Formation Within a Formation
Vines sprouted in four locations at once.
“You sound confident.”
Mu Chenghong raised the corner of his lips. He didn’t appear in any of the spots Mu Yu targeted. Instead, he stopped. Mu Yu didn’t let up and restrained Mu Chenghong after a long chase and asked, “Why aren’t you running, Senior Brother?”
The Mu Chenghong crumbled into grains of sand.
Damn, an illusion again! That means there’s third formation stacked on that I didn’t notice. My shallow knowledge of Greater Heaven Stage formations is showing. I need to learn Dad’s formations, Mu Yu inwardly said.
“You are merely lacking experience, Younger Brother. If you had the time to learn more, I wouldn’t have been able to deceive you with the stacked formations for so long.”
Hmm, I can overrun the desert formation with my oasis, meaning we technically stacked formations, where the stronger formation gains the initiative. My illusion formation is inlaid within another formation. If I’m to win this contest, I’m going to need to think outside the box; every formation is flawed somehow. I’m going to need to find where the flaw is.
So-called formations would be Lightning Swift Snakes combined with Mesmerising Swallow Deafening Voice Formation since one enhanced the other.
Mu Yu watched his dragon vine and the eryx’s tussle as he deliberated. Mu Chenghong allowed Mu Yu to think without interruption.
What’s missing? Mu Yu asked himself. He scooped up sand and let it slip through his fingers for the wind to carry the grains of. He looked back at the eryx and had an epiphany.
The direction the wind blew the sand grains. The direction of the sandstorm, the snowflakes dropped and the wind on the mountain they were in all blew toward where Greater Heaven Caster Lu resided.
This is the illusion formation Greater Heaven Caster Lu just taught me executed masterfully.
“Senior Brother, you had me fooled from the beginning. You’ve done more than enough for the adulation you’re given to do justice, but I know how to defuse your formation now.”
Mu Yu shut his eyes and sped up his spiritual energy circulation to his eyes. His eyes turned green when he opened them again. He was sitting back at the mountain peak they were in, overlooking Formation Sect.
“You noticed?” Mu Chenghong queried with a smile, still holding his arms out and peering into the distance.
“Senior Brother, I am thoroughly impressed. I will remember the lesson.”
In reality, Mu Chenghong never moved from his spot. Mu Yu was caught in an illusion prior to Mu Chenghong’s suggestion for a spar.
“That’s it?”
“Of course not. I am going to say that we are not on the tallest mountain of Formation Sect.” Mu Yu blinked again. Once he opened his eyes again, he found they were floating in the air and only on their way to the supposed mountain.
“We’re not flying, either.” Mu Yu blinked again, returning to Greater Heaven Caster Lu’s residence, where the two were still holding hands.
What felt comparable to hours happened in only the blink of an eye.
“He already figured out your illusion?” Situ Yangtian leaned over and asked, doubting Mu Yu.
Mu Chenghong smiled. “My formations do not work on Junior Brother Feng Mu. I suppose we got to know each other in the illusion.”
Mu Yu smiled back and bobbed his head.
Greater Heaven Caster Lu couldn’t be bothered with the game. “Okay, Mr. Paranoid, how can I help you?”
“Hmph.” Situ Yangtian strutted off. Mu Chenghong bowed to Lu Deyi and gave Mu Yu a nod before he followed suit.
Mu Yu sought permission to leave for a moment to chase after Mu Chenghong. Situ Yangtian decided to leave them alone, unwilling to share a single word with Mu Yu.
“Senior Brother, I have a feeling you still have something you want to convey, correct?”
Mu Yu felt as though there was something weighing on Mu Chenghong’s chest due to the melancholic things he’d pepper into the contents of his speech.
“Your aptitude doesn’t pale in comparison to mine.” Mu Chenghong suddenly shook his head. “You only need to improve your cultivation and gain more experience. You will eventually surpass me. I hope we won’t be on opposing sides when you do surpass me.”
“Why do you feel that we will have to cross each other?” Mu Yu genuinely didn’t mind Mu Chenghong as an individual.
“I wonder.” Mu Chenghong caught a yellow leaf whilst sporting a solemn visage. He looked back up with a cheerful countenance and said, “Formation Sect is a place worth protecting.”
The floating leaf in the air swayed back and forth as though it refused to stay, wanting to stay. Mu Chenghong elaborated, “I can’t help feeling there will come a day where we will have to go all out against each other. I hope we’ll make the correct choice. I also hope your path is right.”
What’s he talking about? Mu Yu contemplated. After Mu Chenghong went into the woods, Mu Yu cracked a smile and asked himself, “You think I’m a Talisman Sect spy or something?”
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