After rebirth, the eldest sister voluntarily abdicated and gave way to the wise.

Xu Youan nodded: "It's the Yin-Yang Wuji Formation."

"Yin Yang Infinite Formation?"

"Have you ever played chess, Senior Sister?"

Jiang Liqian was stunned for a moment, and the memory in her mind instantly reversed.

Pavilions, towers, and large stretches of green bamboo are covered with layer upon layer of white snow that never melts all year round.

There was a man in a tattered blue shirt, sitting in a stone pavilion, brewing tea by the stove, listening to the sound of snow knocking on bamboo, his slender fingertips always stroking the chess pieces as white as his fingers.

Hearing the movement on the jade steps, he smiled gently, waved his hand, and a cup of tea fell on the stone table opposite.

"Are you here to take a break again? Ah Qian."

He looked back, the mountain was shrouded in mist, and the clear mirror was not a platform.

"Would you like to play a game of chess to see if your chess skills have improved?"

The sound of bamboo forest is always accompanied by the rustling of falling snow, the cold wind howls in the icy sky and earth, and the light of the fire flickers, as if it has always been there, as if it will never leave.

Jiang Liqian closed her eyes lightly and looked sideways at her hands.

She replied: “No.”

After a pause, she added, "But I've seen other people do it, so I know a little bit."

Xu Youan's gaze never left Jiang Liqian. He saw clearly the light in her eyes dimming in an instant.

His mind moved slightly, and he suddenly said to her: "Sister, when we get out, I will teach you how to play chess?"

Jiang Liqian thought that he didn't want to embarrass her, nodded, and then asked about the formation.

"The Yin-Yang Wuji Formation is not a killing formation, but a kind of maze. Anyone who enters the formation will get lost. If they don't find the pattern within and find a way to break it, they will never be able to get out.

"Of course, I'm afraid that senior sister is the only one who can think of sensing the direction of spiritual energy and then groping her way out." Xu Youan looked thoughtful.

Jiang Liqian blushed a little embarrassedly.

If she told him that she not only thought of the method of sensing spiritual energy, but also planned to kill the Buddha if she met one, and use the spirit-suppressing beads to tear down the wall all the way out from here, would he think her train of thought was even more bizarre?

"So, what does this have to do with whether or not you can play chess?"

Xu Youan replied, "This Yin-Yang Wuji Formation is based on the black and white chess pieces. The stones here are the black pieces, the crisscrossing paths are the chessboard, and my senior sister and I are the white pieces that keep falling."

"Chess has yin and yang, and so do humans and inanimate objects. By implicitly combining the Five Elements and the Eight Diagrams, and the mysteries of life and death, a formation can be formed."

"However," he paused, pointing to the shadow on the ground, "this formation places a dead piece in a living place, so it must have set up a living piece in a dead place, and that living piece is the way for us to escape."

"Dead child?" Jiang Li frowned and pondered, "Could this dead child be the fish monster you encountered?"

Xu Youan looked at Jiang Liqian with sparkling eyes: "Senior Sister is so smart, your guess is so accurate."

Jiang Liqian had never been praised so directly before. She subconsciously looked away and touched the scattered hair on her forehead.

She coughed lightly, pretending to be calm, and asked him, "Since the dead child is that fish monster, then what is the meaning of giving birth to a child?"

Xu Youan spread out his hands and looked around: "Senior Sister, what do you think is most missing here?"

Jiang Liqian narrowed his eyes and thought about it, then looked around and had the answer in his mind.

"water."

So far, she has never seen even a drop of water. If she was not already a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage, she would have been so thirsty that she would have lost her way.

and many more……

Jiang Liqian suddenly looked at Xu Youan and stood up straight in shock.

"Junior brother, are you okay?"

Xu Youan's pupils shrank, but she still smiled: "I'm fine, Senior Sister."

Jiang Liqian didn't believe it.

"You haven't had any water for almost a day, and you were knocked unconscious by the fish monster. How can you be okay?"

Xu Youan's eyes changed again. He wanted to say something, but said nothing.

Jiang Liqian took a step closer to him inquiringly, and Xu Youan staggered back.

Jiang Liqian became even more suspicious, and without waiting for Xu Youan to dodge, she grabbed his wrist.

It's very cold, but warm and alive.

The spiritual power poured into his body without any explanation, but the next moment, Xu Youan's face changed drastically, his body softened, and he fell into Jiang Liqian's arms.

It was not a transformation of a monster, nor was it an illusion. Moreover, his expression and words were exactly the same as those of his junior brother, so he was not an impersonator.

Then there is only one real explanation, he has been holding on.

Jiang Liqian caught his body, angry and furious: "If you can't move an inch, why are you still forcing yourself? I'm your senior sister, I have the ability to take you out!"

Xu Youan pursed his lips and buried his head in her arms calmly, greedily feeling the warmth she gave him.

Jiang Liqian was naturally unaware of his little tricks and just said angrily with a stern face: "Speak!"

Xu Youan's body stiffened.

After a long while, he muffled his words and said, "I don't want to be a burden to Senior Sister. She has done well enough."

Jiang Liqian, who was about to reprimand him harshly after he finished explaining his reasons, suddenly fell silent.

Have you done well enough?

No one had ever told her that.

All she had was blame, complaints, and the feeling that it wasn't good enough, not perfect enough, over and over again.

Jiang Liqian, you can do better, you must do better.

She never felt that others were a burden, and no one ever told her guiltily that they were a burden.

However, in the end, she became a "burden" that everyone was eager to get rid of. They were afraid that others would say that their achievements were all due to her help, and that the reputation and prestige they had worked so hard to accumulate were all built up by her.

Even though, she didn't care about the things they were trying so hard to cover up.

Take a deep breath of cool air and exhale slowly.

Jiang Liqian said nothing, bent down, and carried him on her back without saying a word.

"Do you know how to find water?"

Xu Youan grabbed her collar tightly and opened his mouth to say that he could still walk, but when he saw her stern face, he finally gave up.

He let go of his hands and instead loosely put his arms around her neck.

"Senior Sister, your Soul-Suppressing Pearl is of the water element. By being attracted by its spiritual energy, you should be able to find the water hidden here."

Jiang Li nodded slightly, summoned the Soul-Suppressing Pearl, and released the spiritual power within.

The main bead emitted a dazzling blue light, and then blue smoke enveloped the entire spirit bead, and the twelve golden beads slowly rotated around the main bead.

After a while, Zhenlingzhu seemed to sense something and flew towards the northeast.

"Found it!" Jiang Liqian was delighted. Carrying Xu Youan on her back, she quickly chased towards the direction where the Zhenlingzhu flew.

During the chase, there were huge rocks blocking the way from time to time. Jiang Liqian didn't have the patience to find a way around them. Without any hesitation, the Soul-Suppressing Pearl spun rapidly, smashing them one after another.

Although this is unruly, the effect is immediate.