Chapter 169: Third Mama, your waist is so thin! (6k)

And during these days, Zhou Qing also brushed up on quite a few ignore points intermittently.

Seeing Lu Yaoyao's face turn blue-green again because of the cold death aura, Zhou Qing waved his hand, and a wisp of Golden Crow flame covered her again, helping her dispel the cold.

"Zhou Shixiong, there are fewer and fewer people, when are we leaving?" Lu Yaoyao turned her head and asked Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing stood up smoothly after hearing this.

Indeed, there were fewer people coming here recently compared to before. The last time he brushed an ignore point was already two days ago, and that time only one point was added.

With a movement of his mind, the personal panel appeared before his eyes.

【Name: Zhou Qing】

【Age: Twenty-four】

【Cultivation: Nascent Soul mid-stage】

【Heart Method: Yin-Yang Art】

【Talent Skill: Daily Appraisal】

【Heart Appraisal Vision—LV4 (238/400)】

【Reduce Presence—LV4 (78/100)】

【Skill Fragment: 2/3 (Cannot be obtained)】

Looking at the data displayed on the panel, Zhou Qing was quite satisfied in his heart.

After all, as far as the current situation is concerned, at the entire Nascent Soul level, whether it is early stage or Great Perfection, there will be a 78% probability of ignoring him directly.

This is already a good hole card, and it was not in vain to spend this month here.

It's just that this last skill fragment is not easy to brush. It seems it still needs a good opportunity.

It's best not to be interrupted, and brush it out in one go.

"Let's go!" Zhou Qing looked around. There were only thirty-odd people left here now. After leaving a divine sense here, he took Lu Yaoyao and left.

However, they didn't go too far. Whenever there was absolutely no one left, that would be the time for him to act.

After all, this place had been explored by so many people before and after, and all of them had nothing to show for it. I think it won't be long before no one else will come.

"Zhou Shixiong, did you discover something?" Looking at Zhou Qing, who had a leisurely look, Lu Yaoyao reacted immediately, her face full of excitement, and asked hurriedly.

Zhou Qing just smiled without saying a word.

Lu Yaoyao was excited.

It's just that she didn't understand one thing. Since they were waiting for no one to be around before acting, why did they stay below for a month?

But Lu Yaoyao didn't ask much. She believed that the young father had his reasons for doing so, and she just had to listen to his arrangements.

In this way, another month passed, and the abyss below had long been empty, becoming exceptionally quiet.

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Zhou Qing took Lu Yaoyao down again and came to the stone wall.

"So it's really here!" Looking at the situation before her, Lu Yaoyao's eyes lit up, her heart full of anticipation.

However, for the sake of caution, Zhou Qing immediately inserted the Floating Pagoda Array around, just in case there was any situation, at least there would be a buffer.

But just as Zhou Qing was about to use his soul power to try to activate the ancient characters of the "Di Huang Jing," he suddenly shivered uncontrollably.

That was a feeling of ghostly coldness different from the death aura around, but a chill that revealed a different kind of weirdness.

The two's expressions instantly became stiff, and they looked at each other, secretly calling out something bad.

As they turned around, they saw a silver-haired woman wearing a veil walking slowly toward them not far behind.

Every step the woman took, a cold, bone-chilling ice power would emanate from her feet, instantly forming an ice crystal avenue on the ground.

And as she lifted her hand lightly, the formation flags of the Floating Pagoda Array that were hidden in the surroundings were actually pulled out by an invisible force, then landed steadily in her palm.

"The materials for refining the formation flags are rough, but the technique is exquisite. You, are you a formation master?"

The silver-haired woman's voice was crisp and pleasant, yet carried a bone-chilling coldness, speaking coldly at this moment.

Zhou Qing truly didn't expect that so much time had passed, and this silver-haired woman was still staying in the Shengwu Imperial Dynasty.

On the contrary, Lu Yaoyao had an excited look, and subconsciously shouted: "Third Ma—"

"Hmm?"

This sound made the silver-haired woman and Zhou Qing look at her in unison, their eyes full of doubt.

Lu Yaoyao, who had reacted, flushed red, and hurriedly explained in a panic: "I mean, Mom, sister, you are so beautiful, right, Zhou Shixiong?"

Zhou Qing's face couldn't help but twitch, feeling helpless in his heart, but at this juncture, he could only nod repeatedly, hurriedly echoing: "That's right, that's right, you are so beautiful..."

But just as he said this, Zhou Qing wished he could raise his hand and slap himself in the mouth.

Good fellow, unknowingly, he was almost led astray by Lu Yaoyao.

You, a small Nascent Soul expert, saying to a Soul Severance expert that you are so beautiful, to put it mildly, this is a sincere compliment; to put it broadly, this is naked teasing.

