Chapter 444: No Need for Elaborate Measures

After Chu Qing was rescued, Mu Yunjin stood in place, somewhat conflicted about whether to remain in the Tiansheng Continent or open the seal to enter Fengue Cliff.

In the Tiansheng Continent, she no longer had any companions; staying alone held little purpose.

But at Fengue Cliff, Chu Qing said he had set up an exquisite formation. If they couldn’t break the formation, they wouldn’t be able to leave Fengue Cliff at all.

She had just entangled with Chu Qing for a while, and if she went in now, she might not be able to reunite with Taoist Feng Xuan and the others, but instead might end up alone again…

After thinking for a long time, she finally decided to open the seal and go to Fengue Cliff.

This time, after the spiritual power once again revealed the entrance seal to Fengue Cliff, Mu Yunjin entered the seal exceptionally smoothly, with no one to block her.

Mu Yunjin arrived at the stone cave where Qin Muyue had previously imprisoned her mother and Hua Ying.

On one side of the stone cave were several empty dungeons.

Mu Yunjin looked around but did not see Taoist Feng Xuan and Qiqi.

Following her memory, she ran towards the exit of Fengue Cliff, running through several chambers unobstructed.

But gradually, Mu Yunjin discovered…

She had been running forward the whole time, but she had passed through these few stone caves already. Why was it that no matter how far she ran forward, she kept coming back to the same few stone caves?

With this thought, Mu Yunjin bent down to pick up a piece of broken stone and made a mark on the wall of the stone cave.

Afterward, she continued to run forward.

After running for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, she saw the stone cave where she had just made the mark.

Could this be the formation Chu Qing mentioned?

If that was the case, then this formation was indeed formidable. If she couldn’t break it, she would probably never reach the exit of Fengue Cliff in this lifetime, even if she ran until death.

Where had her master and the others gone? Had they already left Fengue Cliff, or were they, like her, running around aimlessly?

“Oh dear, I can’t go on, I can’t go on! These old bones of mine really can’t run anymore!” Suddenly, from behind Mu Yunjin came the sound of several footsteps, accompanied by Taoist Feng Xuan’s familiar voice.

Mu Yunjin turned to look.

Indeed, Taoist Feng Xuan was carrying Hua Ying on his back, with Qiqi following beside them. Everyone’s foreheads were covered in sweat, and they were panting tirelessly.

“Troublesome girl, you’re here too?” Taoist Feng Xuan looked up and was startled to see Mu Yunjin standing in front of him.

Qiqi’s eyes also brightened, “I was just worried that Master was trapped in the Tiansheng Continent and might be in some trouble. It’s so good to see Master now!”

“I was held up by Chu Qing earlier, and only came to Fengue Cliff after dealing with him. This place has been set with a formation by him. If we can’t break the formation, we can’t get out,” Mu Yunjin explained, looking at them.

“No wonder we can’t get out of Fengue Cliff no matter how much we run back and forth. I initially thought I had remembered the path wrong,” Qiqi scratched her ear.

Mu Yunjin pursed her lips and looked at Hua Ying on Taoist Feng Xuan’s back. Hua Ying’s cheeks were red, and she was now in a semi-comatose state, motionless.

Seeing this, Mu Yunjin clenched her fist, calmed down, and observed if there were any flaws in the stone cave.

“Troublesome girl, this place seems to have been set with an illusion. To break it, we first need to know what kind of illusion technique caused this,” Taoist Feng Xuan spoke.

Mu Yunjin frowned, lowered her eyes, and thought for a while.

After a moment, as if remembering something, she suddenly took out the Divine Token from her sleeve, placed it in her palm, and then channeled spiritual power.

The Divine Token suddenly flashed with golden light.

Mu Yunjin thought, the last time she came to Fengue Cliff, the Divine Token had suddenly appeared and shown a string of ancient text characters on the wall. This time, would it give some hints again?

Regarding this token, Mu Yunjin sometimes felt that its function was not limited to summoning the dead spirits and soldiers.

So, is this why many people were racing to get this token?

After the Divine Token flashed with light, it left Mu Yunjin’s palm and slowly rose into the air…

Mu Yunjin watched the Divine Token without blinking.

The golden light of the Divine Token gradually spread, not only illuminating the stone cave in front of them but also gradually penetrating the adjacent stone caves.

Soon, golden light permeated the surroundings.

“Look!” Qiqi exclaimed, pointing at the door of the stone cave.

Mu Yunjin and Taoist Feng Xuan looked in that direction and saw that behind the door of their stone cave, a transparent barrier faintly appeared. If not for the golden light causing the transparent barrier to show a hint of reflection, they would never have discovered the trick at the entrance.

Not only that, but Mu Yunjin also walked to another stone cave next to them, and there was also a transparent barrier at the entrance.

Could this transparent barrier be the key to breaking the formation?

Wait…

A flash of inspiration suddenly struck Mu Yunjin’s mind, as if she remembered something…

This formation, she seemed to have seen it somewhere before!

Rubbing her temples, Mu Yunjin vaguely remembered that when she was still Feng Woman Fuhuan, there was a time when she offended Si Qing, and Si Qing deliberately played a trick on her, setting up such a formation to tease her, causing her to run back and forth in Si Qing’s courtyard for several days…

So, it was this formation.

“Troublesome girl, do you have any clues?” Taoist Feng Xuan raised his eyebrows.

Mu Yunjin did not immediately answer Taoist Feng Xuan’s question but carefully thought about how Si Qing had broken the formation at that time…

“Master, let me try,” Mu Yunjin responded to Taoist Feng Xuan’s question after a while.

