Li Yan's consciousness was very fast and he completed the investigation one step ahead of schedule.

"Senior sister, be careful. The situation inside is a bit strange. After searching inside to the end of the cave, the fox was not found!

And its blood stains became less and less after entering the mountain crevice for six miles, and gradually disappeared when it reached eleven or twelve miles!"

As Li Yan's consciousness extended, the cave behind continued to expand, and was finally large enough to allow five or six people to walk down side by side, but the injured flaming red fox was missing.

Li Yan naturally felt that he could not miss anything with this kind of glance.

"Indeed not!"

Bai Rou also had a look of doubt on her pretty face. The final end of the cave here is more than twenty miles away. Once there, it is the bottom of the cave.

At this distance, her spiritual exploration was only a little slower, and she also did not find the little fiery red fox.

The two of them soon arrived near Twelve Miles, where the blood stains disappeared.

But after searching around here, they found nothing except the last few drops of blood.

It's so dark here that you can't even see your fingers, it's pitch black, and it's filled with a suffocating sense of depression, making it easy for people to be filled with fear.

But these are only for mortals. In their eyes, the surrounding environment here is almost the same as under the sun.

Afterwards, the two went directly to the bottom of the cave. Here they went in different directions and searched carefully at the bottom of the cave again.

But no matter whether I use my spiritual sense or magic power to detect it, I still haven't found any abnormal traces anywhere.

"Let's go back and look for it!"

Li Yan said to Bai Rou.

At this time, spiritual shields appeared on both of their bodies, and Li Yan moved closer to Bai Rou in case something unexpected happened and he would not be able to protect the other person in time.

Although the two realized that something was wrong, they did not think that someone had set a trap for them. This possibility was too small.

Bai Rou came to this valley on a temporary basis. She didn't even know that this valley existed before.

To put it another way, they know that this valley exists, but who here knows Bai Rou? How can they guess her thoughts?

Therefore, this is all just an accidental discovery, which is absolutely confirmed.

Bai Rou looked at Li Yan beside her. She felt a strong sense of security in her heart, and at the same time there was some blush on her face.

She had never thought before that one day she would be able to stay alone with Li Yan for such a long time. This was simply impossible for her.

The two of them have gone further and further apart, and there may be intersections between them, but either she will appear like other senior brothers when a group of people get together.

Or maybe it was just an occasional encounter like in Qingqing Continent.

But there must be someone else beside Li Yan, and that person shouldn't be him...

Li Yan didn't know what Bai Rou was thinking. At this moment, he would only become more vigilant. The little fiery red fox disappeared without a trace.

It was impossible for him to pay attention to such a little beast before, otherwise he would have to check everything carefully, which would make him insane and make him suspicious all day long.

Although he didn't scan it with his spiritual consciousness for the first time, what's the difference between it and disappearing under his nose?

This time, Li Yan and Bai Rou walked back very slowly, searching little by little.

Li Yan even thought about the scene where he was searching by the underground river in the ancient inheritance palace. It was at the gap between the ground and the mountain wall that he found the inheritance of the final Immortal Mingfeng.

However, this time the search was obviously too difficult for Li Yan. Just when they walked back about seven miles, Li Yan suddenly discovered something wrong.

Because this place was between the two places they were most suspicious of during the previous search, one was the place where the blood stains finally disappeared, and the other was the bottom of the cave.

Therefore, I just passed by here in a flash and went directly to the bottom of the cave to take a closer look.

Li Yan looked at the dark corner on one side. There were some messy stones piled up there, which actually felt normal.

Everything in the cave was originally in disarray, and the corners were like piles of gravel falling from the cave roof or rock walls.

But Li Yan discovered very subtle fluctuations in spiritual energy from these gravels.

In fact, although this cave is claustrophobic, there is spiritual energy everywhere. This is the fairy world, but the spiritual energy here is not as rich as the outside world.

Therefore, under this kind of elegant spiritual energy, the abnormal appearance of a little spiritual energy is not very obvious.

If this were in the mortal world, most places would have very little or even no spiritual energy. Maybe they had already noticed this fluctuation when they flew quickly from here before.

After Li Yan looked back carefully, he was much more sensitive to the fluctuations in the five elements between heaven and earth.

"There!"

Li Yan whispered, walked a few steps quickly, and arrived at the pile of gravel.

Bai Rou also ran straight to a place after seeing Li Yan finish speaking. Naturally, her heart moved and she immediately followed.

Just when Li Yan was about to use his magic power to sweep away the gravel on the ground, Bai Rou's eyes flashed with light.

"This is a teleportation array, but it has been damaged!"

When Li Yan heard this, he immediately stopped moving and turned to look at Bai Rou.

"Sister, can you confirm that this is a teleportation array and not some other type of array?"

