In the following days, whenever Lu Zhong had free time, he would study the formation.
After spending more than half a year, I finally have some vague understanding of the formation. Now I can analyze the first-order formation and roughly understand the composition of the formation.
Just like the spirit gathering array, Lu Zhong successfully analyzed it.
This array is composed of three major components: gathering spirit, purifying spirit, and locking spirit. Therefore, the spirit gathering array has the function of gathering spiritual energy to increase the concentration of spiritual energy, removing the waste and retaining the essence, purifying the spiritual energy, and locking most of the spiritual energy in a small space.
What he needs to do next is to analyze these three major components in detail.
Once you understand them thoroughly, you will be able to set up an array based on the restriction alone. Then after learning some weapon refining knowledge, you will have the possibility of refining the spirit gathering array.
This is also the way to improve the formation master given in the book "Lianxing Talks about Formation".
Without the guidance of a famous teacher, Lu Zhong could only explore on his own. Although his progress was slower, fortunately, he summarized all the knowledge points by himself, so he also had the benefit of a solid foundation. This is a little psychological comfort.
The progress on the formation path is rapid, and naturally it is not like water without a source or a tree without roots.
In fact, this is inseparable from the new changes in the gray fog space.
After a period of experiments, Lu Zhong finally determined its changes.
In short, the ability to interfere with items in the retrospective scene.
Within the scope of ten feet, he can affect the items in the retrospective scene while consuming the power of his soul. Whether it is activating talismans or taking pills, he can get the same feedback as in the real world.
Applied to the exploration of formation paths, it reduces Lu Zhong's exploration costs.
It is precisely because of this that he was able to make such significant progress in the formation in a short period of time.
Otherwise, at the rate of progress of a normal monk, even if he had some talent in the formation, it would probably take him three to five years to achieve this kind of achievement.
"It's a pity that if I get the alchemy inheritance, I'm afraid I can start refining alchemy." Lu Zhong thought with some dissatisfaction in his heart, but he also knew that he was a little wishful thinking.
The complete inheritance of alchemy is so precious, but all the monks who possess it hide it.
As a result, many monks who want to learn alchemy can only learn alchemy step by step through apprenticeship, and they only want to master a part of the skills. They are satisfied if they can refine several kinds of elixirs and earn resources. The way seems to be similar.
Lu Zhong understood this truth and stopped thinking about it.
After writing a few more strokes in his notes, recording the experience he had just analyzed, he tidied up the things in the quiet room, then got up and walked out the door.
A few days ago, I received a letter from Jingyangfang City, saying that the flying boat had been completed.
So Lu Zhong is now planning to go to Jingyangfang City to get the flying boat.
Turning around and coming to the Deacon Hall, Li Hejun was still sitting here, but because he had nothing to do, he was leaning on the couch behind the screen and dozing off, looking like he was sleeping soundly.
Seeing this, Lu Zhong did not wake her up and wrote down what he wanted to explain on paper.
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With the Flying Star Air Conduction Technique, his speed was not slow, but it took Lu Zhong three hours to reach Jingyangfang City at lightning speed.
Soon we arrived at the weapon refining workshop.
Seeing the red Taoist friend again, the other person was now wearing a set of exquisite clothes, wrapping his mature body. He looked like a sweet "peach" and seemed more and more attractive. However, recently, he has become obsessed with things between men and women. Lu Zhong, who was a little bored, just looked at it twice and then moved his eyes away, looking at the green wooden boat in the other person's hand.
"Living up to the expectations of my Taoist friends, I have successfully crafted this top-grade wood spirit wind boat!" Hong Wanyun said with a proud face, her fair neck already stained with a blush due to excitement.
Flying magic weapons are inherently difficult to refine, and all aspects need to be taken into consideration. They must not only have a high enough speed limit, but also be able to save spiritual energy during long-distance flights, and also ensure a certain degree of defensive capabilities. Therefore, the internal formation prohibitions are interleaved. Zongheng, just matching requires a lot of effort.
Not to mention, this is a flying boat with the magical power of "controlling the wind".
The magical power of controlling the wind is one of the most powerful magical powers. It can make the flying speed of the flying boat reach the limit of the magical weapon. Although it is still far inferior to the golden elixir monk's flying rainbow, it is not as fast as the flying speed of the foundation-building monk. , but it is far beyond that, comparable to ordinary flying magic weapons.
Lu Zhonggang had learned the Tao of Formation and knew the meaning of the word "Wind Wind", so he was naturally happy. After paying the final payment for the refining of the magic weapon, he took over the exquisitely shaped Wood Spirit Wind Wind Boat and couldn't wait to go outside Fang City. Give it a try.
