Ladies and gentlemen, Cloudsdale has been able to achieve today's achievements all thanks to you, and we will have to make persistent efforts. What year will it be after two years? Do you remember?" Yun Wenting smiled.

Jing Hongping answered excitedly:

"I'll remember. The ratio of the four tripods held every 10 years."

Yun Wenting patted his thigh:

"Hahaha, that's good. You have to practice diligently. Let's get a good ranking for the coming year. Other Taoist friends should understand the importance of the ratio of the four tripods. Chen Daoyou may not know, but I will introduce it, the ratio of these four tripods is..."

The comparison of the four tripods, generally speaking, is the battle between the four immortal cultivation cities of the Lingxiao Sect.

The ratio of building a foundation.

The participants of the competition are usually 1-2 people in the early, middle, and late stages of foundation building.

As for whether it was 1 person or 2 people, it was determined by Ling Xiao Sect based on the situation of the four Immortal Cultivation Cities, and it was very likely that there were not so many foundation building monks at a certain level of some Immortal Cultivation Cities.

This 'four tripod ratios' is as important as the competition of young disciples and the endless forest trial between the four immortal cultivation cities, and it can directly determine the number of outstanding qi cultivation stage disciples sent by the immortal cultivation city to the Ling Xiao Sect.

Most of the Immortal Cultivation City is controlled by families.

This determines the number of opportunities for his young children to enter the Ling Xiao Sect.

So it's all very important.

The major Immortal Cultivation Cities will strive for good results.

Chen Ping listened with pity.

This Lingxiao Sect not only assessed the KPI, but also encouraged the involution between the Immortal Cultivation City.

It's not a good sect.

It's a real dog.

When Yun Wenting introduced, Chen Ping listened carefully, but when Yun Wenting finished his introduction, Chen Ping immediately leaned over and secretly chatted with Jing Hongping in the next place to avoid Yun Wenting's gaze.

Then there was another push to change the cup.

After everyone chatted completely, at the end of the banquet, Chen Ping deliberately went to the front of Yunwenting to shake a few times.

Yun Wenting didn't see through Chen Ping's realm at all.

Chen Ping couldn't help but feel a little dark.

This old man saw through his realm at a glance. Not now, right? Let you load. Hehe, the high-level breathing technique is still quite useful.

......

came out of the council room, made an appointment with Yun Haitang, and went to her house to learn the formation on the second day.

Nothing was said all night.

Early the next morning, Chen Ping appeared in the 'Begonia Mansion,'.

The maid opened the formation and led Chen Ping into the Yunhaitang Cave Mansion.

The pot of three-clawed dragon snake grass was placed on the desk of Yun Haitang's meeting room.

"Has Chen Daoyou understood the formation before?" Yun Haitang took out a few array disks, tokens and other things.

Chen Ping said honestly:

"Very little. Yun Daoyou should be a person who doesn't understand the formation at all."

Yun Haitang nodded.

Hand Chen Ping a piece of jade slip:

"There is a detailed introduction to the formation in this jade slip, and Chen Daoyou can slowly ponder it in the future. Today, I will give Chen Daoyou a brief introduction."

Immediately gave Chen Ping a simple science formation.

Not to mention the advanced formations, the formations below the third order, each set of formations is usually composed of array disks, spirit stones and control tokens.

The number of arrays and spirit stones required is closely related to the complexity of the formation. The more complex and high-level the formation, the more equipment is needed.

A formation usually consists of two parts.

The first is the production of formation instruments.

The second is the construction of formations.

The instruments of the formation are the array disk and the control token, each of which is a magic weapon.

These magic weapons came from the hands of monks who were proficient in both formation and refining weapons.

A pure refiner can't do it.

Pure array mages can't do it.

As for the second link - the formation.

It has some similarities with the talisman. They all need to operate the laws of heaven and earth for their own use.

How to say that the formation is the first of the four arts of cultivating immortals.

It makes sense.

"At this stage, Chen Daoyou doesn't need to practice the production of array disks and tokens, and I only know some small scratches. What I can give to Chen Daoyou is this latter link, which is the formation of the formation." Yun Haitang Road, and added:

"As for the array disk and tokens, Chen Daoyou can buy them in the shop, and there are special array mages forging array plates and tokens for common formations."

"Of course, formations and tokens for common formations can be bought. If Chen Daoyou wants to build some ancient formations in the future, or even create his own formations. Then you'll have to learn the art of cultivating weapons."

Got it.

At this stage, I will go to elementary school first.

No.

Kindergarten.

In the future, I will go to junior high school, high school, university...

That's right, it's not easy for me to lay out common formations now, so why not talk about advanced formations?

