189. Buying time （2）

Xie Danyan looked at Ye Shi with a bitter face.

Ye Shi ignored Xie Danyan and walked to the second formation in the stone room.

Ye Shi had studied this formation before, and he knew it well.

Ye Shi took out more than a dozen array flags, and the array flags formed a special array. When they submerged in the array, the array emitted a burst of yellow light, and the array text trembled, revealing a gap.

"Come in." Ye Shi shouted.

The students immediately entered the formation.

Ye Shi was the last person to enter the second stone room.

As soon as Ye Shi entered the stone room, he put away the flags he used earlier.

As soon as the array flags were put away, the second formation was quickly undone. The students finally felt relieved.

"Junior Ye Shi, you are really amazing! I heard that the last batch of students, including one two-star martial spirits, two nine-star martial art master, and four eight-star martial art masters, bombarded this second formation indiscriminately for seven days. But they couldn't do much damage to this formation, so they finally left with nothing in return." Ming Feifei said.

Ming Feifei's words gave the others some confidence. Since those powerful students in the last batch bombed the formation for so long and it didn't work, then this formation should be very difficult to break.

Ye Shi shrugged and said, "It's just fine."

All the formations could be destroyed by force, but that required a lot of energy. It was much better to be able to find out the weak points and aim for them.

The formation book Ye Shi got was extraordinary. These formations that were incomparably esoteric in the eyes of the Xuanfeng Empire's formation masters were so easy in Ye Shi's eyes.

The more he learned about the formation, the more Ye Shi discovered that the formation book he got was unfathomable.

This also made Ye Shi a little more curious about his father.

After Ye Shi repaired the second formation, he had time to observe the second stone room. The second stone room was also empty. However, twenty-four night pearls were inlaid on the walls. It seemed that a woman was dancing in each pearl.

The students had already discovered the night pearls in the stone room. Although they wanted them, no one did anything.

Ye Shi muttered, "What beautiful night pearls! But they have no value. Women like such beautiful things." If these twenty-four night pearls were auctioned at the auction house, they should be able to be sold at a lot of money.

Xie Danyan walked beside Ye Shi and explained, "Ye Shi, these Night Pearls were not just beautiful. The women here seem to be dancing, but they are actually practicing the exercises."

Ye Shi seriously looked at a night pearl and found that it was indeed the case.

Ye Shi took all the pearls off the wall and put them in the space ring.

Lan Ruofeng looked at the night pearls in Ye Shi's hand. Although he wanted them too, he didn't suggest to share them.

After the night pearls were taken down, the room became much darker. The students took out the bright stones for lighting.

"Bang" Ye Shi had just collected the night pearls when the sound of the crash came again.

Xie Danyan's face turned pale again, "It seems that the first formation has been broken." Ye Shi's estimate was right. The formation lasted about ten minutes.

"Student Ye, how long can this formation last?!" a student asked.

"Two days." Ye Shi said lightly.

If the formation was not destroyed, even if Yin Zong bombarded it indiscriminately for a half months, it would be useless. However, if this formation once was destroyed, even if it was repaired by Ye Shi, there were already cracks, meaning its power was not as strong as before.

"Two days?" Xie Danyan's face turned pale again.

Ye Shi thoughtfully looked at the stone wall that was constantly being bombarded, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Ye Shi buried three Heavenly Thunder Orbs and a dozen fourth-level talismans at the entrance of the stone wall, and set up another formation. If Yin Zong broke the second formation and accidentally stepped into Ye Shi's trap, the Heavenly Thunder Orbs and talismans would be activated instantly. Even if Yin Zong could not be killed, it would not be a problem to seriously injure him.

Looking at his arrangement, Ye Shi raised the corners of his mouth proudly.

Looking at Ye Shi's flying smile, Lan Ruofeng suddenly felt that Ye Shi's charm at this moment was amazing.

Ye Shi calmed down and discovered Lan Ruofeng's existence.

Ye Shi always wanted to find a chance to kill Lan Ruofeng, but he never thought that he would save him by chance.

Seeing Lan Ruofeng looking like a loser at the moment, Ye Shi suddenly felt boring.

