Cultivation Kill

"Tell me, what should we do next?" Shi Yuan didn't want to discuss the underlying principles. "Did Shen Ziming possess you? When he was developing Zheyun, he also said a lot of things I couldn't understand at the beginning."

"Wine barrels, rice jars, and wellheads," Shen Zige continued her deductions.

“I remember these three; they form an equilateral triangle,” Shi Yuan said. “Two are in the side hall, and one is outside the main hall.”

The two went to the side hall to inspect the wine barrels and rice jars. There was a wooden window on the south side of the side hall; if you pushed it open, you could see a stone well.

“You’re right, there is indeed one round manhole cover missing,” Shi Yuan said. “The wine barrel and rice jar both have wooden lids, and since no one has been here for a long time, the wooden lids have been mostly eaten away by insects.”

Could the secret escape route be underground in the well?

Shen Zige and Shi Yuan walked to the well and looked down.

The well is not deep; you can see the bottom at a glance. Below are a few scattered stones, covered with moss, and there are many marks from swords and knives around the well.

Clearly, this area has already been searched.

"Could there be another layer below the well, and the top layer is just a disguise?" Shi Yuan analyzed.

After Shen Zige established his foundation, his divine sense greatly increased. Now, his divine sense is equivalent to the late stage of foundation establishment. If he extends it in only one direction, he can probe about 100 meters away.

He used his divine sense to explore the well, but found only rocks and mud; he did not discover any secret passages.

"I refuse to believe their tunnel is more than a hundred meters deep!" Shen Zige said, withdrawing his divine sense.

“Even if it’s more than a hundred meters, a Core Formation cultivator will notice,” Shi Yuan said. “Hurry up, I reckon the Great Yuan Sect’s pursuers are coming soon!”

"Don't rush me, it won't do any good." Shen Zige fell into thought again.

A flash of inspiration struck like lightning!

“I guess this well used to have water,” Shen Zige said. “Shiyuan, is there water in your storage bag?”

“Yes.” Shi Yuan took out ten huge buckets and poured water into the well.

Soon, the bottom of the well was covered with a layer of water, which was not deep.

The two waited...

no response.

"Pour some water into the wine barrel and rice jar, or wine," Shen Zige said.

Shi Yuan quickly went over and did as instructed, pouring a mixture of water and wine into both the wine barrel and the rice jar.

"There's a small hole at the bottom of the barrel," Shi Yuan noticed and pointed out.

"Quickly find something to block it up." Shen Zige used her divine sense to summon a huge rock in the distance and shaved it into the shape of a manhole cover. "Also, you need to prepare a wooden cover."

"no problem."

Shi Yuan and Shen Zige got busy.

The two men put the lids on and covered the wine barrel, rice jar, and well opening.

Still no response.

Shen Zige observed the decaying wooden lid and saw many carvings on it. Although they were intermittent, he could still fill in the missing carvings in his mind.

“Shi Yuan, you’ll carve with me.” Shen Zige said, taking out his guiding sword and carving the newly comprehended array patterns on the stone lid he had just made.

Shi Yuan copied Shen Zige's carving method.

Soon, the two wooden lids and one stone lid were engraved with array patterns, and they placed the lids on them.

Nothing has changed!

The two went over and opened the lid, revealing rippling, sparkling water.

“I guess we need the right moment.” Shen Zige gazed at the bright moon in the night sky. Now that all the clues had converged, he had no more doubts. “When the moon reaches the center point of the three locations, it can illuminate them simultaneously. The energy of the moonlight will be stored in the water at this moment. Then, by covering the engraved lids, the energy of the moonlight will attach to the lids. By transferring all the energy from two of the lids to one lid, we can activate the teleportation and leave the Great Yuan Sect!”

Shi Yuan's mouth dropped open: "You've solved the mystery of the disappearance of the Yuanling Peak Master for thousands of years!"

