"The formation is the foundation of the sect, and the formation pattern is the foundation of the formation. You've been practicing the formation for a year, and today we're going to start carving the formation. ”

"In some ways, there are many similarities between a seal pattern and a drawing. However, the runes inspire spells, and the array is used to control spells. ”

In an underground stone chamber of the Lingdao Academy, Xie Yongtai, the senior brother of the Gong Transmission Academy, stood on the stage and talked eloquently.

The stone interior is spacious and clean, the walls and floor are made of large blocks of bluestone, and the lighting is very cleverly designed to bring in natural light from the ground, and it is transparent and bright during the day even if it is not lit.

Xie Yongtai was a thin old man, with dark skin and gray hair, and he was the oldest of the senior brothers.

There were six disciples sitting in the audience, each with a stone case in front of them, on which were placed the tools for carving the formation patterns such as Xuanjia, array knife, grinding stone, ink silver, etc.

Zhao Lin rubbed the Xuanjia on the table and thought, "This thing is shiny and shiny, and I don't know how many years it has been used." ”

Although he had never carved a formation pattern, he knew the purpose of these tools inside out.

The formation pattern can be engraved on the array stone, array flag, magic weapon, sinking iron wood, demon beast bones and other utensils that can store spiritual energy, and the Xuanjia is a more common one.

The armor is a type of dorsal armor called the Armor Beast, which is shaped like an old turtle and has a hard bony shell on its back.

The armor on its back has natural textures that form a primitive form of magic when attacked.

It was from the body of the Xuanjia Beast that the early monks discovered the magic of the formation pattern, and then deduced a wide variety of magic circles with different functions.

The Xuanjia Beast is a first-order demon beast with a huge population, so its back armor is often used as a practice for beginner formation disciples.

Zhao Lin picked up the formation knife, felt that it was quite heavy, and with a little spiritual power, he could see a ray of spiritual light circulating on the body of the knife.

The array knife is refined from a variety of materials such as pure gold, spirit beast essence blood, black crystal, etc., and is specially used to draw the formation pattern, which is about seven inches long, shaped like a judge's pen, and the tip of the knife is extremely sharp.

For the formation mage, a good formation pattern knife is equivalent to a weapon in the hands of mortal soldiers, which can play a great role.

However, the formation knife is also like a weapon, and it needs to be repaired and replaced after a long time.

The grinding stone is used to polish the material, and if the drawing fails, the pattern is erased and re-engraved.

Ink silver is a special material, when the pattern is successfully drawn, and then covered with ink, outsiders will not be able to peek into the original appearance of the pattern.

"What we are going to draw today is the Spirit Sealing Array, one of the oldest magic circles in the Immortal Cultivation Realm."

Xie Yongtai glanced at the audience and asked, "Who knows the purpose of this magic circle?" ”

Hearing the question, several disciples immediately raised their hands.

Xie Yongtai ordered one of them, "Zhong Mao, you can say it." ”

"Yes."

Zhong Mao got up and replied, "The function of the Spirit Sealing Array is to seal the spiritual energy in the spiritual energy, such as magic weapons, spirit stones, and storage bags. ”

"Make its aura not escape outward, even if it is not used for a long time, it can maintain the grade."

"Not bad!"

Xie Yongtai stretched out his hand to let Zhong Mao sit down, and said with a smile: "The Spirit Sealing Array is extremely versatile, almost all magic arrays contain the formation patterns of the Spirit Sealing Array, and the second-order Spirit Gathering Great Array is also developed on the basis of it. ”

"There are a total of sixteen kinds of formation patterns in the Spirit Sealing Array, and today we will learn the simplest one of them."

After speaking, he beckoned to the disciples in the audience, "I'll demonstrate it, you guys come and take a closer look." ”

All the disciples came to the stage one after another and gathered around Xie Yongtai.

"The formation pattern originates from the monk's perception of the Heavenly Dao, and the thickness, length, and arc of each stroke are different, and the mana that needs to be injected is also different."

"Therefore, when depicting, you need to concentrate on it, so that you have a formation in your heart, follow the way of heaven, and control the blade and mana must be extremely detailed."

"The seal carving pattern must be completed in one go, and it cannot be interrupted in the meantime, otherwise even if it reaches the last stroke, the previous efforts will be wasted."

As Xie Yongtai spoke, he injected spiritual power into the formation knife, and quickly carved a twists and turns on the Xuanjia, with a vertical and horizontal formation.

Then he lifted the pen and smiled, "Okay." ”

As soon as the words fell, a silver light flashed, and the formation pattern that was originally engraved on the Xuanjia floated in the void, and there was a faint flow of brilliance, as if it had come to life.

After a while, it faded away.

"What a skillful technique, smooth sailing!"

"Senior Brother Xie's skills are superb, I admire."

The disciples exclaimed loudly.

Zhao Lin also casually agreed, but his mind was attracted by the changes in the spiritual map in his mind.

As soon as the formation pattern is completed, three words appear in the eighth grid of the spiritual cultivation map: Sealing Spirit Array!

Next to the font, there is a small petal.

"It turns out that you have to touch the formation pattern to capture the magic circle!"

Zhao Lin understood that in the past, when he was in other magic circles, the spiritual map could also show the name of the magic circle, but there would be no petals.

