Chapter 449: 449
Chapter 449: A spirit-possessed item
Translated by: La0o9
Proofreader: Arya
Following Gu Qing Shan’s choice, the System let out a chime .
[Ting]!
[You’ve selected the evolution branch for your Smiting thaumaturgy . Your level 2 thaumaturgy: Stiffness will evolve]
[You’ve selected the level 3 thaumaturgy: Severance]
Following this line, the streak of light that filled the War God UI disappeared .
And Gu Qing Shan’s thaumaturgy began to evolve .
[The user has gained Smiting evolved thaumaturgy: Severance]
[Severance: Those hit by your Lightning-element spirit energy will have their consciousness severed from their body, duration 3 seconds]
Gu Qing Shan reached out his hand, tapping Shannu and Wan Er’s shoulders lightly .
Shannu didn’t react at all, only asking: “Is this Lightning?”
“Indeed, it’s a Lightning-type thaumaturgy” Gu Qing Shan answered .
Wan Er was stunned in place, unable to move .
“Time’s up” Gu Qing Shan muttered .
It was now that Wan Er gained her consciousness .
“What happened to me just now?” she asked in confusion .
Qing Rou noticed what happened and smiled: “After gongzi broke through, he probably gained some sort of thaumaturgy and used it to prank you”
Wan Er immediately asked: “I was stunned just now so I didn’t notice anything at all——– how long was I out?”
“Not too long, about one and a half breath” Gu Qing Shan answered .
“One and a half breath!?” Wan Er’s face paled as she exclaimed .
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Being a Tribulation realm cultivator, she knew just how terrifying one and half breath against a sword cultivator can be .
Qing Rou praised: “Gongzi being able to grasp such a powerful thaumaturgy really increases our chance at survival greatly”
Feeling the power of lightning inside his body increased, Gu Qing Shan was half glad and half sorrowful .
He was glad because although he didn’t awaken a new thaumaturgy, he was now able to stun the enemy up to 3 seconds, and Gu Qing Shan understood that not many thaumaturgy could actually surpass [Severance] .
For a sword cultivator, 3 seconds is a very long time .
With 3 seconds, Gu Qing Shan could even finish all 7 strikes of [Seven Stars Flowing Dragon] with ease .
So after this, [Severance] will replace [Stiffness] as his ace in the hole, completely showing its potency in battle .
But the sorrow was because of how much spirit energy it consumed .
Using [Severance] on two people at once, Gu Qing Shan lost 30% of his spirit energy in an instant .
You have to understand that he was currently a Sainted realm cultivator!
This thaumaturgy really does consume too much spirit energy that it’s not suitable for long-term combat .
If he used this, it would be better that he finishes the battle quickly .
Gu Qing Shan regained his composure and reorganized his skills .
Aside from his swordsmanship, there were only four main skills
[Severance], [Ground Shrink], [Shadow Shift] and [Mystery of All Beings Equal] .
—–from now on, the art of formations will be added onto that .
Gu Qing Shan told the three girls: “Let’s continue”
The girls agreed and returned to their respective works .
Gu Qing Shan came to where the formation jade tags were and stopped .
Casually checking them, he found that they contained everything from the basics of basics to extremely advanced techniques, basically everything you’d need .
Gu Qing Shan then chose a jade tag with the simplest formation he could find and comprehended it .
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[This jade tag contains the most important basics of formation arts together with 9 basic formations, requiring 200 Soul Points to comprehend them all . Would you like to comprehend them?]
“Yes”
A warm flow came from the jade into Gu Qing Shan’s body, settling at his Thought Sea .
Gu Qing Shan closed his eyes and silently studied the important basics of formation in his mind .
A few moments later, he opened his eyes .
Putting this jade tag down, he took another one up .
[This jade tag contains the most important knowledge of primary-level formation arts together with 5 basic formations, requiring 300 Soul Points to comprehend them all . Would you like to comprehend them?]
“Yes”
Once again, he closed his eyes to study the mystical art of formation .
Using Soul Points to study formation was really fast, but there was a bad side to this .
——the cost was too high .
Just studying basic and primary-level formations cost Gu Qing Shan a total of 500 Soul Points .
This really can’t be helped .
Formation was originally one of the two hardest arts to study of the 6 arts .
Otherwise, back in the cultivation world, formation master Gong Sun Zhi wouldn’t have been promoted directly to Ding Yuan General .
Even in this world, formation user is still the most desirable job to have .
Gu Qing Shan checked his Soul Points again .
[Remaining Soul Points: 1103/400]
Should I stop or not?
Gu Qing Shan sighed and took another jade tag in hand .
The formation written in here was too advanced for him to comprehend at the moment .
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Putting it down, he was about to find another one to learn .
Suddenly, as if recalling something, he tapped the side of his head while sighing .
Qing Rou and Wan Er are still waiting for me to release their shackles .
If I’m able to unlock their Spirit Shackles, I’ll have two more Tribulation realm cultivators on my side .
When fighting against Wang Hong Dao, they might be able to help and be effective back up as well .
—–at least they’re much stronger than I am now .
Thinking that, Gu Qing Shan decided to stop learning formations .
“Lock seals, I need to find the jade tag that contains the method to Spirit Shackles lock seal” Gu Qing Shan mumbled .
It was now that Shannu came to him .
“Gongzi, someone wants to see you” Shannu said .
“Someone? See me?” Gu Qing Shan was confused .
This is a secret room, where would other people come from?
But Shannu held a jade tag in hand, offering it to Gu Qing Shan .
Some faint light then came from the jade tag, forming the image of a cultivator .
This was a cultivator who had a long beard and gave off a feeling of corrosion by age .
Gu Qing Shan scowled .
This was a spirit-possessed item .
——not to mention this was the spirit of a powerful cultivator .
When a cultivator becomes strong enough and dies unwillingly, their soul was able to remain in this world and find an item that contained their obsession as a catalyst, not going to hell and reincarnate .
Such a powerful soul that stayed behind in the human realm due to a grudge or anything else wasn’t a good sign, both to the world and the soul itself .
Things like these were littered all over Bai Hua sect’s mountain of spoils .
Qin Xiao Lou hated these things the most .
Because a spirit inside can easily use certain special items as a catalyst to take over someone’s body as long as they know even the simplest method to do so .
If someone touches it, the soul inside spirit-possessed item can enter the person’s body and wrestle them over the control of their body .
There are a lot of examples where a normal or useless person suddenly gained immense talent and grows exponentially in a short time, becoming a great existence that rocks the world .
Most of them were actually taken over by someone else .
“What’s going on?”
Gu Qing Shan asked Shannu in a low voice .
“There was a place surrounded by a particularly powerful attack formation . I was curious so I went to check it and found this jade tag” Shannu answered .
As she has [Law Breaker], Shannu was immune to all spells in the world, an attack formation doesn’t affect her at all .
“Did you let Qing Rou or Wan Er touch it?” Gu Qing Shan asked .
“I didn’t . I was very careful” Shannu answered as she held the jade tag in her hand .
That’s good, Gu Qing Shan was a bit relieved .
Although Qing Rou and Wan Er are both powerful cultivators, their powers were sealed and it was hard for them to resist being taken over .
But Shannu was different .
Not to mention, no one would take over her body because she was a sword spirit .
——what kind of spirit would ever want to become a sword?
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