Heaven's Formula

"You did a good job, that guy." Xia Fan praised.Although the two were considered to be in competition, he had to admit that this move was very beautiful, and it was definitely a big plus in the eyes of the proctor.

"It takes a long time for a Li technique, what's the big deal." Jian Mei's threat was limited, and Zhang Yan became active, "What he can do, so can my arrow."

After saying that, he drew out the iron arrow, drew the bow and shot towards the charm farther away——

Xia Fan found out that this was not a lie. Although the target took several arrows to fall, the short bow was better in speed, and the time for a triple technique was enough for him to shoot four or five arrows. In terms of efficiency, it was not much lower than Fei Nian .

The others followed suit and launched a counterattack against Mei, and the west wall was extremely lively for a while.

A large number of Lijutsu filled the air with a burnt smell, and although the charms appeared continuously, none of them could get close to the foot of the "city wall".

According to this style of play, it seems that it is not so difficult to survive the night.

"This is the Great Desolate Night? I don't think so." Someone said.

"Don't underestimate the enemy! In the past, this was a catastrophe."

"You also know that it was in the past, not to mention how much the evil spirit has dissipated in a hundred years, the progress of alchemy alone is more than a little bit."

This statement was immediately endorsed by many people.

"That's right, their speed is so slow, even without this city wall, it's impossible for these guys to catch up and bite me?"

"After all, the family's information is from decades ago, and it's not surprising that there are errors."

"If we knew this earlier, we don't need to build this Laozi Fortress at all. At most, we can build a bonfire platform."

There was a burst of laughter on the west wall.

Xia Fan didn't care too much, he even smiled along with it - as long as he can pass the exam, the process is not important to him.But when he looked at Luo Tang, he found that the latter's expression was terrifyingly dignified.

"What's the matter, isn't everything going well now? It's better to stand on the wall and deal with evil spirits than to hide under a dry well?"

She was silent for a while before replying, "Your plan is indeed good, but I have been thinking about why Luo Qingqing so emphasized that we must fight within the range covered by the firelight, and what she said, 'Once the light of the firelight is lost, The meaning of "the degree of danger of charm will be greatly improved."

"You don't know?" Xia Fanqi asked, "Aren't you also a disciple of the Luo family? If so, what you have learned should be almost the same."

Luo Tang glanced at him in disbelief, "Who told you that? Luo Qingqing is a rare genius in Youzhou, how could the Luo family put her together with ordinary disciples to teach. No matter how old the family is, the manpower and resources at their disposal It is also limited, how can it be possible that all disciples are treated equally, even the Privy Council cannot do it."

Well, I seem to have made a common sense mistake again.Xia Fan coughed twice, "Uh...then what did you find?"

Luo Tang didn't answer immediately, but asked instead, "The place where we found the pile of bones is five miles farther than what you said. How long do you think it will take to reach Qingshan Town at the speed of Mei?"

The answer is self-evident.

It would take more than half a day for an alchemist to travel, but for this group of evil spirits, it might take four or five days.Considering that they are unable to move during the day, this time may have to be doubled again.

"They don't necessarily have to be resurrected from the place of death, do they? They're not ground-bound spirits." Xia Fan thought, "Since Sha Ye is transformed by evil energy, there is no trace of the charm in Sha Ye, and it seems impossible to appear casually." Makes sense."

"Casual, casual?" Luo Tang's serious expression seemed to be shaken a little, and she managed to control her expression, "Forget it, let's pretend that what you said is reasonable, but look there."

After speaking, she stretched out her finger and pointed to a house in the northwest direction.

It is located at the end of the street, and because it is far away from the "fortress", the demolition team did not completely level it, and it still has a height of about one floor.The position diagonal to the wellhead of the small town prevents it from being fully illuminated by the torch, and a large shadow area is drawn behind and on the side.

Xia Fan squinted for a long time before he got used to the darkness.

At that moment, the hairs on his back suddenly stood on end!

I saw that when Mei walked through the shadow, her speed suddenly became several times faster. Her originally stiff movements were like fast forwarding. She moved from the back of the house to the open space in front in the blink of an eye, and did not return to "normal" until she entered the light range again. Forward gesture.

No, the actions of Mei in the shadows are their normal level!

The light of the torch was like a nail, nailing them in place.

Xia Fan instantly understood Luo Shang's seriousness.

