I began to understand the myriad things by chopping wood

Chapter 153: Formation, Mysterious Soldiers

With a loud bang, the cliff was cut in half by the knife, and the rubble on the cliff fell down, burying everything under the cliff.

Deng Wan smiled cruelly, waited for the falling rocks to stop, slowly approached, and picked up a few stones with his knife. Suddenly his face changed.

There was no breath of air in there, just stone.

He clearly saw those two people just now...did they escape?
Deng Wan suddenly turned around and looked around. The surroundings were quiet, with only broken rocks and forests.

No, that's not right!

One is seriously injured and the other is a useless person, it is impossible for them to be so fast!

He looked down at the box in his hand and found that the little bug was spinning around again, its tentacles pointing at the cliff ahead, but it seemed a little hesitant.

Deng Wan's mind raced with thoughts. He pondered for a moment, then suddenly moved and circled around the open space under the cliff.

Within a few minutes, his figure reappeared at the foot of the cliff, holding two formation flags and a porcelain bottle in his hands, with a solemn expression on his face.

"I actually entered the illusion array without realizing it. It's more troublesome than the previous one... As expected of a genius from the Beidushan Mu family. Amazing, amazing."

His face was as gloomy as water. At this moment, the insect tentacles in the small box were raised high, pointing to the top of the cliff, indicating that the two people went up from this cliff and then left.

It was just an illusion just now that caused me to destroy the cliff with a single blow of my sword, loosening the rocks on it and making it impossible to walk anymore.

This kind of arrangement is a big deal if you're not careful. The people from the Mu family are really difficult to deal with.

Deng Wan had no choice but to keep his mouth shut and quickly take a detour from the cliff to the top of the mountain, which wasted a lot of time.

On the cliff, in the forest.

Two overlapping figures flashed swiftly in the forest, but wherever they passed was silent, not even the wild animals or insects were alarmed.

Mu Chaoyun lay behind Xie Yuan, holding a Bagua plate in his hand. He watched the two white dots on it flash a few times and then go out, and said softly:
"He passed over the cliff."

Xie Yuan nodded silently, estimated the distance, and took a breath:

“It’s still getting closer.”

Mu Chaoyun asked Xie Yuan to stop, jumped off his back, then scanned the forest, made some arrangements, and then came back and jumped onto his back with ease:
"He is a master after all. He seems to have the means to track you... Why doesn't he leave? What are you standing there for?"

Mu Chaoyun saw Xie Yuan still standing there and patted him on the shoulder.

Xie Yuan's tone was strange:

"Miss Mu, I feel like something is wrong... Weren't you walking very fast when you were setting up the formation?"

Mu Chaoyun was silent for a moment, then said calmly:
"I need to recover, go."

Xie Yuan curled his lips and clenched his hands. Mu Chaoyun immediately pursed her lips, her cheeks slightly red, and then she felt him running towards her like the wind.

A vague voice came from below:
"It's not a solution to keep going like this."

Mu Chaoyun nodded slightly:
“No matter how small the formation is, he can always find the direction after he leaves. It seems that he brought a treasure with him this time.”

Xie Yuan said sullenly:
"Your Sky Hidden Technique is already extraordinary, how can they still track you? The Sky Hidden Technique should be extremely effective."

"Lu Lao San has a special skill, and Deng Wan is wealthy, so he must have some special treasures. My current level of Heavenly Hidden Skills is difficult for ordinary Grandmaster-level detection to crack, but these two have means beyond this level, so I am just unlucky... But if not, I would have gotten rid of them long ago."

Mu Chaoyun analyzed.

Xie Yuan frowned slightly:

"If this continues, I won't be able to keep up with him sooner or later. I won't be caught up by him sooner or later."

Mu Chaoyun's voice was calm:
"We can either just keep dragging it out and wait for a change of plane, or we can find a place and take over. What do you think?"

When Xie Yuan saw Mu Chaoyun asking for his opinion, he was stunned.

He thought for a moment and said in a deep voice:
"If I choose, running away is not an option. I should ambush him. But you..."

"Then let's do it."

Mu Chaoyun said directly:
"Go two miles further and stop there."

Xie Yuan was shocked by her decisiveness. After thinking it over, he said:
"Miss Mu, I don't know much about the Grandmaster Battle, so you should make the decision."

"Both are possible. I think what you say makes sense, so I'll listen to you."

Mu Chaoyun said lightly.

The distance of two miles passed in a flash, Xie Yuan stopped in the woods and put Mu Chaoyun down.

