The Lord of Void and Real
Chapter 772

Chapter 772: Chapter 768: Substitute Container Chapter 772: Chapter 768: Substitute Container “The Life-saving Technique.” said Shen Luo.

“The Life-saving Technique?” Elder Fox King asked doubtfully.

“It was initially a minor technique used to block calamities. With some modifications, it can be used to transfer the Devil-Infusing Bead and prohibitions on Red Boy to another person.” Shen Luo explained.

This wasn't a technique he had acquired from elsewhere but had learned from Lin Da, the master of the Sacred Lotus Dharma Altar.

When Shen Luo saw it on that day, he had already memorized the appearance of the array. However, because of his limited aptitude in the real world, despite being able to reluctantly remember the appearance of the array, comprehending its subtle points was difficult.

Now, within the dreamland, he had understood the crux and could even make it slightly more perfect.

However, for transferring the prohibition and the Devil-Infusing Bead, he actually only had a one-third chance of success.

“Tell me specifically about this technique. After I've listened, I will make a decision.” Bull Demon King said seriously.

“To execute this technique, we first need a vessel–a person whose cultivation level and mana is not much different from him, or slightly higher. Then…” Shen Luo meticulously explained, bit by bit.

“This technique… may indeed work.” After hearing the final part, the Bull Demon King pondered for a long time before finally uttering.

“Where can we find someone whose cultivation realm is similar to Red Boy? After all, once he becomes the vessel, he can only face death.” The Elder Fox King asked.

“I'll handle this matter. You don't need to worry. Daoist Shen, when will you be able to set up the array for my son's Life-saving Technique?” The Bull Demon King thought for a while before speaking.

“The array for the Life-saving Technique is a modification of mine, so I can't apply it directly and must make some adjustments and changes. Additionally, I need to prepare some special materials. Three days should be about enough.” Shen Luo frowned and pondered for a moment before saying so.

“Fine, I'll leave Jilei Mountain for a bit in the meanwhile and will undoubtedly return on time after three days.” said Bull Demon King.

“Father king…” Red Boy said, showing some concern.

“You'll be fine. Just wait patiently here.” Bull Demon King stepped away with heavy strides, leaving the Cloud Brushing Cave.

“Elder Fox King, can you arrange a quiet retreat chamber for me?” asked Shen Luo.

“No problem, Xiao Yu, take Daoist Shen to my retreat chamber.” The Ten Thousand Years Fox King tossed a white jade token towards Xiao Yu after saying that.

“Alright.” Xiao Yu caught it and responded accordingly.

Following this, they led Shen Luo deeper into the Cloud Brushing Cave.

Nighttime.

Shen Luo sat alone in the stone chamber. A ring of light from glowstones lit up the surrounding walls, illuminating the entire room with a snow-white glow.

In the center of the stone chamber, a cubit-wide sand table was placed, filled with fine white sand. At the moment, it was being consolidated by his finger movements into miniature sand platforms.

“Lin Da's formation was meant to use the merits of many monks to offset the heavenly punishment over him. Red Boy need not do the same. However, it still necessitates a minimum of six late-stage True Immortal cultivators to control the formation and assist in transferring the Devil-Infusing Bead and its prohibitions…” Shen Luo looked at the sand table in front of him, talking to himself.

As he spoke, his wrist turned, and the sand platforms set on the periphery of the sand table fell one after another, leaving only seven standing – one in the center and six around it.

“However, since Bull Demon King has the cultivation level of Taiyi realm, even if there's one less True Immortal cultivator to assist, it's no problem. Having too many people might actually lead to errors.” Shen Luo continued to speak to himself.

He raised his hand once more, and two more sand platforms standing on the sand table instantly disappeared, leaving only four defending the four directions: east, south, west, and north. The sand platform in the center lifted off and floated in the middle.

“This formation still needs to coincide with the yin and yang reversal array. It needs two magical treasures with compatible properties to act as the formation's base. The Sea Suppressing Iron Rod can be used as one, and the SeCalming Pearl seems to be able to serve as the second one, the rest is just to perfect the battle formation map…”

After finishing speaking, Shen Luo lifted his finger and began to sketch in the void bit by bit. On the sand table, shallow and deep formation patterns began to emerge.

Time passed in the blink of an eye, and it was already three days later.

In a relatively flat valley in Jilei Mountain, large patches of trees had been cleared, and a square altar covering an area of more than ten meters was erected in the center of the valley.

Early in the morning, when the first ray of sunlight rose in the valley, the surroundings of the altar were already filled with people.

Shen Luo stood with his back to everyone, holding the Six Chen Whip in his hand, and he was engrossed in engraving symbols on a section of the stone pillar at the center of the altar. His forehead was permeating with thin sweat, and his eyes were full of blood silk.

He started carving the symbol patterns here last night. Even though he had already drawn it on the sand tray at least a hundred times, he deliberately slowed down his pace to ensure not a single mistake, engraving bit by bit.

Until the last formation pattern was connected, he put away the Six Chen Whip, slowly straightened his body, and took a long breath.

“How is it?” The Bull Demon King, who had been waiting for a long time, took the lead in bringing the Red Boy over to ask.

“It's complete.” Shen Luo nodded, his eyes slightly bloodshot.

“Daoist friend Shen, thank you for your hard work.” The Bull Demon King said solemnly, clasping his fists.

“You're welcome. Now you can bring Red Boy over. Apart from you and me, we still need two more cultivators at the late True Immortal stage to assist.” Shen Luo said, gesturing with his hand.

“I'll do it with you.” The Ten Thousand Year Fox King volunteered immediately.

“We need one more.” Shen Luo nodded and said.

“If only cultivators in the late stage of True Immortal are required, can ghost cultivators be used?” The Bull Demon King was hesitant.

“As long as their cultivation level is sufficient, it can be.” Shen Luo said.

“Good.” Upon hearing this, the Bull Demon King raised his hand and rubbed a piece of purple jade inlaid in the center of his belt.

A purple smoke came out from the purple jade, and soon it condensed in the void and turned into a young man wearing a bamboo hat and dressed in black clothes.

“Master.” The young man appeared and immediately bowed to the Bull Demon King.

“Qing Mang, follow me in setting up the formation later and listen to Daoist Shen here.” The Bull Demon King instructed.

“Yes.” Upon hearing the words, the young man responded and then bowed to the Bull Demon King and Shen Luo.

Shen Luo returned the bow and secretly praised in his heart that the cultivators in the Taiyi Realm are indeed extraordinary, even the ghost cultivators serving under them are in the Late True Immortal Stage.

“Now that everyone is here, we can begin. Where is the container for the life-saving technique?” Shen Luo asked.

Upon hearing this, the Bull Demon King raised his hand, took out a palm-sized cloth bag from his sleeve, opened the bag, chanted a few words in a low voice towards the ground, and a green light sprayed from the bag's mouth, and a figure tumbled out from within.

Shen Luo looked closely and found out it was a middle-aged man in a gray-white Taoist robe. While this person looked similar to an ordinary person, his appearance was rather strange. He had an upturned black nose and two drooping ears on the top of his head. It turned out to be a member of the demon race.

Around him, yellow cloth strips were wrapped around him. The strips were written with densely packed talisman texts, which locked his limbs and even blocked his mouth. He could only groan, unable to speak a word.