Ye Shi lowered his head. Yin Zong was an eight-star martial arts spirit, way stronger than him. When Lan Ruofeng called out for help from him in such a situation, Lan Ruofeng must want to hold him back and make him die together. Thinking of this, Ye Shi's hatred of Lan Ruofeng grew.

Xie Danyan was standing far away from Lan Ruofeng. Before, when she was running for her life, she was tripped by Lan Ruofeng and almost died.

Thinking that she once liked such a sanctimonious hypocrite, Xie Danyan felt cold all over her body.

Outside the formation, Yin Zong attacked the formation with anger on his face. The formation was like a hard tortoise shell. No matter how hard Yin Zong tried, it couldn't be opened. Yin Zong wanted to give up, but his pride did not allow. At this point, he couldn't give up.

Yin Zong looked at the formation wall angrily, his eyes seemed to penetrate the formation wall and see inside the stone wall.

Wait when he shattered this layer of turtle shell, he would crush the people inside to ashes.

 

 

190. The cooperation between the inside and the outside （1）

 

The sound of the formation being hit was endless, and everyone was in great horror.

"How did you meet that guy?" Seeing that he couldn't find any clues about the formation for a while, Ye Shi simply stopped to inquire about the situation.

"Although we were teleported randomly, most of people were teleported here. That guy just happened to be teleported here. He practiced the blood transformation method and is very sensitive to cultivator's breath. We can't escape from him."

"Before, there was a very powerful senior who stopped him, but after a few moves, the senior was cut in half. That scumbag is really cruel."

"A very powerful senior? How powerful?" Ye Shi asked suspiciously.

"He was a Martial Spirit, and a four-star Martial Spirit. But compared to that monster, he was weaker. It is such a big surprise that Saint Star Academy had such a powerful senior!" Xie Danyan couldn't help sighing.

Ye Shi rolled his eyes. Before he came, master Shifu told him that among the people who entered the secret realm this time, there were two four-star martial spirit twins with eighth-level qualifications. The dean was full of confidence in them. As a result, one of them was killed just after they got in here. What a bad luck!

"That bastard's strength should be at the level of eight-star martial spirit. Mingyue Academy actually have such a monster. He didn't take action during the competition, and is sent here now. It's terrible."

"Mingyue has a hidden trump card, and so does the Saint Star. It's not surprising." Ye Shi said indifferently.

Compared to Mingyue's trump card, Saint Star's card was too weak. There was one less genius that the Dean had cultivated. Dean should feel distressed now.

"Mingyue Academy is way across the line to send in people. Does he want to provoke a battle between the two academies?"

Ye Shi shrugged and said indifferently, "If the two academies fight, Saint Star will lose."

Kong Sha was not the only emperor-level master of Mingyue Academy, other masters just didn't come.

Hearing Ye Shi's words, everyone was down.

Ye Shi walked to the third formation and continued to study it.

The sound of attacking the second formation became louder and louder, and Xie Danyan and the others couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"Ye Shi, can this formation really hold on for two days?" A three-star martial art master asked Ye Shi, trembling.

Ye Shi shook his head and said, "I don't know either!"

"You don't know?" Xie Danyan's face turned pale.

Ye Shi nodded and said, "Yes! Maybe two days. Maybe not."

Xie Danyan looked at Ye Shi and asked eagerly, "Then how long will it take you to break this third formation?"

"I don't know. This formation is very complicated. It's much more complicated than the previous one. I don't have any clues yet." Ye Shi shook his head in disappointment.

Xie Danyan said nervously, "In this case, if you can't come up with any clues before he breaks in, aren't we dead?"

Ye Shi said in disapproval, "If the guy outside gives up attacking, then you will be safe."

Ming Feifei sighed lightly and said, "It's impossible for him to give up."

"Why?" Ye Shi asked in confusion.

"He has practiced the blood-turning method! It's a forbidden method. If the news spreads out, he will become a public enemy. He will definitely find a way to kill everyone who sees his moves." Ming Feifei explained.

"Oh, there's no other choice. If you don't want to die, don't always think about being killed by him. You can think about how to kill him!" Ye Shi thought for a while.

