Splitting the Heavens - Chapter 1079: Formation Talisman, Star Robe, Camp Commander, Stargazer

On the seventh floor of the Starry Pavilion.

Zhou Mingdao ran hastily over to Tong Yutang’s study before knocking the door softly and entering.

“What’s the matter for you to be in such a rush?” Tong Yutang looked at a half-open scroll on his desk and asked.

“It’s the talisman from our secret inheritance! True Immortal Shang Xia actually completed it and I brought it over to you!” Zhou Mingdao quickly presented a scroll in his hand over to Tong Yutang.

That was right, it was a scroll!

After the fifth rank, talismans that were made would usually be massive and one would keep them in a scroll.

Tong Yutong, who was sitting at his desk calmly, stood up abruptly. His calm demeanor was nowhere to be seen as he grabbed the scroll from Zhou Mingdao’s hand and opened it on his table.

Perhaps it was because he was too emotional, Zhou Mingdao noticed that the lower half of Tong Yutang’s body was illusory. His entire body seemed to fail to coordinate with each other.

The feeling of disharmony between the upper and lower half of his body disappeared quickly, and Zhou Mingdao lowered his head and pretended not to notice.

However, he was clear in his heart that the being before him wasn’t Tong Yutang’s true body. It was a mere clone.

As for when Tong Yutang left the Starry Pavilion or what he went to do, Zhou Mingdao didn’t know and he didn’t wish to know.

“Good… Great, this is great!” Tong Yutang failed to contain his joy.

After a good half a minute of celebration, Tong Yutang shifted his attention away from the completed talisman and turned to Zhou Mingdao to ask, “Where is True Immortal Little Shang at the moment? Where did he go?”

“After crafting the talisman, True Immortal Little Shang said that he was feeling a little tired from the constant seclusion and decided to take a stroll around the city. He’s planning to take it easy for some time before crafting the remaining talismans.” Zhou Mingdao explained with his gaze lowered.

“Oh, yeah… Right! There’s no rush, no rush at all! Hehe… Since he already completed the first talisman, he naturally has the ability to do the rest! All he has to do is to repeat whatever he did anyway!” Tong Yutang smiled while waving his hand casually, seemingly not caring about the fact that Shang Xia left for some time. He completely forgot about how excited he reacted when the completed talisman was brought over to him earlier.

He continued to address Zhou Mingdao, “As long as True Immortal Little Shang raises any requests when crafting the rest of the talismans, fulfill them to the best of our abilities! As long as he completes the 7 talismans, we won’t hesitate to pay any price!”

Zhou Mingdao replied hastily, “Yes. I will definitely prepare everything he requires!”

“Hmm.” Grunting once, Tong Yutang waved his arm and dismissed Zhou Mingdao.

When Zhou Mingdao left the room, Tong Yutang finally turned to look at the completed talisman on the table.

“Finally… I didn’t think that the first to complete the restoration of the main portion of the talisman would be a newly promoted rank six Talisman Grandmaster!” Tong Yutang muttered as he slowly rolled up the scroll before him. He eventually sighed again, “However… of the 7 separate talismans, as long as 1 of them is complete, we will be able to extrapolate everything else! Hmm… As long as I bring out the completed talisman for the others to reference, they should be able to deduce the rest of it. If they can’t… Hmph, their reputation as rank six Talisman Grandmasters would be completely useless!”

All of a sudden, knocking sounds came from outside.

“What’s the matter?” Tong Yutang knew that Zhou Mingdao was the person outside, but he still carefully stored the talisman.

“Pavilion Master, Camp Commander Xing is here to pay you a visit!” Zhou Mingdao’s respectful voice came from outside.

“I’m not meeting him!” Tong Yutang’s voice came from within. “Tell him that I managed to gain something through my cultivation today and I’m in seclusion!”

…

After completing the talisman, Shang Xia noticed a familiar aura from the spiritual light it emitted and he even tried thinking back to where he felt it in the past.

Eventually, he recalled that it came from the Star Observatory!

No… To be more exact, it was when the Star Observatory attracted starlight from the vast sea of stars. Shang Xia once felt a similar aura back then!

“Is this secret inheritance related to the Star Observatory?!” Shang Xia wondered to himself.

In one of the entertainment venues in Star Origin City, Shang Xia and Feng Ziying sat close by as they watched a pretty female singer do her thing. Neither of them seemed to be interacting with each other on the surface.

“Didn’t you say that you found those runes familiar? Have you seen a Star Observatory?” Shang Xia sent a voice transmission over while slowly placing his cup of tea down on the table. His head swayed slowly to the melody and he seemed to be fully immersed in her voice.

“Nope!” Feng Ziying didn’t respond immediately. He only replied after carefully thinking about it for a moment. However, his expression was also one of intoxication as he watched the singer on stage.

“How is the familiar feeling from a Star Observatory connected to the tunes then?” Shang Xia narrowed his eyes as he questioned through voice transmission, but he seemed to be humming the song while enjoying it.

“Connection…” Feng Ziying seemed to have reached the peak of joy as he continued to listen to the song.

“Ahem… did you think of something?!” Shang Xia raised his teacup to take another sip and he mumbled.

“Oh! I thought of it! It’s the Star Robe!” Feng Ziying replied while keeping his gaze on the female singer on stage. Despite the heightened emotions he was showing on the surface, his voice was unusually calm as he explained, “I once saw the Deputy Second Camp Commander, True Immortal Tian Moran, personally displaying the might of our Star Origin Guards’ battle formation. When he activated the battle formation and the connection between the Star Robes were formed, all 7 of them seemed to be covered in starlight, greatly increasing their abilities. The runes that appeared during that time were extremely similar to the ones you showed me!”

“Are you sure?!” Shang Xia placed his cup down again and clapped his hands along to the melody while responding.

“Yeah!” Feng Ziying sounded extremely sure. He continued, “The squad I was in also used the battle formation back then and the Star Robe is truly able to draw over starlight to boost the user’s abilities. Unfortunately, the Star Robe is only able to store a small amount of power and is far from the battle formation demonstrated by Tian Moran. Moreover, the runes that appeared when Tian Moran displayed the formation are nowhere to be seen…”

After piercing through the final veil, the confusion that Feng Ziying suffered due to the suppression of void qi was no longer present and he was able to recall everything in detail.

“Which means to say… The Formation Talisman Tong Yutang wants me to craft might be related to the Star Robes?” Shang Xia nodded as if in approval of the performance on stage before he continued transmitting his voice, “The problem here is… What is Tong Yutang’s true goal?! According to the tradition of the Star Origin Guards, Tong Yutang should only be a mere ex-member!”

Feng Ziying shook his head to indicate that he also didn’t know, but to others, he seemed to be lamenting the fact that the singer had to take her leave.

…

When Shang Xia returned to the Starry Pavilion, he ran into someone clad in Star Robes.

Only after taking 2 steps did he realize that he ran into the Seventh Camp Commander, Xing Xingtian who had been described by Feng Ziying back then.

Perhaps it was because he learned that the talismans he had to craft were related to the Star Robes, but he paid special attention to them.

What also piqued Shang Xia’s interest was that Feng Ziying once told him that Xing Xingtian was a Stargazer and his camp was in charge of the Star Observatory in the city!

It seemed as though things were getting more and more interesting!