Chapter 170: Strange Killing Formation, Spiritual Valley
At this moment, suddenly, the branches seemed to come alive and rushed towards the two of them madly.

Ji Chang and Wang Changsheng's expressions changed slightly, and they dodged the sudden attack cleverly.

The next moment, Ji Chang was surrounded by azure sword light, and the sword light flashed as if it could pierce the sky.

These blue sword lights circulated around him like magic weapons, cutting off the strange branches that tried to approach one by one.

Red flames were burning all over Wang Changsheng's body. The fire was blazing and powerful.

Whenever a branch tried to wrap around him, it would be instantly burned into charcoal by the flames.

Under the blue sword light of Ji Chang and the red flames of Wang Changsheng, these strange branches retreated one after another.

However, they seemed endless, constantly pouring in from all directions, trying to trap the two.

Ji Chang's eyes were cold and the sword skills in his hand were even more fierce. Every time the sword light slashed out, dozens of branches were cut off instantly.

Wang Changsheng continued to fan the flames, burning the approaching branches one by one.

But as time went on, both felt the pressure.

Not only are these branches numerous, but they also have a strong ability to recover. Broken or burned branches will quickly grow back.

"This is not a solution!" Wang Changsheng said loudly, "We must find the source that controls these branches!"

Ji Chang nodded in agreement. He had already noticed that the branches around him were not from some second-level monster, nor were they from some wood-building cultivator hiding in the dark.

But...

Ji Chang's face was cold, and his eyes revealed a determination and decisiveness.

"We have mistakenly entered a wood path killing array."

Ji Chang spoke.

Wang Changsheng frowned upon hearing this, "Wood Dao Killing Formation? This formation is driven by Wood Dao magic power and uses natural elements such as trees and vines to attack and restrain."

"It's really difficult!"

"That's right," Ji Chang nodded, "We must find the center of the formation as soon as possible to break it."

Wang Changsheng looked around, and wherever he looked, he saw trees towering into the sky.

Their branches and leaves are intertwined, forming a dense and complex green barrier, like an insurmountable maze.

He took a deep breath and suggested, "Then let's split up and look for the center of the formation. You go to the left and I go to the right."

"Okay," Ji Chang responded, his figure flashed, turned into a blue light, and flew to the left.

Wang Changsheng turned into a flame and explored to the right.

The light of his fire was particularly bright in the gloomy forest, illuminating every corner around him.

The two of them shuttled through the dense woods, carefully dodging and fighting against the crazy branches.

Their spiritual consciousness extended in all directions like tentacles, carefully sensing the surrounding environment, trying to capture clues of the eye of the formation, trying to find the location of the eye of the formation.

As time passed, the two became increasingly anxious.

Ji Chang noticed something was wrong again. This wooden killing formation seemed to have no end.

Although as far as he knew, some formation masters, relying on Yudao spiritual objects such as the Qiankun Stone needed to refine storage bags, could make the formation have a certain degree of influence on the surrounding space.

For example, expanding the space within the formation so that the space inside the formation exceeds the original size.

However, this does not mean that it can be expanded without limits, and it certainly will not allow the two foundation-building cultivators to wander around in the formation for a long time without reaching the border.

"Illusion array!"

"This killing array also contains the means of illusion array."

Ji Chang activated his spiritual sense and sent a message to Wang Changsheng.

"Illusion?" Wang Changsheng frowned, his body turned into red light, and flashed to Ji Chang's side. "Are you saying that the scene we are seeing now may not be real?"

"That's right." Ji Chang nodded solemnly, "We have been spinning in circles, probably because we are affected by the illusion array."

"The illusion array can distort our perception, affect our consciousness, and trap us in an endless maze."

Although Ji Chang had never practiced magic of illusion, he had been feeding the Illusion Scale Gu for decades and had a lot of experience in this area of ​​illusion.

Wang Changsheng took a deep breath, his eyes flashed with determination, "Then how do we break this illusion?"

"To break the illusion, we first need to keep our minds calm and not be confused by the scene before us."

Ji Chang said slowly, "Secondly, we still need to find the center of the formation."

After hearing this, Wang Changsheng nodded.

