When I opened the door of Chiyou's Shoulder Grave, not only did I need the Nine Provinces Cauldrons, but I also had to fill them with witchcraft energy.
However, my cultivation wasn't high enough, so it took me a few days to fill a small cauldron. Now, I was at the middle stage of the Heaven Master Realm, and the witchcraft energy in my body was dozens of times stronger than before. In just a few breaths, I could fill a small cauldron with witchcraft energy.
Time was of the essence, so I could only do both at the same time. As I filled the small cauldron with witchcraft energy, my eyes quickly scanned the surroundings to find the keyhole.
Soon, I checked the high platform I was on, but I didn't find any place to put the Nine Provinces Cauldrons. Then, I looked at the ground below the high platform and the surrounding stone walls.
Although the yellow smoke in the Yellow River of Nine Bends Formation could block one's vision, I could see everything clearly after I used my Insight power.
Two minutes passed, and the eight small cauldrons were filled with witchcraft energy. However, my face turned gloomy. I didn't find any place that looked like a keyhole on the ground or the surrounding stone walls.
Wuyue said that she could only hold on for half an hour. Now that half of the time had passed, if I couldn't find the keyhole, I was afraid that I wouldn't have another chance.
I felt more and more anxious. I quickly checked all the places that might have keyholes around me three times, but I still didn't find anything.
I didn't move for a long time, and the fatty seemed to be anxious. He asked me, "Third Baby, how is it?"
Hearing his voice, I quickly turned to look. The entire Ten Terminal Formation was in full operation. Wuyue was the main force, fighting with all the bronze giants and blocking most of the attacks. However, some of the attacks still fell on the fatty's Nine Bends Yellow River Formation.
Although the fatty had the cultivation of a Heaven Master, he couldn't use his full strength due to the seal of the Heavenly Way. In addition, the Ten Terminal Ancient Formation was very fierce, so he was struggling to hold on.
This was a matter of life and death. The fatty was anxious, but I was even more anxious. Hearing his urging, I was about to respond when Wuyue, who had been wandering in the formation, suddenly shouted and retreated.
The fatty and I instantly stopped talking and shifted our gazes towards the ancient formation.
At this moment, within the ancient formation, the eighty-one bronze statues were moving in an orderly manner. They cooperated with each other, attacking and defending in a balanced manner. It seemed to be flawless.
At this time, Wu Yue was wandering in the Nine Palaces Great Array in the north of the ancient array. His figure was a little disheveled, and the originally neat and tidy Han robe on his body had two scratches on it.
It was obvious that she had already suffered under the hands of these bronze colossi.
While I was worried, Wuyue suddenly stopped attacking. He landed on the ground and sat on his knees. He didn't care about the bronze statues that were charging at him. He even closed his eyes.
I was bewildered. I didn't know what she wanted to do.
However, when the Bronze Colossi were about to hit her, Wu Yue did not open her eyes. Instead, she raised her hands and placed them in front of her chest. Her fair fingers kept playing in the void, as though she was playing a zither.
She didn't have a zither with her, but as she moved, the ancient formation released countless rhythmic zither music. It was incomparably mysterious.
The sound of the zither was gentle at first, but it gradually became urgent. Accompanied by the sound of the zither, the movements of the bronze statues facing Wuyue suddenly became slow, as if they had fallen into a trance.
Previously, Wu Yue had said that Lu Zhenyang was trapped in her zither music. At that time, I didn't know what she meant. Now, it seemed that the zither music she was talking about was the supernatural power she was using now.
Lu Zhenyang was a living person, so it was normal for him to be affected by the music. However, the bronze statues in front of me were just inanimate objects made of metal. It was unbelievable that they could be enchanted by the zither music. From this, it could be seen that Wu Yue's supernatural power was extraordinary.
Judging from the current situation, Wu Yue should be able to hold on for a while. I heaved a sigh of relief and prepared to turn around to continue searching for the keyhole. However, at that moment, my eyes fell on the bronze statue facing Wu Yue. My eyes instantly widened.