Isn't this a proper act of seeking death?

"That, the formation flags are from the elders of the clan, I am not a formation master," Zhou Qing gritted his teeth and told a lie with a stiff head.

The silver-haired woman just looked at Zhou Qing indifferently, with no joy or anger visible in her eyes, then said slowly: "Since that's the case, you are useless."

As soon as the words fell, a massive, vast cold air suddenly surged from her body, instantly sweeping toward the entire abyss.

In the blink of an eye, the entire abyss turned into a giant ice cellar, filled with endless cold and deathly silence.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Qing's expression changed drastically, and he secretly called out something bad, hurriedly taking a step forward and firmly protecting Lu Yaoyao behind him.

Immediately after, he hurriedly bowed respectfully, his voice urgent: "Joke, the junior was just joking with you. I am indeed a formation master. If you don't believe me, Senior, please look!"

As he spoke, Zhou Qing's hands began to form seals rapidly. Only to see rays of spiritual power flowing at his fingertips. Following the changes in the magic formula, twenty spiritual seals of various shapes floated around.

Although Zhou Qing tried hard to squeeze out a smile on his face, he was constantly complaining in his heart.

How could he be so unlucky to run into her here? It's been almost three months, and you haven't left at all.

At this time, the silver-haired woman still had no extra expression on her face, just asking coldly: "How did you discover this place?"

"Actually, I..." Zhou Qing just wanted to explain.

"Think clearly before speaking, otherwise I don't mind performing soul searching directly!"

The silver-haired woman spoke again, her tone revealing unquestionable majesty, making one dare not have the slightest resistance.

Zhou Qing's face turned pale instantly, especially when meeting the cold, emotionless eyes of the other party, he only felt his throat dry.

If this matter wasn't handled well, he might just fold here today.

Subsequently, he hurriedly took out the piece of material with formation patterns he had dug out from the stone wall two months ago in a flurry.

Then, while handing it over, he told all his various conjectures at the time, as well as the strange angles he saw from the Golden-Winged Peng's silhouette, and so on.

"The junior felt the aura of restrictions here, so I thought about waiting for people to leave before bringing the little Shimei to verify it carefully. I didn't expect that we had just arrived, and you, Senior, had come."

Zhou Qing said cautiously, fearing that if he said something wrong, he would annoy this master who was not easy to provoke.

The silver-haired woman just watched Zhou Qing quietly. Under the expectant gazes of the two, she said slowly: "This is our third meeting, right."

Zhou Qing heard the other party's tone seem to have eased, and hurriedly nodded repeatedly, responding respectfully: "Yes, Senior."

"It can be considered fate. Since you are a formation master, perhaps you can really help me next." The silver-haired woman said.

Zhou Qing heard this and said hurriedly: "It is the junior's honor to be able to help you, Senior."

"Zhou Shixiong, you don't have to be so humble, treat her as your..." Before Lu Yaoyao finished speaking, Zhou Qing covered her mouth with a quick hand.

Subsequently, he looked at the silver-haired woman with embarrassment, hurriedly explaining: "Senior, please don't misunderstand. You have also seen that my Shimei's brain is not very good, always saying shocking things. Please don't take it to heart."

The silver-haired woman didn't say anything more, just flicked her finger lightly, and the formation flags of the Floating Pagoda Array that had been taken away by her flew toward Zhou Qing. Zhou Qing saw this and hurriedly reached out to catch them.

"Move aside!" She said coldly.

Zhou Qing didn't dare to delay, pulling Lu Yaoyao and hiding to the side rapidly.

Only to see the silver-haired woman moving her lotus steps lightly, her jade hand waving, and rays of light flickering, actually appearing many feathers of the Golden-Winged Peng out of thin air.

Although these feathers were stained with some dried blood, it did not affect them shining with brilliant golden radiance one by one.

It looked like they should have been snatched by her after the Golden-Winged Peng was suppressed and killed by the Old Emperor that day.

And at this moment, her gaze was cold, staring at the stone wall before her. Her hands began to dance rapidly, and rays of magic formula flew from her fingertips, falling accurately on those feathers.

Following the injection of the magic formula, the feathers trembled slightly, emitting even more dazzling light, and automatically stood suspended in front of the stone wall in a mysterious arrangement.

Looking at this scene, Zhou Qing sighed in amazement.

Needless to say, she must have also noticed the unusualness of this place long ago, but like him, out of caution, she didn't take action rashly.

Instead, she chose to lie in wait, patiently waiting for no one to be around, before preparing to take action to explore.

After all, besides the corpse-wax crow that day, there were two other Soul Severance powerhouses watching from the side, and no one dared to act rashly.

But the problem now is, since the other party is so cautious and careful, after things are over, will she kill them to prevent the secret from leaking?

