Fan Lang had left early and arrived at the entrance to the Bewildering Formation Ruins ahead of the others.
This was an ancient palace, with many areas already damaged. Having gone untended for so long, vines had spread and climbed unchecked, wrapping around more than half the palace.
At the center of the palace stood a Teleportation Array. Its base was made of square foundation stones covered in inscrutable runes. Every stroke contained its own formidable power.
This Teleportation Array could take one to the locations of other formations, along routes that were complex and ever-changing.
The Teleportation Array had been damaged before, then repaired by someone later. It had gone through several cycles of destruction and reconstruction.
"The Bewildering Formation Ruins change every day. There are thirty-one possible changes, corresponding to the thirty-one days of a month. Today is the seventh, so after entering, we should be teleported into the Giant Stone Array."
Fan Lang recited the mysteries of the Bewildering Formation Ruins as if they were family treasures, explaining them to his two female companions.
He took the lead, stepping onto the Teleportation Array. The array reacted, and its runes lit up one after another.
Li Yunyan pulled the hesitant Cheng Naixin onto the Teleportation Array, where they stood beside Fan Lang.
The light emitted by the Teleportation Array grew brighter and brighter. A light circle formed on the ground, and from it rose a pillar of light that swallowed the figures of Fan Lang and the two women.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The three vanished into thin air. The Teleportation Array gradually dimmed and returned to stillness.
Heaven and earth shifted; forms and positions changed.
When Fan Lang and the two women appeared again, they had arrived somewhere else—the Giant Stone Array Fan Lang had mentioned earlier.
There