After all, this was just her guess, and she wasn’t sure if this formation was the same one Si Qing had used back then.

A red light flashed between Mu Yunjin’s brows.

She put her palms together, and a bright white light emanated from them. The light grew brighter and brighter, almost overshadowing the golden light from the Divine Token.

After a while, Mu Yunjin opened her palms, and between them, a scorching ball of light had formed. With a “boom,” Mu Yunjin flicked her wrist.

The ball of light shattered into pieces, flying towards the entrances of various stone caves.

“Bang…”

“Bang bang…”

A series of explosive sounds came from around, accompanied by the smell of burning.

Smelling this burnt odor, Mu Yunjin curled her lips, flipped her palm, and instantly retrieved all the white light she had just released.

Soon, everything returned to calm.

Taoist Feng Xuan and Qiqi beside her stared at Mu Yunjin in astonishment. What kind of move was this? Could it break the formation?

“Let’s go!” Mu Yunjin ran towards the direction of the entrance.

After successfully stepping out of the door of the stone cave, Mu Yunjin found that she had once again guessed correctly!

It seemed that her luck was quite good on this visit to the Tiansheng Continent.

Thinking about it now, she could still remember what Si Qing had said before breaking the formation. He said, “This formation is an illusion. Just use these light balls to break them one by one, no need for elaborate measures. Many people often make problems more complex than they are, only to end up causing themselves trouble.”

Mu Yunjin laughed lightly, walking in front to lead the way.

When they left Fengue Cliff, the night breeze was gentle, blowing on their bodies, incredibly refreshing.

“Ah! We got out! I almost thought we would be trapped to death in Fengue Cliff!” Qiqi stood on the mountaintop, spread her arms, and took several deep breaths of fresh air.

Taoist Feng Xuan also quickly caught his breath, then looked at the sky, “It’s almost midnight. Let’s leave this place first and find a doctor for the snake girl.”

“Let’s go to my father’s palace.” After considering, the imperial physicians in the palace seemed more reliable.

“Let’s go.”

……

After midnight, they successfully infiltrated the imperial palace and arrived at the Princess Imperial’s Hall that Bei Tang Wenfeng had arranged for Mu Yunjin.

When entering the palace, Mu Yunjin deliberately took off the bracelet Jiang Qingxue had given her.

Without wearing the bracelet, she sneaked into the palace, and her mother should quickly receive the signal and come over.

Indeed, just as they had settled Hua Ying to lie down in the room, several light footsteps entered the hall outside. The arrivals were Bei Tang Wenfeng and Jiang Qingxue.

“Yunjin, it is you.” Jiang Qingxue was somewhat incredulous to see Mu Yunjin at this hour.

“Please help summon an imperial physician.” Mu Yunjin spoke to the Chief Eunuch Su Xin at the door.

Su Xin immediately agreed and ran out.

“How did Hua Ying get injured? Why have you come at this hour? Where is Chu Li?” Jiang Qingxue asked a series of questions.

“We accidentally opened the mechanism of the Buddha statue in Shuiyun Temple and ended up entering the Tiansheng Continent. We encountered some incidents in the Tiansheng Continent, so we came here first,” Mu Yunjin explained.

Jiang Qingxue and Bei Tang Wenfeng understood.

Yesterday, I just received a letter from Imperial Tutor An. He was detained in the Southern Court Country and will only be able to enter the Tiansheng Continent in three days,” Jiang Qingxue said, taking out the letter and handing it to Mu Yunjin.

Mu Yunjin looked at the letter and thought to herself that it was fortunate she had had the blind luck to break that formation, otherwise they would have been trapped in there for three days, waiting for Imperial Tutor An to come and break the formation…

“It’s getting late. After you have some food, you should rest early,” Bei Tang Wenfeng frowned slightly, his eyes full of pity as he looked at his daughter.

Mu Yunjin nodded.

Although Jiang Qingxue had many things she wanted to say to Mu Yunjin, today was indeed inappropriate. So, after a brief meeting with Mu Yunjin, she left with Bei Tang Wenfeng.

The imperial physician also arrived quickly, brewed some medicinal soup for Hua Ying, and then left.

This day had indeed been too exhausting.

……

Finding an empty room, Mu Yunjin wasn’t sleepy and sat in a chair, worrying about Chu Li.

Chu Li had been gone all afternoon, and she didn’t know how he was doing now.

As she was thinking, Mu Yunjin felt a black shadow flash before her eyes. When she came to her senses, Mo Qilin was crouching beside her leg, holding a note in its mouth.

Mu Yunjin was very happy to see Mo Qilin at this moment. She first reached out to stroke Mo Qilin’s head, then took the note.

Opening the note, there was a sentence written on it—

“Huan’er, first find a way out of the Tiansheng Continent, wait for This Prince in the Northern Ming Imperial Palace.”

Mu Yunjin put away the note, feeling relieved.

She got up and walked to the desk in the room, ground some ink, picked up a brush, and wrote a reply to Chu Li—

“Already in the Northern Ming Imperial Palace, all is well, don’t worry, waiting for you.”

After writing the reply, she carefully folded the letter, walked back to Mo Qilin’s side, “Little darling, thank you for your trouble.”

“Awooo…” Mo Qilin let out a low howl, took the letter in its mouth, and instantly disappeared from in front of Mu Yunjin.

Now, Mu Yunjin felt that she could finally rest at ease for a while.

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