Or will she be merciful and just erase their memories related to this matter?

But regardless of the situation, now the two can't fight and can't escape. If they anger her, she could just slap the entire Taiqingmen to destruction, and probably no one would dare to let out a fart.

"She should be the No. 6 blue ball, but she belongs to the cold-outside-hot-inside type."

"At the very least, in the Shenxu Tiangong, she is very enthusiastic, and she doesn't like the No. 4 green ball that was ready to pit me at the beginning. Such a person shouldn't kill two innocent people, right?"

Zhou Qing's thoughts spun rapidly in his mind, recalling their first meeting, when he said the portrait of the red token was seen at Ke Shu's in Haomiao Prefecture, the other party didn't even search his soul and believed it and left.

When they met for the second time, she had clearly already put a black snowflake in his body, but when she saw the humanoid demon race that escaped from the abyss turn into black blood, she immediately took back the black snowflake and didn't force him to go down.

And she kept mentioning the word "fate." Does it have anything to do with her?

Judging from these things, such a person's character should be fair and kind, right?

In the current situation, Zhou Qing could only rely on this little bit of understanding of her and pray silently in his heart that she would be merciful.

"Zhou Shixiong, I have a feeling that this sister is quite good, she has no killing intent toward us, you should boldly ask her name."

Lu Yaoyao transmitted to Zhou Qing quietly, her tone even revealing a hint of excitement.

Zhou Qing was speechless.

My aunt, we are almost losing our lives, where do we have the leisure to think about this stuff.

Even if you want to pick up girls before you die and be a romantic ghost, you have to pick the object and look at the situation. What time is it now?

"Really a newborn calf not afraid of a tiger, you'd better pray whether we can live to see tomorrow's sun!" Zhou Qing responded helplessly via transmission.

Lu Yaoyao pouted, unconvinced, then looked at the tall back in front of her with glowing eyes, not worried at all.

She even reached out and gestured at the other party's slender waist, couldn't help but let out a sigh of amazement, her eyes full of envy.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing was so scared he hurriedly reached out and pulled her.

Be careful that this Soul Severance powerhouse has eyes on the back of her head, and she might chop off your hand by then.

But no one noticed that the silver-haired woman who was constantly casting spells in front, the corners of her mouth beneath the veil, rose slightly because of Lu Yaoyao's envious little movements.

But this subtle expression was fleeting, and soon returned to a cold look.

Hum—

Just the next moment, only to see all the feathers suspended in the air, suddenly as if they had received some kind of power's traction, shot toward the stone wall in unison.

Immediately after, an ancient aura slowly emanated from the stone wall.

Subsequently, only a low rumbling sound came from within, and a golden vortex appeared before everyone's eyes.

The silver-haired woman didn't say anything more, walking straight into the golden vortex.

Lu Yaoyao saw this and followed without hesitation, stepping in. Zhou Qing wanted to reach out and pull her from behind but didn't catch her.

Sighing helplessly, things had come to this, so he had to bite the bullet and follow in.

The next moment, Zhou Qing felt a rich essence that was almost substantial rushing toward him, making every pore on his body relax, greedily absorbing the essence of heaven and earth.

Zhou Qing was full of shock. As he looked around, he was shocked to find that what appeared before him was a mountain cave that was not big, but in various directions around it, there were densely embedded no less than a thousand supreme-grade spirit stones.

Among them, there were hundreds of five-element spirit stones.

Such a shocking scene directly shocked Zhou Qing so much that he didn't recover for a long time. Is this the terrifying financial power of the Soul Severance realm?

Lu Yaoyao on the side was also shocked by the scene before her, her mouth wide open.

But unexpectedly, the silver-haired woman shook her head. As her footsteps fell, an invisible ripple suddenly expanded from under her feet.

And the scene that was shocking just now disappeared without a trace, leaving only the appearance of an ordinary mountain cave.

Even on the rough stone wall, there were faintly traces of mottled years.

The two were stunned.

Looking at the supreme-grade spirit stones around again, they found that they had long become empty shells. It turned out that everything they saw just now was an illusion.

Perhaps a long time ago, this place was indeed as seen just now, but now things had long since changed.

Zhou Qing was full of disappointment and emotion. He originally thought he could make a fortune.

Watching the silver-haired woman walk deeper into the mountain cave, Zhou Qing hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Lu Yaoyao.

"Why follow so closely? Sometimes in this kind of place, taking one more step and seeing things you shouldn't see, that will kill people!" Zhou Qing warned seriously.

Lu Yaoyao chuckled, knowing she had been reckless just now, so she had to apologize to Zhou Qing repeatedly, then obediently followed behind him, not daring to act rashly again.

Not long after, the three saw a stone platform appear not far ahead.

