Chapter 86: Found The Formation Core!
Through the poison mist, Zhao Congbai and the others could not see the appearance of Ming Zhaoshuang and the others clearly. They could not even hear what she was saying clearly due to the great distance.
He recognized Fushuang, and because of this, he broke out in a cold sweat.
He and Ming Zhaoshuang had not been in contact since this trial began. After all, everyone was trapped in the poison mist, and survival was paramount. However, looking at Ming Zhaoshuang’s appearance, she seemed completely unaffected by the poison mist.
Could it be… her luck was so good that she only ate spirit fruits?
Was the Heavenly Dao so biased?
While Zhao Congbai was cursing inwardly, he saw Ming Zhaoshuang and the others approaching. Under the mist, her cold and noble face looked particularly frightening.
Yes, frightening.
Although Zhao Congbai also had a lustful nature, he clearly understood at this moment that Ming Zhaoshuang’s face was not affected by the poison mist at all.
That is to say, the poison mist had no effect on her at all!
He had a feud with Ming Zhaoshuang, a great feud. In such a situation, how could Ming Zhaoshuang let him go!
Sun Qianhe clearly did not expect Ming Zhaoshuang to stand up for her. She sniffled, and tears fell in large chunks again.
“Sorry! Sorry! I shouldn’t have followed them to snatch your opportunities! Sorry! Please help me, help my Older Sister!”
Saying this, she actually knelt down to Ming Zhaoshuang and the others.
Two groups of people, one group’s bodies were half-rotted, and the other group looked as if they had not aged. Sun Qianhe was not an idiot, so she naturally understood what choice to make now.
Ming Zhaoshuang frowned and said, “I am only here to settle old grievances. I do not intend to help you.”
She did not stop Sun Qianhe from kneeling, but Shen Liqian bent down to help her up. She also took out a spirit fruit from her pocket and handed it to her, gesturing for her to share it with Sun Qianshan.
Sun Qianhe, full of gratitude, pulled at her trousers and crawled to Sun Qianshan, crying as she fed the spirit fruit to Sun Qianshan.
“Older Sister, eat quickly! Eat quickly!”
Sun Qianshan felt her head swimming, but the last shred of her reason was still comforting her. Her throat rolled as if a knife was scraping dry wood.
“No…”
Don’t give it to her, keep it for yourself.
If she ate it, she would die anyway. It was better to save it for Sun Qianhe, who might be able to survive because of it.
Sun Qianhe’s tears splashed onto Sun Qianshan’s face, stimulating her cheek, which had already rotted down to bare bone. She couldn’t even open her eyes, yet she stubbornly refused to open her mouth to eat the spirit fruit that Sun Qianhe offered her.
Ming Zhaoshuang glanced at the two of them, then swept her gaze over Zhao Congbai.
Zhao Congbai had eaten half a spirit fruit just now, and his condition had improved a lot, but his face was still covered in green and blue blisters, which was extremely disgusting.
So ugly.
Ming Zhaoshuang couldn’t help but sigh.
In the next moment, Ming Zhaoshuang raised her long sword, pointing it directly at Zhao Congbai’s forehead.
Zhao Congbai’s pupils contracted sharply, but his reaction was slow. He only managed to raise a hand to block.
Fushuang cleanly severed Zhao Congbai’s arm.
Seeing this, Li Zhimu immediately raised his foot, intending to use the dim night and thick mist to escape the battlefield with that spirit fruit. But with his decaying body, how could he possibly catch up to Ming Chenxing.
Ming Chenxing took a few light steps and pierced Li Zhimu’s throat with a sword.
At the same time, Fei Changxiu slew Qian Ye.
The three of them did not spend much effort to deal with Zhao Congbai and the others on the spot, leaving only Sun Qianhe and Sun Qianshan sisters there hesitantly, one forcing, the other refusing to open her mouth.
