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Chapter 359 Breaking the Formation to Save Dad (3)_1

Chapter 359: Chapter 359 Breaking the Formation to Save Dad (3)_1

Zi Xiao touched his face that had been kissed by Dugu Qianye and smiled. He came over to watch Dugu Qianye set up a small formation and asked, "Have you thought of a method?"

"You’ll know when you see."

Dugu Qianye used Array Stones to create a similar formation and then removed the Array Stone she had mentioned earlier; the entire formation indeed collapsed, and the Spirit Fruit she had placed in the center was shredded into pieces. If a person had been inside, they likely would’ve been crushed into meat sauce.

After that, Dugu Qianye set up another formation, still with a Spirit Fruit in the center. This time, before removing that Array Stone, Dugu Qianye first created a smaller formation around it.

"Using a formation to break a formation?!" Zi Xiao hadn’t expected her to come up with even this method, and although he had intentionally dropped a hint, her intelligence was unquestionable.

Dugu Qianye nodded, and after arranging the smaller formation, she removed that Array Stone. This time, the formation remained stable without any sign of collapse.

"It worked!"

A smile of unrestrained joy spread across Dugu Qianye’s face. With the first step a success, the rest of the deciphering process would be much easier! The next task was to study the small formation capable of supporting the larger one. The formation was so large, an ordinary small formation definitely wouldn’t be able to hold it up.

Having developed the small formation, Dugu Qianye began to further decipher the formation. Sometimes she could crack several steps in a day, sometimes she couldn’t crack a single step in several days. However, with Zi Xiao’s occasional deliberate hints, and assistance from Hao Pengyou at her side, she finally worked out the entire method of decryption after two months.

Just to be safe, she found a secluded and open mountaintop where she set up a formation of almost the same size and placed a wooden mannequin approximately the size of Dugu Yixuan inside.

Feng Sanmei, Dugu Yunheng, Dugu Chenyuan along with Xie Bing, upon hearing that she was setting up a formation here, all came to watch. If she succeeded, it meant that Dugu Yixuan could soon be rescued!

"Great-grandpa, great-grandma, grandpa, grandma, why have you all come?" Dugu Qianye was busy setting up the formation and asked as they arrived.

"We’re just here to watch, carry on," said Dugu Yunheng.

Hao Pengyou was helping Dugu Qianye with the formation. Once he had arranged all the patterns of the formation, Dugu Qianye placed the final Array Stone, and the whole formation lit up, shining with white light.

"It’s done." Hao Pengyou stood up, looking at the activated formation, and couldn’t help admiring the wonders of this formation internally. Without the formation diagram created by Dugu Qianye, he would never have been able to achieve such a setup.

The Dugu family elders felt an increasing sense of pride as they watched Dugu Qianye and the others set up the formation. The Dugu Clan was truly fortunate to have such a descendant! Dugu Yunheng thought about how he had once intended to kill her; thankfully he hadn’t, otherwise they would have been filled with unimaginable regret.

After setting up the formation, Hao Pengyou stepped back. The task of breaking the formation had to be done by her alone.

Following the method she had devised earlier, Dugu Qianye first set up a small formation at the critical point of the main formation to protect it, and then proceeded to break down the formation step by step. The first time she attempted to break it, the formation collapsed halfway through, and the attempt was a failure, turning the wooden mannequin into sawdust. The second time, just as she was on the verge of success, it failed at the last step.

On the third attempt, she did not rush to break the formation but reflected on her previous experiences, analyzed the reasons for the mistakes, and then began. This time her movements were not fast but were very smooth, with no issues arising from start to finish, and she successfully broke the formation.

Seeing her succeed, Feng Sanmei and the others were all incredibly excited. Tears even welled up in Xie Bing’s eyes.

To ensure success, Dugu Qianye repeatedly set up and broke the formation several times until the success rate reached one hundred percent. She wouldn’t be at ease even with ninety-nine percent because that one percent could potentially cost her father’s life!

After the final successful attempt at breaking the formation, Dugu Qianye had been tirelessly working on this mountaintop for several days and nights. She packed up the Array Stones, prepared to rest for the night, and planned to recover some of her vitality before setting out early the day after next.

When Dugu Qianye awoke, it was already the evening of the next day. She found out that both Zi Xiao and Hao Pengyou were not in their rooms. It was normal for Zi Xiao, but for Hao Pengyou to also miss sleep was rather odd. Hearing a banging noise from the kitchen, she went to investigate.

"Dang dang dang," as Dugu Qianye pushed the door open, she saw Zi Xiao and the others holding a cake in front of her. Although it didn’t resemble the birthday cakes from Earth, its shape was quite similar. Dugu Yunheng and the others stood behind, smiling at her.

"What’s this?" Dugu Qianye asked in surprise as the cake was presented to her, slightly puzzled.

"Little Junior Sister, happy birthday!" said Hao Pengyou, holding the cake.

Today was February 14th, her 21st birthday! She had been so busy studying formations every day that she had completely forgotten her own birthday.

"See, I told you she wouldn’t remember," Dugu Qianqian said as she read Dugu Qianye’s reaction, knowing for certain that she had forgotten it was her birthday. She reached out her hand to Dugu Qianqi and said, "Hand it over."

Dugu Qianqi looked at Dugu Qianye with a mournful gaze and handed a Crystal Card to Dugu Qianqian.

Only then did Dugu Qianye realize it was her birthday. Seeing the cake and dishes they had carefully prepared for her, she was so moved that she couldn’t find the words and could only smile foolishly.

"This cake is handmade by me and Zi Xiao. Although it may not be as you described, the taste should be pretty good," Hao Pengyou said proudly.

Dugu Qianye looked at Hao Pengyou in silence, making him feel embarrassed, and he added, "Alright, I only did some material handling, but that still counts as helping, right?"

Dugu Qianye knew it—how could Hao Pengyou’s cooking result in such a good-looking cake? She turned to Zi Xiao and saw him just smiling quietly at her. When he noticed her looking, he said, "Happy birthday! I don’t have any gifts for you, so consider this cake my gift."

"Thank you!" Dugu Qianye accepted the cake. She hadn’t expected that after mentioning it to him just once, he remembered that one should have a birthday cake on their birthday.

"Here, this is Senior Brother’s gift," Hao Pengyou presented a box. When Dugu Qianye opened it, as expected, it was full of Crystal Cards—a whole stack of them!

The gift from Fourth Senior Brother was, as usual...

Dugu Qianqian and Dugu Qianqi gave their gifts one after the other, and Dugu Qianlin, dragging a bag longer than himself, squeezed to the front of Dugu Qianye and said, "Sister Qianye, this is my gift to you."

Dugu Qianye, looking at the bag that was longer than Dugu Qianlin, couldn’t imagine what gift he would give her. Full of curiosity, she opened the bag and immediately felt a mix of laughter and tears.