That's all in the Year of the Monkey.

Chen Ping smiled:

"It's a blessing to be able to learn this formation technique from Yun Daoyou, and I also ask Yun Daoyou to teach me."

Yun Haitang snorted:

"Okay, then let's start with the most common Spirit Gathering Formation."

I studied this school for several days.

I have to say.

The true essence of the formation is still in the second link - that is, the 'arrangement, above'.

If you want to take an example, the refining of that array is somewhat like a talisman skin, and the arrangement of the array is somewhat like a drawing talisman.

When setting up the formation.

The first step is to refine the prohibitions on the various array disks that you bought.

That is, to make the prohibition come alive.

Being able to perceive each other's presence, rather than a dead thing.

The second step is to accurately calculate the position of each array plate.

This step may not be too complicated in the course of training, but if you use it in the field, you need to make full use of the local conditions and use it flexibly.

What is important is the understanding of the essence of the formation.

The more thoroughly you understand, the more sensitive your perception of the magic circle is, and the more exquisite the formation you arrange.

The third step is to cast the corresponding spell to turn the lone array disk, control token, and spirit stone into a large array.

This step is the most critical.

The array mage must use the divine consciousness as the 'pen', the spiritual power as the 'ink', the heaven and the earth as the 'paper', and the array plate as the 'node' to connect the various elements in series.

Use spiritual power to draw invisible 'formation lines,'.

Eventually a formation is formed.

If you need to sell this formation, you need to perform the next action.

i.e. the fourth step:

Gather the formation and imprison it with a special prohibition.

This formation can be sold.

The monk who purchased the formation only needed to refine the overall prohibition by himself, and the entire formation could be used by him.

Even if the buyer doesn't know the placement of the array plate very well, because the array disc itself is linked by the formation pattern and is imprisoned, even if the placement direction is not very good, it will not cause the formation to fail.

Of course, such a formation is a dead thing.

It is not as good as the same kind of formation that is taught and arranged according to the aptitude of the scene.

The effect is to be compromised.

When he saw Chen Ping like a refining storage bag, using spiritual power to refine the array plate on a rampage, Yun Haitang patiently explained:

"When refining the array disk, it is different from refining other magic weapons. At the same time as the spiritual power is injected into the array, it is also necessary to use the divine sense to perceive the direction of the prohibition on the array, try to understand, and let the forbidden patterns of each array disk reproduce in the divine consciousness. In this way, even if you buy back the array disk, it will be as if you have refined it yourself."

「......」

When he saw that Chen Ping was struggling to find the best position in the mini array, Yun Haitang nodded:

"When looking for the best formation position, you should not only take into account the position of Xunkan Ligendui in the spell, but also take into account the formation scene. If the formation is a killing array, it is necessary to pay attention to life

The coordination of death, Du, Ke and other doors pays attention to the importance of China and foreign countries, and the festival of rigidity and softness. If you want to set up a psychedelic array, you should pay attention to each other's virtual reality, longitude and latitude changes, strange causes of sudden advance, and multiple factors interact with each other. As for this Spirit Gathering Array, it is important to find the source of the spirit and conform to the agility, so that it can save time and effort, and the effect is the best."

「......」

When he saw Chen Ping depicting the pattern of the formation like a talisman, Yun Haitang mentioned:

"This third step is the most critical step. Chen Daoyou can draw talismans, this is Chen Daoyou's advantage and disadvantage, if he is restrained by talisman skills, the power of the formation will be greatly reduced. The formation is not limited to a small piece of rune paper, but uses heaven and earth as paper. Spiritual power is long and uninterrupted, and it cannot be light at one time or heavy at another. Especially at the intersection of the lines of spiritual energy, it is necessary to slow down the spiritual power, so that the corners are rounded, so as to facilitate the gathering and transformation of spiritual energy."

「......」

After more than half a month of practice, Chen Ping felt that familiar feeling--- throbbing of panel data changes.

[Formation: First-Order Spirit Gathering Array (Beginner): 1/1000. 】

It's not easy. ，

'This is probably the longest art/spell to get started with. ，

'Good thing to get started. ，

Chen Ping came out of Haitang Mansion, and the steady maid Xiaohong sent Chen Ping out of the house:

"Formation cultivation is not easy. If there is something that Immortal Master Chen doesn't understand, he can come to Haitang Mansion often in the future."

Chen Ping glanced at her:

"Again? I see that the eyes of the lord of your house look like he wants to kill me."

Little Red laughed.

I thought that she knew the mansion master best.

Chen Ping thanked him for the gift and turned around and went to a shop in the city.

(End of chapter)