When he came out of the gate of Fangshi, Lu Zhong patted the storage bag on his waist, and a small green boat was swept out by the glow. When some mana was injected into it, it floated in front of him.
After looking at it with fond eyes for a while, he did not need to look at the control techniques given by Hong Wanyun. Instead, he relied on his attainments in the formation to rewrite a set of familiar control techniques, which could prevent Taking it for your own use immediately after being taken away can also speed up your proficiency with the magic weapon.
After a few swish of spells were played, the Ruyi restrictions on the size of the wooden spirit wind boat were activated, and it slowly grew in size. After a short breath, it turned into a small boat of 1.5 feet that could accommodate several people, and the whole body showed streamlines. Fusiform, it looks far more beautiful than those flying boats that look like fishing boats.
Lu Zhong nodded with satisfaction and appeared on the boat in a flash.
The flying boat was controlled to tilt left and right. As long as the change in amplitude was not too drastic, the boat was very stable. It seemed that Hong Wanyun's skill in weapon refining was quite good among weapon refiners.
"Maybe the restoration of the Qingyang Mirror can be left to her..." Lu Zhong was thinking in his mind about how to do it to ensure that this could be done without leaking the secret.
While thinking, he fired several magic spells at the flying boat beneath him.
Immediately, a layer of cyan spiritual wind rolled out from the surface of the flying boat, and it immediately rose into the sky.
"This Wood Spirit Wind-controlling Boat, which is made from tree essence wood core, is not as big as the Heling Sect's building shuttle, but with the blessing of the Wind-controlling Magical Power, its flying speed is unmatched by anyone among the flying boats." Lu Zhong sat cross-legged in the middle of the flying boat, feeling the clouds blowing in front of him, and his hair was blown almost to the vertical line.
The magic formula in his hand changed again, and a spindle-shaped cyan cover suddenly appeared outside the boat. This is the "wood spirit cover". It is also the origin of the word wood spirit in the wood spirit wind boat. It can protect the crew on the boat. It also has certain protective capabilities against external attacks.
"I really want to know how fast this boat will be after turning on the wind-controlling magical power?"
Lu Zhong was full of expectations and began to increase the mana output. Suddenly the flying boat began to accelerate suddenly, and it shot out like an arrow from the string. When the acceleration reached the extreme, he was already flying at the normal flying speed of the Wood Spirit Wind Boat. Got a certain understanding.
Immediately afterwards, Jijue shouted in a low voice: "Activate the magical power of controlling the wind!"
Immediately, the true energy in the body flew away like running water. At the same time, the wooden spirit wind boat burst out with a circle of cyan light. The spiritual wind wrapped in the outer layer suddenly became ten times denser, and the speed immediately increased.
"Hahaha!" Lu Zhong struggled to support himself and laughed loudly.
Just one word.
Cool!
Along the way, many monks flying in the air quickly lowered their altitude when they saw this fast-moving blue light, and all of them looked dumbfounded.
Many people are knowledgeable and can see that the green light is not the rainbow light transformed by the Jindan monks, but a flying boat commanded by the Foundation Establishment monks. That is why they are so surprised. After all, this outrageous The flying speed was simply beyond their understanding.
Lu Zhong sat on the boat, watching the clouds fly past him, feeling the speed he had never experienced before.
But soon, he had to slow down again.
There is no other reason. The mana consumed by the Wood Spirit Wind Boat at extreme speed is too staggering. After only flying for half an hour, all the mana equivalent to the initial stage of ordinary foundation building was consumed.
Even if he was flying at normal speed, Lu Zhong estimated that he could fly thousands of miles every hour.
"Now that we have the flying boat, it's time to go to Tan's house and take a look."
It has been almost two years since he became a guest of the Tan family. He only went to Jiyunling, where the Tan family is based, once when he received the guest token. And that time he came and went in a hurry. He only rushed to Liuyunshan Farm to take up his post. He didn't even think about it. Enjoy the benefits that a guest should have.
Apart from anything else, you must at least learn one free second-level spell.
Thinking of this, Lu Zhong changed the direction of the flying boat.
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Cumulus Ridge.
As can be seen from the name, this place is a place where clouds gather all year round.
When Lu Zhong looked from the flying boat, he could see a sea of billowing white clouds extending toward the skyline. It actually gave him the illusion that he had returned to the Heling Sect.
Shaking his head, he lowered the flying height of the flying boat.
After passing through the thick clouds, underneath is a huge building complex comparable in size to a city, covering an area of at least ten miles.
