Chapter 293: I’m Not A Mirror Grinder!
Saying this, Ming Zhaoshuang took out the more than ten divine bones that Feng Budu had given her from Flowing Radiance, as well as some stones.
These stones were dark green, resembling turtle feet, and were collected from Mount Buzhou, one of the Pillars of Heaven, named Cangnan Flowing Stone.
Legend has it that Nuwa refined five stones to mend the heavens and used the legs of a turtle to support the four cardinal directions. It was precisely because Mount Buzhou, one of the Pillars of Heaven, was broken that she used stones from Mount Buzhou to fix the four cardinal directions. Later, when the Human Emperor Liu Xiu was fleeing, these mountain stones transformed into divine turtles to assist him, hence he named them “Cangnan Flowing Stone.”
Although Cangnan Flowing Stone is not as precious as the five-colored stones, it has always been an excellent material for refining divine artifacts, making it the dream stone for artificers.
Of course, for Ming Zhaoshuang, a Talisman Master, its greatest use was to utilize the powerful spiritual power contained within to alter mountains and change rivers.
With the assistance of these stones, she could then suppress them with the divine bones, and finally use the spatial power of Flowing Radiance as the formation core. There should be no problem then!
Thinking this, Ming Zhaoshuang took out the Mountain River Brush and began to sketch in the air out of nowhere.
She was completely unfazed, wholeheartedly designing the surrounding formation, completely unaware of the changes happening to the people beside her.
Tan Zhu: “???”
Divine Artifact Fushuang? Divine Artifact Flowing Radiance? Divine Artifact Mountain River Brush? Ha, Shuang, you’ve got some nerve!
Shen Yuyin: “??!”
Three divine artifacts in total? Seventeen divine bones? Are you running a divine bone wholesale shop!
Xingyun: “!!!?”
Not only divine artifacts, but also divine bones? This is too outrageous! Is this something a person can possess!
Liushui: “!!!”
Oh my goodness, three divine artifacts! Oh my goodness, more than ten divine bones! Oh my goodness, more than thirty pieces of Cangnan Flowing Stone!
The four people exchanged glances, seeing the word “envy” in each other’s eyes!
Shen Yuyin gritted her teeth: “As the Second Young Lady of Lapis Lazuli Azure Sea, I only have one divine artifact! If this guy’s divine bones were found by a Heaven-rank artificer, wouldn’t that mean seventeen divine artifacts!”
Xingyun Liushui wailed, hugging their heads: “Eldest Young Lady, please stop talking. Neither of us even has a Heaven-rank wife, is this guy showing off his wealth by taking out so many divine bones at once!”
Tan Zhu showed a look of unbearable pain: “Your wives are…”
Are wives in this era ranked by Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow grades?
“Swords! Our swords! Up to now, they are only Mid-grade Earth-tier Spirit Tools!”
Xingyun Liushui looked at the more than ten divine bones, and tears were about to stream uncontrollably from the corners of their mouths.
Tan Zhu smiled charmingly, lowered her gaze to Shen Yuyin, and said, “Tenth Junior Sister’s wife is also a divine artifact.”
“Where would I get a wife!”
Shen Yuyin reflexively retorted, and only after a while did she realize what she had said. She scratched her head and said, “Cough, cough, Boundless Jade is not my wife. We Music Cultivators don’t regard our spirit tools as wives like Sword Cultivators do.”
Shen Yuyin suddenly remembered: “Fourth Senior Sister, where is your wife?”
Tan Zhu chuckled softly twice, and with her slender arm, she wrapped it around Shen Yuyin’s delicate waist, her lips close to Shen Yuyin’s ear, and said, “My wife, isn’t she right here?”
“I’m not your wife!”
Shen Yuyin immediately exploded, her entire face turning red: “I, I’m not a lesbian! Stay away from me!”
“Hahaha… hahaha…”
Seeing her reaction, Tan Zhu laughed even more heartily. She held her waist, and that section of snow-white was exposed so brightly, making it incredibly alluring.
“I said, Junior Sister, I was going to show you the cauldron I use for alchemy. Why are you in such a hurry?”
Shen Yuyin looked up and only then realized that Tan Zhu was holding a small jade cauldron with nine dragons coiling around it and mountains intertwined. This was clearly the “wife” Tan Zhu had mentioned.