"He is an eight-star martial spirit!" a seven-star martial artist muttered.

"If you don't want to die, you have to fight back even if your enemy is a martial king." Back then, Mu Chen was at the level of a martial art master but took a blow from Shi Ziyu to save Ye Shi. These people were far worse than Mu Chen.

Ye Shi sat in front of the formation and ignored the crowd.

The students in the formation room looked at each other, speechless for a while.

Xie Danyan walked to Ye Shi and asked curiously, "Ye Shi, are you a fourth-level formation master!"

Ye Shi nodded and said, "Yes."

Xie Danyan blinked and said, "You are really amazing."

When they first met, she was the granddaughter of the president of the Imperial Capital's low-level alchemist guild. Mu Chen and Ye Shi were two ordinary martial art master who couldn't even afford to live in an inn. Now both of them had become masters of art skills and popular students of Saint Star Academy. However, she was still an ordinary freshman from Saint Star.

The continuous attack sound constantly stimulated everyone's hearing.

After experiencing the initial anxiety, a few students calmed down and began to gather together to discuss countermeasures. Although the strength of the students was a bit low, many of them had received a lot of precious weapons from their families.

Ye Shi couldn't help but frown at the formation.

Ye Shi couldn't help but sighed lightly. The third formation was far more difficult than the second. Ye Shi's mind was about to explode. He tried several methods but the formation remained exactly the same.

"Is it very hard?" A student handed over a glass of spiritual water and approached Ye Shi.

Ye Shi took the spirit water and drank it, with a bitter face, and said, "No clue. I miss Mu Chen. If Mu Chen were here, he must have a way to break this formation."

Xie Danyan looked at Ye Shi with a bitter expression on her face. If she had such an excellent fiancé as Mu Chen, she would have to think so too.

Ye Shi tried to recover his vitality while deducing the formation. As time went on, the second formation became more and more fragile, and the students got more and more scared.

Xie Danyan and the others placed numerous restrictions at the door.

"Can't it be broken?" Xie Danyan asked Ye Shi, looking at the increasingly dim formation.

Ye Shi shook his head and said sadly, "No."

 

 

191. The cooperation between the inside and the outside （2）

Up to now, they had to fight. Yin Zong had been seriously injured by him before. After he constantly broke the formation, the loss of his energy was significant. As long as the restrictions they set up could work, there should be a 50% chance of winning.

Xie Danyan gritted her teeth. Now there was no meaning of think all possibilities.

The formation made a crackling sound. It was broken open, and a black figure came in, but it was a puppet.

Boom! Several talismans were activated.

"How dare you try to trick me!" Yin Zong laughed sinisterly.

Ye Shi's face turned pale. Yin Zong was more cautious than he thought! Then his odds of winning were slim.

Boom! The sound of a dozen talismans' exploding came from outside the formation, "Who tricked me?" Yin Zong was pushed in by a strong force.

Realizing that someone was helping outside, the people in the secret room burst into joy. Seeing Yin Zong being pushed in, everyone quickly launched a ban.

When Yin Zong was pushed in, the restraint was fully activated. A series of restraints exploded. Yin Zong vomited blood.

Through the broken formation, the students saw a familiar figure outside the formation.

"Mu Chen." Xie Danyan couldn't help moaning softly.

"What are you waiting for?" Right after Mu Chen said so, more than a dozen talismans fell on Yin Zong's body again. These fourth-level flame talismans were activated by Mu Chen with the power of strange fire. So Yin Zong was completely burned.

Ye Shi took out a giant stone magic weapon from the space ring, and smashed it towards Yin Zong's head.

The others launched an attack and Yin Zong was burnt into a scorched corpse after so many attacks. Probably because everyone was too terrified by Yin Zong before, they smashed Yin Zong into a mess of minced meat before they stopped.

Mu Chen walked in, and the students looked at Mu Chen with admiration.

Mu Chen, dressed in white, looked graceful and noble.

Lan Ruofeng felt ashamed that Mu Chen was so calm and he was a mess.

When Ye Shi saw Mu Chen, he was overjoyed and walked to Mu Chen, "Mu Chen, you are here. I almost thought I would never see you again."

