Formation Hall
Celestial Star Sect’s reinforcement squad outside Yin Corpse Formation was annihilated by the time Mu Yu escaped. It wouldn’t have been surprising if the individual in yellow of the fiends were the ones who wiped them out. Greater Heaven Caster Lu and Mu Yu scrambled out of Desert Forest to avoid becoming suspects to a crime they didn’t commit.
Mu Yu gave a fictional recount of what transpired in the underground palace, even claiming the mysterious individual erased his memory.
Halfway out of Desert Forest, Greater Heaven Caster Lu, out of nowhere, said, “I forgot something.”
“What did you forget?” asked Mu Yu, worrying his story was flawed.
“I should’ve waited for Zhou Jinglin to come out so that I could show him you’re still alive. That’d prove our Foundation Establishment Realm disciple is superior to Talisman Sect’s. You know he ruthlessly killed his assistant? He’d never be able to raise his head in my presence again if we could prove him a failure. We missed a great opportunity.”
“Greater Heaven Caster Lu, we should get going instead. Did you forget we have a mysterious prodigy? You should be devoting your efforts to developing him rather than boasting.”
“You have a point. I need to hurry back and ask them to reveal themselves. Talisman Sect is continuing to prosper while we are declining each passing year. You know how frustrating it is to wait for our mysterious genius to appear? I don’t understand what they’re worried about! Well, as long as they reveal themselves, I will do everything in my power to help them.”
Sorry, but I can’t reveal myself, Mu Yu inwardly said, feeling a pang of guilt again.
Heaven Stage Disciples saw Greater Heaven Caster Lu the most among their teachers. Mu Yu met Situ Yangtian, another Greater Heaven Stage formation caster, but didn’t take a liking to him because of him looking as if the world was indebted to him. Mu Yu wasn’t alone on that judgement.
After learning of Zhou Jinglin’s unscrupulous conduct, Mu Yu harboured a desire to beat Talisman Sect in the upcoming tournament out of distaste.
Mu Yu didn’t concern himself with the results of his yin-corpse-army ambush after returning to Formation Sect. The yin corpses couldn’t be control as he took the formation core, so who knew what happened? He tried to tame Gui Ji, but all he received was Gui Ji’s aggression.
“Why would you go into this tiny red pagoda, huh, Birdy? Why not stay in the underground palace?” asked Xiaoshuai.
“Because his brain is dead,” commented the dragon vine, whipping its tail.
Mu Yu hypothesised Gui Ji needed to spend time in the pagoda to heal after his revival. Perhaps the pagoda was better described as a prison since it depicted the sad truth that Mu Yu couldn’t control him.
Since returning to Formation Sect, Mu Yu dedicated most of his time to studying at Formation Hall so that he could move onto Profound Formations as soon as possible. Profound Formations only contained a few basic formations, while the rest were advanced formations. Trying to dive straight in from there was tantamount to learning to run before learning to walk. Formation Hall was where all of Formation Sect’s records were kept – basically, a library for students, except that the records were formations instead of books. The formations on various topics were wisdom previous generations left behind for those after them.
Formation Sect made use of the stable space and illusion formations to display all of the details on every formation. That made life much more convenient for disciples could visit the hall to study formations practically instead of carrying heavy books to study abstractly or going through the trouble of casting the formation themselves every time. Needless to say, the hall was split into “Lesser Heaven Stage formations”, “Heaven Stage formations”, Greater Heaven Stage formations” and “advanced and forbidden formations.”
Nefarious or dangerous formations, such as Yin Corpse Formation or Self-destruct Formation, were classified as “advanced and forbidden formations”.
Heaven Stage formations were on the second floor. Each jade piece hovering in the air contained a formation. In other words, there were over ten thousand different formations on the second floor alone.
There were over a dozen Heaven Stage disciples sitting on the ground to study. To see the formation in a jade stone, all they had to do was draw a formation on their hand and place it onto the stone, insertng their conscious into the sealed formation. Teachers’ clones were also sealed inside the jade stones to provide lectures, increasing learning efficiency and saving teachers the hassle of having to repeat lectures or teach in person.
Mu Yu discovered that Heaven Stage formations weren’t as difficult as he imagined. Scratch that. They were as simple as a snap of the finger. While others in his rank spent days to grasp one formation, he had them down within two to four hours.
Mu Yu’s visit this time was to learn a concealment formation as Soul Fixing Formation, which Ku Mu discovered through his own experiments, crossed over to numerous other formations, one of which was a formation carving that was similar to concealment formations. It was his main priority as he needed Soul Fixing Formation to protect Ku Mu’s soul.
Concealment Formation could conceal anything, including oneself. How much could be concealed varied from person to person, ranging from complete concealment to just camouflaging themselves to a certain extent. The first time Mu Yu got it, he could only conceal his left hand. It wasn’t the most pleasant sight to see a hand floating in the mirror.
Upon entering the jade stone of his choice, Mu Yu attended a fifteen minute lecture from Greater Heaven Caster Lu on the bitter history of Formation Sect.
“Formation Sect is superior to Talisman Sect, yet they were now walking all over us and insulting us. A man would rather die than be humiliated. Disciples, you must take a stand for our honour. Please, let me know who you are so that we can defend Formation Sect’s honour.” Greater Heaven Caster Lu’s clone vanished once the speech was over.
Greater Heaven Caster Lan Xin then appeared to deliver the lecture on Concealment Formation since there was no better person to teach it than its inventor.
Greater Heaven Caster Lu planted over ten thousand jade stones into his impassioned clones in hopes of finding the mysterious prodigy. Mu Yu was stunned the first time he heard the plea. He was somewhat touched the second time he heard the plea. By the twentieth listen, he wanted to strangle Greater Heaven Caster Lu.
Soul Fixing Formation consisted of over a hundred formation patterns. Most vexing of all, they were all Greater Heaven Stage formations. Mu Yu couldn’t access the third floor owing to his rank.
“Greater Heaven Caster Lu, you win. The mysterious prodigy you’re searching for surrenders.” Mu Yu smiled hopelessly.
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