I have been bound in a forbidden place for five hundred years. Why are you crying when I am a casual

"You are the captain of our team on this trip. You will make all the decisions. I will listen to you."

"If you want to break the formation yourself, you can give it a try."

He asked facing Xiao Ping'an's gaze.

Gu Xiu answered directly.

He was wearing the Xiaoyao Pei and the Shihai Mirror Palace, so he could see the peculiarity of this formation with just a glance. This formation was quite mysterious, and could even be called complicated, but it was mainly used to seal and was not dangerous. If he led the way, they could easily get out of this place.

But this time, he did not set out alone, but brought his disciple Xiao Ping'an with him.

Actually, this was Xiao Ping'an's first time going out for training. If it weren't for special circumstances, Gu Xiu would have hoped to give his disciples more opportunities to hone themselves. He saw Xiao Ping'an's eagerness to try, so he naturally wouldn't force her to do anything. At this moment, he directly delegated power and gave Xiao Ping'an the right to act.

Hearing his words, Xiao Pingan immediately smiled happily. Seeing that Yu Mufeng was still waiting for his response, he immediately replied:

"Thank you for your kindness, Senior Yu. I want to try it myself."

"In that case, I will go ahead. Take care, everyone." Yu Mufeng didn't think it was a big deal. He nodded with a smile, said goodbye, and led the crowd into the woods.

Seeing this, Yuchi Chunlei was somewhat dissatisfied. "Little girl, you don't know how to cherish the opportunity right in front of you. Although Yu Mufeng's strength is not that great, he was born in an academy after all. He is definitely far ahead of you in terms of battle formations. You still want to rely on yourself. Aren't you asking for trouble?"

"But I want to try it myself." Xiao Ping'an replied.

"Try it yourself?" Yuchi Chunlei sneered, "Do you know that in spiritual practice, one must learn to take advantage of opportunities and leverage strengths, and to seize every opportunity. Saving time and energy is the most important thing?"

Xiao Pingan was curious: "Is it the same as before?"

"Of course." Yuchi Chunlei nodded. "Smart people know how to follow the flow. Smart people like me naturally have to learn how to seize opportunities and use others to achieve their goals."

When saying this, Yuchi Chunlei stood up straight.

Although I am not smart, I certainly cannot show it in front of my nephew. I must always share some of my experience with him.

This is probably what the elders like to do.

only……

"But my master told me that it is better to rely on yourself than on others. Although you can use other people's strength, you still need to strengthen yourself in essence. Maybe you can take shortcuts in the short term, but in the end, you will be tested by yourself. If you only know how to rely on external forces, when you lose them one day, you will become useless." Xiao Ping'an disagreed with the other party's statement.

She was clearly expressing her own thoughts.

But the words "useless" seemed to pierce Yuchi Chunlei's heart, making her blush. She wanted to refute but couldn't, and in the end she could only sneer:

"If you don't listen to me, you will suffer retribution sooner or later. Today I want to see if you can break the formation."

"Don't end up being a joke!"

Xiao Ping'an certainly didn't know that in Yuchi Chunlei's view, her nephew actually dared to refute her words, which was completely treasonous. So she felt a little puzzled by Yuchi Chunlei's sudden anger at this moment, but she was not interested in what this passerby thought, because her teacher was watching next to her.

No matter what, you can't embarrass the teacher!

In the following time, Xiao Ping'an began to try to walk out of the woods.

just.

Although she was full of confidence just now, when she really tried to walk out of the forest, she found that this formation was very difficult to use. Some of the things she had just seen and thought were the core of the formation were actually not the so-called core at all.

Tried several times in a row.

But every time, she just went around in circles.

"How could this be?"

"I clearly followed what my teacher taught me about how to deal with various formations, but why isn't it working?"

After several consecutive failures, the confidence on Xiao Ping'an's face began to disappear. Her small brows were tightly furrowed and she was in distress. She simply did not rush to break the formation, but stopped and kept recalling her previous experiences in the formation in her mind, hoping to find a way to break it.

Gu Xiu and Yun Zheng followed closely the entire time.

No rush, no urge, no reminder.

But Yuchi Chunlei seemed to have seized an opportunity and immediately sneered and mocked, "Little girl, now you know your own limitations, right? This formation is extremely complex, even for me. You expect to break it yourself? Do you really think you are some rare genius, smarter than me?"

"I tell you."

"This formation is extremely profound, and even I need a lot of time. If you want to break it on your own now, it will probably take a year or two. By that time, when you break the formation here, the fruits on the tree will have been picked clean."

"What do you call this? You don't listen to the advice of the elders, and you suffer the consequences."

"..."

Yuchi Chunlei never overestimates her intelligence in front of her fellow senior sisters, but in front of a junior, she is eager to prove that she really has brains. When she sees Xiao Ping'an frustrated, she strikes him down immediately.

really.

After hearing what she said, Xiao Ping'an's young face showed some anxiety, and he glanced at his teacher secretly.

Fortunately.

