Chapter 1958: Chapter 1801: Maze Formation
But seeing the scene before his eyes, Song Yun couldn’t help feeling puzzled.
Suddenly, he remembered the record in the text: the Wuling People entered the peach blossom grove, then discovered Taoyuan, and later left.
And all of that was an illusion.
In the end, when the Wuling People left Taoyuan, it was because they were lucky enough to walk out of the Illusion Array.
In other words, this place is an Illusion Array.
The situation Song Yun and Dongfang Yun encountered was the same as the Wuling People’s; the beautiful scenery they saw and the fragrance they smelled were all illusions.
"This illusion is a bit too realistic."
Song walked up to a peach tree, plucked a sprig of blossoms, crushed the petals, then sniffed them. Whether the sensation to the touch or the smell, everything was exactly the same as the real thing.
If he didn’t already know this was an Illusion Array, he would definitely have taken it as real.
At this moment, Dongfang Yun was already immersed in the beauty before her. She had never seen such a large peach blossom forest, blooming so lush and full.
Song Yun really couldn’t bear to ruin Dongfang Yun’s good mood, but he still said, "Dongfang Yun, all of this is fake, it’s an illusion."
Dongfang Yun froze for a moment, then turned to look at Song Yun. "Why do you say that?"
Song Yun certainly wouldn’t say he had known long ago. He pointed to the path they had come from and said, "See for yourself."
Dongfang Yun looked back and was instantly stunned.
They had entered the peach blossom forest less than thirty seconds ago and had walked no more than fifty meters.
Logically speaking, the peach blossom forest behind them shouldn’t be very long.
However, in the direction behind them, the peach forest actually stretched on without end.
If you say they got the direction wrong, that wasn’t right either.
Because after they came in, they had been walking straight and hadn’t turned at all.
Dongfang Yun glanced in the other directions as well. It was all the same unending peach blossom forest, with no boundary in sight.
At once, she understood that she had truly entered an illusion.
"How could this be?"
Dongfang Yun frowned slightly. As an SS-level expert, she prided herself on being highly vigilant. To enter an illusion so easily meant this illusion was extremely powerful.<>
Moreover, she had a question.
Since everything before her eyes was an illusion, why was Song Yun in the same illusion, and why were they seeing exactly the same things?
Could it be that Song Yun himself was also an illusion and not a real person?
No, Song Yun couldn’t be an illusion, because if he were, he definitely wouldn’t have reminded her that she was in an illusion.
For a moment, Dongfang Yun’s thoughts were in complete chaos. She asked, "Song Yun, why are we in the same illusion?"
Song Yun walked a few steps forward, looked at the peach blossom forest around them, and said in a deep voice, "Because the visions before our eyes aren’t produced by some drug stimulating the brain, but because we are inside an Array, an Illusion Array, so we see the same illusions."
"Illusion Array! Array!"
Dongfang Yun’s expression changed drastically.
Although she didn’t understand Arrays, she did know a little, and in the Kunlun Sect she belonged to, there were Arrays as well.
But those Arrays were all quite ordinary and didn’t have much effect.
Yet this Array before them could actually create such a vast illusion. This was definitely a very profound Array.
"It truly lives up to being the entrance to Taoyuan, to actually have such a massive Illusion Array guarding it."
Dongfang Yun muttered under her breath.
Right after that, she realized things were rather tricky.
Trapped inside this Illusion Array, let alone searching for Taoyuan, even figuring out how to get out was a problem.<>
She turned her gaze to Song Yun and asked, "What do we do now?"
Song Yun smiled and said, "Don’t worry, I know how to break this Array."
"What, you know how to break it?"
Dongfang Yun cried out in surprise, looking at Song Yun in utter disbelief. "Such a profound Array, and you can actually break it?"
Profound?
Hearing this, Song Yun couldn’t help but find it amusing in his heart.
This Array already had detailed records in the section that had been unlocked in his mind; it was one of the most elementary Arrays.
This Array couldn’t even be called profound, or even complicated; at most it was just a tiny bit more advanced than an introductory Small Gathering Spirit Array.
Although Song Yun couldn’t set up this Array himself, breaking it wasn’t much of a problem.
"Looks like even in the Hermit Realm, they don’t know much about Arrays. If they found out my courtyard is a Small Gathering Spirit Array, they’d probably cause an uproar. Then again, whether they even know what a Small Gathering Spirit Array is might be another question."
Song Yun thought to himself, feeling more and more that his advantage was overwhelming.
Coming back to his senses, he said to Dongfang Yun, "This Array is called the Nine Palace Illusion Array. It’s divided into nine regions in total. As long as we pass through the nine regions one by one in a certain sequence, we can break this Array."
"Nine Palace Illusion Array!"
Dongfang Yun repeated the name. She had never heard of this Array before.
She frowned and said, "But how are we supposed to know what sequence to follow?"
Song Yun said, "The sequence will differ depending on the methods of the person who arranged the Array. But since it’s an Array, there must be patterns to follow. We just need to find the pattern."
Dongfang Yun gave Song Yun a deep look and said, "Seems you really do know how to break the Array."
"I just happened to have studied this Array."
Song Yun smiled, took a step forward, and said, "Follow me, and don’t get separated. Otherwise you’ll be lost forever in this Nine Palace Illusion Array."
Dongfang Yun had no desire to be lost here, so she hurried to keep up with Song Yun.
The Nine Palace Illusion Array surfaced in Song Yun’s mind. Following the notes on the diagram, he compared them with the Nine Palace Illusion Array before him, and easily found the underlying pattern in the peach blossom forest.
Arrays were inherently a very profound discipline, but the Nine Palace Illusion Array wasn’t difficult; otherwise, it wouldn’t have been so easy for Song Yun to figure out its pattern.
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