by Fang Xiang
As the consciousness and ling power moved, Zuo Mo’s body seemed to be pulled by thin invisible threads and uncontrollably trembled violently.
A clear yet strange feeling came.
He had started to become familiar with the changes that merging the three powers had brought and discovered many abilities. When he was controlling fire in forging, what he relied on the most was consciousness and ling power. He could now increase the strength of his consciousness and ling power through controlling the muscles in his body.
Right now, Zuo Mo’s three powers could barely be considered united.
The benefits that came with this were easy to see. In terms of purity, he could not compare to xiuzhe that only cultivated ling power, but in terms of endurance battles, other people were lacking compared to him.
The tiny Great Day Banded Flame threads of fire that curved along the seal paper turned to countless little flames. They seemed to be attracted by the black gold seal soldier, slowly leaving the seal paper and entering the black gold seal soldier.
The seal scripts on the body of the black gold seal soldier suddenly lit up as though they were red hot.
Zuo Mo did not dare to relax. The golden crystal sand he had prepared beforehand was thrown at the black gold seal soldier. The black gold seal soldier was like a magnet, it absorbed all the golden crystal sand. At this moment, the fine flames wrapped the black gold seal soldier.
The seal scripts that covered the black gold seal soldier gave off a blinding light. It was like a dazzling sun!
Zuo Mo eyes stung like they were being pricked by needles but he didn’t dare to close his eyes. A totem fragment appeared on his hands.
This totem fragment was about the size of his palm and engraved with a simple and old character. Zuo Mo did not know what this character meant. He had asked Wei and Pu Yao, they didn’t know either.
But this totem fragment was one of the most outstanding totem fragments he had acquired. Zuo Mo felt that he really bled this time.
He hesitated and threw the totem fragment into the ball of light.
Boom!
The light grew and Zuo Mo felt as though his skin was being pierced by countless steel needles at the same time. He was extremely shocked and hurriedly closed his eyes.
The ball of light changed and flickered as though something was moving inside.
Zuo Mo suddenly found that his consciousness could not enter this ball of light, and he was even more shocked!
What was going on?
Eyes closed, Zuo Mo did not notice that the seal scripts on the seal paper seemed to become alive and creep over towards him.
This transformation continued for twelve whole hours. Zuo Mo did not dare to relax during this twelve hours. Thankful, this ball of light was not interested in his ling power so he did not need to channel ling power into it. He released a breath at this. Ling power was always his shortcoming. Even though his three powers had merged into one and could, to a certain degree, compensate for his ling power, but during forging, he still needed to be frugal.
The light gradually dimmed, and Zuo Mo’s heart rose.
But when he saw the appearance of the black gold seal soldier, he was dumbstruck.
The black gold seal soldier had changed greatly, turning from being black and gold to dark gold all over. All the seal scripts on its body had been hidden away, yet what shocked Zuo Mo was the appearance of the black gold seal soldier—it looked exactly the same as him!
What was going on?
How could it be the exact same as him?
Strange!
Just as Zuo Mo was puzzled, this black gold seal soldier suddenly opened his eyes!
Boom!
Zuo Mo felt his mind ring as though a heavy hammer had struck. A vicious and savage presence with the black gold seal soldier at the center suddenly swept out!
Dizzy, Zuo Mo heard Wei’s panicked voice in his mind. “Quick! Offer sacrifice!”
“Offer sacrifice?” Not having recovered from the blow, Zuo Mo was blank.
“Use the Golden Armor Guards!” Wei said without hesitation.
Zuo Mo’s mind cleared up. “Golden Armor Guards?” However, he knew that this was not the time for questions, he hurriedly summoned the Golden Armor Guards.
When the large Golden Armor Guards appeared in front of the black gold seal soldier, the black gold seal soldier’s eyes lit up. The Golden Armor Guards uncontrollably flew towards the black gold seal soldier and when they flew close, they shrank dramatically.
The next scene caused Zuo Mo to be dumbstruck where he stood.
