Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 1358: The Formation Blade, The Seal, The Talisman Brush, and The Spiritual Medicine

With the exception of the transformation it was experiencing after absorbing a third of the World Origin Source connected to the Tong Continent, Shang Xia also gained some benefits from Feng Nanze and those he killed.

He obtained a divine weapon from Mister Lu called the Formation Blade. It was actually something Shang Xia heard more than once from Chu Jia in the past.

The Formation Blade had vast uses in the hands of a Formation Grandmaster. It could be said to be one of the most useful artifacts they could have, but truly high-level Formation Blades were hardly seen.

Not only could it be used to break many formations, but it could also be used to correct some mistakes in formations.

In other words, if a powerful Formation Grandmaster got their hands on a Formation Blade, they could easily shatter or alter any formation they desired.

From the Formation Blade he obtained from Mister Lu, Shang Xia understood why the formations in the manor didn’t detect him as he ran around. At the same time, it was highly likely Mister Lu was a powerful Formation Grandmaster.

It was a shame Shang Xia failed to obtain any special inheritance related to formations from him when he died. Otherwise, he would be able to strengthen the foundations of the Formation Hall when he brought it back.

Whatever it was, obtaining the Formation Blade would already be enough to give Chu Jia a pleasant surprise.

As a rank six Formation Grandmaster, Chu Jia not only had a Formation Artifact. Once she obtained the Formation Blade, one could only imagine how terrifying she would become.

Of course, Shang Xia obtained even more treasures from Qi Hua. His high-grade spatial artifact might have something to do with it, but most of his treasures had been preserved.

As a high-level True Immortal who was an envoy of the Qi Dynasty, Shang Xia was greatly looking forward to sorting out everything he had.

Of the treasures he saw, Shang Xia seemed more interested in a certain seal that was obtained. The seal emitted a soft glow, and the words, “Tong Continent Envoy,” were carved into them. It was clearly the symbol given to the envoy of the Qi Dynasty.

The moment Shang Xia’s gaze landed on it after killing Qi Hua and making a cursory gaze over his items, his inner qi poured over to form multiple layers of restrictions over it. He separated it from the rest of the world and he didn’t dare to weaken the restrictions in the slightest.

He might not know what it was exactly, but he knew it was the key to Qi Hua’s ability to wield Seventh Order energy.

Now that the token had been brought out of the Essence Xing World, it was likely the next envoy of the Tong Continent wouldn’t be able to wield Seventh Order energy as the Qi Dynasty might not be able to create another token in a short amount of time.

As such... It was hard to say if the Qi Dynasty would be able to maintain their control over the Tong Continent.

The only way things would change was if the Qi Dynasty Emperor no longer hid his cultivation and revealed his combat strength and cultivation to be at the peak of the Martial Void Realm, shocking the various factions who had their eyes on the territory of the dynasty.

He could also attempt to enter the Martial Emptiness Realm. The moment he succeeded, he wouldn’t need to do anything else as any resistance would simply vanish.

From what Mister Lu said, Shang Xia felt that the sneaky Qi Dynasty Emperor wasn’t going to do anything about it. Even if the Tong Continent was controlled by other powers, he might not do a thing!

The token looked useless to Shang Xia, but he didn’t think of it that way. From the material used to make the token, it wasn’t inferior to his Stone Rod which was a Holy Artifact. It was also something that could assist in wielding Seventh Order energy, and it would definitely be important for the Tongyou Institution’s future progress.

Keeping the token, Shang Xia didn’t forget to throw on a few more layers of restrictions for good measure. After that, he looked at the rest of Qi Hua’s belongings.

He had seen most of the treasures which weren’t specially covered in restrictions, and since there was nothing else stopping him at the moment, he released his Six Direction Qi to wipe away any resistance.

His eyes lit up when he saw what was contained within. A massive brush appeared in his hand the next moment.

It was actually a talisman brush that was at the level of a divine artifact. Moreover, it was clearly a talisman brush that had never been dipped in ink!

