Time flies, and half a year has passed in a blink of an eye.

Of the twelve spiritual apertures of the fourth layer of qi refining, Zhao Lin has already broken through eleven of them, and there are still two left, and he will break through to the fifth layer of qi refining!

The first turn of the Nine Turns Condensing Divine Skill is also about to be completed, and it is estimated that the cultivation of the second turn will begin before the end of the year.

Each breakthrough in the Qi Refining Realm increases by ten zhang in the divine sense, and the first turn of the Nine Turns Condensing Divine Skill increases by thirty zhang.

In other words, by then, Zhao Lin's divine sense could reach eighty zhang, which was not inferior to most late-stage Qi refining cultivators, and solved the shortcomings of the insufficient attack distance of the fighting method.

This kind of cultivation speed was much faster than Zhao Lin expected.

Among them, penance only accounts for a small part, and more is due to the fact that he has been investing regardless of the cost.

Zhao Lin exchanged his good deeds for a bottle of chalcedony liquid, and raised his spiritual root grade to the top grade, which was maintained for a month, and precious pills like Ning Yuan Dan, Huang Gu Dan, and Soul Nourishing Pill were never broken on weekdays.

Every three or five days, he will stay in the spiritual cave for a day or two, and when it is critical to impact the spiritual aperture, he will also practice in the best spiritual cave.

Zhao Lin's cultivation speed also made many disciples red-eyed and warm-hearted.

Especially those disciples of the top-grade spiritual root, who were obviously more talented, were left behind by Zhao Lin in their cultivation, and even Lin Chaoran of the earth spiritual root felt threatened.

In the middle of the year, Lin Chaoran and three high-grade spiritual root disciples found Elder Nie and asked to go out on a mission.

They fell in love with a gold-level monster hunting task, and wanted to go out together to earn some good deeds, so that they could be like Zhao Lin, and exchange good deeds for pills, or the qualifications to practice in the spirit cave.

Elder Nie didn't say anything, only put forward one condition: let the four of them fight with Zhao Lin, if they can hold on for a quarter of an hour, regardless of victory or defeat, they will agree to let them go, otherwise they must stay in the Spirit Dao Courtyard honestly.

Lin Chaoran and the others felt greatly insulted, no matter how powerful Zhao Lin was, it was impossible for him to defeat four with one, so he agreed without hesitation.

And took the initiative to ask for an increase in difficulty, changing a quarter of an hour to half an hour, and if he couldn't defeat Zhao Lin, he would give up going out to perform the mission.

Elder Nie smiled noncommittally and pulled Zhao Lin aside to admonish a few words.

The fighting was held in public, attracting all the disciples of the Spirit Dao Academy, and even some monks from other mountain peaks came to see the excitement.

Before the competition began, everyone was not very optimistic about Zhao Lin.

Although they all know that he is strong in fighting, the strength of Lin Chaoran and the others is not weak, and it can be said that he has a great advantage in four battles.

But the result was beyond everyone's expectations: the fighting method only lasted less than twenty breaths, and Zhao Lin easily won with a dazzling spell, cleanly, and did not even use martial arts.

The scene was silent, only Zhao Changxing shouted excitedly: "Senior Brother Zhao is my uncle, my uncle won!" ”

Everyone burst into laughter, even the two elders couldn't help laughing, Zhao Changxing realized that there was something wrong with his words, and quickly closed his mouth.

When everyone quieted down, Elder Nie asked Zhao Lin at the right time: "Zhao Lin, do you think the four of them have the ability to go out?" ”

Zhao Lin comprehended, shook his head and said, "It's almost hot, let's practice more." The strength of a top-grade demon beast is comparable to that of a late-stage cultivator of qi refining, and it will be dangerous if it touches it. ”

Elder Nie turned his head and looked at Lin Chaoran and the others, "Now do you know your catties?" ”

The four of them hung their heads and never talked about going out on a mission again.

……

The mountain behind the Asking Peak is where the disciples of the Spirit Dao Academy live.

The night was dark, the disciples had long since rested, and only one stone house near the North Ridge was still lit.

Zhao Lin held the formation pattern knife in his hand, his wrist rotated up and down, and he carved the formation pattern on a formation stone with a concentrated expression.

The array stone is only half the size of a palm, the surface is smooth and round, dark brown, and the texture is very hard.

This thing can store aura and sense changes in the heavens, and is a special spirit stone.

Array stones are used to create formations, and multiple array stones can form a magic circle.

What Zhao Lin was depicting was the Fog Phantom Array, which had only eight formations, which was the simplest of all the formations.

With the help of the spiritual map, Zhao Lin mastered the sixteen formations of the Sealing Spirit Array.

Under the bypass, the ability to move the knife and carve the formation has been greatly improved, and a simple formation like the fog phantom array has been learned by Zhao Lin through self-cultivation.

"It's carved!"

After a while, the spiritual light on the array stone flowed, Zhao Lin lifted the formation knife and said with a smile.

Then he pushed the array stone outward, and placed it with the other eleven array stones on the table.

There are only eight types of formations in the Mist Illusion Array, and in principle, only eight array stones are needed to form an array.

Zhao Lin additionally reproduced four kinds of formation patterns, in order to make the magic circle more complex and not easy to crack.

This is the advantage of being a formation pattern master: you can transform and expand the magic circle at will according to your own ideas, and monks who do not practice this Taoist art can only use the ready-made magic circle, and they don't know anything about the method.

Once upon a time, a monk bought a defensive circle in Fang City to defend his cave.

