Mortals ask the immortals

Suddenly, Lin Ruoming seemed to realize something, and looked up at He Zifeng and Tian Jing above, his eyes wide open.

No way!

After a moment of hesitation, Lin Ruoming gritted his teeth, as if he had decided something.

…

Duan Qing had no idea what Lin Ruoming and the others were thinking, and he was now concentrating on breaking the formation.

As he went up the ladder, the formation in the purple jade slip on the ladder became more and more difficult, and the time Duan Qing spent breaking the formation gradually became longer.

In a flash, two days passed.

Duan Qing's mind moved, and he marked the nine calculated formation eyes, and then the picture in his mind quickly disappeared.

One thousand one hundred and eleven steps, finally finished!

Taking his eyes off the purple jade slip under his feet, Duan Qing breathed a sigh of relief and climbed up to the second section of the Purple Sky Nine-Layer Bamboo.

The situation in front of him was almost exactly the same as the first section, also empty, with only a spiral staircase leading directly to the third section.

The only difference is that the space in the second section seems to be slightly smaller, and there is a hole on the ground connecting the six ladders in the first section.

After scanning the situation in the second section, Duan Qing did not stay for long and went directly to the ladder in the center.

When Duan Qing stepped on the ladder, the ladder in the second section instantly split into two.

Duan Qing was no longer surprised by this, and did not pay much attention to it, concentrating on cracking the formation on the ladder.

Compared with the more than a thousand steps in the first section, the difficulty of this formation seems to have increased a little, but it is not obvious and difficult to detect.

Duan Qing has walked more than a thousand steps on the ladder and has already figured out the rules.

The difficulty of the formation in the ladder is not a big increase, but a gradual increase.

The difficulty of the formation on two or even several adjacent steps will not be much different, and sometimes it is not even noticeable.

Generally, there will be at least ten steps between them before the difficulty of the formation will increase significantly.

It must be said that this arrangement is more of a training than a test for people, a training for the way of formation.

At least, Duan Qing has deduced the structures of thousands of different formations in a row, from easy to difficult, from simple to deep, and has his own understanding of the formation structure in his heart.

Now even if he is asked to optimize the structure of a formation on the spot based on his own understanding, or even create a new formation, he believes that he may be able to do it, but the latter may be a little difficult.

About half a day after Duan Qing climbed the second section of the ladder, other people finally arrived in the second section.

He Zifeng and Tian Jing climbed the second section and saw the two ladders in the second section. They reacted immediately and sighed heavily.

Then, the two of them raised their heads together and looked at Duan Qing, who had walked nearly three hundred steps on one of the ladders.

Looking at Duan Qing's figure, the two had complicated eyes.

"Brother, what should we do? Do we really have to wait for those two people?" Tian Jing said with some worry.

He Zifeng's eyes flashed with hesitation, and then he nodded helplessly.

"There is no way. With just my two brothers and sisters, there is no way we can catch up with Duan Niu!"

"If we do this, we are afraid of courting disaster!" Tian Jing sighed helplessly.

"The cave of the Xuansu Demon King is worth the risk. It is better than letting Duan Niu enjoy all the benefits!"

"Oh, that's right!"

The two waited for half a day in the second section, and Wen Dao and Lin Ruoming finally arrived one after another.

Lin Ruoming was the last to enter the second section. When he saw Wen Dao and the other two waiting in the second section, a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face.

"Haha, fellow Daoists have been waiting for a long time!"

"Fellow Daoist Lin, don't say too much, time waits for no one!"

Wen Dao looked a little anxious, stepped forward and grabbed Lin Ruoming's hand, and walked towards the ladder.

Lin Ruoming was pulled by Wen Dao, raised his head and looked at Duan Qing, who had already walked to the second section of the ladder for more than 400 steps, and his expression suddenly became solemn.

Duan Qing did not notice this scene. He was completely focused on breaking the formation and had no time to pay attention to other things.

About three days later, Duan Qing successfully climbed the third section of the Purple Sky Nine-Layer Bamboo.

The space of the third section was basically the same as the first two sections. Duan Qing simply glanced at it and walked towards the central ladder.

But suddenly, he noticed that there were only three holes connecting the ground and the second ladder.

Three holes!

Duan Qing's eyes were stern, and he obviously felt that something was wrong.

There were six people in their group who stepped onto the ladder, including him.

According to the situation in the first section, He Zifeng and Tian Jing took the same ladder. After everyone arrived at the second section, there should still be six ladders.

In other words, there should be six corresponding holes in the third section.

But now there are only three holes.

Could it be that some people have not reached the second section yet?

As soon as this idea came out, it was immediately rejected by Duan Qing.

No, no matter how fast he cracked the formation, it shouldn't be that much faster!

Then... there is only one possibility left!

Lin Ruoming and others joined forces and took the same ladder!

Only this can explain the situation in front of him.

He climbed the ladder, and the others climbed the ladder, plus there would always be an empty ladder, a total of three ladders, corresponding to three cave entrances, which just happened to explain it.

There was just one thing he didn't quite understand.

The way to move forward on the ladder is to crack the formation. Will Lin Ruoming and others join forces to make the cracking of the formation faster?

It seems not necessarily!

Cracking the formation on the ladder depends more on the ability to deduce the structure of the formation. Even if Lin Ruoming and others join forces, can they still combine their thoughts and improve their deduction ability!

So, is it that the difficulty of climbing the ladder with more people will be reduced, or are there other ways to increase the cracking speed?

Thinking of the situation in the first section where He Zifeng and Tian Jing came from behind and surpassed Lin Ruoming, this speculation is not impossible.

While thinking, Duan Qing walked towards the ladder in the third section.

He has always been confident in his deduction ability.

Even if Lin Ruoming and others join forces, it should not be a big threat to him.

The only thing he is worried about is that the unfathomable Yu Fei will join Lin Ruoming and others.

After thinking about it again, Duan Qing immediately abandoned this idea.

From the brief time he spent with Yu Fei, it seemed that although Yu Fei's actions were unpredictable, she was definitely not someone who would cooperate with Lin Ruoming and his ilk!

Moreover, in the first section, he paid special attention to Yu Fei's movements. It seemed that she had not taken any action since she entered the Heavenly Ladder.