The Quest for Immortality

Lu Chengyun could never have imagined that by just glancing at the Spirit Pivot Formation Chart a few times, Mo Hua would memorize it and reproduce it.

First grade, twelve patterns, a legacy of the Minor Hidden Spirit Sect passed down from the Great Hidden Spirit Sect over a thousand years ago — the Ultimate Formation, the Spiritual Pivot Formation!

Mo Hua was overjoyed and, without delay, immediately began to comprehend it.

The Corpse Mine was no place for a long stay.

He needed to master the Spiritual Pivot Formation as soon as possible so that he could figure out a way to free himself sooner.

There were also Lu Chengyun and the Lu Family.

Once he mastered the Spiritual Pivot Formation, he could free up his hands to deal with Lu Chengyun and the Lu Family.

No matter what schemes Lu Chengyun had, Mo Hua couldn’t let him succeed.

The Lu Family had been domineering for so many years, and it was time they received their retribution.

The Formation of Ten Thousand Corpses must be destroyed, the Ancestral Master Picture must be seized; neither the Corpse Mine, the Iron Corpses, nor the Walking Corpses could remain, or else they would certainly be a source of endless calamity.

And among these tasks, the Spiritual Pivot Formation was the key.

With his mind made up, Mo Hua began to focus on studying the Formation.

His progress in learning the Spiritual Pivot Formation was rapid.

Previously, Mo Hua had already obtained parts of the Spirit Pivot Formation Chart from both the Walking Corpses and the Iron Corpses, and had roughly comprehended it.

Having grasped the formation principles of the Spiritual Pivot Formation and having tried using it on Little Tiger, all he needed now was to fill in the gaps and deepen his understanding of the Spiritual Pivot Formation with the complete chart.

Mo Hua took some time to memorize the Formation Patterns, then practiced them on paper several times.

That night, at 1 a.m., Mo Hua fell asleep, his Divine Sense sinking into the Sea of Consciousness, where he continued to practice on the Taoist Stele.

The next day, feigning excessive consumption of Divine Sense and feeling unwell with a pale complexion, he did not go to draw the Formation eyes for the Formation of Ten Thousand Corpses.

Instead, he hid in his room, and while Lu Chengyun wasn’t paying attention, he secretly practiced the Spiritual Pivot Formation.

On the third day, he pretended to be better and went to the Formation of Ten Thousand Corpses to crouch among a group of coffins to draw the Formation eyes.

After finishing, he came back at night and continued to practice the Spiritual Pivot Formation.

However, after several days, Mo Hua sensed that something was not right.

This Spirit Pivot Formation Chart seemed to have been tampered with...

On the surface, this Formation appeared to be complete.

Controlled by the main Spiritual Pivot Formation of the highest weight, it would manage the subsidiary Spiritual Pivot Formations of secondary weight, which in turn controlled the even more minor base Spiritual Pivot Formations.

But Mo Hua found that there were some omissions in the patterns of this main Spiritual Pivot Formation.

It was as if someone had left a ”back door.”

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These few Formation Patterns were held in someone else’s hands.

Unless these few Formation Patterns were completed, the main Formation would have a back door.

The main Formation would then not be the main Formation but only a secondary Formation.

Others could use this ”back door” to bypass Mo Hua’s main Spiritual Pivot Formation and then take control of all the subsidiary and base Formations he had laid out.

In such a case, Mo Hua’s painstakingly arranged Spiritual Pivot Formation might just become someone else’s ”wedding dress.”

”Picking peaches!”

”How cunning...”

Mo Hua shook his head.

This contingency was undeniably left by Lu Chengyun.

But he estimated that Lu Chengyun didn’t leave this back hand just to guard against him.

It was to guard against all Formation Masters who saw the Spirit Pivot Formation Chart, learned the Spiritual Pivot Formation, and attempted to construct a system of power for the Spiritual Pivot Formation.

Whether it was Corpse Refinement, Artifact Refining, or even the making of puppets, Tao cultivation instruments, anything that used his Spiritual Pivot Formation, would ultimately be ”usurped.”

Because Lu Chengyun possessed the main Spiritual Pivot Formation with the highest authority.

”Thank goodness I noticed, or else I really would have fallen into Lu Chengyun’s trap...”

Mo Hua felt a bit of aftershock, and then some confusion.

What exactly were the missing Formation Patterns, and where might Lu Chengyun have hidden them?

After pondering for a while, Mo Hua had no leads.

As the Family Head of the Lu Family, with the vastness of the Lu Family and the Corpse Mine, hiding some Formation techniques couldn’t be easier.

”Go undercover to shadow him?”

Mo Hua considered and shook his head again.

With his current level of Divine Sense and stealth, following Lu Chengyun was still a bit of a stretch.

A normal Foundation Establishment might suffice, but Lu Chengyun himself was a Formation Master, an Evil Formation Master at that, and was very suspicious by nature; shadowing him discreetly would most certainly raise his suspicions.

Such affairs should wait until his Divine Sense was stronger.

”But what should be done in the meantime?”

The Spiritual Pivot Formation lay right in front of him; it wasn’t as though he could just not learn it.

Yet, once mastered and utilized, it would be akin to ”working” for Lu Chengyun, a loss not worth the gain.

Even if one were to search, it would not be easy to find.

Who knew where Lu Chengyun would have hidden those Formation Patterns?

Mo Hua stroked his chin, and then it dawned on him:

”The Bronze Coffin!”

Lu Chengyun might set traps for others, but surely he wouldn’t do the same to himself.

His own drawing of the Spiritual Pivot Formation must be complete, without any flaws.

The Formation he drew inside the Bronze Coffin must be complete!

Mo Hua’s eyes lit up.

The next day, when Lu Chengyun was drawing the Formation inside the Bronze Coffin, Mo Hua quietly peeked in.

Zhang Quan noticed and gave Mo Hua a warning glare.

Mo Hua glared back defiantly, then turned his head back to continue observing.

The Spiritual Pivot Formation drawn by Lu Chengyun was different from his own.

His Spiritual Pivot Formation used the techniques of an Evil Formation, using bone as the brush, blood as the ink, and corpses as the Formation media.

Also, the manner in which he laid out the Formation was distinct.

He repeatedly dipped into blood, applying the Spiritual Pivot Formation to the bronze funeral ark.

The bloodstains would gradually fade, and the Formation would gradually merge with the coffin.

Mo Hua wasn’t too sure about the specifics of this technique.

Fortunately, the underlying Formation Patterns and principles were the same.

Mo Hua was still able to identify the intrinsic Formation Patterns of the Spiritual Pivot Formation.

Lu Chengyun’s eyes faintly shone with a green light, fully concentrated, and he didn’t notice Mo Hua. When he occasionally caught a glimpse, he didn’t seem to care much and simply asked with a non-smiling smile: