Chapter 65: Hei Lin's Legacy Bones

  "What's wrong?" Jin Gang Pao looked up at me.

  I picked up a withered branch beside me and threw it into the lake in front of him.

  "What the hell is this place? Why doesn't the water have any buoyancy?" Jin Gang Pao angrily scolded.

  "Stop working hard, even if it's done, it's just a submarine." I sat down with a bitter smile. "Old cow, have you found that there seems to be no living animals on this small island?"

  "Hmm, I didn't even see a single bug on this trip." Jin Gang sheathed his sword and sat down beside me with a plop.

  "I think there might be a formation here, where humans and animals can't get in or out. As long as there's living creatures on this island, the formation will activate, and it looks like we're in for a tough time." I said, patting Jin Gang Cannon's shoulder with my own deduction.

  "Lao Yu, don't scare me, did Hairen and that person really starve to death?" Jin Gang's eyes widened.

  "That clam spirit's name is Sha Jinzhu, and with her cultivation as a clam and the Turtle King Ba's several hundred years of not eating anything, she wouldn't starve to death. However, that person next to her probably came voluntarily to be buried with her, should be her lover, if things go wrong he might just starve to death." I gloomily speculated, actually I don't know how Xie Hei Lin really died.

  "Can this formation be broken? Oh dear, I'm not even married yet, and now I'm going to die at a loss." Jin Gang Pa laughed bitterly.

  "If it could be broken, Shajin Zhu and Xuan Heilin would have broken it back then, and we wouldn't have to wait until today. I blame myself for this, and it's also dragged you all down." As I looked at Murong Zhi Feng who was teasing the white wolf with a tree branch not far away, my heart was filled with guilt and self-reproach.

  "For Pete's sake, let's not talk about useless things anymore. It's a pity for this poor girl and your dog. Old Yu, can't we think of a way to send them out? Jin Gang handed me a cigarette, tobacco was the heaviest thing I had on my back, while dry food and water were almost gone."

  "If we can send them away, the two of us can also leave." I shook my head. "However, there is still a glimmer of hope. The other night when you were asleep, Mu Rong Zhuifeng woke up once and talked to me for a long time. I deduce that on the first day of each month at night, she will wake up for a while. We can leave her some dry rations and water, so she can hold on for a month. When she wakes up and uses the Wind Movement Technique, perhaps she can take White Wolf out with her."

  "Alright then." Jīn Gāng Pào's mood improved a bit; although he was a bit dim-witted, his character wasn't bad.

  "What I'm saying is that maybe, what I'm thinking of now is the second half of the phrase 'to restrain the spiritual energy' on the Wind Dao Ren Road, 'downgrading the purple to blue'. This small island was set up by some Taoist master who set up a restraint on the spiritual energy, even if you are a purple spiritual energy yourself, you can only cast blue spiritual energy spells here, and blue spiritual energy is not enough to fly through the air."

  The spiritual energy below the purple spiritual energy is all one's own spiritual energy, and once the purple barrier is broken through, one can summon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Although my spiritual energy has now turned deep blue, I'm afraid that in this life, I won't be able to surpass the chasm between deep blue and light purple. Thinking about this, I feel a strong sense of unwillingness, so I flip over, stand up, clench my fists, recite incantations, and look around left and right.

  "Lao Yu, what are you trying to do?" Jin Gang Pao saw that I not only grasped the Guan Qi Jue but also added the easily reluctant to be used Jing Shen Zhen Yan, and was very suspicious.

  "There must be a way to crack the formation, don't give up until the end. You're not married and you're not reconciled, I haven't even passed the Zi Qi Xuan Guan, and I'm not reconciled either!" The small island in the middle of the lake is definitely a formation, this point I am very certain. As long as it's a formation, there must be an array eye and auxiliary arrays. If you can find the array eye or auxiliary arrays by relying on the difference in breath, maybe you can find a way to destroy it."

  Unfortunately, ideas are always at odds with reality. I've been staring at the island for half a day, trying to sense any special aura emanating from it, but to no avail. As dusk approached, a sudden glance revealed an unexpected discovery - a faint, unusual energy was emanating from the summit of the mountain peak on my right side. I hastily let Jin Gang Cannon take over, replacing me as I was exhausted.

  "There is a place on the mountain top where the air appears green, mixed with a lot of yellow earthy gas, I don't know if it's a cave or not, it's too far away to see clearly." Golden Cannon Pinches Acupoint Far Away.

  "Green?" I frowned "Take another look at the left mountain peak."

  "On the left side, there is also yellow earth energy. However, at the top of the mountain, that place has a slightly reddish spiritual energy." Jingang Cannon turned around and looked again.

  Loess is very common in the plains, but if there is yellow soil on the top of a mountain, it's not right. Generally, the top of a mountain peak should be stone, not mud. This point can be understood by anyone who has studied junior high school geography.

  "In the five elements, green represents wood energy, red represents fire energy. The spiritual energy of this small island under our feet is obviously surging with cyan, which represents water. And the Huangfu Cave where we passed through earlier, where the mouse lived, had earth energy. I deduce that there may be a mountain peak ahead that presents metal energy." I lit a cigarette and sat on the ground, drawing with a branch.

  "Just say what you mean." Jin Gang Pao got a headache and didn't even bother to reason.

  "I suspect this is a Five Elements Great Formation with mountains as its core, the four mountain peaks belong to Metal, Wood, Fire and Earth, while the one under our feet belongs to Water. The Five Elements are interdependent and restrain each other, maintaining the balance of Yin and Yang, and the operation of the formation. If we can destroy one of the auxiliary formations, break the balance of the Five Elements' energy, maybe we can get out." I threw down the branch in my hand and came to a conclusion.