The black gold seal soldier suddenly opened his mouth, and those miniaturized Golden Armor Guards flew into the mouth of the black gold seal soldier!
When they had flown over to the mouth of the black gold seal soldier, they were the size of a bean.
The black gold seal soldier swallowed these Golden Armor Guards in one gulp!
Having consumed the Golden Armor Guards, the black gold seal soldier calmed down. The vicious and vast presence quickly retreated and the figure silently floated on top of the seal paper.
Its eyes closed again and slowly landed.
When it landed on the black gold seal paper, it continued to descend. The black gold paper was like a large vortex and slowly absorbed the black gold seal soldier.
Like this, the figure slowly sank into the black gold seal paper.
The light of the black gold seal paper disappeared and it was motionless.
What … … what was this?
Zuo Mo gaped!
———
“Using just thirty pieces of fifth-grade jingshi to invite me to kill someone? So I, Ning Yi, is just worth thirty pieces of jingshi!” The disdain on Ning Yi’s face was thick and his tone was extremely unfriendly.
Ning Yi’s eyes were long and narrow, he sat cross-legged, his arms resting on his knees, as he stared coldly at Boss Xu.
Boss Xu’s expression changed, and he couldn’t help but regret his impulse to take on this fatal task. Ning Yi’s personality was fickle and killed people like cutting grass. If the other was discontent, then his little life definitely would not be safe. Listening to Ning Yi’s tone, he was clearly angry. Terror spread in Boss Xu’s heart. He couldn’t help but tremble.
“Daren, have mercy … …Daren, have mercy … … this insignificant one was thoughtless … … this insignificant one was thoughtless … …”
At this time, a person dressed in azure robes next to Ning Yi said with a slight smile, “Brother Ning, do not argue with these people! They are just insects, killing them will dirty Brother Ning’s hands.”
Ning Yi’s expression eased slightly as he said, “Brother Li, sorry for you to have seen this.”
This young person that Ning Yi called Brother Li waved his hand at Boss Xu and said gently, “Leave.”
Boss Xu seemed to have been pardoned, crawling and stumbling as he exited the room.
“Does Brother Li have something to say?” Ning Yi asked curiously. He smelt something unusual in the other’s actions just now.
“This little brother has something to request of Brother Ning.” The youth with the surname Li had an open expression.
Ning Yi naturally was not a stupid person to be able to behave recklessly. He instantly reacted and said in shock, “These people were able to get Brother Li to speak for them?”
The Li-surname youth smiled slightly and did not explain. He said in a warm voice, “I will not hide it, this little brother noticed the Turtle Island people long ago. This group’s origins are extremely mysterious and have not revealed anything up until now. However, this group of sword xiu is extraordinary in power. Even the famed battalions of this jie may not win against them, much less normal battalions. Yet no matter how I’ve investigated, there is nothing to find. Since there is a possibility of a conflict, I will trouble Brother Ning to go meet them.”
“Oh, what virtues and abilities does this Turtle Island have that they have enter Brother Li�
��s eyes?” Ning Yi only smiled faintly without any viciousness on his face.
The youth surnamed Li smiled and took out a Bagua mirror.
“This Bagua Energy Mirror is not a very good talisman but has a wondrous attribute. It can calm the heart and focus the mind, resolving bloodthirst. If Brother Ning helps, this Bagua Energy Mirror is Brother Ning’s.”
Ning Yi’s expression changed slightly. The talisman that he had become famous for was a Blood Fiehdish Asura Umbrella. This talisman was powerful but the blood fiendish energy was extremely strong. Over time, his mind would be affected by using it. If he had this Bagua Energy Mirror, it would counteract these effects and be extremely beneficial for his cultivation.
He was slightly suspicious. Why did the other place such importance on Turtle Island?
Was there something else in here?
This Bagua Energy Mirror was good, but if he involved himself in great trouble due to this, then it was not worth it.
Almost as though he detected Ning Yi’s doubt, the youth with surname Li said with a smile, “Brother Ning, do not think too much. That group of sword xiu is pretty strong but they are definitely not from Kun Lun. This little brother just wants to see how they are, there are no other intentions.”
