Chapter 837 Trapped
Xia Zihan made hundreds of packets of poison-repellent powder overnight. She had not slept for several days and nights in order to rush on the road. After finishing it, she fell into a sleepy state.
In order to recharge their batteries, Chu Jingqi and Ao Tianchen had a good rest all night. The next day, the two of them were full of energy and took a group of subordinates, each of whom also brought a bag of medicinal powder, to sneak into the mountains.
Chu Jingqi didn't want to take Xia Zihan into the mountain, but Chu Cong said, "Before the princess fell asleep, she said that she wanted the prince to carry the princess and go in together. Otherwise, when the princess wakes up, she will also take a few slaves with her." Go in.”
When the time comes, there will only be a few of them, and without the Crown Prince and the others around, I'm afraid the princess will be even more in danger.
Chu Jingqi was also worried about this. She was afraid that Xia Zihan wouldn't be able to see him and would break into the mountains to find him. When the time comes... what should she do if she encounters danger?
Chu Jingqi sighed and had to accept Xia Zihan's threat to pick her up and go with him.
Ao Tianchen stared at him, very disapproving of his actions.
Chu Jingqi curled her lips and said, "Ayu has a stubborn temper. Now that she has followed, she will not give up the possibility of entering the mountain."
Ao Tianchen didn't say anything anymore, but in his heart he still envied Chu Jingqi for meeting such a woman who would share life and death with him and never leave him.
He looked at the woman who was sleeping in Chu Jingqi's arms and said, "I will take people into the mountain first. When Chu Yu wakes up, you can go back into the mountain."
"No, you are the hope of the Second Prince's Palace and the young prince of Dasheng. I can't let you go into the mountain alone."
Chu Jingqi still held Xia Zihan resolutely and followed Ao Tianchen into the mountain. The fox led dozens of secret guards to surround the two masters, just in case.
Xia Zihan didn't sleep for long. She woke up more than an hour after entering the mountain.
When she woke up, Chu Jingqi's group had just lost their way.
No, I'm not lost, but I've entered a fantasy world. I keep walking in circles and can't get out no matter how hard I walk.
"This is already the third circle. We can't get out within a two-mile radius."
Seeing that Xia Zihan woke up, Chu Jingqi put her down, supported her, and told her the current situation.
"We have encountered a ghost and hit a wall." Chu Lin on the side added.
Xia Zihan rubbed his still astringent eyes and glanced at Chu Lin lazily, "What the hell are you trying to do? We have entered a maze."
"It's not a maze." Chu Jingqi said with a solemn expression, "The young prince and I both know a lot about various formations, but this place is definitely not a maze."
"That's..." Xia Zihan's head, which had just woken up, was completely awake, and she guessed, "It's witchcraft?"
"To be precise, we have entered the illusion of Miao witchcraft." Ao Tianchen said when he saw Xia Zihan wake up and walked over.
"I once read in the notes left by the ancestors of the Ao family that there is a kind of witchcraft in Miao territory that can cause people to enter the illusion. I estimate that the people we sent have all fallen into this illusion and disappeared. ”
Once you enter the illusion, if there is no one who knows how to exit to take you out, you may be trapped in it for the rest of your life and cannot get out.
Unless someone who knows witchcraft breaks this illusion, the person who practices witchcraft will immediately suffer backlash.
But right now, none of them knows witchcraft.
After walking for the third time, Chu Jingqi said, "Don't leave now. If you leave again, it will be a waste of energy." Ao Tianchen took a piece of white paper in his hand and drew a figure with black charcoal on it. That was when he was walking on the third lap just now, and he had drawn all the routes in the illusion.
"Look, this circle is the one we took just now, and this circle is the route we passed by for the second time."
As for the first time, I missed the opportunity to draw a route because I didn’t realize that I had entered the illusion at that time.
"The two circles of routes are only three hundred meters apart, and beyond the line outside...it seems like there is a layer of strange things. As we walk, we will end up on this line again."
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He pointed to the second line outside.
Within the illusion, it is like a circle. They are allowed to spin around in the circle, but they cannot get out. When you want to break the circle and get out, it is like there is something hiding around the outside of the circle, which will make you unable to get out. You can't help but walk back into the circle.
Chu Jingqi and Ao Tianchen sat on the ground on a clump of short grass, and the two of them carefully studied the route thoroughly.
After resting for half an hour and everyone eating some dry food, Ao Tianchen stood up and said to everyone, "Let's walk the fourth lap. In this fourth lap, we will keep moving in one direction."
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Then, he turned to look at Chu Cong, "Have you had enough ribbons?"
"I've brought enough. There are fifteen of them, so I just used one." Chu Cong said.
Last night, when Xia Zihan was making medicinal powder, he asked Chu Cong and Chu Fei to prepare some things that could be used in the mountain, and the ribbon was just one of them.
They are called ribbons, but they are actually a few red hemp ropes, as thick as a thumb, very long, twisted together like yarn balls, and are as big as a basket.
Before they entered the mountain, they tied the rope to a big tree at the entrance of the mountain. Then they let the rope loose as they walked. When they walked a certain distance, the rope would be re-tied to the tree to prevent the rope from breaking.
Therefore, the route they walked this morning was entangled with ropes. As long as they returned along the rope route, they could get out of this illusion.
In the illusion, it seems that the terrain can be changed. In fact, it is just an illusion. The terrain itself cannot be changed. What can be changed is human vision.
It looks like we are taking another path, but in fact, it is always the same path, and people are always spinning in a circle. But the fixed rope tied to the tree cannot be changed, unless someone cuts the rope along the way. Fall, take the rope away.
Chu Jingqi stood up. This time, everyone was walking in the same direction, seemingly heading into the mountains, while the fox walked at the back and placed the ribbons, looking at the ribbons that were always in a straight line.
But half an hour later, when the owner returned to the starting point, everyone was confused.
The fox also touched the back of his head, very confused, "Why did it come back again? Every time I see the ribbon going forward in a straight line, why, the ribbon goes around again?"
Looking at the endless colorful ribbon tied to the tree in front of him, the fox's eyes almost popped out of his head.
"Master, we are trapped, what should we do now?" Fox looked at Chu Jingqi.
Chu Jingqi also frowned. He had been fighting for many years and knew very well about marching formations. He had also encountered various formations set up by the enemy, but those formations were easy to defeat as long as they understood the terrain and formations.
But right now, this psychedelic formation left him helpless.
(End of chapter)