Chapter 40: Leaving the Secret Herb Garden (2)


    “This symbol was here the entire time yet I went past this area multiple times,” Elder Jing questioned herself since she didn’t know how she missed this symbol.


    Taking another few minutes to wonder, Elder Jing concludes that it could only be rted to Senior Ling who is secretly helping behind the scene.


    ‘Other than Senior Ling who knew this ce with his eyes closed, there is no other possibility.’


    Although Elder Jing does not know why Senior Ling refused to show up, she knew he must have his reason to do so.


    Thus, she didn’t linger on this topic anymore as she searched for the rest of the symbol before analyzing it.


    The symbol was only one piece and it’s like a jigsaw puzzle where you have to find every one of them before being able to get a clear picture of activating it.


    The process requires a lot of patience and time since deciphering one wrong thing could disrupt the formation to fail or possibly create an unstable version.


    Elder Jing took another few hours to find all the symbols before memorizing them in her brain.


    Afterward, shended next to Yang Wei who was in a lotus position with his eye closed.


    Sensing someone nearby, Yang Wei knew it was Elder Jing so he stopped cultivating and smiled at her.


    “You found all the symbols already?”


    “Mhmm, now we just gotta decipher the symbol so we can activate the teleportation formation to get out of here.”


    Elder Jing said as she flicked her hand and the symbols started to appear on the ground.


    The symbol dropped on the ground had an ordinary aura without anything special but the drawing in it was some sort of ancientnguage.


    Yang Wei’s jaw became wide open when he saw theplex drawing on those symbols.


    “These are formation symbols. They seem more like a bunch of random drawings that are drawn by little kids.” Yang Wei said as he looked at the curly lines of one particr symbol.


    Meanwhile, Elder Jing used her hand to knock on Yang Wei’s head slightly in displeasure.


    “No wonder why you’re isted in the sect. Such a country bumpkin who has not seen the world yet.” Elder Jing sneered at Yang Wei before continuing.


    “These symbols and drawing are extremely profound. If you simply use your naked eye to see it, there would be nothing more than a random line. However, if you use your spiritual sense, you can see the concentration of aura in it.”


    Elder Jing exined briefly about the symbols to educate Yang Wei for hisck of knowledge and disrespectful remarks.


    Yang Wei simply scratched his head in embarrassment and started to close his eyes to use his spiritual sense.


    When Yang Wei started to analyze the symbols, he became awestruck by the purity of the true qi embedded in it.


    “T-this aura is so pure that my spiritual core starts to get agitated.” Yang Wei eximed in surprise when he can feel his cultivation improve slightly by absorbing the little bit of true qi that is emitting from the symbols.


    Elder Jing smirked when she saw the amateur behavior of Yang Wei. ‘This brat is truly one who has not seen the cultivation world.’


    Elder Jing has more experience than Yang Wei when ites to symbol formation, inscription, alchemy, and has explored multiple ruins before.


    Those ruinse with a lot of danger and she has experienced a close death situation multiple times with some asion where she even became unconscious for a week.


    However, none of them were as painful as being betrayed by a person she trusted, and with that incident, she was no longer a hot-headed girl who took on every risk to improve herself.


    Right now, every move she makes is based on a thorough calction and research while weighing every pros and con.


    Committing a mistake once in your life is inevitable but making the same mistake twice can only be med on themself.


    “E-Elder Jing?” Yang Wei asked when he saw Elder Jing be dazed and stopped answering him.


    “H-Huh?”


    “About the symbols, how are we going to decipher them?”


    “Oh, about the symbols, we can decipher them by trying to piece them together to make a clear picture, and afterward we will send some of our spiritual qi into the symbol to see the reaction.” Elder Jing snapped out of her thinking and calmly instructed Yang Wei.


    Although a bit perplexed by Elder Jing being dazed, Yang Wei didn’t linger further as he began to piece the symbols together.


    Yang Wei and Elder Jing spent the next few hours trying to piece the symbol together.


    It was easier said than done since the symbol may seem to match with each other but when they send their spiritual qi in it, the symbol bes disoriented, indicating it was misced.


    There were even times when they finally pieced everything together and it made a clear picture but s, it was an unstable teleportation formation.


    “Another failure huh,” Elder Jing said when it was their 7th time failing.


    “No worries Elder Jing, we can always try again.” Yang Wei said as he began to unpiece them.


    “Aren’t you a bit frustrated that we got no result at all after all of our hard work?” Elder Jing asked when she saw Yang Wei was still motivated.


    “Frustrated or not, we’ll still have to do our best in solving this puzzle to leave this secret garden.” Yang Wei calmly replied.


    “Sigh, no wonder why you’re able to cultivate and have many breakthroughs this quickly. Your mindset is truly like a boulder, nothing can make you waver.” Elder Jing smiles bitterly at Yang Wei’s attitude on these kinds of situations.


    In this kind of situation where they are trapped with zero progress in leaving this ce, most would have lost their mind already.


    Elder Jing can bet if she was with other youths other than Yang Wei, they would have started crying on the ground for their mommy.


    Also, she would be forced to take care of them, causing her to be distracted by the important task ahead. Luckily though, she has chosen Yang Wei who was mature due to his early days as a mortal.


    However, even when someone has a mature mindset, they could waver on some asions as well. Even if they’re a cultivator, they were still human at the end of the day.


    ‘If my mind were truly like a boulder then I wouldn’t be flustered when I saw you losing your consciousness and will.’ Yang Wei sighs inwardly but doesn’t say it out loud.