The Emperor's New Clothes

"That's right! That's exactly what I was thinking too. Leaving any marks in this maze is useless. Not only will the path back change at any time, but the path ahead will also change at any time. We can only run around like headless flies."

"That's what makes this formation so terrifying; a constantly shifting maze is enough to trap and kill most people."

"What's even more terrifying is that the Binding Formation designed by the formation master is so ingenious that even with my eyesight as a third-grade formation master, I can't find a single flaw."

"Theoretically, the more array combinations there are, the more loopholes there are. This place covers a vast area, and there are countless arrays, yet I can't find a single loophole. This is truly terrifying."

"Since there are no loopholes, and we're not considering brute force to break the formation, we can only follow the rules of this world."

"There's very likely only one Life Gate here, and that one Life Gate must be extremely well hidden. Only by finding that Life Gate can we get out."

"This Life Gate is probably not hidden in some world; we need to understand the laws governing the world's changes to discover it. But how easy is it to find such laws?"

"It seems I was too confident. This grand formation is far more troublesome than I imagined, and it's definitely not so easy to break. If I, Long Qian, were to be trapped and die here today by a basic grand formation, wouldn't I be ridiculed by the world? That would be a huge disgrace."

Long Qian gave a wry smile. He had been careless. He shouldn't have rushed in here so rashly. Now it seemed that even if he could find the Life Gate, it would take him quite a while.

It's quite shameful that a third-grade array master like myself needs to spend so much time breaking a basic array.

"How much longer until we get out of here?" Long Biao walked over with a pained expression.

He impulsively barged in, and now he's in for it.

The environments of these various worlds are increasingly harsh; the lava fields are unbearably hot, and the icy plains are unbearably cold. As a pampered young master, he had never experienced such hardship before, and he couldn't bear it for long after arriving here.

Especially since he boarded the ship in such a rush and made no preparations whatsoever, how could he have thought of bringing a cotton-padded coat?

Now that he's entered the icy world, wearing only thin clothes, he's completely frozen solid, hugging his shoulders tightly, shivering uncontrollably.

If he had known that entering this place would bring such suffering, he would never have come in, even if his life depended on it. But now it's too late; he is destined to pay a heavy price for his recklessness.

Seeing his pathetic state, Long Qian was exasperated and said impatiently, "Did I let you in? Did you insist on coming in to die?"

"Bear the cold, if it's a lava field ahead, you can warm up. But if it's still an icy wasteland, and that's still an icy wasteland, then you might as well freeze to death here! Nobody will collect your corpse!"

With that, he strode forward, ignoring him completely.

Long Ruoxue immediately followed, took out a piece of paper and started writing and drawing on it, clearly trying to draw a map in order to figure out the patterns here.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

The crowd outside the formation was still waiting, but the ten elders finally grew impatient.

"Why isn't he out yet? We've been waiting for him for two days! Could it be that a dignified third-grade array master is really trapped and killed inside by a mere basic array?"

"Hehe!" The elder stroked his beard and chuckled, "It seems Long Qian has really messed up. He's been trapped by a simple basic formation for so long. He's really lost face."

The second elder hesitated, "It's been so long, could something really have happened inside? I think we should release him. If he's seriously injured, we'll have a hard time explaining it."

Long Wanli laughed and said, "It's unlikely that he'll get into trouble. This is just a Binding Formation; there's no Killing Formation involved. It won't kill anyone in a short time."

"However, the environment there is harsh, and staying there for too long is truly torture. I'm not worried about him, but those two juniors will suffer a lot. The harsh environment there is not something a Gu cultivator in the Marrow Cleansing Marrow Cleansing Stage can easily endure."

"However, two days is still a bit short. We should give him at least seven days to break through the formation."

The elder clansman said with a wry smile, "The problem now is that we don't know the time of their duel with the Bai Clan. If we miss it, it will be really bad."

"So let's release them as soon as possible, lest we jeopardize our plans."

Long Wanli woke up with a start. Yes, the time for the martial arts competition was now crucial and could not be wasted.

So he quickly wrote a letter and handed it to the Thatch Gu that crawled out of the Insect-Rearing Pouch.

Unbeknownst to them, Long Xuan was admiring his newly made clothes, looking at himself in a large mirror.

If there were outsiders present at this moment, they would definitely be curious about where his clothes were. He was clearly naked, so where would he get his clothes?

Dark energy could be faintly seen moving around his body, then quickly disappearing completely.

This was clearly a transparent garment; no, strictly speaking, he wasn't wearing anything at all—it was truly an eyesore.

His newly woven Heavenly Dream Soul Armor had already merged with his body, so it was essentially the same as wearing nothing at all.

Long Xuan admired himself in the mirror for a long time, only to see his own magnificent figure. He was so bored that he didn't even notice his clothes.

Could this be the legendary Emperor's New Clothes? Long Xuan was utterly astonished.

After countless days and nights of hard work, Heavenly Dream Dragon Silkworm finally managed to gather enough fabric for one garment.

He was overjoyed and finally stopped his research on physical techniques to create the Heavenly Dream Soul Armor.

He had made several trips to Long Ziyan's house before, having already learned some decent tailoring skills.

Of course, only he could make the Heavenly Dream Soul Armor; he couldn't rely on someone else. Otherwise, wouldn't the heaven-defying Soul Silkworm Thread be exposed?

This was his secret, a crucial trump card he had to hide, and he would never let anyone know.

Therefore, he had to do the craft of weaving clothes himself.

He just finished making the Heavenly Dream Soul Armor today, and couldn't wait to put it on immediately, then frantically looked at himself in the mirror.

However, he personally designed the Heavenly Dream Soul Armor to have the ability to merge with the body's surface, so as soon as the newly made Heavenly Dream Soul Armor was put on him, it instantly merged with his body surface, leaving him to admire it in vain.

Although he couldn't see the Heavenly Dream Soul Armor, he could fully sense its presence.

He could feel that his entire body was now enveloped in a thin film of energy.

His eyes, including his eyeballs, were covered by a layer of mysterious energy, yet it did not affect his vision in the slightest.

From this point on, the eyeball, a weakness common to all living beings, is no longer his Achilles' heel. Anyone who wants to attack his eyes will have to break through the defenses of the Heavenly Dream Soul Armor first.