Xingyun Liushui: “Wow, it’s also a divine artifact!”
The atmosphere created by these two did not affect Shen Yuyin, who pouted unhappily:
“I’m not in a hurry, don’t touch me.”
Tan Zhu coaxed her, “Okay, okay, I won’t touch you, and I won’t touch your wife.”
Shen Yuyin explained again: “Boundless Jade is not my wife.”
…
The group chatted and laughed for several hours until Sang Biao returned, only then did they realize something was wrong.
Where was Ming Zhaoshuang?
The four looked up and around, only to find that Ming Zhaoshuang was already far away from them, holding a piece of stone and drawing again. And beneath her eyes and the tip of her nose were two bright bloodstains.
At this moment, her eyes, which were shedding bloody tears, were looking at them, with an expression as mournful as could be.
My goodness!
What the hell!
Tan Zhu was so scared by her appearance that she took a step back, while Shen Yuyin and the others were so frightened they almost fell to the ground.
Ming Zhaoshuang gave a bitter smile: “Thank you, you finally remembered me.”
Sang Biao let out a low yelp and obediently licked the hem of Ming Zhaoshuang’s clothes, while glaring at the four of them.
I knew they would exploit Mimi and Mimi’s owner, shameless!
Seeing how weak Ming Zhaoshuang was, Tan Zhu immediately leaned over and fed her many pills to restore her soul power:
“You know, if you can’t do it, don’t push yourself so hard. Taking it slow won’t do any harm.”
Shen Yuyin also obediently leaned forward and supplied Ming Zhaoshuang with wood elemental power.
Ming Zhaoshuang coughed, and a mouthful of blood came out.
However, she didn’t pay much attention to it. The four of them said, “I was too impatient. Wei Shuo is indeed a Talisman Saint. The formation she set up has a strong suppressing effect on both spiritual power and soul power. I can’t even peek into this landscape with my current soul power.”
“However, it should only take two or three days. But my soul power is limited. To set up a formation in this place, even with the power of divine artifacts and divine bones, it would probably take a month, and there would only be a fifty percent chance of successfully setting up the formation.”
Seeing their confused expressions, Ming Zhaoshuang suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to explain her situation to them.
Just as she was about to speak, she heard Tan Zhu say, “You rest first, there’s no rush.”
Ming Zhaoshuang shook her head: “I hope to obtain the Nine-Orifice Lotus as soon as possible. I can still endure it now. I want to talk about important matters first.”
Ming Zhaoshuang explained her plan to everyone. Tan Zhu and Shen Yuyin nodded involuntarily, their eyes filled with admiration.
Seeing Xingyun Liushui looking incredulous again, she could no longer stand it: “You two have no right to speak, so shut up first!”
Xingyun Liushui: “…”
Ming Zhaoshuang exhaled, then waved to Sang Biao, signaling him to tell her everything he had observed at the formation.
Sang Biao didn’t have so many thoughts and directly extracted his memories to show Ming Zhaoshuang.
Ming Zhaoshuang patted Sang Biao’s big head with satisfaction: “Look at Sang Biao, how obedient and sensible he is. He directly extracts his memories when he sees something, unlike you who went in and got nothing.”
Xingyun Liushui: “…”
Please give cannon fodder a little space to survive, thank you.
After reviewing Sang Biao’s memories, Ming Zhaoshuang’s expression became serious.
Just as Xingyun Liushui said, the things inside this formation are definitely not simple.
Sang Biao did not go in, but only glanced inside through the formation. Ming Zhaoshuang felt that something was not right.
Those mortals were all women, and half of them were pregnant, with expressions of extreme pain, their brows furrowed, their lips pale, as if they were enduring something unbearable in their lives, constantly holding their stomachs.
Among the cultivators, most of the Ghost Cultivators were Sword Cultivators, most of the Human Cultivators were Pill Cultivators, and a few Artifact Cultivators were mixed in. These Artifact Cultivators were constantly repairing their equipment, as if it was frequently damaged.
And the Pill Cultivators were occasionally stained with blood, and it was unknown what they had encountered.
Tan Zhu’s lips trembled, and after a long while, she said, “So… Emperor Fengdu was doing this kind of business back then…”
