Professionals of the Starry Skies - Chapter 255

[255. Chapter 255 The Deadly Needle (asking for monthly tickets)]

Chapter 255 The Deadly Needle (asking for monthly votes)
Xiaoyuan Mountain is located in the south-central part of Yunzhou, thousands of miles away from the Mu family’s Baihua Mountain.

There is a small spirit stone vein in this mountain!

Although it is a small vein, it can still produce millions of spirit stones a year, and occasionally medium-quality spirit stones are produced. It is a very important source of income for the Mu family.

Back then, in order to seize this mineral vein, Mu Wanlong brought Mu Qinglan and wiped out three major Jindan forces in one go, only then were they able to firmly occupy the mountain.

However, now that the Mu family has shown signs of decline, it has immediately attracted covetousness.

On Xiaoyuan Mountain, in the mine, rays of light shot up into the sky and transformed into a pitch-black tortoise-shell formation.

It’s the third level – Black Turtle Formation!

This formation abandons all means of attack, illusion, and movement, and only has amazing defense.

Even a cultivator in the late Jindan stage would find it difficult to defeat him in a short period of time.

At the core of the formation, a Taoist with an old face was sitting cross-legged. He was the only Jindan cultivator of the Mu family here – Mu Wandao.

“The enemy has three Jindan cultivators, roughly in the middle stage of Jindan…”

“The flying letter to alert the family has been sent…”

“Oh… I hope we can beat them back.”

Mu Wandao now no longer hopes to kill the enemy. He will be thankful if he can drive them away and show off the Mu family’s muscle.

At this moment, Mu Wandao’s expression froze. Looking at the three strange lights flying over, he couldn’t help but say, “Be alert… they’re coming again!”

These three Jindan cultivators were all hidden in the heavy fog, concealing their figures.

One of them shouted angrily, and a ball of yellow-red flame emerged, transforming into a strange beast. It landed on all fours and filled up a large number of hills and gullies as it galloped… and rushed straight towards the tortoise shell formation.

Bang!
The third-level formation wavered slightly, and the strange beast made of yellow and red flames exploded, turning into sparks all over the sky.

Another beam of light fell on the ground, and from time to time, ochre-colored talismans were driven into the earth veins. It was obvious that it was looking for the flaws in the Black Turtle Formation by observing the terrain.

The last person hid in the fog and did not take much action.

“Three Jindan cultivators are attacking one after another. I should be able to hold out for a few days with the help of the Black Turtle Formation… as long as there is no formation master.”

Mu Wandao muttered to himself.

At this moment, there was a feeling of earth-shaking, as if the entire Xiaoyuan Mountain was shaken.

“not good……”

Mu Wandao watched in horror as the ground veins shook, revealing a huge flaw in the Black Turtle Formation.

The third person who had been standing still sneered and threw out a third-level formation-breaking talisman.

Countless silver rune lines were flying in the sky, as if forming a silver light channel.

The man rushed directly into the black tortoise formation without hesitation!
“You’re looking for death!”

Although the power of the formation was temporarily ineffective, it only lasted for a few breaths.

Mu Wandao immediately slapped his dantian, and a fish-scale shield emerged. Thousands of scales suddenly dispersed and turned into a wall of scales.

The figure that rushed into the formation laughed, and a magic folding fan flew out from his hand.

Swish!
The folding fan unfolded, revealing a picture of five clouds and green peaks on the front.

At this time, the fan was covered with flashes of light, and an illusory mountain appeared and hit the wall of scales.

A terrifying wave of magical power was heard, and a large number of scales shattered.

The remaining scales gathered in front of Mu Wandao and turned into a scale shield that was reduced in size by half.

The magic fan suddenly closed, and a blade as cold as ice extended out.

The unknown monk held the fan handle as if he was holding a peerless flying sword, and astonishing sword intent soared into the sky.

Shua!
The sword flashed!

Its force was like wind and thunder, following a strange trajectory and slashing on the scaly shield.

The already damaged magic weapon exploded instantly, allowing a sword intent to enter Mu Wandao’s sea of consciousness and begin to stir up trouble.

With one sword strike, a Jindan cultivator was seriously injured!
“The magic weapon ‘Sword in the Fan’? Are you the Fatal Scholar?!” A trace of despair appeared on Mu Wandao’s face.

At this moment, a dragon roar seemed to be heard faintly from the sky.

A ‘dragon boat’ came flying at an extremely fast speed, and the leader was none other than Mu Wanlong, the patriarch of the Mu family!

“Form a formation, and transform into a blue dragon!”

He made hand gestures, and the clan guards in the dragon boat immediately stood at designated positions and injected magic power into the dragon boat.

Roar!

In an instant, the dragon boat seemed to come alive and transformed into a green dragon several dozen feet long, with its magic power fluctuations reaching the late Jindan level.

Being able to train family members and practice battle formations is also the foundation of the Mu family!
“Let’s go!”

Two strange cries were heard, and the Jindan cultivator who had previously spewed strange fire and the formation master who had attacked the earth veins looked at each other, and then soared into the sky without hesitation.

But at this moment, a green dragon several dozen feet long came chasing after them, swinging its tail.

The monk who was breathing out strange fire let out a strange cry and spewed out a ball of yellow-red flame.

In an instant, the flame transformed into a jackal as big as a mountain.

But under the swing of the Green Dragon’s tail, it was still blown away.

The Azure Dragon’s tail continued to move forward with unabated momentum, landing on the Jindan cultivator, causing the protective light on his body to dissipate, revealing a large man in a red robe and with a curly beard.

“Lord Zhuhuo, how dare you mess with my Mu family?”

Mu Wanlong’s voice was heard from the ‘Qinglong’.

