Trap

"Shi Minghui, I'm tired of seeing your face."

"Yeah, you scoundrel who doesn't keep his word," added Xiaoshuai, pulling a funny face.

The flames of rage set ablaze Shi Minghui's face. "I'm going to settle that score with you today."

"Misfit following a misfit, what do you get? Two misfits. How will that help you beat me?" Mu Yu lazily jabbered. "How did you know we were here?"

The formation holding down Mu Yu wasn't advanced in the slightest Its only saving grace was its immense spiritual energy.

Shi Minghui: "My grandpa and Ku Mu found this place together in their heyday. This is where the previous herb, nine qi soul purifying flower, the main gradient for recovering cultivation, is found. My grandpa speculated Ku Mu would most probably send you on a mission to collect it to help his over-the-hill self recover his cultivation. We've been waiting for you for two days and set up the formation just for you."

"Oh, I see."

"Never saw yourself being at my mercy, did you?" jeered Tian Yun, cracking his fists.

"Haha, have your teeth grown back, Tian… what was it again?"

"You shut up! I'm going to take my time ripping you limb from limb," Tian Yun brayed, smiling hideously.

"You're still a tooth short," Xiaoshuai pointed out.

Tian Yun illuminated the formation pattern and generated a hand from it. Mu Yu slashed back with sword qi, saving himself a slap. After effortlessly vanquishing the hand, Mu Yu teased, "What gives you the confidence this formation will be enough? You two don't know squat about formations"

"What makes you think we intend to kill you using the formation? I did say your death wasn't going to be painless," taunted Tian Yun.

"Oh, and how will you torture poor me?"

Shi Minghui, smirking, helped up a flower. "Is the nine qi soul purifying flower you're searching for this one?"

Mu Yu:Clear white flowers, fluttering petals and thin black lines, it's the nine qi soul purifying flower!

Mu Yu balled his fists and questioned, "Where did you find it?"

Shi Minghui answered, "Right where you're standing. The flower grows on the amber boulder."

Teeth gritted tight, Mu Yu inquired, "So, what do you want?"

"Since you want it so badly, I'll just sabotage your plan."

Tian Yun prepared to flick the petals, but Shi Minghui stepped in. "Don't. It's a waste if you destroy it. He has no means of returning to Third Heaven anymore, so it's mine."

Shi Minghui stowed away the flower in his wooden container and stuffed it in his cosmos sleeve.

"I can't return to Third Heaven? Did you lose half your brain on the way here?"

Mu Yu ran his hand along the formation's pattern and began his trace for the formation foundation and core. The two overlooked the fact he had the jade piece to teleport back when in dire straits.

"Stop jumping to conclusions on your own. Nobody ever doubted the old man taught you Profound Formations. I didn't plan on telling you this, but I'd like to despair break you," responded Shi Minghui.

"What are you insinuating?"

Shi Minghui chortled. "Do you know who created the teleportation jade pieces? Do you know how they work? You read Profound Formations and never bothered to think about it?"

Mu Yu knew the jade piece's function and the fact it could only be used once. How it was created was something he never looked up, nevertheless.

"My grandpa is in charge of guarding the teleportation formation. Who else but my grandpa would've created the jade pieces? To exact his vengeance on old Ku Mu, my grandpa has decided you will be the target, hahaha."

"Your uncle brought it upon himself."

"That's why Grandpa wants Ku Mu to taste the agony of losing his prized disciple." Shi Minghui fiddled with his jade piece, then looked back up at Mu Yu. "Why don't you check your jade piece? It's your ticket to return home, you know."

Mu Yu feigned indifference as he peered into his cosmos sleeve. Shocked, he took it out. "Why is it split for no rhyme or reason?"