Rock of Death
“Greater Heaven Caster Lu, you need to visit the gambling house daily, don’t you?” Mu Yu asked, not wanting to take Lu Deyi up on his offer to bodyguard him.
“I must maintain the formations until the contest between you three comes to an end. That being said, I brought more than twenty Heaven Stage disciples with me, and Situ Yangtian accompanied me. We have other clients to work with, after all. The Heaven Stage disciples can help me maintain the formations; Your safety is more important.”
“Situ Yangtian is also here? Where is he?”
“They are still working on other formations. He will pay you a visit once he is done.”
“You didn’t come to Clearwater City purely for the gambling business, did you? What other business transactions do you have?”
Lu Deyi smiled. “Indeed. We plan to earn a big sum on the bets.”
“How?”
“Hundreds of thousands of foreign cultivators have flocked to Clearwater City to watch your contest. Add another two hundred thousand local cultivators, and you can see that it is impossible for them to watch the contest all at once. Hence, we plan to create several formations to create several theatres, allowing them to watch your contest from multiple locations in the desert at the same time.”
“You plan to cast a Mirage Formation?”
“Yes.”
“Geez, you really do accept every job for money.”
“If you do not wish others to see your match, we can reject the request.”
“No, no, go ahead. If you have free time, please stay and help me cast a few protection formations at Mu Estate. Also, please accompany my grandpa when he goes out these days. You just need to intimidate those trying to start with him.”
“But I am worried about y-”
“Don’t worry. There are plenty of people out for my life. Adding Qing Ming to the list won’t make any difference.”
Lu Deyi nodded since Mu Yu was so confident that he was even smiling and then departed with Mu Tianhe to learn about Mu Estate in order to cast formations.
“Cai Lie, do you have any news on Tian Ran?”
Cai Lie shook his head with his eyes shut. “I haven’t seen her. I heard Secular World Sect is treasuring her more than ever before because of her contribution at Eight Grass Village. Ostensibly, they want to groom her into an empyrean. I guess that means they’re also grooming her to be the clan successor.”
“Empyrean? Not sacred maiden?”
“Their disciples are categorised as ordinary disciples, sacred maidens and empyreans. Sacred maidens are those who show exceptional potential and are those with the highest chances of becoming the next patriarch. When they reach a certain level, sacred maidens are promoted to empyreans, granting them access to their Secular World Empyrean Zone to cultivate. Whoever advances the farthest in Secular World Lotus Style will be declared the next patriarch. If I’m not wrong, she’s training at Secular World Empyrean Zone right now.”
Does this mean she won’t be allowed to be with me? What will happen to us if she becomes their patriarch? Mu Yu wondered to himself.
“I know what you’re thinking, but there’s no chance in hell you be able to enter Secular World Empyrean Zone – not if you intend to forcible trespass at your current level. I’ll keep tabs on her,” promised Cai Lie, giving Mu Yu a shoulder pat.
Mu Yu thought, In a few more months, Shifu should’ve restored his cultivation and will go save Miao Yuyan. I suppose Secular World Sect wouldn’t dare to harm his daughter. I’m just worried about Bai Jie stopping Shifu from restoring his cultivation.
“Cai Lie, stay at my place.”
Seven days before the contest, Sikong Qiwen sent Mu Yu the details of the contest, which would be five kilometres east of Clearwater City – Rock of Death. The purpose of taking the fight out into the middle of nowhere was to avoid hurting anyone, damaging anything and so that they could let loose.
Sikong Qiwen declared he’d destroy Tian Budai first and then Mu Yu.
Mu Yu handballed Mu Hao over to Lu Deyi so that he could focus on training in preparation for his fight. Mu Yu struggled to pinpoint what was holding him back from ascending to Spirit Severing Realm, unfortunately. Though Tian Kaiyu was a Spirit Severing Realm cultivator, he had yet to consolidate his cultivation. Therefore, Tian Budai was a completely different beast.
Sword afterimages flitted across as Shadow Splitter Sword disappeared into a void. Mu Yu meandered in the courtyard, evading Shadow Splitter Sword as it fired from different locations. Energy from purple falling flowers, a flower that went from red to orange and to purple before finally withering, resonated with Mu Yu’s energy.
Mu Yu was a fan of purple falling flowers because the colouring process was symbolic of life. When they withered, it was a sign that they had shone.
The purple falling flowers in the courtyard had turned blue. The green leaves swayed to the will of the wind. Mu Yu linked up with them so that he could ease his mind.
Mu Yu wished plants that Wood Spirit Sword spawned her as tough as itself.
Thanks to his formation repertoire, Mu Yu could finally conceal the true nature of what he was doing when using Wood Spirit Sword, misleading people into thinking Wood Spirit Sword’s actions were actually the work of formations. This was particularly important to hide his unique ability and integral to beating Tian Budai.
Following a slash, the purple falling flowers bloomed red again as red petals.
“Flowers are soft. Swords are sharp. The sword must move as smoothly and lightly as flowers, yet strike lethally.”
Mu Yu sent innumerous Shadow Splitter Swords through the raining leaves with precision using just his will. Upon opening his eyes and letting the sword qi go, the purple falling flowers returned to their branches.
“I need a fight to ascend to Spirit Severing Realm,” said Mu Yu, eyes black and white.
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