Chapter 1982: Setting Up the Formation
Ruan Mengtuo had her own thoughts. She knew how hard she had worked for everything she had now, so she would not allow a better woman to stand ahead of her.
Wu Shang listened and said, "Fine. Women’s thoughts are so strange. I really don’t understand." He sighed that women were probably the hardest people in the world to understand.
Ruan Mengtuo gave Wu Shang a charming smile. "That is because you do not know women. Once you understand them, you will know that women are the most powerful beings in the world."
"I do not understand women. In fact, I have never thought about understanding them," Wu Shang said directly. "I only want to become a true god who looks down on ants."
"That is a good idea, young man. Then work hard," Ruan Mengtuo said casually to comfort him.
Zhu Yanyi had already learned from the secret report given by the Empress that Wu Shang and Ruan Mengtuo’s flying boat would reach the edge of the Lucky Forest in no more than five days. There were things that needed to be done. At night, she gathered the other students of the Sage Academy and got straight to the point.
"According to the secret report obtained by Her Majesty the Elf Empress, Wu Shang leads the Dark Forest team, and Ruan Mengtuo leads the Happy Garden team. They will reach the edge of the Lucky Forest in about five days," Zhu Yanyi announced.
"But I have only just started teaching my spells, and the results are not significant yet," Sikong Xuran said seriously.
"My close combat training is the same. Everyone has only just begun. I am afraid it will be useless on the battlefield," Yi Yunfei replied.
Zhu Yanyi smiled slightly. "Do not worry about this. I have discussed it with the Elf Empress. We plan to use the Empty City Strategy to trick them into retreating first. We need to delay them for as long as possible, at least three months or half a year. This way, we will gain time. With strict training, there should be results by then, and we can teach tactics later."
"Empty City Strategy?" Yi Yunfei looked at Zhu Yanyi curiously. "Fifteen, how do you plan to do this?"
Zhu Yanyi chuckled softly. "Naturally, I will use a secret weapon."
She then gave everyone a mysterious smile. "Do not worry. This secret weapon is not very powerful, but it is enough to scare people. So, do not worry.
Also, there is the simple formation I led everyone to set up earlier. I will slightly change the layout then, turning it into a comprehensive formation within a formation. It will be enough to scare Wu Shang and Ruan Mengtuo away temporarily."
Zhu Yanyi did not tell them about the clever use of fire. After all, it was better not to let everyone know about this for now. It was not that she did not trust them, but some matters, if discussed too much, could lead to gossip and trouble.
Zhu Yanyi did not want any trouble at this critical moment. "However, during this period, you must keep the other people of the Lucky Forest, whom you are teaching and assisting, under control."
She paused for a moment and continued, "As for me, Fourth Senior Brother, you will temporarily take my place in controlling them, because I will be quite busy these few days.
Also, do not let them go near the simple formations I led them to set up earlier. I will change them slightly, and they might become different formations. If they enter by mistake, they might face danger."
"Okay, I remember," Gu Jun nodded immediately.
She knew her junior sister’s abilities. If she said there would be danger, there would be danger. Therefore, she would naturally assist Zhu Yanyi and prevent those people from acting recklessly.
Actually, the residents of the Lucky Forest were quite self-disciplined. Generally, when they were taught something, they learned very seriously. Probably because of this seriousness, the students of the Sage Academy taught them with extra care. When both sides were serious, a very good effect was produced: trust. They trusted each other, and if the other party asked them to do something they could help with, they would never cut corners.
So, as long as Gu Jun restrained them and told them not to go somewhere, those people would not wander off.
Zhu Yanyi nodded slightly. "Not only that, you should not go to the edge areas these few days either. Although it will not endanger your lives, danger still exists. If you are not careful, you might get injured."
"Fine, we will just not go to the edge then," everyone agreed.
Seeing that everyone had remembered, Zhu Yanyi relaxed. "Actually, it is only a few days, at most ten. Once Wu Shang and Ruan Mengtuo are tricked away, you can go out for training. Then I will modify the formation slightly to make it suitable for your training grounds. That would be nice."
"Alright," everyone laughed in unison.
Yi Yunfei then said, "But these few days, Fifteen, do you really not need our help?"
Zhu Yanyi smiled slightly and shook her head. "By keeping the people under control, you have already helped me a lot. Rest assured, if I really need help, I will tell you."
With Zhu Yanyi’s advance warning, starting the next day, everyone led their teams and no longer went toward the edge areas of the Lucky Forest.
From that day on, only Zhu Yanyi appeared in the edge areas. Those who knew her understood she was changing the formation, though they did not know what kind of formation it was. Until Wu Shang and Ruan Mengtuo’s flying boat appeared at the edge, Zhu Yanyi smiled slightly, tapped the formation eye directly, and then the entire edge area turned into a sea of fog.
"Did you just set up a fog formation?" Ouyang Tianyun asked curiously.
"It is actually okay. It is just a fog formation with a little bit of heavenly lightning formation added, then a little bit of trapping formation, and finally a little bit of illusion formation. Anyway, it is actually five, six, seven, eight, or nine formations combined and operated together. So, except for me, you had better not go there. It will be dangerous if you do."
Zhu Yanyi told Ouyang Tianyun very seriously.
After hearing this, the only thing everyone could do was look at Zhu Yanyi silently. For the first time, they realized they were indeed silly. Otherwise, why would they ask Zhu Yanyi such a silly question?
After speaking, Zhu Yanyi looked forward with an innocent face. "Besides, don’t you think the Lucky Forest is more beautiful with this fog formation?"
"Hehe, yes, it is very beautiful." The only thing everyone could do was agree. Otherwise, who would say that someone had nothing better to do than put a ring of white fog around the forest? And beneath this beauty lay unknown dangers.
Of course, this was the thought of those inside the Lucky Forest. For Wu Shang and Ruan Mengtuo, they were not so lucky.
Wu Shang and Ruan Mengtuo did not expect there to be a layer of white fog around the Dream Forest, and a hint of doubt arose in their hearts.