Mortals: Take Mo Juren at the start

Chapter 917 Picking up the leaks

"It's such a short time, are you sure, Brother Xie?" Liudao thought that to find a way to break such an unprecedented super formation, it would take at least ten days or half a month. He never expected that the answer Xie Shihua gave was only three to five days. It was really a surprise!

He is worthy of being the number one formation master in the evil world, and can be compared with Cheng Huang of the righteous world and Xinggong Guyue.

These three people are all recognized as great talents in the art of formations, and they will have the opportunity to reach the grandmaster level in the future.

Of course, the talents of the three are not the same. For example, Xie Shihua is good at attacking formations, while Cheng Huang is good at defense. As for Gu Yue, he is even more famous in the inner sea for his illusion formation.

"Five days at most, that's enough." The black-robed old man, Xie Shihua, nodded seriously, and then said,

“Of course, my idea is to break the formation with one formation, so I need to set up several super-large formations. There is no formation base in the sea, so I can only use formation flags instead.

There is no problem in this regard. After all, we have made sufficient preparations before setting off this time. We have all kinds of general-purpose equipment for setting up formations. Except for the core part of the formation I need to set up, there are no too demanding requirements for other aspects. It can be used with only slight modifications.

As for the main formation flags and formation plates needed for the core of the formation, these had also been refined long ago. The most critical point at the moment was that these formation flags required a large number of cultivators to control them, and they had to be at least at the Jindan stage or above.

This requires the support of the leader. In addition, whether it is during the formation or after the attack, we also need enough strong people to protect us and prevent the enemy from destroying us..."

Xie Shihua explained the many conditions in detail. After listening, Liudao, Wan Sangu, and the other Nascent Soul cultivators all nodded slightly.

These are normal situations that they can guess without the other party mentioning them.

There was one thing that made everyone hesitate, and that was that to control the formation flags one needed a Jindan stage cultivator, which was a bit inappropriate.

Whether it is the Anti-Star Alliance or the Star Palace, the number of cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage is the largest, and they are also recognized as the "cannon fodder" team. Everyone tacitly agrees to this.

Therefore, no matter how much energy is consumed in the Foundation Establishment Stage, the impact will not be significant. But it is different in the Core Formation Stage. Although it cannot be compared with the Yuanying Stage powerhouses, it is still the backbone of the major sects.

Even if they lose one, it will be painful for all factions.

"Does it have to be above the Jindan stage? Can it be flexible?" At this time, one of the old men with a pale face asked again.

"Xie is aware of Fellow Daoist Long's concerns, but the ten-fold overlapping formation is extraordinary and cannot be shaken by ordinary attacks." Xie Shihua sighed and continued,

“In fact, it is possible to make some adjustments. For example, instead of one Jindan stage cultivator controlling one formation flag, we can have three or even five foundation building stage cultivators controlling the same formation flag at the same time.

This is certainly feasible, but the power of the formation will be greatly weakened, and because the spiritual power of the foundation-building cultivators is too weak, plus there are too many of them and they need to cooperate tacitly, it is even more complicated, and it will take a lot of time just to practice."

"How long will it take?" The old man still had some hope.

"According to my guess, one or two months is just the start, it may take longer." Xie Shihua shook his head slightly, and as soon as he said this, before the other party could say anything else, Liu Dao made the decision directly.

"Let's prepare according to what Fellow Daoist Xie said. After all, the number of Jindan-stage cultivators on our side is more than twice that of the other side, so it won't matter if we use some of them to set up the formation."

Having said this, he looked at the other party again.

"I'll allocate half of the Jindan stage cultivators to you. That should be enough, right?"

  "Sure." This time Xie Shihua did not refute, but turned to look at the gray-robed old man Cheng Huang beside him.

"It's a bit difficult for me to do this alone, so I hope Brother Cheng and my fellow practitioners can work together, so that we can practice the formation to perfection in the shortest possible time."

"It's an honor." All the formation masters had no objection and answered in unison.

"Very good. Then I'll leave this matter to you all." Liudao laughed loudly, then stood up with a heroic look on his face, and raised his glass to drink with everyone present.

……

"Break the formation with the formation, practice the formation!" Somewhere in the camp, Mo Juren was squatting in front of a stall, fiddling with a fist-sized dark red crystal in his hand, while listening to the discussions in the meeting hall.

