Chapter 93: Numbed
The illusion array was set in a mountain hollow. If one looked closely, the distorted edges of the array could be seen on all four sides.
This illusion array was extremely bizarre. Once a person entered, they became strange, beginning to speak their true thoughts regardless of the setting.
Feng Shi wasn’t skilled in this path and couldn’t see the mystery, but thanks to the system, he avoided falling into the trap himself.
Shen Songhe had a high-grade artifact protecting his body, so he wasn’t controlled by the illusion array either.
The surrounding area was noisy. The dozens of cultivators trapped here were all talking incessantly. Some were cursing their companionsācursing one after anotherāwhile others were squatting on the ground, holding their heads and crying bitterly, speaking words of regret.
Those who had been trapped earlier had even shouted themselves hoarse. They were still constantly using their breath to curse, their expressions haggard and pained.
Feng Shi flew to the edge of the illusion array and discovered that one could only enter this array but not leave. The barrier was extremely tough and couldn’t be broken through with the cultivation of the peak Jindan stage alone, unless the array core could be found.
From the outside, this illusion array didn’t look unusual at all; it was just an ordinary mountain hollow. Only after truly entering did one realize they had been tricked.
The artifact that had attracted Feng Shi and the others earlier should have been specifically designed to lure them over.
So dog-like. These days, even artifacts were so dog-like.
Feng Shi was speechless.
For someone like him who knew nothing about arrays, wanting to break the array was like a pipe dream.
It wasn’t that there were no array cultivators present, but they were still being toyed with. For example, the three disciples from the Sanyang Peak of the Chongshan Sect were currently hugging one another, crying and calling out for their parents.
Just as Feng Shi was thinking, someone came at him from behind, cursing loudly, “Kid Feng Shi! This old man has been jealous of you for a long time! Give me your life!”
“…”
Feng Shi dodged to the side, pinched the other party’s sword with two fingers, gave it a hard twist, and pushed the person away.
Upon closer inspection, the one shouting was a rogue cultivator who had been traveling with him.
This personās single sentence seemed to open the floodgates for everyone. Many people who recognized Feng Shi were drawn in.
The next one to join in was Xie Anhui.
He rushed in front of Feng Shi, swinging his sword and shouting, “Feng-shidie, I want to fight you for three hundred rounds! Please, you must give me some pointers!”
“…”
Feng Shi didn’t need to move; Wucheng had already stepped forward to deal with him properly.
Seeing the various expressions on these peopleās faces, it seemed that their rationality still remained, but they couldn’t control themselves from speaking their true thoughts.
Xie Anhui was beaten black and blue by Wucheng, but he still stubbornly pressed forward, insisting on a match with Feng Shi.
To the side, the Duanqi Peak disciples who originally had a grudge against Feng Shi stopped pretending altogether. They cursed Feng Shi loudly, venting their dissatisfaction and attacking with their weapons.
The people Feng Shi knew and those he didn’t all swarmed forward in a heap.
“Kid Feng Shi’s progress is so fast; could it be that he has some secret technique? Why don’t you fellow Daoists try to snatch it and refine it for yourselves?! Anyway, I think he has one. It doesn’t matter if we kill him to find out!”
These words came from the mouth of a quite prestigious elder of the Tai Chu Sect. Sweat was beads on his brow, and his face was full of guilt.
Who would have thought that beneath his kind and casual skin, such thoughts were hidden?
Feng Shi narrowed his eyes. Many of the surrounding cultivators were tempted upon hearing these words. However, this thought was truly too shameful to be brought to light and could only be suppressed in the depths of their hearts. But the influence of this illusion array was too great; as soon as they had a thought, they couldn’t hide it at all.
“That’s right! Kill him! But this secret technique can’t be given to you, old man! I need it more!”
After saying this, instead of coming for Feng Shi first, they actually went to fight that elder from the Tai Chu Sect.
The scene fell into chaos once again. Feng Shi rose into the air and discovered that there were also restrictions above the illusion array, so he couldn’t fly out.
At this time, Wang Xin and the others had already attacked him, several sword lights of different colors striking simultaneously.
Feng Shi was brewing a move and was about to strike when two other sword lights suddenly appeared from the side, blocking the group.
“Eldest Shixiong! Zhou-shijie?”
Feng Shi looked toward the two people who were helping him. Seeing them stepping in to help at this moment, he thought they had already escaped the influence of the illusion array and called out hastily.
