Chapter 489: A Complex Box
The box that looked to be rather plain and normal on the surface was not. Ye Jin noticed the change in Wang Xiong’s expression and spoke up.
“I checked it with spirit sense, but couldn’t detect anything. I couldn’t open it directly either.” Ye Jin spoke.
“That is exactly the problem.” Wang Xiong replied.
“Did you find something?” Ye Jin asked curiously.
“Seems like it…” Wang Xiong said before closing his eyes.
A couple of seconds later, he opened them and they appeared to be rather still. He lifted both his hands and waved them in a circle before creating a Taiji symbol. A white glow appeared on his right hand faintly and a black one appeared on his left hand.
Then placed both of them on the box and infused the energy from the two hands in it.
~shua~
The energy seemed to have caused a change within the box as all of the formations that were hidden on it appeared on its surface. The energy that Wang Xiong had used was like a stain, making the hidden visible.
“This… how was this hidden?” Ye Jin questioned in shock.
“Whoever made this was definitely a master in formations. Not only did they place a concealing formation on it, but they also added a spirit Qi diffusing formation, a reflection formation, and an isolating formation.” Wang Xiong answered.
“What? How are they all even working?” Ye Jin was confused.
As far as she knew, all of these were complex formations and didn’t work particularly well unless they were made in a large area. The box… certainly was not large enough to compare to its requirements.
“Hmm… from what I can tell, the concealing formation is the outermost layer of it. The spirit Qi diffusing formation diffuses the spirit Qi that is brought by the spirit sense, making it seem like there is nothing there, while the reflection formation and isolating formation provide additional secrecy.” Wang Xiong hypothesized.
“But these formations are way too complex to be put on a box as small as this. I mean… they are used to hide entire sects if not buildings.” Ye Jin said.
“Indeed. Whoever made this managed to find an alternative method that can accommodate smaller versions of these formations. Though… from what I can tell, this formation can only last a certain amount of time.” Wang Xiong added.
“A certain time? You mean to say it has a fixed spirit Qi storage?” Ye Jin questioned.
“Yes, it does. But the spirit Qi diffusion formation that is present in it is the self destruct formation as well. Once it runs out of spirit Qi, it will forcibly try to absorb spirit Qi. And you can imagine what will happen to it under the effects of the other formations.” Wang Xiong explained.
Hearing his words, Ye Jin was shocked. She could understand it now and knew that the conflict between other formations and whatever items were kept in the box would cause it to explode.
This explosion would also result in the destruction of its contents, thus keeping the privacy and identity of the owner safe.
“But if it really is something on this level, then is it even possibles or anyone from our sect to do this? I don’t think we have formation masters of this level in our sect.” Ye Jin said with concern.
“Exactly,” Wang Xiong said and took a pause to gaze at the box with the black glowing formations.
“Then if it isn’t someone from our sect… who else could be involved in this? There aren’t many powers that even have formation masters of that level.” Ye Jin spoke.
“That is what I fear… it’s either a top sect thinking about meddling in our matters. Or perhaps even some other clan.” Wang Xiong said as his brows furrowed.
“Still, we need to know what is inside it to get a proper idea.” Ye Jin said.
“Of course. Let me try to get it open.” Wang Xiong spoke.
Ye Jin nodded her head and waited patiently for Wang Xiong to do his task, she didn’t want to disturb him and break the box destroying its contents. She also watched on curiously as Wang Xiong used the inheritance he had obtained from the tomb.
He had told her about the technique and the skill, but she was still a bit confused. After all, the Taiji Celestial’s inheritance was not that simple. If one could understand it just from listening, there would be no need for an inheritance trial.
Wang Xiong released more of the black and white energies and placed his hands on the two sides of the box. He released them at the same timer, directing them to push against the formations on the box.
The formations were being filled with the new energy and were getting impacted. After a few seconds of infusion, Wang Xiong withdrew the energy and instead reversed the flow of it.
Now the energy that had entered the box tried to return to his hands instead. But this energy was like water getting trapped in a glass box. No matter how much it tried, it could not get out.
Seeing this, Wang Xiong reversed the flow again and poured more of the energy. After a sufficient amount of time, he withdrew the energy and tried to see if it worked… it did not.
But the change he did discover was that the box’s formation was bending just a slightly more than before.
‘If it can do it for this, then I just need to continue.’ Wang Xiong thought.
He continued to repeat the process of infusing and pulling one after the other until an entire hour had passed by. By this time, he realize the water that was getting trapped in the box had reached a certain level.
After about one more attempt, Wang Xiong reckoned he would be successful.
“Just one more time… one more time and we figure out who is behind all this.” Wang Xiong muttered to himself.
