Chapter 694: Luo Shu?!

The teleportation room in Shuyu Study was also not big.

The floor, walls, and ceiling were all engraved with a large number of complex array patterns.

Sun Sun Lingtong walked out of the array and came to the only door.

He didn't push the door open immediately, but cautiously used stealing techniques to detect the world behind the door.

After performing five different detection methods in a row, he determined that the door was safe.

He took a deep breath and transmitted his voice to Unlike Ning Zhuo via spiritual sense: "Little Zhuo, I'm going to push the door."

Sun Sun Lingtong and Unlike Ning Zhuo had always been connected by Human Life Hanging by a Thread.

Unlike Ning Zhuo nodded in his heart and responded: "I am ready."

The big-headed boy was in the cave dwelling of Baoteng Cliff, fully focused.

Shuyu Study was his mother's cave dwelling before she died; Unlike Ning Zhuo naturally hoped that he could explore it himself. But reason made him make a more reasonable arrangement.

Sun Sun Lingtong's cultivation was higher than his, and he had mastered many stealing techniques; these factors made Sun Sun Lingtong a more suitable candidate for exploration.

In the battle of the Wangchuan Underworld, Sun Sun Lingtong even went deep behind enemy lines to the capital of a country, caused great destruction, and then left calmly. His achievement,

brought a huge impact to the altar battlefield.

Although he relied on his senior fellow apprentice Zeng Zeng Jide, if one were to put Unlike Ning Zhuo in Sun Sun Lingtong's position at that time, he certainly wouldn't have achieved Sun Sun Lingtong's performance.

Sun Sun Lingtong was suitable for exploring in the front, while Unlike Ning Zhuo was more suitable for backing up.

There was no one more suitable than him!

Unlike Ning Zhuo mastered the divine ability Human Life Hanging by a Thread, combined with the Psychic Realm, making saving Sun Sun Lingtong just a matter of a thought. Back then, in the White Paper Immortal City, even the Dao Field couldn't stop Unlike Ning Zhuo from saving Sun Sun Lingtong.

Of course, in Shuyu Study, Sun Sun Lingtong and Unlike Ning Zhuo were separated by array formations and prohibitions; whether this off-field rescue method could still be effective,

was a question.

But such a layout was already the biggest insurance measure.

Exploring Shuyu Study had risks.

In the message jade slip, Buddha Doctor · Meng Meng Meng Yaoyin did not reveal more inside information. Her state had reached the limit, and she could only choose to tell Unlike Ning Zhuo more important things.

She only told Unlike Ning Zhuo that there were many defensive means in Shuyu Study, and there were no means of bloodline identification, telling Unlike Ning Zhuo to be careful.

After all, when she left the Myriad Phenomena Sect, she didn't expect that she would give birth to a son.

After Sun Sun Lingtong pushed the door open, he entered a secret room.

In the center of the secret room, there was an array disk the size of a millstone, sitting on the ground, rotating slowly.

The disk body was carved from a whole piece of deep lake jade marrow, inlaid with three hundred and sixty water-pattern steel beads, with the connections between the beads revealing the trajectory of water flow.

More than a hundred array patterns extended from the bottom of the disk, some thick and some thin, like crystal-clear water veins, and like living roots rooted in the four walls.

Sun Sun Lingtong's eyes flashed with brilliance: "This is the array hub room that controls the entire Shuyu Study cave dwelling!" 【6

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Unlike Ning Zhuo was delighted: "In this way, as long as I control this place, I can handle all the defensive measures within the Jade-Rinsing Studio. No wonder Mother didn't explain too much in the jade slip."

Sun Sun Lingtong did not answer; he felt a trace of something wrong from the bottom of his heart.

He had always attached great importance to this kind of feeling that something was wrong.

Sun Sun Lingtong had rich experience in theft; whenever he felt something was wrong during a theft, it meant he had already learned some ominous information but had not yet fully understood it.

Sun Sun Lingtong did not rush to act, but instead observed carefully.

