"Ziying, tell me where the Holy King's abode is." Jianchen could not hide his excitement. He could not wait.
"Master, it's fifty meters behind you on the cliff," Ziying said.
Jianchen immediately turned around and went to the location Ziying had told him. It was a cliff with some weeds. It looked very ordinary, and there was nothing special about it. Even Jianchen's mind could not sense anything strange.
"Master, this is a cave covered by a formation. You need to attack this direction and break the formation to see where the cave is," Ziying said.
Jianchen looked curiously at the seemingly ordinary cliff in front of him. It was hard for him to imagine that a formation could create such a miraculous effect. With his eyesight, he could not see any flaws. Even his mind could not detect anything strange.
Jianchen grabbed at the air and the fire element in the air quickly gathered. In an instant, it condensed into a fire elemental sword in Jianchen's hand. With a shake of his hand, the fire elemental sword turned into a red light and shot toward the cliff in front of him.
Boom! With a loud boom, the fire elemental sword hit the cliff in front of him and exploded. Waves of fire rolled out in all directions, causing the surrounding temperature to rise rapidly. The ice that filled the surroundings was completely dispelled. A large number of broken rocks rolled down and fell into the cold pool below, creating a large splash.
When everything calmed down, Jianchen saw a three-meter-wide cave in front of him. The cave was pitch black, and he could not see what was inside.
"Is this the entrance to the Holy King's abode?" Jianchen stared at the cave and murmured. He immediately used his mind to extend into the cave to see what was inside. However, when his mind was only fifty meters in, it was blocked by an invisible force. It could not go any further.
"Master, there is a formation protecting it." Ziying's voice sounded in Jianchen's head.
"The arrangements are really tight." Jianchen sighed. Back then, when he participated in the Mercenary Conference, he found a Saint King's cave in another space, but its defensive power was far from as strong as this cave. It only used a very thick stone door to block it.
The Sage Monarch Abode had an irresistible allure for Jianchen. Without hesitation, Jianchen immediately flew into the pitch-black cave and walked inside.
Soon, Jianchen arrived in front of the array that isolated his Divine Sense. He grabbed at the void and condensed a Fire Elemental Sword and shot it out. However, what happened next left Jianchen dumbfounded. Just as the Fire Elemental Sword approached the array, it silently disappeared.
"Master, this is a formation set up using the power of space. Unless the strength of the attack can reach the limit of this formation, it cannot be broken by external forces." A woman's voice sounded in Jianchen's mind. This time, it was Qing Suo's sword spirit who spoke.
"Then what should I do?" Jianchen asked the sword spirits. This was the first time he had seen a formation, and he had never even heard of it before. As a result, Jianchen was still rather unfamiliar with formations. He had no idea how to deal with it. Now that he had encountered it, he could not help but feel like he had no idea where to start.
"This formation mainly relies on the power of space. With the support of the force of the world, it changes many times and can create countless illusions to confuse people. However, it does not possess any offensive power, so unless you encounter a Saint King, this formation will isolate anyone who enters," Qing Suo explained.
Jianchen hesitated before asking, "Qing Suo, do you have a way to deal with this formation?"
"Master, although Qing Suo and Ziying have expended too much energy and are unable to break through this formation, Qing Suo and Ziying can see through it. As long as you follow our instructions, you'll definitely be able to pass through it easily," Qing Suo said in a rather complacent manner.
"Alright then, I'll follow your arrangements." Jian Chen could only place all his hopes on the sword spirits now that things had developed to this point.
"Master, enter the formation first." Qing Suo instructed Jianchen through Jianchen's mind.
Jianchen was extremely confident in Ziying and Qing Suo. He was not worried that they would harm him at all. Without any hesitation, he entered the formation that could isolate the senses of the soul.
With a single step, he seemed to pass through two different worlds. The scenery before Jianchen drastically changed. He discovered that he had actually arrived in a desert. The scorching sun hung high in the sky, radiating with intense heat. The fine sand in the desert was scorching hot, like iron sand that had been burned to a bright red color.
"Master, this is all an illusion. It's an illusion created by the person who cast down this formation using the force of the world. It's not real. Continue with your normal pace. Don't go too fast," Qing Suo explained in Jianchen's mind.
