Still, Meng Li had not expected him to appear here now. They looked at each other in silence for a moment before Meng Li turned away first and said quietly, "Last night."
He pressed his hand against the wall before him and sent a minute thread of True Qi into it. Ripples like those on water suddenly spread across the rock face, and he stepped into them.
"Do you want to kill him?" Wu Dong asked hoarsely.
Meng Li paused and turned back. The old man watched him calmly with gray eyes. "I'll give you a chance."
"How are you going to kill him?"
"Let's see what he's doing first." Wu Dong drew his sword and advanced, driving it into the center of the ripples. The next instant, Profound Qi generated lightning along his arm. His robes and sleeves snapped as dazzling thunderbolts shrieked and destroyed everything.
Forced back three steps by its power, Meng Li stared in slight surprise at the cave entrance revealed before him.
"Let's go." Without any hesitation, Wu Dong stepped inside first.
There was no further passageway. The entrance led straight into the first spacious chamber, whose layout resembled no ordinary room. It had an unusual order shaped entirely by its owner's habits-a vast drawing covered the entire stone wall opposite them, two zhang wide and five zhang long. Fine, intricate lines filled the surface, their bewildering profusion beautiful at a glance, yet every detail proved exceptionally clean and orderly under close scrutiny.
A formation diagram.
A colossal formation diagram drawn with the entire stone hall as its drafting table. Wu Dong stopped before its inconceivable complexity and exquisite beauty, his gaze wholly captivated.
After studying it with narrowed eyes for a long time, the old man pointed his sword at five spots along its