Chapter 372

Hearing Duan Xueyi say this, the other three standing above the water pit were stunned for a moment, then slowly came to their senses.

Gao Yuyao nodded: "It seems that the water level of the Jinshui River has risen over these years, turning this place into a swamp. After this group of demon beasts occupied this place, they happened to build their nests near the water pool, and over the years of digging holes everywhere, they changed the terrain here beyond recognition, which also caused the water pool recorded in the hairpin to completely disappear from the ground."

"Not bad, the spiritual energy concentration here is indeed denser than in other places. Below, there should be a world of its own." Song Qingming also echoed.

"Whether it's here or not, we'll know if we go down and take a look. There should still be quite a few demon beasts underwater. Two Fairies, why don't you wait on the shore first? Let this rough work be handled by me and Fellow Daoist Song first."

After hearing this proposal from Fang Wuqian, seeing that Song Qingming didn't open his mouth to object, Duan Xueyi and Gao Yuyao looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

After casting a water-avoidance spell to cover their whole bodies, Song Qingming and Fang Wuqian jumped into the water one after another and slowly sank downward.

After sinking two or three zhang deep, Fang Wuqian took out a white round ball the size of an egg from his body, and the pitch-black water pit all around immediately became bright.

Below this water pit, it was clearly much larger than at the entrance. The two looked around and soon discovered several bright lights shooting in from other entrances. Just as Gao Yuyao said, the water pits of various sizes in the vicinity were all connected after reaching below. It seemed that if there were no accidents, this was the place they were looking for on this trip.

"Fellow Daoist Song, it seems it really is here. Why don't we go below the water pool first to take a look, and after finding the entrance to the cave dwelling, we will call the two Fairies down!" Fang Wuqian used the round ball in his hand to shine below, discovered that he couldn't see the bottom of the pool, pondered for a moment, and directly stated his suggestion.

"That's fine, let's do as Brother Fang says."

Just as Song Qingming finished speaking and turned around, before he could take any action, a burst of water ripples suddenly came from all around, and a dozen-plus demon crocodiles that had fled earlier surrounded the two of them again.

These low-tier demon crocodiles had been easily scared away by Song Qingming and his group back to their nest when they saw the two leading second-tier demon crocodiles defeated on the ground earlier. This time, perhaps seeing that someone had invaded their nest, they didn't want to retreat again.

"Hmph! Truly overestimating yourselves."

Looking at these somewhat crazy demon beasts, Fang Wuqian sneered, raised his hand, and cast a spell to release a burst of water spikes, instantly piercing the heads of the few demon crocodiles rushing in front. The originally deep blue pool water immediately surged with a burst of deep red blood.

Seeing that Fang Wuqian had already made a move, Song Qingming naturally didn't stand idle on the side. Seeing him dodge a sneak attack from a demon crocodile, he immediately had a black short blade in his hand and easily chopped off the giant head of this demon crocodile with one slash.

Not long after, when Song Qingming put away the magic tool in his hand, only the demon beast corpses slowly floating to the water surface and the fish and shrimp attracted by the bloody smell remained in the water pool.

After Fang Wuqian saw that these demon beasts had been resolved, he greeted Song Qingming and went to the bottom of the pool a step ahead. Song Qingming didn't have a water spirit root in his body, so he rarely practiced water-attribute cultivation techniques. After entering this deep water, his escape speed was clearly a beat slower than Fang Wuqian, who was walking in front.

The two fell another dozen-plus zhang deep and finally reached the bottom of the pool. This dark, sunless underwater finally welcomed a trace of long-lost light.

The bottom of the water pool was not as large as above, only seven or eight zhang wide. After the two walked half a circle on the bottom of the water, they soon arrived beside several strange giant rocks piled together.

These giant rocks were piled in a corner of the pool bottom, forming a square shape. It looked quite obvious that they had been moved and placed by humans.

Song Qingming stepped forward to look carefully, then said to Fang Wuqian: "Fellow Daoist Fang, there is a formation here that seals the spiritual power at the bottom of the pool. The entrance should be here. Hurry and send a message to have them come down!"

Fang Wuqian nodded, took out a sound transmission secret letter that had been prepared long ago and sent it out. Before long, Duan Xueyi and Gao Yuyao also arrived at the bottom of the pool.

"Fellow Daoist Song, how is it? Have you figured out the origin of this formation?" Gao Yuyao saw Song Qingming and his companion standing beside a pile of messy rocks and immediately saw that there was a formation here.

Song Qingming turned around with a smile and replied: "The two of you rest assured. Although I have never seen this formation, I have also seen similar formations in a classic. As long as you give me more time to study it, it shouldn't be difficult to solve."

"Then I will trouble Fellow Daoist Song first." Gao Yuyao heard that Song Qingming was confident in breaking this formation and immediately felt relieved in her heart.

Duan Xueyi, on the side, saw this formation but didn't open her mouth to speak; instead, she walked directly forward and began to study it carefully with Song Qingming.

"Fairy Duan, could it be that you are also a formation master?" Seeing Duan Xueyi standing on the side looking without stopping, as if she also understood some of the way of formations, Song Qingming asked with some confusion in his heart.

"Hehe! I just have some interest in the way of formations and am not a second-tier formation master. Fellow Daoist Song, just go ahead and break the formation; no need to mind me!" Duan Xueyi glanced at Song Qingming and shook her head lightly.

Hearing such an answer from Duan Xueyi, Song Qingming nodded with some surprise and focused his attention on the pile of messy rocks before him, no longer minding her.

This formation, although it had some tricks, Song Qingming's formation level was not low now. As long as he didn't encounter those very difficult second-tier top-quality formations, other formations in his eyes, as long as there was time, could all be broken quickly.

After studying for several hours, Song Qingming finally decided on the method to break the formation. With the help of Duan Xueyi, who took the initiative to step forward to help, the two soon began to insert a set of formation flags into the mud around the giant rocks according to fixed positions with spells.

Although Duan Xueyi denied that she was a second-tier formation master, Song Qingming could still see that her formation level was not low and should not be far from a second-tier formation master.

After the preparations were all done, Song Qingming gathered the four at the formation and arranged directly: "Fellow Daoist Fang, in a while, use this formation flag to lock the spiritual energy in the northwest corner of the formation first. Fellow Daoist Gao, use the blue formation flag later to lock the middle position of the formation."

"Duan Fairy and I are responsible for moving the rocks in the middle of the formation. Everyone remember, absolutely do not touch the rocks in the formation with your own magic power casually. Otherwise, the formation's spiritual energy will be disordered, and it will be very easy to fall short of success."

Gao Yuyao nodded first: "Fellow Daoist Song, just command with peace of mind. We will definitely do our best to help and cooperate with you well!"

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