Qingshi couldn't wait to let Asu take them to the Chuanxi Hall. He opened the front and back doors. In front of him was a large square courtyard. The length and width of the courtyard were about fifty feet. In the middle was a tower about five feet long and wide. The two-story stone buildings on the left and right sit on a base about one foot high with nine steps.
The courtyard is paved with huge square stones, and there are many stone pillars standing on the ground, surrounding the small building.
These stone pillars are about three feet in diameter and one foot high. They are all the same shape, but their distribution is irregular.
"This is the heaven-level formation," Asu said. "I've tried many times, but I can't break it. I can't even reach the first floor."
"What's the first layer?" Duan Wutian said, "I can't see where the layers are."
"There are a total of three hundred and sixty-nine stone pillars here," Asu said. "Two of them are different from the others. One pillar is carved with an eagle, and the other is carved with a dragon. Just walk to the eagle pillar. After walking through the first floor, you can learn the corresponding martial arts and techniques. When you walk to the Dragon Pillar, you have completed the second floor. There are also corresponding martial arts and techniques to learn. When you walk into the small building, you have completed the third floor. , only then can we completely crack the magic circle, and then we can learn the most profound martial arts techniques."
"So this is a maze!" Chen Tianye said.
"That's right!" Asu said, "It is originally a maze. But it is ever-changing, and there is not only one fixed correct route."
"Can you break the spell with force?" Duan Wutian asked, "Just like you did when you broke the formation just now."
"Okay!" Asu said, "This is not only a maze formation, but it can also be regarded as a defensive formation. If you have the ability to break it, you can use magic weapons. However, I suggest that you don't try to break it with force easily. There is no danger in breaking the technique, but you may suffer rebound damage if you break the law with force."
"Asu," Qingshi said, "you said you tried to break the formation. Did you use force to break the spell or use magic to break the spell?"
"I've tried everything," Asu said, "but it doesn't work."
"You can't even use the power you used to break my psychedelic formation?" Chen Tianye asked in surprise, "Why don't you use the power of that punch to hit this pillar again?"
"If you want to try it yourself," Asu said coldly, "I have already tried it."
"Let me try!" Duan Wutian took two steps forward and punched a stone pillar.
There was a soft bang.
Just as Duan Wutian's fist touched the surface of the stone pillar, a layer of golden light suddenly appeared on the stone pillar. Then, Duan Wutian took three big steps back, groaned, frowned and covered his chest.
"Grandma," after a few breaths, Duan Wutian exhaled a long breath and said, "This is like punching yourself in the face!"
"That's why I said don't try it easily," Asu said with a gloating smile, "especially don't use weapons or magic weapons!"
Qingshi nodded, then took two steps into the courtyard. After some thought, he walked in between the two stone pillars, and thus began the years of deciphering this heaven-level formation.
As Qingshi entered the formation, Duan Wutian and Chen Tianye also entered it one after another. However, in less than a stick of incense, Duan Wutian returned to the original place, and Chen Tianye also returned to the original place an hour later. There is no unified entrance to the entire maze array. You can enter from anywhere. If you go wrong, you can enter and exit wherever you go.
Duan and Chen told Luo Luoshan and others about the situation, so everyone came to try to navigate the maze and crack the formation. However, except for Luo Luoshan, no one else stayed there longer than Chen Tianye, and Luo Luoshan only stayed less than half an hour longer than Chen Tianye.
The bluestone didn't come out. Six years had passed since he walked between the two stone pillars, and he still didn't come out.
This heaven-level psychedelic formation cannot be entered at any time. Every time you take a wrong step, you will return to the original place. It will take at least ten days to enter again.
In the past six years, everyone else has entered and been sent back to the original place countless times, but Qingshi has always stayed inside and has never come out once. The stone pillars are not densely packed, but no one can see where the bluestone is and how far it has reached.
Chen Tianye and Duan Wutian have naturally tried it countless times. Every time they come, they have to look around the courtyard, hoping to see the blue stone, but they return disappointed every time.
About two years later, Duan Wutian couldn't bear it anymore, so he ran to Asu and asked him, when will the bluestone come out?
"When?" Asu rubbed his sleepy eyes and muttered, "How do I know when? I remember the old guy said that one of his disciples stayed there for thirty years, and ended up on the second floor. He was bounced back when he was still one step away. It’s only been two years since Qingshi entered the hospital, so I guess it’s still early!”
From then on, Duan Wutian no longer walked the maze. He only worked hard to practice his existing martial arts and martial arts, and did not expect to inherit the inheritance of the Desert Dragon.
Chen Tianye, on the other hand, is persistent. Every time he is bounced, he will try again within a month at most.