As a result, he accidentally revealed his bottom, and the formation mage who sold the magic circle sneaked into his cave and looted all his belongings.

Later, after investigation, it was discovered that the array mage had done something in the magic circle and left a "back door" for himself.

After carving the array stone, Zhao Lin took out an array plate from the lock bag.

The array plate is also called the Dunjia plate, which follows the laws of the heavenly stem and the earthly branch, and the Qimen Dunjia.

The material is the same as the array stone, with a diameter of more than seven inches, shaped like a Bagua diagram, with three rings carved from the inside to the outside, and a fist-sized depression in the middle.

In order to practice the formation, Zhao Lin spent hundreds of spirit stones to buy items such as array pattern knives, array stones, and array plates.

In fact, none of the four great arts of Dan, Fu, Instrument, and Array are money-saving, and if you want to cultivate to a certain level, you must invest a lot of spirit stones and even good deeds.

However, once it is completed, the return is also considerable.

Zhao Lin had accumulated a large number of spirit stones in the mission to the sea, so he was willing to spend such a large amount of money.

The disciples who practiced the formation with him could only practice on the Xuanjia or the old formation stones.

Zhao Lin picked up the array pattern knife and carved a simplified array pattern on the eight directions of the array plate.

The simplified pattern is not a real pattern, it is only used to control the formation, and it is the pattern on the stone that really works.

The array plate was almost completed, and when it came to the finishing stage, Zhao Lin was flying like a knife, and it took half a cup of tea to carve it.

"It took half a month to carve a simple mist illusion array, it's really not easy!"

Zhao Lin sighed lightly, remembering the experience of being a code farmer in his previous life.

When I was in school, my teacher said that programming is an art, but when I got to work, I realized that art is hard work.

Zhao Lin put away the array plate and array stone, got up and walked outside the courtyard, and circled around the house.

"Seventy-eight paces long, forty-two paces wide, and two hundred and forty paces in circumference. Life, death, rest, injury, Du, Jing, surprise, open...... Arrange the raw door first! ”

While surveying the terrain, Zhao Lin silently deduced the layout of the array.

Brush......

A stone came out of his hand and was sent deep underground.

Walk seventeen steps east and four steps north along the stone to throw a second stone......

The arrangement of the array pays attention to the direction, according to the layout of the eight trigrams of Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun and Dui, and the array stones echo each other, and the eight trigrams are easy to count.

If you want the circle to be as powerful as possible, you have to calculate it carefully.

When Zhao Lin buried the last array stone into the ground, the twelve array stones trembled at the same time.

There were bursts of low roars, echoing each other from afar, forming a large net, swinging out mana fluctuations.

A moment later, a faint white mist enveloped the entire house.

"It's finally done!"

This was the first magic circle arranged by Zhao Lin, and a strong sense of accomplishment arose in his heart.

Next, he picked up the array plate and placed three spirit stones in the middle depression.

The center of the array disk lit up, and the three spirit stones disappeared in an instant, as if an invisible mouth engulfed the spirit stones.

Then twelve white rays of light shot out from the array disk, flying into the location of each array stone.

The white light is the aura emitted by the spirit stone, and as long as the spirit stone is sufficient, the magic circle can run all the time.

Zhao Lin stretched out his palm and pressed the array disk, feeling that he was one with the magic array, and all the subtle changes in the array were clear to him.

"Try it."

Zhao Lin muttered, put the array plate on the ground, and slowly walked to the door of the house.

This is done to test the effect of the circle, if you have a circle disk, the circle and the circle disk will generate an induction, and it will not resist.

Squeak......

Zhao Lin pushed open the courtyard door and immediately saw a thick white mist, churning and gushing towards his face.

The eye can only see the scenery within a kilometer, and it is very blurry.

The divine consciousness is also disturbed, and it is difficult to detect places beyond three zhang.

"Good."

Zhao Lin nodded with satisfaction.

With the protection of this magic circle, once outsiders break in, the magic circle will immediately give birth to an induction and alert the owner of the magic circle in time.

If outsiders want to break the formation, they must either rely on their strength and attack with spells simply and rudely, or they are familiar with the structure of the circle and bypass the barriers in it.

Either way, it will buy time for the people in the formation.

Of course, the Fog Phantom Array was still much weaker than the Three Yin Phantom Killing Array under the Yin Wind Realm Ghost Cultivator.

Neither attacks nor illusions.

Only the white mist blocked the hearing and hearing, but after all, this was the first magic circle he had carved, and Zhao Lin was already very satisfied.

After testing the magic circle, Zhao Lin picked up the array disk and returned to the room.

Pick up a jade plaque on the table, use the array knife to carve a special pattern on the jade plaque, and place it on the array plate.

The array disc emitted a red light and flew into the jade plate.

The material of the jade plate is jade slip, which can copy the simplified pattern on the array plate and play the role of a token.

In this way, Zhao Lin did not need to carry the array disk, as long as he held the jade plate, he could walk unhindered in the magic circle.

If he wants, he can also make a few more jade plaques and distribute them to trusted relatives and friends.

"The formation is really wonderful!"

Zhao Lin secretly thought, glad that he had chosen this Taoist art in the first place.

Early the next morning, the messenger came to visit and handed Zhao Lin a messenger.

Each county of Chenghuazong has a messenger tower, which is specially used to receive messengers and wild goose charms.

There are several messengers in the tower, and when they receive the letters, they will ask for them according to the map and give them to the corresponding monks.

(End of chapter)