Zhuhuo Gong covered his face with his sleeves, and when the sleeves fell down, he was wearing a strange red mask.

He spewed out balls of red true fire, which turned into countless flaming birds that pecked at the Azure Dragon.

At the same time, another formation practitioner casually waved out formation flags and formation plates… and actually set up a formation with faint lightning light.

Boom!

The fire and lightning almost covered the sky and collided with the green dragon.

After a few breaths, the two Jindan cultivators retreated: “The Mu family is indeed extraordinary. A rotten boat still has three pounds of nails…”

The Azure Dragon also retreated and turned into its original dragon boat.

Mu Wanlong’s spiritual sense swept over the pale faces of the family guards, and then looked in the direction where the two independent cultivators left: “These two are independent cultivators in name only, but in fact one is the illegitimate son of the elder of Burning Sky Valley, and the other has the support of the Qingfeng Zhang family. Haha, otherwise, why would an independent cultivator learn formations? Does he have a formation inheritance?”

“It’s not appropriate for the family to make too many enemies recently, but we have to establish our authority… This deadly scholar has the least background, so leave him to me!”

He grabbed with his big hand, and a huge purple flame net magic weapon fell down with a bang.

The Fatal Scholar sneered, and with a flash of his body, he escaped at an astonishing speed, avoiding the purple fire net magic weapon.

At the same time, an extremely thin white needle came silently behind Mu Wanlong and pierced into the Jindan Zhenyuan protective shield.

Bo!
Mu Wanlong’s true essence shield exploded like a bubble, allowing the white needle to pierce directly into his dantian!

“Hehe, the Mu family is so powerful…but they don’t know that I am not only good at fanning the sword, but also have a deadly needle!”

The Fatal Scholar laughed twice in an odd way, but did not pursue the enemy and instead fled into the distance.

“Master!”

Mu Wandao managed to fly up, his face full of concern: “Are you okay?”

“The Fatal Scholar… He was originally unknown, but his ‘Fatal Needle’ is truly amazing…”

As soon as Mu Wanlong opened his mouth, his mouth was full of blood. He secretly transmitted his consciousness: “I am seriously injured now, and I urgently need a cave and elixir to recuperate. You stay here and don’t show any flaws!”

The Mu family today can no longer afford any more failure.

Once the turmoil intensifies, those covetous people will tear them apart like wolves!
…

Dozens of miles away.

The Fatal Scholar suddenly transformed into the appearance of Fang Xing.

He had no idea that things would go so smoothly. He just went to the Immortal City as a deadly scholar to inquire about the news of the Mu family. He was immediately considered to have improper intentions towards the Mu family and was pulled in to be a high-level cannon fodder.

“However, now is not a good time to kill Mu Wanlong… although he must know the formula for refining the Jiaoweiqin.”

Fang Xing pondered secretly.

There are many problems that need to be solved if one wants to impersonate a sect or family that practices immortality.

The biggest trouble is things like natal cards and soul lamps.

Generally, important figures in large forces would be arranged to light a soul lamp and enshrine it amidst numerous restrictions as a proof of their status and a guide for future rescue.

If the soul lamp goes out, it means death.

Therefore, if Fang Xing took action to kill Mu Wanlong, even if the Nine Infants Pearl was disguised perfectly, the other person’s life plate and soul lamp were gone, which meant that he was dead… Obviously, he would be exposed as soon as he went.

Therefore, Fang Xing chose to severely injure Mu Wanlong first.

This is reflected on the soul lamp, where the light becomes extremely dim, indicating a serious injury that is difficult to recover from or being trapped in some desperate situation.

Just a little better than death.

“When the time comes, I will use magic to split most of his soul and take his blood, but keep his life… so that he will be exempt from the soul lamp inspection, making it easier for me to sneak into the Mu family.”

As for the dimming of the soul lamp?

Since he was seriously injured, isn’t it normal for the soul lamp to be a little dimmer?

Fang Xing is a man who always seeks revenge when he has grievances.

In the world of cultivating immortals, the emphasis is on punishing all nine generations of a clan. If you provoke an enemy, your family and sect must be destroyed.

So, Mu Qinglan took the initiative to attack me in Linlang Fudi, which meant there was a grudge!
I also had a grudge with the Mu family!
He walked a few more steps and came to a swamp where Yin Qi gathered. A black token appeared in his hand, and he kept muttering something.

Gurgle!
A large number of yellow-green bubbles suddenly emerged from the poisonous swamp.

Then, a huge head popped out.

This is a strange corpse, wearing black armor, a cloak, and a pale mask on his face.

On the mask, the word “earth” is engraved in ancient seal script.

Soon after, another corpse with the word “water” engraved on its mask walked out of the swamp.

Then there are the fire corpse, the gold corpse, the wood corpse…

The appearance of the five refined corpses changed drastically, ensuring that even the cultivators of the Wanxiang Demon Sect would not be able to recognize them if they saw them.

“The refining of the Five Chaos Demons is complete.”

“In fact, the name Five Shadow Demon Corpses seems to be quite good… Unfortunately, there is no wind and thunder…”

With the help of five golden corpses, gifts from many demon monks, and most importantly his own Nascent Soul power, Fang Xing easily refined the ‘Five Chaos Demons’ again.

According to his trial runs, each of the Five Chaos Demons is at least equivalent to a mid-level third-rank body cultivator. If combined with the engraved Five Elements spells, it will not be inferior to a cultivator at the peak of the middle-stage Jindan stage.

If the five mixed demons join forces and form the Five Demon Formation, they will probably be able to dominate the Jindan stage, and ordinary Jindan late stage cultivators will not be their opponents.

Update later today

(End of this chapter)