After reading all the records, Mo Tiange didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Not only was her ancestor not inferior to men in intelligence, but she was also more decisive and courageous than men in handling things.
She recalled the few days they spent together in Zhong Muling's Virtual Sky World. Zhong Muling was serious in speech and manner, but it turned out he used to have such a temperament. Facing Mo Yaoqing, he was no match for her in terms of momentum.
Even the matter of Dual Cultivation was schemed against …
No wonder there didn't seem to be any emotional disputes between Zhong Muling and Mo Yaoqing. As it turned out, this was the origin of the Mo family's inheritance of several thousand years …
After sealing her divine sense in the Mo family's ancestral hall, Mo Yaoqing returned to Linhai. She also left her last words, entrusting the younger generation of Bixuan Court to take care of her descendants.
However, when she was in the Mo family's village, Mo Tiange never saw the disciples sent by Bixuan Court. Perhaps Bixuan Court never found a person with spiritual roots who could be accepted as a disciple, so as time passed, the inheritors of the later generations no longer paid attention to them. It was also possible that they only came once every twenty or thirty years or even longer. However, from the time she was born until she left, it was only a short ten years.
Mo Tiange sighed when she read this.
She had a father who was a Core Formation cultivator, a great ancestor who occasionally went to Jin to see his descendants, and a great grandmother who entrusted her descendants to take care of them, but she ended up walking on the path to immortality. It could only be said that she was really not a lucky person.
However, on the other hand, if she hadn't wandered from place to place for more than ten years, she might not have the temperament she had today. She might be as proud and complacent as Hua Yilin or as weak and timid as Tang Shen.
Suffering itself wasn't a beautiful memory, but sometimes, people still had to be grateful for some things that suffering brought, such as a strong heart and broad knowledge.
After learning about Mo Yaoqing's life, Mo Tiange began to study some fragmentary things she recorded.
In terms of formations, she made considerable progress by comparing them with Xuanji Formation Book.
Although there were many books in the Virtual Sky World, there were too many books that surpassed her realm, so she couldn't understand many of them. The environment of the Distant Past era was also different from today's, so she couldn't copy them. Xuanji Formation Book and Mo Yaoqing's records happened to make up for this shortcoming.
In addition, Mo Tiange noticed that there was a paragraph in Mo Yaoqing's notes.
"A magic treasure, a treasure that contains magic power.
Cultivation affects a cultivator's advancement, but magic treasures represent a cultivator's strongest battle strength. Especially for Core Formation cultivators, the strength of their natal magic treasures almost determines the strength of their combat abilities. "
Cultivators in the Core Formation realm and above could refine their natal magic treasures. They would add their natal blood essence and refine it in their dantian, continuously nourishing it with their blood essence. Over time, the magic treasure would even become sentient.
Simply put, a natal magic treasure was a magic treasure that was closely related to the cultivator. The longer it was nurtured, the greater its power would be. If the natal magic treasure was damaged, the cultivator would also be damaged.
"I've wandered the world all my life, from Yunzhong to the Celestial Pole. I don't know how many opponents I've met and how many magic treasures I've seen. Because of this, I've come up with several types of magic treasures for future disciples to choose as their natal magic treasures …"
Mo Tiange's spirit was lifted and she continued to read.
"In the past, when I was in Yunzhong's Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, I once saw a legend recorded in ancient times. In the legend, the mother of creation had a magic treasure called the Mountain and River Map.
This map is actually a huge magic formation. If you're trapped inside, it'll be like the changes of the Four Symbols. If you think of a mountain, it'll be a mountain. If you think of water, it'll be water. If you think of the future, it'll be forward. If you think of the future, it'll be back.
I've thought about it for a long time and came up with several types of magic treasures. Today, I can try them out one by one … "
There were only five types of magic treasures, namely, killing, protecting, confusing, trapping, and auxiliary.
The killing type was used to attack; the protecting type was used to defend; the confusing type could make one lose their mind; the trapping type was used as a formation; the auxiliary type was used to break formations or clear one's mind; the auxiliary type was used to assist.
The Shuttle of Flying Apsara was an offensive magic tool. Although it also had the function of setting formations, it was a killing formation. The White Silk Handkerchief was a defensive magic tool. The Enchanting Lantern, although it had the word "enchanting" in it, was actually a trapping formation. The Cloud-Treading Boots and the Spirit-Concealing Pendant were auxiliary magic tools.
