After dozens of breaths, Hong Yin took back Divine Sense, and she made no other new discoveries.
"Let's retreat to the passage and I'll try to see if I can crack the ban on Stone Gate!"
Li Yan would not have any objections to this. Just as Hong Yin opened the layers of formation gates leading to the passage, the two of them quickly retreated toward the rear!
As soon as they stood in the passage, Hong Yin immediately sat down cross-legged, raised a snow-white jade hand, raised his forearm, palm outward, and fingers naturally upward, forming a Buddha Fearless Seal.
Then she pushed out the palm of her hand, which was ordinary. Divine Sense, which was as powerful as Li Yan, did not sense the spatial fluctuations.
But Li Yan can sense the direction facing the palm of Hong Yin through the movement of the five elements on the body surface. There is a lateral distortion in the movement of Heaven and Earth’s Five Elements there. Such feedback to him is that invisible ripples are emitted.
"This is a mudra of pure mental power!"
It is not visible in Divine Sense. It should be the special mental power of Buddhism, and the mental power exerted by Hong Yin is very strong. Li Yan guessed the method of breaking "Vajra Gourd Seal" from Hong Yin's casting.
Except that great cultivators can use absolute suppression to forcibly destroy it, it is almost impossible for ordinary monks to break it. This "Vajra Gourd Seal" actually requires pure mental power to perform the spell.
It seems like where did I get this kind of power? After knowing the magic formula, it turned out to be useless!
The moment Hong Yin formed a hand seal and moved forward, and the invisible seal touched Stone Gate, Li Yan felt an invisible force surge around the empty space in front of him, but it only fluctuated and disappeared the next moment.
"Did a barrier form? Or was it suppressed by Hong Yin?"
Li Yan couldn't sense anything special. At this moment, he couldn't use Divine Sense to investigate carefully, so as not to affect Hong Yin's spellcasting. As for the methods of Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism, Li Yan couldn't determine it just through perception.
Hong Yin was lowering his eyes to perform the technique, but there was no movement from Stone Gate in front of him. Li Yan stood aside and waited quietly. When thirty-six breaths passed, the handprints formed by Hong Yin were closed, and Li Yan sensed the distortion of Heaven and Earth’s Five Elements there, and disappeared at the same time.
When Hong Yin opened his eyes again, the expressions in his eyes were mixed with joy and worry. Li Yan did not ask any further questions. After the change in Hong Yin's expression, the expression on his face returned to calmness again.
"I can confirm that the thing behind Stone Gate must be related to "Red Buddha Temple", but I have not found the deed position to break this seal."
Her tone at this time was slightly strange.
"Can't it be opened? In other words, fellow Daoist has just used a spell to confirm that the "Vajra Gourd Seal" here is exactly the spell of "Red Buddha Temple". Did fellow Daoist just use pure mind power? I think I may not be able to help, then..."
Li Yan When it came to the end, he stopped talking.
"As fellow Daoist said, after I performed the magic mudra, the barrier spread in front of me. This was due to my insufficient cultivation. However, the barrier did not appear in the back, which shows that my seal still worked.
All these feedbacks are consistent with our temple's "Vajra Gourd Seal". This is how I judged that this place is related to "Red Buddha Temple", but I couldn't find the location to break it.
This seal seems to be different from the outer formation. It is a higher-level spell of "Vajra Gourd Seal" in the lower realm. The situation is indeed as what Fellow Daoist Li sensed. This time I want Fellow Daoist to help me, but I may not be able to do it."
Hong Yin finally shook his head helplessly.
"Then whether to seal this place, fellow Daoist Hong Yin, you can either wait until your cultivation level is enough before coming back, or you can find a Buddhist monk of the same level before coming here again!"
Li Yan suggested in a calm voice. Hong Yin glanced at Li Yan, but did not see any dissatisfied look on his face. If he couldn't open this place, Li Yan would have no choice but to go back.
Although they can get rewards from themselves, monks are actually more willing to open up unknown places, where valuable treasures or great opportunities are often hidden.
Li Yan also looked back at Hong Yin with calm eyes. In his heart, he just wanted to help Hong Yin. On the one hand, it was the friendship between the two, and on the other hand, it was of course the reason for Gong Chenying.
Since this place cannot be opened now, Li Yan is not upset at all. No matter what secret realm it is or the ruins of an ancient monk, how can it be possible that a monk can open it as soon as he goes there.
Didn't Hong Yin once stay here for decades, but in the end he couldn't even open a formation? Then "Vajra Gourd Seal" appeared later, which is something Hong Yin didn't want to see.
"No, I have other ideas..."
Hong Yin then shook his head, paused for a moment, and then spoke again.
"... The previous formation on the outer layer can be regarded as the normal protection here. It is so powerful that it is afraid that outsiders will easily break through and enter. But this Stone Gate, in the eyes of the poor nun, is actually for verifying the identity of the visitor, and it is more important than protection.
