After his cultivation reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, Cheng Ling began to comprehend the formation path.
Xuan Lingzi gave him a very rich record of the formation experience, including not only many formation cases, but also an introduction to the basic nodes of the formation.
The nodes of the formation are actually the directions of the formation. Only by laying down the formation flags and pillars at those directions can the formation be activated. And the more nodes, the better. The environment and layout of each array are different, and the selected nodes are also different.
Only the most reasonable positioning of nodes can bring out the strongest power of the formation. Therefore, it is necessary to deduce and cannot apply mechanically. This is why formation masters are rare and difficult to improve.
The deduction of nodes requires rigorous calculations, which is very time-consuming. In cultivating the Tao, one's own cultivation is the key. Only when one's cultivation is improved can one become stronger and his lifespan can be increased. Spending a lot of time on deducing formations is obviously putting the cart before the horse.
However, for monks who are interested in formations, the deduction of formations is what they pursue. This also depends on personal preference.
Of course, this does not mean that the formation will be more powerful if the nodes are right. It involves a wide range of things, including the level of the person setting up the formation, the spiritual source used, the refining of the formation flags and pillars, etc.
Cheng Ling didn't consider these things for now. The deduction of nodes is not difficult for him. The calculation method in this world is too complicated. For him who was born in science, there are so many methods that can be used, including algebra, geometry, functions, statistics, etc., and the speed is countless times faster!
Xuan Lingzi saw this "talent" in him and couldn't wait to accept him as his disciple. He also helped him conceal his identity and tried his best to help him improve his cultivation.
More than ten days later, Cheng Ling upgraded his formation to the second level. At this time, his cultivation level has been completely consolidated, and he is ready to sprint into the foundation building stage!
He set up a spirit-gathering formation for himself, checked the Foundation Establishment Pill, and when everything was ready, he started to activate the formation.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth on the edge of the cliff surged over crazily, gradually forming a thick cloud of spiritual energy above his head. Cheng Ling swallowed the Foundation Establishment Pill without hesitation, and instantly, huge spiritual power spread out from his body.
He was busy extracting the spiritual power from his Dantian, merging it with the spiritual power of the Foundation Establishment Pill, and doing the cycle in circles. The powerful spiritual energy was constantly circulating in his body, constantly scouring, widening his veins and expelling impurities from his body.
As the spiritual energy in his body rotated faster and faster, the spiritual energy cloud above his head turned into a huge spiritual energy whirlpool, and crazy spiritual energy poured into his body like a funnel.
Cheng Ling mobilized all the spiritual energy and attacked the foundation barrier again and again. The spiritual energy also injected into the meridians of his body. After circulating in the meridians, it began to be injected into the Dantian. The spiritual energy in the Dantian became more and more concentrated, gradually began to liquefy, and finally turned into a lake-like spiritual liquid.
As more and more spiritual energy is absorbed, the spiritual liquid begins to slowly rise, eventually filling the entire Dantian. At this moment, Cheng Ling felt a roar coming from his body, and the foundation barrier was completely shattered!
An extremely relaxed and powerful feeling came over him, and he knew that the foundation building was successful. Some unpleasant smell oozed from the body, and Cheng Ling knew that he had started to cleanse the marrow to remove the residue and traces from the body.
Building the foundation is to achieve the foundation of immortality and build the foundation of the body. Only when you reach the foundation building stage can you break away from the mortal world and truly enter the path of cultivation. It is also an important symbol to distinguish between immortals and mortals. Many spells and exercises can only be practiced in the foundation building stage, such as flying, spiritual energy liquefaction, etc.!
After calming down his mood, while washing his marrow, he began to stabilize his cultivation after establishing the foundation. He didn't know how much time had passed, but he felt that the true energy in his body had increased several times, and his consciousness had also been greatly enhanced, and he could see a hundred-mile range at a glance.
He couldn't help but be surprised. He learned from Xuan Lingzi that the spiritual consciousness of monks in the early stage of foundation building was generally around sixty miles, and only in the later stage of foundation building could it reach a hundred miles.
When I was in the Qi refining period, I kept my spiritual consciousness out every day and tempered my spiritual consciousness. The toughness and strength of my spiritual consciousness were much higher than those of ordinary Qi refining monks, reaching a distance of forty miles. Unexpectedly, once I reached the foundation building , the improvement was astonishing.
However, the larger the area covered by his spiritual consciousness, the stronger his soul is. This can only be beneficial, and he is very happy.
The soul is a very mysterious thing, just like the development of the human brain. It is said that it has only been developed to one-tenth at most. I can't imagine what it would be like if it were all developed.
At this time, he was immersed in the wonderful feeling of successful foundation building, and his mind began to comprehend the swordsmanship he had learned. Baiyun swordsmanship and lightning swordsmanship all reached perfection in this ethereal state. Even the golden page The recorded swordsmanship can also be seen more clearly.
The first killing move, Qing Feng Xu Lai, was fully comprehended. Even the second sword move touched the surface, and Cheng Ling named it Qing Feng Dazzling. In this way, he has two trump cards!
An hour later, his cultivation was completely consolidated, the spiritual energy cloud in the sky gradually dispersed, and Xuan Lingzi also came to the edge of the cliff.
