Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 187

The bird was released a long time ago, but Zhao Yi still didn't show up.

Li Zhuiyuan was not surprised by this.

It is impossible for them to sit there doing nothing and wait for your call. Even if they want to come, they have to finish the things at hand. Even after receiving your message, they will assume that they will get the broken jade and make some arrangements in advance.

The tour groups from government agencies left on buses during the day, and the B&B became quiet again.

Before dark, Li Zhuiyuan returned to the house early and started working on today's seal.

Although he hated this job, he had to continue doing it. In theory, the later the broken jade exploded, the better it would be for him.

Li Zhuiyuan placed the exquisite and small compass next to his hand. While he was busy with the work at hand, he would occasionally look at the compass's calculation results.

The position of the corpse gas representing the third piece of broken jade began to move more frequently after nightfall, and there was no regularity in the direction.

This means that it is being fought over repeatedly, and every change of ownership is accompanied by a bloodbath.

The next morning, Li Zhuiyuan opened the door and greeted the sunshine.

There were a lot of people checking out, so we weren’t able to finish cleaning yesterday, so Fat Jin’s parents started working again early in the morning.

His girlfriend went home yesterday because her father was ill. Fat Brother Jin plans to buy some gifts and visit his future father-in-law in a couple of days after he finishes his work.

"Do you want to stay at the hotel? Please come in, please come in."

When Fat Jin saw four people standing at the door of the front room, he immediately came out to greet them.

His homestay is somewhat remote, neither in the city nor in the ancient city or town. Apart from actively looking for travel agencies to take orders and solicit customers on weekdays, the only ones who can find the door on their own are friends and relatives introduced by old customers. Such guests need to be received more warmly, and word of mouth is the key.

However, no matter how warmly he invited them, the four people just stood outside the line between the floor tiles and the dirt road at the door and did not move a step inside.

Fat Brother Jin was a little confused. Even if he wanted to check the internal environment and room layout, didn't he have to come in and take a look?
He backed out and looked at his sign, thinking something was wrong there.

The four people outside the door didn't want to go in, but they didn't dare to go in.

Because if you take one more step forward, you will be restrained by the formation.

Moreover, this formation is of very high grade, with a very complex internal structure, and contains multiple suppressive effects.

The only shortcoming is probably that it is not covered or hidden, but displayed openly.

Of course, this may be intentional, as they don't want any youngsters to come in for no reason.

"Master, this is it." Sun Yan looked up at the bird circling above his head and confirmed it.

Xu Ming crossed his arms, his muscles bulging, and his bronzed look glowing in the sun. He said, "Master, are you trying to lead me into a trap?"

Behind Zhao Yi, there was another person standing. She was wearing a black robe and had a veil on her face. Judging from her figure, she should be a plump woman.

She said, "Don't go in. It's dangerous."

Anyone who can set up this kind of formation is definitely not a simple character.

A few mice ran out from the nearby field, came to Sun Yan's feet, and made a squeaking sound.

Fat Jin immediately took out a broom to drive them away, and hurriedly explained: "Don't worry, there are no rats in our B&B. We have been killing rats all the time, and we search and clean every day!"

The mouse was driven away by Fat Brother Jin, but what surprised Fat Brother Jin was that the girl was not afraid of the mouse that jumped in front of her feet. Instead, she turned her head calmly, put her mouth close to the ear of the man with the scar on his face and whispered in his ear.

Sun Yan said: People just died here, many people died, and no bodies were left. Shushu told me this.

Zhao Yi yawned, looked up at the formation in front of him, then threw his package behind him, which was caught by Xu Ming.

"You stay here, I'll go in and take a look by myself."

Sun Yan, Xu Ming and Shan Nu all leaned forward, trying to stop his impulsive action.

Zhao Yi's voice sank: "Be obedient."

The next moment, all three of them stabilized their bodies and stopped talking.

Zhao Yi walked into the homestay, and Fat Jin followed him to introduce the room types.

"My friend lives here, so go ahead and do your thing. If you want to move in, I'll find you to handle the formalities."

"Friends?" Fat Jin saw Li Zhuiyuan, who was sitting at the door of the room, waving at him, and then he understood, "Okay, then you guys chat, I'll go prepare some fruit for you."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Zhao Yi walked up to Li Zhuiyuan and smiled at the young man.

It can be seen that the boy is in good condition. He does not look as sick as he did the last time we met in Guizhou and he had to be fed medicine by himself.

Li Zhuiyuan pointed at his own face, indicating the scar on Zhao Yi's face, and asked, "Have you opened a bigger gap between life and death for yourself?"

Originally, Zhao Yi's gate of life and death was sewn on his forehead, but later he dug it out with his own hands. Now only a small scar mark is left, which is almost invisible.

But now, there is a deep and thick scar on the left side of Zhao Yi's face, extending from under the nose to the lips.