Li Yan was not surprised by Bai Rou's assertion that there was a formation here. He had similar thoughts, but he also felt that it might be some kind of covering restriction.

Li Yan knew that Bai Rou's formation attainments were unique, even though Li Yan himself was already a strong man in the Void Refining Realm, and he had also read a lot of classics, and his knowledge was even more extensive.

However, Bai Rou's research on battle tactics was more meticulous. At this point, Li Yan felt that he was not as good as Senior Sister Bai.

It was just that Li Yan had more ideas, so he had to sweep away the rubble to confirm.

But after hearing Bai Rou's affirmation, Li Yan immediately stopped and wondered whether Bai Rou knew this formation?

"This is a small 'Broken Star Array'. Most of the piles of rubble there are deliberately placed there, but if you look carefully, you will find that a few stones are embedded in the ground!"

While Bai Rou was speaking, she raised her sleeves and waved gently toward the ground. Suddenly, dozens of gravels of different sizes rolled to the side with a crashing sound.

But in the original place, there are still six stones. The six stones give people the impression that they are a small section of stone surface exposed from the ground.

There are high and low, big and small, pointed and rounded. The largest one is no more than the size of a baby's fist, while the small one is just a tip sticking out of the ground.

The six stones were placed irregularly, but they formed an irregular area, about less than two feet apart.

"Senior Sister Bai, you said that this formation has been damaged, but how did the little fox teleport away?"

Li Yan asked further.

"This formation is missing two corners, and the complete formation should have eight corners. This formation belongs to an ancient formation, the kind that gathers spiritual energy on its own.

Therefore, there is no need for a spiritual stone to maintain the movement of the formation in the center of the formation. However, there must be a ‘Star Gathering Stone’ in the formation’s center.

The method of gathering spiritual energy through formations is a method used by many sects, but if you want the gathered spiritual energy to activate space formations, you can usually only use different techniques.

But it is said that the material 'Star Stone' can channelize space, and the amount of spiritual energy that needs to be stimulated will be much less.

Although this formation is now damaged, it is not completely destroyed because the ‘Star Gathering Stone’ continues to guide the space. For example, there is still no problem in teleporting some small objects.”

Bai Rou explained.

"Oh? A small thing? Let's not talk about it for now. There is such a teleportation array here, but I don't know where it leads. Maybe the other end is extremely dangerous.

Let’s give it a try first, I wonder if Senior Sister Bai knows the method to activate this formation?”

Li Yan's eyes flashed. He was suspicious by nature. After hearing Bai Rou's introduction, he didn't believe that everything in front of him was a complete coincidence.

Since the little fox knew that he could escape here, he naturally used this teleportation array more than once. How did he teleport there?

It's obviously just a beast, so how can it still fail to make a secret and recite a spell? And what exactly is going on at the other end of the teleportation array, but no one knows?

"This formation does not require any magic formula to activate it, but it does need to touch the eight formation foundation stones in a certain order, and then it can be teleported!

I have seen an introduction to this formation in a jade slip, and there is a method to touch the cornerstone of the formation."

Bai Rou understood the meaning of Li Yan's words and responded quickly.

"Oh? Touch it in a certain order. Although it doesn't require making secrets and chanting incantations, it is still quite difficult.

Even though this is a ruined formation with only six formation cornerstones left, the chance of success of that combination is too small. How did the little fox know..."

Li Yan couldn't help but frown. What Bai Rou said about touching the cornerstone of the formation was definitely not as simple as starting from one end and hitting the other end one by one.

A beast just happened to come here, but how did it touch the combination of six formation foundation stones? Even if I try it myself, I don't know how long it will take.

If it was a coincidence, the little flaming fox's luck would be too bad. Of course, Bai Rou also thought of this.

But she was not as suspicious as Li Yan. She didn't think anyone could set an ambush for the two of them here. At most, it would be a formation or trap left by their predecessors.

"Junior...junior brother, given the life and death crisis you have experienced, if someone was secretly spying on us before, I think you would be somewhat aware of it.

Otherwise, I also know the formation here. It is just a teleportation formation, not any other covering formation.

Maybe...maybe that little fox can teleport, but it was caused by accidental collision. This may be very similar to a person getting an opportunity, which is incredible."

Bai Rou's words also made Li Yan nod. Chance is an accident. This is not just for monks, but for any living being.

The little fox is not without any intelligence. The previous performance of escaping and being killed is enough to explain something. The little fox cannot rely solely on instinct.

Moreover, I have never felt a sense of crisis, which is also a good sign.

"I have seen another formation, which is an alternative teleportation formation, but it needs to be cracked. It is called the 'reef formation'.

That kind of formation does not require spiritual stones to drive it, but it is a dual formation, and there is a covering formation on the outside. What is the essential difference between it and this 'Broken Star Formation'?"
To be continued...