Casting Divine Soul Formation
The extravagant stellar formation in Advancement Hall didn’t wow Mu Yu again as it did the first time. In fact, he thought it was a simple formation he could erase or embellish.
“It’s Feng Mu.”
“What’s he doing here?”
Greater Heaven Caster Lu assembled all Heaven Stage disciples at Advancement Hall by the time Mu Yu arrived for some reason. Luo Feilong and Ji Wenkai weren’t happy to see him whatsoever.
“Feng Mu, perfect timing, come help me raise everyone’s morale. Mu Yu is representing us in this year’s tournament as a Greater Heaven Stage disciple. He is the latest disciple to join, yet he has surpassed all of you. You all need to challenge yourself as he has done. In three days’ time, you will have a chance to prove yourselves. Don’t let Talisman Sect push you around. Am I clear?” Greater Heaven Caster Lu verbalised.
“Yes, Greater Heaven Caster!”
Hearing the disciples start to chatter about Mu Yu representing them as a Greater Heaven Stage Disciple, Greater Heaven Caster Lu lectured, “Quiet. This isn’t about winning or losing; this is about having the mindset to challenge yourself. What are you all spouting? If you aren’t ready to challenge yourself, how do you expect to progress?”
Though they didn’t argue, they saw Mu Yu as nothing but a lucky attention whore.
“Feng Mu, I called them here to remind them of things to be attentive of in the tournament three days’ from now. What brings you here?”
As he surveyed those around, Mu Yu had an idea – forty-one of the three hundred disciples present were spies. If he could’ve casted a large-scale Divine Soul Formation, he could’ve capture all of the Heaven Stage spies at once with the exception of Luo Feilong and Ji Wenai due to the Deity Destruction Talisman on them. In order to cast it, he needed Greater Heaven Caster Lu’s cultivation.
“I came to seek some advice from you.”
Greater Heaven Caster Lu flipped his serious-mode switch and instructed, “Dismissed! Luo Feilong, Ji Wenkai and Cheng Zhuo, start your preparations for the tournament.”
Cheng Zhuo’s eyes darted back and forth between Mu Yu and the two spies, curious as to what Mu Yu was up to.
“Yes, Heaven Caster.”
Once everyone left, Greater Heaven Caster Lu queried, “What’s the matter?”
“Mm… I bring important news.”
Unlike Mu Yu’s tone, Greater Heaven Caster Lu was startled beyond belief as he listened to Mu Yu expose Talisman Sect’s spies.
“Are you positive? This is an incredibly serious accusation.”
“Pardon my intrusive question, but may I ask who handles newly recruited Heaven Stage disciples?”
“They can’t falsify the recruitment test results. We have a Heaven Stage caster delegated to administration work for the new recruits.”
“So, did anyone know I solved the eighth hexagram?”
“You what? You solved the eighth hexagram? Patriarch Chen Tiandao is the only one to have… Hang on. We Greater Heaven Stage casters should’ve been alerted if someone solved the sixth hexagram.”
“How many of were aware I selected the Life After Death route?”
“You chose Life After Death route?! Why didn’t you continue, then?”
“It was exhausting to solve the eighth one. I, therefore, chose not to continue.”
“No wonder why Patriarch Chen Tiandao holds you in such high regard. You’ve completed every record he did!”
“Did you really think Formation Sect has not had anyone qualifying Greater Heaven Stage in the last decade? If I am to venture a guess, I believe Talisman Sect’s spies have stopped them when they solved the five hexagrams and were intending to attempt a sixth hexagram. They would then sabotage the new Heaven Stage disciple who was meant to be a Greater Heaven Stage disciple. That is why you have not had any new Greater Heaven Stage disciples.
“If we suppose we were supposed to have two new Greater Heaven Stage disciples annually, then Luo Feilong and Ji Wenkai have ruined twenty Greater Heaven Stage disciples. That is a woeful loss, is it not?”
“You could convince me that Luo Feilong and Ji Wenkai are Talisman Sect’s spies as their actions do, indeed, sabotage others. In regards to Situ Yangtian and Mu Chenghong, though… True, Situ Yangtian and I don’t get along; however, I know him as a person. He would never be a spy,” disputed Greater Heaven Caster Lu, despite him seething after hearing the news. “Mu Chenghong is our only Greater Heaven Stage disciple. He can’t be a spy.”
Mu Yu expected Greater Heaven Caster Lu to grasp at straws in denial. Mu Yu gave up on trying to establish their identities with evidence and decided to use his authority. He flashed Patriarch Token again and stated, “Patriarch told me to seek your aid. That is the reason he gave me this token.”
“Tch, okay, let’s cast Divine Soul Formation here first to ferret out the Heaven Stage spies. They’ll be able to tell us if Situ Yangtian and Mu Chenghong are spies or not. With that said, we need a lot of divine soul wood to control all of our Heaven Stage disciples at once. Where are you going to obtain that many divine soul woods from?”
“Consider it solved,” Mu Yu replied, grinning.
Due to the complexity of Divine Soul Formation and number of people Mu Yu wanted to put under his control, it was impossible to turn it into a mobile formation.
Mu Yu had no intention of showing the perfected version that only Chen Tiandao and he knew. As for whether or not the divine soul wood drained the targets’ life force, Mu Yu didn’t want to fuss over it – spies didn’t deserve clemency.
After spending almost a day to cast Divine Soul Formation, Greater Heaven Caster Lu asked for the presence of all Heaven Stage disciples and asters in Advancement Hall. Even those out on jobs were summoned back.
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