Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 685 - 680: Taoist Seed Four

Chapter 685: Chapter 680: Taoist Seed Four

Lin Xin slowly unfolded the Formation Map in front of him.

"Fifth Rank Golden Origin Formation," "Fifth Rank Nine Mountains Formation," "Earth Spring Transforms into Wind Formation."

All three Formation Maps were recently acquired from the market, and the materials for setting up the formations were also fully prepared.

However, one could generally infer the effectiveness of the formations he bought from their names.

The formations were simply the creations of Array Grandmasters who couldn’t even be bothered to come up with appealing names, casually thrown out to the public.

Yet, each of these formations cost Lin Xin a hefty 5,000 Contribution Points, an extremely high price.

"Three protective arrays, all providing full-range protection, and the strength is also quite decent," Lin Xin carefully examined once more. These three sets of formations were average, neither bad nor impressive. For now, they could just barely suffice. Once he completely mastered the Formation Talisman Path, he wouldn’t have to go through such trouble in the future when practicing the setup of formations himself.

He had too many secrets. If he didn’t protect them well, a single slip might expose them to the powerful entities, and even his own master might not be able to protect him.

He carefully had the dwarves prepare the materials for the formation setup.

Lin Xin first unfolded the Formation Diagram of the Fifth Rank Golden Origin Formation.

He took out a core of molten heart; with this thing, the core energy source for the formation should be no problem.

A hint of anticipation stirred within him.

He tossed the Formation Diagram forward.

At once, his mouth and hands began to channel the Decree Spirit Seal.

"Golden Origin summoned, Five Qi ascending high, solidify the ephemeral stone!"

Lin Xin suddenly pointed forward.

Suddenly, the pile of materials trembled with a roar, as if they were alive, soaring into the sky and swiftly assembling in midair, condensing into a huge black circle.

In the center of the black circle were countless neatly arranged golden light spots, flashing with rich Spiritual Light.

Lin Xin tossed the core of molten heart forward once again.

As the item rolled into the Void, it immediately shot into the Array Plate and melted into it.

The entire Formation Diagram shook violently, and with the support of energy, it slowly began to rotate.

Hiss!!

The Formation Diagram unfolded instantly, becoming thinner and paler, starting to overlay the inner layer of the original Jade Cultivation Formation.

In just a moment, Lin Xin and the surrounding Taoist soldiers saw the Golden Origin Formation turn translucent and slowly cover the Jade Cultivation Formation, forming a thin membrane on the interior layer.

"It seems quite good," Lin Xin looked on with satisfaction; there was not the slightest sign of collision, and the two arrays fit together very well.

"This core of molten heart is indeed remarkable."

He could feel that the energy provided by the molten heart core was even more substantial than that of a low-rank Burning Furnace. Although it was less stable, for formations, which did not require as high standards as cultivators, it was still suitable.

"Next up is the Fifth Rank Nine Mountains Formation."

Lin Xin took out the Formation Diagram and had the dwarves neatly stack the materials for the formation. Then he began to carve and create nine models of small hills, palm-sized, and placed them around the wasteland.

This one was a bit more complicated; he also quickly took out the black Array Treasure Bead that was refined at the time of purchase, holding it in his hand.

When all the preparations were complete.

He raised his hand to crush the treasure bead, turning it into a pool of black powder, which he sprinkled forward.

"Rise!"

Boom!

Around the wasteland, nine hill-shaped yellow Void Shadows suddenly appeared, shooting skyward, reaching a hundred meters in height.

Lin Xin quickly tossed out the core of molten heart. Now he had as many of those things as he needed; the Secret Treasure was just being used for throwing, not cherished at all.

The molten heart core also melted away and disappeared within the Formation Diagram.

At once, the nine simulated small mountains trembled slowly, their surfaces revealing countless Rune patterns.

"Nine Mountains!!!"

A brawny cyclops carrying a huge rock flashed above the wasteland, letting out a thunderous roar.

"They’ve actually used an ancient Array Eye?"

A glint shone in Lin Xin’s eyes.

The Nine Mountains Formation turned out to be an Array Master’s way of simplifying things by taking an ancient Array Eye that remained and directly arranging a new formation with it.

This kind of formation often doesn’t vary much in power, but because there wasn’t such a scarcity of materials in the ancient times as there is now, the Array Eyes often have quite good quality. As a result, the formations produced are generally of high quality in their rank.

However, many ancient Array Eyes are non-dismantlable; once disassembled, they immediately destroy themselves, hence their usage in such a wasteful manner.

"This formation can block a fifth-rank cultivator and resist for several days; and unless you’re a fifth-rank or higher, you cannot break it, indeed not bad," As an expert in the Formation Talisman Path, Lin Xin saw through the mysteries at a glance, and a smile couldn’t help but spread across his face.

Soon the Nine Mountains Formation also turned into a light yellow membrane, covering the inner wall of the Golden Origin Formation. All anomalies disappeared.

"Next!" Lin Xin took out the third Formation Diagram.

The Formation Diagram of the Earth Spring Transforms into Wind Formation was a water-ink painting that depicted a mountain with a spring at its base, surrounded by a wreath of green wind.

The ink used was similar in consistency to blood.

"Rise!"

Lin Xin threw the Formation Diagram, his hands swiftly forming Spirit Seals.

Rings of Spiritual Light rippled from his hands.

The ink painting Formation Diagram suddenly tore apart with a burst, and a stream of black spring water charged out, twisting in the air like an ink dragon.

Lin Xin took out the molten heart core and tossed it forward.

The small ball was instantly devoured by the ink dragon.

Wind! Wind! Wind!!!

