These fairy-like scholars were gradually falling into a daze and eventually hypnotized under the full suppression by Shui Miao and the two mighty artifact spirits.
“It seems that power speaks louder than anything else!”
Shui Miao mused inwardly, realizing that only those without power cry and beg for justice, while those with power never waste words—they simply act.
Trying to reason always leads to being taken advantage of.
True supremacy lies in strength; justice is always dictated by the powerful.
Reflecting on this, Shui Miao calmed his mind and directly began studying formation techniques from the memories of these fairy scholars.
Formations are profound and intricate, yet ultimately revolve around the transformation of various elemental energies.
With his current cultivation level, no formation was too complex for Shui Miao to decipher.
Thus, he learned quickly—and thoroughly enjoyed the process.
Besides the three most powerful formation manuals, Shui Miao acquired a wealth of knowledge from the memories of these fairy scholars—such as crafting supreme puppets, forging devastating weapons, and even creating treasures capable of revealing others’ true thoughts, and so on.
In the outside world, less than three days had passed, yet within just one day, Shui Miao had mastered all the formation manuals.
Immediately afterward, Shui Miao repaired the alchemical furnace, the Time-Protecting Bead, and enhanced his life-linked supreme artifact and the Fire Dragon Bomb inside the Tower of Time, significantly increasing their power.
Three days quickly passed.
After this period, Shui Miao’s understanding of formations had undergone a qualitative leap.
Looking back at himself just three days prior, Shui Miao suddenly felt as if he had been a mere novice in alchemy back then.
“Now, if I could just obtain the remaining three lower volumes…”
As this thought crossed his mind, the treasury doors suddenly opened.
It was Justice Senior arriving.
Perfect timing…
Shui Miao acted swiftly, immediately confronting him. Before Justice Senior could speak, Shui Miao, in conjunction with the artifact spirits, unleashed the Dream Demon Cultivation Technique to hypnotize Justice Senior, infiltrating his mind and decisively seizing the three most powerful lower volumes of formation manuals.
“Found them!”
The modified life-linked supreme artifact, enhanced with Shui Miao’s self-created Dream Demon Formation, was even more terrifying in power. It instantly helped Shui Miao hypnotize Justice Senior and locate the three lower volumes of formation manuals within his spiritual realm. Shui Miao teleported the three formation manuals into the Tower of Time, reversed time, examined each one thoroughly, and memorized their contents.
Moments later, Shui Miao returned the manuals to their original positions.
Then, he summoned a flame of Yin and Yang, burning the air.
This Yin-Yang flame could rebalance the Five Elements, preventing experts from detecting what had transpired here.
Previously, Shui Miao had been unaware of this method, but now, having comprehended the essence of formations, he would no longer leave traces for others to uncover his actions.
Justice Senior soon regained consciousness from his daze, unaware of what had happened, and directly asked Shui Miao, “Well, what formations have you learned?”
“Let’s not talk about it. I only saw some basic formations. The rest of the time was spent fighting those fairy scholars. But good news is, I’ve already killed them all. No one else will be bothered by them again.” In reality, Shui Miao had teleported all the fairy scholars to his spiritual planet. They knew too much and had to be detained.
Upon arriving at Shui Miao’s spiritual planet, the fairy scholars were thrilled by the wondrous realm and had no desire to return.
Hearing this, Justice Senior was greatly startled, “You actually killed them? Then, are the formation manuals undamaged?”
“Well, I’m not sure about that.”
Shui Miao deliberately feigned ignorance, though in reality, he had already sensed with his divine consciousness that the books remained intact—the fairy scholars and the manuals had always been stored separately.
Justice Senior quickly checked and, upon confirming the books were unharmed, finally exhaled in relief.
“Justice Senior, I haven’t really learned anything these past few days. Could I have a few more days?” Shui Miao pretended to ask, though in truth, he had already absorbed all the treasury’s secrets into his mind.
“Enough already! You’ve caused a huge mess by killing those semi-immortals. I don’t even know how to explain this to others!” Justice Senior frowned, waving his hands helplessly. “Besides, Holy Mother instructed me to keep this secret. Don’t come looking for me for the next few days. I can’t let anyone know you’ve been here. If you really want to read something, wait a few months until I’m on duty again, and I’ll try to arrange another visit.”
“Alright then…”
Shui Miao nodded, even letting out a sigh to make it seem genuine.
“Little Master, please leave quickly and don’t stay here any longer,” Justice Senior, agitated and anxious, said after hearing the sigh. His mind suddenly stirred with suspicion—could it be that Shui Miao had forcibly taken the fairy scholars away?
No good—this matter must be reported to Holy Mother Water Tianyi. If he’s deceiving me, I’ll be in serious trouble. Let Holy Mother investigate herself; I’m done getting involved in this mess.
Shui Miao sensed all of Justice Senior’s thoughts.
At once, Shui Miao bowed and turned to leave the treasury. Just as he stepped outside, he noticed Lotus waiting for him.
Seeing Lotus, Shui Miao’s mind stirred, immediately suspecting he was under house arrest.
“Qing, you’re out! How did it go? Did you gain anything?” Lotus smiled sweetly; her current mission was to accompany Shui Miao wherever he went.
Shui Miao sighed, “Don’t even ask. I was too busy fighting the fairy scholars inside. Justice Senior said I can come back later, but for now, I’m to return first.”
“This won’t do! Justice Senior is so incompetent. Holy Mother is already waiting for you to forge artifacts. No, I must report this to Holy Mother. You’re coming with me,” Lotus grabbed Shui Miao’s hand and dragged him along.
Helplessly, Shui Miao followed.
Arriving at the imperial capital, they found Holy Mother Tian Shuiyi. Upon hearing the news, she merely smiled gently and said, “No rush. There will be plenty of time in the future. Qing, stay here for now and familiarize yourself with the formations. I have all the formation blueprints ready. In a couple of days, the materials will be gathered, and then you can forge some holy artifacts for me. Afterward, I’ll reward you with a couple of holy artifacts.”
Though Holy Mother Tian Shuiyi spoke generously, her intentions were far from benevolent.
Hearing this, Shui Miao found her words hard to believe.
Originally, she already had the blueprints for the required holy artifacts. No wonder she had instructed Justice Senior to hide the three main formation manuals. It was all a deliberate setup—she never wanted him to learn those powerful formations. Now she casually promised him holy artifacts, as if he were a child to be easily fooled?
Shui Miao quickly deduced that everything Holy Mother Tian Shuiyi said was a lie.
“She’s too cunning and ruthless; I must distance myself from her!”
“But she knows too much about me. If I run, she’ll surely endanger my loved ones and friends, and hunt me down across the Three Realms!”
“Cursed!”
“Indeed, there’s no such thing as a free lunch in this world. I’ve learned all the formation secrets, but I’ve also fallen into great trouble. The best solution would be to eliminate this Holy Mother directly…”
At this thought, Shui Miao’s heart trembled—this idea was simply too outrageous!
To kill Holy Mother Tian Shuiyi, this supremely powerful Female Immortal Emperor—what did he have to rely on?
“Qing, what are you thinking about?”
Seeing Shui Miao standing there, dazed and deep in thought, Holy Mother Tian Shuiyi frowned and sent out a divine consciousness to probe his thoughts.
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