He directly activated his Heaven-Gifted Spirit Eyes, peered for a moment, and broke out in a cold sweat.

"These water-patterned steel beads are actually condensed forms of Water-Element Yin Lightning. Once triggered, the formation patterns will lock the entire room and seal off the space.

"By then, the intruder will have no place to be buried. No, the entire Jade-Rinsing Studio will be destroyed in an instant."

Unlike Ning Zhuo was shocked.

Sun Sun Lingtong wiped the sweat from his head and sighed: "Since Auntie placed the teleportation array in the formation hub room, how could she not have made precautions?"

"This is where I felt something was wrong!"

"If it were me, having set up a secret passage connecting to the outside world, I would also guard against the situation of an enemy following the passage to teleport into the Jade-Rinsing Studio."

"This formation disk has the function of identifying identities. Before I crack this layer and achieve a disguise, I absolutely must not touch it!"

Sun Sun Lingtong made his judgment.

His gaze swept around: "Next, I have to choose one from these six doors."

The formation hub room contained the formation disk for the entire cave abode. One small room was clearly an addition, containing only the teleportation array.

Apart from that, there were six doors distributed across the four walls.

Sun Sun Lingtong maintained his detection spell at all times and began to walk cautiously within the formation hub room.

Every two or three steps on average, he would stop, use a round of thievery techniques to inspect the formation patterns around him, and then take out various talismans and release them one after another.

His technique left Unlike Ning Zhuo feeling dazzled.

Unlike Ning Zhuo could not help but hold his breath, his body and mind in a state of tension.

He was naturally quite familiar with Sun Sun Lingtong. He knew that Sun Sun Lingtong had already brought out his full strength. In the more than ten years they had spent together, he had never seen him go all out like this more than five times.

Sun Sun Lingtong gave it his all, walking and stopping, sometimes even having to backtrack and take detours. It took half a cup of tea's time before he finally reached a door.

And from the time he started moving to where he stopped now, the straight-line distance was no more than twenty steps.

Sun Sun Lingtong informed Unlike Ning Zhuo, and after receiving a response, he pushed open the door.

The light from outside the door poured in, causing Sun Sun Lingtong's pupils to shrink.

Revealed before him was a curved corridor. The corridor was supported by twelve ice-crystal jade pillars, with invisible power holding back the lake water outside.

The fish and water plants of the Jade Lake outside the corridor were visible in minute detail; a school of fish swam past above, and the ripples stirred by their tails seemed to surge into the corridor. Sun Sun Lingtong and Unlike Ning Zhuo were both stunned by this unexpected sight.

Sun Sun Lingtong's heart was greatly shaken, and he transmitted his thoughts: "This is a Formation-Space Constructed Realm!"

Reminded, Unlike Ning Zhuo was also shocked: "I... I think it is."

The Formation-Space Constructed Realm is a superb formation-setting technique; a cultivator without deep attainments in the Dao of formations could absolutely not achieve this.

Unlike Ning Zhuo had already experienced a similar difficulty in formation-setting techniques, which was the Invisible Hub.

On the Black Cloud Battlefield, although Unlike Ning Zhuo found the formation hub, he could not destroy it. That was precisely the technique of the Invisible Hub!

Sun Sun Lingtong's attainments in the Dao of formations were deeper than Unlike Ning Zhuo's, and he was the first to recognize it. At this moment, he stared at the corridor before him, his eyes Dantian Shining, and he sighed sincerely: "This is the first time I have seen this formation-setting technique with my own eyes."

"It is already rare for a formation to construct an internal space. But the Formation-Space Constructed Realm can dismantle, shape, and reconstruct the internal space of a formation."

"Looking from the outside, the cave abode of the Jade-Rinsing Studio is just a hall at the bottom of the lake."

"But walking from the inside, this hall is recombined and constructed with the cave abode's formation, forming a wonderful state where the architecture and the formation are tightly integrated!"

"Little Zhuo, what level has your mother's attainments in the Dao of formations actually reached?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo's mouth was dry: "I don't know either. You know my situation, Boss. You have seen all the classics my mother left behind."

