Chapter 366

Ha!

Lu Xun let out a long breath on the 28th floor of the Lu Building.

Even with his proficiency in spell formations, it took him a full seven days and seven nights to finally get a basic handle on the Hundred Meetings acupoint.

Well, it's only a basic start.

There's still plenty to do afterward.

Next is the Middle Altar acupoint, located on the midline of the chest.

The specific location of the Middle Altar is the central point between the two nipples.

This point governs the heart and lungs.

What Lu Xun needs to do is to inscribe formation patterns inside it with a spirit-blood inkstone, so as to make this spot one of the formation eyes.

After a brief rest, he continued.

Setting up a formation inside a human body differs greatly from setting one up in the outside world.

The biggest difference is that the human body possesses extremely strong self-repair ability.

Thus, the Nine Tribulations Lock-Demon Formation must be completed in one go; otherwise, over time, the formation patterns that Lu Xun painstakingly engraved will gradually fade away.

These are not highly aggressive formation patterns; they need to merge with the body, making them more prone to dispersal.

This time he took a bit less time—only seven days and six nights—and Lu Xun finished the Middle Altar acupoint.

His speed is increasing.

The first time inevitably has to be slower.

Hands trained with the Star-Space Alien Species ultimately differ somewhat from ordinary human hands.

Next is the Celestial Cavity acupoint, located in the abdomen, i. e., the center of the navel.

Lu Xun's speed increased further, finishing it in just six days and six nights.

Life Gate, Labor Palace, Bubbling Spring...

One acupoint after another, the time Lu Xun needed grew shorter and shorter.

Finally came the Dantian acupoint.

For this point, Lu Xun used only three days and three nights.

What he pursued was not speed, but safety first; otherwise he could have been faster.

Done!

It took over a month to get all nine major acupoints done.

Next comes an important step: using these nine points as a starting point, connect the nine major spirit veins, thereby forming the formation eyes.

Though called formation eyes, they are not exactly accurate; they still differ from the formation eyes of traditional formations.

This step also took a considerable amount of time.

"Senior Sister, you must absolutely not sleep, otherwise she might notice in advance."

"Mm, Junior Brother, rest assured, I won't fall asleep."

Lu Xun worried that Ran Bing might fall asleep, so he would remind her from time to time.

With Ran Bing's strength, if she entered closed-door cultivation, she could go several months without sleep.

But now she cannot cultivate, nor can she mobilize her strength, so it's inevitable that she feels a bit drowsy.

When Ran Bing is conscious, the Gu Yao's will may not necessarily detect changes in the outside world.

If she falls asleep, the Gu Yao's will might then notice.

"Finally got it done."

After another month, Lu Xun had secured all the spirit veins.

Next, it was to use the bones as the foundation.

"Senior Sister, please give me a few more drops of your essence blood."

"Here you go, Junior Brother."

In this process, Lu Xun would from time to time ask Ran Bing to provide a few drops of essence blood.

Requiring essence blood every few days was not a big burden for Ran Bing.

Time passed day by day.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Xun and Ran Bing had already been on the 28th floor of the Lu Building for three months.

During these three months, after Lu Xun finished setting up one spot, he would only occasionally leave for a while to handle some matters.

A couple of months ago, Fu Yue sent Lu Xun a message saying she had already told Chu Youqing everything, and then she went into closed-door cultivation.

Chu Youqing likewise sent Lu Xun a message, saying she had already learned about the Fu family's affairs and told him not to worry, that she wouldn't mind.

She too was in closed-door cultivation.

Lu Xun gained quite a harvest from the ancient road nodes.

Especially the harvest of some heavenly-earthly spiritual objects.

Some of these heavenly-earthly spiritual objects, when consumed, greatly advance one's cultivation, but they also harbor hidden dangers, so Lu Xun did not give them to Chu Youqing and the others.

Even so, the resources Lu Xun provided still allowed Chu Youqing and Murong Wan to progress rapidly.

Upon reaching the Fourth Realm, each breakthrough requires an extremely long time.

Take an ordinary Fourth Realm cultivator like Murong Zhan—breaking through a single level takes at least several years.

For a genius who has opened the Heaven Earth Meridian, the time can be shortened to within a year or even less.

