Lin Mingyuan instantly realized that he was trapped in the trap formation, and there was no one else, because he had studied the Three Dragons Playing with Pearls formation with Du Pangpang not long ago, and the trap formation inside was an eye-opener for him.
Although he is not an array mage, he can still feel something strange with his spiritual consciousness in the late stage of Jindan. Lin Mingyuan carefully counted the stone steps. There are nine hundred and ninety-nine steps in total. Every time he passes this number, he will return to the original position.
The ground is trapped in an endless loop.
"strangeness."
Lin Mingyuan relaxed his mind and carefully felt everything in the trapped formation with his spiritual consciousness. As far as he knew, in order to break through the trapped formation, he must find the core of the formation, which is the formation eye.
Although the trapping formation is not as dangerous as the killing formation, the effect is quite the same. I didn't see so many bones weathering again, and it can also kill people.
After passing the 999th stone step again, Lin Mingyuan stopped. It was not that he gave up the search, but that he found a breakthrough.
He keenly felt the anomaly here. It was not the 999th stone step, but the first stone step!
From here on, the stairs become mysterious and inexplicable. No matter how hard he rushes, he will always return to the starting point. The core of most trap formations lies in the initial place, blinding the consciousness and causing hallucinations.
Lin Mingyuan looked back and saw that the stone gate had long since ceased to exist and he could not see the way he came. Fortunately, his consciousness was different from ordinary people and had reached the late stage of the Golden Core. Otherwise, he would not have been able to detect the abnormalities here.
Trying to gather his mental power, Lin Mingyuan's whole body emitted a powerful mental wave, and the stone steps under his feet began to become distorted.
There are two ways to break through the trapped formation, one is to find the formation eye and destroy it, the other is to use powerful mental power and brute force to collide!
Lin Mingyuan chose the second one, and with his late-stage golden elixir spiritual consciousness, he could try it once!
"Break it for me!"
Lin Mingyuan shouted loudly, the stone steps under his feet became more and more twisted, and the surrounding stone walls looked illusory.
He stretched out his hand to touch the stone wall, but found that his arm penetrated through without any obstruction.
"really."
Lin Mingyuan smiled. Sure enough, the problem lies on the first step. As long as he uses his powerful spiritual consciousness to break the situation in the predicament, he can break out of the formation.
He did not walk down, but walked straight towards the stone wall. There was a sticky feeling on his body, and his whole body actually went straight through the stone wall and left the stairs.
Looking back, everything has changed.
What is hidden behind the stone wall cannot be seen from the stairs, but after entering the stone wall, it is discovered that there are no 999 stone steps at all, everything is an illusion.
After entering the stone gate, there is only one way, which is to turn left and enter the stone chamber. The so-called endless stairs are all an illusion, and all the bones are piled up in one place, which looks extremely scary.
In the stone room in front of Lin Mingyuan, everything looked very simple. There was a stone bed and a stone table, on which traces of the monk's life could be vaguely seen.
The spiritual energy here is several times richer than that of Qingyun Sect. It can be called rich, even compared to the Shushan Sword Sect.
However, these spiritual energies were tightly bound here, and it was very strange that they did not seep out at all. There was a spring in the middle of the stone chamber, which was filled with cold spring water.
Lin Mingyuan put his hand deep into it, and a powerful wave of spiritual power struck from the spring, instantly spreading throughout Lin Mingyuan's body.
No wonder the spiritual energy concentration before Qingyun Gate was very thin. It turned out that the spiritual energy of the entire Qingyun Mountains was sealed under this spring. Lin Mingyuan could feel that the spiritual energy gushing from the spring was suppressed and could not break through the water surface.
He concluded that there must be a seal under the water. Although he did not know who set it up, it was obvious that the decline of Qingyun Sect was largely due to its thin spiritual power.
He came to the stone bed and blew lightly, and the dust on it was scattered, revealing lines of writing.
"I am Qingyunzi, the first generation head of Qingyun Sect. I recently found a treasure and stored it here. This treasure must be worshiped by the disciples of the sect from generation to generation to ensure the prosperity of our Qingyun Sect for hundreds of generations!"
Lin Mingyuan's expression changed. From the aura emanating from this handwriting, it can be seen that Qingyunzi's cultivation level is at least above the Nascent Soul stage, or even higher. The treasure he values is absolutely extraordinary.
"The headmaster of Qingyun Sect must come here to warm and nourish the treasures when his lifespan is exhausted to maintain the great luck of our Qingyun Sect. Ordinary disciples are not allowed to enter, otherwise they will be drained of their essence!"
The remaining words on the stone bed were blurred, but Lin Mingyuan already had some confidence in his heart.
It turns out that this place is a treasure trove opened by Qingyunzi, the first headmaster of Qingyun Sect, specifically to nourish the supreme magic weapon he found. The magic weapon is obviously extraordinary and needs time to grow, so it is set up that all the heads of the Qingyun Sect must come here to stay.
, spend your last moments.
The outer layer of the trap formation was not used to harm others, but to prevent ordinary disciples from entering. However, Qingyunzi did not expect that the inner gate would decline so quickly. Under the suppression of the Langya Sect, in just a few hundred years, it would become even more powerful.
All the Danqi disciples disappeared.
Based on the secrets passed down from word of mouth, the masters of the past generations wanted to enter the stone gate and take out treasures to support the Qingyun Gate. Although they had the master's token in their hands to enter the stone gate, their cultivation was too low to discover the secret of the stone steps, and they were trapped forever.
In the formation until death.
Lin Mingyuan felt a little sad in his heart. He didn't expect that the Qingyun Sect, which looked very dilapidated, had such allusions. Sure enough, every sect with a long history should not be underestimated. They all have some tricks to keep things under control.
Now that he has discovered the secret of Qingyun Gate, Lin Mingyuan will not return empty-handed. He also discovered the anomaly here.
The spring water has been left unattended for too long, causing the secret treasure inside to go out of control and actually actively absorb the spiritual power of the entire Qingyun Mountain Range. As a result, the concentration of the Qingyun Sect's spiritual energy is very thin, and there is not even one disciple left in ten.
This is also the reason why Qingyunzi asked the previous heads to guard this place. Although the secret treasure is precious, failing to control it will also bring misfortune. This is the fate of Qingyun Sect, which was almost cut off.
If Lin Mingyuan had not come, I am afraid that the Qingyun Sect will completely disappear from this generation on, and the secret treasure behind the Shimen will eventually be buried under the loess.
Now that he has received this news, Lin Mingyuan will certainly not do anything. Not to mention the temptation of the secret treasure to himself, just being able to completely release the original spiritual power of Qingyun Sect is enough for him to take action.
Tianyou and Xiaotong are extremely talented, and the new handyman disciples are also very determined. The biggest obstacle to their progress is the thin spiritual energy in Qingyun Sect, which is also Lin Mingyuan's biggest headache.
Now that we have found the root cause, we must break this seal and regain the foundation of the sect for Qingyun Sect.
Lin Mingyuan looked solemn and came to the spring.
He raised his energy to the extreme and jumped without hesitation.