Their advantage is entirely based on the fluctuating firelight, and as the evil night continues, the range of illumination will definitely be further weakened.Once the protection of the fire is lost, it is hard to say whether the examinee can display a complete alchemy in front of Mei, and if a gap is opened in the defense line, the consequences will be disastrous.

Now he finally understands why Yonghui was severely injured by a wild night.

In the era without electricity, no matter how prosperous the city was, most of the area would be shrouded in darkness after the sun went down. Faced with the unimpeded charm, the average person would have no room to fight back.The interior can't be defended, and the towering city walls are just decorations.Not to mention the remote villages and towns, oil lamps and candles are not necessities of life, and it is almost difficult to see a little bit of light at a glance, and the fate can be imagined.

In other words, the more backward the level of social development, the stronger the power of these evil spirits.

As for this, Xia Fan can only hope that each group will take care of their own torches.

……

"It is said that it is the most difficult in the scholar's examination. The last time it was opened, it was damaged by [-]%, so that the Privy Council admitted its fault. Is this the only level?"

On the roof of a house in the outer circle of Qingshan Town, the two inspectors and the invigilator stood facing the wind, looking at the center of the town where the flames were flickering.Their figures seem to be hidden in the night, and it is difficult to distinguish them from a little distance.Although charms flashed by from time to time, none of them noticed the existence of the three of them.

It was still the short man who spoke first.Ever since he received the news that the wooden kite had been burned and all candidates had been forced to stay behind, he had asked for a close-up inspection of the performance of the candidates.But Shen Chun knew that the other party was mainly targeting the candidate named Xia Fan.

To be honest, he was also very surprised that things would suddenly turn out like this. The series of news sent back on the sixth day almost made him dizzy, and it could even be said to subvert his cognition—in order to achieve his goal, he did not hesitate to risk a relationship with Luo. At the risk of turning the family's face, they set fire to the wooden kite; when all the candidates were stranded in the town, they cooperated with the Luo family to propose a plan to jointly defend against the wilderness night; Qingshan Town was remodeled, and the houses built by the Privy Council were demolished. , a small fort rose in the center overnight.And all these changes come from one person.The most absurd thing is that the Luo family accepted Xia Fan's approach instead of blaming him for all the crimes.

If he didn't know the origin of this person, Shen Chun would have some doubts whether there was another big family named Xia in addition to Kaifei, Luo, and Fang in the examination.

Judging from Lord Ba Xingtian's expression full of emotion and admiration, I'm afraid it has been a long time since such twists and turns occurred in the examination.

Only this short man seemed to be dissatisfied, "I thought that a lot of evil spirits would make them scramble for a while, but seeing now, it seems that Xia Fan hasn't made a move yet?"

"Qingshan Formation is not limited to this level, but he made Qingshan Formation into this level." Ba Xingtian stroked his beard in satisfaction and said, "The Privy Council has designed several examination rooms that require collaboration to pass, but The results are always unsatisfactory, and there has never been a situation where all the candidates are huddled together. This kind of scheming and decisiveness, as well as the grasp of people's hearts, can definitely be called one in a million. To be able to achieve this level, and Why do you need to do it yourself? There are as many people who are proficient in spells and talismans in the Privy Council."

"The truth is true, but it's not that you don't understand that what I'm about to do is at stake, and it's inevitable that I will have to take personal risks. I'm afraid it's difficult to do it if I'm scheming."

These endless words aroused Shen Chun's curiosity, but the cold gaze cast by Ba Xingtian quickly dispelled his follow-up thoughts.

At least one thing he was sure of.

That is this short man, by no means a real inspector.

His identity is probably more complicated than I imagined.

What puzzled Shen Chun was that the short man's tone was not at all heavy when he was talking about something very important, on the contrary, it was extremely light, as if he was enjoying it.

"It's not difficult to try." Ba Xingtian took out a strange talisman from his arms—different from those talismans written in cinnabar, its strokes were purple and gave off a shiny luster, as if alive , "The inspector has the authority to control and adjust the examination process, and adding some difficulty naturally includes it."

As his words fell, the talismans turned into flying ash and dispersed, and the fog in the distance suddenly became thicker.Immediately afterwards, the newly appeared more than a dozen charms no longer blindly moved forward, but gathered into a group, forming a black shadow whose body swelled several times!

Chapter 30 Shaken

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The first person to notice this change was Luo Qingwei who was standing on the top floor of the hotel.

"We're in trouble."

