"Brother, what do you mean?"
Ye You turned to look at Ye Ling, her face full of confusion. "What do you mean by falling into their trap?"
Ye Ling shook his head and gave a wry smile, handing the map to Ye You. "Take another look at Hei Wuchang's map."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Ye You also took the map with a suspicious expression and spread it out on the ground. "This map only marks a few places where the foundation of Buzhou Mountain was broken, with no other information..."
Ye Ling used his demonic energy to simulate Buzhou Mountain in the underworld, then, according to the positions marked on the map, he removed the places where the foundation of Buzhou Mountain was shattered. "Little You, take a closer look. Is there anything strange about these broken places?"
"Strange?"
Ye You carefully examined the 3D map simulated by Ye Ling, and then her expression changed slightly. "How could the foundation be broken like this?"
Ye Ling smiled and said, "It seems you've noticed it too. Even if it was just a green meteor, even if the meteorite fragments scattered like a flower, it's impossible to break the foundation of Buzhou Mountain like this."
"Moreover, this is the situation discovered by the underworld army within a limited time. We don't know if there are any other damaged areas in Buzhou Mountain."
Ye You said, "But aren't there other Yin souls destroying things in Buzhou Mountain? Could these damaged places have been caused by those frenzied Yin souls?"
Ye Ling said, "Perhaps, but the probability of them being destroyed so systematically is too small."
Ye You: "Systematically? How come I don't see it?"
In Ye You's eyes, the damaged places on Buzhou Mountain were just chaotic large holes. Apart from threatening the foundation of Buzhou Mountain and potentially causing it to collapse, these holes had no other pattern.
Ye Ling smiled slightly, beckoned, and separated the damaged places from Buzhou Mountain, turning them into dots that floated in the air.
Then Ye Ling added some dots out of thin air, connected these dots, and projected them onto the ground.
A magic array formed before Ye You.
"This is!!!"
Ye You's pupils contracted sharply as she saw the planar magic array projected onto the ground, and a monstrous wave surged in her heart!
How could this be possible?
Ye Ling said, "The dots I added just now are places where I hypothesized the foundation of Buzhou Mountain might still exist but were not discovered by the underworld army."
"If the damaged places in the foundation of Buzhou Mountain are as I thought, then these damaged places are the base points needed to construct the formation. Connecting these base points and projecting them onto the flat ground will form a complete magic array."
"This is impossible..." Ye You was full of shock. "How can such a thing happen?"
"Using the destruction of Buzhou Mountain to construct a grand formation? How could anyone do such a thing?"
Ye You had never heard of such a thing!
Ye Ling said, "There are thousands of ways to form formations in the world. Perhaps even the decorations and furnishings in a home, when they fit a certain pattern, can unknowingly form a formation."
"Let alone using methods like destroying Buzhou Mountain to build a formation. Let's talk about the Red Dust Pavilion before. Didn't they make the Tongtian Towers they built over time become base points to construct a global sacrificial formation?"
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Ye You still found it incredibly unbelievable, and looked at Ye Ling in shock. "Even if this is true, how did you figure it out, Brother?"
"The map given by Hei Wuchang only marked some irregular points, and the other base points were added by you yourself. Could it be that you're overthinking it, Brother?"
Ye Ling shook his head. "The art of formations is profound and vast, no less so than the laws of the Great Dao. Although I have studied for tens of thousands of years, I dare not claim to have fully grasped the mysteries of all the formations in the world."
"However, it is precisely because I have studied formations for so long and have delved deeply into the path of formations that I can still discern the grand formation set up on Buzhou Mountain, even though it is hidden."
"If you don't believe me, we can go to the places I just marked blindly and see if the foundation there has been damaged, and then you'll know."
Ye You swallowed. Although she still found it incredibly unbelievable, since Ye Ling said so, she had no reason not to believe him. She then asked, "Since someone is using the destruction of Buzhou Mountain to set up a formation, can you tell what kind of formation it is, Brother?"
Ye Ling said, "I've looked at the opponent's formation strategy. Some of the construction details are very strange, unlike ordinary formation techniques, but they still conform to a certain Daoist principle."
"The opponent is a master of formation, deliberately concealing their intention to set up the formation. However, I can still confirm, with some difficulty, that the person setting up the formation is constructing a sacrificial formation."
"Sacrificial formation?"
Ye You's heart suddenly startled. "Does the person setting up the formation want to sacrifice someone?"
Ye Ling nodded. "The basic structure of the grand formation is now complete. Perhaps it only lacks the sacrificial offering."
Ye You reacted. "In other words, Brother, you suspect that the sacrificial offering is Xiao Qing?"
"Yes, Xu Xiao Qing could see that green meteor, which means she is closely related to the anomaly that occurred in Buzhou Mountain. Moreover, all the events that happened in the Shushan semi-spiritual realm this time are related to the key infused with flesh and soul..."
"The key infused with flesh and soul..." Ye You chewed on this sentence again, and then suddenly realized. "I understand! The key they are looking for is not a dead object at all. Infused with flesh and soul, isn't that life?"
"The key they are looking for is a living person who can be sacrificed?"
"It seems Little You has also figured it out." Ye Ling nodded slightly. "The key the opponent is looking for is a certain person!"
"I found a deep power hidden within Xiao Qing. Once she is sacrificed, that power within her might awaken. I think the purpose of the third party is the power within Xiao Qing."
Ye You said solemnly, "We have been taking Xiao Qing with us all along, and the mastermind must also be focusing their attention on Xiao Qing. Then they used some method to confirm that Xiao Qing is the key they were looking for!"
"After that, they began to set up a grand formation on Buzhou Mountain, and then lured us to Buzhou Mountain to explore the secrets, intending to sacrifice Xiao Qing in the process to achieve their goals!"
"My little sister is smart!" Ye Ling praised. "So, I placed Xiao Qing in the military camp not intentionally to make her a bait to lure the enemy, but only in this way can we truly discern the enemy's secrets and protect her safety."
Ye You then asked, "If Xiao Qing is like this, then why did you place Sister Ruo Xue in the military camp, Brother?"
"If Xiao Qing were alone there, she would overthink things. With Ruo Xue accompanying her, her emotions can be stabilized."
Ye You pouted. "Brother, you still treat them as bait... Everything before was just an excuse!"
Ye Ling put on a stern face. "How are you talking to your brother? Are you doubting my strength?"
"I don't believe it!" Although Ye You said so, she put away the map and started walking up the mountain.
Ye Ling looked at Ye You's retreating figure, a hint of a smile flashing in his eyes, and asked, "Where are you going now?"
Ye You: "I'm going to see if you're bragging, Brother!"