Chapter 1072: Spirit Faith World

With her cultivation reaching the Martial Dipper Realm, her art of formations reached the peak of the fifth rank in an instant. With the support of the Five Element Ring, the changes that happened to Chu Jia made it such that the Tongyou Institution gained an expert that was practically comparable to a True Immortal!

Ignoring the jealous gaze everyone was shooting him, Kou Chongxue recalled Chu Jia when he saw that the spatial tunnel was solid enough. He wanted her to return to the You Continent to cultivate in seclusion.

Of course, more importantly, she had to be in charge of the rank six formation around the Tongyou Institution.

Without a True Immortal, they experienced an infiltration. The Tongyou Institution had to station either Kou Chongxue or Shang Xia around the Elysium at all times to prevent anything like it from happening again.

Kou Chongxue might have already learned how to split off a clone and planned to use it to take charge of the Elysium in his place, but a clone was still a mere clone at the end of the day. No matter what, it couldn’t be compared to a True Immortal personally holding the fort.

With Chu Jia breaking through to the Martial Dipper Realm, along with the strange transformation of her Formation Divine Weapon, if she was able to properly set up a rank six formation, Kou Chongxue and Shang Xia would no longer have to worry about staying in the Elysium.

Actually, Kou Chongxue was already itching to get on with it. Despite knowing that laying down a rank six formation would require a large number of resources and couldn’t be done in a short amount of time, he was still pretty excited.

Chu Jia, who had already been a rank five Formation Grandmaster for some time, truly had the ability to lay down a rank six formation with her new Formation Divine Weapon!

Of course, Shang Xia, who was currently in the Star Beast Nest, didn’t know the transformation Chu Jia experienced.

However, the moment he left the spatial tunnel, he discovered that there were 5 auras from True Immortals around the Star Beast Nest, rather than 4...

𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Of them, 4 stood outside the Star Beast Nest while another remained within.

His curiosity lasted half a second as he released his divine soul to inspect the situation. He quickly discovered that the aura of the fifth True Immortal came from Tian Mengzi, who was hiding in the Star Beast Nest.

“Illusion Talisman! He actually used it to pretend to be a True Immortal...” Shang Xia saw through his disguise immediately. After all, he was the one who produced the talisman.

The Star Beast Nest boasted rugged terrain and it seemed to resemble a giant cave system rather than a secret region.

The essence qi was extremely abundant, and even though it was different from the essence qi contained in the Spirit Luxuriant World, it didn’t stop one from cultivating. In fact, the essence qi contained in the secret region was closely related to the power of starlight and it was extremely suitable for experts who walked down the path of Stargazers to cultivate within.

Even though the Star Beast Nest was established deep in space and was drifting about with no fixed position, the space within the secret region was relatively stable. At the very least, Shang Xia was able to create spatial tunnels and travel around as he wished.

...

When Shang Xia appeared in front of him, Tian Mengzi heaved a sigh of relief. “You’re finally here! I was close to my limit...”

Shang Xia stared at the talisman with a curious gaze. “The aura of a True Immortal... How did you do it?”

Staring at Shang Xia full of confusion, Tian Mengzi grumbled, “You made this talisman. Why are you asking me?!”

Seeing the look of shock on Shang Xia’s face, Tian Mengzi was also struck speechless. “Do you really not know?”

Shang Xia’s thoughts spun and he quickly noticed what had happened. He looked at the talisman that was reaching the end of its lifespan and asked, “Why does it only last for such a short amount of time?”

From what he knew, after the Illusion Talisman was activated, it would be able to last for months! Even though the time it was usable was limited, it should be able to show its effects for a much longer time... It shouldn’t be like what Tian Mengzi was experiencing.

It was fine if Shang Xia didn’t ask... He was the creator of the talisman! If he didn’t know, how did he expect others to?! Tian Mengzi started grumbling immediately, “How should I know?! Not only can this talisman last for a short time, but it’s also constantly eating up my dipper qi!”

Shang Xia sank deeper into thought and finally determined that the reason Tian Mengzi was able to produce the aura of a True Immortal was because of the remnant energy Shang Xia left in it when he was crafting the talisman.

If that was the case, it seemed as though the Illusion Talisman was pretty interesting! It wasn’t just a simple rank five talisman!

It was a shame that the talisman had no defensive or offensive properties. It could only change one’s aura to scare others. The moment they made their move, the illusion would be broken!

After thinking about it, Shang Xia reached out slowly and started to draw in mid air. As his inner qi dissipated slowly around his fingertips, a simple Illusion Talisman appeared in mid air.

With a single gesture, the talisman landed on Tian Mengzi. He immediately felt the aura around him growing stronger and more importantly, the talisman in his hand wasn’t sucking up his dipper qi any longer. He immediately felt a lot more assured and he laughed, “Nice! Looks like I’ll be able to keep this up for a while longer.”

Nodding, Shang Xia no longer remained in the Star Beast Nest. The next time he reappeared, he had already appeared in the space outside the nest.

As soon as he showed himself, he didn’t restrain his aura in the slightest. A horrifying pressure descended and caused the space hundreds of miles wide to fluctuate wildly.

In that instant, the 3 True Immortals facing Yang Taihe, Zhang Xuansheng, Li Jidao, and Kou Chongxue’s clones retreated tens of miles as their expressions changed drastically. They immediately prepared for battle.

Actually, they weren’t the only ones who were affected by Shang Xia’s aura. Even the 4 clones were shocked.

“Fellow cultivators, you don’t look very familiar. I wonder which world you come from? Shall we exchange some pointers?” Shang Xia took control of the situation the moment he appeared.

The clones understood their identities and they weren’t planning to speak against him. In fact, all of them prepared themselves to back him up at any moment.

“Fellow True Immortal, since you wish to know where we come from, why don’t you tell us where you’re from first?” One of the second tier True Immortals on the other side shot a question in response and he didn’t seem to want to back down in the slightest.

Nodding, Shang Xia mumbled softly, “You seem to make sense. We are from the Spirit Luxuriant World and I come from the Shang Clan. How should I address all of you?”

“Spirit Luxuriant World?” The True Immortals on the other side were slightly taken aback. The second tier True Immortal who seemed to be the leader of the 3 replied, “We never heard of you before, and you shouldn’t have heard of our Spirit Faith World either. I am Yan Wujiu. I would like to ask... How did all of you manage to locate this place?”