If you look closely, this petal is much smaller than before, slender and slender, and it takes about a dozen pieces to put together a complete flower.

"Why is this so, is it because there are more petals?"

Zhao Lin was puzzled, and after a little thought, he immediately figured it out.

There are six levels of spells: Beginner, Skilled, Small, Mastery, Dacheng, and Perfect, so there are six petals.

The circle doesn't have these levels, it will be yes, and it won't be not.

There are a total of sixteen kinds of formation patterns in the Spirit Sealing Array, and when the spiritual cultivation map captures one formation, a petal will appear.

By extension, after the other fifteen patterns were captured, the petals of the entire flower would be complete.

"I see, I don't know how many spirit stones it will cost to master this formation?"

Zhao Lin thought secretly.

"Alright, you guys go back to their places and start practicing."

Xie Yongtai drew it again and turned his head to the crowd.

The disciples were all interested, and they returned to their seats one after another, picked up the formation knife, and carved it on the Xuanjia.

For a moment the room was silent, except for the sound of breathing and carving knives.

Zhao Lin exhaled lightly, recalled the formation pattern, and then injected spiritual power into the formation pattern knife and landed on the Xuanjia!

Although the devotional map could capture the formation, he decided to give it a try.

I have mastered a lot of formation knowledge, and I am also familiar with the six gossip and the five elements.

If you can carve a formation pattern with your own ability, you can save a grid and practice one more spell.

Unexpectedly, just after carving two strokes, the spiritual power on the formation knife disappeared.

"The first time, it's normal."

Zhao Lin shook his head lightly and continued to portray in a different position.

As the saying goes, it is easier to know than done, and it is easy to see Xie Yongtai carved, but when you really get started, you know that drawing a pattern is completely different from copying a painting.

If there is a deviation in the spiritual power induction, even if it is carved perfectly.

Obviously, the pen moves exactly the same, but the carved pattern does not have a trace of spiritual power.

Zhao Lin carved it wrong ten times in a row, and found that there was no space on the Xuanjia, so he had to pick up the grinding stone and polish the Xuanjia again.

Before you know it, an hour passes......

Suddenly, someone said "ah".

Then a disciple stood up and whispered in a tone of irrepressible surprise, "Senior Brother Xie, I carved it!" ”

Everyone looked up in surprise and saw that the person who spoke was Zhong Mao, who had answered the question before.

"Wouldn't it be carved out so soon?"

"It's so neat, it's the same as Senior Brother Xie's formation!"

"Alas, I carved the same, why don't I have aura?"

Many disciples stopped what they were doing and walked to Zhong Mao's position to watch.

Zhao Lin sat in front of Zhong Mao, glanced back, and saw that there was a formation pattern on his Xuan Armor, and the aura was circulating, and it was clearly completed.

Zhong Mao's cultivation talent was ordinary, and he was not very outstanding among the third-year disciples, but he didn't expect to learn the formation so quickly.

Xie Yongtai was also surprised, raised his eyebrows and said: "It is not easy to draw a formation pattern in an hour, I will take a look at it again." ”

Zhong Mao agreed, picked up the formation knife and carved it.

Under the gaze of everyone, I couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and I made a mistake in the middle of the drawing.

"It's not as slow as possible to draw a pattern, it's smoother to be a little faster."

Xie Yongtai reminded.

"Yes."

Zhong Mao settled down and carved it again, but it was a success.

The disciples were dumbfounded, Xie Yongtai laughed and praised: "Very good! ”

Zhao Lin didn't look any further, returned to the stone case, and carved it over and over again.

"Alright, that's all for today."

At noon, Xie Yongtai said in a deep voice, "It's hard work to carve the formation, you can't work too hard, let's go back and rest, and come back tomorrow." ”

Zhao Lin felt dizzy and tired, and knew that he couldn't continue, so he sorted out the items on the case, got up and left the stone room.

The next day, the disciple Lu Ziming carved out the formation pattern.

On the third day, two more disciples carved the formation pattern.

On the fourth day, Zhong Mao, who had made the most progress, had mastered the two formations and began to learn the third formation, only Zhao Lin and another disciple were still carving the first formation.

"Do I really not have this formation talent?"

Zhao Lin sighed slightly in his heart, carving the formation pattern is different from carving words on the stone, and it is almost impossible to rely on practice to make perfect.

Without talent and understanding, you can only become a craftsman at most, and you can never become a master.

"Try again tomorrow, if it doesn't work, you can only use the spiritual map."

On the fifth day, Xie Yongtai did not let everyone practice, but asked a question first.

"The Spirit Sealing Array is not the simplest magic circle, do you know why you want to use it as an entry magic circle?"

Everyone shook their heads in disknowledgement.

"Because the formation is obscure and difficult, if it takes seven or eight days to learn a formation, or even longer, then it means that you have no talent in this area."

"You must know that there are a total of sixteen kinds of formation patterns in the Spirit Sealing Array, each one is more difficult than the other, and the most difficult formation is ten times more complex than the first formation, how long will it take you to cultivate the entire formation?"

"If you can't carve the first pattern, maybe you can consider changing to another art."

Xie Yongtai glanced at Zhao Lin meaningfully, and continued: "Don't worry about wasting a year, the knowledge of the formation can also be used in other aspects." ”

"But if you dig deeper, it's not cost-effective."

(End of chapter)