Taming Beasts and Cultivating Immortality from Two Realms

Chapter 52: Array Patterns
"boom!"

Chen Beiwu used his wind control to dissipate his strength, stepped on a huge rock, then raised his head and saw a familiar figure again.

This was the fourth time Chen Beiwu met this strange woman, and the coincidence was so unexpected that even he was surprised.

Mingxue was also slightly stunned.

We met four times in a row in two days, maybe this is fate. It’s nice to get to know each other a little.

Thinking of this, Mingxue gracefully extended her right hand to break the awkwardness: "Hello, my name is Mingxue, I'm sorry for misunderstanding you before."

Seeing the green jade array plates scattered on the ground, Chen Beiwu's expression eased slightly. He stretched out his right hand and gently shook it, and also made a brief self-introduction.

Noticing Chen Beiwu's gaze, Ming Xue became interested and took the initiative to start a conversation: "Are you interested in battle formations?"

"Yes, because the formation master is very strong." Chen Beiwu nodded.

Among the hundreds of arts of cultivating immortals, the one who is recognized to have the strongest combat ability is the formation master.

The formation master is good at taking advantage of the situation and can turn the momentum of heaven and earth, the power of the earth veins, the trajectory of the stars and the spiritual beasts he is with into his own use.

If a formation master can lay a tight net before a battle, he can not only ensure that he is invincible, but also arrange special formations according to the opponent's cultivation level, attributes and the characteristics of the beasts, making it impossible for the enemy to escape.

It is no exaggeration to say that a well-prepared third-level formation master can even use the fourth-level profound formation to cross levels to fight against the Yuanying True Lord and escape with his life at the hands of the True Lord.

"Are you a first-level formation master?" Chen Beiwu suddenly said.

"How did you guess that?" Mingxue was a little surprised.

"It's not a guess, it's something I saw."

Chen Beiwu pointed at the formation plate and said, "My teacher at school taught me the basics of formations. If I'm not mistaken, this should be the formation plate for the first-level formation [Nourishing Qi and Fertile Soil Formation]."

Ming Xue's beautiful eyes moved, and she looked at Chen Beiwu in surprise: "Are you a high school student?"

"Don't you think so?" Chen Beiwu touched his face.

Does he look that mature?

"You don't have the temperament like that." Ming Xue smiled.

It is difficult to judge the specific age of a cultivator by his appearance. It is usually determined by his spiritual roots, bone age and temperament.

Chen Beiwu displayed a somewhat sophisticated and steady temperament. He did not look like a high school student at all, but rather like a monk from a sect, giving people a special impression.

"But you're also wrong." Ming Xue flicked her index finger, and the jade array disk on the ground instantly disappeared into the ground. "I'm a teacher at Anyang No. 1 Middle School in Wuyan Prefecture, and also a Bachelor of Arrays at the Imperial Law Pavilion in Wuyan Prefecture."

"Are you a second-level formation master?" Chen Beiwu's eyes changed, and his tone was respectful.

It's unbelievable!
Unexpectedly, the girl he met on the road turned out to be a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"Can't you see?" She smiled brightly.

"I really can't tell." Chen Beiwu shook his head, a trace of shame on his face. "I thought you were my peers. I'm so sorry for being so rude earlier."

"Ahem." Ming Xue suppressed the joy in her heart and interrupted, "What do you mean by senior? You call me old. If you don't mind, just call me Sister Xue from now on."

Not bad, not bad. This boy is not only the apple of her eye, but he is also very sweet.

"Sister Xue." Chen Beiwu said hurriedly.

There is no disadvantage in recognizing a second-level formation master as your sister, even if it is just verbal.

"Since you call me sister, I can't help but show my appreciation." Ming Xue smiled slightly. The storage ring on her finger flickered with light, and a set of pocket-sized array plates appeared in her palm. This set of array plates consisted of one main array plate and two secondary array plates.

The main array plate is made of deep-sea brass, which is dark brown in color. It is engraved with nine array patterns that carry the mathematics of the River Map and are constantly evolving.

