After returning to the village, start chasing the mountain from binding Emei

Chapter 997 The Wonderful Use of the Water Vein Map, The Mansion in the Maze!
Could it be that the aura I sensed was being released by the Bashe?

Bashe had seen Mo Yuan before, so it wasn't surprised. It shook its head. "As for my sense of smell, I'm not bad either. This fellow Daoist must have some talent for treasure hunting, right? Unfortunately, in this maze, under the influence of the laws, talent is useless..."

"No, something must be wrong."

Mo Yuan shook his head.

It was always confident in its treasure-hunting talent. It had just made a discovery. No matter how strong the maze was, it could only confuse its five senses. How could it possibly confuse its treasure-hunting ability?
It felt that something must have gone wrong, and immediately wanted to go in again to try.

Turning its head to look at Chen Yang, Chen Yang nodded slightly to it.

At that moment, the man and the mouse entered the forest again.

The snake didn't stop it. It had tried the same thing before, disbelieving in superstitions, but after trying many times and finding it futile, it would accept reality and feel at peace.

……

We entered the woods again.

As the thick fog rose again, Mo Yuan once again displayed its treasure-hunting talent. Its eyes shone with golden light, as if they could see through illusions, and it sniffed around with unusual seriousness.

Then, she resolutely led Chen Yang forward.

A few minutes later, unsurprisingly, they reappeared outside the forest and met the Bashe again.

"This……"

Mo Yuan's eyes showed a hint of frustration. At this moment, he had to admit that his treasure-hunting talent had indeed been fooled by the maze in the forest.

Bashe shook his head helplessly, "Let's go. The methods left behind by the Celestial Realm expert are definitely for defending against Celestial Realm experts. With our strength, it's indeed too difficult. The mysteries of the laws are beyond our comprehension..."

It had come full of excitement, thinking that with the help of the Mist Spirit, it was sure to succeed this time, but reality had already slapped it in the face.

It was quite calm on the contrary.

After all, it has experienced this outcome many times before.

However, Chen Yang did not move.

After emerging from the woods, he remained silent, as if deep in thought.

"Chen Yang?" Ba She looked at him.

Chen Yang was brought back to his senses by its call. "Senior, I just went inside a few times and made some discoveries. I'd like to go in again to verify them."

Bashe sighed helplessly, "Go then."

The saying "You won't give up until you reach the Yellow River, you won't turn back until you hit a wall" perfectly captures the spirit of Bashe.

Without hesitation, Chen Yang turned around and walked back into the woods.

Mo Yuan followed closely behind and went inside.

"Unfortunately, my cultivation is too weak. If I were at my peak, this illusionary formation might not be able to stop me."

Mo Yuan, still boasting and refusing to admit defeat, said, "Master, how about we try attacking the maze? Cut down the trees in this forest, maybe the fog will dissipate..."

"Don't mess around."

Chen Yang offered a reminder.

Although it is just a maze, and it doesn't seem to have any offensive capabilities at the moment, who knows if the person who set it up left any tricks up their sleeve? If we attack the formation and it provokes a counterattack, can they withstand the attacks of a Celestial Realm expert?

Mo Yuan choked for a moment and then fell silent.

"Follow me, don't fall behind."

Chen Yang's voice came, and then Mo Yuan saw Chen Yang walk forward.

It was somewhat taken aback. What had Chen Yang discovered?
With his treasure-hunting talent rendered ineffective, what other methods could Chen Yang possibly use?
However, Chen Yang's impression on it is often unexpected, and it might actually make some discoveries.

Just because others can't do it doesn't mean Chen Yang can't.

……

At this moment, amidst the thick white fog, Chen Yang closed his eyes, a map appearing in his mind.

Map showing the distribution of the Bailong River's waterways

The system gave Chen Yang the reward when he hunted the water monkeys earlier.

It hadn't been put to use until now, but Chen Yang suddenly realized that this thing might be useful.

After all, Dong'e Mountain is the source of the Bailong River.

The map shows the distribution of the water veins and energy of the Bailong River. As the source of the Bailong River, it is naturally shown on the map.