Shen Zige looked at the moon in the sky, then walked to the wine barrel, pierced it with his sword, and the wine inside slowly flowed out.

"Are you crazy!" Shi Yuan said. "You're wasting drinks."

“Think about it carefully,” Shen Zige replied.

Shi Yuan jumped out and said, "I see, to prevent tracking and detection!"

When the wine in the barrel runs out, it can no longer store moonlight, and without one, the transmission cannot be successful.

Soon, the moon reached its designated position.

The bright moon appeared in the wine barrel, rice jar, and well.

"Now!"

Shen Zige controlled the three lids to be put on.

Under divine observation, moonlight reflected from the water, moving through the engraved patterns.

The instant the moonlight spread across all the engravings, Shen Zige used her divine sense to lift the three lids. The three lids emitted a beam of light from each other, forming an equilateral triangle. The energy of two of the wooden lids quickly weakened and then disappeared.

The remaining stone cover became even brighter, as if it were on fire, and floated two meters above the ground.

"Now! Jump onto the stone cover!" Shen Zige said, leaping into the air.

Under the moonlight and starlight, three figures flew towards Shen Zige and Shi Yuan. They were the Hall Master and Deputy Hall Master of the Law Enforcement Hall!

"Traitor, where do you think you're going!"

Enforcement Hall Master Yu Mie roared and chased after Shen Zige and Shi Yuan—

Shi Yuan also jumped onto the stone cover.

A pillar of light appeared between the light from the stone cover and the moon, drawing a tremendous gravitational pull. Shen Zige and Shi Yuan floated upwards into the sky within the pillar of light—

Yu Mie moved extremely fast, also flying into the pillar of light and drifting into the sky.

With a loud "bang," the stone lid shattered into dust!

The three people's bodies vanished from the sky in an instant—

Teleportation enabled!

The teleportation took a long time, and Shen Zige felt like she was being stuffed into a washing machine, being turned over and over.

After a long while, the distorted and changing colors around them recombine, as if someone is quickly painting with mosaic. When the painting is finished, the image gradually becomes clearer from the mosaic, as if a fairy is constantly adding pixels to the image!

The scene froze, and Shen Zige felt as if she had fallen from reality into a painted world, appearing in a scenic garden surrounded by artificial hills, waterside pavilions, secluded paths, fish ponds, and sculptures—everything one could desire.

The sun was high in the sky, blazing fiercely.

It's noon here!

Could it be that we've been transported to the other side of a planet?

Shen Zige never expected the teleportation distance to be so far!

It was night before, but now it's daytime!

The time source didn't appear. Could there have been a transmission error?

"Traitor, where do you think you're going!" A furious shout came from the sky.

With a flick of his spear, the Hall Master of Law Enforcement, Yu Mie, transformed into a leaping dragon in the air and then pounced down at Shen Zige below!

The spirit weapon has materialized, and Shen Zige believes it is definitely a top-tier spirit artifact!

As a newly established Foundation Establishment cultivator, he wouldn't be so arrogant as to think he could contend with a Core Formation cultivator wielding a top-tier spiritual artifact, especially since this Core Formation cultivator was probably a top genius.

Drawing his guiding sword, Shen Zige leaped onto it, controlling the sword to fly and dodge the dragon's attacks. His divine sense allowed him to avoid several attacks.

Of course, dodging is all based on prediction, because the attack of the dragon spear is as fast as lightning, giving Shen Zige no time to dodge. He can only rely on observation and prediction, which is extremely dangerous. If he makes a mistake in prediction, he will be seriously injured even if he doesn't die!

"This kid is quite agile." Yu Mie retracted his dragon spear, intending to unleash a more powerful area-of-effect attack, leaving his opponent nowhere to escape!

"Stop! Who dares to cause trouble in my Yuanling Sect?"

A middle-aged male cultivator, wielding a long staff and dressed in magnificent clothes, flew into the air and shouted loudly.