"That's... a demon?" Luo You'er lay on the window and said in surprise, "Didn't it mean that there will be no demons born in the evil night after a hundred years?"

"It is indeed recorded in the book." Luo frowned slightly, "However, only the upper echelons of the Privy Council will know what is going on in the Qingshan Formation."

Compared with charms, demons have larger physique and destructive power, and are less affected by light than charms.Among all kinds of evil spirits, although the devil is not the most unpredictable and extremely dangerous to deal with, it is the monster that the defenders of the city least want to see.One is that they tend to appear in groups like charms, and the other is because of their huge size.Bigness means that the towering city wall is no longer a safe enough barrier. Once there is a gap in the light, the charms behind it will follow in large numbers until the defense line completely collapses.

"I told you not to listen to that guy!" Luo Fengqing just returned to the wing at this moment, and couldn't help complaining when she saw this, "If you defend the shaft from the beginning, you don't have to worry about whether there will be demons in the evil night! Now What are you going to do? It might be too late to rush to the dry well!"

"Eldest brother, the outside is full of charms..." Luo You'er reminded, "And all the entrances have been blocked."

"I asked them to keep one. Of course, the Fang family didn't know this." Luo Fengqing looked at Luo Qingqing, "I know that you are very talented, and you have hardly encountered any difficulties on the road of cultivation. Not as good as you. But after all, I am a few years older than you, and I am more aware of ulterior motives. If a corner of the city wall is breached, there is no possibility of your backup plan being implemented-Sanmen will never retreat to the center as you think, it will only Screaming and rushing away. At that time, anyone standing in front of the fleeing people will be regarded by them as an enemy more hateful than evil spirits!"

"So you kept a dry well without telling me?"

"If I told you, would you agree with my approach?" Luo Fengqing's tone was somewhat helpless, "The last time you followed my opinion, it was probably several years ago. Gentle, you are not the only one For the sake of the Luo family."

Luo You'er interjected again, "But everyone has been dispersed to various groups, how can we call them back? We can't run away alone, can we?"

"I'm also prepared for this." Luo Fengqing looked fully prepared, "I have already informed some people to follow the signal. As long as there is a green fire on the top floor of the hotel, it is the instruction to evacuate Qingshan Town , then they will take the Luo family disciples with them to go!"

"You were busy with this before?" Luo asked slightly surprised.She originally thought that the other party was angry, and she rarely met her in the past two days.

"It's never wrong to make extra preparations. In this way, it only takes half an hour at most, and most of the scattered Luo family members can gather together and move closer to the reserved dry well."

Most, not all.

Luo gently closed her eyes, and she naturally knew who would not be notified—like Luo Tang and Luo Changtian who absolutely trusted herself and would report any situation, they would only hinder the senior brother's plan.

"As for the charm outside, you don't have to worry too much. If the Luo family is not here, the earth walls will be full of holes." Luo Fengqing continued, "Those who have no other talents, they will definitely not be willing to escape. Let them escape." It's just right to attract Mei's attention. When the candidates are in chaos, it's our chance to evacuate."

At this point, everyone in the wing room focused their eyes on Luo Qingqing.

What kind of people have ulterior motives, what kind of unreliable scattered doors... This place is the most shocking, the first one who wants to escape is obviously you, senior brother!

Luo gently opened his eyes, but stopped looking at Luo Fengqing.She directly instructed Luo You'er, "Look at Eldest Senior Brother, don't let him throw copper powder or something like that into the brazier."

Luo Fengqing's face instantly turned livid.

"Hey, what about you?" Luo Youer asked in surprise.

"I'm going to support Fei Nian. It's really difficult to stop a demon, but it's not impossible." Luo said softly, "Just judging from its size, it's not enough to require a top-rank alchemist to destroy it. point."

"But I can't beat Elder Brother..." Luo You'er cried.

"Then you stand and let him fight!" Luo gently pulled out the wooden sword, and walked towards the door without looking back, "I want to see if he is really determined to abandon those The disciples of the Luo family who are still fighting don’t care, and escaped from Qingshan Town first!”

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"That thing is coming towards the west wall, should we...should we avoid it temporarily?"

Zhang Yan, who wanted to compete with the genius of the Fei family before, has shrunk behind the wall.

In fact, it wasn't just him. Since the appearance of this abnormal monster, everyone's momentum has been suppressed at once. Obviously, no one is sure that they can solve it as easily as eliminating Mei.

