The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror-Chapter 703 - 311: Nine Curves Yellow River Formation

Chapter 703: Chapter 311: Nine Curves Yellow River Formation

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Fengling Ferry.

The Yellow River’s muddy waves roared like thunder in the thick fog, with countless dark red streaks floating on the surface, resembling blood vessels soaked in rust.

Xu Qing tightly grasped the reins of the Fire Cloud Horse, gazing at the vague silhouettes of ships in the fog—the grand ship, proudly presented by the Heavenly Work Institute, was being torn apart by an invisible force; its dragon bone emitted a teeth-gritting creak.

However, inside the ship, there wasn’t a soul, only Daoist puppets in control.

Xiong Chan’s prayer beads exploded with two sandalwood beads in his palm. He saw the frost solidifying on the stone steps by the ferry grow backward, blossoming into bizarre frost flowers in the sunlight.

On the opposite shore, the outline of the altar twisted into nine snake-like shadows in the fog, with each black stone-built altar wrapped in faded scripture banners.

"Fall back!" Xiong Chan grabbed a deputy general about to dismount, just as the riverbank thirty feet away suddenly collapsed, revealing a bottomless vortex. Sand and half a stone stele swiftly sunk, the words "Fengling" on the stele were so corroded by rusted blood that only traces remained.

From the depths of the dense fog came the clash of metal, as if a thousand troops were battling in the void, yet not a single fragment of armor reflected light.

"This is the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation." Xu Qing stated calmly.

Xiong Chan and the others were startled.

For the legendary Nine Curves Yellow River Formation was renowned for even trapping Heavenly Immortals.

Xu Qing said lightly, "Don’t worry, this formation is not complete." He had already received intelligence that this formation was an incomplete version passed from the old demon of Black Mountain to the Snowfield Living Buddha.

On the other side, everyone saw that Xu Qing had not warned them in advance, had used the unmanned grand ship to probe, and now spoke with confidence, clearly having great assurance in breaking the formation, thus they felt relieved.

Moreover, Ji Changxi and Fu Xuan each received Xu Qing’s Life Extension Fruit, granting at least ten years of additional life.

Sufficient to support this decisive battle with the old demon of Black Mountain.

Furthermore, due to their old age, Ji Changxi was not afraid of being severely injured from the battle and having to enter meditation and pass away.

Entering meditation was even considered a good thing. Because in her current state, there was no possibility of further breakthroughs, she might as well seek the next life.

The current Great Yu Dynasty no longer needed her protection.

More importantly, if the old Emperor and Xu Qing turned against each other, she would find herself in a difficult position.

Xu Qing paused and then continued, "I plan to enter the formation to see its reality, I wonder who would like to come with me."

"Xu boy, I’ll go with you." The old immortal woman Ji Changxi spoke.

"Alright, let’s have Senior Ji accompany me then." Xu Qing smiled slightly.

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In the mist of the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation.

At this moment, Xu Qing’s spirit was entirely withdrawn, if not for his steps in the void, Ji Changxi would have suspected Xu Qing was just an ordinary person, at most appearing somewhat robust.

And Ji Changxi clearly felt that when these mists touched her body, her whole body sharply ached, and her accumulated hundred years of Qi-blood was rapidly dissipating.

This Nine Curves Yellow River Formation is said to have the power to cut human magic power, and indeed its reputation is well-deserved.

This formation is not even in its complete form.

Otherwise, Ji Changxi thought to herself, even as a Martial Saint, she could not safely exit after falling into this formation. She might even have her century-long cultivation annihilated.

"Senior Ji, do you need my help?" Xu Qing offered sincerely.

"No need."

Ji Changxi also had pride, forming a Dharma Seal, and many five-colored ribbons floated around her, like a cloud of smoke.

Although the ribbons were constantly dimming in the mist, Ji Changxi clearly no longer had her Qi-blood draining away.

"This is your Xuantian Dragon Ascension Path’s magical treasure, the Taiyin Five Smoke Net, if I enter meditation in the future, I will return it to you." Ji Changxi explained.

Xu Qing chuckled, "No need, since it’s already Senior’s item, just keep it."

Ji Changxi glanced at Xu Qing and said no more.

She had to admit, the more she interacted with Xu Qing, the more she discovered his broad mind. Even though there were times Xu Qing would resort to scheming, it still felt like he was a candid person, bright like the sun and moon.

One would even wonder, what monstrous crime must a person commit to make Xu Gongming resort to schemes?

