Everyone now understood that the seemingly harmless stream was trapped in an infinite loop.
Who would dare enter such a bizarre stream?
Heaven knew what would happen if they went in.
"Martial Aunt, Senior Hu Xiao, what do we do next?" Xu Hanchi asked.
The Martial Uncle composed himself:
"How about we try to go around? Pass from another direction?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Xin, standing nearby, also said:
"This stream is also very strange; it only appears in a certain direction and location.
We can't go around it.
In this misty forest, taking detours will only lead us astray.
And when we came here before, the stream was normal.
We passed through without encountering any danger."
"So, it seems we have no choice but to cross here!" Yun Xia Gu also said.
"Why don't we give it a try and just go across?" Luo Fei suggested.
The others frowned, unsure about the stream's condition.
Would it be dangerous to just rush across?
If so, how would they handle it?
The uncertainty cast a silence over everyone.
"What kind of stream is this, so bizarre!"
As he spoke, Old Mo picked up a stone and tossed it directly into the stream.
With a "plop," the stone sank, splashing a few drops of water, showing no abnormalities.
Looking at the stream again, I said:
"Could this be some kind of illusion?"
"It should be. This poor monk has a charm to try," the Martial Uncle said.
He produced a calming charm.
Holding it in his hand, he formed a sword finger.
He chanted a few words and pointed forward:
"As urgent as the law commands, break!"
The charm flew out and exploded over the stream with a "boom."
Instantly, the power of the charm began to ripple across the surface of the stream,
Spreading outwards like ripples.
It dispelled the surrounding mist.
But after the mist dispersed, it quickly coalesced again.
Looking at the stream, it remained the same as before, with its ceaseless repetition of waves, the withered leaf appearing and disappearing back and forth.
"Damn, it didn't work!"
"What kind of illusion is this, so powerful?"
"Yes! How about I try to test the depth by going in?" Xu Hanchi said, gripping his long sword.
But Yun Xia Gu stopped him.
"Don't be rash. Let's think of another way."
At this point, Yun Long and Yun Hu exchanged glances.
Then Yun Long said:
"If it's not a common illusion, could it be that some kind of Qimen formation has been set up here?
If there is a formation, no matter how you cast spells, the illusion won't disappear."
Yun Long's words made everyone feel that this was a possibility.
If a formation was indeed in place, and the formation couldn't be broken,
Then this illusion certainly couldn't be dispelled.
The Martial Uncle looked at Yun Long and Yun Hu and said:
"You two are Gou Sheng's disciples.
See if you can discern anything."
All our eyes fell upon Yun Long and Yun Hu.
The two also exchanged glances and nodded to each other.
Then they placed their backpacks on the ground.
From their bags, they took out some rather special-looking items.
For instance, a bronze bowl with sharp corners on its four sides.
There was also a spike at the bottom of the bowl.
Besides these, there were other artifacts that were difficult to understand.
We watched quietly, not disturbing them.
Using a compass, the two performed a simple positioning.
They also chanted softly: Qian Heaven, Kun Earth, Xun Wind, Zhen Thunder, Kan Water, Li Fire, Gen Mountain, Dui Marsh.
"Brother, the Dui position is here. Place the water bird here. The Zhen Thunder position is here, place the thunder beast here..."
The two became busy.
Yun Hu directed while confirming the eight trigram positions.
Yun Long picked up the strange artifacts and began placing them in various positions.
The two were very proficient, and in less than twenty minutes,
They had arranged a set of artifacts resembling the Eight Trigrams within an area of about ten meters.
In the center, at the Yin-Yang fish position, they placed the strange bronze bowl upright.
Finally, Yun Long called out to me:
"Brother Qin, hand me a bottle of water!"
"Okay!"
I quickly handed him a bottle of water.
Yun Long took the water and carefully poured it into the bowl.
The bowl had markings, and he was very cautious, fearing any slight error.
We had never seen such operations before.
I quietly asked the Martial Uncle:
"Martial Uncle, what are they doing?"
The Martial Uncle narrowed his eyes:
"This looks like some kind of formation-testing method."
Even the Martial Uncle was not entirely sure.
However, Yun Xia Gu nodded in confirmation:
"That's right, this should be the Twenty-Four Mountains Formation Test.
I didn't expect these two, at such a young age, to know such methods!" Yun Xia Gu praised.
Upon hearing "Twenty-Four Mountains Formation Test," our group began to ask questions.
Yun Xia Gu didn't know much, only explaining it simply.
I also understood the general idea.
She said that when a formation is formed, it will inevitably produce "qi,"
This is called "formation qi,"
And it is the key to making the formation operate on its own.
This "Twenty-Four Mountains Formation Test" can sense the "formation qi" produced by different formations.
Different "formation qi" will have different effects on this "formation test method."
The practitioner can judge what kind of formation is present in the surroundings through these effects and changes, and thus find a corresponding method to break it.