Chapter 1508: Obtaining the Art

"I want the Great Formless Divine Refinement Art!"

Li Luo silently prayed with sincerity, his eyes full of expectation; if he could obtain the Great Formless Divine Refinement Art here by means of the Mirror-Sage Incense, it would undoubtedly save him much trouble, since according to the intelligence Jiang Jiang Qinge had provided earlier, if he still had to go to the ancient altar on the thirty-fourth floor to search, that would introduce many more unknown factors.

After all, the trials within this Heaven Mirror Tower were truly too difficult.

And in Li Luo's expectant gaze, the burning purple incense before him seemed to pause for a moment, then in the next instant, Li Luo widened his eyes to see the purple smoke rising from the Mirror-Sage Incense begin to dissipate at an astonishing speed, even showing signs of extinguishing.

This broken Mirror-Sage Incense was actually being driven to self-extinguish directly by his request!

"!"

Li Luo hurriedly changed his request: "No, no, I don't want the Great Formless Divine Refinement Art anymore!"

Only then did the Mirror-Sage Incense before him stop showing signs of extinguishing, emitting smoke weakly and listlessly.

Seeing this, Li Luo said gloomily, "This thing is truly useless; it can even be scared into extinguishing?"

Jiang Jiang Qinge smiled and said, "I have heard that in the past, some tried to use the Mirror-Sage Incense to seek the Peerless Art, but the incense merely ignored them; I have never heard of it being scared into self-extinguishing by the seeker."

Li Luo felt helpless; could it be because the Great Formless Divine Refinement Art is the exclusive cultivation method of the Formless Saint Sect's Sect Master, so the Mirror-Sage Incense was scared into this state?

However, regardless, it seemed somewhat impossible for him to obtain the Great Formless Divine Refinement Art here by means of the Mirror-Sage Incense.

So he could only settle for the next best thing, pondered slightly, and said again: "I want the Primordial Transformation Art!"

This time, the Mirror-Sage Incense was not scared into extinguishing; as the purple smoke rose slowly, it seemed to vanish into the void, searching for something, yet this searching speed was extremely slow, so as time passed, the Mirror-Sage Incense was nearly burned out.

"If the Mirror-Sage Incense burns out and the requested item has still not been obtained, that signifies failure in the request." Jiang Jiang Qinge saw this and reminded him.

Clearly, the Primordial Transformation Art that Li Luo sought for Yu Lang was also extremely extraordinary within the Formless Saint Sect, so the Mirror-Sage Incense indicated it was somewhat difficult to handle.

Li Luo frowned; this one couldn't be given, that one couldn't be given; this Mirror-Sage Incense was truly useless.

Li Luo pondered, suddenly feeling a slight movement in his heart; since the Heaven Mirror Tower was built by the Formless Saint Sect, naturally the rules of the Formless Saint Sect apply, and although the Academy Alliance now occupies it, they are merely borrowers.

Then, in a sense, he too could be considered someone possessing the identity of the Formless Saint Sect.

Because he carries the Myriad Phases Wheel and cultivates the Small Formless Divine Refinement Art; in the former Formless Saint Sect, this would at least count as a Sect Master candidate, wouldn't it?

This identity should not be lower than that of an elder of the Formless Saint Sect, right?

Thinking thus, Li Luo activated the Myriad Phases Wheel deep within his body; immediately, the divine wheel slowly rotated, emitting a strange booming sound, and as this booming sound spread, the Mirror-Sage Incense before him suddenly became extremely bright, and the rising purple smoke became exceptionally dense.

The purple smoke curled, probing into the void; within a few short breaths, the purple smoke flowed back, and within it, there was actually a blood-red jade slip.

The jade slip emitted a demonic aura, ancient patterns engraved upon it, appearing quite extraordinary.

The purple smoke, carrying the jade slip, as if with reverence, hovered before Li Luo, rising and falling slightly.

Li Luo reached out and grasped this blood-red, demonic jade slip, somewhat surprised; he supposed this object should be the Primordial Transformation Art; being called the Number One Demonic Art of the Formless Saint Sect, it must be something remarkable, yet he had no interest whatsoever in touching it, since this object was too demonic, following the path of Transformation, which was fundamentally a completely opposite direction for him.

