"Chu Feng, it's better to rely on yourself than others. At a time like this, you need to depend on yourself."
The Queen warned him with a grave expression.
Chu Feng sank into deep thought.
Meanwhile, Ying Mingchao and Zi Xunyi were also thinking ceaselessly, trying to figure out where exactly things had gone wrong.
…
After a moment, Ying Mingchao suddenly looked up, a change flickering 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 ours back then?"
"We were hanging by a thread back then."
"Chu Feng's situation is bad now too, but compared to how we were, it's still quite different," Zi Xunyi said.
"Then that should be it — his injuries aren't severe enough," Ying Mingchao said.
"Could it be that you want Chu Feng to go through it all over again?" Zi Xunyi asked.
"Everything else checks out. The only difference is his injuries. Other than that, I can't think of any other solution," Ying Mingchao said.
At that, Zi Xunyi fell silent, because she too couldn't think of another way to break the formation.
But just then, Chu Feng suddenly stood up and said, "Senior, I've thought of a method."
Almost at the same moment Chu Feng spoke, Ying Mingchao also said, "Chu Feng, I know where the problem lies."
Both speaking at once lifted everyone's spirits, as though they could already see the hope of Chu Feng breaking the formation.
"You thought of it too?" Hearing Chu Feng say this, Ying Mingchao was delighted.
After all, having Chu Feng endure more torment weighed on his conscience. Truthfully, he had been somewhat reluctant to even bring it up. If Chu Feng had figured it out on his own, that would save him quite a bit of trouble.
"I think 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 tightened — this was clearly the opposite of what he had been thinking. Though he strongly disagreed with Chu Feng's idea, he still asked, "Chu Feng, why would you say that?"
"Senior, I don't think the illusion was necessarily trying to mislead us."
"The further I've come, the more certain I am that the method of breaking the formation from the illusion is actually viable," Chu Feng said.
"Chu Feng, setting aside whether the method from the illusion is even viable — even if it is, in your current state you simply can't use it," Ying Mingchao said.
"Senior, there's a method that might bring me back to life," Chu Feng said.
"Bring you back to life?" Ying Mingchao was astonished.
"There's a formation I comprehended in the illusion — one that could restore me completely. But..."
Chu Feng didn't finish, because while this formation might bring him back to life and heal his injuries so that he recovered to his peak condition...
It might also take his life outright. This was a gamble.
But Chu Feng was confident he could heal his injuries.
"You're talking about that healing formation?"
"Don't do it. It's too dangerous. If it works, fine — but if it fails, it'll cost you your life," Ying Mingchao said.
"Chu Feng, you have to believe me. Xunyi and I have both been to the Unknown Burial Ground. We've been through everything you've been through."
"We're not lying to you. We've tried many of the formation-breaking methods from the illusion, and the result was that they nearly killed us. Chu Feng, you absolutely must not act recklessly," Ying Mingchao urged earnestly.
"But Senior, have you tried that healing formation?" Chu Feng asked.
"That formation, I haven't tried. It's far too dangerous," Ying Mingchao said.
"Senior, just now you said you know where the problem lies?" Chu Feng asked.
He also wanted to see whether Ying Mingchao had truly identified the issue.
"That's right, I found it..."
Ying Mingchao didn't hesitate any further and directly told Chu Feng what he had figured out.
"What? Make you endure the formation's torture all over again?"
"Might as well tell him to go die."
Before Chu Feng could even react to Ying Mingchao's proposal, the Queen had already erupted.
"Chu Feng, don't you dare listen to him! He's not you — what worked for him back then might not work for you. I think he broke that formation by pure dumb luck, nothing more."