Mu Chen glared at Ye Shi angrily, "How dare you say that! You didn't take anything I said to you at all."

Ye Shi argued "I'm sorry!"

In fact, if he could disregard those people and directly activate the wind-driven boots to leave, Yin Zong would not be able to catch up with him.

However, after all, they were his schoolmates. Ye Shi would be guilty to see so many people die in front of him.

Mu Chen sighed lightly.

Seeing Ye Shi's being shy in front of Mu Chen, the students who were used to seeing Ye Shi's icy appearance all had strange expressions on their faces.

"You can leave now. Go outside and look for your opportunities." Mu Chen said lightly to everyone in the stone room.

Xie Danyan and the others looked at each other. Several martial art master had a glance at the space ring on Yin Zong's hand and walked out one after another.

"They're all gone. I thought they would say that they want to share our bounties!" Ye Shi said as he watched everyone leave.

Mu Chen said disapprovingly:, "They should feel lucky that they are still alive."

Ye Shi rubbed his nose and thought to himself: If it weren't for him, these would all turn into dry corpses.

Mu Chen took off Yin Zong's space ring and scanned it, and found that Yin Zong's space ring contained a lot of star crystals and magic tools. He should have killed many others. Although

Yin Zong had quite a lot treasures, it was nothing compared to what Mu Chen had.

"Here you are." Mu Chen handed the ring to Ye Shi.

Ye Shi cautiously took it over and said, "Don't you want it?"

Mu Chen shrugged and said nonchalantly, "There's nothing good in there. Keep it if you like it."

Ye Shi nodded happily and said, "Okay!"

Ye Shi swept the space ring and found a lot of good things.

Mu Chen smiled as he saw Ye Shi's smile on his face.

"How did you know I was here?" Ye Shi raised his head and asked.

Mu Chen shrugged and said, "I saw the mark you left, so I chased after you all the way."

Ye Shi nodded with a complicated expression,"I see!"

"I originally thought I could unlock the formation and get rid of that person, but I  underestimated the skill of this formation master. I thought I could deal with that person with the traps, but that person is more cautious than I imagined. If you hadn't arrived in time, I would have been dead now." Ye Shi lowered his head in frustration and said embarrassedly.

Mu Chen rubbed Ye Shi's head, "You've done a great job!"

"Really?" Ye Shi looked at Mu Chen with bright eyes.

Mu Chen nodded and said, "Of course."

 

 

192. Expulsion

Mu Chen mercilessly told the others to leave, and the students were forced to leave the room.

"Sister Ming, what treasure are there in the eight star martial arts space ring? In fact, we also helped." Mu Chen did not give them anything. A four-star martial art spirit Pan Wu complained to Ming Feifei.

Pan Wu bit the teeth in discontent. Originally, he came here for some secret treasure. Only on the first day, they met Yin Zhong and used up almost his belongings. So did his ambition.

Ming Feifei sneered, looked at Pan Wu, "Fortunately you did not say this to Mu Chen's face, otherwise, you are dead. Maybe, we will die with you."

Pan Wu said solemnly, "Sister Ming, do you think that Mu Chen will kill us?"

Ming Feifei squinting eyes, and asked rhetorically, "Why not?"

Many cadets die in the Secret world every year. Some of those cadets were wounded by monsters or prohibitions in the Secret world, but many die at the hands of their own people.

It was quite normal for practitioners to kill for treasures in order to cultivate.

Just now Mu Chen seemed to have the intention to kill, but in order to keep a good image in front of Ye Shi, he didn't.

If Pan Wu had just suggested to share the treasures with Mu Chen, Mu Chen would have made a move.

Mu Chen should really want to kill them. After all, the strength of Yin Zhong who was less than 20 years old must be good. He must be one of Kong Sha's favorite students. If Kong Sha knew that he died in the hands of Mu Chen and Ye Shi, the two of them would be in trouble.

Thankfully, Mu Chen had yet to go merciless and let them leave.

Ye Shi is deeply in love with Mu Chen. If Mu Chen really killed them, Ye Shi would definitely hide the secret for Mu Chen.

