Chapter 1318 Hidden Formation at the Bottom of the Pond

The area of ​​Wulongtan is not large, but its depth is amazing. When Qingyang searched the periphery before, his divine sense was not enough. The middle part was even more bottomless. He could not find any trace of the magic dragon on the surface of the water. He could only dive into the water and search slowly.

Searching underwater is much more difficult than searching on the surface of the water. The water in the pond will have certain restrictions on divine sense, and the depth of the center of Wulongtan is at least a thousand feet, so the search efficiency is extremely low. In a blink of an eye, an hour passed, and Qingyang and others found nothing. The magic dragon seemed to have disappeared.

Qingyang was a little surprised. He had just seen the magic dragon drill into the bottom of the pond, so why couldn't he find it? The size of the tenth-level magic dragon can't just disappear out of thin air, right?

Qingyang guessed that there must be a place under Wulongtan that he didn't search, or there might be a mechanism that could avoid his exploration, otherwise this situation would not happen. If he could find the problem, maybe the strange phenomenon in Wulongtan two years ago would be solved.

Thinking of the strange phenomenon mentioned by He Chang, Qing Yang was full of expectations. Something that could cause such a big reaction two years ago must be of a high level. Even if it was not a rare treasure, as long as he could figure out the origin of the strange phenomenon, Qing Yang felt that this trip was worth it.

Then Qing Yang, He Chang and Iron Arm Monkey conducted a detailed search of the bottom of Wu Long Tan, leaving no trace. After a few hours, they finally found an unusual fluctuation of the underworld energy in an inconspicuous place at the bottom of the pond.

Then Qing Yang carefully explored and found that this was actually a hidden formation. The level of the formation was not high, but the formation covered a relatively small area, the place was hidden, and the surrounding terrain was also misleading. If it were not for their careful search, it would not be easy to find.

There was only one place at the bottom of the entire Wu Long Tan where it could be hidden, and the demon dragon could not escape from Qing Yang's eyes. There was no need to guess, he was most likely hiding here.

With the intelligence of the demon dragon, it is not capable of setting up such a sophisticated hidden formation at the bottom of Wulong Lake, which means that this formation must have been set up by human cultivators.

Originally, I thought there was only this ownerless demon dragon in Wulong Lake, but now it seems that there seems to be a master behind the demon dragon. No wonder the demon dragon did not escape to other places after being defeated just now, but came here. It turns out that there are helpers here. It is so difficult to fight with just one demon dragon. If there is a human cultivator who is stronger than the demon dragon, can I still beat him?

Of course, this is the worst plan. Although the hidden formation was set up by human cultivators, there may not be people. Maybe this is just a hidden formation set up by predecessors, and there are no cultivators in it. Later, it was accidentally discovered by the demon dragon and used this place as its nest.

It was hard to judge whether there were any human cultivators inside, but there was danger for sure. Maybe the demon dragon and the human cultivators behind him were hiding somewhere in the formation, waiting for Qingyang and the others to go in and die. Qingyang hesitated for a moment as to whether to go in or not.

If he went in, he would risk being secretly attacked by the demon dragon and the cultivators behind him. If the cultivators were not strong, it would be fine. If they were equal to or stronger than the demon dragon, he would face serious danger and might even lose his life. But if he didn't go in, his trip to Wulongtan would be abandoned halfway. Not only would he fail to save Master Shi Han, lose his trust in Mei Qing, be looked down upon by Master He Chang, but he would also have no chance to figure out the cause of the anomaly two years ago. The loss was not small.

After thinking it over again and again, Qingyang finally made up his mind and decided to go in. Although there were dangers in this hidden formation, it didn't mean that Qingyang couldn't deal with the dangers. He still had many means to deal with. If there were really human cultivators, at least the alcoholic bees could resist for a while. Besides, Mei Qing was waiting outside, and Master Shi Han was an old friend for many years, so he couldn't just stand by and watch them die.

Thinking of this, Qingyang gritted his teeth and stepped into the hidden formation. This formation was not of high level, and it mainly played a hiding role. At the same time, it isolated the water at the bottom of the lake from entering the formation. Anyone who knew some techniques of using the nether energy could enter, and there was no need to break the formation specifically.

After seeing Qingyang enter the hidden formation, the Iron Arm Monkey followed without hesitation. When Master He saw that he was the only one left outside, he gritted his teeth and entered the formation. Things had come to this point, and giving up halfway would be looked down upon. He didn't need to take the lead when something happened. He only needed to follow Qingyang and find a way to escape if there was any danger.

There was a thick mist in the formation, which could block the cultivators' thoughts and vision. Qingyang, Iron-armed Monkey and Hechang Zhenren moved forward slowly together, setting up layers of defense outside their bodies and raising their vigilance to the highest level to avoid being attacked by surprise.

Fortunately, there was no ambush in the formation. After a few feet, the three of them walked out of the formation mist and suddenly saw the light in front of them. Although the light in the cave was relatively dim, it had no effect on high-level cultivators like Qingyang. He quickly saw the surroundings clearly with his thoughts.

This is an underground cave, about ten feet wide, leading diagonally underground. The dark cave entrance is unfathomable. Anyway, Qingyang's thoughts can't see the bottom, and he doesn't know where it leads to.

Having arrived here, naturally, they can't give up halfway. Even if it's a dragon's den, they have to break through. The three of them didn't stop and went directly to the depths of the cave, but they were very slow and vigilant to avoid being attacked by the magic dragon. No one knows what this cave was used for in the past. It looks very regular and bottomless. I walked for more than two thousand feet and still haven't seen the bottom.

As the three of them continued to go deeper, Qingyang also found some unusual things about the cave. The stone wall of more than 2,000 feet in front was old and there was no trace of digging, as if it was formed naturally. And the cave after more than 2,000 feet had many traces of new digging on the stone wall, as if it was formed recently. Qingyang tried it. The stone wall here is extremely strong, and it is much more difficult to dig than ordinary stone walls. With Qingyang's strength, he can only dig a depth of three to five feet in a day. Such a deep cave requires a lot of energy, and I don't know what it is dug out for.

But it was precisely this point that Qingyang was sure that there should be other cultivators in this cave besides the magic dragon, because it is impossible for a magic beast with little intelligence to dig out such a cave at the bottom of this Wulongtan.

Thinking that there might be other people in the depths of the cave, Qingyang and others became more cautious, almost taking one step and looking three steps ahead, not giving the enemy any chance to take advantage.