173: Two days later, the Qiongshan Illusion Array! The Confused Mind Ring was also checked.

The news came urgently, and Ye An naturally couldn't bid farewell to everyone individually!

He could only tell the news to Ye Xinlian, asking her to inform the others later!

However, regarding Xu Chuang, Ye An still personally admonished him.

He told him not to run around, especially to lay low recently!

The reason he didn't bring Xu Chuang was also because Xu Chuang had made a blood oath not to reveal the Family's internal secrets, and bringing him could easily get him killed!

It's just that, although Ye An didn't specify what it was, Xu Chuang guessed it was related to his own Family's affairs!

So Xu Chuang did not refuse, but instead asked Ye An not to harm his Family members!

Ye An's goal was to obtain wealth, so he naturally agreed!

Moreover, because of Xu Chuang and Xu Yin's relationship, he still wanted to make use of the Xu Family!

Naturally, he wouldn't truly do anything to the Xu Family members!

As for Jiang Yu, that was naturally left to Ye Xinlian to explain the situation to later!

Although he was just a Husband who lives with wifes family, he was still a man!

A man getting busy with his career, Jiang Yu would surely understand!

So, ten minutes later...

Ye Gu led everyone and set off!

Knowing that the place was in Qiong Mountain, Ye An didn't stand on ceremony.

He took Qin Ruyan and Li Han directly into the storage ring!

Then he let Liu Bairan lead the way outside!

Her strength was the greatest, so naturally, her travel speed was also the fastest!

...Inside the storage ring, Ye An, Li Han, and Qin Ruyan stood in the camp, surrounded by the followers Qin Ruyan controlled!

Ye Gu asked Li Han!

"Do you know this Qiong Mountain?"

Li Han heard this and said!

"I know some things!"

"Qiong Mountain's original name was Qiongshan, the 'qiong' from 'qiongjiang yulu' (nectar and jade dew)!"

"It is said that Qiongshan originally had a very clear and sweet river inside!"

"So it was called Qiongshan!"

"But later, for some unknown reason, the river water started to stink, and coupled with the barren resources in the mountain!"

"There were almost no Yao Beasts, so gradually it was jokingly referred to as Qiong Mountain!"

"Qiong Mountain is quite far from Jianglan City, and there are no other cities nearby!"

"Few people go there, even hunters are too lazy to go!"

Hearing Li Han's explanation, Ye An also suddenly understood!

No wonder for so many years, no one had discovered the mystery of the Xu Family's rise.

Qiong Mountain was sparsely populated, and if there really was some treasure inside, it could indeed allow the Xu Family to slowly unearth it!

...Qiong Mountain was not close to Ye Family Pass, even with Liu Bairan personally leading the way!

In the end, it took nearly two days to reach the vicinity of Qiong Mountain!

Beishan and Blood Rage had already been guarding the vicinity of Qiong Mountain, and as soon as Ye An and the others arrived, they met up with them!

Feeling the strength of Ye An and Qin Ruyan, Beishan and Blood Rage were both surprised!

"Boss, your strength has broken through too quickly!"

Beishan couldn't help but ask!

Ye An smiled and said!

"Don't worry, I've also had Ruyan prepare Cultivation Materials for you!"

"You've worked hard this month, you won't be shortchanged!"

"Now, let's talk about the situation!"

Beishan quickly nodded, then led Ye An and his group to the edge of a hill!

Ye An and the others saw that in front of this hill was a huge basin, filled with towering trees!

But strangely, there was no movement inside at all!

Let alone any Yao Beasts, there weren't even insects, fish, birds, or beasts!

Beishan said!

"We discovered that there is a huge Illusion Formation in this basin!"

"It almost surrounded the entire valley!"

"And the people who came out of Qiong Mountain, that is, they entered the Illusion Formation here and disappeared!"

"We were afraid of alerting the enemy, so we didn't dare to go in!"

Ye An nodded upon hearing this!

"Well done, not alerting the enemy is the right thing to do!"

Beishan quickly nodded and said!

"Thank you, Boss!"