After the bronze statue's movements slowed down, its abdomen stretched out. Right in the middle of its abdomen, there was a square hollow lattice. Its shape was just enough to fit a small bronze cauldron. It was exactly the same as the small lattice I had seen on the giant door of Chiyou's Shoulder Mound.
I immediately reacted. The keyhole!
No wonder I couldn't find it. It turned out that the keyhole was on the bronze statues!
The fat man seemed to notice my strange expression. He hurriedly asked me, "Third Baby, what's wrong?"
Time was tight, and I didn't have time to answer him. I quickly lifted my head and looked at the other bronze statues. I found that the abdomen of the other eight bronze statues in the Nine Palaces Formation was different from this bronze statue. They were all solid and didn't have keyholes.
After discovering that, I continued to search the other eight Nine Palaces Formation. Without exception, each of the Nine Palaces Formation had a hollow abdomen of a bronze statue.
After confirming it, I was elated. I then replied to the fat man, "I think I found a way. This formation is actually a door, just like the Shoulder Mound. We don't need to break the formation. We only need to use the key to open the door. The keyhole is on the bronze statue's abdomen!"
The fat man wasn't stupid. Moreover, he had entered Chiyou's Shoulder Mound before. After hearing what I said, he was stunned at first. Then, he immediately reacted and said excitedly, "I see. The key should still be a Jiuzhou cauldron, right?
What are you waiting for? Third Baby, hurry up and use the small cauldron to break the formation! "
I nodded and took out the small cauldron that I had filled with witchcraft energy. I was about to put it into the keyhole when I suddenly realized something. In the Ten Terminal Formation, there were nine Nine Palaces Formation and nine bronze statues with keyholes on their abdomens. However, there were only eight cauldrons in my hand.
Of course, just because there were nine keyholes didn't mean that I needed all nine cauldrons to open it. Back when I was in Chiyou's Shoulder Mound, I only needed one cauldron to open the door.
At this time, the time limit that Wuyue had mentioned was getting closer and closer. I didn't have time to think too much. I took out a small cauldron and stomped on the ground, flying directly toward the bronze statue in front of Wuyue.
The sound of Wuyue's zither was still there, and the bronze statue was still in a confused state. It wasn't a threat to me.
After I flew to its abdomen, I directly put the small cauldron into the hollow small lattice.
The moment I put the small cauldron in the small cauldron, the bronze statue suddenly stopped moving as if it had been immobilized.
Not only it, but the other eight bronze statues in the Nine Palaces Formation in the north also stopped moving at the same time and became completely quiet.
This proved that my guess was right. The Jiuzhou cauldron was indeed the key to breaking this formation.
However, when I turned my head to look elsewhere, my face didn't look happy at all.
Except for the bronze statue in the Nine Palaces Formation in the north, the other eight bronze statues in the Nine Palaces Formation weren't affected at all and were still rushing toward Wuyue.
Apart from that, there was no strange phenomenon in the whole cave.
It seemed that I still needed all the Jiuzhou cauldrons to break this formation!
At this time, I had eight small cauldrons with me, including the seven that I had obtained before and the one that had been passed down from generation to generation in Officer Wang's family.
The evil sacrificial spirit had told me to collect all the nine small cauldrons if I had the chance. So, when I was in Wangwu Cave, I deliberately asked for Officer Wang's cauldron.
The last small cauldron was with Lin Acheng. When I was in Wangwu Cave, I wanted to find a chance to get the small cauldron. However, when I met Uncle Lin a few days ago, I met the people from Mount Longhu. Then, I was in a hurry to see Bian, so I forgot about this matter.
I didn't expect to encounter this predicament.
After seeing the first Nine Palaces Formation break, the fat man looked excited. However, after waiting for a long time, he found that I was still standing in the same place. The fat man urged, "Third Baby, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and put the other Jiuzhou cauldrons in!"
I forced a smile and shook my head. I told him about the Ninth Continent's cauldrons. Who would have thought that after listening to me, the joy on the fatty's face didn't disappear. On the contrary, his smile became even brighter. He proudly raised his hand and said to me, "Hey, look at this. What's this?"