Mo Tiange paused and carefully looked at the rock wall for a long time. She also touched the surface of the rock wall.
Qin Xi stopped beside her. "What's wrong?"
Mo Tiange carefully observed for a while then said, "There's something wrong here."
Upon hearing that, Qin Xi walked closer and saw that the rock wall was still covered with irregular natural patterns.
Upon seeing his doubtful gaze, Mo Tiange pointed at the patterns and said, "Do you remember what the other patterns look like?"
Qin Xi shook his head. "I'm not proficient in formations, so I can't tell."
Mo Tiange said, "It seems meaningless, but in fact, there's a vague layer of magic on it. It's actually the position of the Eight Trigrams."
"Eight Trigrams?" Qin Xi frowned. "You're saying the problem is on this rock wall?"
Mo Tiange nodded. "Yes. If I'm not mistaken, this is the Eight Gates Life and Death Formation of the Qimen Dunjia."
"Eight Gates Life and Death Formation."
Qin Xi's frown deepened. He muttered to himself and suddenly said, "Then, can we leave this formation if we find the Life Gate and the Opening Gate?"
"In theory, that's right," Mo Tiange said, "But in reality, it's not so absolute.
Because in high-level formations, the eight gates can even change and are difficult to grasp. I've only seen some clues about this formation now, so it's obviously not simple. I'm not sure whether we can find the Life Gate or not. "
"No matter what, we have to try."
Mo Tiange nodded. "Yes, failure is better than being trapped here. It can't be considered a victory if we don't get a single identity tablet." After carefully examining it, she said, "This is the Zhen position. It seems to be the Pain Gate, which has the wood attribute.
I practice a wood attribute cultivation technique. Let me try. "
Qin Xi stood in front of the rock wall.
Mo Tiange stood in front of the rock wall, took out her Green-Wood Sword, poured spiritual aura into it, and suddenly controlled it to rush towards the rock wall.
The moment the sword collided with the rock wall, a layer of light appeared on the rock wall, blocking the attack of the Green-Wood Sword.
Seeing this, Mo Tiange mobilized all the spiritual aura in her body and rushed forward without backing down. The layer of light was finally pierced by the sword and disappeared without a trace.
The moment the Green-Wood Sword touched the rock wall, the rock wall suddenly exploded. Suddenly, the scenery changed, and they were standing in front of another rock wall. It was as if everything that had just happened was an illusion, and the rock wall was undamaged.
A smile appeared on Mo Tiange's face. "The Gate of Pain has been broken. This is … the Li position, the Li Palace's Gate of View, a position of fire." She wrinkled her brows in embarrassment. "I'm not proficient in fire spells; I can only cast a few fireballs.
What about you, Senior Brother Qin? "
Qin Xi said, "I mainly cultivate metal and fire elements, so I'll do it."
Mo Tiange felt relieved and took a step back. She watched as Qin Xi took out a sword from his Qiankun Bag and unsheathed it.
Upon seeing this sword, Mo Tiange couldn't help but feel somewhat astonished.
This sword's entire body was golden, and within the flames, its aura was astonishing. Compared to her Greenwood Sword, it was unknown how many times more imposing it was. It was actually a magical treasure!
It wasn't that she hadn't seen magic treasures before. The Spirit-Concealing Jade Pendant Ye Jingwen gave her to conceal her constitution was precisely a magic treasure. More than half a year ago, when she killed that man from An Clan, the Enchanting Lantern she obtained was also a magic treasure.
However, aside from concealing one's aura and purifying spiritual aura, that Spirit-Concealing Jade Pendant didn't have any other effects. That Enchanting Lantern was an illusion-inducing magic treasure; it looked ordinary and unremarkable, unlike the sword in front of her, which had a threatening aura.
Qin Xi moved his spiritual aura and swung his sword in a very ordinary manner. However, with a rumbling sound, the defensive spell on the rock wall was destroyed without any resistance. The rock wall exploded, and the two of them returned to the scene they were in before.
