Cultivation: I have an omnipotent land

Chapter 21 Rove Insects

After personally entering the formation, Elder Mo was able to better appreciate its intricacies. Fortunately, he had the formation compass, so he didn't need to forcefully break the formation.

He took out a compass, checked the direction with his fingers, and immediately knew the answer.

"Follow me." Old Mo strode forward.

Along the way, the surrounding scenery continued to change. Suddenly, the bamboo leaves turned into flying knives, and the bamboo roots transformed into venomous snakes. In a daze, the cliff suddenly shook violently, and countless boulders tumbled down.

However, as long as they followed behind Elder Mo, these attacks were like mirages, vanishing into nothingness before they even reached them.

Soon after, the group arrived at the center of the bamboo forest, where a stone table was set up with a half-finished game of Go on it.

Old Mo walked over and began to ponder the chessboard.

"I see." Old Mo seemed to understand something and began to move the pieces on the chessboard one by one.

As the pieces move, the surrounding scenery also changes rapidly.

One moment the bamboo leaves turn yellow and fall off, the next countless new bamboo shoots sprout, and the stream flowing down the waterfall constantly changes between abundance and dryness.

"Could this be the central hub of the formation?" Xiao Ming asked curiously.

"That's right. As long as Elder Mo solves this puzzle, the formation should be broken," Ye Lin explained.

However, just when everyone thought the formation would be broken soon, the earth suddenly trembled violently, and the bamboo forest burst into flames, turning into a sea of ​​fire. Countless fireballs rained down from the sky, indiscriminately hurtling towards the group.

Xiao Ming hurriedly summoned his green shield, only to see a fireball smash into it, causing Xiao Ming to grunt.

This fireball was quite powerful, comparable to a mid-grade talisman; his shield couldn't block more than a few of them.

"What happened? Could it be that the attempt to break the formation failed?"

However, Master Mo, who was engrossed in the chessboard, was completely unaware of this and continued to play his pieces.

As several new pieces were placed, the attack vanished instantly.

"Now!"

As the last chess piece was placed, Mo Lao suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He picked up the array compass and made several hand seals.

The array compass immediately changed, and a beam of light suddenly shot forward. Wherever the light reached, the illusion automatically collapsed, forming a tunnel.

"Let's go." Old Mo grabbed the compass and rushed forward, and the others followed suit.

As everyone rushed to the end of the tunnel, Xiao Ming felt a blinding light engulf them all.

When his five senses were restored, Xiao Ming opened his eyes again and found himself in a dark cave.

Old Mo, who recovered first, held the compass in his hand and sighed deeply.

"What a pity, this is ultimately just a broken array compass."

If it is a complete array compass, then they can not only easily enter the array, but also gain control of the array.

This is a Foundation Establishment level magic array, and its value is self-evident. Even Foundation Establishment cultivators would be envious of it.

Xiao Ming quietly observed his surroundings. This cave was a naturally formed karst cave, and there were no traces of it being dug by cultivators using magical artifacts, making people wonder whether this was really a cultivator's cave.

Fortunately, the group hadn't gone far when they saw some moonstones that had been artificially inlaid on the wall.

Just then, Xiao Ming heard a slight flapping sound in his ear, as if something was flying over.

"Watch out!" Old Mo suddenly shouted to Wei Niang beside him.

Upon being reminded, Wei Niang's expression shifted, and she reacted swiftly, shooting out a flying needle that pinned the rapidly approaching black shadow to the stone.

Only then did everyone realize that it was an insect the size of a palm, resembling an ant, with a swollen abdomen.

At this moment, the insect was pinned to the ground and unable to break free, so its abdomen began to swell rapidly.

"Step back quickly!" Old Mo's expression changed, and he hurriedly shouted.

The next moment, the insect's abdomen burst open, and a large amount of white liquid splattered out, landing on the ground with a hissing, corrosive sound.

"This is a rove beetle. Its liquid has a strong corrosive effect, making it a rather troublesome poisonous insect."

As Mo Lao was explaining, more rove beetles appeared and swarmed towards the group.

Everyone hurriedly cast spells to defend against the insects flying from all directions.

"Use fire! These rove beetles are afraid of fire!" Fireballs appeared at Old Mo's fingertips, burning the flying rove beetles to ashes.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming had a sudden inspiration and immediately took out the Horned Wood Bead. As he poured his magic power into it, countless vines and branches immediately grew on the ground. These plants grew more and more luxuriantly, surrounding the group.

"Fire Control Technique!"

A fiery snake coiled around Xiao Ming's arm, igniting all the plants.

Wood and fire complement each other, and in the blink of an eye, a wall of fire surrounded the group, making it difficult for the rove beetles to get close.

Old Mo glanced at Xiao Ming with surprise, then smiled and nodded. "Well done!"

With the fire wall providing protection, everyone was much safer, and with their combined efforts, the rove beetles were finally eradicated.

"Apply this medicine to your wounds, otherwise even if the wounds heal, they will leave unsightly scars." Old Mo distributed several small medicine bottles to the group. After Xiao Ming applied the powder to his skin, he felt as if a thin layer of ice had been placed on his burning skin, greatly reducing the pain.

"The old ghost living here is too ruthless to raise so many rove beetles," Wei Niang said resentfully.

As a female cultivator, having unsightly, indelible scars on her body because of this rove beetle would be worse than being killed.

After dealing with the rove beetles, the group continued forward, and the entire cave finally opened up.

A few beams of sunlight were drawn in through the magic circle, and in the center of this cave was a pool of flowing lava.

In the center of the fire pool was a platform, on which sat a corpse. Judging from the exposed bones, the corpse must have been dead for many years.

"The remains of a Foundation Establishment cultivator."

Seeing this, everyone was thrilled.

"Haha, it really is a Foundation Establishment cultivator's cave dwelling! Heaven is truly helping me!" A loud laugh rang out.

Upon hearing other people's voices, everyone's expression changed, with Ye Lin's being the most unpleasant, as he was all too familiar with the voice.

At the entrance of the cave stood a fat, bald man, staring greedily at the remains of a monk in the center of the pool.

"Shi Huai, weren't you in seclusion? Why are you here?"

Shi Huai just chuckled when he heard this.

"If I hadn't gone into seclusion, how could Liu Di have secretly left Wuyifang, and how would you have had the opportunity to make your move?"

Although Yuan Qing and his group went to great lengths to keep their plan secret, Shi Huai, as the captain of the enforcement team, had been deeply involved in Wuyifang for many years and naturally had his own intelligence network.

However, after receiving the news, he chose to let it go.

In the past few months, he had completely delegated authority to Liu Di and the others, letting these brainless idiots turn Wuyifang into a mess. Naturally, he knew that this woman had already incurred the wrath of both heaven and man.

Now that he has achieved his goal, he naturally needs to get rid of this emergency chamber pot as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if we wait for Master Hu to come out of seclusion and some merchants go to him to complain, things will get ugly.

Liu Di, a member of the enforcement team, was ambushed and killed after leaving the city without permission. Shi Huai, the captain of the enforcement team, took action and killed all the murderers.

It sounds so pleasant to the ear.

He maintained the sect's prestige while clearing his own name of scandals—a win-win situation.

The only thing he didn't expect was that this secluded cultivator's cave wasn't a trap set for Liu Di; this brainless fool had actually found such a cave.

This is double happiness, it's like heaven is helping me!