Dad’s Formation Mentorship (Part 2)
“… The stone was a Mirror Formation. Everything can be a formation, so the stone can be a world that contains a formation nobody can see. So that’s how I was supposed to see it. I always thought the phrase meant anything could be used as a formation foundation. This is the problem with our language and its ‘fill in the blanks’ style; it was just a misinterpretation on my part,” Mu Yu inwardly said. “How did you instantaneously carve a formation on the stone?”
“I thought you were smarter than that?” Ku Mu condescendingly jabbed.
“I am quite smart!”
“Why the question, then?” ribbed Ku Mu, trying to blow off steam since he still hadn’t gotten over Mu Yu peeping on Miao Yuyan.
Mu Yu brushed it off with a smile. “Okay, you can berate me all you fancy, Dad. I’m used to it.”
“I’m not your dad. I would never have such a shamel-, incorrigible son.”
Mu Yu muttered under his breath, “Says the one who peeped on Leng Bingxue bathing.”
“What was that?! When did I ever peep on anyone bathing?!”
“I was saying that you are wise and mighty, an exemplar I should be learning from and a man I am proud of,” Mu Yu fibbed, giving Ku Mu a thumbs up.
Ku Mu closed his eyes and took a deep breath. “When I kicked the stone, I only added the uniqueness of Mirror Formation; it wasn’t the complete version. You need to deduce it for yourself. If you want to instantly cast formations, you need to have it in your mind. When you kick the stone, it should only have simple lines. Once you deduce it, the formation I the stone will transform correspondingly.”
Mu Yu bobbed his head.
“How are your deduction skills evaluated? I remember Formation Sect has a Celestial Staircase designed to test a formation caster’s deduction abilities. You tried to clear it yet?”
“I have. It took me eight steps, which equated to one hour.”
Ku Mu opened his eyes large. “Eight steps in an hour?!”
“Yeah. I felt like a monkey, jumping around. It’s a nuisance I don’t want to go through again. You tried it before, Dad?”
Ku Mu had a face cramp. “Don’t call me ‘Dad’.”
“Sure, Dad. Have you tried it before?”
“Why do you care?!”
“Oops.” Mu Yu covered his mouth.
“… I also climbed it in eight steps, except I took half an hour longer.”
“You must’ve had a poor sleep the night prior. I had five cans of red bull the night before I climbed it.”
“Is that how you usually flatter people?”
“Only if it’s someone like my dad, hehe.”
“A glib tongue won’t do you any favours. Learn to harness natural energy as I instructed. As for domain formations, you need to learn to harness natural energy and reached Apotheosis Realm first,” directed Ku Mu, obviously warming up to Mu Yu and trusting him more than before.
It was the old days all over again, taking an earful of criticism and then valuable lessons. The days Mu Yu spent under Ku Mu’s tutelage triggered emotions of regret for not earnestly studying transformations from the latter when he was still alive.
Mu Yu managed to pry out more information from Ku Mu that he didn’t know in the past, such as Celestial Prison starting to wane ten years ago, which was when Feng Haochen assembled the team and ignited the flames of disaster. Reportedly, Celestial Prison served another purpose besides holding elemental demons prisoner; however, Ku Mu mentioned it was pointless to know about until Mu Yu grew stronger, much to the latter’s chagrin.
“Dad, you know Reverend Xuan Jizi? I saw those monsters of lunar sect in his Fiend-Sealing Pagoda. Ghost Gate is plotting to release the freaks and used some bizarre methods.”
“They must be stopped at all costs. One thing I can be sure of is that the lunar race will be heavily hampered unless Ghost Gate can get their hands on Walk-in Heart Genesis. For that reason, I won’t let you know where I hid it.”
“Dad, why didn’t you use a formation in the future to speak smoothly? You know how much of an ordeal it was to comprehend your stuttering?”
“Stop calling me ‘Dad’. Yuyan said she liked the most authentic version of me, so I stopped using the formation. If I stuttered at Ghost Gate, I would’ve exposed myself, moron.”
“How did you use Lightning Annihilation, Dad? Isn’t your domain formation Dead Zone Formation, the corrosive poison domain?”
“I said, stop calling me ‘Dad’. Lightning Annihilation is Reverend Ni lei’s domain ability. Like me, he isn’t famous, which is why I asked him to store his domain in my formation for me to borrow.”
“Are you two friends?”
“I saved his life before.”
Mu Yu had a hunch he had found where Walk-in Heart Genesis at long last. Since travelling when his cultivation had regressed was risky, especially when taking Walk-in Heart Genesis along, Ku Mu had to transport it prior to erasing his cultivation. That would mean he moved its hiding spot when he locked Mu Yu up in his valley. Ku Mu often went out during those days, which would add up.
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