Bamboo Mound

"With Brother Ning Chang's guidance, I've mastered a formation so quickly!" Fang Nanyi said with a joyful expression.

Wang Yan echoed, "Indeed, if one were to learn it on their own, it would probably take at least ten days to half a month to understand the formation!"

"It's not enough to just learn how to set up and use formations; you also need to know how to dismantle them."

Ning Chang glanced at the two of them and said quietly.

"Yes, yes! Please give us your guidance, Brother Ning Chang!" the two said in unison.

They all knew that Ning Chang was now their master and teacher, so they naturally couldn't be impolite just because they were of the same generation.

Yue Mingyu, on the other hand, sat quietly, suppressing her lively nature, and followed along to study.

"Generally speaking, you don't need to worry about dismantling the formation when you need to use it, but I think it's better to teach you once in case you encounter this situation in the future."

“Using the array in your hands as a reference, even if it is currently in operation, its essence is still spiritual energy.”

If, due to certain circumstances, you need to abandon it, then you will have three choices in front of you.

There are three options: First, simply leave it where it is and let it fend for itself; second, actively destroy the formation to restore it to its natural spiritual energy state, at which point you can choose whether to absorb it back; third, skip destroying the formation and directly absorb the formation as spiritual energy, but this requires some skill.

"Now, try to extract the spiritual energy from the array patterns."

Once the array is activated, the drawn array patterns will maintain a stable state on their own. Even if the control over the spiritual power is removed, they will remain in place and continue to operate.

Therefore, destroying the array requires actively extracting the spiritual energy from the array patterns, and only a small portion of it is needed. However, once the array patterns lose stability, it will quickly lead to the array exploding.

The power generated when the formation is destroyed depends on the strength of the formation itself and the content of spiritual energy. Of course, this is Ning Chang's current understanding.

He further speculated that the larger the area of ​​the formation, the less likely it is to collapse after losing stability, because the spiritual energy diffusion point after the destruction of a large-area formation is too large, and the power generated may not be as great as the Five Elements Dragon Trapping Formation that is only the size of a palm in front of him!

Seeing the three of them completely unprepared to disturb the array patterns, Ning Chang didn't intend to warn them. After all, the power of such a small array being destroyed was negligible. It would be better for them to experience it.

Absorbing spiritual energy was very easy. Just a few breaths after he finished speaking, the array in Fang Nanyi's hand began to tremble and finally made a crisp sound.

"Sigh, I..."

Fang Nanyi was startled by the force of the broken formation, let out a cry, and fell backward to the ground.

Wang Yan and Yue Mingyu had already attracted the array patterns and were preparing to destroy them.

However, affected by the force generated by Fang Nanyi's formation and startled by his sudden shout, almost simultaneously, their formations also trembled a few times and exploded.

The incident happened so suddenly that Yue Mingyu also exclaimed in surprise, and then the two of them lay down on the ground.

The commotion the three made drew curious glances from the inner disciples nearby.

Ning Chang was prepared; he had already leaned against the hilt of his sword before the three formations exploded. For him, it was just three gusts of strong wind that were gone.

After the three of them sat back down, looking confused, Ning Changcai began to speak:

"This is the explosion of the formation, an explosion of spiritual energy caused by the instability of the formation. Its power is related to the strength and size of the formation, but it is not absolute."

"So how can we prevent the formation from exploding? I mean, the third method?" Wang Yan asked casually.

"It also involves absorbing the spiritual energy from the array patterns, but it needs to be absorbed evenly from the entire array pattern. The spiritual energy contained in all the patterns is weakened at the same time until the array completely dissipates. Then there shouldn't be any problems."

"Moreover, if one's cultivation level increases in the future, it might not be necessary to go through all this trouble."

He then took out a small pile of leaves and handed them to the three of them.

"Now you can go practice over there, drawing the array, activating it, and deactivating it."

However, the formation was drawn so that a leaf or some other worthless thing could be placed on it before the formation could be activated.

Before you become familiar with the feeling of spiritual light, or before you can summon spiritual light out of thin air, do not place the formation in vain, otherwise it will immediately explode.

After accepting the leaves, the three of them stood up and thanked each other. Then they found a spot not far from the sword hilt and sat down together, keeping their distance.

Watching the three of them disappear into the distance, Ning Chang breathed a sigh of relief, leaned back against the hilt of his sword, and closed his eyes to rest again.

......

After an unknown amount of time, Ning Chang opened his eyes again, having been woken up by Wang Yan.

"Brother Ning Chang, wake up, we've arrived. The Grand Elder is calling us."

He stood up and looked at the scenery around him, which had come to a standstill. The giant sword was now stopped in front of a mountain peak.

Seeing nothing particularly remarkable, he shook his head and followed in the direction of his master.

"Master."

Upon arriving before his master, Ning Chang responded softly.

"The Cloud and Mist Secret Realm is just ahead."

He glanced at Ning Chang and the other three.

"I suppose you all have some knowledge of the Cloud and Mist Secret Realm before, but Ning Chang, I suppose you haven't heard of it before?"

Although he had already learned a little about it beforehand, Ning Chang shook his head and asked, feigning doubt, in anticipation of his master's detailed explanation:

"The Cloud and Mist Secret Realm? What's that?"

"The Cloud and Mist Secret Realm is located in the center of the three sects' territories, or rather, the three sects were founded based on the Cloud and Mist Secret Realm."

The master stroked his beard and explained to Ning Chang and the others.

"It is shrouded in mist, and you can hardly see anything more than two hundred paces away. Moreover, the environment inside is different every time the three sects send disciples in."

In other words, each opportunity presents a new chance, but these opportunities are often accompanied by danger.

There will be all sorts of demonic beasts there, but so far, the highest level they've reached is only the ninth rank of Spirit Fusion, so you just need to be careful.

"Furthermore, once you enter the Cloud Mist Secret Realm, you are forbidden from attacking other disciples of the three sects. If this is confirmed, your cultivation will be abolished!"

As he said this, his master silently raised his voice, and Ning Chang knew immediately that he was speaking to the fifty inner disciples.

Then, he turned around and addressed all the disciples on the giant sword:

"The Cloud and Mist Secret Realm will be open for seven days. During these seven days, you will enter the secret realm to explore."

Everything you gain within the secret realm is your own opportunity and does not need to be handed over to the sect.

If multiple people want the same thing, you can decide for yourselves who gets it, but you must not maliciously harm others.

He then flipped his hand and took out a stack of talismans, which he accurately placed in front of each disciple.

"Carry this talisman with you. If you encounter an insurmountable danger in the secret realm, you can infuse spiritual power into the talisman in advance and then hold on until the elders arrive to rescue you."

However, the disciples who were brought out are not allowed to re-enter the Cloud and Mist Secret Realm.

"Apart from that, who has any other questions? If we don't want to bring them up now, then we don't need to."

After saying that, he quietly looked at the crowd.