The material of the secondary array plates is all sea iron, and it is engraved with nine array patterns that are a combination of Qi and Tao.

Chen Beiwu's eyes lit up slightly: "Is this a ground formation?"

The Immortal Alliance's formations are roughly divided into three types: Heaven, Earth, and Man.

Among them, the celestial formation is to draw on the twenty-eight constellations and borrow the power of the stars in the sky.

To mobilize the spiritual power of heaven and earth and rely on the momentum of mountains, rivers and land veins is to form a ground formation.

Borrowing the magic power of many cultivators and drawing the blood of fellow beasts is a human formation.

The three formations of heaven, earth and man all have infinite uses, but in the era of the Immortal Alliance, the most mainstream formations are always the heaven formation and the human formation.

Because each activation of the earth formation requires a large consumption of the power of the mountains and rivers, and cannot sustainably utilize the spiritual power of heaven and earth, it is disliked by the top leaders of the Immortal Alliance.

In addition, there is another important reason. The ultimate formation of the Immortal Alliance [Nine Heavens Stars Immortal Formation] covers Tianyuan Star, locking the power of the mountains, rivers and veins of the entire planet.

Under the cover of the Immortal Formation that suppresses the world, the power of all earth formations has been greatly reduced, and they are far less murderous and powerful than in ancient times.

In this case, most formation masters will focus on the more powerful and compatible heavenly formations and human formations.

"Good vision. Can you guess what kind of formation this is?" Ming Xue's eyes showed a hint of approval.

The fact that Chen Beiwu could recognize at a glance that the Immortal Alliance was not taken seriously and was gradually becoming a low-ranking formation showed that he had already mastered the basic formation knowledge of the Immortal Alliance and was a good candidate for practicing formations.

Thinking of this, Mingxue's eyes swept across Chen Beiwu's face, and a feeling of admiration for talent arose in her heart.

Hearing this, Chen Beiwu looked at the array pattern on the main array disk with hesitation in his eyes.

What is a formation pattern?

In ancient times, there were great masters of formations who used Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and Tai Chi and Eight Trigrams as the core, and derived infinite mathematical principles from the River Map. They summarized and concluded that the key was to seize the fortune of heaven and earth, and to use the power of heaven and earth for their own purposes. Finally, formations gradually became one of the hundred arts of cultivating immortals.

As the core of the formation, the number of patterns on the formation plate can represent the specific grade of the formation.

"Yin and Yang are close to each other, and the formation is formed. Qi and Tao are combined, and patterns and principles are connected. Nine patterns are different, seventy-nine are spiritual, and ninety-nine are treasures." This is the formula Chen Beiwu learned in the first formation lesson in high school.

The meaning of the formula is very simple. A first-level strange formation has a maximum of nine formation patterns, a second-level spiritual formation has a maximum of sixty-three formation patterns, and a third-level treasure formation has a maximum of eighty-one formation patterns (combined formation patterns).

The main array plate that Ming Xue took out had nine array patterns that were constantly flowing, which was consistent with the characteristics of water, indicating that it was a first-grade, top-grade water array.

Chen Beiwu pondered for a moment and said softly, "Is this a triple water-locking formation? But it doesn't seem like it to me."

Hearing this, Mingxue's eyes lit up slightly.

"Did I guess right?" Chen Beiwu was quite surprised.

"Indeed, this is the Five-Layer Water-Locking Formation that I modified. A first-level formation master will place it in a place where water-attributed spiritual energy is abundant. Using it at full power, one can defeat many enemies alone and easily kill several cultivators at the limit of Qi training."

At this point, Ming Xue paused slightly and said, "But because Tianyuan Star is covered by an immortal formation, the power of the fifth-level water-locking formation has been greatly reduced. A first-level formation master can only use this formation to deal with cultivators in the middle stage of Qi training at best."

“So compared to fighting the enemy, the greater significance of this formation lies in learning.

It is like a living textbook, helping formation masters learn and comprehend the mysteries of formations, and gradually master the essence of first-level formations through practice."

(End of this chapter)