Library of Heaven's Path

“I’m already in here. Make your move if you wish to kill me!” Zhang Xuan slowly advanced forward with his sword in hand.

Echoes of his voice sounded all over the palace, but there was no response at all.

Perplexed, he backed away slightly, wanting to leave the darkness temporarily to reassess the situation. However, in the next moment, he felt his back pressing against a wall.

He had barely taken a few steps away from the gates earlier, and before he knew it, the gates had already vanished!

To put it in other words…

He was already trapped in the formation of the enemy.

Flaws!

Zhang Xuan pressed his hand against the wall behind him and willed.

If he could just use his Library of Heaven’s Path here, he would be able to peer through the formation right before him. Weng!

The Library of Heaven’s Path jolted in his mind, but no book was compiled.

“Damn it!” Zhang Xuan cursed beneath his breath.

Just as he had thought, this palace was severed from the heavens too. Only Kong shi, who knew about the Heavens’ Imperfections, would prepare such a hand to deal with him.

Plunged in the midst of utter darkness, where his senses were confounded and his mind was befuddled, he was in a truly vulnerable position. It seemed like this was Kong shi’s trump card against him!

I have no choice. Since I’m unable to use my eyes and my Spiritual Perception, I can only rely on my ears then… Zhang Xuan thought.

He was nervous but he wasn’t panicked yet. He closed his eyes and focused his attention on his ears. The silence in the air caused a ringing sensation in his ears that made it hard for him to hear, but through focusing his full attention, he was still able to pick up some of the minute noises carried along with the wind.

Drip! Drip!

It was the sound of water droplets dripping, and it was coming from a distance away.

“Go!”

Zhang Xuan brandished his sword, and a surge of sword qi flew right in the direction where the water droplets were coming from.

But astonishingly, there was no response at all.

It was as if the darkness had swallowed his sword qi at some point in time, unraveling his attack.

Just as Zhang Xuan was utterly perplexed as to what was happening, Kong shi’s voice suddenly echoed in the air, “Walk out of this room before the water drips out. Otherwise, you’ll be evicted from here.”

Evicted from here?

Zhang Xuan’s confusion only served to further deepen.

Didn’t Kong shi intentionally lure him here in order to deal with him?

Why would he threaten to evict him out of this room then?

The altar has been destroyed, so even if I am evicted from this palace, I won’t be able to leave this area either. Instead, I might just be trapped till my death. So, I have no choice but to follow his rules for the time being. Once I find him and save Palace Master Du, I’ll make sure to rip him apart… Zhang Xuan thought as he exhaled deeply.

No matter what Kong shi was up to, he would just have to deal with everything the other party had prepared. Eventually, he should be able to find Kong shi at the end of the path!

Having decided on his next course of action, he began examining his surroundings carefully.

Even though I can’t see anything at all, there’s nothing attacking me either. Most likely, this is a Confinement Formation, Zhang Xuan thought.

The fact that it could hinder his Spiritual Perception and Eye of Insight likely meant that it was a Confinement Formation far beyond his imagination.

Nevertheless, as long as it’s a formation, there is bound to be some anomaly in the flow of spiritual energy in the surroundings. As long as I can figure out the flow of spiritual energy, I should be able to deduce the locations of the formation core and formation flags. With that, it shouldn’t be too difficult for me to overcome the formation! Zhang Xuan thought.

So, he closed his eyes and began perceiving his surroundings carefully.

The key purpose of formation flags and formation core was to redirect the flow of spiritual energy based on the needs of the formation. Given so, there was bound to be some anomalies in the flow of spiritual energy in the surroundings where a formation existed.

As long as he could create a visual mapping of the flow of spiritual energy in his mind, he would be able to find a way to resolve this issue.

This was also the most fundamental formation deciphering method on the Master Teacher Continent.

As the most proficient formation master on the Master Teacher Continent, it went without saying that he was familiar with these basics.