Seeing this, Ming Zhaoshuang took the spirit fruit from Sun Qianhe’s hand, pried open Sun Qianshan’s mouth, and squeezed the spirit fruit, letting the juice flow down Sun Qianshan’s throat.
Sun Qianhe sniffled and looked at her, saying, “Thank you… thank you all.”
“If you want to thank someone, thank yourself.”
Ming Zhaoshuang handed the spirit fruit, which had no juice left, and the two spirit fruits she had snatched from Zhao Congbai to Sun Qianhe, saying expressionlessly:
“Take these two spirit fruits and head in the direction we came from. You should be able to survive for seven days.”
If you want to thank someone, thank Sun Qianhe herself, for not giving up on her Older Sister in the end.
The more desperate the situation, the more vicious human nature becomes, but also the more noble it becomes.
Without a doubt, Sun Qianhe’s willingness to break with Zhao Congbai to save her Older Sister, her willingness to be covered in mud and wounds, and even her actions of kneeling to beg Zhao Congbai and the others, were precisely the greatness of human nature.
It was for this reason that Ming Zhaoshuang and the others were willing to take action.
Ming Zhaoshuang was not a saintess, nor did she like to meddle in other people’s affairs. If Sun Qianhe had had any thought or action of abandoning Sun Qianshan, she would have let them fight like dogs, or even taken action to kill Sun Qianhe as well.
Therefore, if you want to thank someone, thank Sun Qianhe herself for making the right choice.
After Sun Qianhe bid farewell to the youngsters, they continued to walk forward.
The poison mist grew thicker, making it almost impossible to see the path ahead. The snake in Ming Chenxing’s hand could not find any spirit fruits either. The youngsters could only live on the spirit fruits they had accumulated. Except for Ming Zhaoshuang, who was not in any serious condition due to the System’s healing ability, the backs of everyone else’s hands began to become damp and rot.
Three dawns broke faintly, and two nights passed in silence.
Ming Zhaoshuang stopped. As she saw the scene before her clearly in the dense fog, she couldn’t help but gasp.
What met her eyes was a lake filled with lotus platforms. The lotus leaves were layered endlessly, their green boundless. The lotus platforms were enormous, and their petals were delicate.
If it were just this, Ming Zhaoshuang would not have been so terrified. But unfortunately, in this lake, within these lotus leaves, and on these lotus platforms, swarmed countless disgusting animals, densely occupying Ming Zhaoshuang’s field of vision.
Black snakes, groggy scorpions, grayish geckos, verdant toads, and a centipede slowly crawling at Ming Zhaoshuang’s feet all stimulated people’s eyes.
They were all poisonous and exuded a turbid aura.
This… must be the formation core.
“No! What is this thing!” Fei Changxiu exclaimed, unable to stop himself. “The Five Poisons Formation means this? It’s truly a formation constructed from the Five Poisons!”
The Five Poisons are snakes, scorpions, geckos, toads, and centipedes.
Ming Zhaoshuang, however, stared at the lotus platform and suddenly said, “The formation core is not the Five Poisons, but the lotus platform above!”
The Five Poisons gathered together, and the Yin Yang was abruptly lost. When setting up a formation, the worst thing to do is to fail to achieve balance and harmony.
If these Five Poisons were truly the formation core, then this formation would have completely devolved into an evil formation, and there would naturally be no question of testing others.
Lotus, since ancient times, has been an object of utmost purity and cleanliness. When Talisman Saint Wei Shuo initially set up this formation, he used the lotus platform to restrain these Five Poisons, preventing them from releasing too much poison gas and killing all those participating in this trial within the formation.
Therefore, although the Five Poisons Formation was vicious, it did not devolve into an evil formation.
Shen Liqian said gently, “But it’s very difficult for us to get close to the lotus platform.”
There were several lotus platforms, all located in the center of the lake. Although there were layers of lotus leaves in the center that could help them leverage their strength, the surrounding area was entirely filled with the Five Poisons. Even a single bite from any of them would be enough for them.