Mo Tiange reckoned the Mountain and River Map Mo Yaoqing mentioned should be a combination of trapping and confusing, and it also had the effect of killing.
This kind of magic treasure was the most difficult to guard against because it was aimed at the weakness of a person's mental state. A brilliant confusing magic treasure could make people fall into its trap without them realizing it.
If it was really like what Mo Yaoqing said, where one thought of mountains and rivers, one needed to have a very strong willpower to get rid of it.
However, even a Nascent Soul cultivator's mental state wasn't perfect.
"Five Elements Plate. This plate is actually a large formation plate with the following formation engraved on it … The advantage of this thing is that it can be used without using too much spiritual aura, but its disadvantage is that it's hard to deal with for people who know formations like the back of their hand."
"Black and White Life and Death Chess. This thing is shaped like a chess piece. If you make a wrong move, you'll be killed. The materials needed are very expensive. The production method is as follows … Unfortunately, the confusing effect isn't strong, so it's difficult to reach the state where one thinks of mountains and rivers."
"Heaven and Earth Fan. The painting of mountains and rivers as the surface of the fan is actually a formation, but it can be made like this … If it can be made like this, it'll be very powerful. Unfortunately, the materials are too hard to find."
Mo Tiange's gaze fell on this Heaven and Earth Fan. Its main materials were clearly written: The handle is made from the bone of an eighth rank spiritual beast and above, with a thousand-year-old Chalcedony. The bone of a divine beast is the best, and the older the Chalcedony, the better … The painting of the fan is made from a Bewitching Moonstone …
She hastily went back to read it again. Yes, the main materials were clearly written, and it just so happened that she had the bone of a divine dragon and the Bewitching Moonstone!
Mo Tiange didn't think much about her natal magic weapon before.
She had a middle stage Nascent Soul master, so after she formed her Gold Core, she could naturally get a lot of magic weapon formulas from her master. At that time, she could just choose one.
But if this Heaven and Earth Fan was really as powerful as Mo Yaoqing said, it could basically be regarded as a top-grade magic weapon.
Generally speaking, the natal magic weapons of Core Formation cultivators weren't very good, probably because they were limited by their abilities and materials for magic weapons above the middle grade were too difficult to find.
However, natal magic weapons were too important, and no cultivator was willing to wait until they were in the middle or late stage or even the Nascent Soul realm to refine them. Compared to natal magic weapons, ordinary magic weapons were a bit inferior, even if they were one rank higher.
Therefore, they would usually refine ordinary natal magic weapons as soon as they formed their Gold Cores and slowly cultivate them with their blood essence over a long period of time. After a long time, the magic weapons would gradually become more powerful.
But if the magic weapons they refined from the beginning were excellent, they would have a higher starting point than others and would naturally become more powerful in the future.
In addition, she was skilled in formations, so it would be best if she could use formations as magic weapons.
After thinking for a while, she went to find Wei Haolan, who was studying ancient books.
"Sect Head Wei, do you have time?"
Wei Haolan looked up from the book and asked with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Ye, do you need something?"
Mo Tiange said, "I have something to ask."
Wei Haolan looked at Xia Qing, who was concocting pills, and Tang Shen, who was concentrating on cultivating, then said, "Let's go downstairs."
"En." Mo Tiange nodded.
Concocting pills and cultivating generally couldn't be disturbed, but the two elders were worried that no one would take care of them. If something happened, it would be troublesome to deal with them, so they let the four of them cultivate on the same floor.
Usually, the four of them did their own things and didn't disturb each other.
The two of them went to the second floor, found two praying mats at random and sat down. Mo Tiange waved the Jade Slip in her hand. "Sect Head Wei, may I ask if anyone has tried to refine the magic weapons recorded in the patriarch's notes?"
Wei Haolan took the Jade Slip and immersed her divine sense into it. After a while, she answered, "The patriarch's notes can only be studied by the elders and the Sect Head. Some people have indeed tried to refine some of the magic weapons and medicinal pills recorded in it.
I remember when I was young, a Core Formation elder tried to refine a Purple Gold Gourd. Although he failed, it proved that it was possible to refine this treasure. "
"What about this one?" Mo Tiange asked, "Has anyone refined this Heaven and Earth Fan?"