Among the others, Luo Luoshan, Bai Sha and Anan kept trying like Chen Tianye, while Heisha and Axi gave up like Duan Wutian.
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After Qingshi walked into the formation, it only took him twelve hours to reach the Eagle Head Stone Pillar. There were ninety-nine steps in this section of the road. It was based on pure formation techniques. It was not difficult to pass as long as the calculation was accurate. Of course, This is for bluestone.
After Qingshi walked ninety-nine steps, he was immediately shrouded in a golden light from the eagle's eye and disappeared instantly.
Qingshi felt the scenery in front of him change and came to a closed underground hall. The walls around this hall are made of white jade and are engraved with Taoist secrets and secret books such as spells and martial arts.
Qingshi looked carefully and saw that there were a total of 108 these Taoist canons and secret books, most of which were written by the Desert Dragon. The level was not high, and at most they were only at the top level of Xuan level.
These things don't seem to be of much use to Qingshi, but Qingshi knows that this is the basis of Desert Shenlong's martial arts thought and martial arts system. If you want to inherit his inheritance, you must start with the simplest ones. Otherwise, you will simply not learn. , when you want to learn his advanced techniques, you won't be able to learn them.
Therefore, Qingshi started practicing these techniques and martial arts from scratch. Qingshi's cultivation level is already quite high, so it is naturally very easy to learn these basic things. He learned them all in just three months.
After learning these things, Qingshi feels that he has gained something. For example, his understanding of the Way of Earth and the Way of Metal has become even deeper. The result is his cultivation of Formation and Weapon Dao, which is theoretically effective. Great improvement.
The last article of these Taoist scriptures and secret books is a luck method called "Gold and Stone Open". After learning this method, Qingshi feels that he can cut stones with a sword like Luo Luoshan. In actual combat, gold and stone are opened. The luck method can increase the ability to break defenses.
After Qingshi's Mingyue Sword Technique Tian Po Style was combined with 'Gold and Stone Wekai', its defense-breaking ability increased by at least 30%. This was immediately verified, because if you want to get out of the secret room and return to the maze array to continue moving forward, you have to use the golden stone to open an energy door. Bluestone can naturally do it easily.
It took Bluestone a month to walk from the Eagle Head Stone Pillar to the Dragon Head Stone Pillar. This section of the journey is not just about calculations, but also about people's understanding and understanding of various Tao, especially the Tao of Metal and the Tao of Earth. Tao, of course, the five elements of water, wood and fire will also be considered.
Qingshi was able to successfully complete this section of the sixty-six steps, largely due to the learning in that underground hall. This also shows that his judgment is correct. If he wants to obtain the inheritance of the Desert Dragon, he must follow his martial arts system step by step. .
When Qingshi walked to the dragon head pillar, he was transported to an underground hall again. The size and layout of this place were the same as the first one, only the Taoist scriptures and secret books carved on the stone wall were different. There are only thirty-six Taoist canons and secret books here, all of which are from the prefecture level. Half of them are the inherited secret books of the Desert Dragon, and the rest are the exercises, martial arts and techniques he collected from other places.
Qingshi has not finished learning these. He has practiced all the eighteen inheritance secrets of the Desert Dragon. He has only learned five of the remaining eighteen that are suitable for him. The rest have only understood the general idea and not refined them. Even so, it took Qingshi five years.
Qingshi originally wanted to copy down all these Taoist scriptures and secret books, but he couldn't do it at all. First of all, the Desert Dragon had warned that he was not allowed to copy copies and spread them out. Secondly, Qingshi found that in this underground hall, he could not retrieve the storage device from the storage device. Take anything out of it. Qingshi was unwilling to give in, so he memorized it by force, which was not too difficult for him.
In the past five years, Qingshi has learned many and complicated things. It seems that he has not learned top martial arts and techniques, but in fact he has solidified his foundation and improved his overall realm. The gains are great.
Qingshi walked for half a year on the third section of the road. This section of the road only had thirty-three steps. In addition to the considerations of the formation, there were also two battles.
First, to get out of the second hall, you have to fight a battle with a puppet. Only by defeating it can you return to the maze and continue moving forward.
After walking the thirty-three steps and entering the small building, you have to fight a puppet on the first floor of the small building. After winning, you can enter the Taoist room on the second floor.
Qingshi naturally defeated these two puppets, but it was not easy. These two puppets were very similar to the trial puppets in Yunlu, and were transformed from energy. This shows that the desert dragon's array magic is indeed extremely brilliant, almost comparable to the magic of the God Realm.
