Lin Mu looked at the woman and gave nod to her answer.
"There will be an Immortal Tribulation, yes." Lin Mu replied, not telling him exactly who was going to breakthrough.
Then before the woman could reply, Lin Mu left for his courtyard.
~CREAK~
Arriving there shortly, the gate of the courtyard opened automatically allowing them to enter.
"What's wrong?" The saintess asked, sensing them appear.
She could already tell from Lin Mu's demeanor that something was up.
"Little Shrubby is going to have his Immortal Tribulation." Lin Mu answered making the Saintess take a look at the beast.
Her sense scanned the beast, immediately realizing the change.
"Triggered by his bloodline?" She identified the cause.
"Yes. Little Shrubby's Fume Wood Panther Bloodline is increasing in strength." Lin Mu nodded his head. "Have you seen something like this before Saintess?" he asked.
"Yes… this usually happens to beasts with faint bloodlines. If they are originally a weak beast, but their bloodlines progress and go beyond a certain level, it can trigger a response from the Heavenly will.
And Since Little Shrubby is in the Immortal realm now, it will just result in the Immortal Tribulation." The Saintess explained.
Lin Mu was a bit concerned about it and asked again. "Will it be fine?"
"Actually, if he has managed to trigger this, then it means the bloodline is strong enough for the Heavenly will to act. After Little Shrubby breaks through, he should gain greater control over the wood element." The Saintess answered.
Lin Mu felt a bit relieved after hearing the Saintess's words and decided to just do a good preparation for it.
"I need to set up some arrays for Little Shrubby's breakthrough." Lin Mu said. "I also asked the staff here and they've said that having a tribulation here is fine." He added, knowing that the Saintess couldn't do anything too big.
"Hmm… I think you might not have to do much since Little Shrubby will be having a wood elemental Tribulation." The Saintess replied.
"He is?" Lin Mu couldn't tell that yet, but the Saintess had managed to do so.
"Yes, a tribulation triggered by a bloodline would usually be of the same element." The Saintess spoke. "Wood Elemental tribulations are also not as troublesome to contain like the other elemental Tribulations. At least not usually…"
Lin Mu realized that he did not know much about the Wood Elemental Immortal Tribulations. He had of course read about them but that was not the same as seeing it.
'Guess I'll just see it first hand.' Lin Mu thought to himself and got to work.
Little Shrubby was left with the Saintess while Lin Mu started making runes. The beast simply cultivated under the watchful eyes of the Saintess. Even if she had not been asked to do so, she was always guiding the beast on her own.
It was clear that the the Saintess had started to care for Little Shrubby.
Lin Mu's hands moved in the air while his fingers weaved runes in the air. At first they were clear, but as he got into the flow his fingers sped up and turned into mere blurs.
His immortal qi spread through the air and turned into strings that latched onto his hands. They flowed along with his fingers, channeling into the rune and anchoring them to the air.
The more the runes grew, the greater the concentration of qi rose in the air.
'This feels… different.' Lin Mu felt like he was doing a lot better than before.
The runes came to him naturally and he instantly knew what to do next. It was as if he didn't need to think at all for it. They flew out along with the threads of the the immortal sense and were strung together as formations.
The more they grew, the stronger the energy fluctuations became. Time continued to pass and ten hours elapsed like a blur.
~HONG~
The very air changed as a stilling energy spread through the area. A multicolored glow of the runes and formations illuminated the courtyard and soars in the air like an aurora.
Lin Mu paused his hands and looked up at the sky, finding a surreal scene above him.
"What did I…" Lin Mu muttered feeling bit lost.
~HUM~
And just as he said that the formations let out a sonorous hums melding together and transforming into an array.
"Runes like the flowing water and formations like the night aurora…" The Saintess's voice drifted over.
Lin Mu looked to the side feeling her presence.
"How did this happen… I just started… this isn't even what I—" Lin Mu didn't know what to exactly ask.
He had far too many questions wandering in his mind and he didn't know that to ask first.
"This is enlightenment." The Saintess interrupted him.
Lin Mu watched her as two green orbs shimmered behind her veil. The green glow was intense, allowing him to barely see through the veil.
'Are those her eyes?' Lin Mu wondered.
"Have you thought about pursing the Dao of Formations?" The Saintess suddenly asked.
"The Dao of formations?" Lin Mu thought about it for a moment before responding. "I do like formations and their uses. Their mysteries are profound and they certainly intrigue me."
Lin Mu had learned formations since they were something that needed the least amount of investment to learn. But he had a talent in them and learned rapidly.
But despite that he had never thought of doing something like pursuing the Dao of Formations.
"The enlightenment you have right now is something that peak Immortal Formation grandmasters yearn for and never get in their lives. It would be a shame if you do not pursue it." The Saintess stated before turning to Lin Mu.
Her green eyes shimmered behind the veil, becoming faintly visible. Lin Mu started into her eyes as they only got brighter as if they were emerald gems.
Even if the Saintess's face was hidden, her eyes were piercing and hard to hide.
"If you pursue the Dao of formations, you will be able to pry into the very secrets of the Heavens!"
