mtl008 Chapter 529: Metal, Water, Wood, Fire, and Earth
Chapter 529: Metal, Water, Wood, Fire, and Earth
Ye Tianlan nodded, "That picture left a deep impression on me, but it's been so long that I can only remember the general idea."
His eyes fell on the paper, and he tried his best to recreate the picture he saw in his memory.
"But why do I feel that the place in this picture looks familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere before." Xie Moxuan expressed his doubts.
Gu Beichen nodded, "If I'm not mistaken, what's depicted on the map is the ancient desert that trapped us."
Xie Moxuan suddenly realized something and was about to say, "I see," but he immediately pointed to a place on the map and said, "But these five volcanoes are so obvious, yet I've never encountered them before."
Gu Beichen's gaze fell on the place where Xie Moxuan was pointing, without making any comment.
Among the four of them, he was the first to enter the desert.
Having been trapped the longest, I've naturally traveled the most places. I've certainly never seen five craters in a circle, but—
"I personally witnessed lava erupting from one of the craters. As for the other four, I haven't encountered them yet."
Ye Tianlan looked at Gu Beichen and said, "He's right. Wan'er and I rescued him from the center of the magma. Logically, the other four shouldn't be too far away."
Shen Wanwan was shocked. "So, the one under my feet outside the space is the second one..."
She didn't continue speaking, but the other three people knew in their hearts what she had not finished saying.
The study suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Gu Beichen pursed his lips, his gaze fixed on the craters in the painting. "Look, the distances between these five craters are the same. They don't seem to be naturally formed, but more like... there is some kind of specific connection."
Ye Tianlan slowly uttered four words: "Five Elements Formation."
Another formation!
"What is the origin of the Five Elements Formation?"
Shen Wanwan was feeling a little irritated. "Is our destiny in conflict with the formation? First there was the sacrificial formation at the Jokhang Temple, then the fortune-stealing formation at Dongji Ridge. We accidentally stumbled into this ancient desert, and now we're encountering the Five Elements formation."
Gu Beichen and Xie Moxuan didn't say anything. Not to mention the Five Elements Formation, they only heard about the Dongjiling Fortune-Seizing Formation after they arrived in Yong'an City.
I have always heard that there is a great national teacher in Japan. He is extremely mysterious. No one knows his origin or age. Even every decision of the king of Japan has to be based on the national teacher's mood.
However, since this is an ancient desert, if there really is a five-element formation, it certainly could not have been created by the Japanese national master.
"The Five Elements Formation is designed based on the five elements of gold, water, wood, fire, and earth. The five elements interact with each other, and the resulting formation layout is ever-changing. The formation's core can also be changed at any time."
Ye Tianlan looked at the three of them and explained slowly, "The Five Elements Formation is also called the Dragon Trapping Formation. Perhaps, it is this Dragon Trapping Formation that truly seals Zhu Jiuyin."
The three of them were stunned at the same time. If this statement was true, then what did Gu Beichen break before the little Candle Dragon hatched?
"Then is it only possible for us to leave here and return to Dongjiling if we break this formation?" Shen Wanwan raised the question in her heart.
"Yes."
Ye Tianlan nodded, "However, the layout of this formation changes at any time, and the center of the formation changes synchronously with the formation. Even if the person who set up the formation wants to break it, it will take a lot of energy.
"The person who set up the formation is not easy to break?"
Shen Wanwan was surprised. "Who on earth created this formation? How could they create such an ingenious formation? If the creator were here in person, wouldn't it be easier to break it?"
Ye Tianlan shook his head, "There is no record of the creator of the formation in the ancient books."
He spread out another piece of paper, picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and re-drew the distribution map of the five craters on the paper, and then marked gold, water, wood, fire, and earth respectively.
"Metal gives birth to water, water gives birth to wood, wood gives birth to fire, fire gives birth to earth, earth gives birth to metal... Metal overcomes wood, water overcomes fire, wood overcomes earth, fire overcomes metal, earth overcomes water..."
As Ye Tianlan spoke, he circled the five elements and marked them with arrows. "If there are no changes, the center of the formation should be here."
He pointed to the middle of the picture.
"But because they interact with each other, the energy of the formation fluctuates at any time. Energy needs to be balanced, and the excess must be reduced and the deficiency must be supplemented. The center of the formation will change accordingly, making it difficult to determine its specific location."
