Chapter 99

Chen Zi Ya's eyes were already red, and her face was flushed with excitement. Obviously, her mind was running at high speed. At this time, Lin Zhangqing didn't dare to disturb her and could only wait quietly for her next instruction.

Because of Chen Zi Ya's excitement, their joined hands were gripped by her with great force. If Lin Zhangqing hadn't practiced body refinement slightly, she might have really scratched his skin! Fortunately, this process ended after about two hours, because they finally walked out of the range of the maze. On the contrary, Chen Zi Ya looked a bit lost.

Chen Zi Ya should have just verified some of her knowledge of formations in this super-large maze, and it looked like she had also comprehended some things.

But she had delayed for quite a while in the formation. However, since they were out, Lin Zhangqing couldn't care about anything else.

Hu Yunna and Zhao Mingxia were highly nervous along the way, fearing that something would go wrong and they would be teleported away. They were terrified. As soon as they came out, they found a place to sit and rest, obviously exhausted.

Lin Zhangqing hurriedly released Chu Yi from the spirit beast bag, let it fly to high altitude to cruise and provide early warning, scanned the surroundings with his divine sense, and after confirming that there was no danger, Lin Zhangqing also found a place to sit and rest.

Chen Zi Ya was sitting on the ground in deep thought, looking like her mind was still in the maze, and she wouldn't be able to recover for a while. Lin Zhangqing didn't disturb her and just treated it as a rest.

After a long while, Chen Zi Ya finally recovered, with an unconcealable smile on her face. It seemed that she had received some inspiration in the maze, and her formation skills had improved.

Lin Zhangqing smiled lightly, "Congratulations to Junior Sister for your improved formation skills. It seems you are not far from being a Second-Stage Array Master!"

Chen Zi Ya said embarrassedly, "Sorry, Senior Brother Gao and the two Junior Sisters. Just now, I seemed to be possessed. I could have walked out earlier! I made everyone suffer along with me."

Hu Yunna smiled lightly, "It doesn't matter, Senior Sister. We just walked a few more steps. This kind of opportunity might only happen once in a lifetime, so of course we couldn't miss it!"

Zhao Mingxia also said, "Yes, a once-in-a-thousand-year opportunity! If it were me, I wouldn't be willing to come out!"

Chen Zi Ya said again, "Many thanks to the two Junior Sisters for your understanding. This formation is at least a Fifth-Stage formation. Because no one has maintained it for a long time, its power has dropped to less than one-thousandth.

Only a part of the formation base is still running, and it can only exert some basic functions. It's really a pity! But there is also good news! This formation can at least block many cultivators who know nothing about formations, enough for them to stay inside until the ten-day time limit is up and they are automatically teleported out of the secret realm. This way, we will have fewer opponents to face."

When everyone heard this, it was indeed good news, and everyone was overjoyed, especially the two junior sisters, who were even happier, so they would be safer.

Lin Zhangqing calculated the time and estimated that they could still travel for two or three hours. Not wanting to waste time, he interrupted their conversation.

After telling them his meaning, everyone agreed to hurry up and travel. Still, Chu Yi provided early warning at high altitude, adhering to the same principle of not actively provoking trouble.

Although they had entered the center of the secret realm, the area was still vast.

Along the way, they could still see some ruins of buildings, but no one was interested in stopping to search.

These should have been visited many times by predecessors, and there would certainly be no good things left. It was better to go deeper to find the Ziyang Pool.

Even if they couldn't find the Ziyang Pool, searching inside would definitely yield more than these peripheries.

There were very few demon beasts in the center of the secret realm, and they didn't encounter one for half a day. Under Chu Yi's early warning, they avoided two waves of cultivators.

Moving toward the center, they traveled for more than two hours, and the sky began to darken. Chu Yi's early warning range was greatly reduced. After Lin Zhangqing discussed with the three junior sisters, they decided to find a place to camp and rest first.