The water veins of Dong'e Mountain are quite abundant. As can be seen on the map, the water veins form a network like silk threads, converging from the mountain in a fan shape, and joining the river in the rift valley on the north slope. They then flow together at the foot of the mountain, becoming the source of the Bailong River.

The entire mountain is dotted with countless rivers, both above and below ground.

It's a natural reservoir.

Zooming in on the map reveals his current location, where the underground water veins are brimming with energy, appearing as large patches of mist.

This area is vast, forming a circular zone with twelve points around it where water vein energy converges, creating twelve vortexes.

Slightly to the east of the center of this area, you can see a region where the water vein energy is significantly denser.

Sometimes, you need to be flexible in using what the system provides.

Although it is just a map of the distribution of water vein energy, it contains a lot of information.

Take this maze as an example. To activate a formation, it must consume energy. For such a large formation to still be able to operate normally after so many years, its energy consumption must be absolutely terrifying.

But where does this energy come from?
Most of the materials used were locally sourced, such as water vein energy and earth vein energy. Although Chen Yang knew nothing about formations, he knew that Dong'e Mountain had abundant water vein energy, so using water vein energy to maintain the formation was a natural thing to do.

As for the earth's vein energy, it might be useful, but since it's not shown on the map, Chen Yang didn't consider it.

Without a doubt, the place where energy converges is the most crucial part of the formation.

The twelve whirlpools shown on the map, where the water veins converge, should be the base of the formation.

The convergence of water vein energy activates the array base, allowing the array to unleash its power; it is the cornerstone of the entire maze.

At this point, even though Chen Yang knew nothing about formations, he had already grasped the general outline of this maze.

What he can do now is find these twelve points and destroy the base of the formation. Once the base is destroyed, the maze should naturally be broken as well.

However, breaking the formation doesn't seem necessary.

The large water vein converging area in the middle of the map should be the center of the formation. If Ye Huai'an's cave is really here, it is most likely located here.

Although the surrounding thick fog made it difficult to move, the map still showed Chen Yang's real-time location, with a red cross next to it, which should indicate Mo Yuan.

Having both his own real-time location and the location of his target is tantamount to having real-time navigation for Chen Yang.

Even though I can't see the road clearly, I can't go astray if I just follow the navigation, right?

With the map open, move closer to the central area.

As he walked, Chen Yang noticed a problem.

Perhaps due to the laws governing the maze, even though the path was clearly straight, it quickly deviated noticeably from the map.

No wonder you end up walking out of the way. The laws distort your perception of direction, or perhaps they directly distort spacetime, making you think the road you're walking is straight, but it's actually winding, and you unknowingly turn back.

Without being able to discern directions, this maze is indeed unsolvable.

But now that Chen Yang has map navigation, it's like having a god's-eye view. He can simply close his eyes, shut down his five senses, and follow the navigation.

If the direction deviates, correct it in time.

Mo Yuan followed behind Chen Yang, but the way Chen Yang walked made it seem like he was leading it in circles. It even felt that Chen Yang had given up and was leading it out of the forest.

However, it didn't bother Chen Yang. It left when it was done with the maze. It had no way to deal with the maze itself, so it had no right to laugh at Chen Yang.

As you walk, adjust your route as you go, just keep an eye on the target location on the map and keep moving your position closer to the target location.

The whole process was inexplicably simple.

After walking for several minutes, the thick fog around us slowly began to thin out again.

Mo Yuan was slightly disappointed. It was a familiar scene; if nothing unexpected happened, he would be meeting Bashe again.

However, when the thick fog dissipated, the scene revealed ahead left Mo Yuan completely stunned.

"This is……"

What appeared before the man and the mouse was a vast flat area.

On flat ground, there is a circular river that is over thirty meters wide.

The river winds around a piece of land.

The land was probably the size of several football fields, covered with lush forests.

If the river weren't so narrow and the water weren't flowing, this place would look exactly like a lake with an island in it.

However, this island in the lake is far too large compared to the lake itself.

