Formation Key
“Don’t fret, Mu Yu. All of the events will be erased once you return to the future, so Old White Beard and Dad won’t know,” assured Xiaoshuai, wagging his buttocks. “As such, we can peep all we want, and it’ll never have happened.”
Mu Yu flicked Xiaoshuai’s head.
“Where’s that shady ghostie gone? Why isn’t he here with us? Also, why did we happen to land in their pool of all places?” queried the dragon vine.
“When you time travel, your information will be added to the dimension you travel to in order to make you part of it. Since there’s no trace of your existence in this world, though, you’ll be sent to wherever there’s the aura of someone you’re related to. Basically, you’re treated as the person close to you… I suppose this means Tian Ran is the one we’ve been associated with. Since she is unlikely to be born yet, we were sent to her mother,” educated Xiaoshuai.
“I didn’t hear anything about that rule,” Mu Yu voiced. “If that rule holds true, Gui Ximing should’ve been dropped off somewhere near here. I guess that means we’re searching for someone connected to his presence, then. I don’t think this will be easy; I don’t even know him well. Wait, maybe he’s working in some nearby city with his fellow disciples. Search for Ghost Gate members it is, then.
“By the way, any paths found yet? If Zhuge Xiaosheng cast the protection formation, let’s see if I can defuse it using Primordial Yin Yang.” Mu Yu found the frailest part of the formation and checked the formation’s activity to figure out, “Damn, the exit is in the sky, and the formation only shuts off momentarily at night on the twelfth of every month. That should be three days from now based on the formation’s activity. Let’s hide in a tree until we can sneak out.”
While he was fleeing, Mu Yu drew a rough map of Secular World Sect in his mind. They were all about mountains kilometres tall and decorated buildings. Even their pools were fancied up. Flying was a no go because all of the paths were heavily guarded, and their disciples were actively searching for him. There was no way he was going to be granted entry to the extravagant guest palace.
Controlling a disciple to take Wood Spirit out did occur to Mu Yu at one point. That wouldn’t work, nonetheless, as their disciples weren’t allowed to leave the sect until the debauched pervert was located and skinned.
By the third day, the disciples started scouring every path up the mountains.
The aggressive-looking Ascension Realm cultivator stood guard at the frailest part of the formation on the third night, much to Mu Yu’s chagrin.
“We bloody waited for three days for nothing! I guess this means we have to incite chaos to sneak out.” As Mu Yu flew up to the exit, he saw a maiden approaching. “Shiniang?! Why is she avoiding all of the patrols?”
“Let’s go find out,” Xiaoshuai encouraged.
Miao Yuyan descended behind a rock halfway up the mountain, then materialised a translucent jade piece to her hand.
“The formation pattern in her jade piece is the same as Secular World Sect’s protection formation.”
When Miao Yuyan pressed the jade piece onto the formation, the invisible formation lines revealed themselves on the jade piece. The jade piece emanated a green light in the form of an adult human silhouette.
Formation Sect couldn’t have manufactured that jade piece; making a key for someone is against their business policy. The only people who could cast that formation is Dad or Shifu, thought Mu Yu. Seeing Miao Yuyan walk out the other side, he cried, “Wait! Wait up!”
Mu Yu dove out of the tree and grabbed Miao Yuyan’s hand as she tried to put it away.
“Who’s there?” Miao Yuyan questioned in a soft voice.
“It’s me!”
“The pervert!”
“Yes, the perv-, I’m not a pervert! I’m an upright, bright young man.”
“L-let go of me!” Face ablaze, Miao Yuyan threatened, “I’ll shout!”
“Go for it. We’ll both be captured. I’ll spill your secret, and we can both kiss our futures goodbye, hahaha,” teased Mu Yu, still holding onto the hand of the woman who resembled Tian Ran.
“What do you want?!”
“I want to leave with you.”
“I can’t let you leave after you trespassed onto our grounds!”
“Ho? I’m inside. You’re outside. If you won’t let me leave, I’ll keep holding on until someone finds us in the morning.”
“You shameless perv-… Fine. Come out. Also, you have to explain to me why you infiltrated our sect once you come out.”
“Easy, hehe,” replied Mu Yu, letting go and exiting.
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