They specifically looked for a relatively hidden place, then released the Purple Crystal Scorpion swarm. Chen Zi Ya set up a defensive formation, while Hu Yunna and Zhao Mingxia tidied up a place to rest at night.

Lin Zhangqing took out the jade slip given by Senior Chen Jieyi again and studied it carefully. He wanted to find clues about the Ziyang Pool again. He read it back and forth two or three times, and it all said that it was found suddenly, without saying what specific buildings or eye-catching signs were around. How did it feel like they were suddenly teleported there?

He gathered the three junior sisters, and the four of them sat in a circle. Lin Zhangqing shared his guess after checking the jade slip just now with everyone to see if they had any clues he didn't know. Hu Yunna provided a statement, saying she heard from her master: "You must be in a relatively core position in the center of the secret realm to have a possibility of finding the Ziyang Pool."

That is to say, no matter what, they must move toward the core position of the center. Then if everyone's destination was the same, there would be a life-and-death struggle when they gathered together!

Now they could only go there early to try their luck! He hoped that not so many people had found that place yet, and everyone had to be prepared for battle.

Because they knew they would arrive at the core area of the center of the secret realm today, the possibility of encountering battles increased greatly, so everyone didn't rest very peacefully, especially the three female cultivators.

Early in the morning, the three female cultivators got up and prepared. As soon as Lin Zhangqing finished his cultivation, everyone tidied up and set off immediately. They only wanted to be early and not encounter too many cultivators.

Today was already the ninth day, and it should also be the most important day. He hoped everyone would be fine!

They hurried toward their destination. When they approached the core position, the ruins of buildings around them gradually became scarce.

They had already avoided two waves of cultivators through Chu Yi's early warning. It could be foreseen that everyone would meet at the center position.

After traveling a long distance, they finally entered the core area, and Chu Yi's early warning became more and more frequent. Until they finally saw other cultivators in their line of sight, but fortunately, everyone was keeping their distance from each other now.

Until at a position more than a mile to the front left of Lin Zhangqing and the others, two cultivators suddenly disappeared into thin air. Lin Zhangqing couldn't believe his eyes and immediately contacted Chu Yi.

After confirming that two people had indeed suddenly disappeared just now, Lin Zhangqing reacted and knew that his guess was correct.

To find the Ziyang Pool, one must obtain teleportation to have a possibility of finding it.

He immediately told the three junior sisters about this discovery, and then the four of them rushed to the place where the two cultivators had just disappeared to check, confirming that there were traces of people passing by on the ground, and they suddenly disappeared here.

Lin Zhangqing asked the three to get closer, lest they be separated by a sudden teleportation, and then began to stick several defensive talismans on their bodies, telling the three junior sisters to start preparing as well.

He also took out the Thunder Horn and began to inject Five Elements spiritual energy into it. Under the control of Eight Hundred, it formed a Geng Metal Divine Thunder, held but not fired, and put a Qi Recovery Pill into his mouth.

He was prepared for a sudden encounter battle.

The group continued to advance and began to circle in the core area. After more than an hour, a wave suddenly covered the few people, and after that, the four of them disappeared on the spot.

In the blink of an eye, the four of them arrived at a valley, but there were quite a few people in the valley. Adding Lin Zhangqing and the others, there were already five or six groups of people, with as few as two and as many as four or five.

Everyone was located at the edge of the valley. In the center of the valley, there was a small pool, and there were twelve stone pillars around the pool, which seemed to be the formation base of some kind of formation. Could this be the Ziyang Pool? There were already seven or eight corpses lying around the pool, including those from the Qingyun Sect, the Heavenly Star Sword Sect, and the Zaohua Sect. Now no one dared to approach the pool anymore! Everyone was just deadlocked like this.

The atmosphere at the scene was heavy. This situation was either a melee until the end, with only a few people left to enjoy the Purple Spirit Liquid, or everyone cooperated, with each group allocated a quota, but now no one came out to take the lead.

(End of chapter)