Chapter 271: Did the 505 Formation Break the Laws of Heaven?

However, because the magic array was slightly complex, they could not quite understand it yet.

"Then you just need to put in a little more effort."

Someone offered absentminded encouragement while picking out suitable equipment for themselves.

"There are more than just magic items in the warehouse. There are also some alchemy materials."

The petite Witch flipped the Card in her hand to show Susi.

"Indeed, there are even quite a few of the materials you mentioned earlier, Diana."

Susi adjusted her glasses, then uttered a sentence that made Diana instantly jump to her feet.

"What?! Let me see! No, I need to head to the workshop right now!"

She jumped up, took one look, and dashed out the door.

When it came to research, they were all exactly the same.

"In that case, I will also go study the Clan Head's self-destruct magic array. Speaking of which, just as a reference, what kind of Familiar are you planning to contract, Susi?"

"Oh, that. It is nothing special. You guys know the one in the Gray Mist Swamp, right?"

When asked, Susi did not hesitate to reveal the choice she had decided on long ago.

However, the moment she named the creature, even the petite Witch standing right next to her quickly backed away.

"You are crossing a line!"

Watching the two women instantly retreat to the doorway, Susi looked deeply hurt.

"It is because your aesthetic tastes are too bizarre!"

"Exactly! Out of all the things you could choose, you just had to pick that."

"What do you mean by that? It perfectly complements my research direction! It is a matter of pure strength!"

"But right now, we are talking about appearances."

And so, the three of them struck up a heated debate in the room over whether a Familiar should be prioritized for its strength or its appearance.

Meanwhile, on Lan Qingyou's side.

Through the power of the Teleportation Array, Lan Qingyou arrived at the Cursed Corridor from the Golden Plains in an instant—or, to be more precise, she arrived at Jiang Lan's Empress Farm.

"Hey, did this 505 Formation break the laws of heaven?"

The moment she opened her eyes, Lan Qingyou saw a crowd of people staring at her.

Then, after getting a clear look at who exactly was present, she immediately burst into laughter.

The Stars, Ruan Qingyi; the Sun, Ingrid; the Moon, Shang Chuan; the Emperor, Gu Xiaobei; the Pope, Nemo; the Magician, David; Death, Li Huai; the Chariot, Orff; and the Wheel of Fortune, Esmeralda.

There was even Justice, Riesling, who had been constantly regretting missing out on the last event, and Judgement, Chu Yuan, who was usually stuck in his office handling official business.

That guy definitely knew no one would give him any more blood, so he had come to freeload.

Standing next to all of them was the owner of the farm, the Empress, Jiang Lan.

Compared to her profile picture on the Card, the real Jiang Lan looked much more kind and motherly.

And standing beside Jiang Lan was a woman Lan Qingyou did not recognize, who had a beauty mark near the corner of her eye.

"And this is..."

Facing this all-star lineup, Lan Qingyou did not feel the slightest bit of stage fright; instead, she chose to first ask about the unfamiliar woman.

After all, she knew everyone else, but she had never seen this woman before.

With a formidable enemy currently approaching, she had to ask and make things clear.

"Hello, Tower Witch. My name is Frena. I just joined Tarot Manor at Jiang Lan's invitation. I am the holder of the Lovers Card."

As she spoke, the woman pulled out her Card.

The back of the Card featured a winged woman whose wings connected to form the shape of a heart, perfectly highlighting the Lovers attribute.

The first impression this Frena gave Lan Qingyou was simply absolute charm.

If Lan Qingyou had to describe her, it would be an existence that radiated pure femininity, the literal embodiment of the word allure.

Forget about being named Frena; even if someone claimed she was Freya, the Goddess of Beauty, Lan Qingyou would have found it completely plausible.

Of course, that was assuming Lan Qingyou did not possess her Magic Eye.

"A charm talent?"

Lan Qingyou asked, feigning an uncertain and inquisitive tone. In response, she received a polite, smiling nod of confirmation from the other party. Frena showed absolutely no intention of hiding it and carried herself with remarkable grace.

"Frena is a breeding expert with incredible animal husbandry skills. She used to raise a large number of monsters," Jiang Lan explained. "Then she was targeted by the people from the 505 Formation and fled all the way here from a neighboring region, so I happened to take her in."

"As a result, when the 505 Formation chased her here, they decided they wanted to take me and my seeds away as well."

After they got acquainted, the Empress, Jiang Lan, offered a wry smile as she gave Lan Qingyou a brief rundown of the situation.

'Good heavens, this 505 Formation clearly intends to loot and pillage everything without sparing a single soul!' Lan Qingyou thought.

Lan Qingyou glanced around and noticed that everyone looked completely unfazed. Clearly, these guys had already learned about the situation before she even arrived.

Their reaction speeds were truly fast.

She had merely lingered in front of the Teleportation Array for a brief moment, yet they had all already teleported over.

"Hmm, wait a minute."

Lan Qingyou suddenly thought of an interesting question.

"What is it?"

"The High Priestess mentioned before that the flow of time here is distorted, right? So how are the Lovers and those 505 Formation members outside able to stay in a place like this?"

Lan Qingyou's words made the people around her pause in realization.

Especially those who had been in the dungeon at the time and heard about the anomaly here—they all turned to look at Jiang Lan with inquiring gazes.

"Because our current location is on the very edge of the Cursed Corridor."

"..."

The Empress's single sentence instantly silenced everyone.

'Sigh... it feels like someone just asked a completely pointless question. Now, who could that have been?'

"So, what is the plan? Do we start now?"

As long as she did not feel awkward, the ones feeling awkward would be everyone else.

Facing everyone's stares, Lan Qingyou, who had just arrived from the Golden Plains Adventurer's Guild, brushed it off completely and changed the subject.

"We can start, but before we do, it would be best to let the Wheel of Fortune perform a Divination."

Seeing Lan Qingyou eager to jump into action, Judgement, Chu Yuan, directly stepped in to stop her.

Have the Wheel of Fortune perform a Divination?

"Divination for what?"

Lan Qingyou looked at him in confusion.

"To find out where the blood on those guys is kept, of course. Otherwise, if we just kill them, how are we supposed to find it?"

"..."

'That makes sense. I have nothing to say to that.'

Lan Qingyou shut her mouth.

Meanwhile, under everyone's curious gazes, the Wheel of Fortune, Esmeralda, began her Divination.

Her tool for Divination was a Crystal Ball resting on a square cushion.

Lan Qingyou glanced at it and realized that, aside from being a world-class item, this Crystal Ball had nothing particularly special about it. At most, it was just an auxiliary tool to complement her talent, so she did not pay it any more attention.

The Wheel of Fortune's Divination talent could be used three times a day. Not only did it have a 100% accuracy rate, but the details of what she divined were also incredibly precise.

For instance, if she wanted to divine the exact coordinates of Lan Qingyou's Shelter, she could obtain them instantly.

It was truly miraculous. At least in Lan Qingyou's eyes, even in this magical world filled with mana, the sheer fantastical nature of this ability easily ranked in the top five.