Supreme Swordsman of the Nine Heavens

Pill Manual Hall’s Formation Book

Helian Kong questioned, “Anymore questions about my identity, you two runts?”

“Please forgive us for our foolishness.”

“Get up. Get up. Just watching you two triggers me.”

Daoists Yuanhua and Yundan did not dare to say another word after offending Helian Kong; however, their concern had switched to delight since Helian Kong was a ray of hope for Pill Cauldron Sect.

“Mu Yu, are you really going to reject their offer to lead Pill Cauldron Sect? In my opinion, it’s fine for you to lead even though you have other shifus as Ku Mu is our member, right? I believe he” – Daoist Yundan glanced to Daoist Yun Dan out of his peripherals – “has any issues, correct?”

“Ancestor, I will never pass my seat on to the traitorous likes of Shi Dengtian, but I have no qualms or regrets entrusting leadership to Mu Yu.”

“Let’s not discuss this again. My Dad left the sect in Uncle Yundan’s hands because he trusted him. I want to respect my dad’s wish, and I believe Uncle Yundan can go a good job.”

“Mu Yu, you can stop calling me ‘Elder’. I can’t handle it when you’re Sword Shadow Dust Gale’s disciple; it’s like I’m downplaying his name. How about you just call me Brother Helian?” Helian Kong seriously suggested.

“Elder, my dad is your junior. He would bounce my head off the ground if I called you ‘Brother’.”

“True that. Ah, whatever, then. Anyhow, Third Heaven Palace will soon realise Qian Shange and Wan Shuiyao are out of commission. What do you have in mind, Mu Yu?”

“I have been thinking about that. In my opinion, Pill Cauldron Sect should cut itself off from everyone else and focus on recuperating from the crisis, lest Third Heaven Palace take advantage of the sect’s weakened condition to mount another attack.”

“How would we stop Third Heaven Palace invading?” inquired Daoist Yundan.

“Revealing Cauldron can block out their soul energy thanks to the formation inside. Qian Shange and Wan Shuiyao only managed to enter as the cauldron was not active ever since my dad left. I have made use of Revealing Cauldron to activate Pill Cauldron Sect’s formation. At this point, not even Bai Jie can enter.”

“Really?”

“Trust me on it. I’m the interim owner of Revealing Cauldron now, so I have a strategy to maintain its functioning.”

“Mu Yu, our fate hinges on you now,” gratefully conveyed Daoist Yundan.

“Can I study the ancient teleportation formation? To tell the truth, I came here with the goal of researching it.”

Daoist Yuanhua said, “That reminds me. We used to be a sect consisting of alchemy and formations, the latter being a compulsory subject. Though we later abandoned it, we still have a library of formation books, one of which should discuss ancient teleportation formations, in Arcane Manual Hall.”

“Where?” Mu Yu queried.

“I’ll show you the way,” responded Daoist Yuanhua.

Helian Kong returned the three pills to their bubbles since they had served their purpose.

“The door is still hanging on? I always wanted to change it,” quipped Helian Kong, referring to the timber door to the rundown room on the second floor.

Mu Yu discovered he could not control the door despite it being made from timber. Daoist Yundan installed a hand seal into the door, awakening the brown energy. From there, opening it was the same as any other ordinary door. The interior’s smell indicated it had not been cared for in a long time.

“The stairs lead up to the third floor, which is where we store formation books. Junior Brother Ku Mu used to come here, though we have no idea how much he managed to learn.” Daoist Yundan smiled bitterly.

“My dad is a brilliant formation caster. My shifu told me Dad was right on his tail as a formation caster. I think my shifu is the best formation caster.”

“R-really?”

“The more I hear, the more you two runts disappoint me. How could you chase out someone Sword Shadow Dust Gale praised as a genius? Do you realise what you’ve cost Pill Cauldron Sect?!”

“I am sorry, Ancestor.”

“Come on, Elder… Let’s head on up.”

“Bloody dullards.” Helian Kong shook his head in disappointment, levitating up to the murky third floor first.

Had the books on the shelf that were placed randomly not been protected, they would already have been in tatters. The small room had been cast into a different dimension to the rest of Pill Cauldron Sect.

“Nobody besides Junior Brother Ku Mu as been here. We asked Elder Chen Tiandao to take care of the collection. Howbeit, he turned us down at the time, citing he couldn’t take the property of another since somebody is already taking care of them. I did ask him who took care of them, but he refused to tell me. I suppose it must’ve been Junior Brother Ku Mu,” Daoist Yundan notified.

“Don’t worry about that now. I reckon Dad used to maintain the teleportation formation in secret.”

“Provide some light with a pill flame stone already,” scathingly ordered Helian Kong, glaring at Daoist Yundan.

“That won’t be necessary. There is a formation to provide light here,” Mu Yu informed, placing his hand on the wall and planting a formation into the wall.

Daoist Yundan awkwardly smiled as the formation illuminated the room in white light for he was totally unaware of the formation’s existence even though he was the sect’s patriarch. “Mu Yu, our records state that a formation protecting our sect can be activated to reverse any damage the sect suffers. Unfortunately… Well, you know how we abandoned formations and falsely assumed Pill Cauldron Sect would never come this close to annihilation that we have lost the activation method. If you could help us find it… we could repair all of the damage to our flattened mountains more easily.”

“They already forgot how to activate it back in my generation. If you can activate it, these runts won’t have to use any building materials to rebuild the sect.”

“You serious?” Mu Yu exclaimed.

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