Combat Emperor: Zhang Yu's Journey
Chapters... 112: Formation Room
Under the rubble.
Uh...
"Where am I?" Xuan Yin slowly opened her eyes as she pulled her body to sit down.
He looked around but found nothing but a burning sea of fire.
Breath restrained, his body goosebumps watching the unusual appearance that was before his eyes.
"Where is this?" mumbling again.
"We're under rubble."
Xuan Yin's eyes widened hearing the voice. He immediately turned around and found Zhang Yu who was sitting cross-legged two meters from his spot.
"What's going on? Why are we in a place like this?"
"You don't remember?" ask Zhang Yu.
Xuan Yin pondered. He remembered at that moment the sixth floor was still shaken by a strong tremor. But he insisted on being there to wait for Zhang Yu. It even protected the huge stone pillar from falling debris.
He expended all of his strength, but until the entire power depleted unceasingly Zhang Yu still did not descend from the seventh floor.
He began to lose consciousness from over-exerting himself. Then he fell down and it was like someone had caught him from behind.
Uh...
Xuan Yin's eyes were rounded and his face was slightly reddened. He asked in a soft voice. "Is that you?"
"Basic stupid! Of course it was me. After all, why would you bet your life by staying there? You can leave without me caring." Zhang Yu shifted his body closer then stabbed Xuan Yin in the forehead with his index finger.
"You're a really stupid woman" she said.
Xuan Yin brushed Zhang Yu's hand away. "I'm a fool for caring so much about you. But even more stupidly I don't know how to not care to see you haven't returned from the seventh floor."
"But thank God you're okay" he added slowly and then turned his head to the right.
Seeing Xuan Yin's attitude like this Zhang Yu immediately cleared his throat twice while scratching the nape of his unscratchy head.
"I was unconscious after that. How are we here, I mean, is this place really under the dragon pagoda?" Xuan Yin looked around again. It was obviously difficult for him to accept this reality. The dragon pagoda looks very majestic from the outside and towering high. How could it be beneath him was a sea of fire. This place is similar to a volcano.
"This place is not like your shadow. The moment we fell from the sixth floor accidentally triggered a formation that was at the base of the dragon pagoda."
"... So you're saying we're trapped in a formation room?"
Zhang Yu turned his shoulders. "More or less like that."
Xuan Yin muttered and began to understand the situation. As he was busy watching the surroundings unintentionally his attention was fixed on the wound on Zhang Yu's body. Her eyes twitched, she immediately crawled closer like a wife worrying about her husband.
"This injury, how did you get hurt like this?"
Zhang Yu bit his lips withstanding the pain when Xuan Yin touched his wound.
"It fell from a height with huge debris streaking from above. Lucky we both didn't die."
Xuan Yin spontaneously examined his body. But other than running out of energy, he did not get any injuries. Of course it felt strange to see Zhang Yu who was so inversely proportional to his condition.
"Did he protect me at the expense of his body?" When he thought of this Xuan Yin felt a warmth. He pulled Zhang Yu's hand then held it tightly.
Zhang Yu was shocked until his eyes were rounded. But a second later he clenched the handle while smiling at her.
"I realize besides being able to recover strength, when in physical contact we can also recover wounds." Xuan Yin pulled Zhang Yu's arm and showed the result.
It's completely healed. Although not directly, but the wound slowly closed and showed signs of healing.
"Look! Is that what I said?" exclaimed Xuan Yin delightedly.
Ahem...
"But unfortunately it takes longer to recover the entire wound. It might take something more than just holding hands."
Xuan Yin instantly released Zhang Yu's hand and stood up. "Don't go too far! Who do you think you are to rule me?"
"..."
"Close your eyes,"
"Why are you even widening your eyes? Didn't I say close?"
Zhang Yu instinctively closed his eyes. One second, two seconds still nothing happened. But as she opened her eyes she felt a warm sensation on her cold lips. So soft and opiate.
Zhang Yu peeked a little, seeing his face Xuan Yin was very, very close to him. Her delicate face polish with pure white skin really became an attraction for everyone who saw her.
"Didn't he say he didn't want to? But now ...."
Xuan Yin felt an unusual gaze be on him. He slowly opened his eyes then found Zhang Yu who was apparently paying attention to him. His face was instantly red.
"I told you to close your eyes. Don't open it before I ask for it."
Xuan Yin was about to pull his face, but Zhang Yu held back his nape. "My wounds haven't healed. Still need help recovering it."
"Who cares! Unhand me!" Xuan Yin struck Zhang Yu slowly forcing his hand to loose.
But instead of releasing it. Zhang Yu held back Xuan Yin's nape while pushing his face.
A few hours later.
"This kind of healing is really powerful. Maybe we can do it more often if there's a chance." Zhang Yu folded his sleeves and looked at the already fading scar.
Xuan Yin turned around. "Dream there! Who said there would be another time?! I won't do it again even if you're dying!"
Zhang Yu merely gave a smile. Then raised his face looking up. "We need to think of a way to get out of this formation space."
"The first thing we have to do is find the core position of the formation. But where do we start?"
Xuan Yin rubbed his lips slowly then pointed to one of the lands among the sea of fire. "What about there?"
"By the way, we can go there to check it out."
After speaking Zhang Yu and Xuan Yun leaped onto the not-so-wide surface of the rock.
Armed with raw knowledge they did not give up on constantly searching for the formation core.
No one had ever seen firsthand what kind of formation point. Nor had it been trapped in the formation space before. Only remember in a book that was once studied if the formation core was not easy to find.
Hence Zhang Yu and Xuan Yin continued to circulate Qi to check as their eyes tried to find the awkwardness that was all around.
"What if the formation core was actually at the bottom of the fire pond?" xuan Yin asked suddenly.
Zhang Yu stared straight at the surface of the fire pond. Since they could not sense the existence of that formation core around, it made perfect sense that the formation core was at the bottom of the pond.
"What are you doing? You're going to go into the pool of fire? Don't be crazy!" Xuan Yin stood in front of Zhang Yu when he noticed his strange gurgle.
"If we don't find the core of that formation, we'll be stuck in this place forever."
Zhang Yu's sentence was indisputable. Xuan Yin also knew this. But does it really have to go into the pool of fire?
"Is there no other way? Moreover, the formation core was not necessarily at the bottom of the pond. So maybe we should look for him back around here."
Zhang Yu placed his hand on the peak of Xuan Yin's head. "Just calm. I'll definitely be back."
As soon as he finished his sentence Zhang Yu instantly enveloped his body with a layer of Qi. He looked at the surface of the pond for quite a while, before jumping and diving into it.
Five meters, ten meters. He continued to go in withstanding the intense pressure that tried to destroy his protector.
Although the pressure made his chest feel tight and his body grow heavier, Zhang Yu paid him no heed.
Inwardly keep remembering his purpose. Looking for the Xiao Clan to meet his mother.
At the thought of it Zhang Yu was like awakening the hidden power within his body. He became more and more powerful, swimming deeper and deeper to find the formation core.
"What feeling is this? I feel it ...." Zhang Yu was still not convinced so he continued swimming to the bottom.
One time Zhang Yu felt a surge of energy radiating from one direction. He circulated his Qi to check. Although it made the heat of the flames attack his body, but there was no other choice for the sake of finding the formation core.
The more to the bottom Zhang Yu felt it the more. He started to find a direction, started to follow it.
A few meters later, Zhang Yu managed to find him. About thirty feet from the surface. A single ripple of light that was bright enough also emitted a fluctuating energy.
"Not wrong anymore! That light is the core of the formation."