It can be seen that the entire Cuiyun Ridge is separated by three city walls of varying heights. Lu Zhong is not ignorant about this and knows the specific functions of each part.
The outermost periphery is basically a variety of farmland, providing food and various indispensable raw materials to the mortals behind the first city wall, including but not limited to bricks, bamboo, wood, iron, copper ore, etc.
Behind the second city wall is where ordinary people of the Tan family live. There are also many spiritual fields where spiritual rice with a low demand for spiritual energy is planted, as well as some low-aged elixirs.
Inside the third city wall is the Tan family's home, which is covered by a three-mile-wide clan-protecting formation. In addition to defending against foreign enemies, this formation can also prevent the spiritual energy from leaking out, thus ensuring that the Tan family's spiritual energy can be maintained. at a higher level.
What Lu Zhong is going to now is the Tan family's residence behind the third city wall.
Controlling the airship to fly over the second city wall, he quickly lowered his flight altitude and landed in a square soon, then took steps towards the city gate not far ahead.
Show your guest badge and you will be let in immediately.
Perhaps because of the Golden Flower in Ninghuo Bin, the atmosphere in the Tan family land was a bit tense at the moment. From time to time, pairs of monks could be seen patrolling past. He was checked several times along the way.
After asking people on the way, Lu Zhong came to the library.
After just a few cursory glances, he felt frightened. The secret passage was indeed a secret place. There were formations everywhere, and there were many Qi hidden in the dark. It could be called a dragon's pond and a tiger's den.
"This is probably the most heavily guarded place in the Tan family's territory!"
A middle-aged man with a thin cheek was sitting in the lobby opposite the library door, flipping through the classics in his hand. When he heard Lu Zhong's footsteps, he raised his head and took a look:
"A new guest?"
"Yes, this is your guest's token." Lu Zhong handed over to the other party, and then handed the token to him.
At the same time, he secretly sensed the opponent's aura and found that he was much higher than himself. He was probably in the late stage of foundation building at least.
The middle-aged man checked the guest token, returned it to Lu Zhong, and said expressionlessly: "According to the rules of the clan, Fellow Daoist Lu can choose a second-level spell for free. This is the list of second-level spells stored in the library. You will let me know after you have selected it, and someone will pick it up after a while.”
As he spoke, he rolled out a pamphlet.
Judging from the number of pages in the booklet, it is estimated that there are not many second-level spells stored there.
Lu Zhong has long been accustomed to this situation.
Knowledge in the world of cultivation is precious, and first-level spells cannot be obtained at will. Needless to say, second-level spells go without saying.
To be honest, it was beyond his expectation that the Tan family could collect so many second-level spells.
Go sit down at the tea seat on the side of the lobby, and soon a maid will come up to pour tea and water.
Lu Zhong began to read through it, thinking about his choice.
This volume of "Jiyunshan Tan's Second-Level Spell Directory" records a total of thirty-one second-level spells, which are broken down into nineteen offensive spells, four defensive spells, and eight auxiliary spells.
"There are really few defensive spells!"
Lu Zhong thought for a while and understood. It seemed that spells with defensive effects were mostly collected by the sects and would not be leaked out unless absolutely necessary. As a result, the external defenses were very scarce, and even gold The Dan family is also hard to come by.
In this way, the most valuable ones are defensive spells.
"Don't worry, wait until you finish all the spells."
Lu Zhong has the Feixing inheritance, so he really doesn't like ordinary second-level spells. He just wants to find a rare spell, preferably one that can benefit him.
Turning to the auxiliary spell, his eyes suddenly lit up.
Forging spiritual fire.
After reading the introduction about this technique, Lu Zhong looked excited at first, and then gradually became weird.
"This is obviously a secret technique. How can the Tan family be willing to share it for guests to learn?" Lu Zhong didn't think that the Tan family would be so kind. After all, judging from the efficacy of the spiritual fire, this fire can burn away the impurities in the monks' true essence. The effect of making it more pure is also extraordinary when used against enemies, not inferior to ordinary spiritual fire.
Unable to figure it out, he had no choice but to try to find an answer like the middle-aged man sitting in the hall.
The other party had an expression that showed he already knew something. Without saying a word, he stretched out his hand and handed out a piece of paper full of words. The paper was frizzy and had obviously been read many times. It described the rough training conditions for forging spiritual fire.
If what is said on the paper is true, the conditions for cultivating spiritual fire are extremely harsh.