A noise like the shouting of countless people emanated from the ink dragon.

It spiraled once and charged directly towards the sky above the wasteland.

Boom!!

The ink dragon slammed into the inner wall of the Nine Mountains Formation, suddenly exploding into a shower of ink, raining down like droplets.

On the inner wall of the Nine Mountains Formation, four odd black Formation Talismans also emerged, seemingly pitch-black but still flickering with a faint cyan-green light.

The four Formation Talismans joined up, in a certain Formation Talisman language, they could be read as: Earth, Spring, Transmute, Wind. Four syllables.

"This Formation is not bad, it uses four different types of changes to block different kinds of enemies."

Lin Xin nodded in satisfaction.

After the Jade Purifier Formation, he had layered three other Formations, all of the Fifth Rank, and because the core of the melting heart’s energy was immense, it could sustain the Formations for decades. As long as the core of the Formation was replaced regularly, this protection could be sustained indefinitely.

With the deployment of four Fifth Rank great Formations, the entire wasteland instantly had a feeling of being as impregnable as a golden fortress.

Lin Xin was also quite pleased.

At this time, a small white Taoist Palace had been established in the central region of the wasteland, serving as Lin Xin’s own residence, surrounded by various Taoist soldier buildings.

Further out were the pitch-black Fifth Rank Mother Trees planted to guard among other Taoist soldiers. There were also Soul Reapers patrolling in squads, also in black.

White, colorful, and black, three circles forming a tri-ring, the divide was clear and distinct.

This level of protection was indeed extremely formidable compared to Lin Xin’s previous territory.

Beep beep... beep beep...

Suddenly, Lin Xin sensed a message coming from the Jade Talisman.

He took it out and investigated, sending his consciousness into it.

’Void Spirit Tower alert: Your territory in the northwest will soon face an invasion by a Class C Void Legion. Please prepare to evacuate.’

"Hmm? A Class C Void Legion?"

Lin Xin’s heart skipped a beat, and his face changed slightly.

These Taoist soldier constructions were the foundational roots he had just planted, and the Land for God Worship was here. Now that it was combined, it could no longer be moved. If it were to be destroyed, it would truly be a complete annihilation of both body and soul!

And a Class C legion was almost a massive army capable of contending with Sixth Rank cultivators! Although it was the lowest level among the Sixth Rank, that didn’t change the fact that he was only Fifth Rank!

"Trouble!!"

With a heavy heart, he carefully checked the time the message was sent.

It was sent yesterday.

"Good, there should still be some time."

He stood still and pondered for a moment.

Suddenly, he soared into the sky, darting toward the small Taoist Palace at the center.

In a few moments, he entered the Taoist Palace and landed in the central courtyard.

Inside was a small crystal tower a few meters tall, slowly releasing invisible radiance.

This was the Life Tower, also the greatest reliance of the Void Spirit Lords for establishing territories.

Without this, human cultivators wouldn’t even be sure to hold their own territories.

Lin Xin, well-practiced, placed his hand on the Life Tower, transmitting his thoughts into it.

"I need to buy Fifth Rank Formation Diagrams!"

He couldn’t set up a Sixth Rank; it required a different level of True Yuan activation and soul sense intensity. Therefore, for the current stage, the most suitable were Fifth Rank Formation Diagrams.

Immediately, a square screen of light appeared before Lin Xin, covered densely with rows of Fifth Rank Formation Diagrams.

It was only that the prices here were much higher than what he would pay on the market.

But given the urgency of the situation, Lin Xin couldn’t wait for subordinates to deliver them and had to apply swiftly through the Life Tower.

His gaze swept quickly across the light screen that unfolded before him.

Lin Xin suddenly thought of a problem.

If the core of the melting heart could be integrated into the Formation Diagram without taking up space and provide an exceedingly long energy supply, then couldn’t he accumulate a large number of Formations?

"What if I layered and set up a large number of Formations?" His heart stirred with the thought, and he became more and more excited.

"It should work! In this way, even the poorest Formation, when stacked in large numbers, would lead to a qualitative change! It’s the same principle as the miniaturization of my Formation Talismans!"

He acted upon his thoughts: his sleeping years had accumulated quite a bit of wealth in the Jade Talisman, when converted to Contribution Points, it amounted to roughly around one hundred thousand.

All of it was earned from business, which had been becoming rarer lately, but that was because he, the Master of Refinement of Magical Artifact, had been sleeping, and naturally, business had declined. As long as he started working again, returning to normal would not be a big issue.

He took another look at the Formations on the Life Tower.

’Four Rings Star Formation’, ’Fifth Rank Lingbo Formation’, ’Void Blade Ruthless Heart Formation’,

’Fifth Rank Scale Armor Formation’, ’Ten Directions Thick Earth Formation’.

These were all Fifth Rank defensive Formations that could be directly transported over, the rest weren’t suitable, either Fourth Rank or lower, and Sixth Rank ones were unaffordable, costing tens of thousands of points each.

The prices of these Formations were around six thousand, roughly the same level as the Earth Spring Transmute Wind Formation he had set up before.

In terms of effectiveness, they could withstand an assault from a Fifth Rank Human Immortal cultivator but wouldn’t last long, which meant they could only delay some time.

But if paired with offensive Formations, it would complement them perfectly.

Lin Xin bought all the Formations before him in one fell swoop.

Then, he checked the offensive Formations, most of them were single-attribute Spell Methods, both in terms of consumption and power, they couldn’t meet the level he wanted.

"This Ten Directions Thick Earth Formation might be worth a closer look, especially since its Attributes also match the core of the melting heart quite well."

He clicked to view the details of the Ten Directions Thick Earth Formation.