No hope for eternal life

Chapter 243: Formation Guidance

Originally, with Mu Changsheng's cultivation level at the early stage of the Nascent Soul, he was simply unable to refine a virtual god talisman at the peak level of the Spiritual Transformation Realm. Now that he had the help of Master Taoist, Mu Changsheng wanted to finish drawing all the virtual god talismans at the peak level of the Spiritual Transformation Realm in one go.

Taoist Master An accepted all offers and readily agreed: "Come, come, let me show you how powerful I am."

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng obtained seven finished products out of a total of twenty virtual god talismans at the peak level of the Incarnation Realm. His success rate was already extremely amazing.

After the Xushen Talisman was finished, Taoist Shi'an rolled her eyes and asked Xiang Muchangsheng: "Tell me, you already owed me three favors, and now you owe me such a big favor, how are you going to repay me?"

Mu Changsheng smiled bitterly. He had guessed that this question would come up, so he could only answer: "It is an indisputable fact that the senior is helping me this time. I am willing to do one more thing for you. The conditions are the same as the previous three things. You cannot force me to do something I don't want to do."

"You said it yourself, don't go back on your word." Dao Shi'an said with some surprise, then she smiled slyly and said, "I have thought of two things for you to do now."

Mu Changsheng's face trembled. He was a little frightened to do two things at once. He didn't know what Master Dao was planning, but he finally asked helplessly: "I wonder what two things Master Zhen Ling wants me to do?"

"First thing, I don't like you calling me senior. I want you to call me sister from now on. Second thing, I want you not to call yourself a disciple in front of me from now on." Taoist Master said with a smile.

"Uh...that's all?" Mu Changsheng was a little bit unbelieving, because these two things were too easy, just a matter of changing the words.

"That's all. However, if you want to do something else with me, I can do that too!" Taoist Master looked at Mu Changsheng with a smile, her eyes blinking constantly, as if hinting at something.

Mu Changsheng didn't dare to say anything, and changed his words: "Sister Zhen Ling really keeps her word, I admire you."

Taoist Master An saw that Mu Changsheng didn't take the bait, but she didn't get angry either. She turned the topic back to the Xushen Talisman: "The talisman you worked so hard to refine is finally done. Take it out and try its power. I can also show you what level of power it is."

"Okay." Mu Changsheng agreed immediately. He now had seven Void God Talismans. It would not hurt to take out one to try out its power. He could also experience what it felt like to use the Void God Talisman.

Then, Mu Changsheng activated the talisman towards himself, and countless blood-colored powers burst out from the talisman and penetrated into Mu Changsheng's body.

As a result, Mu Changsheng's whole body was fluttering without wind, and from the outside he looked swollen and red, as if he would explode at any time.

Mu Changsheng felt that even with his physical strength, he could not bear this power for too long, and he had to release the power.

"Heaven-killing Seal." Mu Changsheng activated the power of the Xushen Talisman in his body and performed the most powerful secret technique of transforming internal energy.

A blood-colored seal filled with murderous aura formed in Mu Changsheng's palm. Mu Changsheng slapped out with his palm, and the blood seal followed, hitting the wall of the cave at a very fast speed.

The light of the reinforced formation on the wall of the cave flowed rapidly, blocking Mu Changsheng's magic seal attack.

After the attack, the magic power of the Xushen Talisman in Mu Changsheng's body had not been exhausted yet, and within two breaths, he successively cast three magic seals.

At this point, Mu Changsheng had finally used up all the power of the Xu Shen Talisman, and he felt completely exhausted. This could be considered an aftereffect of using the Xu Shen Talisman.

Taoist Master, who was watching from the side, nodded and praised: "Not bad, not bad. Your attack power and speed can catch up with the late stage of the Spiritualization Realm cultivator."

"It's already very good to be able to reach the late stage of Nascent Soul." Mu Changsheng said with satisfaction. You know, he is only in the early stage of Nascent Soul. With this Xushen Talisman, he can even defeat ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators. This is why the Xushen Talisman is called the Miraculous Talisman.

