Supreme Alchemist
Chapter 2181 - 2181 2171 Eight Trigrams

2181: Chapter 2171: Eight Trigrams 2181: Chapter 2171: Eight Trigrams Ouyang Zhen had just heard Long Yan’s voice when he felt his body rising into the air.

At the critical moment, Long Yan grabbed his body and flew off with him directly to the mouth, while a green poison arrow flew past beneath their feet.

The close shave left Ouyang Zhen still trembling with fear, and very quickly, he came face to face with a new problem.

They had left the Floating Platform and were now in mid-air, viewing the approaching Sea of Blood, causing Ouyang Zhen to close his eyes.

Seeing the expression on Ouyang Zhen’s face, a faint smile appeared on Long Yan’s.

With one hand supporting Ouyang Zhen and a Demon Spear materializing in his right hand, he hurled the spear towards the face of the adjacent Snake Person.

“Eight Wastes Step!”

Long Yan tapped on the air a few times with his feet, and his entire figure vanished into the air.

It must be said that the Eight Wastes Step was truly worthy of being a god-level body technique, having saved Long Yan’s life countless times up to now.

As the Demon Spear whistled through the air towards the Snake Person, it flailed with the Steel Fork in an attempt to block.

But how could the Demon Spear be so easily stopped?

Instantly, the Steel Fork was shattered by the spear, which then pierced through the fork and into the chest of the Snake Person, pinning it to the ground in an instant.

The Snake Person writhed in pain, green blood spurting from its chest, but inexplicably, the large Floating Platform remained unshattered by the impact of the Demon Spear.

It tried to pull out the Demon Spear, and its strong vitality instead became the source of its agony.

Yet, all efforts were in vain, leaving it only to twist in pain.

Ouyang Zhen felt his body land on solid ground and realized he had not fallen into the Blood River as he had feared.

A black flame appeared in Long Yan’s hand, quickly dealing with the agonizing Snake Person.

Effortlessly lifting the Demon Spear that was stuck in the ground, Long Yan finally took the time to examine the Floating Platform.

The one they had initially referred to as the Start Character Floating Platform had also leisurely drifted to the side of this Giant Floating Platform and halted.

Ouyang Zhen climbed up from the ground with a trace of joy having survived calamity, dusting off his clothes.

Although it had been a very close call, he would rather die from snake poison than fall into that Blood River.

The mechanism on the platform was simple, just a wooden device.

Lightly manipulating the device by Long Yan, the entire Third Level resonated with a rumbling sound.

Long Yan surveyed the Giant Platform, considering that perhaps the design of this Third Level involved a stronger monster on a Floating Platform, and by activating the mechanism, one could find the way to the next level.

On this massive Floating Platform, there were two smaller platforms, one labeled with the character for rest, and the other with the character for death.

Ouyang Zhen gave Long Yan a glance, meaning to ask which path they should take next.

Long Yan also fell into a dilemma.

It seemed that the characters on the platforms indeed indicated the way to proceed, but Long Yan had no strategy in mind.

“Why don’t we choose the auspicious ‘rest’ and avoid ‘death’?” Long Yan asked with uncertainty.

Of course, simply waiting around wouldn’t be the best approach.

With no better ideas of his own, Ouyang Zhen had no choice but to follow and continue forward.

And so, the two stepped onto the Floating Platform with the character for rest.

Silence fell between them, neither speaking a word, each contemplating the implications behind it.

In Long Yan’s heart, a glimmer of spiritual light passed, but he still couldn’t remember what it was.

He felt it was very familiar, yet he couldn’t grasp that final clue in the depths of his consciousness.

Compared to the first time, the speed was obviously much faster with the Floating Platform of rest, and this time, the two were well-prepared and smoothly reached the next Floating Platform.

Long Yan flicked his In-hand Demon Spear, looking at the spider beneath his feet still oozing green blood.

He had seen this spider once before, in the Swamp of Death, where it had caused him considerable trouble.

It was a transparent spider.

He wondered how the remaining spiders were faring now after the death of the Spider Queen, probably scattered like birds and beasts.

“This thing is called the Sky-Poison Spider.”

Ouyang Zhen lightly squatted next to the transparent spider, and began to introduce the spider to Long Yan.

It was a variant of spiders but could already be categorized as a monster, possessing a fair amount of Spiritual Wisdom.

However, due to its inherently murderous nature, it ultimately found it difficult to advance further.

“Just this bit of venom can corrode a god-king level cultivator to nothing.”

Long Yan knew that Ouyang Zhen wasn’t exaggerating.

Just this spider’s blood was corrosive enough to create a small pit in the Floating Platform, which even a Demon Spear couldn’t dent.

This thing had caused him no small amount of trouble in the Swamp of Death.

This time there was only a small Floating Platform left, on which was the character for ‘Life’.

Suddenly, Long Yan thought of the principle of Tai Chi.

Could it be that the Floating Platforms were the legendary Eight Trigrams?

Long Yan looked at the characters on the Floating Platforms.

The first character was ‘Open’, representing the Open Door; the second was ‘Rest’, representing the Rest Door.

It seemed that this embodied the method of the Eight Trigrams.

Having figured out the pattern of the Floating Platforms, Long Yan did not make it known, instead, he simply led Ouyang Zhen onto the Floating Platform marked with ‘Life’.

The Eight Trigrams and the Great Formation operated on the same principle – constantly changing every moment, but despite a myriad of changes, they all stuck to the same fundamental rule, and there would always be a true exit.

The reason he did not tell Ouyang Zhen was not because he feared it would disadvantage him, but rather because the Eight Trigrams was considered a lost Secret Technique.

If he told Ouyang Zhen, Long Yan would no longer live peaceful days.

And so, Long Yan led Ouyang Zhen onto the ‘Life’ Floating Platform.

If he hadn’t guessed wrong, the Floating Platform to come would be ‘Injury’.

Sure enough, after casually dealing with the monster on the Floating Platform, Long Yan found the one marked with ‘Injury’.

At the same time, Long Yan also discovered a small mechanism similar to the one on the first Floating Platform.

After casually breaking off the mechanism, Long Yan led Ouyang Zhen onto the ‘Injury’ Floating Platform without the slightest hesitation.

Meanwhile, in a place unknown to Long Yan, Feng Tianlu was watching the two’s progress.

“This…”

Seeing Long Yan so quickly choose the next Floating Platform, and even the correct one, Feng Tianlu’s face revealed an incredulous expression.

Of course, Feng Tianlu understood the Eight Trigrams, and the design of this level was precisely that.

Feng Tianlu had to search ancient texts far and wide to discover the method for this level.

But seeing Long Yan identify the correct Road so swiftly, he couldn’t quite believe it, and a question arose in his heart – could this youngster really understand the Eight Trigrams?

Then his face showed wild joy.

If Long Yan truly understood the Eight Trigrams, then that Great Formation that had always been dormant could also be activated.

By then, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that within this Star Domain, no one could match this Formation, let alone The world.

Who would believe that?

As for the Sects of Saint Que, those kinds of Great Formation weren’t even worthy to be looked at.