Frank thought for a moment and shook his head. âNo. There is just one road.â
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Claudia said, âLook ahead. Xerxesâ flying ark is a supreme treasure. It was once a Daoist ancestral
templeâs treasure. It is speedy, and it might have gone ahead of us.â
Frank was hearing the official name of the golden bamboo boat for the first time.
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As they moved forward in the dark surroundings, only the sound of two peopleâs footsteps could be
heard. It seemed very quiet. After a while, both of them realized that they were off course. According to
the mileage calculation, they could have gone from Michigan to California at such ridiculously high
speed.
âSomethingâs wrong!â Claudia took the lead and stopped.
âI donât feel right either.â
âItâs like weâre going around in circles. Weâve taken pretty much the same path. Are we lost?â
Frank shook his head. âThe so-called phenomenon is just one of the ordinary formations inside, nothing
worth mentioning.â
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Claudia looked skeptical. âYou talk as if you know the formation.â
Frank said, âDidnât Moony tell you? I am a formation Grandmaster.â
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âOuch!â
âWhatâs wrong with you?â
âI bit my tongue!â
Frank stared at her expression with suspicion on his face, âAunt Claudia, are you really practicing
Serenity?â
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Claudia rolled her eyes. âIt is none of your business. You said you are a formation master, so hurry up
and break the formation here for me.â
Frank said helplessly, âIf only there were formations here, I would have found it long ago, but the key is
that there are no formation boundaries here. Itâs very normal.â
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Claudia said, âI think itâs because you donât know how to break the formation at all.â
Frank looked at her and stopped talking. Instead, he unfolded his primordial eye and looked around,
then lay down on the ground again and listened. After a few moments, he felt odder and odderâ¦
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âWell? See anything?â Claudia asked.
âIt is very strange here⦠Like⦠Itâs a living thing,â Frank said with an odd face. âSo, itâs not that we are
lost, but this passage is most likely alive.â
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âLiving things?â
Claudia froze. She had never thought of such a situation, but now that she remembered that the hole
they had entered from was bleeding, she became a bit suspicious. She flipped her right hand and
grabbed a long knife. Then, she said, âTry it and see.â
Her sword was very long. It was about two meters, a little taller than her height. It was sparkling and
very sharp. She planted the sword into the ground ruthlessly.
Poof!
No blood spurted out.
However, in the next second, the entire passageway turned upside down and shook ferociously, and
the walls of the passage quickly closed.
âNot good, run!â
Frank saw that the situation was not right and quickly picked up Claudia. He teleported forward, but he
could not move outside because teleportation was also space-limited.
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The closing speed of the channel wall was faster than his teleportation.
The next second.
Snap!
The passage closed.
Frank felt a huge force closing in, sandwiching the two people inside. It was tightly closed, and they
were unable to move.
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Claudia screamed. She felt like her bones were going to be crushed, and now she and Frank were in a
bit of an odd position, like a crossed âXâ. Their surroundings were closed all around.
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âOh, Bjorne, you quickly move a little. I feel uncomfortable!â
Bjorne,
Alex,
Could this be not comfortable?
It was embarrassing too. Even if one were to cultivate serenity, it wasnât useful!