"It's already a blessing to be able to stay alive. Don't think too much," Ming Feifei said.

Pan Wu's expression changed again and again. Before this, there were more than ten Saint Star students who died in the hands of Yin Zhong. They died in terrible situation. Thinking of how miserably they died on Yin Zhong's hands, he felt sad.

"It is a surprise that Ye Shi becomes a level four master in formation so soon," said Mi Qinger who was walking with Xie Danyan.

Xie Danyan nodded and said, "Yes."

Mu Chen was already incredible. Although Ye Shi was almost as close as Mu Chen, he was as talented as Mu Chen.

"In the second room is a set of night pearl methods. I wonder what the third room is." Mi Qinger said, longing for know the answer.

Ye Shi opened the second formation easily. But Ye Shi had been fighting the third formation for so long but did not produce any results. The difficulty of the formation and the value of the items in the room should be equivalent. The things in the third room must be more extraordinary.

Xie Danyan smiled and said, "No matter what it is, it is not our business."

"That's true! Ye Shi is about to get a lot of gains, "said Mi Qinger with envy.

Xie Danyan smiled and said, "Hurry up and leave. Rather than envy others, it's better to find our luck."

"Danyan, you're right." Mi Qinger nodded.

......

 

"Just now Lan Ruofeng was also there?" Mu Chen suddenly stared at Ye Shi and spoke.

Ye Shi nodded and said somewhat vaguely, "Yes! However, I have nothing to do with him and I didn't want to save him, but he was mixed up in the crowd, and somehow, I saved him."

Ye Shi scratched his head and couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. He had been looking for a chance to kill Lan Ruofeng, but he didn't expect that by chance, he had actually saved this man's life.

Mu Chen lowered his head. He could see that Ye Shi regretted saving Lan Ruofeng. But because of coincidence or because of destiny, Lan Ruofeng survived because of Ye Shi. In the original story, Ye Shi has saved Lan Ruofeng many times.

　　"This guy, is not a good person." Mu Chen was silent for a while and spoke.

　　Ye Shi nodded and said, "You're right. Originally that monster did not notice me at all and I did not want to get involved. Just because Lan Ruofeng called out for help, so did the others."  Ye Shi was a little distressed at the end of his sentence and his voice became lower.

"He didn't call you for help! He tried to get you killed, "Mu Chen said coldly while holding his arms.

Ye Shi nodded and said, "Yeah!" The situation at the time was really dangerous.

"Alright. Dn't think about this person anymore. You should try to stay away from him in the future," Mu Chen said.
Ye Shi nodded.

Mu Chen's eyes were slightly cold. When Lan Ruofeng walked out, he gave Lan Ruofeng a sweet incense.

This spice had no effect on people, but it could attract high-class beasts. Mu Chen was curious if Lan Ruofeng's faint protagonist halo could help him survive this disaster.

"Mu Chen, come and take a look at this formation. I tried many ways and couldn't open it," Ye Shi pointed at formation on the wall.

Mu Chen went to the formation and started to study it.

Ye Shi took out his formation book and dripped his blood onto the page.

"There were too many people just now. I didn't dare to open the formation book," Ye Shi exhaled.

Mu Chen frowned, stared at Ye Shi and said gently, "You are right, but you can also open the formation book. Afterwards, you have to kill all the witnesses. They are not your match."

Ye Shi's expression changed and he changed the topic, "I just broke two formations. I seem to have some insight. I should be able to read two more pages."

The manual in Ye Shi's hand was very strange. He could only read it bit by bit. He would be backfired if he read more.

Mu Chen sized Ye Shi up and sighed, "Stone, this is a world where people eat people. You are too kind."

"I see." Ye Shi said.

"What's in this room?" Mu Chen asked.

Seeing that Mu Chen was no longer talking about killing, Ye Shi breathed a sigh of relief. "Twenty four night pearls. It's a set of formation." Ye Shi took out a night pearl from his space ring and showed it.

Mu Chen nodded and said, "Good things. The things in the room below must be more precious."

Ye Shi nodded, "I think so too."

 

.....................

 

Lan Ruofeng quickly rushed on the hill. Although he had escaped from Yin Zhong, he was injured. Before this, he forcefully suppressed his injury. But at this time, he couldn't control it now.

