#654 - Thirty Years Like a Dream (VIII)
Stand at the thirty-six hexagram position, face the fifty-two hexagram position, and you can break the formation.
Clearly, this sentence means that standing at the position of the thirty-six hexagrams outside the formation and facing the direction of the fifty-two hexagrams, the corresponding route is the "true path".
But isn't the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching something from Taoism?
How could the witchcraft formation also come from this?
Everyone was stunned upon hearing this, and Wei Changtian frowned, looking back at Su Xiu, whose face was pale.
Although the latter's body could not move, her Lianquan acupoint was not sealed, so she was able to speak just now.
And since she spoke of a way to break the formation...
What, has she turned evil?
Has she finally seen through Yan Huanwen's scumbag nature, so she wants to use my hand to take revenge?
Wei Changtian did not question whether what Su Xiu said was true or false.
After all, if she intended to deceive him, he wouldn't be able to find out anything even if he asked.
Therefore, the key lies in whether he wants to believe it or not.
...
Retracting his gaze and quickly thinking for a moment, Wei Changtian quickly made a decision—
He still had to try.
Anyway, he had already tested it just now, and this formation is just a defensive illusion array.
And since the formation itself has no lethality, the danger only comes from the black-clothed people hidden in the formation.
In this way, if what Su Xiu said is false, the worst result would be the same as just now, unable to break the formation.
Moreover, she most likely wouldn't tell a lie that can be easily proven true or false.
Thinking these things in his heart, Wei Changtian quickly stood at the thirty-six hexagram position at the edge of the black mist.
The sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching represent sixty-four directions, which are difficult for ordinary people to find accurately.
However, it is not difficult for cultivators.
"Changtian, be careful."
One step behind him, the four of Wei Zhaohai were also in position.
"Okay."
"Hmm?"
A dozen breaths later, when Wei Zhaohai came out from the other side of the black mist with a frown, but did not find Wei Changtian's figure, his face immediately became gloomy.
"Boom!!"
The rocks under his feet shattered, and in an instant, he flashed to Su Xiu's side, immediately grabbing the latter's neck and lifting her into the air, his face filled with unparalleled rage.
"You wretch!!"
"How dare you!!!"
...
Five people went in, and four people came out, but Wei Changtian, who entered the formation first, was nowhere to be seen.
From a certain point of view, Su Xiu did not lie.
After all, since Wei Changtian didn't come out, it meant that he had indeed "broken the formation", and must have already met Yan Huanwen and the others.
But the four of Wei Zhaohai who took the same route failed to break the formation, which undoubtedly meant that Su Xiu had deliberately concealed something.
Therefore, how could Wei Zhaohai remain calm? If he didn't know in his heart that Su Xiu couldn't die yet, he would have probably blasted the latter into oblivion with a single palm.
"Speak!"
Seeing that Su Xiu's face had already turned pale due to suffocation, Wei Zhaohai finally let go and threw her on the ground, but his tone was still extremely cold.
He stared at Su Xiu, who was趴伏 on the ground gasping for breath, with a look as if he were looking at a dead person, and asked word by word:
"Why can't we enter the formation?!"
...
"Cough! Cough cough cough..."
"Be-because this formation is called Three Thousand Crossroads, and there is only one true path..."
"And this true path will change direction once it has been walked."
With difficulty raising her head, Su Xiu did not hide anything, and quickly gave the answer with a smile.
However, both what she said and her expression at this moment sent chills down everyone's spines.
Three Thousand Crossroads, the true path changes once it has been walked...
No wonder only Wei Changtian successfully broke the formation.
It turned out that the moment Wei Changtian entered the formation, "the thirty-six hexagram position to the fifty-two hexagram position" was no longer the true path.
"Where is the true path now?!"
The old voice came from Zuo Huiyu, who stepped forward to stop Wei Zhaohai, who was burning with anger and felt like he would kill Su Xiu at any moment, and said to Su Xiu:
"Demon Queen, this old woman has never lied in her life."
"As long as you tell us the change of the true path, this old woman promises to let you leave after rescuing Young Master Wei!"
...
Glancing at Zuo Huiyu, Su Xiu's expression looked quite eerie.
She shook her head with a smile that was not a smile, her voice like a madman.
"Hehehe, I don't know."
"Don't know?"
Zuo Huiyu's face sank, realizing that Su Xiu was determined to kill Wei Changtian.
After all, since the latter could say the first true path, it meant that she must understand this formation and would never not know the changing rules of the true path.
In addition, she had deliberately concealed the key information that "the true path can only be walked once"...
Obviously, Su Xiu's purpose was to trick Wei Changtian into entering the formation alone and then die at the hands of those black-clothed people!
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!"
In an instant, Zuo Huiyu, Yu Qi, and Li Huaizhong had disappeared from their original positions, heading straight for the black mist.
The three of them were not ordinary people. After Su Xiu revealed that look, they understood that it was impossible for her to say where the true path was.
So, the only way now is to try one direction at a time.
Starting with the sixty-four hexagrams, each hexagram position can face sixty-three directions, for a total of four thousand and thirty-two combinations.
And among these, there is only one path that can re-enter the formation.
If it takes about three breaths to cross the black mist at the fastest speed.
This means that every three breaths, the three of them can try three routes.
Then, trying all four thousand routes will take almost four thousand breaths, which is more than half an hour.
Of course, in reality, it certainly won't be necessary to try all of them.
But even if they find the true path after trying half of them, it will still take two quarters of an hour.
Two quarters of an hour...
Not to mention whether Wei Changtian can last this long alone against two second-rank and five third-rank opponents.
Even if he could, only one more person could enter after two quarters of an hour, and at that time, their side would still be at a disadvantage.
Thinking about it this way, the probability of rescuing Wei Changtian seems to be minimal.
However, at this moment, everyone had no other choice but to try their best.
"You wretch, you are very good..."
"After tonight, this old man will definitely let you know what it means to be worse than death..."
After extreme anger, Wei Zhaohai's expression suddenly became calm.
However, the eerie meaning hidden beneath this calmness made the surrounding air become chilling for a moment.
After saying this, he stopped paying attention to Su Xiu and turned to join Zuo Huiyu and the other two in trying to find the true path.
And at this moment, Yang Liushi, who had been silent all along, finally came to Su Xiu.
"Demon Queen, what do we need to do for you to be willing to tell us?"
"Don't worry, we will agree to any conditions you make."
The night breeze gently blew, stirring Yang Liushi's long hair.
Although her tone sounded calm, her pale face could not hide her current mood.
"Hehehehehe."
On the other side, Su Xiu, still kneeling on the ground, glanced at Yang Liushi, her laughter full of sarcasm.
"Miss Liu, is this your attitude when begging someone?"
...
"Plop!"
Without any hesitation, Yang Liushi immediately bent her knees and knelt in front of Su Xiu upon hearing this.
Her long skirt spread out around her knees, like a peony covered in mud.
"Demon Queen..."
Looking at Su Xiu, who seemed a little surprised, Yang Liushi lowered her head little by little, until her forehead touched the ground and her hair fell into the muddy water.
"I'll trade my life for his life."
"Is that okay?"
