The Great Wild God - Chapter 187

Chapter 187 The Secret of One’s Birth
(Judging from the phenomenon of the Eight Desolate Flag taking root and creating a thousand feet of ice field, its power was still above the Dragon Subduing Pillar that the purple-robed woman stole from Mansion of Marquis Martial. Chen Xun estimated that Jiang Xingkong would not leave easily until he had taken the Eight Desolate Flag into his possession.

Jiang Xingkong didn’t come. Chen Xun wasn’t afraid that his black-armored cavalry would be able to play with any demonic moths in front of the purple-clothed girl. Thus, he calmly stayed in the stone acupoints of the damaged stronghold to heal his injuries and figure out how to refine the Spirit Draining Array.

Over the past two to three years, Chen Xun had found it difficult to find a place with abundant Spiritual Qi to cultivate. The cultivation of the Nine Qi Yang Refining Technique, the Thunder Sound Sword Technique, and the Green Flame Lotus Technique had progressed slowly, but he was constantly comprehending and studying the Mysterious Evolution Technique.

Regarding the Spirit Draining Array, Daoist Greenwood had put forward many ideas.

However, at that time, Daoist Greenwood’s cultivation was limited to the True Yang Realm. First, he didn’t have the ability, and second, he didn’t have the resources. He didn’t try any of these ideas, but the inspiration he gave Chen Xun was extremely great.

In the past two to three years, Chen Xun’s refining level of magical artifacts and formations had improved by leaps and bounds.

The purple-robed woman originally didn’t expect Chen Xun to have any ability to refine formations, but seeing Chen Xun refine a new Spirit Gathering Formation in three to five days, she didn’t say anything. She disappeared for a day and returned to throw Chen Xun a bag of holding.

Chen Xun poured it out and saw that it was actually a bag full of Scarlet Essence Copper, which weighed 300,000 to 400,000 jin. He didn’t know which family in the vicinity of the sand sea was extremely unlucky, and the purple-robed woman had taken a fancy to looting it.

Li Yu was worried.

Originally, he thought that the purple-robed woman was a disciple of a large sect. She was just playing around in the sand, but seeing that the purple-robed woman had brought back 300,000 to 400,000 kilograms of scarlet copper essence and only had a considerable amount of injuries on her body, he knew that he had taken the purple-robed woman lightly before.

The purple-clothed woman’s cultivation was unfathomable. After disappearing for a night, she was injured and returned. It could be seen that she had forcefully snatched back the three to four hundred thousand kilograms of Scarlet Essence Copper.

The more Li Yu looked at the dragon-suppressing stake in the purple-robed female pouch, the more it looked like one of the nine dragon-suppressing stakes in the Mountain River Soul Suppressing Formation.

Mansion of Marquis Martial was famous for producing magic arrays. For example, the copper pillars of the four mountains and rivers array were all called Dragon Subduing Piles. However, these Dragon Subduing Piles were actually replicas of the nine Soul Suppressing Dragon Subduing Piles. Their power was extremely low.

Each of the true Soul Suppressing Dragon Subduing Piles was a top-grade Earth-ranked magical artifact. The pillars and coiling-pillar divine dragons were densely carved with profound talismans. The nine Soul Suppressing Dragon Piles formed a Mountain River Soul Suppressing Formation that could even illuminate the Flood Dragon Formation. It was the most precious treasure of Zhen Yue that the Jiang clan had bestowed upon the Marquis Yunzhou.

As for the nine Soul Suppressing Dragon Subduing Piles, they were snatched away by someone. The Marquis of Yuan Dynasty actually didn’t make a big move and only sent Jiang Xingkong to lead his troops to recover them. This made Li Yu deeply puzzled. Could it be that the Marquis of Yuan Dynasty was truly afraid of the sect behind the purple-robed woman?

Even if the purple-robed woman came from a powerful sect, this sect was definitely not a decent sect. Judging from her willful nature, could her sect be one of the seven great evil sects?

Li Yu didn’t know if Chen Xun had seen anything, but seeing Chen Xun wholeheartedly refine a new formation, he thought to himself, Chen Xun originally came from a pirate family, perhaps he really wanted to instigate the purple-clothed woman to weed in the sand sea.

Therefore, Li Yu was even more worried.

Although the purple-and-purple-robed woman disliked the crude Spirit Gathering Formation, Li Yu was also stunned when he saw Chen Xun being able to refine a new Spirit Gathering Formation in three to five days.

