Chapter 1249: Combined Formation Talisman and Star Origin Lord Robe

The speed at which the Five Element Teleportation Formation could be deployed surprised Shang Xia.

Actually, after getting the agreement the True Immortals of the Spirit Luxuriant World reached, Chu Jia’s speed at which she deployed the Five Element Teleportation Formation in Star Beast Nest No.1 was extremely quick.

The first was because a high-level True Immortal of the Essence Ming World appeared outside Star Beast Nest No.1, and Lu Wuzi had been strongly pushing for the deployment of the formation. The second was because Chu Jia had the assistance of all the great powers of the Spirit Luxuriant World.

As for Star Beast Nest No.2... After Hai Yuanyuan confirmed his guess, Shang Xia stared at her and asked, “Is your cultivation stable at the moment? Are you confident in establishing your Five Element Origin?”

With a look full of confidence, Hai Yuanyuan harrumphed, “Just relax! I’ll definitely succeed! Moreover, you’re going to be assisting me if anything goes wrong... You can’t possibly watch as I fail without helping, right?”

Shang Xia shook his head and sighed in a serious tone, “You better not think this way. Otherwise, I would rather delay your attempt to break through if all you’re relying on is my assistance.”

Hai Yuanyuan could only promise Shang Xia she was only joking when she said that.

Finally, Shang Xia changed the topic and asked, “Right, what’s the patriarch doing right now? Has there been news from the institution?”

“He went missing again! It’s said that after he completed the agreement with the Spirit Thistle World, he handed his responsibilities to the rest and he left behind a clone just for the sake of it before taking his leave. Our deputy patriarchs are responsible for everything as per usual...” Hai Yuanyuan pouted at his question.

Shang Xia pretty much understood what Kou Chongxue was planning to do and he simply nodded in response. “Sounds alright to me.”

With her eyes swirling about, Hai Yuanyuan mumbled, “Do you know what the patriarch is up to?”

“This isn’t something you should know. You better cherish this chance to cultivate properly... Stop thinking about things you shouldn’t bother yourself with...” Shang Xia chided while glancing at her from the corner of his eye.

Sticking out her tongue at him, Hai Yuanyuan ran away before he could continue nagging.

Standing in place silently, Shang Xia eventually sighed, “The storm is coming...”

Star Beast Nest No.2 Shang Xia had been stationed in eventually returned to its original calm, but no one knew how long it could last for.

Shang Xia might be interested in checking out the Essence Xing World, but he eventually decided not to venture too far away from the Star Beast Nest.

As for what was happening in the Spirit Luxuriant World... Shang Xia had a good guess of what was happening, but he couldn’t take part in any of it personally since he was stationed in the Star Beast Nest.

Everything seemed to be happening as usual, but Shang Xia’s attention quickly turned back to researching high-level Talismans. To be more exact, it was the Formation Talisman that he crafted for Tong Yutang back then.

After everything he went through, he was sure that the Formation Talisman Tong Yutang commissioned in the past was related to the Star Robes.

However... What he created back then was only a portion of the runes used in a Star Robe.

Shang Xia wanted to deduce the rest of the runes from the talisman, but that was obviously something he couldn’t complete in a short period of time. He had too much to do after, and he couldn’t pay too much attention to the talisman.

Also... There seemed to be some key factor missing that might stop him from deducing the entire set of talismans.

That was also why Shang Xia hadn’t started the process despite obtaining the Star Origin Lord Robe.

Since he wasn’t able to fully deduce the talismans or runes required, there was no way for him to produce Star Robes on his own!

That was right! Reproducing Star Robes was Shang Xia’s final goal!

If the Tongyou Institution were to produce Star Robes, and they could learn the battle formation from Feng Ziying, they would immediately be able to gain enough strength to challenge experts stronger than themselves.

Shang Xia gained inspiration from the Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman and he was struck by a sudden thought about how he should go about deducing the entire set of talismans and runes required to craft Star Robes!

Strictly speaking, the Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman was a talisman that was created after combining 6 different types of talismans...

The method of seamlessly fusing the effects of different talismans together... It gave Shang Xia the most direct way to complete his formation!

Taking the chance where he was unable to get too far away from the Star Beast Nest for the next 2 to 3 years, he wanted to attempt fusing the effects of the Star Robes together, properly replicating it.

Of course, he needed to complete the deduction of the rest of the talismans and runes before he could do anything like it. The easiest way would be to copy the runes on the Star Robes, especially since he had the best Star Robes of them all!