Otherwise, how could the White Elephant's top talent achieve the peak of the Fifth Realm at age 36?

Murong Wan and the others are already formidable; with the resources Lu Xun provided, their cultivation speed becomes even faster.

Chu Youqing can break through a level every few months.

Murong Wan is no slower either.

If it weren't for the fourth-realm breakthrough that requires true intent, her speed could be even faster.

Fortunately, once true intent reaches the subtle level, there's no need to worry about the early and middle stages of the fourth realm.

So, the returns that the two girls bring to Lu Xun arrive every few months.

Bai Ling's side is the same.

As for Aodaili's side, Lu Xun knows why she managed to break through several levels at once.

That is a special magic she found in the magic treasure tome, which allows Aodaili to accumulate her cultivation and then breakthrough to a higher level in one go.

After returning to the West, Aodaili brought Lu Xun two consecutive returns.

This return pertains to the soul and mental power.

After she used the soul relic, her mental power increased extremely quickly, which greatly benefited Lu Xun.

As for Fu Yue and Fu Xue, they still have not made any new breakthroughs.

Even cultivating the seventh realm, even if one is a peerless genius, it's not that fast.

Each breakthrough requires a great deal of time to accumulate strength before one can break through in one go.

Lu Xun intends to bind another one, so that after their breakthroughs the return multiplier will be even higher.

But without a suitable candidate, Lu Xun is unwilling to waste the binding opportunity.

In Lu Xun's view, even if the current return multiplier is ten times lower, it's not a big problem.

Sixtyfold is already high enough; rather than randomly binding someone just for that tenfold increase, it's better to wait for a suitable candidate.

Still, let's wait until we have Ran Bing's side under control before saying more.

"Alright."

After another half month, Lu Xun inscribed formation patterns on each of Ran Bing's bones.

Inscribing on the bones is actually simpler; unlike acupoints or meridians, a mistake there would have serious consequences.

Next comes the most crucial step.

Carve patterns into flesh and blood, constructing the nine-layer tribulation seal.

This is also the origin of the name Nine Tribulations Demon-Sealing Formation.

These nine-layer tribulation seals are the crux of the crux.

Constructing the tribulation seal requires not only a star-pattern brush, but also some special methods.

For example, the Soul-Settling Seal requires dripping "Pure Soul Dew" into the ancestral orifice, then searing it into a pattern with spiritual fire.

The Heart Seal (Heart Palace) requires merging "Dragon Blood Sand" into heart-blood, condensing it into a heart lock.

This process is extremely painful.

"Senior sister, how are you? Can you still endure?"

"Senior sister, I'm fine; please continue."

While forming the Soul-Settling Seal, Ran Bing suffered the pain of a searing soul, her whole face turning pale.

Her body trembled incessantly.

Lu Xun worried she couldn't bear it.

If she fainted, that would be disastrous.

So, seeing the situation turn bad, Lu Xun activated the Soul Resonance Technique, helping her bear much of the pain.

"It really hurts..."

Soul-searing pain truly makes one wish for death.

If it were an ordinary person, they would faint immediately.

Even a cultivator could not endure it for long.

For Lu Xun, it's no problem; given the strength of his soul and martial will, this pain isn't even enough to make him frown.

Fortunately, forming the seal doesn't take long; it was completed in just half a day.

Then came the Heart Seal, Meridian-Locking Seal, Memory-Breaking Seal, and Demon-Transforming Seal...

"Junior brother, she's noticed!"

But when the Demon-Transforming Seal was applied, an accident occurred.

On Ran Bing's face, her expression began to shift, her eyes revealing intense killing intent.

Demonic energy surged wildly from her body.

"So ferocious!"

Lu Xun didn't expect that upon detecting the anomaly, the ancient demon's will would launch such a ferocious counterattack.

It instantly took over the lead.

That's right,

These past few months, Ran Bing didn't dare rest at all.

She couldn't rest or cultivate; even as a fourth-realm Immortal Cultivator, she couldn't endure it.

If she were a martial cultivator, she could actually endure longer.

Even Lu Xun, after several months of intense mental focus, fearing any mistake, just wanted to collapse and sleep for three days and nights.

Let alone Ran Bing.