The teacher said nothing, no urging, no blame, and no impatience at all.

Even though no words of comfort or advice were spoken, Xiao Ping'an, who was originally uneasy and even irritable, still calmed down. Ignoring Yuchi Chunlei's constant chatter, the little girl began to cheer up and tried to break the formation again.

But it's different from the previous continuous attempts.

This time, she deliberately slowed down her pace and observed carefully every few steps. Then, in order to avoid making mistakes, she simply took out a few strips of cloth and tied them to the branches along the way.

This does seem like a solution, but Yuchi Chunlei couldn't help but sneer:

"Such a stupid method, and you actually used it on this formation. I always thought I wasn't very smart, but compared to you, I found that I am simply a genius."

"If your method is effective, it would be amazing..."

At first, Xiao Ping'an ignored these words, but after walking for a while, he found the branch with the cloth tied to it before, and he returned to the starting point.

Xiao Ping'an was getting a little impatient.

but.

Just when she was feeling uneasy, Gu Xiu finally stopped being silent and whispered, "Are those strips of cloth still the ones you tied?"

Ok?

This made Xiao Ping'an confused. He took a closer look and couldn't help but asked curiously, "But I think it was left by me?"

"Really?" Gu Xiu asked back.

"This..." Xiao Ping'an was puzzled and looked at it carefully again. After a moment, his eyes suddenly widened:

"wrong!"

"This strip of cloth seems to be tied the opposite way to how I tied it before!"

"Yes, yes. I tied the knot on the other side before, but the strip of cloth here is completely opposite to the direction I tied it before, like..."

“It’s like looking in a mirror!”

As she was talking, Xiao Ping'an suddenly became excited and looked around. She found that although she seemed to have returned to the original point, in fact, this original point was more like a world in a mirror. It was just because of the surrounding environment and the repeated scenes that people were a little confused and couldn't even notice this.

But then Gu Xiu spoke again:

"No matter how ingenious the formation is, there are only a few core elements."

"Do you still remember the essence of the trap?"

"The essence of a trap..." Xiao Ping'an muttered for a moment. "The core purpose of a trap is to trap people in a specific area, preventing them from leaving and truly moving. While there are many types of traps, there are only a few core methods."

"Which ones?" Gu Xiu asked.

"There's the physical isolation of a solid wall, the magical barrier that acts like a barrier, and the distorted illusion array used to confuse people and disrupt their sense of direction. Finally, there's the use of space to fold, circulate, and mirror it..." At this point, Xiao Ping'an's eyes suddenly lit up.

"That's right, it's the mirror image!"

"I understand!"

"At first, I thought this trap was an illusion that confuses and disrupts people's direction. Then I thought it was a trap that continuously circulated space. But in fact, this trap is actually a mirror image of space. It's not a simple loop or folding path. The world in this array is a mirror world!"

"and……"

Xiao Ping'an paused for a moment, then took a step forward and walked in another direction he had never walked before. This time he still did not leave the formation, and returned to the branch where the cloth was tied before.

But this time, Xiao Ping'an was not upset. Instead, he carefully examined it for a while and said:

"This is a formation similar to the Overlapping Shadow Array, using this forest as a mirror image target to form a mirror maze!"

"And every time we seem to be returning to the starting point, we're not actually returning to the starting point. Instead, we've triggered a certain node, constantly moving from one space to another mirrored space!"

"I want to break the formation..."

"I need to find the rules of this formation, and from the rules of this formation, find the correct route, or in other words, find the node for us to enter the mirror space!"

"Once we break the node, we can leave here!"

She is still young and has not spent as much time studying as others, but she has her own strong understanding.

After Gu Xiu's reminder, he immediately discovered the key to the formation that he had been completely confused about before, and even found a way to break it.

but……

Just as the little girl was filled with surprise, Yuchi Chunlei next to her poured cold water on her:

"and then?"

"Even if you figured this out, what good would it do?"

"Now that you know this, you can break the formation?"

After all, Xiao Ping'an is just a child. Although she is smart and clever, she is still young and is often easily upset by Yuchi Chunlei's words. Xiao Ping'an obviously noticed this, so every time Yuchi Chunlei started to ridicule her, she deliberately ignored her and tried not to be affected.

But even an adult would not be completely unaffected by this matter, let alone her.

But this time...

For the first time, Xiao Ping'an was not affected by her. After observing the surrounding situation, he even asked with a smile, "Senior, since you are so pessimistic about me, how about we make a bet?"

"Bet?" Yuchi Chunlei frowned. "What's the bet?"

Xiao Pingan said:

"Betting on whether I can break the formation and get out of this trap."

"If I fail, I will return you a heavenly magic weapon."

"Oh? Really?" Yuchi Chunlei became excited.

"of course it's true."

Xiao Pingan said with a smile: "But similarly, if I can get out, Senior will definitely have to pay a price. How about this, if I can get out, Senior, you can give me another heavenly magic weapon."

"what do you think?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the joy on Yuchi Chunlei's face suddenly froze.