Wang Ding pressed the handle-like piece on the bronze box. With a crack!, the box flashed with white light and spat a red talisman out of its middle. Wang Ding picked up the talisman, stepped into the Teleportation Formation, and stood with the others.
"Everyone ready?" Wang Ding glanced over the group as he asked for confirmation.
"All ready!"
Wang Ding pinched the Teleportation Talisman between two fingers and channeled spiritual power into it. A faint white glow rose from the talisman, enveloping everyone. "Teleport!" Wang Ding shouted. The white light blazed, and the group vanished from the Teleportation Formation.
Li Xiaoya felt as though someone had given him two hard tugs. He seemed to float upward, his chest feeling a little tight, but those sensations vanished in an instant. A dazzling white light flashed before his eyes, and he found himself standing on the ground. He looked around. A gorge stretched before him, flanked by steep Mountain Cliffs covered in moss and weeds. It seemed the only way to go was forward along the gorge.
"All right, let's move!" Wang Ding beckoned to the others and took the lead.
"Senior Brother Wang Ding! Why didn't you fly here on flying artifacts? Then you wouldn't have needed the Teleportation Formation!" Li Xiaoya followed him, finally asking the question that had been bothering him all this time.
"Our Founding Patriarch created Demon Beast Valley with a mighty divine ability and a formation that gathers spiritual qi. Besides gathering spiritual qi, that formation also has a flight-prohibition restriction. Nothing can fly here, not even demon beasts. Otherwise, how could a single wall keep those demon beasts in?" Wang Ding explained as he walked.
"But you still wouldn't need a Teleportation Formation, would you? Isn't that a waste? You could just put in