Chapter 4277 — Moon Shadow Formation
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"Brother Chang, what formation is this, then?" Cao Shishi voiced the question in everyone's hearts.
"The Moon Shadow Formation!" Chang Daoping said the three words flatly. Only once everyone wore expressions of awe at its profundity did he continue his explanation: "It is an exceedingly ingenious formation, combining both concealment and bewilderment. For anyone who does not understand it, entering the Odor Cultivation City ruins is a hopeless dream for the rest of their lives."
"Brother Chang, since you know this formation, you must surely know how to break it?" Wei Zhao asked suddenly.
"Indeed. The so-called Moon Shadow Formation, as the name suggests, must have something to do with the moon. I once made a special study of this formation. It requires eight people of heaven-reaching power to set up, and correspondingly, breaking it also requires eight people, each occupying a specific position and attacking together. Only then can it be broken." Here Chang Daoping glanced at Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao. "Now do you understand why I asked the two of you to come along?"
Wei Zhao nodded. The teleportation formation on the Lu Feng Road outside could send only six people at a time—no more, no less—and because the arrival positions were random, Chang Daoping, even knowing that eight were needed to break the formation, had no way to gather eight.
Unless he made a great commotion and gathered twelve people at once, sending them through in two teams, then finding a way to reunite the two groups afterward. But that was far too troublesome, and clearly not very feasible. Besides, with twelve people coming at once, there probably would not be enough Star Ink Milk to go around.
So only one option remained to Chang Daoping: bring one team in himself, then find a way to recruit two additional cultivators within the Lu Feng Forest on the spot. Since many cultivators had been entering the Lu Feng Forest to seek adventure lately, this approach was clearly far more reliable.
And Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao, "separated" from their companions, were naturally the perfect candidates in Chang Daoping's eyes. First, they happened to meet the number requirement; second, both were only at the early Golden Core stage—enough to satisfy the demands of breaking the formation, yet with strength too meager to stir up any trouble. Easy to use and safe besides—two birds with one stone.
It was precisely for this reason that Chang Daoping, ever domineering in style, had shown Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao such warmth before. When all was said and done, it had all been for the sake of breaking the formation.
Having worked this out, Wei Zhao relaxed his guard against Chang Daoping somewhat. If the tale of breaking the formation was true, there was no need for excessive worry—at least he could be sure they would not end up like Chu Bubai, tricked into being a sacrifice and sent to a pointless death.
After all, the Moon Shadow Formation had originally been set up by the spirit beast clan to conceal and protect the Odor Cultivation City. Surely it could not be that every time one wished to enter the city, eight fine cultivators had to be sacrificed to open it—that would be far too absurd. (To be continued...)