Chapter 192: Seeing the Light of Day Again, Remembering Yao Yi

Liu Xia had recovered seven or eight tenths of his injuries and was already able to stand, but he did not know what he was thinking about, as he kept staring at Banxia without stopping.

Banxia was creeped out by his gaze and hid right beside Lingxiang, not daring to speak, while muttering to herself: Could this fellow have been frozen stupid? Why does he keep staring at me?

Lingxiang was also puzzled; could it be that when she was healing Liu Xia earlier, the Pure Spirit Water from the Water Spirit Pearl had entered his brain, causing him to become so strange?

She was extremely perplexed and hurriedly leaned in to whisper in Banxia's ear: "Did you offend him somewhere?"

Banxia felt deeply innocent and replied in a low voice: "He feels like I've offended him every single day; which time are you asking about?"

Ridiculous! She had gone to great lengths to save him, and who knew that the Array Formation would suddenly fail, leaving her still unable to process it even now.

Long Qi, seeing this, could not help but find it strange and whispered to Xin Yi: "Could this kid Liu Xia have taken a fancy to that girl? The two of them entered the Xuanwu Array together, so something must have happened."

Xin Yi, however, only smiled and said nothing.

Based on his own experience, something must have happened to everyone in the array, and since the two of them happened to enter the same Dharma Array, it would be strange if nothing had happened.

Actually, that was not necessarily the case; Xin Yi, Liu Xia, Zhao Wuyang, and Lu Ying had been affected by the magic power of the Four Symbols Array, but Banxia had walked in of her own accord.

Lingxiang had once said that Banxia's Eight Trigrams Plate had a significant origin; in reality, it was the Eight Trigrams Plate that Xibo Wenwang had once used.

Everyone knows that "Wen Wang was imprisoned and deduced the Zhou Yi," but few know its specific origin. Legend has it that in ancient times, Fuxi first created the Pre-Heaven, then Shennong created the Lian Shan, and then Xuanyuan created the Gui Cang. Wen Wang combined and organized these three to obtain the sixty-four hexagrams and three hundred and eighty-four lines; from then on, there were hexagram statements and line statements, known as the "Zhou Yi."

History is long and opinions vary; some say the Wen Wang Zhou Yi originated from the River Chart and Luo Script, but fundamentally, it never goes beyond Yin and Yang and the Eight Trigrams.

Therefore, Banxia's Eight Trigrams Plate is also known as the Wen Wang Eight Trigrams.

Do not underestimate this small plate; it can not only deduce the beginning and the end, but also seek good fortune and avoid disaster, set up arrays and perform witchcraft, and drive away ghosts and demons. It is not at all inferior to the weapons chosen by Chengkai and his group, and even the founder of the Yuanqing Sect, Wuwei Laozu, had used it for a period of time. Thus, when the Elders saw this small Eight Trigrams Plate at the time, they were truly quite surprised.

Returning to the Long Family secret chamber earlier, those four had all disappeared after being struck by the magic of the Four Symbols Array, yet no Dharma Array had ever appeared under Banxia's feet; she had been guided by the Eight Trigrams Plate and walked into the Xuanwu Array herself.

Although she did not know what the Wen Wang Eight Trigrams intended, she thought that cause and effect were destined by Heaven, and it had merely given a push.

The stone room finally stopped after slowing down for a moment. The group waited a while, and then they saw a door open at the Xuanwu totem; outside was actually the inner courtyard of the Long Family.

It seems the head of the Long Family must have entered the secret chamber this way; it was truly unexpected, and to think the group had gone to such great lengths.

"Is this the Long Family?" Zhao Wuyang asked after the stone door behind them closed.

The stone door was quite concealed; once it closed, vines crawled over it, and not even a trace of a mechanism could be seen. No wonder the group had not noticed it at all when they were searching the Long Family earlier.

Hearing him ask this, Banxia was somewhat confused: "What about the Long Family? Weren't we at the Long Family earlier..."

Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly stopped—since they were at the Long Family, they might still encounter Huiwu. It was because they were no match for him earlier that they had used a Spirit Travel Talisman to escape, accidentally entering the Long Family's secret chamber.

That secret chamber had blocked out the sky and sun, and the group had been trapped in the Four Symbols Array, so they had no way of knowing the time. Now, looking at the sun slanting to the west, it seemed quite a long time had passed...

She wondered if Huiwu had broken the Reverse Curve Array...

The seven of them hurried toward the courtyard from before, but in that courtyard, let alone Huiwu, there was not even a shadow of a demonic creature.

"Could he have broken the Reverse Curve Array?" Long Qi was full of doubt. By rights, when Huiwu left the Taishang Sect, his cultivation was only about the same as his own now, and let alone himself, even Xin Yi might not be able to break Lingxiang's Array Formation; how did he manage to do it?

Lingxiang was also greatly puzzled. Not to mention her own mastery of Array Formations, the characteristics of the Reverse Curve Array itself made it extremely difficult to break from the inside, unless...

Unless he had a helper!

Thinking of this, she hurriedly squatted down to examine the traces of the array technique on the ground, and it was indeed as she had thought.

"Everyone, be careful!" Lingxiang suddenly spoke: "There are others!"

Hearing this, the group immediately became vigilant. Xin Yi pinched his fingers and opened his six senses, probing every corner of the residence. However, apart from the few of them, there was no one else in the house.

"It seems they have already left," Xin Yi said, putting away his technique.

"Hmm..." Banxia also chimed in from the side: "The Eight Trigrams Plate shows a small auspicious hexagram; it seems there should be no major issues."

Only then did the group lower their guard.

Lu Ying stepped forward and performed a Daoist salute to the group with joined fingers: "Since that is the case, I shall take my leave here. This matter can be considered resolved, and I can provide an account to the Imperial Court. Moreover, this matter still needs to be reported to my master, so I will not delay any longer."

After all, Huiwu had also come from the Taishang Sect; she reckoned Lieyang Zhenren would still need to make some arrangements.

Thinking this, Lingxiang also returned the salute with joined fingers: "In that case, I will not keep you, Senior Brother, for a chat. The road ahead is long; I wish you a safe journey." As she spoke, she bowed: "Please give my regards to the two True Persons."

Lu Ying hurriedly returned the bow, and the group also bid each other farewell.

In front of the Long residence, watching Lu Ying depart, Long Qi felt a wave of emotion. Thinking back to when he wanted to join the Taishang Sect, if not for Lu Ying's incident, he surely would not have met Lingxiang. And only a few short months had passed since the Liangcheng affair; who would have thought he was already a disciple of the Yuanqing Sect? And within a few months, under Lingxiang's guidance, he was already at the Foundation Establishment stage of cultivation.

Time truly flies!

Huh? Liangcheng?

He seemed to have forgotten something...

"If you see Miss Lingxiang, please tell her this: The Suspended Thread Returning to Heaven is hard to return to, and the fool's dream is all for naught."

Ah! It was Liu Yaoyi!

Long Qi slapped his forehead hard, startling the group into looking at him, and Lingxiang frowned even more: This Long Qi, could he have gone to his own tomb and frozen his brain?

Seeing everyone looking at him, Long Qi felt a bit embarrassed, but since he was entrusted by someone, he hurriedly pulled Lingxiang aside and told her about meeting Liu Yaoyi in Liangcheng again.

Hearing Zhao Wuyang's confirmation from the side, Lingxiang's brows locked even tighter: Liu Yaoyi was merely a fox demon; even if her cultivation was high, how would she know about the Suspended Thread Technique and the Huitian Pill? Those were her mother's techniques and pills. And what was this about a "fool's dream"?

It seems the mystery here cannot be solved just by going to Yunmeng Marsh once...

Since that is the case, it would be better to go and meet this Liu Yaoyi again before heading to Yunmeng Marsh; she must have had some connection with her mother.