Having the other expose his thoughts, Ning Yi was not angry. As long as it was not Kun Lun, he did not fear them. He chuckled, “It is Ning Yi’s honor to help Brother Li. If that is the case, then we can finalize the deal.”
“Brother Ning is virtuous,” The youth with surname Li said respectfully and perceptively gave the Bagua Energy Mirror.
Ning Yi caressed the Bagua Energy Mirror, feeling his mind was unspeakably calm and clear. The joy on his face increased.
Chapter 464: Attack First!
“What is this?” Zuo Mo asked Wei as he stared at the black gold seal soldier. Looking at the face that was the exact same as his, he felt unspeakably uncomfortable.
Wei said in a deep voice, “This seems a bit like a totem puppet.”
“Totem puppet?” Zuo Mo was slightly shocked. He moved to look at Wei. “What is that? What is its purpose?”
“The totem of each tribe is the symbol of each tribe. They are extremely powerful but many totems did not like to personally attend to each tribal matter. They would bestow puppets to each tribe that contained some of their power. In the ancient era, totem puppets were numerous. They would be bestowed a power of the totems, but these powers were not as great as the totems themselves! Some totem puppets could function as seeds that the totems left behind for themselves. If the totem is destroyed, these totem puppets can use certain secret methods to reawaken the memories of the totem and become the new totem!”
Pu Yao listened carefully. Even he was not clear about these ancient matters t.
Zuo Mo’s mind shifted. Seal soldiers were a method that united seals and puppets. Totem puppets made him think about the totem fragment he had used.
“What is offering sacrifice?” Zuo Mo asked immediately.
“Offering the sacrifice is the most important step of the sacrificial ceremony. It usually is the signal that the ceremony has started.” Wei explained, “When your black gold seal soldier opened its eyes, it made me recall those sacrificial ceremonies. The sacrificial ceremonies of the ancient era usually require offerings. The totem puppets are like wild beasts and are extremely hungry! You did this by accident. As to what your black gold seal soldier can do, you need to explore it yourself. Things related to the totem is too distant even to us!”
The three were silent. He was right. The ancient era was way too archaic to them!
Totem puppet … …
He always managed to come up with weird stuff, Zuo Mo couldn’t help but grimace.
He clearly had forged according to Gu Xiang Tian’s jade scroll so why did the black gold seal soldier he made turn out completely different than in the instructions?
Whatever, he’ll know after trying it out.
Zuo Mo held the paper seal and channeled the spell according to the method recorded in the jade scroll.
There was no response.
Zuo Mo paused. How could there be no response? He hurriedly took out the jade scroll and closely read it over. It was correct! Zuo Mo suddenly had a bad feeling, could it be … …
He forced himself to calm and cast the spell again.
Still no response!
The corner of Zuo Mo’s eyes jerked. The bad feeling grew and he tried again.
Still no response!
Why wasn’t there a response? Had he ruined it? Zuo Mo looked at the paper seal in his hand with an ugly expression! Used so much effort, spent so many good materials, and even caused such a frightening offering of sacrifice, it all made ge feel anticipation, but it is really a failure?
Stupid thing! Zuo Mo was angry due to his embarrassment. Without another word, he whipped the paper seal at the table!
“Born to battle.”
A lazy voice that seemed to have just woken up suddenly popped out.
The masculine and intimidating words were soft and without any strength.
Behind this phrase was a long yawn.
Zuo Mo’s face was black as the bottom of a pot, his eyes staring viciously at the black gold seal soldier. The dark gold black gold seal soldier gave a yawn, drool coming out of the corner of his mouth, as he looked with sleepy eyes at Zuo Mo.
“Big Bro, what you want?”
Zuo Mo was frozen where he stood. Pu Yao and Wei were also dumbstruck.
Other than being completely dark gold, this guy’s wretched appearance was just the same as Zuo Mo!
