"Good boy! It was you two who brought this person back, right? Why are they so unruly? They came up and messed with my formation. Do you know how many days I've spent researching this formation? This is an ancient formation. It took me so much effort to replicate it..."
The uncle climbed up from the ground and took two big steps towards Meng Chang.
His mouth was like a machine gun, rattling on non - stop.
He didn't even leave a chance for others to speak. No one knew how he could talk so much in one breath.
Xiaotuanzi was at a loss. She turned her head and timidly whispered, "Uncle, I'm sorry."
"What's the use of being sorry? Sorry can't..."
Obviously, Niannian's cute charm had no effect on the uncle. Facing Niannian's aggrieved expression, he remained unmoved.
But just as the scolding words were about to come out of his mouth, a blinding light suddenly came from the formation behind him.
Immediately afterwards, a light - blue semi - circular shield formed above the formation.
The uncle turned around and stared at his formation in disbelief.
He raised his hand and tentatively knocked on it.
The blue light emitted ripples. It was like a bouncy jelly or a water curtain formed by condensed water.
Then the uncle took out a sharp knife from somewhere and suddenly stabbed it at the ball.
However, the tip of the knife didn't pierce into the ball. Instead, a blinding light flashed.
Immediately afterwards, the uncle was catapulted and directly bounced four or five meters away by the light screen.
He hit the wall heavily and was embedded in it.
The uncle spat out a mouthful of blood, but there was no trace of pain on his face. Instead, he laughed maniacally.
"Hahaha! It worked! This formation worked!"
At this moment, he realized that the few strokes Niannian had added were not random scribbles, but the finishing touches. It also helped him solve a problem that had been bothering him for a long time.
Looking at Niannian now, the uncle thought the little kid was extremely cute.
With great effort, he dug himself out of the wall. Then he took a big step forward, excitedly grabbed Niannian's sleeve and said, "Kid, how did you do that? You don't know that I've been researching this formation for a whole month, but I've got no clue at all! I didn't expect that your few strokes would make the formation work. Hurry up, show me how to do it so that I can learn!"
"Ah?"
The uncle's sudden change of attitude left Niannian a bit confused.
Was this formation really that difficult?
"Yes, I can, but I have other things to do now."
"What do you need to do? I'll help you."
Facing the uncle's eager eyes, Xiaotuanzi was suddenly at a loss.
She didn't know what she was going to do next, but she had to stay with her master and senior brothers and couldn't leave.
"We just found a den selling evil statues. There are the souls of spirit beasts imprisoned in those evil statues. We need to release those souls one by one. There are quite a lot of them, so we're really busy."
Shen Weixun had a sudden inspiration and came up with a good idea.
Actually, the steps to rescue the souls of the spirit beasts were not difficult. It was just that there were too many of them.
There were only four of them, including the master and the brothers. Even if it only took fifteen minutes for each one on average, it would still take a long time to deal with hundreds of evil statues.
Formations were not difficult for Niannian, and they didn't have any unique skills that couldn't be shared with outsiders.
If they could get some free labor to help Niannian out of this bitter situation earlier and replenish the lifespan that had been taken away from her, why not teach them?
"Oh, it's this kind of thing. Is it difficult? Is it easy to learn? If it's not difficult, I'll help you."
"It's not difficult, but there are a large number of them, and we need to finish it within a day."
There was a gentle smile on Shen Weixun's face as he quietly guided the uncle to offer his help.
"No problem. Leave this to me. Kid, can you teach me now?"
The uncle's eyes were burning with eagerness. Even when Shen Weixun was talking, his eyes never left Niannian for a second.
Xiaotuanzi nodded repeatedly because her third senior brother had signaled to her with his eyes that she could agree.
"Master, Niannian and I will stay here. You guys go first."
Shen Weixun winked at Daoist Qingyun.
The master - disciple understanding made Daoist Qingyun immediately understand. He nodded with a big smile, feeling extremely happy.
Sure enough, his third disciple was the smartest. It would be a waste not to use this free labor.
Niannian and the third senior brother stayed with the uncle.
The uncle didn't rush Niannian to teach him the formation immediately. Instead, he asked Xiaotuanzi to take out the evil statues first and help release the souls of the spirit beasts inside.
Xiaotuanzi took them out one by one from her small satchel.
The uncle was beside her, unraveling the spells on them one by one.
In practice, it wasn't really difficult. It was just a matter of infusing one's own power into the evil statue in a gentle way, then using internal force to shatter it, and finally giving a little bit of one's own energy to the soul of the spirit beast inside.
When the first one was taken out, the uncle handled it with ease.
The second...
The third...
By the tenth one, the uncle's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat.
Damn it! This job wasn't difficult, really not difficult, but there were just too many of them.
Each time he released a soul, he would consume a part of his own power. After dealing with just ten of them, he felt completely drained.
This definitely wouldn't work. The uncle had a sudden inspiration. He picked up the walkie - talkie beside him and shouted, "Those who are free, come to me immediately."
It seemed that the uncle had some leadership status in the relevant department. Less than five minutes after he put down the walkie - talkie, seven or eight more people came into the room.
They were all raring to go, looking as if they were about to go out and accomplish something great.
But instead, they were here to deal with these evil statues.
The people who were called over were a bit dejected, but at the uncle's request, none of them refused.
They all sat cross - legged on the ground without any grace, waiting for Niannian to take out the statues.
Before long, a strange assembly - line scene was formed in the small room.
Niannian was responsible for taking out the statues, and the people sitting beside her would pick them up and pass them along one by one.
In front of them were the scattered pieces of the evil statues that had been broken into fragments.
As more and more souls of the spirit beasts were released, Xiaotuanzi felt more and more comfortable in her body.
Her mind also became clearer and clearer.
When the last evil statue was destroyed, Niannian felt a sudden shock in her head. Wave after wave of things poured into her mind, as if countless pieces of knowledge were being frantically stuffed into her brain.
"Damn it! It's the White Ze!"