Looking back, all around were dense forests, the thick fog in the woods had dissipated, and now a thin mist clung to the trees.

This time, the Bashe snake was not seen again.

"Master, have we... really gotten in?"

Mo Yuan was overjoyed, realizing that they must have already passed through the maze and arrived at the center of the formation.

"I never imagined that Master was so skilled in formations. He could easily break through such an advanced maze!"

These words might sound like flattery, but at this moment, Mo Yuan was speaking from the heart.

The maze set up by the Celestial Realm expert is a formation with the power of laws. Even if the Celestial Realm expert came, he might not be able to break it. But Chen Yang brought it in.

Simply unbelievable.

Mo Yuan truly hadn't expected that Chen Yang would have such a high level of expertise in formations.

Is this kid even human? Even if he started learning from the womb, he's only in his early twenties. Learning these things takes time.

How can he possibly learn so many miscellaneous skills?
At this moment, Mo Yuan even wondered if Chen Yang might be some kind of old monster possessing his body.

Chen Yang simply smiled, offering no further explanation. He couldn't very well tell Mo Yuan that he had gotten in by cheating.

Sometimes it's good to maintain a bit of mystery and to let it retain a sense of awe.

Emerging from the woods, there was a grassy area of ​​about forty or fifty meters. The grass had a slight slope, and we slid down to the water's edge.

Chen Yang turned on the radar and probed towards the land and forest in the center of the circular river.

The interference persisted, and the transmitted images remained static.

Neither the primordial spirit nor spiritual power could probe the situation inside the forest. In this area, there was a very special force restricting the primordial spirit and spiritual power.

This power is probably what we call the law.

Chen Yang's level of understanding was insufficient to comprehend and capture this energy.

At the same time, Mo Yuan was also investigating the situation on the other side.

His eyes shone with a golden light, as if they could see right through the situation on the other side.

"There's a building in the woods, which should be the place we're looking for," Mo Yuan said.

Architecture?
The trees in the woods across the way were so dense that he couldn't see any buildings.

Could Mo Yuan's eyes possibly see through things?

Chen Yang nodded and then looked at the water vein map in his mind.

Although there are some red dots in this circular river, there are no red crosses or question marks.

A red cross represents the Creation Realm, a red question mark represents the Dao Realm, and a red dot represents beings below the Creation Realm.

In other words, there are no beings at the Creation Realm or above in this river.

Including the grove of trees across the street.

Because of the distribution of water vein energy, and the water vein energy is quite dense, it is also marked on the map.

As you can see, there are no signs of spiritual objects above the Creation Realm in this forest area.

There is no danger.

Without hesitation, Chen Yang summoned a swarm of bone-eating beetles, stepped onto them, and the swarm carried him swiftly across the circular river, flying towards the opposite bank.

……

-

Outside the woods.

The Bashe is still waiting.

Time passed second by second, and as expected, Chen Yang should be out soon.

Why is it taking so long this time?
It didn't believe Chen Yang could break through this maze. After all, it had tried countless methods over the years, but to no avail.

If Chen Yang breaks the maze, wouldn't I lose face?

Suddenly, the snake noticed that the thick fog in the forest was dissipating.

In no time, only a thin layer remained.

"This time, you should give up, right..."

Bashe muttered something to himself, then looked up and was immediately stunned.

no one?

No one came out of the woods.

It immediately dispersed its primordial spirit. Although it couldn't explore into the forest, the area around the forest that wasn't shrouded in mist was still unrestricted.

It assumed that Chen Yang had come out from another direction.

But the reality seems to be different.

Could it be that this kid really broke the formation?
Bashe is a bit unbelievable.

Is this kid really that skilled? He broke through the maze after only walking through the woods a few times?

"Roar!"

The serpent raised its head and shouted into the forest.

Now that this junior has passed through the maze, shouldn't he come back and give me a hand?
Do you think I'm going to steal your opportunity?
However, the vast forest gave it no response.

Bashe is getting a little anxious.

If it had hands and ears, it would probably be scratching its head in frustration right now.

Without a second thought, it immediately darted into the woods.