The ability of the Spirit Gathering Formation to gather spiritual energy was far from being comparable to the sect’s Mountain Protection Formation. It could not even be considered an advanced magical artifact. It was reasonable for the purple-clothed woman to dislike its crude quality.

However, apart from a few mountain protection formations such as the Mountain River Soul Suppressing Formation, which could be shrunk and stored into magical artifacts, the sect’s mountain protection formations were usually extremely complex and enormous. They must have been set up according to the terrain of mountains and rivers, so many of them could move freely.

A five-inch square Spirit Subduing Formation didn’t need storage magic tools. It could even be packed into a bag and carried away. This was too useful for a Reincarnation Realm cultivator to go out and assist in cultivation.

Although Li Yu had just entered the Thousand Sword Sect during the hundred years of chaos, he had never eaten pork and had seen pigs run away.

Li Yu really couldn’t understand why Wu Xun was only a desert pirate, so how could he have such profound attainments in magical artifact refining?

Chen Xun said that he accidentally obtained a secret manual when he was young, which was why he had such a cultivation, but Li Yu would not believe it.

There were many people in this world who had opportunities. Perhaps they would occasionally obtain profound arts techniques and consume divine pills to successfully open their profound orifices and enter the Reincarnation Realm. However, when it came to refining magical artifacts and formations, it was absolutely impossible for them to have such high attainments behind closed doors.

Li Yu suspected that Chen Xun, like the purple-clothed woman, was also a disciple who had secretly left the sect, so he had fallen here for various reasons.

However, Li Yu was counting on Chen Xun to help him conceal the Thousand Sword Sect’s matter. He knew that everyone had an unbearable past, so he naturally wouldn’t break the clay pot and ask Chen Xun’s true identity to the end.

That day in Scarlet Maple Castle, Chen Xun was able to lend a helping hand righteously. After that, he did not hesitate to send Dongze back to the Thousand Swords Sect. At this moment, he did everything he could to keep the female devil behind to protect them and heal their injuries. This was enough.

At this moment, Li Yu was also convinced that the seemingly crude Azure Flame Thunderbolts should have been refined by Chen Xun. When they had fled Crimson Maple Fort, they had seen how powerful this black lacquer iron ball was.

The fact that the purple-robed woman with high eyesight could not wait to possess these two Cyan Flame Thunderbolts was enough to prove that Chen Xun’s skill in forging magical artifacts and formations was truly beyond the reach of ordinary artificers.

Three months passed and Jiang Xingkong didn’t react at all. Chen Xun was refining the Spirit Gathering Formation with the scarlet copper essence from the purple-robed woman’s robbery. However, the Spirit Gathering Formation that Chen Xun was refining now was much different from before.

At this moment, he was continuously burning different profound talisman bronze seals to serve as spirit gathering components to improve the ability of spirit gathering. However, the choice of profound talisman bronze seals was different, so the spirit gathering array disc that matched this naturally had to be modified continuously.

After all, there was no need to cherish the scarlet copper essence, so Chen Xun continued to improve the Spirit Gathering Formation to thoroughly analyze and study the Spirit Gathering Formation.

Even though a large amount of Scarlet Essence Copper had been smelted and destroyed, Chen Xun still had to refine more than ten small Spirit Gathering Arrays within three months.

During the process of refining the formation, Chen Xun continuously channeled spiritual energy into his body, consuming spiritual energy, and gradually recovering his nearly collapsed spiritual veins.

During this period of time, Chen Xun and Li Yu sat in the stone hall. The Dark Scaled Sly was napping in the stone cave, like an old horse. It seemed that it had no time to wake up. The purple-clothed woman had spent most of her time hiding in the azure jade carriage, and everyone was at peace with each other.

One day, Chen Xun tried to willingly put the Soul Locking Seal into the Spirit Gathering Array. However, just as he finished refining a Soul Locking Seal, the purple-clothed woman floated away from the green jade carriage and grabbed the Soul Locking Seal. She stared at Chen Xun with a frosty expression, “How could you refine a Soul Locking Seal?”

The murderous aura emitted by the purple-clothed woman pierced Chen Xun’s internal organs like a sharp blade. It was as if Jiang Xingkong had unleashed darkness that day. Chen Xunling’s spiritual veins and the Mystic Ice Fire Lake were locked together by this unparalleled murderous aura.

Chen Xun was shocked. He didn’t doubt that if his answer didn’t satisfy the purple-clothed woman, she would kill him without hesitation.

