Divine Soul Tree (Part 1)
He Tianqiang was one wealthy man; fifteen hundred thousand spirit stones was a large sum. Daoist Nan Xing didn’t ask for He Tianqiang’s belongings since Mu Yu only wanted the divine soul talisman, nor did he intend to take any. Mu Yu just taught him how important it was to live an upright life. He, as a matter of fact, called out to Mu Yu headed out to cast the formation and reminded, “Sir, you forgot the spirit stones.”
“You can have them. I don’t need them.” Mu Yu wasn’t being generous. He just liked the upright elder and offered them out of pity.
“I cannot do take them when I did not earn them. You have done more than I could repay you for. I cannot accept these spirit stones.”
“In that case, I’ll use them as your mountain protection formation’s formation foundation.”
Smiling, Mu Yu drew the spirit stones over. In reality, a hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones were a drop in the bucket for the formation Mu Yu planned to cast.
Formation foundation expenditure in combat and when casting formations were not equal. For instance, Mu Yu was able to cast a mountain protection formation sturdy enough to withstand a Body Severing Realm cultivator’s assault using eight Greater Heaven Stage formation foundations.
Because Southern Star Taoist Temple couldn’t afford Greater Heaven Stage formation foundations, they could use second hand Greater Heaven Stage formation foundations. If no Body Severing Realm cultivator ever attacked, the formation wouldn’t need to be updated for five years. If they did come under attack, it’d last them a day, at least.
There was no need to worry Talisman Sect would try to silence Southern Star Taoist Temple for Mo Ziming’s failure already exposed Talisman Sect’s deeds; surprise was no longer an element they could capitalise on. If Formation Sect’s members were jeopardised, fingers would immediately be pointed at Talisman Sect.
The paper used for making the divine soul talisman was a high quality formation foundation. Mu Yu injected his spiritual energy inside to investigate. Inside was a spatial formation. Once the talisman glimmered, he could see what made it unique. He couldn’t have used the talisman on others as it was missing a core.
Divine soul talisman was split into primary talisman and supporting talisman. One could have multiple supporting talismans but only one primary talisman. The user needed spiritual energy superior to the person they were trying to control if using a supporting talisman. In essence, they activated the talisman using their spiritual energy. Next, they just had to plant it on their target.
Mo Ziming obviously had the primary talisman, while He Tianqiang was only given supporting talismans.
Mu Yu saw a thumb-sized green branch in the dimension. The branch was part of a divine soul tree. It was a seldom known and mentioned plant. That was why Mu Yu couldn’t identify it at first glance despite his erudite grasp on plants.
Divine soul wood could quickly morph into thin tree branches and pierce fiend beasts or humans if either accidentally touched it. The branches wouldn’t kill its target. Howbeit, it would gradually suck its captive dry. It didn’t poison its target; it controlled its targets. In fact, it could force its target to approach it. As such, its rarity could be attributed to the fact that few lived to tell the tale upon encountering it. The control component was what powered divine soul talismans.
Mu Yu questioned if slave pill also contained the same ingredient given their similar functions. He contemplated whether or not to use the ingredient as it proved particularly effective. For all he knew, Talisman Sect could’ve been making use of them at the tournament against Formation Sect. If he could’ve given them a taste of their medicine, he’d breeze through the competition.
Mu Yu tried stimulating the divine soul wood’s growth. Its vitality had been sealed, unfortunately, meaning it was a useless piece of wood once it was extracted from the talisman.
“I wonder where I can find some divine soul wood.”
“You stupid. Did you forget Punctured Sword?” Xiaoshuai commented.
Mu Yu clobbered himself on the head and shook Shadow Splitter Sword, separating it and Wood Spirit Sword. He grabbed hold of Wood Spirit Sword and imagined a divine soul wood. In an instant, Wood Spirit spawned several branches. The branches got feisty as soon as Mu Yu tried to get close to the branches.
“What the heck? They’re attacking even me.”
The branches withered the instant they touched Mu Yu’s blood.
“Xiaoshuai, let me experiment with you.”
“No, my skin is too tough for the weakling. Try on Caterpillar.”
“I’m a plant in the first place. How does a plant control a plant, genius?”
“I know,” remarked Mu Yu, looking over to three unconscious people.
Mu Yu snapped a branch and then touched Ma Mingxun with it. The shoots penetrated Ma Mingxun’s body, waking him up. Mu Yu could tell he had control over Ma Mingxun’s mind, so he commanded, “You can’t see me.”
Ma Mingxun picked himself off the ground and thumped his aching head. He was looking in Mu Yu’s direction, yet he didn’t see the latter. He opened the door and strolled out to see the devastated sight of Southern Star Taoist Temple. All of a sudden, he regained full brain functioning and exclaimed, “Talisman Sect! Crap! Feng Mu!”
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