The fog that had previously dissipated rose again.

A short while later, the Bashe snake emerged from the fog again.

His eyes were full of doubt about his life, just like a primary school student who couldn't solve a problem.

……

-

In the formation.

Chen Yang arrived at the woods in the middle of the circular river, and Mo Yuan followed on his sword.

"Be careful, there might be danger."

Mo Yuan offered a reminder.

Chen Yang nodded slightly. Although the map showed that there were no high-level spirit beasts, danger did not necessarily come from spirit beasts or spirit plants.

It could also be poison, a trap, or a formation.

Although Mo Yuan had a keen eye, he couldn't guarantee that there were no dangers lurking in the forest.

Chen Yang was used to being cautious, so he didn't rush in. Instead, he followed the old rule and let the swarm of insects go in first to scout ahead.

Although this place greatly suppresses and interferes with the primordial spirit and radar, Chen Yang can still use the spiritual imprint left by the insect swarm on the Mountain Lord Seal to explore the situation around them with his primordial spirit.

Using their perspective, we can first explore this forest and try to eliminate any potential dangers.

After waiting for more than twenty minutes, thousands of bone-eating beetles marched in a carpet-like fashion, searching the entire forest.

Finding no danger, the swarm of insects flew back, and Chen Yang then led Mo Yuan inside.

The forest was very quiet. It was a mixed forest with all kinds of trees, but there were no birds, animals, insects, or even a mosquito. It lacked vitality and was like a dead place.

There is a small path made of bluestone in the forest. Over the years, the path has been buried by a thick layer of fallen leaves. Without using one's spiritual sense to explore, it is difficult to even find the path.

Once you get here, the mental map of the water veins becomes useless.

Following the road, after a short while, passing through a mixed forest, we arrived at a bamboo grove.

The bamboo forest was also covered with bamboo leaves, bamboo shoots and bamboo rhizomes everywhere. Nourished by the abundant water, the bamboo grew extremely lushly.

In the middle of the bamboo forest, there is a babbling brook. The stream flows through the forest, and the water splashes against the stones in the stream, making a melodious sound.

There is a small bridge over the stream, a blue stone bridge with a simple and elegant design.

After crossing the small bridge, deep in the bamboo forest, a mansion appeared before Chen Yang.

The red brick walls enclose a three-section courtyard.

The man and the mouse quickly arrived at the main gate. Before them stood a tall gatehouse with its vermilion gate tightly shut. A lot of fallen leaves had accumulated in front of the gate, falling and decaying repeatedly. However, the area within a ten-foot radius in front of the gate was spotless, as if it had just been swept.

Even the rooftops were spotless, without a single fallen leaf.

Above the main entrance hangs a plaque, but it must have been there a long time ago.

Could it be that someone still lives in this house?
The characters on the plaque are somewhat blurred, but they can still be made out as "Ye Residence".

Ye Residence?

Could it really be Ye Huai'an?

Ye Huai'an, the ninth generation mountain lord of Shushan.

Chen Yang's eyes brightened slightly, sensing that the possibility was very high.

The swarm of insects just came to investigate, but they didn't find anything suspicious.

However, to be on the safe side, he first went to the gate of the mansion and knocked on the door knocker.

"Dong dong dong."

"Dong dong dong."

I knocked several times, but there was no response from inside.

Chen Yang felt that he was probably overthinking things.

The reason the house was spotless must be due to some means, or perhaps some kind of law or formation.

Chen Yang wasn't very interested. Seeing that no one came to open the door, he immediately pushed it hard.

"crunch..."

The gate's rotor must have been idle for a long time, as it was making a screeching sound from the friction of its rotation.

rumbling...

The vermilion gate slowly opened to both sides, revealing a dragon-shaped screen wall. Passing through the hanging flower gate next to it, a neat courtyard appeared before Chen Yang.

It has an antique charm and a unique appeal.

There was a grapevine in the yard, and a swing hanging next to the grape trellis. Putting everything else aside, the original owner of this yard had some leisure and refined tastes.

(End of this chapter)