Chapter 440: Un-drawable Formation Patterns

No one had ever truly seen a phoenix.

Their judgment of the thing before them came entirely from their own cognition.

Even if they felt that it was nine times out of ten a phoenix,

no one could guarantee it for certain.

Furthermore, even if it were confirmed to be a phoenix,

what then? What were they supposed to do?

"Anyway, this barrier can only have two functions."

"One is to protect the things within the barrier from being harmed by outside forces."

"And the other is to seal the things within the barrier so that they cannot harm the outside world."

"If it's the first one, it's easier to talk about."

"If it's the second one, once we break this barrier, it might cause a disaster."

"And the first ones to be killed would very likely be the three of us."

Looking at the unremarkable little red hill before him, Zhao Long sighed, truly at his wit's end.

"We can't even open the barrier, and you're already considering what happens after we open it."

Beigong Yun was very helpless regarding Zhao Long's words and couldn't help but complain.

Regarding the current barrier, they couldn't even see it.

They couldn't see or touch it, so they had no way to think of a way to unlock it.

Let alone what would happen after unlocking it.

"Although we have no clues, we can't just give up like this."

"If this little red hill is truly just an illusion and there is indeed a phoenix inside, then this is too important for us."

Qin Feng was also unwilling to give up just like that.

Although there was no evidence to suggest that the phoenix was related to his mission,

regardless of whether it was related or not, this was a massive opportunity.

And he felt that it was very likely highly related.

Qin Feng's intuition had always been very accurate.

"Although you might have only suffered a backlash for an instant, besides the phoenix, did you see any traces of a barrier or spatial fold?"

Just now, after Qin Feng suffered the backlash, what he described was only the form of the phoenix.

But since there was a sealing or protective barrier, there should be traces of it.

Since Qin Feng's Eye of Truth could see the things inside the barrier, it should also be able to see the barrier.

"I saw it, and I remembered it. If needed, I can draw what I saw at any time."

Because Qin Feng hadn't intended to look for long—only for a few seconds—

he had focused his attention on everything before him from the very beginning.

He carefully recorded everything he saw.

Therefore, even though he had only looked for one second before being backlashed and forced to close the Eye of Truth,

it did not affect Qin Feng's ability to remember what he had seen.

This red hill was indeed a phoenix.

But this phoenix looked very painful.

It was shrouded in a huge, dense cage made of red patterns.

And these red patterns should be the formation patterns of the formation.

At the very least, in Qin Feng's field of vision, what he saw was not a spatial fold.

But a very complex and massive formation.

Or rather, a barrier.

"You remembered it all? You can remember it after just one look?"

Beigong Yun looked at Qin Feng in surprise. Even though he knew Qin Feng had high mental power, this was higher than he could have imagined.

Formation patterns—most people would feel dizzy or even faint after just one look.

To be able to remember them, one must possess extremely massive mental power.

Only then could one read these formed patterns as if reading a book or newspaper.

If Qin Feng could truly see clearly and remember the patterns before him, just how high must his mental power be!

"Hurry up, I'll forget it in a while."

Qin Feng knew nothing about formations and naturally didn't know this basic prerequisite for observing formation patterns.

But he also sensed the problem in his own words from Beigong Yun's reaction.

He hurriedly changed the subject.

Although what he said was also true.

His memory, although very high due to his mental power,

could remember seven or eight out of ten things after one look.

But for such massive and complex formation patterns, Qin Feng had only looked once.

Even if he had temporarily remembered them due to his high mental tension,

he couldn't guarantee how long he could remember them.

"Yes, yes, yes, hurry and write it down."

After hearing Qin Feng's words, Beigong Yun didn't care if it was a change of subject or the truth.

He hurriedly found paper and a pen, telling Qin Feng to quickly draw the formation patterns.

Paper and pens were things they naturally carried around in abundance, as they had to draw maps.

Qin Feng took the pen and hurriedly drew the formation patterns he remembered onto the paper.

The first and second strokes were fine.

But when Qin Feng drew the third stroke, forming a small circuit,

the paper under his hand suddenly ignited.

In almost an instant, it turned into a fireball and finally became ashes.

Blown by the wind, not even a residue remained.

And the pen in his hand also spontaneously ignited immediately after.

If Qin Feng hadn't thrown it away quickly, his hand would likely have been burned.

"Ordinary paper and pens cannot carry formation patterns?"

"What's going on?"

Qin Feng and Beigong Yun said in unison.

But the words they spoke were completely different.

Qin Feng reacted immediately that it was very likely that ordinary paper and pens could not carry a powerful formation.

They couldn't even express the ordinary form of it.

But Beigong Yun looked completely shocked and confused, as if he hadn't thought of it at all.

He hadn't considered that it might be a problem with the carrier.

After they both exclaimed, the two looked at each other in confusion.

Qin Feng's heart skipped a beat, feeling that what he had said might have been over the top again.

And Beigong Yun looked at Qin Feng in shock: "Didn't you say you don't understand formations?"

"I really don't understand formations," Qin Feng said with a calm expression.

After a moment of confusion, Qin Feng immediately adjusted his mindset and began to think about how to bluff.

"Then why did you say that ordinary paper and pens cannot carry formation patterns?"

"Do you mean that formation patterns cannot be drawn on paper?"

"But when we learn formations, all the formation patterns are drawn in books, and every formation is drawn very completely."