Shang Xia originally thought that every single Star Robe was the same, but after watching how Zhuge Xiang fought against so many experts using the combined battle formation, he understood that not all Star Robes were made equal.

From his understanding, ordinary star robes might only have 1 set of runes. However, the Star Origin Lord Robe had 3 sets!

The runes on the Star Origin Lord Robe were also extremely intricate. It seemed that it would be able to integrate into any battle formation used by the Star Origin Guards to form an even stronger battle formation.

Once again, Shang Xia refreshed his understanding of the talisman he crafted for Tong Yutang. He felt that the complete talisman was probably of the seventh rank. That was also another reason he decided to work on it then. He wanted to restore the talisman in order to obtain the rank seven talisman inheritance.

If he was merely hesitating if he should go for it when the idea struck him in the past, he was fully committed now that he created the Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman. He had a feeling his chance had come.

That was why Shang Xia ordered Yuan Qiuyuan and the others to send the Star Origin Lord Robe to Star Beast Nest No.2 through the formation, and he had been in seclusion ever since.

...

It had only been a month or so since he entered seclusion when the True Immortals of the Dachen Dynasty and Qingling Palace returned, forcing him to leave seclusion for some time.

This time, Duke Zhang was the only one who came from the dynasty, but Ling Jingya and Feng Yasong came together.

“Fellow cultivators, this...” Shang Xia looked at them who were shooting angry glares at each other and chuckled in amusement.

Duke Zhang turned his gaze away from the other 2 and he quickly formed a smile. “Apologies for interrupting your cultivation again... However, after I reported your intentions to His Majesty, he expressed interest in getting you to craft talismans for us and quickly gathered materials for me to make another trip over.”

Shang Xia laughed along. “It’s alright. Can I ask, what type of talismans do you need?”

Before Zhang Mingjie could say anything, Lin Jingya interrupted, “True Immortal Shang, after the Palace Master heard your intentions, I was also instructed to gather as much resources as I could to request for talismans. He has said that we will take as many rank six talismans as you can make.”

Shang Xia was stunned for a moment. He looked at Duke Zhang whose expression sank and tried to lighten the mood slightly. “True Immortal Lin, your Palace Master thinks very highly of me...”

Zhang Mingjie turned to Lin Jingya before turning back to Shang Xia. He mumbled, “True Immortal Shang, it looks like it doesn’t matter which faction we come from. We all hope to obtain talismans from you. Half a year for 6 talismans is really too few... On average, we’ll only be able to obtain 3 of them even if we split them up... True Immortal Shang, how about crafting 12 rank six talismans in half a year? We’ll split them up equally...”

Even after he spoke, Lin Jingya didn’t say anything else. It was clear they had reached an agreement on the allocation of talismans...

After all, they were the only buyers. If Shang Xia was able to increase his production, they would benefit either way.

𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Shang Xia chuckled slowly before asking again, “From the looks of it, the situation over on your side is really messy. I wonder what’s happening to the Wanyun Association now? Speaking of them, I haven’t seen Shen Chongshan for some time now.”

Zhang Mingjie’s expression turned even uglier. The reason he rushed to look for Shang Xia was because the Wanyun Association successfully dealt with the pressure from the Dachen Dynasty. The dynasty also saw the might of the Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman, and they raised their evaluation of Shang Xia who crafted those talismans to a sky-high level.

None of them expected that the strange talisman master of the Essence Ping World would be able to craft 4 Myriad Tinted Cloud Talismans instead of 3!

From news they received from their spies in the Wanyun Association, Gong Zhuo and Shen Chongshan only brought a total of 5 special talisman papers during their second visit to Shang Xia!

That would mean that he managed to craft 2 Myriad Tinted Cloud Talismans in 5 attempts!

For a talisman as complicated as the Myriad Tinted Cloud Talisman, that was a terrifyingly high success rate! It was no wonder everyone would raise their evaluation of Shang Xia!

Lin Jingya was also of the same mind, but as the Wanyun Association’s ally, she didn’t think that Shang Xia’s question was inappropriate. She also wanted to see the ugly expression on Zhang Mingjie’s face and she chuckled happily, “The Wanyun Association was able to safely disengage from the pressure the Dachen Dynasty had placed on them. True Immortal Shang, the Myriad Tinted Cloud Talismans you produced really helped them out... I believe it won’t be long before True Immortal Gong and True Immortal Shen will come to offer their thanks!”