Seeing no one reply, the black gold seal soldier gave another long yawn. “Nothing? If there’s nothing, I’m going to sleep. So sleepy!” Finishing, he waved a hand at Zuo Mo and disappeared with a pop.
Unfreezing, Zuo Mo felt the impulse to sob and cry. Was this still a seal soldier? That fierce seal soldier that was not afraid of death, where did it go? Wasting so much energy and materials, yet he only got this lazy guy, Zuo Mo felt he was so stupid he could go hit his head against a wall!
The more he thought, the more Zuo Mo missed the black gold seal soldier that was stoic, silent, and ignorant of pain or exhaustion!
Such a good black gold seal soldier!
His luck was terrible!
Among Pu Yao and Wei’s sympathetic eyes, Zuo Mo wanted to cry, so regretful his intestines were green.
———
Zong Ru chanted in a low voice as he gently swung the prayer wheel in his hands. The sutra characters on the prayer wheel up and swirled.
Threads of wish power were like a great grey poison that permeated the Crossed Prayer Wheel.
His Crossed Prayer Wheel used the Nine Turn Sky Earth Disk as the body, the Vajra Gada as the spokes as it was inscribed by the [Attainment Golden Body] scripture that Zong Ru recited every day. The talisman was purified by wish power so the two talismans showed signs of merging together.
Even though it was just a preliminary shape, it already had wonderful powers.
What he needed right now was time to continue to merging it, so this Crossed Prayer Wheel could truly be created. But the present Crossed Prayer Wheel was still the second best talisman in the camp.
The Nine Turn Sky Earth Disk was sixth-grade, and after being processed in all kinds of dhayana methods, it became even more gentle and enigmatic.
Other than teaching, Zong Ru spent all his time on this Crossed Prayer Wheel.
———
An irritated Zuo Mo was found by a hurried Bao Yi.
Bao Yi, expression panicked, reported the news he had found to Zuo Mo. Shang Wei Ming had also hurried over changed expression when heard the name Ning Yi.
Zuo Mo was not concerned. “They only have this kind of move?”
In his view, this Tian Family was lacking compared to Pu Yao. These kind of little techniques to Zuo Mo who had killed his way out of mountains of corpses really could not stir his interest.
A class
ic little scuffle!
Shang Wei Ming saw Zuo Mo was not very concerned and instantly became urgent. “Daren, that Ning Yi doesn’t bat an eyelid when killing! No one can stop him with his cultivation! He has an extremely powerful talisman called the Blood Fiend Asura Umbrella that is extremely domineering, and the blood light it releases is hard to defend against. Many people have fallen under this umbrella!”
“This powerful?” Zuo Mo stilled. “Even more than the Thousand Gem Illusory Disk?”
Shang Wei Ming hurriedly said, “How can the Thousand Gem Illusory Disk be compared to the Blood Fiend Asura Umbrella? The Thousand Gem Illusory Disk could be said to be a powerful talisman in Xu Ling City, but it is nothing in all of Cloud Sea Jie. The Blood Fiend Asura Umbrella is famed in all of Cloud Sea Jie. Using this umbrella, Ning Yi had killed more than seventy xiuzhe, even more than ten jindan experts ! The Blood Fiend Asura Umbrella is ranked tenth on the jie’s ranking of sixth-grade talismans, and is very powerful!
“This powerful?” Zuo Mo jumped in fright.
Zuo Mo did not have any concept of the talisman ranking but if it was more powerful than that Thousand Gem Illusory Disk, then he found it worthy of attention! When he had been caught in that Thousand Gem Illusory Disk, it had been because he was not on guard, but Zuo Mo had been astounded by the power of the talisman. The power displayed by the Thousand Gem Illusory Disk surpassed all talisman Zuo Mo had ever seen before and caused him to reevaluate the value of talismans. Otherwise, he would not have been willing to spent all of his wealth to outfit everyone.
But he was also clear that the talismans that could be bought on the market and the true top talismans had an insurmountable gap.
In his view, the Thousand Gem Illusory Disk was already a great talisman. If that Blood Fiend Asura Umbrella was even more powerful, then it was trouble.
