The Quest for Immortality Chapter 2880: Rejuvenation and Bone Engraving
Previously on The Quest for Immortality...
Wood Revitalization Formation is the first prize of the Sword Discussion Conference, obtained from the Dao Court Tian Shu Pavilion.
This formation might be the most inconspicuous of all the prizes.
Many people don’t even understand why the Taoist Court would use such a cold and ineffectual "Medical Array" as the prize for such a grand event as sword discussion.
But Mo Hua understood in his heart that someone was using this as "bait" to hook him.
If it’s qualified to be used as "bait" to lure him, then there must be some mystery hidden in this formation.
From Mo Hua’s current research, on the surface, this is a formation that can heal injuries and restrain the loss of Blood Qi, a "Medical Array".
But deeper within, it contains certain laws of "life and death" transformation.
Why this would be, Mo Hua has yet to comprehend.
Will this formation have any significant use, Mo Hua’s current realm and vision are limited, making it difficult to have any insights.
Yet even with the use of Yimu Qi to restrain the loss of Blood Qi and repair life-force, it suffices for Mo Hua.
Especially vital in this tribal war.
War is about killing, it’s a battle of casualties.
With the Wood Revitalization Formation to save lives, it can greatly reduce casualty rates, at least in manpower, the Vermilion Bird Alliance can have three to four percent more than the Wujiu Tribe.
Although constructing the formation and maintaining its operation requires consumption of scarce Spirit Stone resources in the Great Wilderness.
Yet the current situation is not the time to be miserly with these resources.
And Mo Hua just happened to take the opportunity of the war needing "massive construction" to build a large number of Wood Revitalization Formations.
As the war progresses, the fighting intensifies, casualties increase, he conducted a large amount of "life and death" law simulation to deepen his understanding of the related laws.
In a certain sense, this is also a kind of "war fortune".
It is about observation and comprehension of a large number of life and death laws in war.
Mo Hua doesn’t want to, but he cannot refuse.
And once he preliminarily comprehends these laws, understands the connotations of the Wood Revitalization Formation, Mo Hua intends to engrave them onto his own bones to address his own flaw in the "bone engraving" method.
Engraving the Lifebound Spirit Formation requires the method of bone engraving.
As the name suggests, it requires one to "engrave" a formation onto their own bones while alive.
Before engraving the formation, wooden white golden jade must be used to forge the bones.
"Wooden White Gold Jade Bone" is a secret technique treasured by the Bai Family.
This secret technique is a superior Body Refining and Bone Forging Method of the "Copper Skin and Iron Bone" type.
It can fuse one’s bones with two types of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, the essence of Wood White and the marrow of Gold Jade, strengthening them to a certain degree.
This is a method both powerful and "elegant" for Body Techniques; after forging, the body becomes like gold and jade, also carrying a gentle aura like wood.
But Mo Hua is not a practitioner of Body Cultivation, his bones are inherently fragile.
Even with strengthening using "Wooden White Gold Jade Bone", the strength is still limited.
His ultimate goal is to attach Wood White Gold Jade onto his own bones to use them as the "Formation media" for the Twelve Scripture Gluttonous Spirit Corpse Formation.
The Twelve Scripture Gluttonous Spirit Corpse Formation is a twenty-four patterns ultimate formation related to Taotie, surely a fierce formation.
Mo Hua’s own physique is weak, if he directly engraves this formation, he surely won’t be able to sustain it; without caution, he might suffer backlash from Taotie’s fierce power, potentially leading to being "smashed to pieces".
Thus, he must first use the Wooden White Gold Jade method to strengthen his bones, allowing his bones to serve as the "Formation media" for the Taotie Absolute Array, withstand the backlash of the Lifebound Formation, and bear the operation of the Lifebound Formation.
This is an exceedingly tricky and exceptionally unconventional method.
Mo Hua doesn’t know if anyone has tried it before, but even if they have, the number must be very few.
Almost all related heritage and precedent are blank.
Fortunately, he has the help of Elder Master Xun and it’s a good thing the Sect Leader is still a person of the Bai Family.
Having received their great kindness, only then could he obtain this method of forging bones with Wooden White Gold Jade.
Mo Hua doesn’t know what origins the Wooden White Gold Jade Bone has, but since the Sect Leader personally sought it for a long time, it must indeed be a rare superior heritage even within the Bai Family.
But even with the Wooden White Gold Jade Bone, the method of bone engraving remains dangerous.
Ultimately, it involves engraving the Taotie Formation onto one’s bones in a bloody manner, even if there is Wooden White Gold Jade Bone as "Formation media" to buffer, it inevitably risks damaging the root and source of the bones, causing severe depletion of Blood Qi.
This has been verified in the case of Iron Skill Bone.
To alleviate the loss of Blood Qi and prevent the coagulation of Death Qi, Mo Hua has been contemplating bitterly these days and has come up with only one solution:
To engrave another Wood Revitalization Formation onto the Wooden White Gold Jade Bone.
Utilize the vitality of the Wood Revitalization Formation to suppress the loss of Blood Qi caused by the bone engraving method.
This way, the vitality within his body can achieve a relative balance.
Then, engrave the Twelve Scripture Gluttonous Spirit Corpse Formation onto the bones to serve as his Core Formation’s own "Magic Treasure".
Thus, his Core Formation’s own Magic Treasure will constitute a relatively balanced and complete system.
Wood White Gold Jade fused into the bones as Formation media.
Wood Revitalization Formation, repairing vitality for the bones.
Using these two as foundations, then construct the Twelve Scripture Gluttonous Spirit Corpse Formation, refine it into own Magical Treasure, and drive the operation of the Spirit Remains.
This way, the three are united.
It appears as a "Life Formation", yet to practically construct this Life Formation, Mo Hua has also incorporated some "strange and peculiar" elements.
Due to lack of heritage and guidelines, he can only establish order and conduct fusion of spell points himself.