Bai Feng waved her hand and Yue Ru retreated.
She went to Chu Li's room thoughtfully and knocked on the door before entering.
Chu Li was sitting cross-legged on the bed. He slowly opened his eyes and his gaze was deep.
"Young Master Zhao." Yue Ru approached him.
Chu Li smiled. "Miss Yue Ru, what's wrong?"
"The people from the Church of the Bloody Garment will be here in two days," Yue Ru said.
Chu Li said, "It's a good thing that they're in such a hurry to reincarnate."
Yue Ru shook her head. "If we drag this on for a few more days, the sect's reinforcements will arrive. We won't have to be afraid of them."
Chu Li said, "They must've predicted your arrival time, so they're in a hurry to fight."
"I'm not confident about winning this battle." Yue Ru sighed. "Master is the only top-notch master in the brothel. The Church of the Bloody Garment will also have top-notch masters who will hold Master back. The rest of us won't be able to defeat them."
Chu Li asked, "Why don't you play the guzheng in the formation?"
Yue Ru frowned. "The sound will be weakened by the formation."
Chu Li smiled. "That depends on the formation."
Yue Ru's eyes lit up. "That's right. Young Master Zhao, you've learned formations too. Can you set up a formation?"
Chu Li said, "I'll set up a Soul Confusion Formation so that they won't be able to leave in a short time. Then, you can use the Musical Assassination Technique to deal with them."
"Can the Soul Confusion Formation trap them?"
"There's no harm in trying!"
"Sure." Yue Ru quickly asked, "Do you need any materials to set up the formation?"
Chu Li nodded. "It's best to use the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth in the forest. If it's in the Phoenix Goddess Brothel, we'll need the best jade stones. It's hard to get them in a short time, so we'll have to lure them into the forest."
Using the terrain of the mountains to set up a formation was because the mountains and trees had accumulated spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth over a long period of time. Setting up a formation would use this spiritual energy as a guide to draw out the strange energy of the void, which was the power of the formation.
Jade stones were special as they absorbed spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth over a long period of time. Compared to the mountains and trees, they were much purer. and if they were used to set up a formation, they could use the spiritual energy of the jade stones to draw out the strange energy of the void, which would produce great power.
However, these kinds of jade stones were priceless treasures. Even rich families could not get their hands on them.
"Jade stones …" Yue Ru pondered for a moment before saying, "I do have some. Can I take a look at them?"
After saying that, she retreated gracefully.
She quickly went to her room and took out a box. Inside were some jade carvings and jade pendants.
She didn't like gold and silver. What she liked was jade, so she collected quite a lot of it.
Some of the rich and powerful people who came to the Immortal Phoenix Restaurant, in order to obtain a smile from the beauties or even to redeem the freedom of the women they fancied, would have to please her, the Young Brothel Master, and would give her some jade artifacts.
She brought the box to Chu Li's house and handed it to him. "Master Zhao, are these enough?"
Chu Li opened the box and looked around. In the end, he chose two jade horses, two jade kirins, a round jade pendant, and three jade lions.
He looked at the two jade horses, shook his head and sighed.
Yue Ru asked anxiously, "Is it impossible?"
Chu Li withdrew his regretful gaze and smiled. "That's not it. It's just a pity that this person's carving skills are only average and wasted such a beautiful piece of jade. These should be enough. The Phoenix Goddess Brothel sure is wealthy."
Yue Ru smiled sheepishly. "They're just some mundane things."
Chu Li shook his head. "These worldly items are of great use. I'll start setting up the formation now."
"Okay." Yue Ru nodded.
Chu Li glided out of the house and went downstairs to the first floor. He placed the eight jade artifacts in eight different positions.
An ordinary formation master would need to use a ruler to measure the distance. It was very troublesome and exhausting to set up a formation. However, it was a piece of cake for him. His Omniscient Mirror could clearly show him the bird's eye view and he could clearly see the distance.
When he placed the last Jade Lion in front of a vermillion pillar, the Jade Lion suddenly flashed with brilliance. The other seven Jade Artefacts also flashed with brilliance at the same time. Then, the brilliance merged into one and slowly floated up until it was level with their waists.
The eight jade artifacts slowly rotated and the eight positions were occupied by eight jade artifacts in turn. Then, the eight jade artifacts suddenly disappeared.
A strange force came from the sky and fell straight down onto the main hall. The white silk in the hall fluttered as if a strong wind had blown in.
Yue Ru's clothes fluttered as she watched this scene in amazement.
There were formation masters in Tian Luo Sect too, but they were usually solitary people who immersed themselves in research all day long and paid no attention to the outside world. Everything was taken care of by the sect so they did not need to be distracted.
Yue Ru had never seen a formation master before and had never seen them setting up a formation. This was her first time seeing such a mysterious scene.
Chu Li smiled. "Do you think it's mysterious?"
Yue Ru exclaimed, "It's really mysterious!"
Chu Li shook his head. "Actually, the power of a formation is similar to a person's inner energy. It's formless and has a substance. There's nothing mysterious about it. Obtaining the power of a formation is like cultivating inner energy in a human body. It's like creating something out of nothing."
Yue Ru smiled when she heard his explanation. "Now that you mention it, it's really normal."
Chu Li replied, "There's nothing mysterious about it."
"Young Master Zhao, it seems like it's so easy for you to set up a formation. Why can't anyone learn it?" Yue Ru asked in confusion.
She watched as Chu Li casually placed the eight jade artifacts in eight different positions as if he had just placed them there casually. She could not understand why it seemed so easy to set up a formation, but almost everyone else was stumped by it.
Chu Li smiled. "Those who are difficult won't be able to learn it, but those who know it won't be difficult either. The principles of a formation are complicated, but its appearance is actually very simple. Look at how I set up the eight jade artifacts. It seems like it's easy, but I have to go through countless complicated deductions before I set up the formation and how to set it up. These eight positions can't be wrong at all. Otherwise, it'll be difficult to set up the formation and your Eight Fairy Jade Artifacts will be useless."
Yue Ru nodded slowly.
Chu Li said, "Let's not talk about anything else. Let's talk about how to set up the formation first. You'll have to calculate the surrounding environment. Metal, wood, water, fire, earth, how much metal is there and where it is located. Then, you'll have to deduce what formation to set up based on this. Of course, you'll have to have a deep understanding of these formations … There's only the principle of a formation. As for how to set up the formation, you'll have to design it based on the surrounding terrain and environment.
Yue Ru stuck out her tongue. "Forget it then!"
Her scalp went numb when she heard Chu Li's words. She did not even dare to think about it.
Chu Li smiled and said, "Go in and try it out."
"How do I go in?"
"Go out first. Once you step into the main hall, you'll enter the formation," Chu Li said.
Yue Ru pushed the door open and went out. Then, she turned around and came back.
As soon as she entered the hall, the scenery in front of her instantly changed. There was a towering mountain in front of her. She stood at the foot of the mountain and felt as tiny as an ant. It was as if she could not climb up this mountain no matter how hard she tried.
She could not help but want to climb up, so she quickly climbed up the mountain. She picked up her pace and soon, she was not far away from the peak of the mountain. However, no matter how fast she sped up, the distance between her and the peak did not change much.
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