Hearing his voice, the two turned their heads and cast their gazes toward Feng Shi.
Feng Shiās heart skipped a beat.
Wrong.
Something was still wrong.
He retreated a bit, opened the system panel to rummage through it, took out a defensive artifact, and set up a barrier around himself.
Zhou Rurong and Xiao Yuhui traded blows with those few people. With Feng Shi assisting from the side, they at least didn’t let one another be killed.
The few people who wanted to kill Feng Shi might have had too many obsessions; before long, they moved on to curse someone else. They even mistook the people around them for others, cursing and getting angrier as they spoke.
After Xiao Yuhui and Zhou Rurong finished beating the people, they headed straight for Feng Shi.
Feng Shiās eyelids jumped, and he didn’t remove the barrier.
The two were blocked outside the barrier, but they still constantly tried to get close to Feng Shi.
“Feng-shidie, let Shijie in quickly, okay?”
“Why does Shidie even block me out? Do you no longer recognize your Eldest Shixiong?”
Two pairs of hands pressed against the barrier, pounding hard.
Feng Shi: “…Fuck, they’re crazy, they’re all crazy…”
At first, it was fine. The two only said they wanted to come in. Later, when they found they couldn’t, they began to open the floodgates and pour out their true thoughts.
“Feng-shidie, can you really not look at Shijie! The words you said that day, and then you secretly sneaked away… it truly broke Shijie’s heart…” Zhou Rurongās voice was like sobbing. Her face was flushed with shame, but her expression held a bit of the determination to just die and get it over with after a “social death.”
Feng Shi was terrified: What happened??
Oh, it was that day…
Help! So that was what Zhou-shijie meant!
Xiao Yuhui was not to be outdone. “Why is Shidie only willing to be close to Shizun? Itās clearly Shixiong who treats you better. Why are you unwilling to turn back and look at me?”
As he spoke, his face showed regret, yet it also carried a hint of subtle expectation.
Hearing this, Feng Shi was so scared he almost fell off his sword. The internal monologue in his head was stuttering: He-he-he, fuck! So Eldest Shixiong is also?!
He couldn’t believe it and hurriedly pulled up the system panel to check the personal pages of the two.
[Name: Xiao Yuhui Favorability: 100 (Maximum reached) Quest Progress: 99.9%]
[Name: Zhou Rurong Favorability: 100 (Maximum reached) Quest Progress: 80%]
…
Looking at the two sets of data for quest progress, Feng Shi suddenly understood something. He pinched Qingqing’s small ear and asked, “Explain this to me! Why is the quest progress for these ‘tools’ linked to their feelings?!”
He had previously thought that this progress was their level of acceptance toward him. Who would have thought it was actually a romantic conquest progress!
Qingqing said humbly:
[Don’t be angry, Host. You didn’t ask before, either. Tools have romantic plotlines too.]
Feng Shi also knew this wasn’t Qingqingās fault. Angry as he was, he didn’t vent too much of his frustration on it. Instead, he asked, “Then is there a way to solve this illusion array?”
[Considering that the Host will one day have to leave the system and stand on his own, the system will not interfere too much in this secret realm trial. Please resolve it yourself.]
Feng Shi thought to himself that this was fair.
However, while he could still deal with the rest, the two outside the barrier were simply too formidable. One word after another, they competed to confess their feelings, making Feng Shiās scalp tingle.
He could imagine how awkward it would be when the three of them met again after this.
However, not only was the outside troublesome, but standing beside Feng Shi was also a “low-pressure release machine.”
He rubbed his arms, which were a bit cold from Shen Songhe’s spiritual energy, and gnashed his teeth. He was truly overwhelmed.
As Xiao Yuhui and Zhou Rurong spoke, they began to fight. Unfortunately, Xie Anhui also chose this time to join in, shouting with his swollen face, “Don’t fight anymore!”
“If you have the guts, have a match with me!”
“…”
Feng Shi held his forehead, watching the chaos below. He occasionally stepped in to prevent them from killing one another.
After a night passed, the group was exhausted. Unfortunately, at this time, that artifact actually lured another group of people over!
Feng Shi immediately shouted a warning, but the people outside couldn’t hear him at all.
Watching the new group of people fall into the array like dumplings into water and then fall into the same madness, Feng Shi slapped his forehead. He was numbed.
Before he could even sigh a few times, Xue Mei’s voice suddenly came from the distance…
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