"Wait, why are you so sure, Boss, that this is my mother's arrangement, rather than the arrangement of the Jade-Rinsing Studio cave abode itself?"

Sun Sun Lingtong shook his head, very certain: "The status of the Jade-Rinsing Studio is about the same as the Rock Cave Abode; they belong to the top-tier cave abodes on their respective mountain peaks."

"But you have already been to the Rock Cave Abode; how is its formation?"

"Even the Jiugong Formation set up by Ning Ning Xie Tang is definitely weaker than the grand formation here in terms of grade and difficulty."

"This must be Auntie's handiwork!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo blinked, his eyes slightly red, and he sighed: "Sigh, if Mother had left some classics on the Dao of formations for me, perhaps my attainments in the Dao of formations would be similar to Shen Xi's."

Sun Sun Lingtong shook his head: "This was your mother's painstaking effort. If she had left behind profound classics, I fear it would have brought disaster upon you. After all, at that time, you were only a two-year-old child. Your mother would not have completely trusted an outsider like me."

Sun Sun Lingtong stood still.

He dared not move.

Such a corridor was definitely not for sightseeing. Beneath the beautiful scenery of the lake bottom lay traps and murderous intent.

Clearly, this was another anti-theft measure.

Sun Sun Lingtong observed for a full stick of incense's time before his brows furrowed tightly and he began to attempt it.

He stood on his tiptoes and took a small step forward with extreme caution. As his front foot stepped on the floor tile, ripples of water began to undulate across the surface of the brick.

Sun Sun Lingtong walked several steps, his trajectory crooked, and the ripples he created on the floor tiles became more and more numerous, forming a qualitative change.

Several water arrows were generated out of thin air and shot toward Sun Sun Lingtong in unison.

Sun Sun Lingtong could only dodge, retreating rapidly.

As a result, he triggered even more defensive measures; a stream of water attacked from behind him, wrapped around his waist, and bound him tightly.

Sun Sun Lingtong wanted to strike, but the water stream wrapping around him possessed the power of a restriction, preventing him from responding in time.

A life hanging by a thread!

Spirit-Connecting Mirror!

At the critical moment, Unlike Ning Zhuo immediately took action to save him, pulling Sun Sun Lingtong away from the scene and into the cave abode at Hug-Vine Cliff.

Sun Sun Lingtong had lingering fears: "This formation is so powerful! Little Zhuo, if you hadn't acted in time, I would definitely have been seriously injured."

Unlike Ning Zhuo: "Boss, you suffered on my behalf."

Sun Sun Lingtong waved his hand: "No, I have to thank you for giving me such an opportunity to steal and explore; it's really too exciting, hahaha."

Sun Sun Lingtong laughed loudly, his eyes bright and full of interest.

"Do you know? The more difficult the obstacles ahead, the more it stirs my desire to challenge them. Little Zhuo, let's study the formation in the corridor together."

Unlike Ning Zhuo nodded heavily.

The two brothers summarized the information collected so far and then discussed the formation in the corridor.

During this time, Unlike Ning Zhuo also took out the classics left by his mother, allowing himself and Sun Sun Lingtong to study them together.

Although the content of these classics was relatively basic and involved more mechanism arts, one could still see some clues from them.

After all, these were the works of Unlike Ning Zhuo's mother. From them, one could perceive the author's temperament, as well as her thinking habits and so on.

"Difficult, still too difficult," Sun Sun Lingtong sighed.

Although there were gains, there were not many.

Unlike Ning Zhuo: "We have to probe a few more times to figure out the formation layout of the corridor."

Sun Sun Lingtong's expression was grave: "I feel that the number of attempts cannot be too many. Auntie would not have set it up like this. Judging from the existing formation patterns, it is very likely that after triggering it a few more times, the entire corridor will be sealed off."

"At the very least, that is the case."

"What I am more worried about is that it will trigger the central formation disk and cause the entire Jade-Rinsing Studio to self-destruct!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo thought for a moment: "If that is the case, I am afraid we must improve our attainments in the Dao of formations."