Although the Soul Locking Seal’s refining method was taught by Old Kui, it was actually a divine ability derived from the Mysterious Evolution Technique to refine puppet combat weapons.

If it weren’t for the fact that the spirit of the human and beast was trapped within it to drive the puppet battle weapon, and only the refiner could use one or more spiritual senses to control it, then it would be more convenient and more powerful to control an additional magic tool to fight against the enemy.

A powerful puppet warrior needed to first refine a powerful puppet warsoul. At that time, he only needed to send out orders through his spiritual sense to make the puppet warrior fight against the enemy independently. This was the strength of the puppet warrior.

If it weren’t for Chang Zhen and the others voluntarily using their damaged bodies as puppet souls and imprisoning them forever in the devil bodies refined from the Star Secret Iron, how could the dozens of puppet soldiers of the Void Origin Secret Hall be qualified to fight with True Monarchs in many Heaven Realms?

When it came to refining puppet battle souls, seizing souls, locking souls, and merging souls, they were all divine abilities that had to be learned.

As for the Soul Seizing Technique, the Su Clan had the Soul Searching Technique. The legendary Great Evolution Sect was also famous for refining puppet combat weapons. The Imperial Spirit Talisman that Old Kui had given Su Tang back then, as well as some Beast Controlling Sects in Cloud Continent, had inherited it.

Chen Xun didn’t think that he would actually cause the purple-clothed woman to have such a big reaction after refining just one Soul Locking Seal?

Could it be that the purple-robed woman had suffered from the Soul Locking Seal before?

Although the purple-clothed woman was extremely dissatisfied with the Marquis Manor of Yuan Wu, and even teased him to the extreme, she did not seem to hate him to the bone. She did not know who had offended this female devil, but she had actually caused her to vent her anger on him.

Chen Xun was truly afraid that he would die unknowingly. When he was about to spit out his hidden spatial ring, he released a golem demon body made of star secret iron. This was also the only palace guard he had brought out of the Void Origin Secret Hall.

Although the puppet demon’s body was incomplete, like a pile of scrap metal lying on the ground, the Star Secret Iron appeared in the dimly lit stone cave. It was like a mysterious star diagram, and one would know that it was definitely not an ordinary object after looking at it.

Chen Xun sat on the ground and said calmly, “All I wanted in my life was to repair this puppet soldier, so I sharpened my head and studied magic tools and array refining techniques. If I hadn’t met the Great Master, I would have gone to the Great Evolution Sect in a while …”

The purple-robed woman restrained her killing intent and continued to stare at Chen Xun, “Rumor has it that there is a fellow in Cang Lan who is extremely cunning. He obtained several Heaven Ranked supreme treasures under the Jade Pillar Peak, but after taking out a Kui Long Heavenly Diagram and stirring up the storm, he disappeared without a trace.”

“The Great Master is very observant.” Chen Xun knew that he possessed the strange appearance of the Mystic Ice Fire Lake. None of his six spiritual veins could hide from Zi Shan’s eyes. Moreover, he had displayed his talent in forging magical artifacts and formations during this period of time. He even took out the Four Mountains and Rivers Formation, the Black Dragon Spirit Flag, and other items. In the future, there was no need for him to hide his identity in front of the purple-clothed woman and Li Yu.

As long as the purple-robed woman and Li Yu really wanted to inquire about his identity, it wouldn’t be difficult to see any clues.

Li Yu’s personality was straightforward, so Chen Xun didn’t have to worry that he would betray him. As for the purple-clothed woman who dared to steal Mansion of Marquis Martial’s things, she would most likely not betray him to Mansion of Marquis Martial or the Su Clan. Instead, she was worried that she would unrestrainedly squeeze benefits from him in the future.

The purple-robed woman smiled and said, “I knew I wouldn’t scare you. You wouldn’t reveal your background. I heard that you sold the Kui Long Tian Diagram to Mansion of Marquis Martial and obtained a lot of good stuff. Is it all in this ring?” He snatched the spatial ring from Chen Xun’s hand and put the Star Iron Demon on the ground into his bag. He said bluntly, “These are all mine …”

Although the purple-clothed woman had recovered her previous heartless appearance, Chen Xun was certain that the Soul Locking Seal had provoked her, and he couldn’t help but be curious about her background.

Who would use the Soul Locking Seal on her? Or who would dare to use the Soul Locking Seal on her?