"Chu Feng, relying on others is never as good as relying on yourself. At a time like this, you need to depend on no one but yourself."
The Queen's voice was grave as she offered her reminder.
And Chu Feng sank into deep contemplation.
At the same time, Ying Mingchao and Zi Xunyi were also thinking ceaselessly, trying to figure out exactly where things had gone wrong.
……
After a moment, Ying Mingchao suddenly raised his head, a shift in his gaze as though something had occurred to him. He turned to Zi Xunyi and asked, "Xunyi, how does Chu Feng's current condition compare to what we went through back then?"
"Back then, we were hanging by a thread."
"Chu Feng's situation is certainly dire as well, but it still falls quite short of what we faced." Zi Xunyi replied.
"Then that must be it — the injuries simply aren't severe enough." Ying Mingchao said.
"Are you saying you want to put Chu Feng through that again?" Zi Xunyi asked.
"Nothing else is wrong. The injuries are the only difference between his case and ours. Apart from that, I can't think of any other solution." Ying Mingchao replied.
At that, Zi Xunyi fell silent, because she too could not think of another way to break the formation.
However, just at that moment, Chu Feng suddenly stood up and said, "Seniors, I've thought of a way."
And almost at the exact same instant that Chu Feng spoke, Ying Mingchao also said, "Chu Feng, I know where the problem lies."
The two of them speaking simultaneously sent a jolt of energy through everyone, as though they could already see hope for Chu Feng breaking the formation.
"Chu Feng, you've figured it out too?" Ying Mingchao was delighted to hear Chu Feng say that.
After all, the thought of putting Chu Feng through even more torment weighed on his conscience. In truth, he had felt somewhat reluctant to bring it up himself.
If Chu Feng had arrived at the answer on his own, that would save him quite a bit of trouble.
"I believe I should still rely on the method of breaking the formation that I comprehended from the illusion." Chu Feng said.
"What?"
Hearing this, Ying Mingchao's heart clenched — this was clearly nothing like what he had been thinking.
Although he strongly disagreed with Chu Feng's idea, Ying Mingchao still asked, "Chu Feng, why do you say that?"
"Senior, I don't think the illusion was deliberately trying to mislead us."
"As I've continued on this journey, I've become increasingly certain that the method of breaking the formation shown within the illusion is actually viable." Chu Feng said.
"Chu Feng, let's put aside whether the formation-breaking method you comprehended in the illusion is viable. Even if it truly is, you're in no condition to use it right now." Yingming Chao said.
"Senior, there is one method that might bring me back from the dead." Chu Feng said.
"Back from the dead?" Yingming Chao was quite startled.
"There was a formation I comprehended within the illusion. That formation can revive me from death, only..."
Chu Feng didn't finish, because this formation might indeed bring him back from the dead—restoring his injuries and returning him to peak condition.
But it could just as easily take his life. It was a gamble.
However, Chu Feng had a fifty-percent chance of making a full recovery.
"You mean that healing formation?"
"You mustn't. It's far too dangerous. If it works, that's fine, but if it doesn't, it will kill you." Yingming Chao said.
"Chu Feng, you have to believe me. Xun Yi and I both once entered the Unknown Burial Ground. Everything you've gone through, we've gone through as well."
"We're not lying to you. Many of the formation-breaking methods from within the illusion, we tried them too. The result was that they nearly killed us. Chu Feng, you absolutely must not act recklessly." Yingming Chao pleaded earnestly.
"But Senior, have you tried that healing formation?" Chu Feng asked.
"That formation... I actually haven't tried it, because it's far too perilous." Yingming Chao said.
"Senior, you said just now that you've identified where the problem lies?" Chu Feng asked.
He wanted to see whether Yingming Chao had truly pinpointed the issue.
"That's right, I've found it..."
Yingming Chao no longer hesitated, and directly told Chu Feng the problem as he saw it.
"What? Make you endure the formation's torment all over again?"
"He can go die, for all I care."
Before Chu Feng could even react to Yingming Chao's proposal, Her Majesty had already exploded in fury.
"Chu Feng, don't you dare listen to him again. He isn't you. He wasn't necessarily like you back then. I think the way he broke the formation was nothing but a blind cat stumbling onto a dead rat—it was pure luck."