Wei Haolan looked at it then shook her head. "Fellow Daoist Ye, this Heaven and Earth Fan requires the bones of spiritual beasts in the eighth rank or above. After the patriarch, only one Nascent Soul cultivator appeared in our Bixuan Court — where could we get the materials?"
"…" That was true.
"Not to mention the bones of eighth rank spiritual beasts, even a thousand-year-old Chalcedony is hard to find. Even if it occasionally appears, it'll sell for more than ten thousand spirit stones at the very least.
Also, we don't know what this Qiyun Stone is.
I estimate the materials needed to refine this magic weapon would cost at least tens of thousands of spirit stones, as well as absolute good luck and super strong strength. "
At this point, Wei Haolan shook her head and sighed. "Not to mention that we can't get them, even if we did, we wouldn't refine a magic weapon we don't know if we can successfully refine. We're too short on materials."
"I see."
Mo Tiange was a bit disappointed. If Bixuan Court had refined these magic weapons before, she would try to refine them. If she liked them, she would use them as her natal magic weapon.
This magic weapon was too powerful. It could trap, confuse, and kill — it would be very difficult to find a more powerful magic weapon.
"Fellow Daoist Mo, do you want to refine this magic weapon?" Wei Haolan asked.
Mo Tiange nodded then shook her head. "After we go back this time, I'll enter Closed Door Meditation to advance to the Core Formation realm. If I succeed, I'll have to refine my natal magic weapon first.
Originally, I saw how powerful this magic weapon was, so I was just considering it; I didn't have to refine it. "
Wei Haolan said, "If it's Fellow Daoist Ye, it'll be much more convenient than us.
Your sect is a big cultivation group, so it naturally has more information and materials than us. Your master also has a rather high status, so if he lacks anything, he can order his disciples to slowly look for it. "
"That's true, but the cost is really expensive, and the materials are too rare … Let's take a look first. After I return to the group, I'll report to my master and see if it's feasible."
Upon hearing what Mo Tiange said, Wei Haolan said with a stern expression, "Fellow Daoist Ye, you're now Bixuan Court's guest elder, so you can naturally read this notebook. However, many of the things in it are Bixuan Court's secrets, so I hope you won't leak them."
Mo Tiange said, "Rest assured, Sect Head Wei. I won't take out the notebook; I'll just let my master evaluate the formula of this magic weapon."
Wei Haolan hesitated for a moment but eventually nodded. "That's fine." In any case, this magic weapon formula was just sitting there in Bixuan Court; no one would refine it.
Mo Tiange smiled then asked, "Sect Head Wei, how are your injuries?"
Wei Haolan said, "They're the same as before. Although my cultivation level is preserved, my dantian was seriously injured, so I have to slow down my recovery."
At this point, she sighed and said, "In any case, the two elders still have to spend a long time cultivating secret techniques, so I'll just take my time to heal.
Fellow Daoist Ye, what about you?
Are you feeling better? "
Wei Haolan had always been very concerned about Mo Tiange's injuries. Mo Tiange knew Wei Haolan was now a guest elder, and Elder Qingyi and Elder Qingmiao told Wei Haolan that she'd be assisting Bixuan Court in its reconstruction, so Wei Haolan was very concerned about her injuries.
However, no matter what the reason was, it was always good to have someone care about her.
"I'm fine," Mo Tiange answered, "The dead aura I'm suffering from isn't much, so it didn't harm my foundation.
However, the Dantian Real Fire of a Foundation Building cultivator is too weak for this dead aura. According to my estimation, it might take me seven or eight years or even ten years to completely refine it. "
Wei Haolan was silent for a while upon hearing Mo Tiange's answer. She then said, "That being the case, let Junior Martial Sister Xia concoct some medicinal pills for you. Maybe it'll be a bit faster."
Mo Tiange shook her head. "I don't lack medicinal pills, so Sect Head Wei doesn't need to worry."
Although there were a lot of medicinal pills stored in the pagoda, in the end, pill-concocting required fresh spiritual plants, so there weren't many medicinal pills that could be concocted.
Since she was now a guest elder of Bixuan Court, she also had to think about Bixuan Court — she really didn't need to fight with Wei Haolan and Tang Shen over these medicinal pills.