Jianchen obeyed and continued with his normal pace. One step, two steps, three steps. Just as Jianchen took his fourth step, the sand beneath his feet suddenly began to flow, forming a whirlpool that swallowed him up.
"Quicksand!" Jianchen was shocked. Just as he subconsciously wanted to control the Qi of Heaven and Earth to fly out, the voices of Ziying and Qing Suo sounded in his mind.
"Master, don't resist! Otherwise, you will be sent outside by the power of space. "Ziying and Qing Suo said at the same time.
Hearing this, Jianchen immediately gave up resisting and allowed the quicksand to wrap around his body and sink down.
It was dark underground. Even with Jianchen's eyesight, he could not see anything clearly. Jianchen simply closed his eyes and did not look at the surrounding scenery. He tried to use his soul, but found that his soul was completely suppressed here. He could not send it out at all.
Not long after, Jianchen felt his body stop sinking. At the same time, his body was being squeezed by a thick layer of something. It felt as if he was really being wrapped in quicksand.
"Master, take a step to the left."
Jianchen silently closed his eyes, adjusted the angle of his body, and took a step to the left.
This step seemed to cross thousands of miles and come to another place. Jianchen's eyes were closed, but he could clearly feel a glaring light shooting at him. Moreover, there was a faint fragrance of flowers in the air.
Jianchen opened his eyes and found himself in a beautiful garden. The scenery was indescribably beautiful. It was like a paradise on earth. The air was filled with a faint fragrance. Not far ahead, there was a pool. The water was clear, and he could clearly see the fish swimming in the water.
"Master, walk forward."
Jianchen lifted his feet and walked forward. He did not stop until he reached the edge of the pool.
"Master, this is all an illusion. What you see is not real. There is no pool in front of you. Continue walking forward."
"What a magical formation. It is so realistic." Jianchen sighed in amazement. He once again sighed in amazement at the magical formation. Afterwards, he directly took a step forward and stepped into the pool.
When Jianchen's feet touched the surface of the water, his body actually did not sink. He just floated on the surface of the water. He felt as if there was a layer of transparent glass under his feet.
Jianchen continued to walk on the surface of the lake according to the guidance of the sword spirits. When he arrived at the center of the lake, the scenery before him suddenly spun. In an instant, the garden disappeared, and what appeared before Jianchen was a bottomless abyss.
The world was gloomy. There was no sun, no moonlight. It was as if he had come to hell on earth. At this moment, Jianchen stood on a cliff. Before him was a bottomless abyss. Vaguely, he could vaguely hear strange sounds from the abyss. It was as if ghosts were howling. It was hair-raising.
"Continue walking forward." Qing Suo's voice sounded in Jianchen's head.
Afterwards, Jianchen followed the sword spirits' instructions. He continuously moved forward in the formation that constantly changed the environment. He would change his position from time to time. Sometimes he would advance, sometimes he would retreat, sometimes he would turn left or right. After tormenting Jianchen for an entire hour, he finally walked out of the mysterious formation.
After walking out of the formation, Jianchen found himself in a dark mountain. The surroundings were empty and desolate. There was only a wooden hut.
"Ziying, Qing Suo, this isn't another illusion, right?" Jianchen asked the sword spirits in his head. Everything in the illusion was too realistic. Jianchen could not tell the difference between reality and illusion. This directly led to Jianchen not being able to tell the difference between reality and illusion.
"Master, we've already walked out of the formation. Everything you see now is real." Ziying said.
Ziying's answer finally allowed Jianchen to relax. An excited smile appeared on his face. After going through so much trouble, he was finally going to obtain the final treasure.
Jianchen was filled with excitement as he walked step by step toward the wooden hut.
Just as Jian Chen emerged from the illusion formation, five streaks of light flew over with great speed. In the end, they all stopped above the canyon, hovering high in the air as they looked down.
Among the five, there were four old men and one middle-aged man. They wore clothes of different colors. They all had calm faces and naturally gave off a powerful presence.
"According to the Heaven Saint Master from the Qiangan Kingdom, the Saint King's dwelling is below the valley. It's on a cliff fifty meters above the pool. There's only one valley nearby. It looks like it's here." The middle-aged man looked down at the valley and said in a low voice.
"There's basically no deviation in location. It should be here. Let's go down. I hope the Heaven Saint Master from the Qiangan Kingdom didn't lie to us." The one who spoke was an old man.
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