He looked at Cheng Ling with satisfaction and said, "Yes, you succeeded in building the foundation at the age of ten. You have completely surpassed me, who only succeeded in building the foundation at the age of twenty."
Cheng Ling smiled calmly and said, "My luck is better than that of the master, it's incomparable!"
Xuan Lingzi said: "Yes, your understanding and qualifications are higher than those of a teacher. But now that you have reached the foundation building stage, you have to complete some sect tasks."
"What kind of sect mission do you want to complete?"
"There are many kinds of sect tasks, including gathering, hunting, escorting, etc. Every time you complete a sect task, you can get sect points as a reward, and sometimes you can get unexpected gains!"
"Oh? Sect points? Unexpected gains? What are these?"
"Zongmen points are set up by the sect to use some cultivation resources, which allow disciples to improve their cultivation and contribute to the sect. With your current cultivation level, you can enter the sect's secret realm to practice, so the speed of improvement will be It’s faster, and some skills and swordsmanship must be redeemed with sect points.”
"Is the sect's mission difficult?"
"There are difficult and easy ones, such as hunting. In the sect mission, some people are difficult to kill because of their high cultivation level, while others are easy to kill if their cultivation level is low. After killing those people, their resources will belong to you. The door won’t accept it, which is an unexpected gain.”
"Well, I understand. I don't want to go out to complete the mission just yet, so I'd better improve the formation and swordsmanship to the limit first! By the way, master, have you got the middle-grade swordsmanship?"
Xuan Lingzi flicked his hand and threw a book over. Cheng Ling took it and saw that it was a middle-grade swordsmanship secret book called "Xuanbing Swordsmanship". He couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Said: "Master, do you really think I can practice swordsmanship with any attribute?"
Xuan Lingzi said helplessly: "There is no way, the secrets of swordsmanship are basically kept in the Sword Hall. I searched for a long time before I found this middle-grade swordsmanship in the Sutra Pavilion. You can practice it first. If the progress is slow, it means that you There is no ice spiritual root."
"Okay then, I'll try practicing!"
"Actually, my teacher is also very curious about what kind of spiritual root you have. I really want to test it for you."
"Oh? Are there any tools for testing spiritual roots?"
"Yes, but the tools for testing spiritual roots in the sect are not good, nor are they completely accurate. In the future, you can go to a more powerful world and test again!"
Cheng Ling was stunned and asked in confusion: "A more powerful world? What do you mean?"
"The Canglan Continent is so vast, and the location we are in is just a drop in the ocean. In the future, as your cultivation level gets higher, you will definitely encounter something more powerful when you go outside to practice."
Cheng Ling nodded. He had been in this world for more than a year and had almost never been outside the sect. He really looked like a standard homebody. However, it has been inconvenient for him to go out in the past few years. He has already decided to spend these last years with Xuan Lingzi.
He stopped talking and began to comprehend "Xuanbing Swordsmanship". Xuan Lingzi did not leave, but just stood aside quietly. It was the same for him. In the last few years, it was the happiest thing to see Cheng Ling's progress.
The days passed like this day by day. Cheng Ling's life has not changed at all. He practices every day and schedules his time to the full. After trying "Xuanbing Swordsmanship", he can indeed practice it. It seems that his spiritual roots should be multi-system.
Spring goes and autumn comes, and another year has passed. This year, Xuan Bing's swordsmanship reached its peak. He had fully comprehended the first two moves of the swordsmanship in the Golden Pages. Cheng Ling named it "Qingfeng Swordsmanship". Unfortunately, there was still one last killing move, so he only participated in it. Just scratch the surface.
However, the first two killing moves are much more powerful than those of other monks. Qingfeng Xulai has practiced it to perfection, and Qingfeng Dazzling has reached great success. Both sword moves are very powerful and consume a lot of real energy each time they are used.
Now Cheng Ling's cultivation has reached the peak of the early stage of foundation building. The night after he broke through the foundation building, another transparent and illusory figure appeared in his mind. But this time, the figure showed a different loop route.
The first one starts from the Yingxiang point under the nose, goes to the inner corner of the eye, and goes from the corner of the eye down to the Daying point. It is divided into two parts here, one goes straight up to the middle of the forehead and skull, and the other goes down to the back of the foot to Chongyang. There are several branch lines in the acupoint, which connect the human stomach, spleen, large and small intestines, and even the nose, eyes, mouth, etc., and the entire Foot Yangming Stomach Meridian line.
The second line connects the Stomach Meridian of Foot Yangming, starts from the end of the big toe, goes all the way up, passes through Sanyinjiao, Xuehai, Chongmen and other points, and ends at the Dabao point under the armpit, which is the Spleen Meridian of Foot Taiyin.
In this way, there are two more meridians running. After Cheng Ling tried it, he found that the four pictures were perfectly connected. If you follow these routes to move the true energy, your cultivation level will improve faster. Now, he has no regard for other techniques at all.
The problem with the technique has been solved, and the swordsmanship has been almost mastered. Even the formation, after more than a year of deduction, has been promoted to the third level, becoming a formation master!
Cheng Ling breathed a long sigh of relief. In the past few days of practice, he had felt that his improvement was getting slower and slower. He also had to find a way to complete the tasks within the sect. It seemed that it was time to go out and practice!