This is probably the "demon" Li mentioned, Xia Fan thought.According to the Privy Council's classification method, there is no essential difference between Mo and Mei, except that they are bigger in size, but he feels that the thing in front of him is not just bigger.

It can still see sundries such as broken stones and dead branches on its body, and it also presents a hazy misty feeling as a whole, but there are more pure black parts-if it is said that the charm is wrapped in black mist under the shell, then it gives people The feeling is that the black mist entrains the outer shell.

Even more creepy is its appearance.

At first glance, this demon looks like a mutated spider.It has six legs, but the ends of the legs are similar to human palms; it seems to be crawling, but there is no obvious head and tail.The weirdest thing is that there are five or six ghosts hanging under its flat abdomen—the latter hangs its head, connected to the monster by a black rope, and swings back and forth as the former crawls. A moving gallows!

In addition, it was also exposed to the fire, but it did not become as dull as the charm, but slowly and steadily advanced towards the central area, approaching the edge of the city wall within a few minutes.

"Don't panic!" Fei Nian's figure appeared on the west wall again, and he cast Feihuayan to face the monster that was about the same height as the wall.Burning Eye's stream of flames went straight to the target's back, and spread out after the impact, like a blooming flower.

Under his leadership, several disciples of the Fei family also launched an attack. For a while, the flames flew wildly, and there were endless explosions.Under such a blow, Mo not only stopped moving forward, but also took two steps backwards.

"It just looks big. Dealing with it is no different from dealing with Mei. As long as you don't let Mo get close, it can't hurt you!"

Seeing that the situation is exactly as Fei Nian said, some bold candidates also picked up medicinal materials and talismans, and began to cast alchemy on the enemy two or three meters away.

At this moment, a sudden change occurred.The demon suddenly stood up halfway and rushed towards the city wall!

After all, these walls are just connected by blue brick houses, not serious stone walls, and they collapsed under this pounce.

The wooden planks on the top of the wall were the first to break, followed by the horizontal wooden beams—they were originally only used to support the roof, and it was obviously beyond the limit to face this behemoth, and finally there were pieces of masonry.Amidst the rumbling sound, the west wall suddenly became half shorter, and for the first time there was a gap in Qingshan Town's defense line.

And the candidates in the cave were not much better.Dealing with Mei before made most people get used to the opponent's rigidity and slowness. Facing Mo's not fast pounce, few people were able to react.At least two groups fell off the city wall, and one of them was hit by a collapsed brick and plank.

Fei Nian dodged the blow, but the space at the top of the city was limited, before he could step into the safe area, there was nothing under his feet, so he could only hang on to a broken beam to prevent himself from falling directly into the rubble middle.

But in this way, he also lost the ability to resist.

The demon let out a piercing scream, and Chao Fei Nian raised his front paw.

Just at this critical moment, a blue figure rushed between the two——

Luo Qingwei rushed to the top of the wall in time!

What arrived at the same time as her was a bright silver light, and that light came from the tip of the sword in her hand!

This lightning strike directly cut off one of the monster's palms.

Clouds of black mist sprayed out from Mo's severed limbs, screaming and escaped from the city wall, Fei Nian was also able to get out of the predicament and returned to the ground smoothly.

"Amazing……"

"Is this the strength of the most outstanding generation of disciples in Youzhou?"

Luo Qingqing's clean and neat figure caused a burst of exclamation from the wall, but she didn't see any relief on her face. Instead, she turned her head and shouted eagerly, "Light a new torch quickly, and don't let Mei come close!"

It's just that she reminded her a little late.

Xia Fan noticed that because the west wall collapsed, two torches were destroyed, and the ground below became much darker.Around the demon, the wall has drawn an obvious shadow.Although the surrounding torches could still radiate to this area, Mei's movements no longer faltered as before.

In less than ten seconds, Mei who was still hovering under the corner of the wall before appeared on the top of the wall along the shadow, but Xia Fan didn't see how they climbed up!

"Dry technique—ah——!"

"Get out now!"

"Where is the substitute team?"

"help me!"

Chaos spread in an instant.

Candidates who laughed at Mei as a living target before have now become Mei's prey. Their poor spell-casting skills can't keep up with the enemy's movements at all, while Mei's attack methods are simple and effective. As long as they get close to the candidates, the black mist will cover them Layers are entangled until they are integrated into the body.Once the candidate is swallowed, the charm will take root in place, and the whole body will swell, like black cocoons.