First of all, to practice this secret technique, you need to master a fire control method called "Neng Yan Jue" before starting. This fire control method is divided into three levels. The first level is relatively easy to practice, and many of the Tan family have spells. Talented monks, as long as they work hard, can spend three to five years initially practicing;
However, the difficulty of practicing the second level of Nongyan Jue has suddenly increased. In the hundreds of years since the Tan family obtained this technique, only Tan Yuying, the current ancestor, has practiced it to a small degree, but the second level The benefits are also very obvious, she used this to successfully form elixir;
As for the third level of Dacheng state, the difficulty of cultivation can no longer be described as difficult, so much so that it requires the assistance of special elixirs, and it takes another three to four hundred years of hard work to achieve success.
After taking a look at the main ingredients of the "Forged Spirit Fire Pill", Lu Zhong's heart suddenly felt cold.
Good guy, he actually started out as a drug with a thousand years of experience!
This means that the most he can do is to reach the second level of Flame Art, which is to achieve a small level of forging spiritual fire.
"But this is enough. It can at least increase my chances of successfully forming the elixir." Lu Zhong thought to himself.
The most important thing in life is to be down-to-earth, not to be too ambitious.
Continuing to look down, he suddenly felt reassured.
Although the level of the secret art of Forging Spiritual Fire is directly related to the number of levels of Nongyan Jue, it is not necessary to practice Nongyan Jue to a high level before you can start practicing. You only need to master the first level of Nongyan Jue to practice this Spiritual Fire The secret technique and the forged spiritual fire also have the effect of purifying the true essence.
Listed above are also the cultivation methods for forging spiritual fire.
Depending on the specific situation, it can be difficult or easy to practice. For a simple practice, you only need to find a kind of yang attribute spiritual fire. The selected flame is related to the power of forging the spiritual fire. The more yang and strong the spiritual fire is, the stronger the spirit fire will be. The better the effect of forging spiritual fire after it is mastered, and this will also be reflected in the purification of true energy.
After reading it, Lu Zhong already made up his mind.
"Fellow Taoist, please register. I will choose this forged spirit fire."
"It's up to you." The middle-aged man said nonchalantly.
He has been sitting here for many years and has seen countless monks who exchanged this technique. They include foreign guests like Lu Zhong and people from the Tan clan. At first, he still had the motivation to persuade, but after seeing more, he gave up. This kind of thinking, after all, some people really just don't look back until they hit the wall.
After registering, someone soon delivered a piece of jade.
"Preacher Yugui!" Lu Zhong said in surprise.
"Oh? Lu Keqing also knows about this thing?" the middle-aged man asked curiously, recalling the information he read from the identity jade tag in his mind, and remembered that this was a casual cultivator who was born in a sect. This is how he felt.
Preaching Jade Gui can be regarded as a substitute for Preaching Beads.
In terms of storage capacity, it is not enough to store an entire inheritance, but it is enough to record a spell, and its confidentiality is equivalent to that of a legend bead. It can be very effective in preventing spells from spreading outside, so it is always available in sects, families, and spell shops. As an information carrier for high-level spells.
Lu Zhong immersed his spiritual consciousness and mastered the secret technique of forging spiritual fire.
After using up his redemption qualification, he was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he frantically browsed through the classics in the library, especially various identification books, which were his focus.
In order not to waste time, he directly used his spiritual consciousness to assist in turning the pages. Anyway, he had the gray fog space, so he could sort out what he saw and deepen his memory when he had time.
In half a day, I could read everything I wanted to read, and the rest were some casual books such as biographies. There would be a lot of information hidden in them that the author had revealed intentionally or unintentionally. There was a possibility of hidden secrets by chance. Sex, but Lu Zhong doesn’t have so much time.
Just now, a maid came to tell him. It was Tan Shihe who sent someone to tell him that he wanted to talk about something.
The maid led the way and soon arrived at a mansion.
In the hall, Tan Shihe, wearing a green shirt, was already waiting.
He will Lu Zhong
He had gained a lot of weight recently, but there was a worried look on his face. When Lu Zhong arrived, he stood up to greet him, held his hands in his hands and said with a smile: "Friend Lu, are you okay?"
"Liuyun Mountain has been fine, and I am living quite comfortably." Lu Zhong smiled and replied casually.
This was the truth. The days at Liuyunshan Farm were the most comfortable in his life. He didn't have to worry about the lack of resources, and he could always relieve his worries and boredom. If possible, he really wanted to continue it.
Hearing this, Tan Shihe was envious in his heart. He also knew about Lu Zhong's current situation, but he was much better off than him, a man who was deeply in trouble and extremely busy. Moreover, there was still a big trouble at the moment. If it could not be solved in time, it would be difficult to delay it. Something goes terribly wrong.
