The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 295 - 179: The Key to Breaking the Formation

Two whole days had passed, and she hadn’t made the slightest bit of progress. This thin yet solid Barrier seemed destined to stand here eternally.

She had asked Tu Jin about Fairy Su Xia’s life, and upon hearing the answer, she felt utterly powerless. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Before Fairy Su Xia took over as Sect Leader from her father, she was already a renowned prodigy in the central region of the Nan Zhanbu Continent. Having embarked on the Immortal Path at the age of five, she practiced diligently. By the age of nine, she had already introduced her first original Barrier!

The so-called Barrier is a domain that the Caster uses special spells to isolate on land or buildings to protect valuable items within. Fairy Su Xia had an innate gift for this technique. The first Barrier she created on her own had once withstood a joint attack from the elders of the Four Great Immortal Sects nearby, remaining unbreachable. She set up other Barriers in other parts of the Nan Zhanbu Continent, some of which remain unbroken to this day.

A Barrier set up by such a notable figure of an Immortal Sect, one that even Sect elders are helpless against—what could she, Ning Xiaoxian, possibly use to break it?

It wasn’t just the stone cave; she had meticulously examined the entire mountain peak. Every stone, every trace of scratch, none escaped her sight. When Tu Jin arrived, he even saw her lying on the ground, rummaging through the grass between the stones, which made him realize that her desire for the Moonlight Cup was stronger than anyone else’s.

Yet, she came away empty-handed. The mountain peak was simply too clean, devoid of any issues or mechanisms.

She rubbed her eyes, red with bloodshot veins, patted the dust off her buttocks, and stood up to walk a few steps. Over the past two days, she had neglected how dirty the ground was, mostly maintaining a seated position, hugging her knees facing the stone platform. Even with her body conditioned by the Guiding Technique, she felt dizzy when she abruptly stood up—a sign of insufficient blood supply to the head.

She felt groggy, desperately in need of a good sleep, but how could she dare to sleep now? This was already the fourth day since she had entered the secret realm, and the liquid moonlight was reminding her—the fourth day was almost over. She had always thought that only intense battles could cause unbearable pain, but who knew such a brain-straining game could also leave her exhausted.

What should she do now? It was already difficult to survive four days in the secret realm, and now that the Moonlight Cup was within reach, she couldn’t even touch it.

When it came to Arrays and Barriers, she was a complete layman! If Changtian were here, what would he do?

He knew she had No Spiritual Power, yet she must break the Barrier. If he could speak to her now, what method would he suggest?

She sat down again, closed her eyes, and fought against the overwhelming drowsiness, taking deep breaths to clear her mind. Since she couldn’t figure it out, she should trace back to the beginning and start from there.

Qiongqi once said that every Barrier has a method to break it. This was the way of Heavenly Dao and could not be defied. So naturally, the Barrier set up by Fairy Su Xia was no exception. But how would such a "backdoor" be set up?

Every time she reached this point, she was firmly stuck, facing all sorts of dead ends. Now, she demanded of herself: Ning Xiaoxian, find another angle and continue deducing.

The treasures in the secret realm were easy to find, it seemed like the owner didn’t particularly value them. Ning Xiaoxian had also been complaining these past days: why was it that the only thing she wanted, the Moonlight Cup, was so carefully hidden and protected?

Indeed, with such an insignificant use as the Moonlight Cup had, why did Fairy Su Xia insist on hiding and then protecting it with two layers of Barrier?

Unless, its role here was not insignificant at all.

A thought surged through her mind, recalling Mr. Yan’s words from the other day: "The only use of the Moonlight Cup is to collect the Moon Essence and condense spiritual dew during the full moon, bestowing abundant Spiritual Power onto its user." Mr. Yan’s words were almost never wrong. She had scrutinized every word of that sentence several times over, trying to find the key.

The Moonlight Cup’s "only" purpose was to collect spiritual dew. Without a doubt, Fairy Su Xia needed to utilize its ability for something.

Speaking of which, doesn’t maintaining a stable Barrier require energy consumption? Even if Fairy Su Xia’s Barriers were designed to be most efficient and energy-conserving, it was still a Barrier after all! Didn’t the "Law of Conservation of Energy" she learned back in Huaxia apply here?

She couldn’t care less about ladylike composure now, scrambling on all fours to the edge of the stone platform, looking at the wooden cup.

Tonight the moon had passed mid-heaven, signaling the end of another night, thus a pitiable small drop of spiritual dew had formed in the cup. And finally, she realized what the long-ignored issue was!