …”

Murong Xiu sneered. “That’s hard to say. Tang Ao’s father really likes to study formations and stuff like that. It’s just that in the eyes of honest men, he’s an unorthodox person.”

Feng Lingxue, who had been silent all this while, opened his mouth and said: “When Qu Shuangshuang said that, Snow seemed to have also read about this kind of formation in a book. This formation is very flexible. Due to the fact that there are four Formation Apertures, the person who laid the formation was able to freely set up the Formation Aperture. ”

“In that case, if you want to break this formation, you must know where the Formation Aperture is?” Zi Yuan concluded.

“But, Violet Garden, how do you know where Tang Ao will set up the Formation Aperture?” Murong Xiu smiled. “I believe that Helian didn’t have the guts to enter this valley. In my opinion, he must have known that there was an Eight Lightning Formation in this valley. He thought he could accurately find the core of the formation, break out of the valley, and climb over Hibiscus Mountain.”

“Helian Lie dared to enter this kind of valley. He was indeed reckless.” Feng Lingxue sighed, “Even if there is no formation, this kind of terrain isn’t suitable for attacking.”

“If we want to cross the mountain as soon as possible, this valley is the only shortcut. Although there is a canyon on the other side that we can pass through, the terrain there is easier to defend and harder to attack.” Murong Xiu chuckled as he added, “If I were Helian, I’d choose this valley to take the risk.” It’s just that he probably didn’t think that Tang Ao’s Eight Lightning Formation wouldn’t be so easy to break! ”

“Qu Shuangshuang, can the Formation Aperture really be installed at will?” Zi Yuan, his brows tightly knitted together, was still thinking about how to break the formation.

“That’s not it,” Qu Shuangshuang answered loudly, “I remember my dad telling me, although the Eight Lightning Formation’s eye can be endlessly varied, it still needs to follow a certain rule to be able to be set up, otherwise, it won’t be useful.”

“What’s the change?” Zi Yuan’s eyes lit up.

“…” I don’t remember. ” Qu Shuangshuang replied, “My dad should know, but …” She looked at Murong Xiu, her eyes filled with hatred.

Murong Xiu didn’t reply. “I don’t know either. Don’t ask me.”

Zi Yuan didn’t know whether to believe or doubt Murong Xiu. Feeling helpless, she asked Feng Lingxue for help.

Feng Lingxue pinched the center of his brows, “I am really not good at formations, but,” He changed the topic, “I have one of my subordinates who might know a thing or two.” After he finished speaking, he jumped onto a big tree and blew a whistle.

The whistling sound was four long and two short. After a while, a faint four short and two long whistling sound could be heard. Thus, Feng Lingxue’s whistling became two long and three short, and the answering whistle became even closer. Before long, a petite girl dressed in revealing clothes appeared in front of the four of them.

“Your Maggie?” Murong Xiu asked with a smile.

“Yes, this is the second ranked Yun Ji.” Feng Lingxue introduced the girl, “Even though she doesn’t look that much older than Qu Shuangshuang, in reality, um, there really isn’t a majority. Today, she is 22 years old, a round older than Qu Shuangshuang.”

“Master, what are your orders?” Yun Ji completely ignored the existence of the others and only bowed towards Feng Lingxue.

“Eight Lightning Formation, do you know how to break it?”

Yun Ji raised her head and looked at the misty valley entrance. After a moment of silence, she asked, “The person who cast the formation, was it that masked man?”

Zi Yuan was astonished. “How did you know?”

Yun Ji coldly snorted, “This is a grudge between him and me.” She shot a cold glare at Murong Xiu, who felt that this was even colder than Violet Garden’s cold stare back then.

“Feng Lingxue, why isn’t this Mei Ji coquettish at all?” A cold shiver went down Murong Xiu’s spine.

“Hahaha!” “Brother Murong, aren’t you a good beauty?” Feng Lingxue joked.

Zi Yuan stopped their argument and asked Yunji how she was going to break the formation.

Yun Ji faced Zi Yuan and her expression became a lot more amiable. “The sky has darkened. It’s not a good place to break the formation. We’ll have to wait for the next day.”

Zi Yuan frowned. It had already taken them seven days to get from the Northern Yue to the Hibiscus mountain. Yesterday, they had wasted a day. From the looks of it, Helian had already been trapped in this valley for half a month. She silently prayed that Helian would be able to hold on for a little longer, and at the same time could only nod in agreement with Yunji’s suggestion.

Fortunately, it didn’t rain that night. The five of them split up the venison and wild chicken from yesterday, and each went to sleep with their own thoughts.

The sky had just begun to brighten when Yunji woke everyone up.

“I have just investigated the valley. The valley is covered in dense fog, so I don’t see the actual situation. There aren’t any Western Alliance troops lying in ambush. So I think that masked guy wants to use this formation to trap the Northern Desert Army to death.” Yunji’s petite face was filled with certainty.

“However, I have already found two Formation Apertures. Although I am not sure if they are real or fake, I am still very familiar with this formation. If you trust me, follow me in.” Yunji was already fully equipped and ready to go.

Qu Shuangshuang stood up first as she felt a natural sense of familiarity towards this Yunji who was not much taller than her. If one were to say that she felt that the Violet Garden gave her the feeling of a mother, then Yunji gave her the feeling of an elder sister.

“I believe you.” Violet Garden also stood by Yunji’s side.

Therefore, it was still Feng Lingxue who led Murong Xiu, the four adults and a child, into the Eight Lightning Formation in the Hibiscus Valley.