And on that stone platform, there were three jade bottles of different colors, a seemingly quite ancient animal skin scroll, and a beautifully styled storage bag.

However, around the stone platform, there was a restriction interwoven with five colors, emitting a faint light.

Within the light, there were also many powerful and complex runes slowly flowing.

Zhou Qing's heart was shocked again. This was the second five-colored restriction formation he had seen besides Second Granduncle's five-colored altar.

And even after so many years, the surrounding supreme-grade spirit stones had been exhausted, but the formation on the stone platform was still operating, and it emitted an extremely dangerous aura, showing the extraordinary nature of this formation.

Just then, the silver-haired woman suddenly turned her head to look at Zhou Qing, her cold gaze seeming to carry a questioning meaning.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing hurriedly waved his hands repeatedly.

You think too highly of me. I'm just a first-level formation master. This thing is of such a high level, I fear no one in the entire Shengwu Imperial Dynasty can solve it.

No, it should be said that in this fourth-level cultivation nation, there has never been a fifth-level formation master, where would I have this ability.

But meeting the emotionless eyes of the other party, Zhou Qing felt a chill in his heart, so he had to force a smile and bite the bullet: "I... I can study it."

If he couldn't play a role at this moment, then why would people keep him?

"Just assist me!" The silver-haired woman's red lips parted lightly, her voice still cold.

After speaking, he saw her hands forming seals rapidly. In an instant, only to see countless spiritual seals emitting dazzling light flowing out from her fingertips.

Looking roughly, there were no less than ten thousand spiritual seals.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Qing's heart was even more shocked.

One must know that a first-level formation master needs to condense twenty different and relatively cumbersome spiritual seals, while a second-level formation master expands ten times on this basis, needing to condense two hundred.

A third-level formation master will expand ten times again, reaching three thousand, and a fourth-level formation master needs to condense ten thousand spiritual seals.

As for fifth-level to ninth-level formation masters, they are calculated by the number of increments such as fifty thousand, sixty thousand, until a ninth-level formation master needs to break through one hundred thousand spiritual seals.

Looking at this shocking scene, Zhou Qing never expected that this woman before him was actually a hidden fourth-level formation master.

So beautiful, and a Soul Severance powerhouse, and at the same time a powerful formation master. What kind of monstrous talent is this, and what kind of powerful family background does she have?

Even Lu Yaoyao was shocked by this scene, her face full of disbelief.

But soon it turned into worship.

Immediately after, she saw the silver-haired woman push forward with both hands, and a large number of spiritual seals wrapped the stone platform.

And the originally calm barrier also rippled at this moment.

Subsequently, she became more cautious, and the speed of manipulating the spiritual seals gradually slowed down, as if she were testing something.

After some attempts, finally one spiritual seal successfully merged into the stone platform, and the light of the two briefly merged together.

The light of the stone platform's spiritual seal also flashed slightly, as if it had recognized this foreign spiritual seal.

Seeing this scene, a trace of imperceptible joy appeared on the silver-haired woman's face, and then she continued to manipulate the next one.

Of course, it would also trigger a strong repulsive reaction. The two shone with light, and even produced some small spiritual power storms, stirring the surrounding air into chaos.

The whole process was like using the ten thousand spiritual seals she had mastered to echo the other party's from afar.

Zhou Qing, now as a formation master, also understood something. This is actually the safest and most effective way to crack such complex restrictions. The disadvantage is that it is particularly time-consuming.

After waiting until it was determined to be almost there, it is also necessary to use those confirmed spiritual seals to constantly rearrange until they reach a perfect state of fit with the other party's restriction.

It is better to crack it completely. If it cannot be cracked, the remaining parts can also be attempted to be destroyed by brute force.

Of course, the premise of doing this is to minimize the danger as much as possible, ensuring to the greatest extent that the precious things placed on the stone platform will not be damaged.

Time passed quietly bit by bit in this tense and long cracking process.

The two were surprised to find that fine beads of sweat had appeared on the forehead of the silver-haired woman who was originally cold as ice at some point.

But her eyes were extremely focused, constantly speeding up, letting her spiritual seals successfully enter the stone platform's spiritual seal system and merge into one, while some were bounced back, needing her to readjust and try again.

Until the end, the color of the barrier on the entire stone platform began to dim bit by bit.

"Master level!" I don't know how long it took, the silver-haired woman used up all her spiritual seals, her words full of regret.

Zhou Qing quite agreed.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the other party is at least a fifth-level formation master, controlling more than fifty thousand different spiritual seals.

And those who control between ten thousand and fifty thousand are all called fourth-level formation masters. Obviously, you are the lowest-level fourth-level formation master.

The combinations they can use are really too many.

(End of chapter)