Zhao Yi unbuttoned the front of his clothes, exposing his chest.

The scar was not just on the face, but continued to extend downward to the neck and then to the chest, and finally to the heart, where it was wrapped with a layer of black cloth.

He peeled off the black cloth, revealing a bloody dent inside. Deep inside the dent, lay a palm-sized spider. The spider's tail was constantly expanding and contracting in time with its heartbeat.

Li Zhuiyuan lowered his head, took a sip of the flower tea that Fatty Jin had given him, and said, "So, you're dying."

Zhao Yi's heart was either dug out or almost broken. Right now, he was relying on this life-saving Gu to replace his heart, but this couldn't last long.

"Yeah, I'm dying, thank you for that."

Hearing the footsteps of Fat Brother Jin behind him, Zhao Yi buttoned his clothes back up.

Fat Jin put down a plate of fruit and said with a smile, "You guys eat."

Li Zhuiyuan asked Zhao Yi: "Did you book a room?"

Zhao Yi said to Fat Brother Jin, "Open four rooms, preferably all on the ground floor."

Fat Brother Jin quickly waved his hands and said, "No, that's not what I meant. I was just ordering some fruit to entertain my friends."

"Book a room, and then ask the three people outside to come in and tell them what I said."

"Okay, I'll help you open it."

Fat Jin trotted back to the front room.

Zhao Yi peeled the orange, put it in his mouth, and said while chewing, "I didn't make it to Guizhou that time. I ran into an ancient tomb of the Miaojiang Corpse Gu Sect and almost died. I was lucky enough to come back alive."

Li Zhuiyuan said indifferently: "What does it have to do with me?"

In fact, they were related. The old witch wave was supposed to be dealt with by Zhao Yi and I, but I handled it cleanly in advance.

This is equivalent to forcing Zhao Yi's wave to fail, and then the new wave will inevitably appear quickly and fiercely, and the risk factor and difficulty will naturally increase significantly.

Zhao Yi shook his head: "I understand. Anyway, you are a heartless person."

Li Zhuiyuan asked, "So, you shouldn't have come to Lijiang, right?"

"Yes, that's right. I wasn't originally in this wave in Lijiang. I found out about it myself, came over on my own initiative, and forced myself to join in this wave." Zhao Yi reached out and gently touched his chest. "I was anxious to rely on the merits of this wave to extend my life."

The merits of walking on the river are sometimes difficult to calculate specifically. They seem illusory, yet they are real.

Every time Tan Wenbin uses the ghost-controlling technique, he has to rely on the merits of each wave to replenish his life span, which is "visible to the naked eye".

Secondly, there are some invisible ones, such as the last wave in Guizhou:

Runsheng swallowed the Gu boy, Yin Meng got the Gu worm, and Tan Wenbin's two godsons ate the resentment on the mural, and they got the copper coin sword.

Even Lin Shuyou, every time he cooperated closely with Baihe Tongzi to fight the enemy, he could actually gain benefits. After all, as the chief officer and general, the main way to improve his current strength was to coordinate and connect with Yin Shen.

Zhao Yi couldn't wait any longer. With this life-threatening heart, who knows when he would suffer a cardiac arrest. So he couldn't wait to be caught in the next wave in the hope of finding a way to prolong his life.

Once he succeeds, there is a high probability that his life Gu will change due to some kind of coincidence, from an unstable state to a relatively stable state for a longer period of time.

Li Zhuiyuan looked at Zhao Yi and spread his hands: "Look, you really should thank me, because it was me who gave you the chance to live."

Without broken jade, you cannot be at the table, and you cannot be considered to have truly entered this wave. So where does the merit come from?

Zhao Yi put his hands on the back of the chair, crossed his legs, and looked like a cynical young man. He swayed his toes slightly and said:
"You are not sending me off, you are trying to divert trouble away."

"You don't know good people's hearts."

"Hey, do you have two pieces of broken jade on hand?"

Li Zhuiyuan said nothing and just drank his tea silently.

Zhao Yi continued, "There must be two. With your personality, you can't deny yourself the qualification to enter. Let me guess, one of them you can keep sealed, and the other one you can't suppress anymore. Do you want to throw this hot potato to me?"

Li Zhuiyuan remained silent.

"Do you know how fierce the fight was for the only piece outside because you hid two?"

Li Zhuiyuan put down the teacup.

Zhao Yi took the first step and picked up the thermos on the ground to fill his cup with water.

There have been many speculations about the fact that only one piece of broken jade emitted corpse gas, while the whereabouts of the other two pieces of broken jade are still unknown.

The most mainstream speculation is that the holders of the other two pieces of broken jade are still suppressing the corpse energy inside.

This is very unreasonable, because the first thing that everyone who temporarily obtained the piece of broken jade that was being fought over would do is to seal it, but they all failed.