Ji Chang reached into his arms and carefully took out a small porcelain bottle and several pieces of exquisite talisman paper.

He divided these things into two parts and handed one to Wang Changsheng.

"These pills and talismans can help us keep our minds calm and resist the interference of the illusion array on our spiritual consciousness." Ji Chang explained.

Wang Changsheng took the pill and talisman, gratitude evident in his eyes.

Without hesitation, he swallowed the pill immediately and put the talisman close to his body.

As the pill entered his throat, a light cool feeling spread in his mouth, as if a mountain spring was flowing, taking away the anxiety and uneasiness in his heart.

After being activated, the talisman quietly penetrated into his soul and built a defense for him.

As time went by, Wang Changsheng felt his mind becoming more and more peaceful, as if he was standing on an endless lake, without any ripples.

At the same time, Ji Chang also activated his own pills and talismans. The two stood side by side and began to carefully observe the surrounding environment.

The next moment, they were keenly aware of the changes in the surrounding environment.

The forest that originally seemed dense, now gradually became sparse in their perception.

Those layers of densely packed trees seemed to be slowly pushed aside by some force, revealing more space.

The branches that had once attacked them crazily like tentacles now seemed to be restrained by some force. They all stopped and no longer waved wildly.

The tense atmosphere that had filled the air also dissipated, replaced by an inexplicable tranquility.

"Is the effect of the illusion array beginning to fade?" Wang Changsheng asked in surprise.

"It should be the elixirs and talismans we used that worked." Ji Chang nodded.

"Now, we must take this opportunity to find the center of the formation, so that we can completely break this illusion."

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the two of them concentrated their attention and urged their spiritual sense to carefully scan every inch of land and every tree, trying to find the core of the formation hidden therein.

Finally, after a long search, Ji Chang's spiritual consciousness stopped beside an ancient tree.

He felt a unique aura, and there was a strange fluctuation of magical power around the tree.

"Brother Han, look at this tree!" Wang Changsheng shouted loudly, pointing towards the big tree.

Ji Chang came quickly upon hearing this and looked in the direction of Wang Changsheng's finger. He saw the unique tree and felt the unique scent it exuded.

The two smiled at each other, knowing in their hearts that this big tree might be the center of the formation they were looking for.

So, Ji Chang held a complicated spell in his hand, muttered something, and began to cast the spell.

Azure blue sword light surrounded him, and the light gathered into a beam of light and shot towards the trunk of the tree.

At the same time, Wang Changsheng also began to cast spells.

Red flames burned all around him, and the flames gathered into a fire dragon, roaring and rushing towards the big tree.

When the sword light and the fire dragon hit the big tree at the same time, a dazzling light suddenly burst out.

The entire illusion array began to vibrate violently, as if it was about to collapse.

Ji Chang and Wang Changsheng did not stop the spells in their hands. They continued to use sword light and fire dragon to attack the big tree.

Under their fierce attack, cracks began to appear on the trunk of the big tree.

As the cracks expanded, the entire illusion began to gradually collapse.

Finally, with a loud bang, the illusion completely dissipated, revealing the real world.

The two stood there, watching the scene around them gradually return to normal.

They smiled at each other and felt relieved.

After the formation was broken, Ji Chang and Wang Changsheng did not leave immediately, but stood quietly where they were, carefully scanning the surrounding environment with their spiritual sense.

Suddenly, Ji Chang raised his eyebrows, as if he had noticed something. He looked at Wang Changsheng, with a glimmer of excitement in his eyes.

Wang Changsheng also seemed to sense something. He nodded at Ji Chang with a meaningful smile on his face.

The two looked at each other and reached a tacit decision in their hearts.

Afterwards, they transformed into lights and headed towards a place that was hidden by the wooden killing formation.

Their movements were swift and decisive, as if they were afraid of missing something important.

After a while, the two came to a sacred place in the valley.

The place is picturesque with green trees and clear streams flowing in the valley, making pleasant sounds.

Ji Chang urged his spiritual sense to look into the valley, and saw that various spiritual medicines were growing densely in the valley.

Although these elixirs are all of the second tier, their quantity and variety are astonishing.