"Ruofeng," A familiar voice said.

Lan Ruofeng saw the two people walking over and his expression twisted. Zhuang Yu and Lu Yao were walking together. They looked like they were a good couple.

"Why are you together with Lu Yao?" Lan Ruofeng looked at Zhuang Yu and couldn't help saying.

The monster with Lu Yao slaughtered so many people in the school. Yin Zhong wanted to kill them but Zhuang Yu and Lu Yao were together.

Zhuang Yu frowned slightly and said hesitantly, "We just met."

"Master Lan, you look terrible." Lu Yao said with a frown.

Lu Yao looked at Lan Ruofeng disdainfully. Seeing the contempt on Lu Yao's face, Lan Ruofeng felt like someone had stabbed him in his heart. Mu Chen looked down on him, and so did Lu Yao. Both of them treated him like trash.

Lan Ruofeng's face sunk. Zhuang Yu sized Lan Ruofeng up and said worriedly, "Ruofeng, how did you do this? Did you meet a monster?"

Lan Ruofeng glanced at Lu Yao, and his eyes were a little crazy. "I didn't meet a beast, but I met an eight star martial spirit."

"Eight star martial spirit? Ruofeng, are you wrong? You met an eight star martial art master, not martial spirit, "Zhuang Yu said with a smile.

Lan Ruofeng looked at the smile on Zhuang Yu's face and his expression twisted. At this time, he was not joking with Zhuang Yu.

"He was indeed an eight star martial spirit. This person was a cruel person. This person killed many of our students. He wants to kill us," That man even said that he would kill all of them.

Zhuang Yu looked at Lan Ruofeng and blinked, "Ruofeng, are you crazy? If there really was such a powerful person, how could you survive?!"

"That person was killed by Mu Chen and Ye Shi," Lan Ruofeng glared at Lu Yao.

When Lu Yao heard Lan Ruofeng's words, Lu Yao furrowed his eyebrows and frowned as usual.

Lan Ruofeng couldn't help but frown when he saw Lu Yao's expression. Lan Ruofeng thought that Lu Yao would be surprised when he heard that Yin Zhong was killed. He didn't expect Lu Yao to be so calm.

Lu Yao was as calm as usual, but felt strong in his mind.

Was Yin Zhong dead? Subconsciously, Lu Yao hoped that his brother would be killed. They were rivals, and the relationship between them was actually not good.

However, Yin Zhong was much stronger than him. If he died in the hands of Mu Chen and Ye Shi, Mu Chen and Ye Shi would be much more powerful than he imagined.
Zhuang Yu looked at Lan Ruofeng with a helpless expression.

"Ruofeng, Mu Chen is just a two-star martial art spirit, and Ye Shi is only one star. As you say, that person is an eight-star martial spirit. If the two of them join forces, they will be able to defeat Yin Zhong."

Zhuang Yu looked at Lan Ruofeng with sympathy and pity. Lan Ruofeng couldn't help but sneer in his heart. In Zhuang Yu's eyes, he was a madman who was excessively stimulated.

Lu Yao squinted and looked at Lan Ruofeng, "You said that you were rescued by Mu Chen and Ye Shi. Where are they now?"

Lan Ruofeng didn't want to talk to Lu Yao, but he suddenly thought of something and said, "They are now in the Yunqing Mountain. They have opened a master's treasure place and got a lot of good stuff. There is a set of twenty four night pearls, which is very precious."

"Yin Zhong's spatial ring is also gained by the two people. Even if these two people don't do anything next, they have already gotten many things."

"When we left, they seemed to want to open the third formation. If they really opened it, I don't know what kind of benefits they can get."

Zhuang Yu was shocked and Lan Ruofeng's face was also filled with jealousy.

Lu Yao narrowed his eyes. Lan Ruofeng didn't want to pay attention to him at first, but now he shared everything he knew. Was this guy trying to use him to kill Mu Chen?

Did Yin Zhong's space ring fall into Mu Chen's hands? If he had obtained the blood refining method of the Demon Taoist. If this skill was lost, it would be troublesome.