But this is the most common-sense inference, because under the push of the river water, the three pieces of broken jade must be in Lijiang at this time. There are many outstanding people in the world, and what you think is difficult to do may be something that others have the ability to do.

The moment Zhao Yi received the message from Li Zhuiyuan, he knew that the young man had two pieces of broken jade in his hands!

Incredible things, when paired with incredible people, suddenly become normal.

He was not so naive as to think that Li Zhuiyuan deliberately wanted to help him, so he decided to give him a piece.

At least before they met, Li Zhuiyuan didn't know that he was dying and urgently needed merit to prolong his life.

Therefore, the young man was going to give this piece of broken jade away. It could be given to Zhao Yi or to a dog.

The newly poured tea was too hot to drink. Li Zhuiyuan gently turned the cup in his hand and asked:
"do you want?"

"want."

"Cooperate in the acting."

"After its corpse qi explodes, I will force you to hand it over to me in public?"

"Ah."

"I reached a cooperation with two other groups last night. We are going to hunt down the owner of the Broken Jade. We will kill the owner first, and then we will fight among ourselves.

After I received your message, I immediately betrayed them. Not only did I stand by and watch without taking any action, I also deliberately took advantage of a small accident to break the formation that I had been responsible for setting up, catching them off guard and causing heavy casualties.

The holder of the broken jade was still very surprised.

However, they did not keep the piece of jade in their hands until dawn.

The two teams that were originally going to cooperate, like my team, were considered to be rare teams that could have a say and reach a consensus on cooperation.

Therefore, these two teams must be eliminated first, otherwise they will cooperate to target me."

Zhao Yi had indeed made arrangements in advance as Li Zhuiyuan had expected, and had even thought that after getting the broken jade, the other party might cooperate to target his team.

"I can seal the broken jade you gave me once more, not counting today, to keep it going for another day. This is the time I give you to set up."

"Okay, I can help you attract firepower and be the first to come forward."

"Why do you always like to flatter yourself? The other piece I have can indeed be sealed for a long time, but without me, it will explode immediately. Even if you grab it, it will be meaningless.

One exposed piece of broken jade will cause a bloody storm, but two exposed pieces will reduce the pressure a lot. Pursuing three exposed pieces to reduce the pressure is not that important.

Furthermore, you have to consider whether you can have an extra partner when you finally sit down to work.”

Zhao Yi asked with some interest: "So, are you a qualified partner?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "You can't ask me this, you have to ask yourself."

Zhao Yi nodded: "Of course, you are."

What is the most important thing about a good partner…having a bottom line!

Zhao Yi betrayed his two partners last night and screwed them over. He doesn't think he is a person with traditional moral bottom line.

But he believed that the young man in front of him had it, provided that he did not plot against him and did not break any taboos first.

He had this feeling not because his ancestors had bestowed magical weapons upon the boy, nor because he had not taken action against the boy last time.

It was because the boy once said with a painful expression that he had done something stupid when he was being taken care of by him.

When dealing with the old witch, he could have avoided paying such a huge price, but in order to prevent the old witch from performing a blood sacrifice on the people around her, he went to the bottom of the lake in advance, which increased the difficulty of this wave for himself.

How should I put it? You may not be a clean person, but as long as you have a sound mind, you still hope that the people around you are great and upright.

There are certainly true heroes and heroes among the common people, but it takes a lot of effort to distinguish them. However, in Zhao Yi's eyes, although he couldn't understand why Li Zhuiyuan was like this, the young man was indeed following the orthodox path of the Dragon Kings of the Qin and Liu families.

To take a step back, even if we are forced to do nothing in the end and have to scheme against each other, then even if I lose to him, I won't feel so aggrieved, but will be more able to accept it.

Li Zhuiyuan tilted his head slightly, looked at Zhao Yi, and asked:
"Have you thought it through?"

"cooperate!"

Li Zhuiyuan nodded.

Zhao Yi asked: "What about the broken jade?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Don't you want me to seal you for another day?"

"want."

"Then I'll give it to you tomorrow."

Zhao Yi blinked.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Zhao Yi, you are also a qualified partner in my eyes."

Zhao Yi stretched out his hand to adjust his collar and said as a matter of course: "After all, I was also influenced by my ancestor, the Dragon King, and the family tradition..."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Because you are easy to control."

Zhao Yi: “…”

"Dodo dodo!"

Zhao Yi tapped the coffee table with his fingers and warned, "I think in order to enhance our cooperative friendship, we should at least say something polite, don't you think?"

Li Zhuiyuan picked up the teacup, blew on it, and shook his head:
"One reason you can rest assured to cooperate with me is that you feel you don't have the confidence to control me, which will make you behave yourself and save you a lot of trouble."