So Li Luo casually stored it away; regardless, he had at least obtained this object for Yu Lang; as for whether, after obtaining this art, he would truly make up his mind to cultivate it, that could only respect his own thoughts.

Li Luo turned his gaze toward the Mirror-Sage Incense, wanting to use this Formless Saint Sect Sect Master candidate identity to scrape off a few more things, but discovered the latter had directly burned out rapidly, turning into green smoke that curled and dissipated.

Seeing this, Li Luo sighed helplessly; it seemed he still had to make a trip to the thirty-fourth floor.

"Let's go find Qing'er first; if she hasn't resolved her situation yet, we must help her." Li Luo looked at Jiang Jiang Qinge and said.

Lu Qing'er was facing Lu Ruyan alone; in terms of level, the pressure was simply stronger than when he faced Song Jing.

Jiang Jiang Qinge nodded slightly, saying nothing more.

Afterwards, the two turned directly, left the Holy Temple, and exited this Bright Star; outside the star, they met Li Hongyou and Xi Chan, who were waiting anxiously here; they had previously sensed the surging, violent light energy within the Bright Star and were worried about Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge's situation, so they came here to investigate.

But because they feared that rashly entering would distract Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge, they could only wait outside.

Now seeing the two emerge safely, they all breathed a huge sigh of relief.

Li Luo comforted the two women, then took out the Primordial Transformation Art and handed it to Instructor Xi Chan, asking her to help bring it back to the Holy Zhu Xuan Star Academy, since he was uncertain whether he could go to Great Xia immediately upon exiting the Heaven Mirror Tower.

Then the group searched again and finally found the star emitting extremely vast ice-cold energy.

"Such thick ice-cold energy."

Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge felt that ice-cold energy, and their expressions both appeared somewhat Solemn; the intensity of the ice-cold energy here was not inferior at all to the surging light energy on the Bright Star they had encountered earlier.

The group activated their Phasing Power to resist the extreme cold temperature, then passed through the clouds formed by condensed cold air and descended into this Ice-Cold Star.

After a brief search, they finally arrived at the central area of this Ice-Cold Star; here was frozen earth covered by thick ice layers, with a massive ice altar standing amidst it, extremely conspicuous.

Outside the ice altar, several ice sculptures were visible.

Li Luo's gaze turned toward those ice sculptures, and his eyes immediately tightened slightly, because these ice sculptures were not unfamiliar; Xi Li and Lu Qing'er's guard, named Aunt Zhu, were both among them.

At the same time, they also perceived an extremely terrifying ice-cold Phasing Power surging forth endlessly, with that ice altar as its source.

This frozen earth had thus become even colder.

Li Luo gazed into the distance and vaguely saw two slender figures upon that ice altar.

They were most likely Lu Qing'er and Lu Ruyan.

"Wait here; do not approach closer." Li Luo reminded Xi Chan and Li Hongyou, then, together with Jiang Jiang Qinge, each activated their own Phasing Power to resist that terrifying ice-cold Phasing Power, gradually approaching the ice altar.

And as they approached the ice altar, Li Luo finally saw the two slender figures upon it; one was also in a state of ice-sealing, while the other was unharmed.

What surprised Li Luo was that the one ice-sealed was actually Lu Ruyan, while Lu Qing'er had encountered no trouble.

But Lu Qing'er's current state was somewhat unusual; previously, that ice-cold Phasing Power which even Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge felt somewhat wary of was actually emanating from within her body.

When Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge approached the ice altar, Lu Qing'er upon the altar seemed to sense it as well, immediately turning her head sharply; a cold, sharp gaze devoid of any emotion in its coldness projected toward them, as if even the void was being frozen.

Moreover, most astonishingly, Li Luo discovered a mysterious crystal core appearing ice-blue on Lu Qing'er's smooth forehead; the crystal core resembled a vertical eye, swirling with extreme ice-cold aura.

Li Luo and Jiang Jiang Qinge exchanged a glance, both somewhat surprised.

Because such a thing had appeared on Li Luo's forehead not long ago.

That was... the Saint Phasing Crystal Core.

And Lu Qing'er had actually appeared one now?

Did that mean Lu Qing'er's own Ice Phasing had now reached the Upper Ninth Grade?!