Even the medicine gardens of some powerful foundation-building families cannot compare to this place.

Ji Chang looked at the spiritual herbs in the valley and felt secretly delighted. He turned to Wang Changsheng and said, "Brother Wang, these spiritual herbs are for everyone who sees them. Let's divide them equally between the two of us."

Wang Changsheng smiled slightly upon hearing this. He waved his hand and said, "Brother Han, you put in a lot of effort to break the formation this time, and your cultivation is also higher than mine. No matter what, you should get a bigger share."

When Ji Chang heard Wang Changsheng's words, he couldn't help but feel a warm feeling in his heart.

He knew Wang Changsheng's character very well and knew that he was being humble with all his heart.

So Ji Chang didn't refuse anymore and nodded in agreement.

"In that case, I won't be polite." Ji Chang said with a smile.

"However, we still need to plan how to pick these spiritual herbs so as not to waste this precious land."

Wang Changsheng also nodded in agreement: "Brother Han is right. Even if we pick the spiritual herbs, we can't do anything that will wipe out the species."

Ji Chang agreed, "Brother Wang is right. We cultivators should follow the way of heaven and not destroy the vitality of these spiritual medicines due to greed."

After saying that, he squatted down, carefully observed a spiritual medicine, and then carefully dug gently next to the spiritual medicine with his fingers, trying not to damage the roots of the spiritual medicine.

Ji Chang left those spiritual medicines that were still young and far from mature. In this way, this spiritual land would flourish again in a few decades.

Not long after, the two finished picking and prepared to leave.

Ji Chang looked at this sacred place in the valley and suddenly something moved in his heart.

He thought of the killing formation they had just broken. It was the protection of that killing formation that allowed these precious spiritual medicines to grow safely until now.

But now that the killing array has been broken, this spiritual land has been exposed to the outside world and will inevitably attract the attention of others.

If a scramble for it arose, this sacred valley might be destroyed.

In order to protect this spiritual land and allow the spiritual medicine to continue to grow, Ji Chang took out a formation plate from his storage bag.

This array plate was used by him when he was defending the cave on the front line. It has powerful defensive capabilities and also has partial concealment capabilities.

Although it is not as good as the wooden killing formation that Ji Chang and Wang Changsheng just broke, it can still be used.

At this time, he planned to use this array plate to set up a new protective formation for this spiritual land in the valley.

Ji Chang mobilized his magic power to connect the formation plate with the spiritual veins in the valley.

As he operated, the array patterns on the array plate gradually lit up, emitting a faint light.

These rays of light spread along the spiritual veins, gradually forming a huge light shield that enveloped the entire valley spiritual land.

In an instant, a light cloud rose up in the entire valley, appearing and disappearing.

When the formation was set up, Ji Chang nodded with satisfaction.

This formation can not only prevent external intrusions, but also provide a more stable growth environment for spiritual medicines.

In this way, this spiritual land in the valley will be able to continue to prosper and provide more resources for later practitioners.

After setting up the formation, Ji Chang couldn't help but think of the killing formation he had encountered before.

He guessed that the killing formation might have been set up by a senior in order to protect this spiritual land.

That senior might also hope, like him, that this sacred land could be better protected so that future practitioners could benefit from it.

Thinking of this, Ji Chang was full of respect for that senior.

He knew that in today's world of immortal cultivation, many ancient recipes for elixirs were difficult to use. It was not because the alchemy techniques had been lost, but mainly because some precious elixirs had become extinct.

It's not just about alchemy. The disappearance of some secret methods of forming an elixir is also because the corresponding spiritual objects for forming an elixir no longer exist.

Of course, generally speaking, such high-level spiritual creatures are specially cultivated by Nascent Soul sects.

In comparison, some first- and second-level spiritual medicines are more likely to become extinct.

Wang Changsheng watched Ji Chang finish setting up the formation, and he also praised: "Brother Han is really thoughtful. This way, when the spiritual medicine is ripe, we can harvest it next time."

Ji Chang smiled upon hearing this and said, "That's right."

What Wang Changsheng said was exactly another reason why Ji Chang set up the formation.

(End of this chapter)