"Clap clap clap!"

Zhao Yi slapped the coffee table with his palm and asked:
"How many flower cakes have you eaten recently? Your mouth looks like it's covered in honey."

At this time, Fat Brother Jin trotted over with four keys and handed the keys to Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi: “Hmm?”

Fat Brother Jin said somewhat embarrassedly: "I called out several times, but the three outside still didn't come in."

Li Zhuiyuan deliberately curved the corners of his mouth.

Zhao Yi felt ashamed of himself.

Because Brother Fat Jin went to call them, they didn't know whether Brother Fat Jin was "faking the imperial edict", so they didn't dare to come in.

But from another perspective, even if Zhao Yi was trapped, his men should have rushed in to rescue him without hesitation... or they would have fallen into the trap and died together.

Of course, this is the most ideal "subordinate state".

Obviously, Zhao Yi's team is not ideal.

Everyone has their own thoughts. Once a major problem occurs to the backbone, the rest of the people will naturally consider dividing their luggage and returning to Gao Village.

Zhao Yi felt that he was being looked down upon. He stared at Li Zhuiyuan and asked, "Is there anything wrong with this?"

Li Zhuiyuan said calmly: "My people will come in."

No matter how rationally he warned them beforehand, even if there was little hope, Runsheng and Tan Wenbin would definitely come down to die with him.

Lin Shuyou...will do it too.

Yin Meng would, but that was partly because Run Sheng had already gone.

It's very interesting. I have no emotions, but I have a team that is willing to live and die with me.

But what about that old man? Why didn’t he come in?

Li Zhuiyuan asked, "Where is old man Tian?"

Zhao Yi's expression darkened. "In order to save me, he became completely disabled and was placed in the outer house of my hometown by me. I would go back to visit him after each wave."

"Oh, my condolences."

"He is just disabled, not dead. This result is good for him. He can enjoy his old age like an ordinary old man.

After the old man knew that he was useless, he became bolder and even dared to urge me, the young master, to get married and have a child so that he could help take care of it."

Li Zhuiyuan said with a painful expression: "Old man, it's always like this."

"How did you..."

Seeing the painful expression that just flashed across the boy's face, Zhao Yi pursed his lips and stopped talking. He turned to Fatty Jin and said, "Tell them for me, if they don't want to come in, get out now!"

Fat Jin: "Uh..."

After saying this, without waiting for Fat Brother Jin to pass on the message, Zhao Yi stood up and went out to call for help.

If someone really has the idea of ​​losing his mind, even if I call them back, the team will be divided and difficult to lead.

Zhao Yi went out personally and called the person in.

Li Zhuiyuan had met Xu Ming and Sun Yan. One was a body cultivator, the other a beast controller.

Li Zhuiyuan took a closer look at the masked woman and thought she should be a Gu Master.

Zhao Yi introduced: "The Holy Maiden of Miaojiang, the Mountain Girl."

The mountain girl saluted Li Zhuiyuan, and after the salute, she waited for Li Zhuiyuan to return the salute to her.

Li Zhuiyuan held up the teacup, bowed to her politely, lowered his head, and took a small sip.

The aura around the mountain girl changed, and she felt disrespected.

Zhao Yi shouted, "Back off!"

The mountain girl retreated, but she was still emotional.

Zhao Yi apologized to Li Zhuiyuan, "I'm a newbie and don't know the rules very well. Don't mind me. If it weren't for the life-threatening poison she cast on me, I wouldn't be alive now."

Then, Zhao Yi said to them: "Pay the room fee and go choose your rooms. We will stay here."

The three men withdrew.

Zhao Yi had come into contact with people around Li Zhuiyuan, and he could feel that the atmosphere of the youth team was very different from that of his own men.

Originally, he had Grandpa Tian with him, so he didn't feel any difference. But now, the guy who he always despised as old, useless and a hindrance has returned home to retire, and he began to miss him.

"By the way, where are your people? Have you sent them out to do the work? You trust me so much that you dare to stay here alone to welcome my entire team."

Having said that, Zhao Yi still felt that the young man should be nearby, perhaps hiding somewhere.

Because the young man had set up a formation here, his perception was compressed and blocked after he entered here.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Now that we've come to this, I won't be polite. Do you still have the medicine you left for me last time? Please give me another one in the same proportion."

Zhao Yi's eyes gradually widened, and he asked tentatively:

"So, your people..."

Li Zhuiyuan pointed to the three rooms on this side and said calmly:

"All of them fell down with serious injuries."

Zhao Yi's face began to turn red, and white smoke rose from his head.

Then, he stood up suddenly, punched the coffee table, broke it into pieces, and cursed at the top of his lungs:
"You're still coming!"

……

Zhao Yi paid the money for the coffee table to Fatty Jin.

