Resisting the Wind and Splendor

Not long after Chu Yueli and Huo Qing left, Hengxian County was indeed attacked by bandits.

But Chu Yueli and Huo Qing had no time to worry about these things.

They walked through the mountain stream for a day and a night, and finally, at dawn on the third day, they reached the entrance to the Stone Forest.

"According to the sand table made by Ye Zi, this stone forest is twice the size of the previous two. We don't know where they are right now, and if we rush in, we're afraid we'll have a hard time finding them."

Chu Yueli stopped in front of the stone forest and looked up. There were many high slopes on the surrounding mountains. Strangely, they had just passed one of the high slopes, but when they looked down, all they could see was a vast expanse of white, and they couldn't see the situation inside the stone forest at all.

"Is this the so-called Qimen Bagua formation? How could such a powerful formation be created in such a large stone forest?"

Huo Qing didn't understand formations, but judging from the scale of this stone forest in front of her, even though she couldn't see clearly, she knew that it was something that human beings couldn't do.

Where would they have moved all these huge rocks and boulders from?

"This stone forest has a natural advantage, with a huge number of scattered rocks. As for the person who sets up the formation, he doesn't actually need to move and arrange all the boulders inside. He only needs to guard each exit and set up the formation at each exit."

"I see!" After this explanation, Huo Qing understood.

The people inside can actually determine their direction even in places without formations.

However, the Stone Forest only has a few exits. If a master sets up an array at the exit, those who are trapped will be unable to break out and will be completely trapped in the Stone Forest.

In this way, the work done by the person who set up the formation was not as enormous as imagined.

That is something that can be done by human effort.

"Third Aunt, I can't see the inside of the Stone Forest clearly. We need to find a breakthrough and get a clear view of the inside from a higher vantage point."

“But we’ve already been to higher places on the way we came, yet we still can’t see clearly what’s inside the stone forest.” Huo Qing knew nothing about these mystical arts and divination practices.

They had indeed looked down from above, and all they saw below was a vast expanse of white, nothing at all.

Chu Yueli looked up and carefully studied the surrounding high slopes.

She explained, "Every formation has a weak point, which is the escape route left by the person who set up the formation. As for the observation point, that is also a place chosen by the person who set up the formation. Otherwise, even the person who set up the formation would not know what is inside."

"So, the reason we couldn't see clearly earlier was because we didn't find the observation points left by the person who set up the formation?" Huo Qing understood immediately.

Chu Yueli nodded, then suddenly her eyes darkened: "Found it!"

She spurred her horse and hurried there.

Huo Qing followed behind her, not daring to stray even a step away.

The atmosphere in the mountain stream was extremely eerie. Although they had not yet entered the stone forest, they could already sense the strange aura within it.

Especially when they were almost at the top, the visibility was very low. Huo Qing was afraid that she would not be able to keep up and that if she got lost, she would never be able to find Ali again.

Soon, they stopped on a high slope.

Chu Yueli dismounted and walked to the highest point of the mountain.

Huo Qing quickly followed, and as soon as she got there, her eyes lit up: "You can really see it clearly!"

Ah Li, that little girl, is really amazing!

Not only is he skilled in martial arts and archery, but he also has a thorough understanding of the Five Elements and the Eight Trigrams.

This ability is something even her mother, Ming Ruonan, couldn't match!