The four of them, Yang Hongyuan, arrived in Sangzhou early. From high in the sky, what they saw below was a vast expanse of red, just like the maple forest in late autumn.
However, Yang Hongyuan knew that the trees below were not all maple trees, but because this time the ancient dense forest was growing hibiscus trees, so under its influence, it looked like a maple forest in late autumn.
Looking up, the top of the dense forest is covered by a fog, and the area covered by the fog is the ancient dense forest.
There are many monks scattered either openly or covertly around the mist. According to Taoist Bronzebeard, there are two or three Taoists lurking near the four of them.
However, most of the Dao realm monks who came this time were from the fire element lineage. Although the fire element lineage was the most prosperous in Yanzhou in the cultivation world, not all high-level fire element monks were from Yanzhou.
In addition to the three states of Yu, Liang, and Bin, the other five states include overseas. Under normal circumstances, it is okay for Taoist monks to have all five elements.
However, a green light appeared in Yang Hongyuan's eyes, and he was paying attention to the fog above. At this moment, the diffuse fog seemed to shrink back a little.
To an ordinary person, it would just look like the fog has rolled up again, but under Yang Hongyuan's spiritual eyes, he can see that this is a sign that it is about to open up.
Two escaping lights appeared and headed towards the fog.
The movements of Ice Lotus and Bronzebeard were like signals. No less than a dozen red rays of light appeared and headed downwards.
The Dao Realm ancestors who were waiting secretly were still watching the joke, secretly feeling anxious.
When Yang Hongyuan and the others approached the fog, the fog quickly dissipated, revealing the dense forest below.
Only then did a group of Taoist ancestors react and quickly set up their escape lights and rushed downwards. However, the real monk who had just set off with Bronzebeard had a slight advantage.
However, they were later overtaken by many Taoist monks, but at this time, Yang Hongyuan and four others had already rushed into the dense forest.
When flying in a dense forest, you cannot fly higher than the trees above your head, otherwise you will rush out of the eternal dense forest and will never be able to enter again.
Ice Lotus and Bronze Beard's escape light is getting lower and slower. The deeper they go into the dense forest, the greater the power of the formation's forbidden air, and the monk's escape light is naturally affected.
In the end, Yang Hongyuan and the others simply moved forward close to the ground. At this moment, Qiu Linyi and Yang Hongyuan were carried by Bing Lian and rushed forward, turning a blind eye to the various treasure-level elixirs that appeared along the way.
Yang Hongyuan was able to detect the opening of the Eternal Jungle, which was naturally due to the Sky Escape Mirror. This was already an advantage, and he wanted to ensure this advantage at this moment.
The four of them hurried along and passed the outer edge of the ancient dense forest before arriving at the core secret realm covered by the great formation.
The entire dense forest formation divides the core area into seven areas, each area has only seven secret paths, so the secret realm has only 49 initial secret paths.
Only one Taoist monk and one of his companions are allowed to enter each secret path. After that, the secret path will disappear until someone comes out of it again.
Without stopping for a moment, Yang Hongyuan and Qiu Linyi took out their own spiritual chessboards and began to deduce the secret paths in the formation.
"Walk!"
Their eyes lit up, but they spoke at the same time.
Qiu Linyi originally started from the same lineage as Liangyi and Sixiang. She has been immersed in this way for a long time. In terms of formation attainments above these two ways, Yang Hongyuan is far behind.
What's more, since Yang Hongyuan taught him the secret technique of stealing arrays and the secret techniques of inserting arrays, and also dabbled in the inheritance of formations of the Three Talents and Five Elements, his attainments in formations have improved very quickly by drawing parallels.
Coupled with his outstanding formation talent, if Yang Hongyuan hadn't secretly assisted him with the Jade Order of Good Fortune and the Tiandun Mirror, his deduction speed might not be as fast as Qiu Linyi's.
The two of them each found a weak point in their deduction, and then stepped into the fog.
Behind the four people, there were more than ten hiding lights following from a distance, and each one did not dare to neglect and used their methods one after another.
A piece of gray mist dissipated, and Yang Hongyuan and Binglian appeared on a stone platform. Under the stone platform were seven paths leading to the distance.
"This is the Eternal Secret Path. You really have two skills. We are the first to come here?"
Taoist Binglian was also slightly surprised by Yang Hongyuan's methods. Fortunately, he had some skills.
"We are only temporarily ahead. There are seven such platforms in the ancient dense forest, with a total of forty-nine dense paths.
From now on, every time you pass a level, you will end up on another secret path. When we marry the hibiscus tree, it will not be too late for the master to praise my disciple again!"
Yang Hongyuan's mouth was modest, but his expression was arrogant.
"loquacious!"
There is no difference between the seven secret realms. You can choose any one, but it is not easy to open the entrance to the secret path. But that is for others, but it does not have to be the case for Yang Hongyuan.
The Heavenly Escape Mirror was attached to the shell of the Qiankun Pot, and a white beam of light was emitted, hitting the weak point of the formation that Yang Hongyuan had found, directly shattering the entrance barrier of the secret path.
When Taoist Binglian took action, he naturally didn't need the jade certificate of creation. He only sacrificed his life magic weapon and protected the two of them as they entered it. Then the secret path disappeared.
About a quarter of an hour later, there was one more person on the platform. It was Taoist Yang Bai, a newly promoted Taoist monk of Lingyi Sect.
Seeing the remaining six secret paths, his expression changed. Lingyi Sect is the largest sect in Sangzhou.
This time, the ancient dense forest was opened in Sang County, the hinterland of the sect under its control. Unexpectedly, with its Taoist realm cultivation and top formation master's attainments, people were able to get there first.
I think he is from Yanzhou, but it seems that he has invested a lot of money this time, but if we meet, we will have to compete.
Then he didn't hesitate and left straight away after opening the entrance to a secret path.
At another stone platform, Bronzebeard and Qiu Linyi had just stepped into the secret path.
Taoist Xuexia of Yanzhou's Fentian Clan appeared on the stone platform with the sect's formation master, Chiquan Zhenren, who had just advanced to the real person realm.
"It's true that Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is true in the world of cultivation. Master Nephew Chiquan, you don't need to care, just do what you think!"
Taoist Xue Xia saw that there were only six secret paths left and said.
Before, he might have been dissatisfied, but the battle between Qianhu Haiyan and Ice Lotus Taoist made him put away his arrogance.
It doesn't matter that Yanzhou is the largest state in the cultivation world, and Burning Heaven Clan is the largest sect in the cultivation world, this does not mean that as the first true disciple of Burning Heaven Clan, she, the Blood Xia Taoist, is invincible at the same level.
"Ha ha!"
The tenth-level Taoist priest of Zifeng Sect couldn't help but feel slightly proud when he looked at the seven secret paths under the stone platform in front of him.
Then he sighed again, if his master, Master Feng Xi, was still here, he would probably have advanced to the third level of the Taoist Realm, and how glorious he would be.
Fortunately, Master Wei Xuan sent his master's relics decades ago and asked the sect to reward him generously. In this way, he still accepted his master's legacy.
Although my formation talent is not comparable to that of my master, after advancing to the Tao realm, it is only a matter of time before I become a formation master.