It took Qingshi a full day to defeat the puppet in the small building, and he almost exhausted his energy. Fortunately, this puppet was designed by the Desert Dragon to test his disciples, so there was not much danger in fighting against it.
When he defeated the puppet and entered the second floor, Qingshi estimated the time and realized that six years had passed since he entered the maze.
Within the two-story building, there are only three secret books in total, which are also engraved on the jade walls. They are the "Earth Scripture", the "Golden Scripture" and the "Technology", all written by the Desert Dragon.
Qingshi first looked through the "Earth Jing" and found that it was a work that systematically explained earth-based exercises, martial arts, secret techniques and even other derived techniques. Starting from "What is earth attribute Qi?" 'This is the most basic question, all the way to the ultimate techniques such as 'Earth Release' and 'Shokuchi'. Eloquent, more than a hundred thousand words.
Qingshi only briefly glanced at the catalog and two chapters, and knew that this was a heaven-defying work, an absolute treasure book. In addition to containing some of the most profound earth magic techniques, it was also a book that guided people to understand the earth. The best guide to heaven.
The "Golden Sutra", like the "Tu Jing", is a heaven-defying scripture that discusses 'gold'.
After Qingshi browsed these two classics, he was full of confidence that he could understand the Heavenly Way of Earth and the Heavenly Way of Metal in a short period of time, because Qingshi himself is an extremely good formation master and weapon refiner. The understanding of the Tao is already very deep.
"Technology" doesn't have much content, only two arts and four martial arts.
The two types of techniques are "Array Dao Essential Techniques" and "Array Dao Essential Techniques". The Array Dao is based on the earth-attributed Qi, and the Instrument Dao is based on the metallic Qi. Its basic theory has been described in the "Earth Classic" and There are detailed discussions in the "Golden Sutra", so here we only list three methods of setting up large formations and three methods of refining weapons. For Qingshi, the actual usefulness of these contents is not too great.
The four martial arts are 'Vajra Hand', 'Houtu Fist', 'Gold and Stone Spear Technique', and 'Gold and Stone Body'. The first two are pure gold and earth attribute martial arts. They are only low-grade earth-level skills, although they are quite powerful. However, it is almost useless for bluestone.
'Gold and Stone Spear Technique' is an earth-level high-grade fusion martial art. It requires the fusion of gold and earth Qi to activate each other. It is extremely powerful, but for Qingshi, it is still not of much use.
'The Body of Metal and Stone' is also an earth-level high-grade fusion martial art. It is a body protection technique. In terms of level and power, it is not as good as Master Mu's 'Body of Divine Wood'.
Qingshi felt a little strange, because although these three methods of setting up large formations, three methods of refining weapons, and these four martial arts were all very good, they were obviously not the most profound martial arts of Desert Dragon.
Qing Shi carefully figured out that the three methods of setting up large arrays and the three methods of refining weapons were all typical methods of using magic.
Similarly, 'Vajra Hand' represents pure metal martial arts, 'Houtu Fist' represents pure earth martial arts, and 'Gold and Stone Spear Technique' and 'Gold and Stone Body' are martial arts that combine the two kinds of true energy of gold and earth. The most typical representative.
Qingshi's understanding was extremely high, and he quickly understood the intentions of the Desert Dragon.
Because everyone is different and has their own characteristics. It is natural to practice the top martial arts created by the Desert Dragon to reach an extremely high level, but it is impossible to surpass the Desert Dragon. Therefore, only the martial arts skills you create based on your own characteristics are the most suitable for you, and can you achieve the ultimate in your martial arts.
Qingshi naturally understands this truth, just like Zeng Bufan did not teach him every sword technique; just like his master Ou Changzhi taught him the mysterious sword technique, but in the end asked him to create his own sword techniques, the Desert Dragon left these three martial arts skills for his disciples For reference, the ultimate goal is for them to create stronger martial arts after they understand the ways of metal and earth.
After thinking through this section, Qingshi understood that the most important thing for him was to practice the "Earth Sutra" and the "Golden Sutra" in order to understand these two great ways of heaven.
I originally wanted to directly learn the top martial arts and techniques of the Desert Dragon, but now it seems there is no hope, and in the long run, it is actually not advisable.
Qingshi then began to memorize the "Tu Jing" and "The Golden Sutra". In just half a month, Qing Shi memorized these two classics as well as "Technology" by heart. Qingshi understood that his understanding of the Way of Earth and the Way of Metal was enough. Whether he could fully understand it no longer required special study, but had to be enlightened in practice.
So, Qingshi walked out of the small building. He was originally worried that there would be another test, but unexpectedly, there was no obstacle. Qingshi walked out of the door and returned directly to the place where he entered the maze formation.