After this attempt, Mu Changsheng temporarily gave up the idea of ​​refining the Tribulation Realm Virtual God Talisman. With his current cultivation and physical body, not only could he not make a Tribulation Realm-level Virtual God Talisman, he couldn't even use it. It would be better to put aside the ten drops of Tribulation Realm essence blood on hand for later.

Taoist Master Xian's eyes moved again, and she said to Mu Changsheng: "You have already practiced the talisman well enough, isn't it time to practice the formation?"

Mu Changsheng nodded slightly when he heard this. This was originally part of his plan. Besides, he had not received any news about the Heavenly Fruit yet, so he could only practice and wait.

"Then you practice on your own first. When you encounter a bottleneck, I will help you." Taoist Master Yan said with a smile. She has been looking forward to guiding Mu Changsheng in practicing the art of formations.

Mu Changsheng naturally had no objection to this. To be able to receive guidance from a formation master of the ninth-grade formation spirit's level was something many people would love to have. He also wanted to learn more from Taoist Master Nan while she was still enthusiastic about him.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng began to practice the formation on his own.

Originally, Mu Changsheng's formation cultivation was still at the primary stage of the third grade, but now that Mu Changsheng's cultivation has broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, he can practice formations like a fish in water.

In just a few days, Mu Changsheng was able to refine a top-level third-grade formation plate.

But Mu Changsheng's bottleneck also came. He spent half a month and still failed to break through to the fourth level of formation.

When people encounter a problem that they cannot solve, they will unconsciously want to ask others for help. Mu Changsheng is no exception. What's more, there is a ninth-grade formation spirit who has reached the pinnacle of the formation realm by his side.

Taoist Master was extremely arrogant at this time. She sat leisurely aside, leaning lazily on one side, pretending to be nonchalant. She had already seen that Mu Changsheng had reached a bottleneck, but she deliberately turned a blind eye to it.

"If you want me to help, do you think I should take the initiative to ask?" Taoist Master thought proudly, with her thoughts written all over her face.

Seeing this, Mu Changsheng could not help but guess what Dao Shi'an was thinking, so he immediately asked, "Sister Zhenling, what is the difference between this fourth-grade formation and the third-grade formation? Why do I fail so many times?"

When Taoist Master Dao heard what she wanted to hear, she was immediately overjoyed, but she remained calm and instructed, "In formation cultivation, each breakthrough is like a breakthrough in a major realm. The further you go, the harder it is. You can cultivate smoothly to the peak of the third level, which shows that your talent in formation cultivation is pretty good. However, you have used up your talent so far. If you want to make another breakthrough, you must work hard. You have been stuck at the bottleneck for only half a month and you want to find a shortcut. You are really impatient. Continue to practice for another half a month. If you still cannot break through after half a month, I will teach you how to break through the bottleneck."

When Taoist Master An started talking about the art of formations, she seemed like a different person. She instantly turned into a strict teacher, supervising and educating Mu Changsheng.

Afterwards, Taoist Master Xian waved her hand casually, and countless spiritual materials for setting up the formation appeared out of thin air in the cave.

"Keep practicing. I don't have anything else, but I have enough spiritual materials for setting up the formation." Taoist Master Xi said arrogantly.

"Yes." Mu Changsheng answered respectfully. When it comes to formations, Taoist Master's say is much higher than his, so he just has to obey her orders.

So, Mu Changsheng continued to practice, hoping that he could break through to the fourth level without relying on Taoist Master.

But half a month passed quickly, and Mu Changsheng still failed to successfully refine a fourth-grade formation. It seemed that no matter how carefully he set up the formation, it would collapse at the critical moment.

Seeing this, Taoist Master Xian finally couldn't help but speak up, saying repeatedly: "Stupid, stupid, stupid, your problem is that you are too rigid. You only follow the established formation. The formation has already shown signs of collapse, but you are still sticking to the rules. It's strange that you can succeed. Since the formation is about to collapse, you should abandon the so-called formation and try every means to keep it from collapsing. This is like practicing swordsmanship. One can only perform fixed sword moves, while the other has mastered it and has no moves, which one do you think is better?"