He couldn't help but feel a little curious. The ten-layered large formation set up by Xin Ruyin was no small matter, but in the eyes of this man named Xie, it only took three to five days to break it.

  I don't know if he is really confident or just being clever?

"What do you think, brother? This piece of 'Red Blood Crystal' of mine is very rare. Asking you for nine hundred spirit stones is already very cheap." Seeing the man in front of him staring intently, the stall owner was delighted, and then said with a painful look on his face.

"If it's really a red blood crystal, such a big piece would not be expensive even if it's one thousand, let alone nine hundred." Putting away his thoughts, Mo Juren, who looked like an experienced Taoist, laughed and continued,

"But this one? You don't really think that my eyes are blurry and I can't even recognize the Red Sun Stone?"

"It's true that the Red Sun Stone is dark red in color, but there are no blood-streaked lines on its surface. Brother, don't joke with me." The stall owner's heart skipped a beat, but he still refused to admit it.

  "Blood veins?" Mo Juren sighed, put down the crystal in his hand, and then stood up and said,

"Originally, I just needed a Red Sun Stone, and I thought I could buy it even if it was a little more expensive. But now it seems that I still don't have the chance!"

After saying that, he turned around and left without hesitation.

  Seeing this, the stall owner panicked, knowing that some of his tricks had been discovered by the other party, and hurriedly said:

"Brother, please stay! I'm selling the Red Sun Stone!"

"Red Sun Stone? Not Red Blood Crystal?" Mo Juren stopped and asked with a smile.

"Well, it's my fault. I shouldn't have lied to you. I hope you won't hold it against me. But this Red Sun Stone is genuine and of high purity. Since you need it, how about buying it for three hundred Spiritual Stones?"

"Three hundred spirit stones?" Mo Juren glanced at the other person, then raised his hand and took the dark red crystal into his palm again.

"Although it is still a bit expensive, this Red Sun Stone is indeed of good quality and acceptable. I will take a small loss and buy it."

With a wave of his arm, three mid-level spirit stones flew in front of the other party. He did not stop, but turned around and left, quickly disappearing into the crowd.

“This…” The stall owner looked at the other party’s back as he quickly left. Somehow, he always had the illusion that he had suffered a great loss.

That is indeed a red sun stone! The blood veins on it were also created by myself through some special means, and they were not originally there, so naturally it could not be a red blood crystal.

He couldn't figure it out, so he had no choice but to give up. He put away the three mid-level spirit stones and finally smiled.

He just picked up that Red Sun Stone by chance during one of his travels. It didn't cost much, and he directly exchanged it for three hundred spirit stones. It was definitely a big profit!

... Like the stall owner, Mo Juren was also in a good mood at this time.

I didn't expect that I could get a red blood crystal from a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, and it only cost me three hundred spirit stones. The pleasure of finding a bargain is truly addictive.

Moreover, this is not an ordinary red blood crystal, but the legendary red blood spirit crystal of the highest quality. Compared with the former, its properties have long since changed, becoming more plain and simple, and instead extremely similar to the red sun stone.

The stall owner was just a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, so naturally he couldn't recognize it, so it was normal for him to take advantage of the bargain.

Having said that, this might not be a bad thing for him. The Red Blood Spirit Crystal is extremely rare in the world of immortal cultivation and is a top-level spiritual material. Even a Nascent Soul Stage expert would be tempted when seeing it.

As the saying goes, 'A man is innocent unless he is in possession of a treasure'. As a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, it is very likely that he will not gain the expected benefits but will bring disaster upon himself if he is in possession of such a treasure.

Not long after, Mo Juren returned to his residence. He took out the communication token and passed on the results of the Anti-Star Alliance's discussion. Then he sat cross-legged and closed his eyes to rest.

……

Xie Shihua acted quickly. In the early morning of the next day, he had gathered nearly a hundred Jindan stage cultivators together. He first explained the specific situation, then divided everyone into three groups and started practicing the formation separately.

Naturally, all of this was seen clearly by Mo Juren who was hiding in the dark, including the arrangement of the formation, the key points of the three formations, how they operated and coordinated, etc.

He wrote down all this information and passed it to Ling Yulin. After Xin Ruyin read it, she gave it a rare high evaluation.

He even said that if they followed Xie Shihua's method to crack it, and with the help of countless powerful people from the Anti-Star Alliance, it would be possible to break her ten-layered large formation.

