When the light dispersed, a whirlwind suddenly rose inside the small canyon.
This whirlwind wasn't big, so it wasn't even worth mentioning to the Core Formation cultivators. However, the aura coming from the whirlwind made everyone's expressions change.
Aura! This was the aura of the Distant Past era!
Although the Core Formation cultivators hadn't entered the Distant Past era secret land, they weren't ignorant people. This desolate and distant aura was definitely something left behind by the Distant Past era!
Now, everyone believed that there was an Distant Past era secret land here.
Mo Tiange and Nie Wushang glanced at each other. Both of them relaxed a bit.
This aura couldn't be faked, so City Lord Mei's words became a bit more believable.
When the whirlwind settled down a bit, a Hexagram Formation appeared in the center of the basin.
When Mo Tiange saw it, she felt even more assured. With her attainments in formations, she could naturally see that this formation was a genuine Distant Past era formation.
"Little friends," City Lord Mei said loudly, "Please come here."
The Core Formation cultivators on the plateau hesitated for a bit, but some of them stepped forward and walked down.
Seeing that someone was moving, the others hesitated for a bit before they also followed.
After everyone entered the basin, City Lord Mei said, "I found this Transporting Formation here. Once you enter the Transporting Formation, you'll be transported randomly. Therefore, little friends who have decided to move together, please enter the Transporting Formation together. Right, this formation can transport up to five people at a time. The elders should've told you about this, right?"
Upon hearing what she said, more than ten Core Formation cultivators moved and stood together with their companions.
City Lord Mei swept her gaze over everyone and revealed a smile. "Alright, let's begin."
For a moment, everyone was in a wait-and-see state.
Everyone had a herd mentality. Very few people were willing to be the first to take the lead, even if they were cultivators.
They all wanted to enter the secret land, but in the end, would there be other dangers in the secret land?
This was something they couldn't be sure about.
After a while, someone finally stepped forward. "Senior Mei, us three brothers will go first!" It was the rather arrogant and burly cultivator from before.
City Lord Mei smiled and said, "Little friend Jinshi is willing to go first, so there's naturally no problem. The three of you just need to step forward."
With the burly cultivator leading the way, the three devil cultivators stepped onto the teleportation array.
Suddenly, the teleportation array lit up, surrounding the three of them. The light grew brighter and brighter, and in a flash, the three of them disappeared into the teleportation array.
Mo Tiange wrinkled her brows.
Judging from the technique used to set up this teleportation formation and the way it was being teleported, it should be an ancient spirit diagram. However, the teleportation speed was a little slow, and it seemed like it lacked spirit energy.
Could it be that the spiritual energy supporting this secret place was running out?
If that was the case, would the secret place still be complete?
She looked at City Lord Mei and the elders of Descending Star City. Their expressions were calm and they did not seem to have noticed this problem.
After thinking for a moment, she shook her head.
Forget it, no matter what, the teleportation array can be activated, and the spiritual energy in this secret place should be able to last for a while, right?
It was better to let the future generations worry about this problem.
As he thought about this, more and more people stepped onto the transportation formation. Of the fifteen Core Formation cultivators, only seven remained.
Aside from the three burly devil cultivators, most of the others moved alone or in pairs. There were very few people who moved in groups of four.
After the green-robed swordsman stepped onto the teleportation array alone, Yong Ruyu said, "Fellow Daoists, should we also go?"
Mo Tiange and Nie Wushang both nodded, indicating they had no objections.
The four of them stepped onto the teleportation array together. A moment later, the light dispersed. When the four of them saw their surroundings, they were shocked.
The cold wind whimpered around them, and the messy snow blinded their eyes. They were actually in a snowstorm!
Upon discovering this, Mo Tiange immediately waved her sleeves. With the help of the Tai Chi Eight Diagrams, the spiritual aura fluctuated, sweeping away the cold wind and snow in the surroundings, creating a clean space around the four of them.
Soon after, the four of them looked up and were even more shocked than before!
As far as their eyes could see, there was a boundless ice field with no end in sight. Icebergs stood in great numbers around them, and the ice was abrupt. The environment was dangerous.
Standing on the ice field, the four of them looked like four little ants. In the snowstorm that filled the sky, they were so insignificant that they were almost not worth mentioning.
"What's going on?" Qiu Chengruo was the first to shout while looking at Yong Ruyu.
Yong Ruyu frowned, seemingly also uncertain. She looked at Mo Tiange and Nie Wushang. "Fellow Daoists, in your opinion, this is …"
This kind of topic was naturally answered by Mo Tiange. While releasing her divine sense to explore, she said, "An Illusory Formation."
This was almost nonsense.
They entered the ancient secret land through a Teleportation Array. Since this secret land was for the purpose of training, the unreasonable scene in front of them was naturally an Illusory Formation.
However, the problem was that although everyone knew it was an Illusory Formation, they couldn't see any trace of it.
"… Fellow Daoist Qin, what should we do?" Nie Wushang asked.
Mo Tiange didn't answer. She took out the Tai Chi Eight Diagrams from her sleeve, shook her sleeve, and the Tai Chi Eight Diagrams unfolded out of thin air. The Tai Chi Eight Diagrams on the picture were dazzling.
Upon seeing this picture, Yong Ruyu and Qiu Chengruo's eyes lit up. They were disciples of a big cultivation group, so their eyes didn't need to be mentioned. They could tell at a glance that this Tai Chi Eight Diagrams was a top-grade magic weapon!
