"Wow, Daddy, you're so nice!" Qi Yu, clinging to Shao Feng's back, kicked her legs and acted spoiled.
Shao Feng put on a disgusted expression, but still held Qi Yu securely.
They descended the stairs to the barrier in the center.
Shao Feng set Qi Yu down.
Qi Yu squatted on the ground and touched it with her hand. Only then did she notice that the barrier, which led to an unknown destination, had indeed begun to loosen.
Perhaps due to the formation-breaking spell, the barrier had become very loose. However, Qi Yu probed it with her divine power and felt that it was not yet possible to break it easily.
Si Qing looked at Qi Yu, "Sister, how is it? Can this barrier be opened?"
The best scenario now was not to completely break the barrier, but to create an opening just large enough for them to pass through, and then maintain it with spells.
Qi Yu naturally understood what Si Qing was thinking. She frowned and shook her head, placing one hand on the barrier, "The formation-breaking spell is indeed effective, and the barrier has loosened a lot. However, the magic is still tightly bound, and we can't achieve the desired effect. To create an opening in this formation that allows us to pass through without damaging its structure, it would take at least two more days of chanting."
Si Qing nodded, "Then we'll stay here for these two days. This is not a small matter, and the power of the formation-breaking spell is crucial. We must control it personally."
Qi Yu had no objections. Her identity as the sect leader of Changqing Sect could be handled by a clone anyway.
The others thought the same. After leaving clones to manage the Changqing Sect, they all settled down by the lotus pond, setting up a hidden barrier and forming a circle around the central barrier to jointly chant the formation-breaking spell.
The formation-breaking spell sounded somewhat similar to the Great Compassion Mantra, with extremely similar pronunciations.
Qi Yu sat in the main position of the circle, holding a string of fiery red prayer beads. She chanted the formation-breaking spell while speeding up the rotation of the beads.
Si Qing sat in the opposite position.
He channeled his divine power, just like Qi Yu.
The speed and power of the divine energy from the siblings were similar.
Combined with the chanting power of the others,
The formation-breaking spell soon began to exert its intended power, gradually emitting a red halo that enveloped everyone. Finally, it was all channeled into the central barrier.
One could not stop chanting the formation-breaking spell at will, as it could lead to a backlash.
No one dared to be careless, fearing they might implicate others. Therefore, their chanting was very precise and cautious.
Qi Yu chanted while observing the reaction of the barrier in the center of the formation.
Seeing the barrier turn increasingly red and begin to emit a faint white halo, she raised her hand to signal everyone to stop together after completing a round.
When everyone paused,
Qi Yu stood up and walked over to touch the barrier. She then frowned and shook her head, saying, "No, look here."
She reached out and pinched the soil next to the barrier.
What were originally hard stones had now become loose and crumbly, as if they were breadcrumbs, shattering with a single pinch.
"The formation-breaking spell is affecting the surrounding structure within this lotus pond," Qi Yu said, glancing at the stairs around them. "If we continue to insist on breaking the formation like this, I suspect this place will collapse before long, and we might all fall down."
Qi Yu's tone was very serious when she said this.
She was not joking; she was being serious.
If this place collapsed, while climbing up would not be an issue, it would cause vibrations in the surrounding mountain ranges.
The chain reaction that would result could not be easily resolved and could potentially lead to landslides, causing widespread suffering.
"Alas, so if it doesn't involve life, there's no problem. But when it does, it becomes complicated. If we can't do it this way, then what should we do?" Chen Xi looked at the barrier with a troubled expression. "Should we dig this place open? Otherwise, if the formation-breaking spell causes the entire Changqing Mountain area to collapse and landslide, think of how many animals would be injured or killed. Ordinary humans might also get hurt."
"After all, there are some ordinary villagers living in Changqing Mountain, and these people absolutely cannot be harmed."
Chen Xi's words became more and more troubled.
Causing a landslide and damaging a large forest for personal gain—would Qi Yu, as the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao, punish herself?
Chen Xi scratched her head, feeling increasingly speechless.
Qi Yu, however, remained very calm. After thinking carefully for a long time, she proposed, "In that case, let's dig it open. Otherwise, once the barrier loosens and collapses, the entire mountain will be affected. But if we dig it open a bit and then support it with magic, I think it should hold."
Wang Lan Qing felt as if they were a group of renovation workers, squatting there discussing how to dig through the mountain together.
Qi Yu was like a foreman, leading them to figure out how to dig through the entire Changqing Mountain without letting it collapse.
Si Qing was like someone responsible for damage control, researching how to envelop the entire Changqing Mountain with a large barrier without affecting other disciples.
Wang Lan Qing couldn't help but want to laugh.
But no one else here was a transmigrator from modern times, so Wang Lan Qing couldn't share the images in her mind with anyone.
It was truly frustrating.
Qi Yu looked at Wang Lan Qing with a strange expression, "What's wrong?"
Wang Lan Qing gasped, shook her head, and then suddenly looked up at the sky and sighed, "Nothing. I just suddenly miss Chang Ge. By the way, do you know?"
Hearing her suddenly mention Chang Ge, Qi Yu was puzzled and turned her head, "Know what?"
Wang Lan Qing looked at Qi Yu, "Chang Ge has already returned, so I won't hide it anymore. I've always felt that Chang Ge doesn't seem like an ordinary three-year-old child."
Qi Yu was stunned for a moment, not understanding what she meant. "Chang Ge isn't an ordinary three-year-old child. Are you saying that when she first arrived many years ago?"
Qi Yu asked while thinking carefully.
When Chang Ge first came to this world, she seemed no different from an ordinary three-year-old child.
However, it might also be because she hadn't observed her very closely. After all, she and young Chang Ge rarely spent time alone together, or spent prolonged periods together. Most of the time, she just played with her and chatted with her. It couldn't be said that she didn't care, only that her care was limited.
Because at that time, she thought that young Chang Ge would eventually return to her own world. If she formed too many emotional attachments to this world, it might cause her pain when she returned to her own world later.