The only drawback is that these three formations are extremely horrific in terms of energy consumption. Even the nearly one hundred Jindan stage cultivators cannot hold on for long. However, the power of this method is extremely strong. It will greatly shorten the time to break the formation. Under continuous attacks, it may not take several days.

From this, it can be seen that Xie Shihua's talent in attacking formations is so strong that even Xin Ruyin is amazed.

However, in terms of talent, Xin Ruyin is obviously stronger, and the formation she set up is not a fixed and unchanging dead formation. Instead, it can be adjusted at any time according to the situation.

Xie Shihua's plan to break through her "Ten Layers Large Array" within a few days is only feasible in theory, but not so easy in reality.

But now that she has learned all of this, it will naturally be more difficult. It is feared that it will be useless even if all these nearly 100 Jindan stage cultivators are killed.

If the Anti-Star Alliance still wants to break through the defense of Huangyue Island at that time, they can only choose to attack by force, and this is the result that Mo Juren wants.

Of course, Liudao and Wan Sangu can't be that stupid. They know that the method of forceful attack is too dangerous but they still choose to use force. That means they are crazy.

There is a high probability that they will choose to cease fire again and then look for new ways to deal with the situation.

Mo Juren was not willing to continue wasting time with the other party, so he had to find a way to prevent them from stopping the war.

After some thought, he gradually came up with some ideas in his mind, and then told Ling Yulin his ideas, and he would need her cooperation at that time.

……

"Ling Yuling, is she also in Huangyue Island?" In the meeting hall, after listening to the report from the man in black, not only Liu Dao, but also Wan Sangu and others on the side showed surprise.

If it was someone else, it would be fine, but Ling Yuling is different. She is the only daughter of the Twin Saints, the young master of the Star Palace, and the future owner. Her identity and status are too important.

If they could be eliminated, it would be an unbearable blow to the Twin Saints and even the entire Star Palace.

It would be even better to capture her alive. It is not impossible to use this woman as a bargaining chip to force Xinggong to make many concessions.

Thinking of this, everyone present became more excited.

"We just got the information. This woman had been changing her appearance and hiding quietly in Huangyue Island, so we didn't notice her in advance. Until not long ago, she accidentally revealed a flaw, which happened to be seen by the eyes we planted." The man in black did not dare to hesitate and explained again.

"Changed its appearance, so that's it." Wan Sangu suddenly understood and even mocked.

"As the future master of the Star Palace, this woman is quite courageous and dares to go deep into the front lines herself. However, her method of doing things is a bit reckless."

“It’s not really reckless. After all, there is a small teleportation array in Huangyue Island that can lead directly to Tianxing City. If there is any danger, the other party can just teleport back directly.” Liudao seemed to have thought of something, and a strange look appeared on his face.

  "This is a great opportunity!" Wan Sangu instantly understood the other party's intention and asked immediately,

"How many hidden agents do we have in Huangyue Island? How strong are they?"

"There are three people in total at the moment. The strongest one is in the middle stage of Jindan and is also a talisman master. The other two are only in the foundation building stage and are responsible for the defense of a location." The man in black replied immediately.

  "One Jindan and two foundation building ones, that's enough!" Wan Sangu nodded and said coldly,

"Give those three people a mission and tell them to destroy the teleportation array at all costs. It would be best if it cannot be repaired at all. Even if it can be repaired, it must take at least a month."

Having said this, she looked at Liudao again.

"What do you think, Brother Dao?"

"Very good, let's do it." Liudao had no objection and nodded immediately with a smile.

"I'll do it right away!" After receiving the order from the two alliance leaders, the man in black did not delay and left immediately.

"This shouldn't be an easy task. It would be best if we coordinate from inside and outside. Once the attack begins, most of the forces on Huangyue Island will be tied up in defense. Only then will the three hidden men be able to complete the mission." Retracting her gaze, Wan Sangu suggested again.

  "That makes sense." Liu Dao nodded, then looked at Xie Shihua in another place.

"How is the formation drill going? When can it start?"

"The three major formations have been thoroughly practiced and can be used at any time." Xie Shihua replied confidently.

"Very good, without further ado, all of you fellow Taoists should prepare yourselves. The army will march out in half an hour and head straight for Huangyue Island."

  At the command, everyone present stood up and left, including Wan Sangu. Only Luo Tu, after everyone had left, suddenly came up and said sincerely:

"Brother, let me take charge of the main attack this time."