"Also, we discovered another situation!"

"The people inside here don't seem to be trapped forever!"

"We observed for two days while staking out here and found that from time to time, different people would come out to enjoy themselves in Jianglan City for two days!"

"Then they would return!"

"We speculate that the people inside here must have all made blood oaths, which is why the Xu Family allows them to enter and exit freely!"

"Or, those who can go in and out freely should have a certain status inside!"

Ye An frowned upon hearing this, while Liu Bairan on the side looked ahead and said!

"This Illusion Formation is not easy to break through!"

"Entering rashly might lead to being discovered!"

Ye An nodded, he was now a fifth-grade auxiliary professional after all!

Although he didn't know what kind of Illusion Formation this Formation was, he could feel its extraordinariness!

It was probably at least a fourth-grade Illusion Formation!

Moreover, Liu Bairan was powerful, and she could even sense that entering this Illusion Formation would lead to being discovered.

That was enough to indicate that this Illusion Formation was being monitored!

Thinking of this, Ye An said!

"Since the Formation is difficult to deal with, let's start with people!"

"This Formation is, after all, only an Illusion Formation, it should be to cover up the core secret inside!"

"And the core area should not have a Formation!"

"At worst, we'll wait a few days!"

Beishan quickly said upon hearing this!

"Boss, you really don't have to!"

"Someone left last night, and according to the pattern, he should be back tonight!"

"If we wait a bit, that person should arrive!"

"What's his strength?"

Ye An asked.

"Golden Core Realm first layer!"

Ye An couldn't help but look at Liu Bairan on the side!

Liu Bairan nodded.

Clearly, she was confident she could take him down!

So everyone temporarily hid in the surroundings!

Sure enough, after less than a quarter of an hour!

A slovenly middle-aged man reeking of alcohol walked over from a distance!

He even held a bottle of wine in his hand.

Clearly, he was a drunkard!

Liu Bairan didn't waste words, immediately transforming into a puff of white smoke and instantly enveloping the man!

And within the white smoke, a pair of blood-red eyes instantly met the drunkard's eyes!

The drunkard's eyes instantly became dull.

The wine bottle in his hand also instantly fell to the ground and shattered into pieces!

And at the same time, the white smoke that Liu Bairan had transformed into instantly gathered towards the drunkard's waist!

Then it drilled into a storage ring!

Inside the storage ring, it was chaotic.

But Liu Bairan could only temporarily endure it!

Because for safety, Ye An and the others were currently hiding inside the storage ring on Liu Bairan's body!

It was literally a storage ring within a storage ring!

And after Liu Bairan controlled the man's consciousness, she manipulated him to walk step by step towards the illusion!

Actually, saying "manipulated" wasn't entirely accurate, it was more like "bewilderment"!

After all, Liu Bairan's true form was a Fox Immortal, and Fox Immortals, these Yao Beasts, were best at bewitching people's minds!

Moreover, only the drunkard knew how to navigate the path after entering the illusion!

So Liu Bairan could only be said to have bewildered his mind!

And not to have completely controlled him!

...Sure enough, as the person entered the Formation, the surrounding scenery quickly changed!

Everyone hiding in the storage ring saw clearly!

It was originally a lush mountain range, but as the person entered!

The surrounding trees instantly disappeared!

Instead, there were piles of mounds.

These mounds looked as if they had been dug out from underground, with soil and broken stones!

All piled up around!

And all the trees in the entire valley had been cut down!

The drunkard walked along the path to the entrance of a cave!

Two guards stood at the entrance, and upon seeing him, they stopped him!

One of the guards said!

"Old Qin, how much have you had to drink?"

"Are you drunk?"

The other said disdainfully!

"Alright, alright, quickly search him and let him go!"

"He stinks!"

The first guard nodded, then stepped forward and began to check Old Qin's belongings!

The other person searched around and seemed to find nothing, then said!

"Take out your storage ring!"

Hearing this, Liu Bairan couldn't help but frown!

Ye An's heart also tightened.

After all, they hadn't expected that the other party would even check the storage ring!