Cannon Fodder Cultivation Guide

Chapter 80 - Formation within Formation

Zhang Yiyi casually picked up one of the jade slips and swept her consciousness over it, instantly comprehending the contents recorded within.

Ancient True God's Technique?

After a quick glance, she hurriedly picked up another one nearby to continue her inspection.

All Techniques Return to Origin?

With trembling hands, she moved on to the third slip, then the fourth, then the fifth...

The more she looked, the more ecstatic she became, almost losing control of her emotions, unable to resist the urge to laugh out loud.

Heavens! She never expected this place to be a massive treasure trove, with each jade slip containing the most top-tier, mysterious techniques in the world, many of which had long been lost to time, known only by name.

Just one of these slips could create a tremendous uproar in the outside world, causing bloodshed and fierce competition among countless people willing to fight to the death for them.

Let alone the fact that so many slips were collected together; it could drive everyone mad, whether they ascended to heaven or descended to the earth.

Filled with joy, Zhang Yiyi collected all the jade slips from the shelves into her storage ring, leaving none behind.

With these techniques, she could effortlessly ascend to the pinnacle of power, looking down upon countless beings and becoming the strongest person in the Three Realms!

No, the strongest god!

Once Zhang Yiyi confirmed that all the jade slips had indeed been safely stored away, realizing it was not just her illusion but that everything was real, her smile grew increasingly fervent.

And next, luck did not cease, for in addition to the shelves of jade slips, there were five more shelves containing other items in this practice room.

Zhang Yiyi, overflowing with excitement, continued to raid the next few shelves, her eyes shining brighter and her heart racing with anticipation.

The remaining shelves were neatly arranged with various top-grade spiritual treasures, and there were even two pieces of immortal artifacts. With so many treasures at hand, she could play around even if they self-destructed, never fearing that she would meet an unbeatable opponent in the future.

And there were vials upon vials of various top-tier elixirs, high-grade talismans, high-grade formations, precious materials, and piles of superior spiritual stones and top-tier spiritual stones, all things one could scarcely imagine.

Whatever was needed for cultivation, it was all here, and in astonishing quantities, all of it the finest quality.

This was no ordinary practice room; it was clearly an astonishing treasure vault, a massive storehouse left behind by someone unknown.

Zhang Yiyi's ecstatic laughter echoed continuously as she collected every treasure she laid eyes on into her storage ring, her beautiful eyes glowing with a terrifying crimson hue, as blood-like and ominous as it could be.

Regardless of who left these things behind, they all belonged to her now!

They were all hers, every single one...

"Ah!"

Suddenly, Zhang Yiyi felt as though something struck her in the mind like a knife, a sharp pain jolting her back to a moment of clarity amidst her overwhelming joy at acquiring the entire treasure trove.

"No!"

She forcefully halted her raiding actions, clutching her head tightly, trying to hold onto that fleeting clarity that had just flashed through her mind.

Quickly sitting cross-legged on the ground, she instinctively began to circulate the Calm Heart Mantra, over and over again.

....

After running the Calm Heart Mantra countless times, the blood hue in Zhang Yiyi's eyes gradually faded, and the fleeting clarity she nearly missed began to return more and more.

Ah, indeed something was wrong—no, not just wrong; everything was fundamentally off!

All these inexplicably appearing jade slips, spiritual treasures, celestial artifacts, elixirs, and rare materials were all wrong; everything was wrong!

And most wrong of all was her IQ and logic, which had been problematic from the very beginning.

Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?

Had it not been for her innate divine body's special warning against crises and dangers, this seemingly ridiculous question could have led Zhang Yiyi to utter ruin.

Fortunately, she had retained a sliver of clarity in the end, not completely consumed by these illusory yet terrifyingly real things.

This was merely a cave residence where Senior Jia had lived before ascending to the upper realm; it was impossible for such a vast accumulation of unheard-of treasures to exist, ripe for her plunder.

Let alone Jia Fang; even her master or any supreme powerhouse from this realm could not possibly have such a significant hoard.

From the very beginning, everything had been wrong, yet her mind had been affected early on, continually amplifying her inner desires, leading her to lose her sanity and drown in her own greed, until she was completely consumed.

The Calm Heart Mantra washed over her mind and soul repeatedly, and Zhang Yiyi finally remembered the memory she had felt was forgotten at the beginning.

Formation within Formation!

As she opened her eyes again, they were now entirely clear.

She recalled what Zhou Yi had loudly said to Zhu Qing just before she fainted—the most critical key: Formation within Formation!

In fact, Zhou Yi was absolutely right; once they had broken through the maze at the valley entrance, they had already entered the second layer of the formation, having not yet completely resolved the first.

And Zhu Qing's action of pushing that large door was precisely what triggered the condition for the formation within the formation; everything she experienced from fainting to waking was actually an illusion, and from start to finish, she had been under the influence of the illusion formation.

It had to be said that this second layer of the illusion formation was truly remarkable. Even now, Zhang Yiyi looked at everything before her, fully aware that it was all fake, yet all her senses felt terrifyingly real, completely unable to discern that it was false.

What was more troublesome was that, although she now knew she was in an illusion formation, she still had no clue how to break the formation and exit smoothly.

Zhang Yiyi had little knowledge of formations; the only thing she could do was keep her wits about her, repeatedly operating the Calm Heart Mantra to remain alert and not let the illusion formation affect her mind again.

Once she was entirely certain she would not be influenced by the formation and could absolutely stay awake, Zhang Yiyi finally stood up again, carefully observing and searching for a way to break the formation in this place.

She discovered that while this illusion formation could lead one to lose their mind, sinking deeper and deeper until they could never extricate themselves, it did not actively attack.

This meant that, unlike lethal formations, as long as one could find a way to maintain clarity and not be affected by the formation, there was no need to worry about other dangers besides being trapped inside.

Thus, Zhang Yiyi had ample time to search for clues, hoping to quickly save herself and escape.