Although Brother Fat Jin was reluctant to accept it at first and said it was a problem with the poor quality of his own coffee table.

Zhao Yi gave him the medicine.

It was Zhao Yi who personally gave the medicine to Runsheng and the others.

The medicine in Zhao Yi's hand is not unlimited. After all, it is a consumable product that is sold in large quantities.

Just like Yin Meng would spend a lot of time and energy to extract toxins from nature every time he traveled along the river, Zhao Yi's medicine also needed to be made.

In the past, it was Old Man Tian who did it. Now Old Man Tian can’t get out of bed at home, but he can still continue to pound medicine.

Just like last time, Zhao Yi had no good way to deal with the poison that Yin Meng was poisoned with. He could only take some pills for clearing heat and detoxifying and take them.

Li Zhuiyuan was not surprised at all. Even if Yin Meng personally detoxified Yin Meng, she had no good solution.

However, Zhao Yi suggested that Shannu, a Gu Master, should come and take a look at Yin Meng. She was also good at detoxification.

But this proposal was rejected by Li Zhuiyuan.

He could accept Zhao Yi giving him pills, but he didn't want that mountain girl to come into contact with his companions.

In the young man's eyes, the Miao girl was in an uncontrollable state and she was very worried.

Zhao Yi also knew this, and he also knew that Shannu liked him.

Although they were not in love to death, the mountain girl was indeed interested in him. He took advantage of this and made her leave the mountain village and follow him to the river.

The two stood on the rooftop terrace, leaning against the railing, admiring the surrounding scenery.

Zhao Yi actually knew that the boy must have really had a problem last time in Guizhou, and the situation this time was also real.

But compared to the last time, I have nothing to worry about this time.

Kill them and take the second piece of broken jade from the young man?
What does he want two pieces of broken jade for?

In the dark night, holding two searchlights to attract bees and butterflies, do you think you are not dying fast enough?
In the end, a piece still has to be given away. To whom...it seems that the boy who was killed by himself is the most suitable person to give it away.

To put it bluntly, now that he has the broken jade in his hand, he should consider the next stage of his entry.

Li Zhuiyuan listened to Zhao Yi telling him what had happened outside in the past few days.

For example, who killed whom, who was framed by whom, who cooperated with whom and then had an internal conflict...

These days, Li Zhuiyuan has been living in a homestay, enjoying the unique peaceful life in Lijiang.

But outside, there is real blood and gore.

For most people, Li Zhuiyuan heard their names, their families, and their sects for the first time. Before he had the chance to get to know them, they had already died.

After chatting, Li Zhuiyuan went downstairs to his room to set a seal on the porcelain doll.

During this period of time, Zhao Yi took his people and left the B&B.

They have to plan their escape route after getting the broken jade.

By eliminating the process of fighting, the escape route can be designed more calmly.

By the time Li Zhuiyuan finished sealing for the day, it was already past midnight.

When I opened the door, I saw Zhao Yi sitting at the door with a lunch box in his hand.

"Eat a little?"

The lunch box above contains chicken bean jelly, and the one below contains Lijiang Baba.

Li Zhuiyuan even let his companions eat the medicine he sent, so he naturally didn't mind the food.

The two of them sat in the porch and started eating.

"Does the seal take so long?"

"The seals set up by the first two owners were too inferior, and there was not enough gradualness."

"Hard."

"For the last time, I finally don't have to face it again."

"There is something I need your help with."

"Let me help you set up a few formations on your escape route?"

"Yes."

At this time, Tan Wenbin woke up, held on to the wall, and went out the door.

After seeing Zhao Yi, Tan Wenbin smiled and said, "Hello, our non-staff captain."

Li Zhuiyuan said, "Your Rehmannia Pills are really effective."

Zhao Yi: "Of course. All the men in our family start eating this when they become adults."

Tan Wenbin: "Are your men so unconfident?"

"Brother Binbin, you just woke up. Please take care of them here. I will go and help them set up the formation. I will talk to you when I come back."

"Don't worry, Brother Xiaoyuan, leave this to me."

Tan Wenbin had just woken up and was still very weak. He could not even walk, but he was the only one who was weak. The two babies on his shoulders were still alive and kicking.

Li Zhuiyuan stood up and was about to leave when his ears moved slightly. He said, "Ah You seems to be waking up soon. His breathing rhythm has changed."

Tan Wenbin: "I'll go see him."

"Ah."

Li Zhuiyuan followed Zhao Yi out of the homestay and went to the escape point they designed along the way.

During the time of Zhao Wuyang, the Dragon King of the Zhao family, the Zhao family's formation skills were very crude, but after so many years of development and learning, at least the attainments in formation skills demonstrated by Zhao Yi should not be underestimated.

Moreover, the formations Zhao Yi arranged were not meant to delay, block or conceal, but killing formations.

