dmims Chapter 24 Shi Jing
Chapter 24 Shi Jing
"Fellow Daoist Jiang?"
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged scholar glanced at Wen Tianren and, seeing his mid-stage Core Formation cultivation, began to take him seriously.
"My name is Jiang Qing. I greet you all, fellow Daoists!" Wen Tianren said with a slight bow and a smile.
"My name is Xu Zhen. What I like most is to make many friends. I hope to exchange cultivation experiences with Fellow Daoist Jiang more often in the future."
After all, there are very few rogue cultivators among us who can form their core. Also, let me introduce these two fellow cultivators to you.
Both the middle-aged scholar and Mo Wu were sociable people. As they spoke, they naturally turned to introduce the man and woman to Wen Tianren and his companion.
The middle-aged scholar pointed to one of the male monks dressed in a gray robe and said:
"This is Fellow Daoist Jin Yan. His strength is renowned among us rogue cultivators. He once single-handedly killed a demonic beast of the same level in the stormy seas of the outer ocean."
Upon hearing this, Jin Yan simply nodded slightly, his eyes sharp as an eagle's. He didn't say much, yet he exuded a fierce aura.
"This is Fairy Shi Jing, a renowned array master on Red Moon Island."
With Fellow Daoist Jiang and Fairy Shi by our side, breaking this formation should be a piece of cake. Although we few are unfamiliar with formations, our individual strength will still be enough to contribute to breaking it.”
Xu Zhen introduced the female cultivator with a smile, emphasizing the words "Red Moon Island".
After listening to Xu Zhen's introduction, Wen Tianren looked at the other two.
He didn't recognize either of them, but the female cultivator was from Red Moon Island. Red Moon Island had a great reputation in the Chaotic Star Sea. The island lord was a Nascent Soul cultivator and was very skilled in the art of formations.
This female cultivator shares the same surname, Shi, as the island lord of Red Moon Island, suggesting a close relationship with him.
"Now that everyone's here, let me get this straight: I'll help you break the formation on the condition that I get one item from the spoils! Any objections?"
The female cultivator named Shi Jing was the weakest among those present, but she was arrogant and her voice was as clear as an ice spring, showing no fear of them whatsoever.
He spoke bluntly, asking to choose something first, which surprised Wen Tianren and the others.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit off, Mo Wu coughed lightly and quickly tried to smooth things over: "Haha, Fairy Shi is indeed quick-witted! Who doesn't know the name of Fairy Shi Jing of Red Moon Island? It's rumored that she received the true teachings of your brother, True Man Red Moon, and her mastery of formations is superb. With you taking action, how can this formation not be broken?"
Hearing Mo Wu mention his brother and praise him, Shi Jing looked up at the opposite cliff, appearing extremely pleased.
"However, the Fellow Daoist Jiang I invited this time is also here to break the formation. Why don't the two of you join forces to break this formation?"
"At that time, I, Mo, will make the decision. Each of you will choose one item; the one who contributed more to breaking the formation will choose first. The rest will be distributed among us. What do you all think?"
Mo Wu spoke to someone present, but his gaze was fixed on Shi Jing.
Wen Tianren was invited by Mo Wu himself, so he couldn't let him suffer a loss, and thus he spoke up.
"Alright, let's do it this way!" Shi Jing said after glancing at Mo Wu and Wen Tianren.
In her view, having studied formations since childhood, she was naturally not inferior to an unknown rogue cultivator.
Wen Tianren and the others nodded to indicate that there was no problem.
"Now that we've finished discussing this, Fellow Daoist Xu, let's take Fellow Daoist Jiang and Fairy Shi to the formation site first and see how to break this great formation," Mo Wu suggested with a smile.
"That's exactly right! This formation is truly formidable. The level-five Nascent Soul Beast that Fellow Daoist Mo and I were chasing was caught in the formation and disappeared without a trace."
"We attacked for a whole day and night, but we couldn't break the formation even slightly with external force. Instead, we exhausted all our magical power." The middle-aged scholar quickly agreed with Mo Wu's words.
After resting for a while, the group flew out of the island on their escape light and plunged into the sea.
The middle-aged scholar took out a deep blue pearl. With the help of his magic, a semi-transparent water shield rose around everyone, keeping the seawater out: "This is a water-repelling pearl. Although it is just a magic artifact, it is quite effective in repelling water and concealment."
The Jin-surname cultivator, who had remained silent until now, nodded and said, "Indeed, it's excellent. With this bead protecting us, our strength won't be greatly diminished in the water, and the low-level demonic beasts nearby won't notice us."
Wen Tianren and the others nodded in agreement. However, Wen Tianren had the Four Symbols Coiled Dragon Belt, which could ward off wind, fire, water, and dust. Even without the water-repelling bead, he could move freely in the water.
After diving along the island for about 15 minutes, the seawater ahead suddenly became blurry, and a pale blue curtain of water stretched out in front of us.