Of course, it cannot be denied that its protection is very strong, because pure mind power is used here, which has eliminated the possibility of monks other than Buddhist disciples trying to successfully break through it.
But at the same time, the secret mark "Vajra Gourd Seal" appeared on the rock wall ahead. What does this mean? It means that the person who sealed this place still wants others to break it.
I just hope that those who come here will be disciples of our sect, or at worst, disciples of Buddhism. This may be the next best option. It is the so-called "don't let the rich water flow to outsiders" idea. If you stay here, at worst, you want the incense of Buddhism to be passed down.
Now that I have this conjecture, I think the second layer of protection of this ruins should not require too advanced cultivation.
I just tested it and found that cracking it with my known fingerprints did not cause the formation of the barrier, which shows that the direction is right. But the reason why it has not been successful now is to find the corresponding breaking position!"
Hong Yin expressed his thoughts.
"Do you mean, fellow Daoist, to stay here and continue to destroy it?"
"You can give it a try. Then I will have to devote myself to getting rid of it, and I will need fellow Daoist Li to protect me. I have to continue to be of service to you! Amitabha!"
Hong Yin claimed the name of Buddha, Li Yan immediately nodded, but in his heart he was like a mirror, Hong Yin also didn't want his trip to be in vain, and felt that he had already planned to leave.
It is true that Hong Yin wanted to try to break the formation, and did not want to give up immediately, so he asked Li Yan to protect the formation. In the past, Hong Yin stayed here for decades, so she needed to focus on breaking the formation. She only needed to set up formation protection around it.
"This is no problem!"
After Li Yan finished speaking, he walked some distance to the back of the passage, leaving enough space for Hong Yin to perform the spell. Then Li Yan found a random place to sit cross-legged and closed his eyes.
Hong Yin saw Li Yan behaving like this, and smiled slightly in his heart, and invited Li Yan to help him. This person is smart and thoughtful, and always saves a lot of words.
Next, Hong Yin did not perform the operation immediately, but slowly closed her eyes. She needed to carefully recall the previous operation process and the feedback of "Vajra Gourd Seal" on Stone Gate, and then find out the suspected solution...
Time passed day by day, and there was no sun or moon under the ground, but as Li Yan silently calculated, more than seven months passed in a flash. During this period, Hong Yin continued to test various methods he came up with.
Either it would be silent when the spell was performed, or the next time the seal was used, a rumbling sound would be heard from the front, but it was isolated by the formation, and even the passage where they were located could not be heard.
One day seven months later, after Hong Yin thought for a while, he formed a magic seal in his hand again, but this time the magic seal was very complicated, and the seal secret was revealed.
In her pair of snow-white jade, red runes condensed by mind power appeared one after another. These were more than 30 complicated handprints that were combined through more than seven months of testing.
At this time, Hong Yin's beautiful face looked as normal as usual, without any signs of haggard due to more than seven months of continuous thinking and performing techniques.
Her Buddhist mind was as solid as a rock. She had already anticipated such a result and would not be anxious about it at all. Otherwise, how could she have stayed here for decades.
Every day at that time was just like now. She had gone crazy a long time ago. After these red runes flew out from her crystal fingertips, they did not fly far, as if they were wrapped by an invisible force and circled within a foot in front of her.
As Hong Yin's magic formula becomes faster and faster, the red runes within a foot in front of him continue to roll, as if large red snowflakes are constantly floating, reflecting a group of red light...
When the last spell of Hong Yin was formed, three more red runes flew out. As soon as these three red runes flew out, they were mixed into the densely packed other runes.
Those red runes were just rolling and flying, but the moment these three red runes flew in, it was like three open flames entering the kerosene. With a "sudden" movement, all the red runes suddenly burned.
Just in the blink of an eye, a red flame appeared in front of Hong Yin. The high temperature generated by this flame made even Li Yan behind him feel a burst of heat, which made him open his eyes involuntarily.
For more than seven months, Li Yan only opened his eyes for a while when he sensed the aura of special spells a few times, and then closed his eyes again to practice.
After being awakened again this time, what Li Yan saw was an exquisite body in half light and half darkness. Hong Yin was sitting in front of Li Yan. Under the swaying light and shadow, the graceful figure outlined a strange charm. The wide plain robe and Ziyi cover the body, but still could not hide the plump and round buttocks...
The red flame was beating, and the front of Hong Yin was reflected in a bright red, while behind it were shadows. As the flames jumped, the figure projected by Hong Yin was constantly shaking on the stone wall.
While the red flame was burning, Hong Yin gently pushed it forward with both hands. Suddenly, the red flame flew towards Stone Gate. In just the blink of an eye, it reached the position five feet in front of Stone Gate.