The formation stakes are buried deep underground. Once the formation is activated, the effect is often only for a moment, and all the effects are on the attack.

This kind of formation does not need to consider stability and sustainability, so it is quick to set up and uses simple materials.

Regarding the specific details of the formation, Li Zhuiyuan actually had nothing to adjust. He just stood in front of the formation, holding the formation eye given to him by Zhao Yi, and then began to wave his hands around, binding the surrounding feng shui and weather conditions with the formation.

After seeing this scene, Zhao Yi opened his eyes wide.

The formation he arranged was full of craftsmanship, and the young man just casually added a touch to give it a certain charm.

"Is this... the inheritance of the Dragon King family?"

Li Zhuiyuan did not refute.

He actually learned this from Wei Zhengdao in his dream, but he couldn't remember how he learned it.

That forgotten dream was really strange. There was clearly no trace of memory, but it seemed like it contained everything I should have learned and all useful information.

"Why doesn't the formation in your B&B have this feeling...ah, are you hiding it?"

"Ah."

"You are so cruel."

"You're stupid. You didn't see it."

Zhao Yi raised his head, looked at the stars above his head, and laughed dryly: "Ha, ha ha."

He's used to it.

But he asked again out of curiosity: "Since your last name is Li, tell me, if you were not married to the Qin and Liu families, but to my Zhao family, then wouldn't my Zhao family be able to..."

"Then there's nothing for you, Zhao Yi, to do."

The corners of Zhao Yi's mouth twitched.

“But, that’s actually not bad.”

"It's almost dawn, stop dreaming."

The formations that Li Zhuiyuan helped Zhao Yi set up were upgraded one by one, which was equivalent to increasing the lethality of the formations by 20%.

It's not a dramatic improvement, but it works wonders.

This is because the pursuers are not ignorant. When they find themselves trapped in a killing array, they will make corresponding defenses based on their experience and knowledge. The 20% increase in attack power will most likely cause them to make empiricist mistakes.

After all, in the current environment of fierce competition for broken jade, everyone will consciously save their energy.

Zhao Yi knew better that simply running away was useless, and only killing could stop the killing.

As long as enough people die while chasing him, the rest will subconsciously fight for the other piece of broken jade.

When he returned to the door of the B&B, Zhao Yi said:

"Well, if I can no longer hide after fleeing outside, can I come back here and ask for your protection?"

Li Zhuiyuan said nothing.

Zhao Yi continued: "After all, we are partners, right?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "If I don't let you come, you won't come?"

Zhao Yi: "If I really can't hold on any longer, I will definitely come to you for help."

Li Zhuiyuan took out a stack of manuscript paper from his backpack and handed it to Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi took it and flipped through it. His eyes widened for the second time tonight and he asked, "How much do you despise me?"

The original high-end formation theory was broken down by the young man into a series of rigid and dull tiny squares.

For Zhao Yi, who is also proficient in formations, this is simply an insult.

But at the same time, he had to admire him, because he couldn't do this kind of chewing and decentralization to simplify complex problems.

"It will take some time for that piece of broken jade to explode. You should hurry up and follow my blueprint to help me build my formation."

The newly added formation also incorporates the special abilities of Zhao Yi and the other three.

Zhao Yi sorted the manuscripts and handed them to his subordinates, and said seriously: "Go and arrange them!"

"understand!"

"Know!"

"it is good!"

Lin Shuyou, who had just woken up and was walking with difficulty to the yard on crutches to sit down and get some fresh air, heard the chaotic response outside, and the corners of his mouth kept rising higher and higher.

Haha, low level!

Tan Wenbin passed by Lin Shuyou, reached out and patted his face a few times, and asked in surprise: "Did you get facial paralysis due to overdrawn from this injury?"

"Ah, no, I'm fine, Bin."

"Come on, drink the medicine."

"okay."

Zhao Yi and his colleagues were busy all night, while Li Zhuiyuan took the time to go to bed.

This time, he slept until noon the next day.

After hearing the news, Runsheng woke up.

And Yin Meng's poisonous insect also began to run around on Yin Meng's body, which meant that Yin Meng was about to wake up.

The Zhao family's pills are indeed effective.

Li Zhuiyuan decided that after this wave was over, it would be necessary to find Zhao Yi to order a separate batch of medicine.

You can exchange it for cute poison.

Alas, there was a doctor in his team, but the doctor went astray.

Zhao Yi has been busy until now, and finally finished his work, so he came to report.

"It's done."

Li Zhuiyuan closed his eyes and felt the formation. The young man was very satisfied.

He originally didn't think that Zhao Yi could complete all of it. It would be good enough if he could complete 50%, but Zhao Yi exceeded the task.

If I were to join Jiang's team with Zhao Yi, it would indeed be helpful, but this is impossible. Zhao Yi can bow to me temporarily, but he will never be willing to be inferior to others.

