Chapter 145: Are You Trying To Force A Demolition?
Things like Mountain Mirage Fiend and Mirage Fiend have complex causes of formation, and it’s already hard to achieve them. Plus, the current era is different, with developed information dissemination, plus there are Performance Charts and a bunch of young people rushing for rankings. Once Illusionary Scenery appears, it’s resolved early. How could it still be left to form a Mirage Fiend?
Moreover, from the beginning as a beginner, every message Qu Xingxuan heard about Mirage Fiends said without exception that Mirage Fiends are terrifying, evil, and once entered, it’s nine deaths and one life. Even great powers have lost quite a few.
But Qu Xingxuan has been here for so long, and his most direct feeling is that it’s evil, and terrifying, but as for nine deaths and one life, he truly hasn’t experienced it.
If it were truly nine deaths and one life, he couldn’t possibly be living well until now.
“Then listen to Daoist Master Qin. This isn’t a Mountain Mirage Fiend, that’s really great!” Qu Xingxuan instantly became cheerful.
Xuan Xia looked at this fool speechlessly.
Then she ruthlessly struck him, “Even if it’s really not a Mountain Mirage Fiend, can you resolve it?”
Qu Xingxuan couldn’t be happy anymore.
After a while, he felt something was off and said softly: “But there are Summer Insect Fungus here, and some unknown thing. Ordinary Illusionary Scenery wouldn’t have so many things coexisting.”
So, could it be that this is a Mountain Mirage Fiend, and Xuan Xia said it’s not just to comfort him?
Thinking this way, Qu Xingxuan’s whole person deflated again.
Xuan Xia couldn’t care at this moment whether she had struck him too hard. She looked again toward the end of the Winding Path, the direction said to have a house.
She felt it was still necessary to go and see what was going on.
So she left a sentence, “I’ll go take a look.” Her footsteps were already heading that way.
“What are you going to see?” Qu Xingxuan exclaimed in shock and hurriedly followed her footsteps.
After catching up, he didn’t forget to remind her: “Be careful, don’t get too close. Don’t let that thing attacking the house discover you.”
But Xuan Xia wasn’t too worried, because Ren Tongjin had gone ahead first.
If there was really any danger, Ren Tongjin would be the first to bear it.
Thinking of this, she looked at Qu Xingxuan a bit differently, “Did you deliberately not remind Ren Tongjin just now?”
Qu Xingxuan hummed.
Ren Tongli treated him like that, and Ren Tongjin was family with Ren Tongli. How could he remind him.
However, Qu Xingxuan thought of a question he hadn’t had time for earlier, “How come you’re with that Ren Tongjin?”
Xuan Xia said: “Came in together.”
“He also came in voluntarily?” Qu Xingxuan was very surprised.
Xuan Xia “mm”-ed.
Qu Xingxuan “tch”-ed, not knowing what thoughts to express, so he stopped talking.
The path actually didn’t need to be walked for too long. Xuan Xia soon saw the house Qu Xingxuan mentioned.
The house was an old-style dwelling from a long time ago, and it didn’t look very sturdy.
The door was a single panel, currently tightly closed. There was also a window beside it, but curtains blocked it. Only a dim light inside the house could be seen, projecting several dark outlines onto the curtains.
Xuan Xia identified the outlines projected on the curtains. It seemed Ren Tongjin had entered the house.
Additionally, she scanned around and didn’t discover the thing Qu Xingxuan mentioned that attacks the house.
It might really only appear after it rains.
After looking, Xuan Xia silently pointed at it for Qu Xingxuan and retreated a bit further.
Qu Xingxuan followed her closely. Seeing her face full of contemplation and not saying a word, he couldn’t help asking: “What are you thinking?”
Xuan Xia said: “Thinking whether to drive them out, or let them stay inside forever.”
As she spoke, she glanced at Qu Xingxuan.
Qu Xingxuan felt creeped out by her look and felt inexplicable.
No, just talk, why suddenly look at him?
Did she want him to make a decision?
But actually, Xuan Xia wanted to ask him: “What have you learned? What can you do?”
“Ah?”
Qu Xingxuan didn’t know why she suddenly asked him such a question, but he vaguely felt she was brewing something, so he stammered: “What… what do you want to do?”
“I want to…” Xuan Xia dragged out her tone, “demolish the house they’re in, demolish this place.”
“???”
Qu Xingxuan was stunned for a moment, then had a flash of insight and understood what she meant.
He then clicked his tongue: “You want to do forced demolition to make the real Evil Spirit here show itself?”
“Mm, not stupid.”
Xuan Xia didn’t know if just the two of them could smoothly handle this Illusionary Scenery, since this place was really too different from what she’d encountered before.
It felt like the previous Illusionary Sceneries were newbie villages for practice, while this one suddenly jumped several levels in difficulty. She truly didn’t know how to handle it.
Those shameless men could keep hiding in the house, but she and Qu Xingxuan had nowhere to hide. Who knew how much longer they could stay safe?
Time is very frightening. She didn’t want to drag it out too long.
So the best way was to get out as soon as possible.
But she was worried that forcing those shameless ones out, not only would they not be of help, but they’d backstab instead. So Xuan Xia was hesitating whether to drive them out or trap them tightly in the house.
She didn’t tell Qu Xingxuan these considerations, but Qu Xingxuan wasn’t stupid either. Especially after knowing what she wanted to do, he quickly thought of her worries.
Qu Xingxuan scratched his hair and couldn’t help saying: “How about I give it a try?”
“Mm?” Xuan Xia looked at him, “What do you want to try?”
“I learned a formation.” Qu Xingxuan said, “It should achieve the effect you mentioned.”
“Wow, you’re so capable?” Xuan Xia remembered last time she asked him to draw a few Daoist Talismans, he stubbornly refused, and now he said he could Set Up Formation.
Qu Xingxuan scratched his scalp, not hearing the bit of sarcasm in Xuan Xia’s words.
Xuan Xia said: “Then you try?”
“Okay.”
Qu Xingxuan began collecting things needed for Set Up Formation all around.
Mainly small stones, tree branches and such.
But selection was particular; not just any stone or any tree branch would do.
Xuan Xia watched him carefully select from the side.
Qu Xingxuan didn’t dare go too far, collecting around her. It looked like he was circling to protect her, but actually he didn’t dare leave Xuan Xia too far.
He hadn’t finished collecting when a figure gradually approached from the path side.
Xuan Xia soon saw clearly who it was: Ren Tongjin.
Qu Xingxuan also saw and immediately stopped collecting guiltily, standing in place vigilantly watching him.
When Ren Tongjin was still about ten steps from them, he spoke first: “Do you plan to stay here forever? Come into the house.”
He actually came to invite them?
But Xuan Xia and Qu Xingxuan didn’t move.
Ren Tongjin knew they’d react this way and explained: “It seems that once it starts raining here, Summer Insect Fungus and unidentifiable Evil Spirits will appear. It’s not safe outside; better come into the house.”
He added: “I’ve already told them. Everyone discuss together ways to get out. More people, more strength.”
