Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 104 Studying Formations
Early the next morning, Gu Zhao and Zhuo Qingyan began their research.

Research how to combine the talismans and spells learned by Gu Zhao with Zhuo Qingyan's spirit gathering technique, and then create magical tools or formations to form the defensive power of Daluo Palace.

However, before they could start, Taoist Yihong came to find Gu Zhao, and Lei Zhong sent a message saying that he wanted to go back to the modern era.

"I remembered that I know someone in a certain department. I plan to ask him for some steel to make a weapon for myself." Taoist Yihong said.

"What weapon? It can't be a big Guandao, right?" Gu Zhao asked.

"What big Guandao? It's called Qinglong Yanyuedao!" Taoist Master Yihong emphasized.

Gu Zhao was speechless, "Do you really love Master Guan Er so much?"

"I don't have any other hobbies. I just like listening to Peking Opera and Hongsheng Opera." Taoist Master Yihong laughed, "Besides, Guan Gong is also one of the Four Great Marshals. It makes sense for me to ask Guan Gong to possess me."

Gu Zhao smiled and said, "Perhaps General Guan was not as powerful as you are now."

Taoist Yihong shook his head. "Who can tell for sure what happened in ancient times? How do you know that General Guan didn't become a god after his death?"

Gu Zhao couldn't help but pause. If it were in the past, he would of course say that this was feudal superstition, but now that the Five Thunder Orders had settled in his sea of ​​consciousness, he could even travel through other worlds to fight monsters and level up. Some things were really hard to predict.

"But if you want to make weapons, can't you just find a factory that manufactures ancient weapons? Why do you have to look for someone from a certain department?" Gu Zhao asked curiously.

"Because ordinary factories don't have the materials I need." Taoist Master Yihong said.

"What materials do you want?" Gu Zhao asked.

"Submarine steel," Taoist Master Yihong explained. "This is a world of immortals. I'm afraid ordinary steel won't last long. Submarine steel is wear-resistant and pressure-resistant. I want to get it right away."

Gu Zhao, “…”

"How about you help me make a spear?" Gu Zhao smiled instantly. "I've been practicing Xingyiquan and spearmanship lately. An ordinary white wax-rod red tassel spear might not be able to withstand even a single blow."

"No problem!" Taoist Master Yihong said with a smile, "I'll help Senior Brother Yansong forge a Seven Star Sword."

Gu Zhao asked, "Will there be any consequences?"

Taoist Master Yihong said, "Of course not the most advanced submarine steel, that's a state secret, but the previous generation of submarine steel is absolutely fine. I heard there's still a lot in stock. Hmm, why don't we get some so that future people can use it."

Gu Zhao nodded decisively, "I'll pay!"

Perhaps because of the abundant spiritual energy, the small-leaf red sandalwood in this world is not that rare, and its growth rate is also good. The mountains inside and outside Cuiluo Mountain are full of red sandalwood. Gu Zhao is not short of money at all now.

Of course, in order to ensure the price and scarcity in modern times, Gu Zhao did not sell it indiscriminately, but even so, the rosewood furniture made by his father had no shortage of sales, and the money in his account was also growing rapidly.

I can only say that there are so many rich people nowadays!

Taoist Master Yihong did not refuse Gu Zhao's investment because he really had no money. If he only wanted to forge a Green Dragon Crescent Blade, he could still use his wealth to pay for it. But if he wanted to forge hundreds of weapons of various types at a time, it would definitely cost money.

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After seeing off Taoist Master Yihong, Gu Zhao continued to devote himself to his research on the formation. Zhuo Qingyan saw Gu Zhao return and picked up a piece of small-leaf red sandalwood. "Ordinary stone and wood have weak spiritual gathering effects, but this kind of wood has a strong spiritual gathering effect."

Gu Zhao thought about it and asked, "What materials did you use to gather spirits in the Zhuo family compound?"

"It's the well water in the courtyard. I've refined it with ghost energy over the years, which is why it has the effect of gathering Yin energy." Zhuo Qingyan said, "The Daluo Palace occupies a large area. If we want to set up a formation, we need a lot of materials. We can't use this method."

Gu Zhao understood and said, "So we must use some materials that can naturally gather spiritual energy, so that we can gather more spiritual energy."

"Yes, but this kind of material is hard to find." Zhuo Qingyan pointed to the side.

There were the spoils they had collected from many battles, including the special gold and silver bracelets and ghost-head broadsword from the guardian of the Golden Wind Sect, the long whip and three-pointed spike from the water-dividing commander of the Bi'ang Palace, and an old, dull Ao Yuanzhu.

Except for the Lao Ao Yuanzhu, the effects of most other materials are not much better than the small-leaf red sandalwood. They all rely on the user's magic power to refine them to achieve extraordinary effects, and are even worse than Bai Ke's Tianhu Nail.

In comparison, the spirit-gathering effect of red sandalwood without a long period of purification is actually quite good, at least enough to use the Tiangang Qi several times.

Next, the experiment began. Gu Zhao took a piece of small-leaf red sandalwood as thick as his forearm, engraved the pattern of the Big Dragon Locking Talisman on the surface, then filled it with cinnabar, input magic power along the patterns, and finally formed the Big Dragon Locking Talisman.

Zhuo Qingyan took the rosewood and carved out spirit-gathering patterns in the gaps, which did not affect the dragon-locking runes while increasing the spirit-gathering effect. Then, this piece of sandalwood began to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth based on the magic power flowing in the wood.

Gu Zhao put the sandalwood aside, pinched his fingers together, and used his magic power to attract it, immediately activating the runes in the red sandalwood.

The Great Dragon Locking Talisman took effect instantly, and with a flash of spiritual light, it enveloped the surrounding space of dozens of feet, blocking the entire space into an inverted bowl shape, preventing anyone from entering or exiting, while at the same time consuming the spiritual energy in the sandalwood.

While the red sandalwood was activating the Great Dragon Locking Talisman, it was also slowly absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and continuing to store it. Of course, while the Great Dragon Locking Rune was in effect, the spiritual power absorbed would definitely not be able to keep up with the spiritual power consumed.

"The spiritual energy absorbed by red sandalwood is completely related to its size." Gu Zhao said, "So this red sandalwood should be bigger."

Zhuo Qingyan continued, "If the casting distance of a piece of sandalwood is limited, you'll need many pieces together."

Gu Zhao continued, "Then we need to find a way to connect the spells cast by these sandalwoods to form a whole, rather than each acting independently."

Zhuo Qingyan understood what Gu Zhao meant and added, "We also need to find a way to end the spell at any time."

The Big Dragon Locking Talisman is a one-time talisman. It will be destroyed when it is cast. If you want to stop it, just interrupt the casting and the effect of the Big Dragon Locking Talisman will naturally dissipate with the wind.

But it’s different when carving on rosewood. You can’t just smash the rosewood when you stop, right?

Gu Zhao nodded, "And it's necessary to make sure that many spells and magic can be cast together."

Zhuo Qingyan shook her head and whispered, "You don't need too much. Just use the Dragon Locking Talisman and the Dragon Binding Talisman to make those who trespass into the Daluo Palace unable to exert even half of their magic power."

"That won't work. We need to add thunder magic." Gu Zhao said seriously, "Since we've already arranged the formation, we can't just do it ourselves, right?"

The two smiled at each other, and Zhuo Qingyan picked up another piece of red sandalwood. "The Spirit Gathering Technique should be able to connect them together, and then use magic power to activate them one by one. Let's try two together first."

Gu Zhao looked back at the Daluo Palace halfway up the mountain and felt that he had something to do.

(End of this chapter)