Mo Tiange looked at the flow of the Tai Chi Eight Diagrams on the picture then closed her eyes to sense the five elements and yin and yang around her. After a while, she opened her eyes and said, "Yes, it's indeed an Illusory Formation."
Seeing how certain she was, Yong Ruyu looked happy and asked, "Fellow Daoist Qin, you can see it?"
Mo Tiange smiled, put away the Tai Chi Eight Diagrams and said, "Fellow Daoist Yong, don't have too much hope. I can indeed see that this is an Illusory Formation, but this formation is very clever. I have no idea how to break it."
Yong Ruyu waved her hand and said, "Since it's an ancient place for training, it's normal that Fellow Daoist Qin can't break it in a short time. If you can figure out the key to breaking it with just a glance, then your attainments in formations would be too amazing."
Mo Tiange couldn't help but smile.
What Yong Ruyu said was right. Even if she knew some ancient formations and even Xuanji Formation Books, she was a cultivator of the present, not someone from the Middle Ages. How could she break the formation in a short time?
She was the one who asked too much of herself.
"Then what should we do now?"
Qiu Chengruo looked worried. "We only have three days. Senior Martial Brother and I don't know much about formations, so I'm afraid we won't be able to help.
What about Fellow Daoist Tiancan? Does he know anything about formations? "
Nie Wushang shook her head silently.
Qiu Chengruo sighed. "Doesn't that mean we can only rely on Fellow Daoist Qin alone?"
"Fellow Daoist Qiu, don't worry." Mo Tiange said calmly, "Think about it. If you were alone and entered the formation, what would you do?"
Qiu Chengruo tilted his head and pondered. "Alone … I can only try using some things to break the formation. If that doesn't work, I'll try fighting on this ice field to cause spiritual aura turbulence. At that time, I'll suppress the spiritual aura here and maybe I'll pass … If that doesn't work, I'll have to endure these three days and withdraw regretfully."
"You're right."
Mo Tiange said, "Although formations are used in the land of trials, they don't test the participants' attainments in formations. Therefore, we'll just go through the test as usual."
In this world, there were not many people who were proficient in arrays, but every trial was inseparable from arrays. Therefore, the true purpose of these arrays was not to trap people, but to let the trial takers experience some kind of test. If the trial taker was strong enough, or had a clever mind, then they would pass, and there was no need to break the array.
"What Fellow Daoist Qin said makes sense."
Yong Ruyu nodded in agreement. "Junior Martial Sister, think about the trial methods in our group. Aren't they the same?
Even if this is the Middle Ages land, it can't be separated from the scope of trials, so we don't need to worry too much. "
"En." Once Yong Ruyu spoke, Qiu Chengruo's complexion became a lot better.
The four of them reached a consensus. Mo Tiange waved her hand, removing the barrier she laid a moment ago. She said, "Everyone, use your spiritual aura to protect yourselves. This should be one of the tests."
The other three people also used their spiritual aura to protect themselves, blocking the wind and snow.
Nie Wushang looked deeply at Mo Tiange with a hint of a smile in her eyes, but she didn't say anything.
She knew Mo Tiange removed the barrier because it was a bit strenuous for her to protect the four of them, not because this was a test.
However, she didn't think there was anything wrong with Mo Tiange doing this.
In this secret ancient land, they still didn't know the situation, so it wasn't the time to abuse their sympathy.
She was also in the middle stage of the Core Formation realm, so she didn't need Mo Tiange's protection. As for Yong Ruyu and Qiu Chengruo, if they didn't have enough strength, they didn't need to be responsible for their lives.
Once everything was ready, Mo Tiange said, "Let's go. This is an Illusory Formation for the test. As soon as we move, it should cause spiritual aura turbulence."
Yong Ruyu and Qiu Chengruo nodded and followed Mo Tiange and Nie Wushang, walking forward.
The two martial siblings were in the early stage of the Core Formation realm, while Mo Tiange and Nie Wushang were in the middle stage, so they should be the leaders. Moreover, Mo Tiange had a spiritual treasure and was very familiar with formations, so she naturally became their leader.
As the four of them walked forward, the spiritual aura in their surroundings began to turbulence. This turbulence became more and more intense, gradually forming a spiritual aura vortex around the four of them.
This vortex wasn't obvious. If it were a circle, it would cover a very large area, so the other three people didn't feel it.
However, Mo Tiange had the Eight Trigrams Diagram in her sleeve, which allowed her to sense the fluctuations of spiritual aura in her surroundings to a very subtle degree.
If it could be said that the four of them had entered a test map when they arrived at the ice field, then the formation of this spiritual vortex was the true test.
"Be careful," Mo Tiange reminded them when she sensed the spiritual aura vortex was becoming more and more obvious. "We've already triggered the formation, so there will be a test at any time."
Yong Ruyu and Qiu Chengruo nodded cautiously, and Nie Wushang also had a solemn expression.
This was an ancient secret land — they hadn't forgotten this point.
Ancient divine abilities were mysterious, subtle, and hard to describe. They weren't something current cultivators could hope to achieve. If they were careless, they might be defeated in an instant.
They agreed to Castellan Mei's request to enter the secret land because they wanted to experience the ancient divine abilities and comprehend their mysteries. If they were immediately defeated upon seeing the ancient divine abilities, they would lose the meaning of this trial.
The wind around them grew stronger and stronger, carrying with it snowflakes that rushed towards them. Although it didn't really hurt their bodies, their eyes and ears could sense the momentum that was rushing towards them.
At this time, the spiritual aura vortex had already formed. It was like a big mouth that was about to pounce on them.