Recall the analysis of Lu Zhong’s character from the information collected from the family.
At this time, Tan Shihe sighed lightly and said bluntly: "To be honest, I have a merciless request..."
"Oh, if it's inconvenient, then don't talk about it." Lu Zhong didn't ask for anything from anyone, so he wasn't afraid of offending anyone. As soon as Tan Shihe opened his mouth, he knew what the other person was going to say, so naturally he didn't want to get into trouble.
As a cultivator, you can live longer if you don't take the initiative to cause trouble.
"Fellow Taoist Lu is really a wonderful person!" Tan Shihe was choked for a moment, and after a long smile, he said faintly: "But Taoist friend doesn't want to hear it, and Shihe also has something to say..."
At this point, he simply lost his shame and continued: "But there is a competition, and I want my fellow Taoist to take action on my behalf."
Lu Zhong rolled his eyes inwardly, wondering why this man was more shameless than himself.
Since the other party was shameless, he had no choice but to refuse like this, otherwise he might really make the other party angry, so he had to ask: "What kind of competition is it? Is it life-threatening? What's the benefit of losing or winning?"
Do you want benefits even if you lose?
Now it was Tan Shihe's turn to roll his eyes. Fortunately, he was very clear about the value of interests among casual cultivators, so he explained them one by one.
It turns out that the various foundations of the Tan family are not always managed by fixed tribesmen. Instead, a competition is held every ten years. At that time, the original person in charge, as the champion, will be challenged by members of the same tribe. If he loses, he will be defeated. To give up the industry in charge.
Zhenshifang, run by Tan Shihe, is such an industry.
The rare food boat is related to his personal cultivation needs and the supply of training resources for his children. Naturally, he is not willing to give up the rare food boat to others and live the miserable life of relying on the clan's subsidies. Therefore, in a situation where he has no confidence in his own strength. Next, he pinned his hopes on Lu Zhong.
At least comparing the two, Tan Shihe thinks that his strength is not as good as Lu Zhong.
As the ring leader, he is qualified to ask monks of the same realm to fight on his behalf.
Of course, so do challengers.
After Lu Zhong heard this, he thought that this rule was really interesting.
However, he boasted that even without using the Qingyang Mirror, his strength was considered to be among the best among the monks in the early stages of foundation building. It would not be difficult to win against opponents of the same level.
"What's the benefit?"
"I heard that Taoist fellow Taoist exchanged for forging spirit fire. As long as he can successfully defend the precious food boat, Shihe is willing to use golden yang insect fire as reward!" Tan Shihe seemed to be prepared and quoted his price.
Golden Yang Insect Fire... Lu Zhong thought for a moment and remembered that this was indeed a type of Yang Fire, which could just meet the needs of cultivating and forging spiritual fire. Although the power was indeed lower, it could still be called a precious thing. .
Before he could get better Yang Fire, it might as well be improvised with it.
Calcining for a while can also make the true essence become purer.
However, there is a prerequisite for obtaining Jinyang Chonghuo, which is to help Tan Shihe hold the ring.
Lu Zhong didn't want to work in vain, so he asked: "I think Taoist Brother Tan has collected information about his opponents. Why don't you take it out directly so that I can weigh it up. If you are confident enough, it doesn't hurt to take over the matter."
"Give."
Tan Shihe handed over a jade slip, and then added to dispel Lu Zhong's doubts: "Fellow Taoist Lu does not need to worry about cross-realm competitions. According to the rules of the clan on competitions, fellow Taoists will only encounter people with the same cultivation level as you and me. An opponent in the early stages of foundation building.”
After reading the contents of the jade slip, as the other party said, all potential opponents are in the early stage of foundation building.
Among them were members of the Tan family, as well as those who were invited to fight for Lv Zhong, and many of them were guest officials, which opened Lv Zhong's horizons.
"Of course, if this matter fails, Shihe will also present a bottle of 'Qingyun Pill', and he will definitely not teach fellow Taoists to do idle work!" Tan Shihe was obviously very scheming, speaking and doing things in one way.
After Lu Zhong heard this, he naturally understood the other party's intention.
But there is no way, I really want to get the Golden Yang Insect Fire.
After careful consideration, he decided to become a substitute fighter. If he could get the Golden Yang Insect Fire as soon as possible, his true energy would be purer, and the chance of forming a pill would be slightly higher.
Forming elixirs is not easy, and it depends entirely on the superposition of these odds to gain the possibility of success.
"In that case, let me leave this matter to you!"
Lu Zhong then stayed at Tan Shihe's residence and waited for the start of the competition in half a month.