Her spirit was already exhausted to the extreme, which is why the ancient demon's will counterattacked so fiercely.

"Soul Resonance Technique!"

Lu Xun immediately activated the Soul Resonance Technique, linking his soul to Ran Bing's in order to suppress the ancient demon's will.

Previously, when Ran Bing could barely hold back the opponent, Lu Xun had used this method to suppress the ancient demon's will.

But this time, Gu Yao's will was unusually stubborn; it seemed about to be suppressed, yet her will somehow gained outside aid and surged again.

Even the Soul Power Resonance Technique could not suppress her.

"Reincarnators are indeed not simple!"

You should know, Lu Xun's current soul strength is already not inferior to the Seventh Realm.

His martial will is even stronger, extraordinarily so.

Even so, he still could not suppress Gu Yao's will.

These reincarnators truly cannot be judged by common sense.

"Senior sister, medicine!"

Lu Xun, not sparing consumption, suddenly boosted a wave of the Soul Power Resonance Technique and shouted.

Ran Bing gained a brief clarity, then swallowed the Mirage Tower Pill that she had been holding in her mouth, wrapped in spiritual power.

This is a seventh-grade Mirage Tower Pill.

That is, after swallowing it, Ran Bing voluntarily relinquished control of her body.

Now, the one occupying her body became Gu Yao.

Gu Yao's eyes turned cold; she sought to mobilize power to shatter all the formation lines within her body.

She and Ran Bing were originally one entity.

This is her body.

Ran Bing had offered no resistance beforehand.

Now, the body belongs to her.

In just a moment, she could make Lu Xun's months of effort go to waste.

Seeing that she was about to succeed, Lu Xun gritted his teeth, suddenly embraced her face, and planted a heavy kiss on her.

This was a method Lu Xun had prepared long ago.

To disturb her mind.

Indeed, that kiss caused Gu Yao's movements to pause.

"Now!"

Immediately thereafter, Lu Xun's mind moved, and he successively cast several Dharma Seals.

Inside Gu Yao's body, the restrictions he had previously laid were instantly triggered.

Now, even if Gu Yao gained control of the body, the restrictions bound all her power, leaving her unable to destroy the formation lines.

But because she resisted, Lu Xun still could not continue.

Fortunately, the Lips Tower Pill's medicinal effect was taking hold.

Not long after, Gu Yao underwent a change.

She actually cupped Lu Xun's head and began kissing him passionately.

"What kind of illusion is this?"

Lu Xun did not know what had happened to Gu Yao, so he could only cooperate with her while continuing to construct the Calamity Seal within her body.

This was extremely difficult for Lu Xun.

Ran Bing's appearance is not low either; she, too, could be called a peerless beauty of the mortal world.

At this moment, her bewildering eyes were close at hand, her breath like orchids.

She not only took the initiative to offer a hot kiss, her soft, delicate body also writhed restlessly in Lu Xun's embrace, each friction seeming to challenge the limits of his self-control.

Moreover, Lu Xun had not touched a woman for several months.

This made Lu Xun somewhat embarrassed.

His body even unconsciously responded.

"If I had known, I should have first gone to find Murong Wan's..."

Lu Xun only felt he had made a mistake.

If I had known there would be such a development, releasing it earlier with Murong Wan would have made the bodily reaction much milder.

Actually, with his martial will, it is not that he cannot control it.

It's just that constructing the Calamity Seal requires full concentration, allowing no negligence.

Gu Yao's actions ultimately had some effect on Lu Xun.

He is a normal man, not a eunuch.

Fortunately, Lu Xun quickly suppressed his distracting thoughts and focused on constructing the Calamity Seal within Ran Bing's body.

He must speed up.

No longer being so cautious.

This can let Lu Xun's speed be faster.

Now, he can only take a slight risk; otherwise, once the Mirage Tower Pill's effect wears off, or Gu Yao's will forcibly awakens, trouble will be great.

"Hey, don't take off your clothes!"

After a short while, a new situation occurred.

On Lu Xun's side, he had just finished the Demonic Transformation Seal; Ran Bing... or rather, Gu Yao, actually began to take off her clothes.

Before Lu Xun could react, she had no thread left on her body.