The surface of the water curtain was as calm as a mirror, with only a few tiny whirlpools slowly rotating. It seemed harmless and did not resemble any powerful formations or restrictions.
Mo Wu casually cast a spell at the water curtain, and the previously peaceful little vortex suddenly became like a ferocious beast that had been provoked.
It suddenly expanded and accelerated its rotation, swallowing the spell in the blink of an eye, before returning to silence, everything restored to normal, as if nothing had happened.
"Fellow Daoists, please be careful. If we hadn't seen that level-five infant carp beast being sucked into those vortexes, Fellow Daoist Xu and I might have been caught in the same trap."
"At first glance, this water curtain seems harmless, but as long as there is the slightest movement around it, those whirlpools will change, and even our attacks will be swallowed up and completely eliminated." The middle-aged scholar explained the power of the water curtain in front of him.
Seeing this, Shi Jing, who had initially dismissed the formation, became serious, but then her expression turned excited.
"Interesting. To be able to set up a formation with both water and wind attributes beneath the sea surface shows the high level of skill of the person who set it up."
Looking at the restriction before him, Wen Tianren nodded secretly upon hearing what the woman said.
This formation is indeed as the woman said, a formation with both water and wind attributes. However, with his current level, there are several ways to break this formation.
However, he didn't step forward first. He wanted to see if Shi Jing could break the restriction. If she could, it would save him a lot of trouble.
Furthermore, although this restriction is not simple, judging from the array formation skills of the person who set it up, Wen Tianren doesn't really believe that only this layer of restriction protects the cave. There must be an even more powerful array inside.
Just then, Shi Jing slowly descended from the sky to the edge of the formation and excitedly took out some strange magical artifacts, beginning to try to break the formation.
The first thing she took out was a mirror-shaped magical artifact, which she held above her head and shot a beam of crimson light towards the water curtain.
Before they even got close to the water curtain, the whirlpools seemed to come alive, blocking and eliminating the beam of light completely.
She frowned, then took out a few more array flags and arranged them around the water curtain.
Then, the formation was activated, and several array flags emitted a hazy blue light. Immediately afterward, the water curtain trembled continuously, as if it were about to be broken.
Just as Mo Wu and the others were eagerly anticipating the breaking of the formation, the water curtain suddenly contracted, and several formation flags were struck as if by lightning, flying away in all directions!
Even more terrifying, all the vortexes suddenly merged, transforming into a giant black hole with a diameter of tens of meters, its terrifying suction force devouring everything around it!
"Be careful!"
"not good!"
Everyone gasped in surprise.
Shi Jing had thought that the water curtain was about to be broken when she saw it finally start to move, but unexpectedly, a sudden change occurred.
Shi Jing was closest to it, and before she could react, she was pulled towards the center of the vortex by the suction force.
This caused Shi Jing, who had been cultivating on the island and had no combat experience, to turn pale instantly. She desperately tried to exert her spiritual power to struggle, but it was like an ant trying to shake a tree, and she couldn't break free at all.
The rebounding battle flags also attacked Shi Jing, and just as they were about to hit her, a flying sword cut them down.
Then, a purple mist appeared out of thin air, enveloping Shi Jing like a light veil, and the pulling force of the vortex just now disappeared.
When the purple mist dissipated, Shi Jing, still shaken, found herself back beside Mo Wu and the others.
Wen Tianren, standing to one side, held a banner, and all the dissipated purple mist surged toward that banner.
Clearly, it was Wen Tianren who saved Shi Jing just now.
Shi Jing, now recovered from her shock, bowed to Wen Tianren, saying, "Thank you, Brother Jiang. If it weren't for your help, I would have been in danger."
"Since we've come together to explore the ruins, it's only right that I lend a hand. Even if I hadn't, Brother Mo and the others had already done so, ensuring that the fairy wouldn't be in danger," Wen Tianren politely replied to Shi Jing.
"We really have to thank Fellow Daoist Jiang. It seems that this formation is more troublesome than we imagined. We still need to think carefully about how to break it."
Mo Wu and his companions were still shaken by what had just happened.
It should be noted that Shi Jing has a Nascent Soul cultivator elder brother. If he were to perish here, there would probably be no place for many people to hide in the vast Chaotic Star Sea. This made them have to be careful.
"Fairy Stone, watching you break the formation just now gave me some inspiration on how to break this formation. I wonder if I could try?"
After observing the woman's various formation-breaking techniques, Wen Tianren realized that although she was skilled in formations and had read many books on formations, she lacked experience. Therefore, he abandoned the idea of having her break the formation and asked her gently.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, please make your move. Fellow Daoist Mo Yan's array formation skills are superb, so he must have something unique about them." If it were someone else doing this in the past, Shi Jing would definitely think that this person looked down on her array formation skills.
However, since Wen Tianren had just saved her, she didn't hold it against him. Instead, she wanted to see what kind of person he was capable of.