Special War God

Xia Zhongnan took a deep breath and asked him, "Tell me first, what happened just now?"

Lu Mingyuan explained: "I saw you were walking in circles in a place about ten feet wide at first, but then, for some reason, you walked straight out of the formation. Even I, the one who set up the formation, couldn't walk in a straight line like that. I could only walk along the path arranged by the formation."

Xia Zhongnan nodded after hearing this: "So that's how it is."

He suddenly understood that the so-called trap here should disrupt the changes in the energy magnetic field of this place through the array layout, causing some kind of hallucination in the human brain, resulting in blurred vision and loss of direction. He just simulated the Tai Chi Bagua array in his mind and walked out according to the diagram. In doing so, he relied on his own will to isolate the interference of the external energy magnetic field.

Although he had successfully walked out of the trap, he had deeply experienced its power. Could it still be said that this formation was useless? In fact, its effect was obviously real!

Xia Zhongnan grabbed Lu Mingyuan's arm and suggested, "Take me in again along the original route, and let's study this formation together."

This time, Xia Zhongnan followed Lu Mingyuan and followed the strange route into the courtyard again. Sure enough, this time he did not encounter any fog or anything like that. However, once he left this narrow path, he would immediately fall into the fog again. After repeated attempts like this, Xia Zhongnan became more and more certain that his previous understanding was correct.

At least the principle of this low-level formation is to use the magnetic field of the vital energy to act on the human brain, causing hallucinations. As for whether high-level cultivators can resist this influence, he still doesn't know. But he has personally tested it, and low-level cultivators are definitely not immune.

In the next few days, Xia Zhongnan continued to study the principles of the formation with Lu Mingyuan, and he also tried to set up the formation many times.

He also informed Liu Dabazi and got his support. All the materials needed for the formation could be collected by Qi Laifu, who would be responsible for providing them. At the same time, Liu Dabazi also provided them with two extra Yuanshi, which completely relieved their worries.

The Kung Fu that Xia Zhongnan practiced was called "San Tong Gong". When he was on Earth, it was a kind of internal energy Kung Fu practiced by special forces members. When he came to this world, he found that the vitality here was abundant, and "San Tong Gong" also evolved into a kind of cultivation Kung Fu.

The origin of "San Tong Gong" comes from a wonderful book in ancient China - "San Tong Qi". In order to better understand and master the breathing technique, Xia Zhongnan even found the original text of "San Tong Qi" and studied it attentively for a period of time.

"San Tong Qi" is a book on the theory of inner alchemy. The ideas in it are profound and grand. It emphasizes "using heaven and earth as the cauldron for alchemy, using yin and yang as protection, using water and fire as the driving force of change, using the five elements as auxiliary conditions, and using the mysterious essence as the basis of the elixir... in this way to practice the art of inner alchemy."

The content includes a lot of explanations on the theories of Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and Tai Chi and Bagua. Since Xia Zhongnan had a solid foundation in these theories, he quickly mastered several simple traps and mazes taught by Professor Lu Mingyuan.

Xia Zhongnan was learning with great enthusiasm, but found that there were no more formations to learn. So he suddenly had an idea and decided to use the philosophical concepts of Yin and Yang, the Five Elements and the Eight Diagrams as the basis, and borrowed the permutation and combination methods in modern mathematics to rearrange and combine the basic formations taught by Professor Lu Mingyuan, turning the original single formation into a complex compound formation.

This was just Xia Zhongnan's first attempt, and he didn't design it too complicated. In order to let Lu Mingyuan experience the effect, he let Lu Mingyuan enter the formation he had modified. As a result, Lu Mingyuan was completely confused and completely lost in the formation. He couldn't detect any clues, let alone think that this was a new formation composed of the formations he was familiar with.

When Xia Zhongnan released Lu Mingyuan, Lu Mingyuan suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to Xia Zhongnan, which surprised Xia Zhongnan.

Xia Zhongnan asked in surprise: "Mingyuan, what are you doing? Why are you being so polite?"

Lu Mingyuan replied: "Chief Instructor, I would like to be your disciple. Please accept me as your disciple!"

Xia Zhongnan smiled and responded: "Are you kidding me? When I learned those basic formations from you before, I didn't ask you to be my master, and you taught me without reservation. How can I accept you as my disciple now?"

Lu Mingyuan said, "Chief Instructor, I have studied these six basic formations for many years and I think I have mastered them thoroughly. But you have only studied with me for a few days and you have been able to set up the formations like this. You are undoubtedly a very talented person in this area. If I take you as my teacher, I will not suffer any loss. In the future, your cultivation will continue to improve, and you will definitely become a master of formations."

Hearing what Lu Mingyuan said, Xia Zhongnan couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Alright, alright, get up quickly. We are friends and comrades-in-arms, so let's not be polite. We learn from each other and verify each other's knowledge. You taught me everything you knew before, and I will definitely teach you everything I know in the future."

Then, Xia Zhongnan thought for a moment and added, "Oh, by the way, I remember you once told me that the cultivation method inherited by your family is too obscure and difficult to understand, and it is impossible to practice it. I have a set of methods suitable for you. I hope you can practice it and become a cultivator, so that you can achieve greater success in the attainments of formations."

After spending some time together, Xia Zhongnan deeply recognized Lu Mingyuan's personality charm. In addition, he was grateful to Lu Mingyuan for selflessly teaching him six sets of basic formations. He had always wanted to find an opportunity to repay Lu Mingyuan, so he proposed to teach him "Santong Gong". When Lu Mingyuan heard that Xia Zhongnan wanted to teach him the cultivation method, he insisted on becoming his disciple, but he failed to convince Xia Zhongnan in the end, and the two still maintained their original relationship of address.

Xia Zhongnan was immersed in the study of the formation and was completely unaware of the passage of time. Initially, he only gave the instructor team seven days of training tasks, but now more than ten days have passed and he still has not received any further instructions from Xia Zhongnan. Therefore, the instructor team can only lead all the soldiers to continue the formation and stepping training.

Everyone knew that Xia Zhongnan was in Lu Mingyuan's small courtyard, but because Liu Dabazi sent people to guard outside and prevent anyone from disturbing Xia Zhongnan, they could not go in.

Xia Zhongnan successfully set up a set of compound formations, and silently copied a copy of the "Santong Gong" secret book and gave it to Lu Mingyuan, asking him to comprehend it alone first. After that, he finally walked out of the small courtyard and planned to relax.

As soon as he walked out of the yard, he saw Tiedan waiting outside, so he walked over and said hello to Tiedan.

Tiedan hurried over and said, "Sir, you finally came out!"

At this time, Xia Zhongnan remembered the military training and asked Tiedan: "What day is today?"

Tiedan replied: "Sir, fifteen days have passed since you arranged the training for us. We don't know what to do next. We can't let all the hundred-man teams practice with us? They don't have that many spears!"

Xia Zhongnan smiled and responded: "It's not a bad idea for everyone to practice spears together. Come on, accompany me to the quartermaster's office to find Mr. Laifu."