Sun Sun Lingtong shook his head: "That's not reliable. The hundred arts of cultivation cannot be achieved overnight. A miracle like your previous Five Elements realm is quite rare."

Unlike Ning Zhuo sighed: "Sigh, let's try it out first and see."

His foundation in the Dao of formations was solid, and Sun Sun Lingtong's was even stronger, but the two brothers, joining forces, felt their own insignificance before the formation set up by Meng Meng Meng Yaoyin.

Sun Sun Lingtong clearly had a sharp tool like the Formation-Gap Shuttle, but he simply could not find an opportunity to use it—he could not find the flaws or gaps in the formation.

Using the Earth-Escape Technique to enter the mountain, the Formation-Gap Shuttle passed through the Thousand-Vine Cloud-Drinking Formation, and Sun Sun Lingtong entered the teleportation stone room.

Through the teleportation array, he entered the Jade-Rinsing Studio again.

Walking past the formation hub room, he still chose the same door as before.

Pushing the door open and entering the corridor, he and Unlike Ning Zhuo faced the same problem as before.

The corridor had not completely returned to calm; ripples of water were still echoing on the surface of the bricks. This was a situation that had not existed before, and it verified Sun Sun Lingtong's previous ominous guess—the number of times they could attempt this was not high!

However, just as Sun Sun Lingtong wanted to continue testing the formation, a thunderous explosion suddenly rang out.

"What's the situation?!" Sun Sun Lingtong looked up at the sky in shock and doubt.

He was currently at the bottom of the lake and saw the lake water shaking, forming turbulent currents. It was not just the Jade Lake; even the entire Cloud-Touching Peak was shaking.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was so nervous that he almost used his divine ability again to pull Sun Sun Lingtong back.

He was surprised to find that the Hug-Vine Cliff where he was located was also shaking!

"What happened?" Sun Sun Lingtong was the first to calm down; he could be certain that it was not caused by his side.

Unlike Ning Zhuo immediately dispatched Chef Lao to investigate the situation.

Chef Lao was also a newcomer and was not good at gathering intelligence.

Unlike Ning Zhuo also knew this, so after sending Chef Lao out, he himself sent a flying letter to contact Yu Yu Heyao.

Not long after, Yu Yu Heyao's flying letter arrived before Unlike Ning Zhuo first.

Yu Yu Heyao stated that he had also been startled, and then informed Unlike Ning Zhuo that a young cultivator named Niu Cheng was trying to find Ning Ning Xie Tang's formation treasure, thus triggering the Jiugong Formation.

The Jiugong here referred to the nine mountain peaks including Hug-Vine Cliff and Cloud-Touching Peak. Therefore, the mountain bodies of all nine peaks were shaking simultaneously.

At the end of the letter, Yu Yu Heyao expressed his speculation: Niu Cheng was gifted, and to be able to cause such a huge impact, he was likely about to succeed.

If Unlike Ning Zhuo wanted this formation treasure, Yu Yu Heyao expressed that he would do his utmost to help, to repay Unlike Ning Zhuo for saving his life!

Unlike Ning Zhuo wrote a letter to appease Yu Yu Heyao, telling him not to worry about this matter.

Chef Lao, however, had not yet returned.

Unlike Ning Zhuo had no guards by his side, and for a moment, he did not dare to focus on exploring the Jade-Rinsing Studio.

Meng Meng Meng Ye Hu and Fang Yuan Fang Yuan Yuan Dasheng were not yet repaired, and maintenance was very troublesome.

Originally, he relied on Chef Lao, but he had been sent out to gather news.

As for Qing Chi, Unlike Ning Zhuo would not count on a young girl with amnesia.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was cautious by nature and immediately sent a flying letter to recall Chef Lao. He also contacted Sun Sun Lingtong.

Sun Sun Lingtong sat cross-legged on the floor tiles, his eyes flashing with brilliance: "Little Zhuo, don't worry! I have already figured out the details of the corridor formation."