Mu Chaoyun took out a battle flag from his bag and waved it with his hand. An inexplicable aura attached to it.

"Take these, move three to the Kan position, one to the Zhen position..."

Mu Chaoyun commanded Xie Yuan.

Xie Yuan knew the Bagua Mountain-Shaking Fist and naturally understood the basic principles of Yi, so he assisted Mu Chaoyun in setting up the formation.

The cloth flag was only the simplest part. Mu Chaoyun handed it to Xie Yuan, who then kept drawing lines with an ink pen, digging pits and filling them with mercury, and painting on the surrounding trees. It took him a whole incense stick of time to complete the arrangement in a hurry.

Seeing that she had finally finished her work, Xie Yuan whispered:

"Miss Mu, what else do you need me to do?"

"You stay behind that big rock and help me keep an eye on the formation."

Mu Chaoyun clapped his hands and smiled faintly:
"Thanks to your care along the way, I have recovered a little. With the help of this 'Mountain and River Hidden', I can definitely compete with Deng Wan."

Xie Yuan saw her rare smile. The dim morning light shone through the forest and sprinkled on her thin and beautiful oval face, which made him absent-minded for a moment.

He came back to his senses and said with a little worry:

"Miss Mu, you haven't fully recovered yet. Is this formation really that magical?"

"Do you think my previous formation didn't work?"

Mu Chaoyun looked at his expression and said calmly:
“I broke it for him on purpose.

"If there is no interference from the small formation, how can he enter my large formation if the middle formation behind the cliff makes him struggle?"

Xie Yuan was stunned when he heard this. So she had already made a plan?
Did all this arrangement start as soon as we entered the mountain?
He squatted at the center of the formation behind the stone and saw Mu Chaoyun standing quietly in the middle of the open space, her pretty face calm. She was bathed in the morning light that passed through the mist, her figure was graceful, like a fairy in the forest.

Suddenly, a thick fog came and enveloped her completely, making it impossible to see her hand.

……

Deng Wan traveled all the way and was troubled by the various formations. He was already feeling impatient.

"Is the formation behind her her true level? If it weren't for this blind insect like me, today's efforts might have ended in vain." Deng Wan muttered to himself, watching the insect's tentacles in the small box moving straight forward, and then he went up in that direction.

As they walked, morning fog rose in the mountains and forests, and he could not see clearly.

Deng Wan frowned and looked down. Fortunately, the little bug was not affected and was still pointing in the direction. He made up his mind and continued to move forward.

After walking in the thick fog for a long time without getting out, he suddenly felt something was wrong and looked down.

The insect remained in the same posture, motionless, completely frozen, and could no longer tell the direction!

Deng Wan felt a great sense of alarm in his heart, his whole body tensed up instantly, and he subconsciously stabbed behind himself.

With a bang, a huge force came and knocked the knife back at an angle.

Deng Wan staggered and stepped forward to avoid the palm strike.

He turned around and saw a slender black shadow flash by and then disappear into the thick fog.

Deng Wan was surprised and delighted, and laughed loudly:

"Mu Chaoyun, I finally caught up with you! Just hand over the things and we will..."

Before he finished speaking, a white jade-like hand reached out silently from his left side and pressed against his ribs.

Deng Wan was startled and hurriedly used the handle of his knife to block. He barely blocked it and stumbled again.

When he stood up, everything around him was quiet and he could not see anything except thick fog.

Deng Wan was alert, put the box away, took the machete, and slowly looked around.

Something was wrong. There was something wrong with this formation. It was useless for him to sense it...

Suddenly, a palm shadow appeared in front of him, so light and silent, without any momentum, but it made his hair stand on end. He shouted loudly and swung his sword to fight back!

The knife struck out but missed. Deng Wan was suddenly hit by a palm on the back and felt a tightness in his chest. He had no choice but to pull back the knife and force Mu Chaoyun to retreat.

He was like his eyes and ears were covered in this formation, and he had no idea where the next move would come from. For a moment, he could only passively take the beating without any ability to fight back.

Xie Yuan could vaguely see two figures at the center of the formation behind the stone.

Mu Chaoyun was seen circling not far from Deng Wan, looking for an opportunity; however, even when Deng Wan was facing her head on, he was completely unaware and could only react when the attack was about to hit him.

"Is this formation so powerful? Combined with Miss Mu's Heavenly Hidden Technique and her mysterious palm technique, it's like bullying a blind man!"