Shen Wanwan had read books related to formations, but unfortunately, her self-taught talent was all in medicine, and those formation books were like wordless books to her.
Ye Tianlan explained it in detail, but she was still confused.
Gu Beichen and Xie Moxuan heard the key point, stared in deep thought, and then the three of them began to discuss how to break the formation.
Shen Wanwan stood aside and listened quietly. Regardless of whether she understood or not, she did not speak to interrupt.
……
"Master, I'm almost dying, please take me into the space..."
Xiao Zhulong's voice suddenly reached Shen Wanwan's ears. She frowned slightly, but without time to think about it, she moved her mind and disappeared from the study.
She regretted it as soon as the thought came to her mind. In her haste, she forgot about the situation outside.
But it was only for a moment, and she was shocked by the scene before her and her face was full of surprise.
Looking around, there were high mountains in the distance, and the place where she was was the bottom of a valley surrounded by mountains!
If she didn't have absolute confidence in her own space, she would even suspect that the place she was in before entering the space was at the bottom of the valley between the four peaks.
More importantly, she had previously seen with her own eyes an endless horizontal surface beneath her feet, but when she came out of the space again, her feet were firmly on dry sand.
It was as if the previous scene had never happened.
But now she is at the bottom of the valley!
In the distance, there are towering peaks on all sides, which is enough to show how much water was once hidden here.
It was cleared up in less than two hours?
Little Zhulong was lying not far from Shen Wanwan's feet, with his head drooping, dying.
Shen Wanwan took two steps forward, "Little Dragon, did you swallow all that water by yourself?"
This dragon's body looks only slightly longer than an ordinary mansion's guard dog. Does it really have such a big stomach?
The boundless water was sucked dry in less than two hours. How did it do it?
The moment Shen Wanwan appeared, Xiao Zhulong sensed that the breath was not that of his master.
Who is this person?
It tried to open its eyes, but it was too tired to lift its heavy eyelids.
When it heard Shen Wanwan's question, it wanted to answer, but it just opened its mouth and couldn't say anything.
She could call out her own name and was a woman, so she must be one of the people who was with the master before.
wrong!
Why did this woman come out when I called out to my master?
Could it be that she is the owner of that heaven-defying space, and her master is just borrowing her convenience?
"Little Candle Dragon?"
Shen Wanwan shouted again, "Forget it, let's send it into the space first."
In the study.
The three of them were discussing how to break the dragon-trapping formation, and they didn't even know when Shen Wanwan left the space.
"We can discuss breaking the formation later. The most urgent thing is to leave this space first."
Shen Wanwan said, pointing to the small candle dragon on the ground, "The water has disappeared, and the ground has become a valley bottom. We must get out of the valley immediately."
Thinking of the scene when she was chased by lava while rescuing Gu Beichen, she felt a pang of fear.
Whether the wolf is in a mess or not is another matter, the most important thing is to save his life.
Ye Tianlan looked at Gu Beichen, "You said before that it would take three hours for it to drain the lake water, but now it's been less than two hours. It seems that the volcanic eruption will be advanced."
Gu Beichen nodded. "It took half an hour from the time the lake was drained to the time the volcano erupted. We are now at the bottom of the valley, so we really should leave immediately."
As he spoke, he walked over to the little Candle Dragon, bent down and picked it up.
"Let's go."
Shen Wanwan frowned and opened her mouth, but said nothing.
It is not easy to walk with the little Candle Dragon in your arms, and you cannot leave it alone in the space, otherwise, it will stay in the space forever.
Shen Wanwan moved her mind, and the four people and the dragon left the space.
"This... this is too exaggerated!" Xie Moxuan was no less shocked than Shen Wanwan.
Before entering the space, there was clearly sand under their feet and a small sand hill next to them, but what they saw in front of them were not small sand hills at all. In the distance were towering peaks, and they were at the foot of the peaks.
Earlier, they were unable to tell the direction due to the endless water, and now it is even more difficult for them to tell the direction clearly.
Gu Beichen lowered his head and asked the little Candle Dragon in his arms, "How should we go?"
"Master, go southwest."
The little candle dragon muttered something, transformed into a ray of light, flew towards Gu Beichen's eyebrows, and entered his sea of consciousness.