Peace Order
Chapter 198 - 102: Entering the Formation to See Qilin_3

Chapter 198: Chapter 102: Entering the Formation to See Qilin_3

He had lost his temper once.

Thus, the guards did not bother him anymore, thankfully, apart from that, he was a very easy person to get along with.

On this day, Li Guanyi checked in for duty and carried out his basic guarding tasks at Qilin Palace, then went alone to the quiet garden to practice, while the other guards dispersed, not daring to disturb him. Li Guanyi closed his eyes for a long time, sensing that no one was around, and breathed out.

He opened his eyes.

The time had come.

He had lain in wait for several days, just waiting for everyone to accept the personality and habits he had displayed. At this moment, all the guards would think he was meditating and would not dare to come over; while the members of the Imperial Guard would think he was an arrogant aristocratic son.

Li Guanyi could determine through the changes in the Four Symbols Sealing Spirit Formation that the person at the Formation Eye was not present.

Every day at this time he would leave, only to return an hour later.

This span of time was his opportunity.

Li Guanyi’s eyes revealed traces of Qi, the Qi Mechanism changes visible within his eyes. The Four Symbols Sealing Spirit Formation unfolded within his perception, by now he was no longer the clueless and perplexed novice he had been when he first encountered this formation.

He found the direction.

Next was the Formation Eye, movements of the formation in an instant brushed past the young man’s temples.

This was a variation he and Shaking Light had figured out.

Such a formation involved Yin Yang Five Elements, constellations, and Mathematics. Li Guanyi could see the remnants of soldiers left in some treacherous parts of the formation, even some White Bones, which seemed to be traces left by those who had attempted to break through the formation in the past ten years. Due to the dangers of the formation, even the palace maids dared not come in to clean.

However, this perilous Great Formation seemed like a walk in the park to Li Guanyi.

He walked past the outer garden, pavilions.

Then he entered the palace, circumvented a spot where lightning generated from the circulating Yin Yang Five Elements would strike, then held his breath and took a step forward, stepping on the very spot that had been deadly just a moment before. At the moment his foot touched the ground, that deadly place transformed into life, while everywhere else remained treacherous.

At last, Li Guanyi made it to the interior of the formation.

It had taken only the time for one cup of tea.

And the Qilin had been trapped there for ten years.

Li Guanyi raised his hand, his palm gently pressed against the large red carved wooden door. He paused for a moment, then slowly pushed it open. A fierce aura rushed towards his face. Li Guanyi’s vision went white, only slowly adapting to the brightness, and then he froze.

The Four Spirits for the formation.

But inside there was also the Five Elements Flow, and at the innermost part, the Yin Yang Map rotated incessantly.

There were eight giant columns.

Needing three people to embrace them, copper columns positioned according to the I Ching within the palace, each pillar engraved with runes, and the floor of the palace dug into depressions.

The Qilin was locked in the middle.

But, contrary to what Li Guanyi had anticipated, the Qilin in his memory was a majestic and powerful Divine Beast. However, what he saw now was a creature in disarray, its body wrapped in chains, a section of the Qilin’s horn broken, its Scale Armor engulfed in flame.

But when the flames flowed away, the dense sword scars on the Qilin’s Scale Armor could be seen.

Only its eyes remained open, those golden-red pupils still carrying divine majesty.

The voice was low, "Imperial Guard..."

"Hmm, finally coming to send troops to kill me?"

The chains howled as the Qilin struggled to stand, its gaze icy cold.

Then it saw the Imperial Guard in front of it wearing a helmet and face mask, sitting down before it, removing his sword and placing it at the side, the formation starting to gradually relax.

The Qilin’s killing intent suddenly paused.

It saw the Imperial Guard before it reach out, tapping the golden face mask of the Imperial Guard.

Then lifted it off, revealing the tear mole at the corner of the eyes, along with a somewhat familiar face.

’Hey, it’s me, I’m Li Wanli.’

The Qilin froze, its pupils widened, as if in a trance, it seemed to see the young man from years ago, removing his face mask, smiling confidently, reaching out a hand while the face under the sunlight gradually blurred, gradually transforming into the young man before it, Li Guan, with the face mask put down.

In its most disheveled moment, it saw the son of an old friend.

The Qilin was dazed, feeling as if it was all a dream about to awaken, as if that person was still alive, would talk and laugh with it, the present interweaving with the past.

The young man spoke softly, in a daze, as if seeing an old friend speaking alongside.

’Hey, Qilin!’

"I’m here."