"Go and rest. The Broken Jade will break its seal and explode tonight. You still have a final period of breathing time before escaping."

"I say, aren't you afraid that I'll leave some loopholes in your formation so that I can come back easily?"

"You can stay and bet on whether I can find out. Also, bet on whether you dare to activate and believe these loopholes when you come back."

"Don't mention the word 'gamble' to me. I get nervous when I hear it."

"It's normal. People who can't afford to gamble are like this."

"Hehe, hehe."

When Zhao Yi turned around and prepared to go back to his room to sleep, Li Zhuiyuan took out an exquisite small battle flag and threw it to Zhao Yi.

The other party didn't even turn his head and just reached out and grabbed it.

This is the secondary flag that can control this formation. The texture on it echoes the texture of the formation itself.

Zhao Yi: "Don't be like that. I'm actually a little touched by your sudden response."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Don't get me wrong, I give this to you so that you can break the formation at night and create the desired effect. After tonight, I will modify the formation, and the flag in your hand will be useless."

Zhao Yi: "I say, is it necessary to be so cautious?"

"I'm afraid that you'll fail in your escape, get killed, and your battle flag be taken away, which will pose a safety hazard to me."

"Ah."

Zhao Yi held up a small battle flag and poked himself in the chest several times.

“Hiss…Ohhhhh!”

It seemed as if the giant spider had stabbed his heart, causing him to bend over in pain and gasp for breath, then he staggered back to his room.

Time passes little by little.

At dusk, Yin Meng woke up.

Li Zhuiyuan went to check on her condition. Just like the last time she was poisoned, her body woke up first and her eyes opened first, but her brain had not yet come back to its senses and she was staring at the ceiling numbly.

Runsheng, who woke up earlier, sat weakly beside the bed and encouraged her:
"It's okay. As long as the person wakes up, it's fine. If the brain is lost, it's lost. It's not of much use anyway."

Under Runsheng's kind words, Yin Meng kept blinking, and the frequency became faster and faster.

As the number of serious injuries increases, everyone has their own set of appropriate experiences on how to recover from injuries.

Fat Brother Jin came over to discuss with Li Zhuiyuan that his future father-in-law's condition seemed to be worsening, so he had to take his parents to the hospital to visit him, and there would be no one staying in the B&B tonight.

Li Zhuiyuan comforted him and told him to go without worry, saying he would help look after the B&B.

Fat Brother Jin took his parents and drove away.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't know whether this was a coincidence, but there was a high probability that there was a special arrangement in the dark.

I have to continue living here.

It feels really good to just sit there and wait for clues to fall into place.

The night is getting darker.

All the people on my side were arranged by me to sit on the terrace.

Although Runsheng, Tan Wenbin and Lin Shuyou woke up, their bodies had not yet recovered and they all held on to the railing to maintain their balance.

Then, under Tan Wenbin's adjustment, everyone showed a "calm and relaxed" demeanor.

But this momentum needs to go through a transformation process, into "panic, fear and dread."

This is easy to do. Just let go of the hands holding the railing and take a few steps back. With their current physical condition, everyone will stagger and look pale.

Yin Meng had not yet fully regained consciousness. She was made to sit in an armchair with her eyes open. There were bottles and jars on the table in front of her.

Tan Wenbin observed her and said, "Don't mention it, Mengmeng looks really scary."

Runsheng: “Indeed.”

Yin Meng blinked quickly.

Zhao Yi took his people and left the B&B. When leaving, he raised his head, wanting to have a tacit eye contact with the young man on the rooftop.

But the boy didn't lean out of the terrace for a long time. He just kept his head raised and walked out of the door of the B&B.

everything's ready.

Li Zhuiyuan took the ceramic doll in his hand.

It's finally time to say goodbye to you, you stupid thing.

"Click... click... click..."

The ceramic doll began to break into pieces at an increasingly faster speed until it finally shattered completely. Immediately afterwards, an invisible wave of air emanated from the broken jade.

If you take a shadowy approach, you can see a black smoke rising from here.

Before long, Li Zhuiyuan felt a stream of inquiring gazes beginning to converge here.

Continuing to wait, with the help of the detection part of the formation, Li Zhuiyuan was able to capture a series of figures, some distant and some close together, approaching here quickly.

The second piece of broken jade finally appeared after such a long wait!

However, more and more people gathered, but Li Zhuiyuan waited for a long time and still couldn't wait for the first wave to rush in.

Because no one is stupid, everyone knows how terrifying the formation set up by a person who can suppress the corpse energy in the broken jade for such a long time is.

However, this hesitation and waiting is destined not to last too long. When more people gather, they will soon charge forward collectively in tacit understanding.

