"So that was how it was. It's already been this long. It seems Fellow Daoist Qin will return empty-handed this time as well."
Hearing the female cultivator surnamed Ying, Fairy Qing spoke quietly. Her voice was soft, as though she were merely whispering to Fairy Ying.
Though their voices were low, their words still reached Mo Qing and Fairy Jingyu's ears.
"Why do the two Fairies say that? Could the difficulty of the scroll's restrictions be related to the length of time Sister Su has been inside?"
Hearing the two female cultivators, Fairy Jingyu's thoughts raced. Then, as inspiration struck, she immediately asked the question.
As the female cultivator spoke, Mo Qing suddenly thought of the key point as well.
"What Senior said is partly true. The restrictions on that painting are extraordinarily strange and stable. Only someone whose Formation Attainment has reached an extremely high level can comprehend them. Senior Mo personally tested them before, so of course he knows how extraordinary those scroll restrictions are.
"However, those restrictions do indeed have a period of weakness. One hundred and eight years constitute a cycle. In the years of the Heavenly Stems, the restrictions' energy decreases; in the years of the Earthly Fiends, their energy increases. The cycle repeats endlessly.
"This year falls within an Earthly Fiend period, so the restrictions' power will be extremely strong. Even if Fellow Daoist Qin's formation attainments are exceedingly high, I'm afraid he still cannot see through the painting's restrictions. As for the cultivators who came before and managed to comprehend those restrictions, without exception, they did so during a Heavenly Stem year."
In response to Fairy Jingyu's question, Fairy Qing did not conceal anything. Instead, she explained in detail.
Her explanation was exceptionally thorough. Once she finished speaking, Fairy Jingyu and Mo Qing