Qin Xi sheathed the sword then glanced at her. "It wasn't easy for me to obtain this sword. If other people found out about it, I wouldn't have a day of peace. I hope Junior Martial Brother Ye can help me conceal this and not tell other people."
Mo Tiange was very clear about what a flying sword magic weapon represented. If she took out the Enchanting Lantern in her hand, countless cultivators would covet it, let alone this sword.
It was no wonder that Qin Xi never took out this sword in front of other people. An ordinary man was innocent, but treasuring a jade ring was a crime. If other people found out about this, how could a small Aura Refining cultivator keep such a magic weapon?
Mo Tiange nodded in understanding. "Rest assured, Senior Martial Brother Qin. We can only escape if we work together. Once we leave this place, I'll just pretend I didn't see anything today."
Qin Xi showed a faint smile, but this smile made Mo Tiange dumbfounded.
She had known him for a long time, but she had never seen him smile. He was originally handsome, but when he smiled, he looked even more graceful and handsome, making people unable to look away.
It wasn't until she saw his questioning expression that Mo Tiange hastily withdrew her gaze, feeling annoyed in her heart.
Really! It's not like I've never seen a man before. I've disguised myself as a man and mingled with men for a long time, but I'm actually staring at a man in a daze!
To cover up her gaffe, she hastily looked at the pattern on the rock wall.
"Dui, Shock Gate, metal element."
Qin Xi stepped forward. "I'll do it."
It was still the same sword, but it was covered with a layer of golden aura. Qin Xi stimulated the spiritual aura on it, and a moment later, the Shock Gate was broken.
This time, Mo Tiange was overjoyed.
Because the rock wall in front of them was different, the surrounding rock walls moved one after another. In a flash, the passage between the rock walls turned into a stone room.
The two of them cast defensive spells and cautiously walked in.
This stone room was very high and very spacious. There was only a shelf in the corner with a few things on it.
Mo Tiange looked around the shelf, but she couldn't see any traces of formations or restrictions. Finally, she picked up a book made of animal skin.
"Qimen Dunjia." She opened it. Sure enough, it was a book describing formations.
Qin Xi, who was holding the other book, let out a cry of surprise.
Mo Tiange looked at him. "What's wrong?"
Qin Xi waved the book at her and said, "This Golden Body Art is a high-level Body-Refining Art from our school. I've inquired about it. This art is placed in the most secret room of Ten Thousand Laws Pavilion. It's said that only grandmasters in the Core Formation realm or above can read it."
Mo Tiange remembered that he also cultivated Body-Refining Art. It seemed he was indeed very interested in this book.
Qin Xi flipped through the book and said to her, "Junior Martial Brother Ye, this book is very useful to me. This book belongs to me, and the rest belongs to you. What do you think?"
This Body-Refining Art wasn't very useful to Mo Tiange. On the contrary, the formation book in her hand was no less useful to her than Qin Xi's Body-Refining Art. She originally thought that even if all these things belonged to Qin Xi, she would still exchange this book. Now that Qin Xi was willing to give up other things, she naturally wouldn't disagree.
In addition to these two books, there were several other books, Jade Slips, and two jade bottles.
Among them, there was a pill-concocting book, and the others were cultivation notes. The medicinal pills in the jade bottles weren't any good; they were just Spirit-Cleansing Pills. Some medicinal pills would leave behind pill poison after being eaten, and these Spirit-Cleansing Pills were used to remove pill poison, so they weren't valuable.
Mo Tiange swept all the things into her Qiankun Bag without any guilt.
"What is this place?
Why does it seem like it was deliberately set up to reward us? "
Qin Xi said, "It might really be left behind by the elders of the school. These things aren't important to them, so it seems they were meant to reward the disciples who broke the formations."
As they spoke, sounds came from outside the stone room. It seemed like someone was coming this way.
Mo Tiange and Qin Xi glanced at each other. They each took out their spirit tools, cast defensive spells, and stared at the door of the stone room.
At that moment, the sound of the door became clear. Several cultivators dressed in yellow clothes broke in.