Xie Yuan was excited. He didn't expect that this mountain and river concealment formation was so powerful! The seriously injured Mu Chaoyun cooperated with the formation, leaving Deng Wan with almost no power to fight back.

Now Deng Wan is being beaten unilaterally, and defeat is only a matter of time!

The only drawback was that Mu Chaoyun was injured and his attack power was slightly insufficient. Even after several successful attacks, Deng Wan was unable to lose his combat effectiveness.

But no matter what, as long as Mu Chaoyun continues like this, Deng Wan will probably not be able to hold on soon.

I don't know why Lu Lao San didn't catch up? Fortunately, he was the only one who chased after him. If Lu Lao San was also there, it wouldn't be so easy...

As Xie Yuan was thinking this, his eyes suddenly fixed and he secretly said something was wrong.

The good situation in the field suddenly changed. Deng Wan was waiting for Mu Chaoyun to slap him from behind again. He seemed to be unaware of it, but when the jade palm reached his body, he was hit. He suddenly shook out a golden horse whip from his sleeve and hit back with incredible speed!
Mu Chaoyun was unable to dodge and was hit. He groaned and retreated several feet away.

Deng Wan spat out a mouthful of blood foam and grinned fiercely:

"This whip was originally prepared for Third Brother Lu. Now you, Miss Yun, can enjoy it first!"

He waved his whip, and golden light flashed on the whip, like golden thunder, dispersing all the fog within three feet around him!
Xie Yuan's eyes narrowed. What kind of weapon is this? It's so magical!

Mu Chaoyun stood on the periphery and tried to attack again. However, just when he was three feet away from Deng Wan, he became aware of something when the thick fog was no longer covering him.

As a whip fell, Mu Chaoyun raised his hand to block it, then groaned in pain and stepped back.

She dodged and reached the boulder, holding onto it and taking a few breaths. Blood was oozing from the corners of her mouth, and her face was pale, which was already aggravating the injury.

Xie Yuan quickly supported her and whispered:
"Miss Mu, that weapon... is so powerful?"

"Xuan Bing, I didn't expect he still has Xuan Bing."

Mu Chaoyun frowned and looked very serious.

Xie Yuan was speechless. He had heard from Mu Chaoyun that Xuanbing was a weapon with mysterious power. It was extremely powerful and very rare. Only a master could use it lightly. Even the Mu family didn't have many. She fled in a hurry and didn't bring anything except the Black Book.

Mu Chaoyun was already injured, and now he was hit twice by the mysterious weapons, making him even weaker. How could he be a match for Deng Wan, who was even more powerful?
"Hahaha! Come out quickly! I know you are here, I advise you to come out on your own. Otherwise, if I find you... Miss Mu, hehe, the whip in your hand does not care about the old friendship of the Mu family!"

Deng Wan smiled arrogantly, waving his golden whip, and slowly moved forward in the woods.

Mu Chaoyun and Xie Yuan hid behind a rock. Seeing Deng Wan searching everywhere with a torch in his hand, they felt heavy-hearted.

What should I do? If I continue like this, I will be found sooner or later...

Mu Chaoyun took a deep breath, his brows relaxed, and he suddenly became calm.

She flipped her palm, summoned the Eight Trigrams Lotus, and suddenly handed it to Xie Yuan:

"You go."

Xie Yuan took it subconsciously and was stunned:

"what?"

"If you are willing, for the sake of Bagua Lian, for the sake of... we have been living together in the same courtyard for a period of time, if there is a chance in the future, please help me find the murderer who harmed the Mu family."

Mu Chaoyun lowered his eyes and spoke quietly.

Xie Yuan frowned tightly, but listened to Mu Chaoyun continue to explain:

"Don't be shy. I'll use the formation to hold Deng Wan back. Maybe there's still a chance. Take this opportunity and leave quickly."

"Why not together?"

Seeing Mu Chaoyun was about to go out, Xie Yuan grabbed her wrist.

Mu Chaoyun didn't even turn his head and said calmly:
"The formation was hastily set up without me in it, so it will be broken in a short while. How can I escape from him at this distance? I can't get away.

"Xie Yuan, I'm sorry for having implicated you. I've already catalyzed the Azure Fruit for you. Take the Black Heaven Book, practice well, and live well."

She shook her wrist, shook off Xie Yuan's hand, twisted her body, and went back into the fog.

Xie Yuan looked at the graceful back and lowered his head. The black and white lotus in his hand was floating gently, and the lotus petals were constantly appearing and disappearing.

(End of this chapter)