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The road was for the dead, yet the living walked it. After making their choice at the first fork in the path, Ye Huan and Yu Wuxia found themselves lacking the patience to endure another decision. They hesitated briefly before choosing one of the three passages to continue onward. However, after traveling for nearly a hundred meters, they encountered another three-way fork, and it was then that they realized something was amiss. Both of them came to a halt.
Perhaps Ye Huan and Yu Wuxia were unaware that long ago, when the First Master of Yuxu Palace set up the Eight Gates of Immortal Trapping Formation, he anticipated that someone might disrupt the formation's core, rendering it ineffective. To prevent such an occurrence, he laid down a smaller formation at the core of the Eight Gates of Immortal Trapping Formation. If one took a wrong turn, they would fall into an endless cycle of roads. Within this smaller formation, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy would gradually dissipate over time. Even a Transcending Tribulation Stage Cultivator would become an ordinary person after three to five days here, let alone Ye Huan and Yu Wuxia.
As for why this smaller formation could continue operating after such a long time, it was due to the ratio between the size of the formation and the consumption of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy. The smaller the area covered by the formation, even a small amount of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy could keep it running for nearly a century. However, as the area increased, the consumption of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy would rise exponentially—especially for a complex formation like the Eight Gates of Immortal Trapping Formation.
"Ye Huan, do you feel like our Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy is constantly depleting?"
Noticing the continuous loss of spiritual energy within him, Yu Wuxia couldn't help but voice his concern to Ye Huan. After Yu Wuxia mentioned it, Ye Huan—who had only previously noticed that their path through the Eight Gates of Immortal Trapping Formation seemed endless—also realized that the rate at which his Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy was depleting had accelerated. This revelation struck him with alarm as he nodded seriously at Yu Wuxia.
"This is bad. As our Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy continues to drain without any means of replenishment, once we run out, we will become two ordinary people. And with no food or water here, it's only a matter of time before we perish."
Feeling a headache coming on, Yu Wuxia glanced around in despair. In this pitch-black expanse, he had lost all sense of direction; even the small amount of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy he had been using for illumination was withdrawn back into his body, fearing that if they exhausted their energy completely, they would lose all chance of escape.
"Elder Yu, why do you think our Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy is disappearing?"
Although Ye Huan shared concerns about the depletion of their spiritual energy, he wasn't panicking just yet. What truly worried him was understanding why his Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy was vanishing. If Ye Huan guessed correctly, it must have been influenced by some external force. However, due to his limited knowledge about Cultivators, he could only seek guidance from Yu Wuxia, who was the leader of Yuxu Palace.
"The disappearance of a Cultivator's Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy can be attributed to three possibilities," Yu Wuxia explained. "The first is that a Cultivator willingly disperses their Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy externally to achieve some form of release. The second is more sinister—some evil Cultivators might use special methods to draw out a Cultivator's Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy. As for the third possibility… if you hadn't reminded me, I might have forgotten about it entirely. There are legends that suggest there exists a formation capable of absorbing a person's Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy—a formation within a formation—that uses a smaller formation to extract energy for use in another specialized formation."
After outlining several possibilities for why their Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy was disappearing, Yu Wuxia concluded that neither the first nor second options were likely; both he and Ye Huan were not foolish enough to willingly disperse their energy. Furthermore, there were no evil Cultivators present here. Given that they had come specifically to locate the core of the Eight Gates of Immortal Trapping Formation, according to Yu Wuxia's deductions, it seemed more plausible that they were facing the third possibility.
"Formation? Since it's a formation, there must be a way to break it. Master, can you figure out what formation is continuously absorbing our Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy? If we keep delaying like this, I'm afraid that once our Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy disappears, we will truly have no countermeasures."
Hearing Yu Wuxia say that the formation was causing trouble, Ye Huan felt much more relaxed. He tried to ask Yu Wuxia if he had any good ideas, but it was destined to disappoint him. The knowledge of formations had nearly vanished after numerous battles between good and evil; aside from some major sects that still retained unusable protective formations, knowing the names of any formations in the current Eastern State Cultivator Realm was already something to be proud of for cultivators. How could they possibly deduce what formation they were trapped in?
Ye Huan gently shook his head. At this moment, Yu Wuxia had completely lost hope, sitting cross-legged on the ground with eyes devoid of any light, revealing a hint of unwillingness as if he still had unfinished business.
"Hey, Elder Yu, can you stop looking like a dead fish? Just looking at your face makes me lose hope for the future..."
Sitting down beside Yu Wuxia, Ye Huan inferred from Yu Wuxia's expression that their chances of leaving this place were slim—no, it was practically zero. However, the thought of quietly becoming an ordinary person and starving to death in such a wretched place filled Ye Huan with unwillingness. For him, there were still too many things left undone in this world. To give a simple example, he was still a virgin up until now; being a virgin for two lifetimes without losing it would make anyone feel discontented. As long as there was a glimmer of opportunity, Ye Huan would never give up.
Clenching his fists tightly, Ye Huan wished he could marry Zhao Ziyu right now. But while the thought was good, achieving it was incredibly difficult unless Ye Huan truly had a plan to escape.
After contemplating for a while, Ye Huan felt that even if he faced Gu Long now, he still had the strength to fight back. However, without a way to break the formation, wanting to leave this place by himself was nothing but a pipe dream. Ultimately, it all boiled down to Ye Huan not knowing what to do. Thus, he stood up abruptly and said to Yu Wuxia without holding back, "Elder Yu, you are the master of Yuxu Palace after all! Think about the disciples of Yuxu Palace; think about how Gu Long is still plotting to destroy Yuxu Palace. Do you really want the hard work of countless predecessors of Yuxu Palace to be ruined by your hands?!"
"You think I want that?! Do you think I don't know that the Heavenly Dragon Sect is lurking outside?! But right now we are trapped within this formation. Unless we can break out with absolute strength, there's no way we can rely solely on our abilities!"
It seemed that Ye Huan's words ignited Yu Wuxia's anger; he nearly erupted in fury and pointed at Ye Huan to scold him. However, after saying this, Ye Huan saw a glimmer of hope…
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