As she slightly distracted herself, suddenly a gray-white Immortal Flower condensed out of thin air, landing on her shoulder.

In an instant, Ji Changxi let out a cry of pain.

Seeing the old immortal woman being sneaked upon, Xu Qing immediately reached out to press on her shoulder.

Beiming!

In the blink of an eye, the gray-white Immortal Flower on Ji Changxi was absorbed by Xu Qing.

Yet visibly, Xu Qing’s fair hand turned jet-black.

"Petty trick!" Xu Qing remarked with a faint smile.

One saw the demon Qi surge in Xu Qing’s hand, and before long, the black hand returned to normal.

Ji Changxi breathed a sigh of relief, "This End of Fortune Immortal Flower of the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation is truly extraordinary, glad we didn’t encounter the legendary Primordial Golden Bowl, or we might have all fallen inside."

As one of the Twin Saints of Great Yu, she naturally knew some ancient hidden tales.

This Primordial Golden Bowl is a treasure of the End of Fortune.

Nowadays, there are even high-ranking Taoists who have written novels about this treasure.

And Ji Changxi knew even more clearly that the so-called Primordial Golden Bowl was a magical treasure only refined when an elementary cultivation technique of the Taoist path is practiced to the Heavenly Immortal Realm, grasping the true essence of the End of Fortune Great Dao.

In fact, many famous magical treasures were concocted and refined by impressive forebears combining their Taoist Enlightenment, not naturally born.

Though Xu Qing forcibly absorbed an End of Fortune Immortal Flower using Beiming, more and more new End of Fortune Immortal Flowers gradually condensed in the void, and the killing intent grew increasingly intense.

Ji Changxi felt apprehensive, "Xu Qing, we must be careful."

Xu Qing smiled, "Senior Ji, don’t worry, this formation now seems merely so-so."

"Its killing intent is clearly increasing, why do you seem unfazed?"

Xu Qing focused on the indistinct and obscure mists, softly said, "If it were a complete Nine Curves Yellow River Formation, it would follow the cycle principle, gaining the Creation function, circulating and returning. The growing killing intent actually indicates the formation’s flaws, even beyond my expectations."

As he spoke, the fog grew even denser.

Although Ji Changxi was well-informed, she was quite puzzled by the mystical principles within Xu Qing’s words, she asked, "Why is increasing killing intent a defect?"

Xu Qing: "What is extreme must reverse, everything in the world cannot remain perpetually strong. Strong killing intent does not emerge out of thin air, it must draw something else to transform into this formation’s killing intent. Like wheat in the field, the more it grows, the more the land is depleted. Once disaster strikes, lands drained of fertility are the easiest to destroy, so ’when the skin is gone, what can the hair attach to?’."

Xu Qing’s analogy was not very profound, but Ji Changxi understood it. She realized Xu Qing meant finding the foundation of this formation and destroying it, solving all problems.

Moreover, as the formation’s killing intent grew fiercer, its foundation would inevitably become weaker.

In fact, the earlier unmanned grand ship was one of Xu Qing’s stratagems.

Thus, Xu Qing not only wasn’t in a hurry at this time but also sat cross-legged in the void, at ease.

The mist constantly contaminated Xu Qing’s body. While his robe was fine, only turning black, the exposed skin showed dark spots, clearly, this body was enduring the erosion of the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation.

Xu Qing remained motionless, like an old monk, lowering his eyes for meditation.

However, Ji Changxi couldn’t bear this torment, she just felt unbearably itchy all over, desperately wanting to scrape out the blood and flesh from the itchy places. This Nine Curves Yellow River Formation indeed could cause Immortals to fall to the mortal world, it was not an idle rumor.

As a strong Martial Saint, she was actually tormented to the point of being unable to endure.

Xu Qing opened his eyes, watching her unbearable state, he spoke gently, "Senior Ji, place your hand on my shoulder."

The old immortal woman stubbornly said, "You don’t need to share my burden, I can still endure."

Xu Qing no longer spoke because the pressure he was enduring was tremendous, as he not only had to endure but also focus on calculating the formation’s various changes.

The Nine Curves Yellow River Formation was indeed based on Heaven, Earth, and Human Trigrams.

It established Heavenly Dao, dividing Yin and Yang; established Earth Dao, having Soft and Firm; established Human Dao, possessing Benevolence and Righteousness.

Thus, any one of the three trigrams is opposing pairs.

Xu Qing was not intimidated by the difficulty but patiently used the Heavenly Repairing Tribulation Hand to sense the formation, searching for its foundation.