Shang Xia had the Silver Branch Star Splendor Brush, but as a pseudo rank seven Talisman Grandmaster, he wouldn’t complain about having too many brushes!

Not to mention there was something special about the brush. When crafting different talismans, the effects of the brush would make it such each stroke would be specially emphasized.

A Talisman Grandmaster wouldn’t be able to choose which brush they used normally due to how rare it was to come across one, but if they had a choice, who would use a brush they weren’t comfortable with? With an additional brush, Shang Xia could see which he liked more!

With his rapidly increasing understanding in the art of talismans, Shang Xia’s success rate when crafting high-level talismans was high. The Silver Branch Star Splendor Brush might be a divine artifact, but it had been worn to a certain extent with excessive usage. Shang Xia was extremely satisfied he obtained another brush.

The only thing Shang Xia found strange about the situation was why Qi Hua had a Talisman Brush that had never been used before.

He can’t possibly be a high-level Talisman Grandmaster, right?!

Shang Xia thought about the treasures he obtained after killing the man and realized other than the brush, there was scattered information and random artifacts. From the looks of it, they seemed related to the Myriad Tinted Cloud Taliman in some way.

Even though many of the reports there were merely hearsay, or miscellaneous information, Shang Xia understood that he found something interesting within.

For example, some information regarding the Wanyun Association’s trading routes and their plans to disrupt them. There was even some information regarding him as they had been observing the members of the Wanyun Association in the streams of chaotic space entering the Star Beast Nest.

Other than those, Shang Xia obtained 2 sealed spiritual cases of high-level talisman papers. There were 36 rank five talisman papers and 12 rank six ones.

Shang Xia seemed pretty sure Qi Hua was no Talisman Grandmaster. He probably made the acquaintance of a powerful Talisman Grandmaster and wanted to use those treasures to form a connection.

Shang Xia found it a shame that he couldn’t find any information on who Qi Hua was trying to form a connection with.

The treasures he obtained were worth a fortune, but despite Qi Hua’s identity, the treasures Shang Xia found useful were barely a bunch.

Instead, he found most of them interesting. They were mostly medicines called the Hundred Spirit Temperance. It was a rare medicine that could assist in one’s cultivation.

One had to know that the stronger one became, the rarer medicine like that became.

Ever since entering the Six Direction Realm, Shang Xia discovered that he could only use the Three Lights Water created by Yuan Qiuyuan in order to strengthen his cultivation. Nothing else worked.

Also, the maximum number of drops of Three Lights Water a True Immortal could use was 12. After that, the only use it would have would be to restore one’s inner qi.

Even though other than Shang Xia, no one would be able to see great effects from using Three Lights Water, the Tongyou Institution had classified it as one of their core secrets. Other than Yuan Qiuyuan who knew how to make it, the only other people who knew about it were the 4 True Immortals of the institution, Xin Lu, and Yan Ming.

In Shang Xia’s time in the Spirit Luxuriant World, he never heard of any medicine that could benefit True Immortals. Maybe the other factions were also concealing it, but that only served to show how important medicine like that was.

Shang Xia found it a shame that there were only 6 cases of Hundred Spirit Temperance. Also, they would only bring about big benefits to those who weren’t high-level True Immortals. Once a True Immortal reached the fourth tier, the effects would be greatly reduced and for those in the fifth tier, there was basically no effect.

Helpless, Shang Xia could only store all 6... No, 5.5 cases of Hundred Spirit Temperance well. He would hand it over to Kou Chongxue for the patriarch to deal with.

According to his knowledge of Kou Chonguxue, the cases of Hundred Spirit Temperance would most likely be given to Ge Qingzhu and Sun Haiwei anyway.

Arranging everything he obtained from the Essence Xing World, Shang Xia started to adjust his condition to prepare for the promise he made to the Wanyun Association.

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A Transmission talisman appeared out of nowhere and arrived beside Shang Xia who was meditating.

Opening his eyes, Shang Xia removed the restrictions around him before grabbing the transmission to take a look at its content. His expression sank after he read it and he appeared outside his cultivation chamber the next instant.