The first to take the lead was Zhao Yi, his voice echoing in the night sky:
"Everyone, let's break this formation first, snatch the broken jade from his hand, and then we can fight for it!
I am Zhao Yi from Jiujiang,
Here is a sample for you guys first! "

Zhao Yi led his men and began to charge.

He held the secondary flag in his hand, and when he charged into the battle formation, he could destroy himself by himself, so the actual effect was close to nothing. However, the noise and light and shadow effects it caused were really quite terrifying.

In addition, under his instigation, more and more people around him began to rush into the formation. Zhao Yi was on the same side as them, but he deliberately mobilized the power of the formation to fight against them from his own perspective.

In the eyes of those who were charging into the formation, it seemed as if the formation had eyes and was launching targeted counterattacks against them.

It was under this kind of self-directed and self-acted performance that the formation arranged by Li Zhuiyuan was ranked much higher in everyone's mind than in reality.

This is exactly the effect the young man wanted. He wanted to make sure that while he stayed here for a long time, no small groups of people dared to come and disturb him.

But soon, Li Zhuiyuan also discovered that there were quite a few masters among this group of people.

There are many talented people in this world. It’s not just because you are smart or have opportunities.

Just like Xu Yijin buried there.

Even if it is myself, it would not be surprising if one day someone chopped off my head when I was feeling good about myself.

In short, two fists are no match for four hands. If I just sit here and get beaten, this formation won't be able to hold out for too long.

Of course, Li Zhuiyuan was worried about this, but the people outside were actually more frightened than him.

This is a homestay, not anyone's ancestral home. The temporary formation can be so strong. The person who set it up is really terrifying!
"Do you think you are the only one who understands formations? I, Zhao from Jiujiang, also have a formation inheritance!"

Zhao Yi's voice continued to be amplified outside.

His way is the normal way to become famous.

But Li Zhuiyuan still doesn't like this style.

If he could wave the formation flag right now and turn this place into a formation environment like the one inside Fengdu, and successfully trap and kill everyone here, then he wouldn't mind calling out his title as the heir of the Qin and Liu families.

You won't die if you shout out the name, so... it's quite boring.

Zhao Yi controlled the secondary flag, causing the formation to tremble violently. For a moment, it seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

Tan Wenbin whispered, "Back off."

Runsheng, Tan Wenbin and Lin Shuyou all let go of the railing, stepped back, and then staggered with pale faces.

Li Zhuiyuan also took two steps back and looked up into the sky with a serious expression.

Zhao Yi: "Hahahaha! No matter how well you arrange the formation, you are just a small group of people, how can you possibly stop us, the heroes of the martial arts world!

If you are sensible, I advise you to hand over the broken jade as soon as possible to avoid being dismembered and killed miserably!
After all, corpse qi and evil spirits must be killed!"

Li Zhuiyuan threw the broken jade in his hand, which had turned black, forward.

The people who were trying to break the formation outside suddenly focused their attention.

Li Zhuiyuan threw it towards Zhao Yi on purpose, and Zhao Yi himself was also controlling the formation to pull it in. As expected, the broken jade fell into Zhao Yi's hands.

Zhao Yi: This piece of jade is finally in my hands!
Li Zhuiyuan: Just wish you all the best. Good luck.

"Please rest assured, I, Jiujiang Zhao, will be responsible for suppressing these evil creatures and will never let them harm the world!"

After saying that, Zhao Yi took his men and ran away.

Li Zhuiyuan turned to control the formation, counterattacking those who were trying to break the formation, helping Zhao Yi delay time.

"Damn it!"

"brute!"

"Bastard!"

Angry curses came from all around.

But most people were too lazy to even curse and just chased after them.

After the people in the formation threw out the broken jade, no one thought about continuing to gnaw on this solid formation.

Everyone knew very well that before everyone rushed forward, so the formation had to be forced to defend, and everyone was relatively safe. But if a small group of people attacked, the formation would be able to counterattack calmly.

The area around the B&B soon became quiet.

However, Li Zhuiyuan could vaguely feel that there should be more than one pair of eyes still hiding in the darkness nearby.

Obviously, it is impossible to fool everyone with this trick. There will always be people who will be suspicious, and there may even be people who are proficient in formations and notice some tricks.

Li Zhuiyuan was not afraid of this, because mere suspicion could not generate sufficient motivation.

Li Zhuiyuan felt a sweet taste in his throat and forced himself to swallow it back, then raised his head to prevent his nose from bleeding.

The previous manipulation of the formation had already placed a huge burden on him, but he could not show it now.

He could be seen as being forced to hand over the broken jade under pressure from the group, but he absolutely could not let outsiders see how weak his team was now.

The young man looked at the starry sky above his head, and his voice spread out with the help of the power of the formation, and he opened his mouth to invite:

"The rest of you, if you are interested, you can come in and enjoy tea and stargazing!"

(End of this chapter)