  "You've said nothing at all, can't get out if you don't break free, can't break free if you can't get out, still a dead end." The golden cannon's words shocked the dreamer awake.

  It wasn't until now that I realized we're trapped here and can't get out, how are we supposed to break through? Muttering a curse under my breath, I tossed away the cigarette butt.

  It had gotten dark, and the group returned to the stone hut from before. We took out a blanket for Murong Zhui Feng to wrap himself in, but no one was in the mood to start a fire again, so we just sat stupidly inside the stone hut, at a loss for what to do.

  "Lao Yu, who set up this formation?" Jin Gang Pao grabbed my backpack and started checking the remaining supplies.

  "In the past, Zhengyi Taoism and Quanzhen Taoism were not opposed to each other. However, in later times, because our Quanzhen Taoism had relatively lenient rules for accepting disciples and was not strict with its followers, it led to dissatisfaction from the Zhengyi Taoists. The two schools gradually became hostile towards each other, eventually becoming like fire and water..."

  "I just asked where this formation came from, why are you telling me about history." Being trapped in this situation, Jingang Cannon's mood was definitely not good.

  "This Sha Jingzhu is a disciple of the Intercepting Sect, while this Xuan Heilin is a member of the Taoist school. The two somehow got together, and in the end, it's likely that the Tianxian Sect Master sensed something was amiss and set up an array to trap this unlucky clam spirit." I finished my analysis succinctly.

  "How did you know it was Tongtian Jiaozhu and not Taishang Laojun or Yuanshi Tianzun?" Jingang handed me a cigarette and lit it for me.

  "Taoism and Chan Buddhism eventually ganged up to bully the Introspection School, which is not surprising. However, they didn't dare lay a hand on the direct disciples of the Tongtian Sect's leader. According to historical records, the Tongtian Sect's leader had a rather eccentric and unpredictable temperament. If his disciples were locked up by themselves, it was fine, but if someone else did it, he would definitely seek revenge. It's like when an adult hits a child - they can do it themselves, but others can't." Despite my mouth already being bitter from the cigarette smoke, I still took the cigarette handed to me by Jingga.

  "There are also twelve bottles of mineral water, twenty or so packs of compressed biscuits, beef jerky and ham, and some others. Ah, how come you still secretly stored a bottle of Maotai?" Jin Gang Pao rummaged through my backpack, suddenly seeing the good wine in my bag.

  "I was preparing to celebrate our success, but I've been keeping it a secret from you. Let's drink now, this achievement is no longer worth celebrating." I replied with a bitter smile. Now, not only can we not celebrate, we can't even save our lives.

  "Don't be discouraged, there's still a lot left to eat, it's not that bad." Jīn Gāng Pào handed over a package of beef jerky. The remaining food was more than Jīn Gāng Pào had imagined, so he was delighted.

  I waved my hand and didn't take the beef jerky from Jin Gang's hand, indicating that he took a package of compressed biscuits for me. I called out to Bai Lang, tore it open and fed it to him.

  Jin Gang cannon looked at me and didn't say anything. My feelings with Bai Lang are no less than his, this he understands.

  For several days in a row, we searched the small island without stopping, but it was still in vain. Food and water were getting less and less, and the situation was becoming more and more severe.

  The phone lost signal after passing by the dead pool, so Jin Gang's rescue plan also came to nothing.

  "Old Cow, are you regretful?" To save water, my lips have cracked. I glanced at the mineral water in Murong Zhui Feng's hand and quickly turned away.

  "There's nothing to regret, I have a house at home, my second brother has a wife and can leave a legacy for the old cow family, and when I left, I also left a few tens of thousands for my family. I've tasted what I should taste, tried what I should try, but you're the one who's unlucky, dying as a virgin." Jin Gang Cannon leaned against the stone bed, weakly joking.

  "It's all my fault, the formation set by Bu was not originally aimed at us, but I led you guys in here with a muddled head." I sighed and shook my head. In my family, I'm the only one left, and being unfilial has three major forms - having no descendants is the worst of them all. If I die like this, it'll be hard to shake off the hat of an unfilial son.

  "It's all because of that thing, I'm going to smash it." Jin Gang Pao suddenly stood up and hastily walked a few steps into the stone house on the right.

  Normally, I would have stopped Jin Gang Cannon's despicable behavior, but now I don't have the energy or mood to do so, let him vent his anger.

  Who would have thought that the crackling sound I imagined didn't ring out, and after a moment, Jin Gang Cannon actually came out carrying one of Sha Jinzhu's giant shells "Lao Yu, can this thing be made into a boat?"

  "The cultivation of the spiritual energy relies on a mouthful of spirit, and after death, the remaining physical body is useless." I stood up.

  "I'll give it a try." Jin Gang Pao hugged the giant shell and walked out.

  After a while, a voice came from afar, "Grass."

  I let out a bitter laugh and leaned against the white wolf, lying down. The white wolf's appetite was originally large, but it hadn't eaten much in the past few days, its belly had long been empty, tightly attached to its ribs. I looked at it and felt a pang of sadness.

  "Lao Yu, why is this guy's bones so light, while that clam's are so heavy?" Jin Gang Pao walked in, pointing at the human-shaped skeleton in the stone room.

  "Didn't I tell you? The bones of a cultivator are different from those of ordinary people..." I suddenly stopped talking, jumped up, rushed into the stone room, grabbed a piece of human bone and ran to the lake.

  "Old cow, it's saved..."