Array, Illusion, Two Snakes

Although the sound already halted, for some reason, there was a tingling and a faint sound that still lingering in his ears and felt like it was calling him towards the source of it.

With his full attention, he left all his doubts inside him and paid all attention to the tingling sensation, and let his body move on its own, according to the sound.

After a while, his feet moved, and stepped forward.

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After a while...

Ding*

When the last beat ended, Jīliè also opened his eyes, he looked around where he had gone and was shocked at what greeted him.

He didn't know how many turns he had performed, but what important right now was, he was now near the location he was searching for.

Trees and a crowd of untouched nature greeted him.

This place, where the sound carried him, was both familiar and unfamiliar to him.

This place was known for the name called; "heart of the forest"; the place where no animals or beats could live, or merely no one wanted to live.

The place was like a taboo to all beasts in this forest.

This place... was a sacred area...

His Information regarding this place was only heard by him in the legends and gossips from another beast by an accident, and this was the first time that he ever stopped in this place, in reality.

The said place was very silent, the silence was so loud that could break your sanity if you didn't pay attention or were not used to this atmosphere.

Other than the blew of wind, the sound of falling leaves, you won't be able to hear anything.

A total silence.

A dead silence.

The vast land was deserted, royal trees, grasses, dry leaves, and dry branches were what you could find around the area.

Each trees' height was an estimated 60 meters high and they were 10 meters wide, each root was resulted in creating a root cave.

But compared to these trees, the three tallest trees like a tree of life that was in front of Jīliè were way taller than any. They were three times taller than the average trees here.

About 180 meters high and 80 meters wide.

Even Jīliè was only as tall as its root.

"This place is as scary as everyone stated!" He whispered, it was a white lie if he said that he wasn't scared at all. He can even feel like someone was watching him but he sees anyone around even with many turns of his head.

There was not even an aura lingering around.

He felt scared, but ...

But for the Young Master, he forcefully beat his inner fear and walked randomly.

He has to look around to find the place.

He knew that the voice only led him into a place near the area, and not lead him to the exact place.

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Unfortunately, after an unknown time passed of lurking around, the result still ended up failed.

He found no suspicious place that could possibly lead the path towards the place he was searching for.

Moreover, he didn't know if it was just an Illusion or what, he felt like he was walking around but always ending up in one place.

It felt like he was being played.

Just now, no matter how many times he changed his path, he still ended snapping back here, in front of the tree tall trees; where the sounds brought him.

He felt like his brain was about to explode in frustration.

Why was this place like a maze?

"Wait ...! " Thinking of any possible reason, he suddenly shook his head as he cried, he suddenly thought of something, why did I only just realized this flaw?

When he looked to the front, the first thing he saw was the three giant trees blocking the path forward. But this time, the arrangement of the trees made changes a bit, and he won't notice it if he hadn't paid attention this time. It almost fooled him.

"Is there some kind of array in this area?" He asked himself, curious. This was the first possible thing he came up with.

This thing was just an assumption tho, he wasn't sure.

So to be sure, and to find out the truth, Jīlie walked and approached the nearest big tree, he waved his hand and used his claw to attack the tree.

But...

When his claw hit the tree, everything became clear to him, instead of him feeling the hardness of the trunk, what he felt was nothing, as if what he had tried to scratch was the wind, his whole hand disappeared from his sight and sank into the trunk, the tree was as if water.

"Wtf?! "

"Am I so stupid that I just found out about this now!? "

"This place has an array and half of this place is just an illusion! "

After said these words, Jīliè immediately pulled his hand back, he looked at his hand and observed if something wrong had happened, and when he saw that there was nothing wrong with his hand, only then he sighed with relief.

With all his courage and the energize blood, He hopped to the tree and completely disappeared.

Swoosh*

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When Jīliè's figure disappeared, out of nowhere, two figures suddenly appeared to his former position.

The two figures have big and long bodies, one has red scales, while the other has silver scales.

They were snakes!

The red snake looked at the gigantic tree, to be precise, at the illusion trees, he just stared and didn't move as if he became a statue.

Only after five whole minutes then he shook his head with a sigh.

The silver snake looked at him and when he saw him sighed, he couldn't help but sigh too.

"Another beast is destined to perish in this dangerous place! " The red one said to the silver.

But the silver did not answer, he just stayed silent...

The two did not speak after that.

After standing there for an unknown number of hours, the two snakes looked at each other then decided to distance from this place, far, far away, the place where this spot cannot be seen.

Like that, their figure gradually disappeared.

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A week ago they also found this spot, of course, they also found out that this place had an array producing illusion concealing something important inside. They thought that there was something like a treasure hidden somewhere inside, with greed, they decided to search it out.

After all, the array used to conceal the 'unexisting treasure was just a common one, and it was easy to notice by anyone, they don't believe anything bad would going to happen to them if they tried. After all, if the treasure inside was legendary, the array used to conceal it from the world should also a legendary array. And if it was legendary it must be difficult to find and a lot of danger should exist to protect what was hidden.

But this time, fortunately, the array was odd from the legendary array they know, clearly, the thing in front of them now was just a common.

Hunt treasure just for fun.

There was no danger inside... At all...

Of course, when the leader said they will search, no one dared to oppose, all of them went inside.

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When they get inside, the red snake suddenly sensed that something was wrong with the place, there was a strange Aura enveloped in every corner of the place, it gradually silently entered their body and slowly suppressed their strength.

The only reason the red snake noticed it was because he was carrying a treasure that can detect auras and spells, it wasn't 100% accurate but still useful sometimes.

When the red snake felt it, he decided to tell it to his colleagues, only, unfortunately, except for the silver snake who was his closest friend in the group, no one listened and believed him, not only that, he was also chased away from the group and accused as a coward.

Both he and the silver snake.

"We don't need cowards! " This was the exact sentence that was said to both of them.

He could do nothing but first prioritize his safety, before they left he looked at his companions then helplessly shook his head.

The thing he can't forget most was that they haven't gone far yet, about ten minutes after, he heard cries for help and begging, those were coming from his colleagues.

But there was nothing he can do at that time, they needed help? What can I do? I am a beast, and my first thought was only to save my own life.

Everything happened so fast.

The original ten number became two.

Because of this event, he never wanted to see this place again, in his whole life.

The incidents left a shadow... in his heart.

Please read till the end!

A / N:

Some may wonder and ask, why are the chaps almost about Jīliè?

Thus, the best answer here is, since the Protagonist believes that he is only a poor mortal, that he can die and does not want to leave the house, thus, the White Liger plays a big role in Wang Feng's life. In the beginning to increase the number of characters.

And I want to make the story as detailed as possible so that readers can follow, and understand the story as clear as water. (Tho I can't with my grammatical errors! Hahaha!)

I know many are still wrong but I don't expect the story to be perfect, and at least, I can minimize my mistakes. As the saying goes, nothing is forever, I also believe that nothing is perfect in the world. Please keep supporting the book;)

I know you, readers, I understand you, as a reader too, when I read I form the world in my mind and I feel like I am watching the story in my mind! So I need as many details as possible.