Chapter 2353: These Words Sound Familiar

Listening to the words of this elder from Formation King Immortal City, everyone present was stunned.

How come these words sound so familiar? It seems Tianlin and Miao Qianqian said the same thing before.

Especially Hong Zun inside the formation, upon hearing this, he was completely stunned, staring blankly at this elder from Formation King Immortal City, and weakly asked.

"You can't find the formation eye and formation base?"

In an instant, the hope that had just arisen in his heart collapsed again.

If you can't even find the formation eye and formation base, what's there to talk about breaking the formation? It's just nonsense.

"My life is over," Hong Zun lamented inwardly.

This wayward disciple's method of breaking formations—could it really be this absurd? Even the elder of Formation King Immortal City can't break it?

Seeing Hong Zun's look of wanting to cry but no tears, his face ashen, the elder of Formation King Immortal City couldn't help but blush.

He is an Immortal-level formation master, having traveled all this way; if in the end he can't even break a formation set up by a junior, wouldn't that be a huge loss of face?

That said, the formation this kid set up is truly nefarious.

The formation's rank is indeed low, but it's also true that we can't find the formation eye and formation base.

Normally, to break a formation of this level, he would have at least ten methods.

But the problem is, for some reason, Hong Zun's life is now linked to this formation.

If the formation is broken, Hong Zun will likely die on the spot, so many methods become unusable.

The steady method is naturally to find the formation eye and formation base; destroy them, and the formation will naturally disappear.

This is the safest method, but the crucial step is to find the formation eye and formation base.

If you can't even find the formation eye and formation base, breaking it is just nonsense.

The elder of Formation King Immortal City's face looked somewhat grim as he looked at Hong Zun and said somewhat embarrassedly.

"Don't rush, fellow Daoist; I merely took a quick look just now. Let me study it thoroughly, and I will surely break this formation."

But this time, Hong Zun didn't say a word.

You can't even find the formation base and formation eye—what a pointless formation.

But since the other party came all this way to help, and out of respect for Tianlin's face, those words definitely couldn't be spoken.

However, deep down he no longer held much hope for this elder of Formation King Immortal City.

As a master, how could Hong Zun not know the methods of this wayward disciple?

Although the formation's rank is not high, it's wicked—its ways are completely twisted.

Perhaps it touches on some blind spot in this elder's knowledge, after all, this wayward disciple loved researching strange and odd things in the lower realm.

This is no longer a matter of rank.

Immediately, the elder of Formation King Immortal City began circling the formation, observing it left and right.

Walking back and forth, the onlookers' eyes grew a bit dizzy, and the more he observed, the tighter the elder's brow furrowed.

He would occasionally mutter under his breath.

"Strange, where is the formation eye? Without a formation eye and base, how can this be a formation?"

Having studied formations his whole life, this elder had never seen a formation without a formation eye and base.

This is the foundation of the entire formation; it simply cannot be missing.

At most, it's just hidden; he simply hasn't noticed it yet.

However, Xu Jie's formation is of low rank; even if deliberately concealed, given his attainment in formation arts, he shouldn't be unable to detect even a hint.

Moreover, he had previously asked Xu Jie whether he had deliberately hidden the formation eye and base.

Xu Jie shook his head.

"No, junior hasn't deliberately hidden these; this formation is merely a prototype, there's no room for that."

"Then when you set up the formation earlier, where were the formation eye and formation base located?"

Xu Jie also didn't conceal anything, pointing out one by one from his memory where the formation eye and base were located to this elder.

Yet following Xu Jie's pointers, the elder searched for a long time but found nothing.

"Are you sure it's here?"

"Right here; the junior remembers this formation eye most clearly—it couldn't be wrong."

"Then where did it go?"

"The junior doesn't know either."

"You.................."

Seeing Xu Jie shake his head, the elder of Formation King Immortal City twitched the corner of his mouth: "You set up the formation yourself, and you don't know?"

"How strange, this weird formation."

The two studied the formation from outside, while Hong Zun inside simply closed his eyes to rest his spirit.

"Out of sight, out of mind."

They kept circling for over an hour; even Ye Zhangqing returned to the canteen because mealtime was approaching, yet the two still hadn't found even a trace of the formation eye or base.

Even after the meals were delivered, the elder of Formation King Immortal City was still searching there.

"Senior, let's eat first."

Seeing that there would be no result in the short term, Tianlin, who brought the food, spoke up.

Upon hearing this, the elder originally had no interest—what time was it, still thinking about eating?

But just as he was about to speak, he caught a whiff of rich fragrance, and his index finger twitched involuntarily.

"This aroma................"

He unconsciously turned his head to look at the bowl of food in Tianlin's hand—just a simple home-cooked dish—but at that moment, the elder unconsciously swallowed his saliva.

"Slurp.................."

Well, never mind, let's eat first.

This food looks truly delicious; I can't help but be tempted.

And with a mouthful of food entering his belly, the elder could no longer stop.

Eating it is utterly exhilarating; this rumor is indeed true—Dao One Immortal Sect's Ye Zhangqing, his culinary skill is simply astonishing to heaven and earth, moving ghosts and gods.

In the Immortal Realm, none can compare with him.

I didn't believe it before, but now, having personally tasted this food's flavor, the Elder of Formation King Immortal City was completely conquered by Ye Zhangqing's culinary skill.

Who said this is a rumor? Isn't this clearly a fact?

Such food—who in the entire Immortal Realm could possibly make it?

In a gust sweeping away the clouds, a full bowl of rice was devoured clean in just a few bites.

Still feeling somewhat unsatisfied, but now there's none left; I could only reluctantly lick the empty bowl, and then leave it at that.

After the meal, the elder again pondered the formation, squinting his eyes as he sized up Xu Jie's formation.

I don't know if it's because he ate and his mind cleared, or something else.

As he watched, the elder suddenly seemed to notice something; a flash of brightness crossed his eyes, and he immediately sprang up, taking a few steps to reach the formation.

He reached out and lightly pressed his hand upon the formation, closed his eyes, as if feeling, capturing something.

Tianlin and Xu Jie couldn't understand this maneuver; they didn't know what he was doing, but they didn't dare disturb him.

The elder closed his eyes, sensed carefully, and then couldn't help bursting into loud laughter.

"Haha, I know now—it's like this, it's like this—wonderly, truly ingenious this design; how could I never have thought of it?"

Watching the elder unable to contain his ecstatic joy, Tianlin also didn't know what had happened, but likely the other side had seen the problem.