After transmigrating, I cultivated immortality by smelling the scent.

Chapter 171 Ye Xiaobai, do you understand formations?

Ye Xiaobai was naturally unaware of what was happening on the other side.

After the Flame Stone Golem was completely defeated, all that was left were a pile of worthless stones and purple rubble.

"These purple-gold stones are one of the materials for refining fire-attribute magic weapons. Ye Xiaobai, you don't even want them?" Liu Rumei asked curiously while tidying up the scattered purple-gold stones.

"It was all thanks to Fairy Liu that we were able to defeat this stone man, so this Purple Gold Stone should naturally belong to Fairy Liu!" Ye Xiaobai hadn't contributed much and was too embarrassed to share the spoils.

"You deserve a lot of credit for the Purple Flame Thunder Leopard. It was thanks to its distraction that I was able to successfully deal with this stone golem!"

"Take your share!" Liu Rumei said, handing Ye Xiaobai a third of the purple gold stone.

Seeing the purple-gold stone handed to him, Ye Xiaobai no longer hesitated and directly put it into his storage bag. He might need it for refining fire-attribute magic weapons in the future.

Even if you take it out and sell it as material, it can still be worth a lot of spirit stones.

Soon, Liu Rumei finished packing and prepared to continue her journey into the depths of the secret realm.

Ye Xiaobai immediately blocked Liu Rumei's path and suggested, "Fairy Liu, you just used up too much spiritual energy in the battle. You should recover first before going to the next place!"

"You're quite observant!" Liu Rumei chuckled.

"You flatter me. I will need Fairy Liu's help in the future!"

"No problem, I'll take a moment to adjust my breathing!"

"Fairy Liu, please calm your mind and meditate. I will protect you from here!"

The battle with the flaming stone golem had consumed a lot of Liu Rumei's spiritual energy. Now that everything was resolved, Liu Rumei found a quiet place, took some pills, and began to recuperate.

Ye Xiaobai could only watch from the sidelines and didn't expend much spiritual energy. However, he did find a quiet spot to meditate. The secret realm was fraught with danger, and it was essential to maintain peak condition at all times.

A short while later, Liu Rumei opened her bright eyes, and her complexion became rosy.

Ye Xiaobai immediately asked with concern, "Fairy Liu, how is your recovery going?"

"I've recovered pretty much. We should hurry on our way. If we miss the treasures in the secret realm, it will be too late to regret it!" Liu Rumei said, getting up and walking deeper into the secret realm.

Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaobai quickly followed behind. Time was of the essence, and they had already wasted some time.

After walking several hundred steps along the narrow passage, Ye Xiaobai saw a light in the distance. He knew there must be something ahead, and he could already smell the presence of Mu Jiuling and the others. It seemed they had arrived ahead of time.

Sure enough, when they reached the end of the passage, they saw Mu Jiuling and a dozen other cultivators gathered in a strange formation, discussing something in twos and threes.

Seeing that Liu Rumei and Ye Xiaobai had also arrived, Mu Jiuling and the others showed surprise, but then smiled and said, "You two fellow Daoists have quite the skills to have made it this far?"

Ye Xiaobai smiled and nodded in agreement, while Liu Rumei said calmly, "It was just luck. However, Fellow Daoist Mu and the others arrived first. What's the situation here?"

"As you can see, Fairy, the location of the Five Elements Venerable's treasure should be just ahead. You can clearly see the approximately 700-year-old Schisandra chinensis and other spiritual herbs within the formation. There are also several exquisite treasure boxes placed on the seats next to it!" Mu Jiuling patiently introduced the information he currently had.

Upon hearing this, Ye Xiaobai and Liu Rumei quickly approached the formation to carefully observe the situation inside.

Just as Mu Jiuling had said, the treasure was right in front of them, but they could only admire it from afar.

When Ye Xiaobai got closer, he could smell the sour aroma of Schisandra chinensis. It seemed that the formation wasn't so airtight after all. However, it wouldn't be easy to get the treasures inside the formation, otherwise Mu Jiuling and the others would have already taken them all.

"Elder Mu, have you been studying this for a while? Do you have a way to break the formation?" Ye Xiaobai asked directly.

"Sigh, we've discussed it for ages but still haven't found a way to break this formation. The formation here is much stronger than the Seven Star Primordial Formation at the entrance. Before, we relied on our numbers; it took over a hundred people working together to break through the formation at the entrance!"

"With less than twenty people here, I don't know how long it will take to break this formation!" Mu Jiuling began to complain about how difficult it was to break the formation.

"This is troublesome!" Ye Xiaobai said helplessly. No one is familiar with the Dao of Formations, so it is naturally difficult to break them. Ye Xiaobai also wanted to spend time studying it, but he had been busy improving his cultivation and had no time to study the Dao of Formations.

Once he reaches the Core Formation stage, he will definitely study formations properly. Ye Xiaobai could only silently remind himself of this.

"Elder Mu, since there's no other way, we dozen or so of us can only slowly wear them down. At worst, it will take more time, but we'll eventually break this formation!" suggested a disciple of the Qingxia Sect.

Upon hearing this, Mu Jiuling nodded helplessly and agreed, "That's the only way!"

After saying that, Mu Jiuling turned to Ye Xiaobai and Liu Rumei and said, "Fellow Daoists, if you want the treasure, you'll need to do your part to break the formation later!"

"That's all!"

Ye Xiaobai and Liu Rumei had no choice but to agree.

Mu Jiuling then organized the group into groups of three, taking turns attacking the formation. This way, they could continuously destroy the formation while also taking breaks. Soon, the first group members took out their magical weapons and frantically bombarded the formation.

After being attacked by the three people, the array's light screen trembled violently, but after a moment it returned to normal, as if it had never been attacked at all.

The three were helpless as they watched their attacks having little effect. That's how it is when you break a formation with brute force; you can only slowly wear down the formation's power.

However, just as the three were attacking the formation, the formation's light screen fluctuated greatly. Ye Xiaobai suddenly smelled an even stronger sour smell. Although it was a subtle change in smell that ordinary people would hardly notice, Ye Xiaobai had, after all, practiced the art of smelling a thousand miles in one breath.

Even the slightest change in scent is easily detected by Ye Xiaobai.

The formation fluctuated, and the scent changed!

Suddenly, Ye Xiaobai remembered that when he was searching for treasure in Stone Bell Mountain, he had also used scent to break the formation in the secret realm.

Perhaps this is a feasible solution!

Ye Xiaobai then intensified his perception of the scent and quickly discovered the direction of the scent flow within the formation. The scent flowed in a triangular pattern within the formation before converging at the center.

Perhaps these locations are the key points of the formation, Ye Xiaobai boldly speculated.

After the attacks of several groups of people ended, when it was Ye Xiaobai's turn to attack with Liu Rumei and another cultivator, Ye Xiaobai decided to directly suggest attacking the triangular position where the scent was flowing.

“Fairy Liu, and Fellow Daoist Sun, I think this location is a bit strange! Let’s attack here together and see!” Ye Xiaobai said, pointing to the triangular spot where the scent was flowing.

"Ye Xiaobai, you know about formations?" Liu Rumei asked disdainfully.

"Yes, Fellow Daoist Ye, are you familiar with this formation?" the cultivator surnamed Sun asked with a hint of doubt.