"Complete Collection of Five Elements Formations" stayed in the bald old man's yard for several days. A few days' effort is naturally nothing to a foundation-building monk. If it weren't for Chen Guolao's injury, Lu Xiaotian would have stayed a few more days. . But it doesn't matter. Chen Guolao's family will not leave Wangyue City for the time being. After all, the situation has become increasingly tense recently. There is also chaos outside Wangyue City. Their enemies are quite powerful, so going out rashly is quite risky.
Through Chen Guolao's explanation, Lu Xiaotian gained a general understanding of the formation. After returning to his small courtyard, in addition to giving the little fire crow some fire-type beast spirit pills, Lu Xiaotian devoted himself to the "Five Elements Formation" "Encyclopedia" inside. According to Chen Guolao, the formation is so vast and vast that it can last a person's life and it is difficult to see the whole picture. But in the final analysis, it is the use of various forces, such as taking advantage of the situation, using the power of the five elements, and also using wind, thunder, ice, etc. Strength, supplemented by the methods of the formation master, can turn these natural forces in the cultivation world into one's own use, which can be used to attack, defend, and trap the enemy.
Those skilled formation masters can even mobilize the power of the five elements of heaven and earth with their astonishing methods, possessing unpredictable supernatural powers. The great formations in ancient times even killed Nascent Soul monks with ease. Closer to the city's defense formation, dozens of Jindan monks could not break through it in a short period of time. The power that the formation can achieve even far exceeds the individual's strength.
Lu Xiaotian does not completely agree with this. No matter how strong the formation is, except for a very small number of naturally formed formations, the others are still refined by humans. The reason why the formation cannot be broken is because of insufficient strength. But it is undeniable that the formation is indeed an excellent way for the weak to defeat the strong. Chen Guolao's son had previously faced a siege by six of the short, fat man's men. With an imperfect seven-star formation, he was able to block an enemy several times his own and gain the upper hand. This shows how powerful his formation is.
The real seven-star formation cannot be broken even by the opponent's alchemy weapon. Even a first-level foundation-building monk can easily kill a powerful late-stage foundation-building monk. The incomplete Seven-Star Formation was made by Chen Guolao after replacing the real Seven-Star Formation with the Soul-Nursing Pill and the Foundation-Building Pill, and spent a lot of energy to protect himself. It is precisely because of this that Lu Xiaocai attaches great importance to this family's accomplishments in formations, and facts have proven that his choice was not wrong.
According to Chen Guolao, due to everyone's limited energy, most formation masters will choose to focus on one series of formations for in-depth study after initially understanding the principles of using the power of the Five Elements, even if it is just one formation. Geniuses have a deeper understanding, but they will also choose two or three of them. Bit off more than you can chew.
After initially dabbling in formations, Lu Xiaocai realized that Chen Guolao was not bluffing him. The same formation would have different power and size when used by different formation masters. This is because each formation master has a different level of understanding of formations. Learning some powerful formations requires repeated deductions and calculations with spiritual consciousness. This kind of deduction consumes the most spiritual consciousness.
After first learning that the requirements for playing against a mage were high, Lu Xiaotian also had some thoughts of giving up. Chen Guolao's worry was not unreasonable. Studying formations does take up a lot of one's time and is more complicated than he originally thought. many. However, in order to find many ways to form pills in the future, Lu Xiaotian could only grit his teeth and persevere for the time being. Fortunately, his spiritual consciousness is consumed much more, and there is also a soul nourishing pill. He does not need to stop and rest after his spiritual consciousness is exhausted like other formation mages. In other words, the time to stop and rest is much shorter, and he uses the deputy element. God's deduction of formations will not delay his usual affairs. Maybe when he uses the Mystic Splitting Technique to cultivate the third or even fourth soul, he can even allocate more energy. After all, he usually only needs one soul to practice, but other souls can be freed up. Take action.
Thinking of this, Lu Xiaotian couldn't help but feel a little excited. If this was the case, wouldn't it mean that dozens or hundreds of years later, his attainments in formations would gradually improve?
However, when a tall building rose from the ground, Lu Xiaotian opened the "Encyclopedia of Five Elements Formations" and started with the first-order formations of the earth element. There are many types of formations, but Lu Xiaotian particularly emphasized the need to learn the Five Elements Formations, so Chen Guolao directly I gave him this formation book.
There are no other concerns, and in Wangyue City, if there is anything you don’t understand about the formation, you can always ask Chen Guolao, Lu Xiaotian has no plans to return to Lingxiao Palace for the time being. In addition to practicing and consolidating his cultivation every day, he also spends a certain amount of time studying gray stones, and the rest of the time is spent refining elixirs and studying formations with Chen Guolao.
The days were extremely fulfilling. One day, Lu Xiaotian was meditating in the small courtyard as usual, and a transmission note flew over, "Fellow Daoist Lu, there will be a large-scale auction in Wangyue City tomorrow. Do you want to participate? If so, I will send someone to invite you." Post it and send it.”
The transmission talisman was sent by Wang Defeng. Several transmission talismans were sent in succession in the past few days. However, since the incident involving the scribe named Fan occurred some time ago, Lu Xiaotian was cautious and did not reply to Wang Defeng for the time being. Wang Defeng called it a large-scale auction. It must be attended by at least monks in the foundation-building stage. There might be something he wants. Moreover, although Wang Defeng's relationship with him was mostly based on interests, he finally helped him get some pills. Looking for a collaborator might not be more suitable than Wang Defeng. The warning given to him this time was enough.
After pondering for a moment, he replied to Wang Defeng with a transmission note.
An hour later, in an independent small building at Bixiao Inn on the main road of Wangyue City, Lu Xiaotian sat inside and asked the waitress in charge of serving the spirit tea to put down the spirit tea before leaving. He sat here drinking tea alone. In the past, he was either practicing or trying to survive in dangerous places, but there were rare times when he was so refreshing.
After a while, a familiar figure walked quickly from the entrance. When he saw Lu Xiaotian, he breathed a sigh of relief, "Fellow Daoist Lu, it was me who was rash last time. Please forgive me, Daoist Lu, and ignore the past grudges."
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Speaking of which, I have not been heard from in the past few years. It is understandable that Wang Daoyou is a bit impatient. But please remember not to let this happen again in the future. The alchemists behind me don't want to be exposed to common things. Disturbed." Lu Xiaotian said.
"Of course it is. Speaking of which, it is true that you, Fellow Daoist Lu, have been away for too long. When the Ningjin Fruit appeared, I was a bit reckless and directly took over other people's affairs. I didn't expect that Fellow Daoist Lu would lose contact with you. Not only did he lose a sum of spiritual stones to others, but he also ruined his reputation. If not, he would never have been so reckless this time." Wang Defeng said with a wry smile when he heard this.
"This matter seems to have something to do with me."
