Bewildering Formation

After the two had been exchanging riddles for a while, Qi Chu finally said it was time to leave. Su Ziyang and Fairy Li put down their teacups and followed the two outside.

Su Ziyang and Fairy Li walked behind, while Mr. Mengfei and Qi Chu walked in front.

Su Ziyang asked in a low voice from behind, "Zijun, what's the deal with this Brother Chu?"

Fairy Li pursed her lips and shook her head. "I can't see through it. It seems to be at least as powerful as yours, sir; it looks like some kind of esoteric magic."

Fairy Li and Su Ziyang spoke very softly, but Qi Chu still heard them.

Qi Chu turned around, looked at the two of them, smiled, and said nothing.

Qi Chu was talking to Mr. Mengfei as he walked, so his turning around was a very subtle gesture.

When Fairy Li saw Qi Chu turn around, she was startled at first.

Su Ziyang also felt a sudden heaviness on his body, but it quickly returned to normal.

But after walking for five minutes, Su Ziyang and Fairy Li began to feel something was wrong. They realized that no matter how fast they sped up, they couldn't catch up with Mr. Mengfei and Qi Chu.

The two of them maintained a distance of more than 3 meters from Qi Chu and Mr. Mengfei.

He observed that the two of them maintained a steady, unhurried pace.

Su Ziyang glanced at Fairy Li, then ran two steps forward. Su Ziyang realized that even after running two steps, he was still still a long way from Mr. Mengfei and Qi Chu.

Moreover, Fairy Li was walking quickly, while I was running forward, but I was still on the same line as Fairy Li.

"Stop! Sir, this friend of ours is just teasing us."

Fairy Li was the first to stop, and then stood still.

"What should I do then? Should I use a spell to break it?"

Su Ziyang was a person who had received the orthodox teachings of Zhuyou Magic, so as soon as Fairy Li mentioned it, he immediately understood what was going on.

"Wait a moment, let me try first. Your attacks don't do much damage; they're mainly for healing. They're unlikely to break this Bewildering Art. I'll give it a shot!"

Fairy Li reassured Su Ziyang, then took out a blue talisman she always carried with her from her backpack.

Su Ziyang watched as Fairy Li held the talisman in her palm and began chanting incantations...

Then, Fairy Li placed the talisman on the ground in front of her. Suddenly, Su Ziyang noticed that the originally bright talisman had become dull.

"It's done?"

Su Ziyang asked after approaching Fairy Li.

"No. It doesn't work."

Ignoring the talismans on the ground, Fairy Li grabbed Su Ziyang's hand and quickly walked a few steps forward. Sure enough, as soon as she left, Mr. Mengfei and Qi Chu followed.

They stopped on their own, and Mr. Mengfei and Qi Chu also stopped.

However, the fundamental principle remains the same: the distance between the two sides remains constant.

"I'll try again..."

Fairy Li knew that this was something Qi Chu and Mr. Mengfei had planned, and that they were definitely testing the two of them, so Fairy Li simply let loose.

He took a yellow talisman out of his bag.

"I'll give it a try! You rest first!"

Su Ziyang patted Fairy Li on the shoulder, wanting to try it himself.

This time, Fairy Li did not refuse.

Su Ziyang stood still, made a hand seal, closed one eye, and began chanting incantations in front of him.

This is precisely the unique incantation posture passed down in Su Ziyang's lineage.

When Su Ziyang first started chanting the incantation, he felt an indescribable sticky sensation all over his body, followed by a feeling of drowsiness and alternating hot and cold sensations.

Su Ziyang roughly understood that his spell had likely triggered the surrounding environment, and that this environment didn't want Su Ziyang to change, thus creating a counter-effect on Su Ziyang.

Or, to put it more mysteriously, it's called backlash.

In fact, ordinary natural environments do not have such great power, except in a very few extreme environments.

However, as Fairy Li just said, this is Bewildering Formation Qi Chu to test the two of them.

Since this was done intentionally, it is no less severe than an environment formed naturally under extreme circumstances.

When Su Ziyang chanted the incantation for the seventh time, he suddenly felt a cool sensation in his heart. The oppressive feeling and sticky feeling from the surroundings instantly disappeared. Then he heard the sound of wood falling to the ground and breaking.

"Click~"

Fairy Li also felt a sudden coolness in her head. The two looked outside and found that they were standing right at the entrance of the building.

Meanwhile, Mr. Mengfei and Qi Chu stood aside, smirking with glee.

It turned out that the two of them had been trapped by the formation that Qi Chu had set up in advance as soon as they stepped out of the building.

"~~~"

Su Ziyang was speechless when he saw Mr. Mengfei smiling so happily.

"Alright. Mengfei, your student is quite something. He used the Heavenly Physician Dharma Lineage techniques against me, and even mixed in a trace of Daoist energy. Quite interesting!"

Qi Chu smiled and gave a very fair assessment.

Su Ziyang had no interest in listening to the two of them and looked down at the ground.

A thin bamboo pole lay on the ground, already broken.

Several loose stones, commonly found along the roadside, were placed around the bamboo pole.

"You just captivated me and Zijun with this?"

Su Ziyang picked up the piece of bamboo pole and looked at Qi Chu in disbelief.

"Hey, just kidding, this is just a really cheap little thing. Su Ziyang, call me Brother Chu Brother Chu, and tomorrow I'll set up a huge maze for you to play in, I guarantee you'll have a blast!"

Su Ziyang really didn't understand Qi Chu's thought process.

Indeed, people with special abilities do things differently from others.

Su Ziyang was shocked by how he had trapped himself and Fairy Li.

But this older brother had a completely different understanding. He thought he hadn't experienced enough and wanted to give himself something even bigger?

Fairy Li shook her head helplessly and put the talisman on her finger back into her bag.

"Girl, I have to say something to you. You know it was Brother Chu and me teasing you. Why did you take out the Vermilion Bird Talisman? Are you kidding me? You want to burn us all to death?"

Mr. Mengfei didn't look closely at first, but just as Mr. Mengfei Fairy Li was putting away the talisman, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of the red light flowing on it.

"Ah! I took the wrong one, I took the wrong one."

Fairy Li blushed and quickly covered the Xiaobao in her arms.

Qi Chu patted his chest with his back to the two men and whispered to Mr. Mengfei, "This kid is good, but a bit extreme, a bit extreme. A little scary. Let's go quickly!"

The Vermilion Bird Talisman in Fairy Li's hand was given to Fairy Li by Fairy Li master for self-defense.

The reason Fairy Li took it out was because she was afraid that Su Ziyang would suffer a backlash if he failed to break the formation. So, the cunning Fairy Li took out the talisman to scare the unserious Mr. Mengfei and this Qi Chu.

Because Fairy Li knew that the two of them must be able to see her from outside, and they were probably covering their mouths and secretly laughing.

"Brother Chu, this thing is great! Can I learn how to make it?"

Just as Fairy Li was still feeling indignant for Su Ziyang, she saw Su Ziyang shamelessly run to Qi Chu's side with a grin.