Chapter 6: The Magic Array
"Presumably, this retreat, Brother Ye has gained a lot again! Quickly take out the lightning protection formation you have refined and show us it. After exchanging politeness, Sikong Xingxing immediately couldn't wait to shout, and was the first to mention this treasure that everyone was very concerned about. They suspended their cultivation this time, put down the things in their hands, and came here early, waiting for Ye Qiu to leave the customs, in order to have a sneak peek?
"Hehe, everyone, don't be impatient, I'll take it out for everyone to enjoy. Seeing that everyone was looking forward to it, Ye Qiuli didn't cherish the broom, pretending to be hypocritical, and after greeting them, he immediately turned over and took out a palm-sized magic weapon-like item with a dark color from his storage ring, and handed it to everyone in front of him, allowing them to appreciate it wantonly.
"Ahh
Repeatedly looking at the strange mysterious treasure in his hand, the more he looked at it, the more confused he became, the more he looked at it, the more puzzled he became, how could he not associate it with the formation, but felt more and more that it was a magic weapon, and it was also a superb magic weapon. Judging by its faint exuding aura, it is definitely a treasure-level thing. After thinking about it many times, but still without results, his brows involuntarily furrowed slightly.
He didn't think that Ye Qiuli was joking with himself, deliberately using a special magic weapon that no one had ever seen to fool himself. The two have known each other for so many years, and he already knows very clearly that Ye Qiuli is actually a very serious person in nature, and he will not do such meaningless and boring things at all, Ye Qiuli said that this thing is a tribulation formation, then it is naturally a tribulation formation, and there will definitely be no mistakes.
It's just that the simpler the truth is, the more the meaning contained in it makes Sikong Xingxing entangled, because the treasure that appeared in front of him at this time, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see the mystery in it, and it was completely the same as a superb magic weapon.
Indeed, the treasure that Ye Qiuli took out, its shape and characteristics are too strange, there are definitely more places like magic weapons than like formations, if there is no clear explanation, no one will associate it in that direction.
This treasure, there are a total of twelve components, each part is an octagonal eight-sided, eight-sided eight-layer dark pagoda, less than half a foot high, no more than a finger thick, from the bottom to the top, layer by layer decreasing, to the top layer, there is a sharp thorn that occupies half the height of the pagoda stands out, pointing straight to the sky, it looks extraordinary.
What is particularly peculiar is that in the middle and upper part of the thorn, there is a small spherical object, as if penetrated by the thorn, firmly connected to the thorn, at first glance it seems to be very abrupt, but when you appreciate it, there is a very smooth and harmonious beauty, as if this thorn should be like this, without this small round ball, it is uncomfortable.
Skip this weirdness, look at the pagoda itself, in addition to the shape is more peculiar, there is nothing else to attract attention, the whole tower body is smooth and simple, simple and smooth, all the portal cornices, all are dark and swarthy, there is no general tower-like items are brilliant, exquisite and grandiose bearing, the whole pagoda, in addition to faintly revealing a majestic and heavy atmosphere, there is no wonder at all.
There are twelve of them, each of which is a replica of the same mold in batches, and there is no difference between them. This kind of thing, if you don't know the specific situation, even if you see it as a set of well-made crafts, it is very normal, and no one will notice that it is a magic weapon.
At this time, these twelve small pagodas, in the pattern of four inner and eight outside, form a square, a regular octagonal double ring, overlapping and surrounding each other. In the double ring, although the twelve pagodas are not connected to each other, they are firmly fixed in the position where they should stay under the absorption of a mysterious force, maintaining the stability of the inner and outer ring-like structure of the whole treasure, no matter how you fiddle with it, it will not deviate in the slightest.
If you look closely, you can also find that the inner and outer two-story structure composed of these twelve small pagodas is slowly moving around the same origin in diametrically opposite directions, and the inner ring moves in a clockwise direction for two weeks, and the outer ring moves in a counterclockwise direction for one week. And with their movement, in the blank space between the two layers of annular structure, a mysterious power can not help but slowly brew, looming, making people unclear.
"Could it be that this is the legendary array plate?!" Just as everyone in the hall passed to each other to admire this strange treasure, suddenly there was a sound of uncertain speculation from the crowd. Listening to the suspicious, slightly unpleasant tone, it was obvious that the person who spoke was not very sure whether this treasure was a complete array plate or not.
"Array Plate?!...... Yes, why didn't I think that there was such a strange item that matched the characteristics of this treasure!" Hearing the word "array plate", everyone in the hall immediately let out a sudden sigh of enlightenment. Obviously, under someone's prompting, they all recalled the information attributes of the array disk, and finally determined what the treasure that Ye Qiuli took out was.
However, although it has been roughly determined that the Tribulation Formation designed and manufactured by Ye Qiuli is the one that everyone is seeing, considering that he has always played cards out of common sense and acted in an unexpected manner, Sikong Jiexing, as a representative of everyone, still asked in surprise: "Well, Brother Ye, this is really a Formation Plate, that is, the Crossing Tribulation Formation you designed?"
Seeing that everyone finally guessed the true identity of this treasure they had refined, Ye Qiuli no longer let them bother with more brains, and confirmed with a smile: "Yes, this is exactly the Thunder God Array that I painstakingly designed and carefully manufactured, in order to be easy to use, it was directly refined into the form of an array disk, and when needed, it can be used when it is released, completely avoiding the complicated and troublesome formation process." ”
"Hehe, Brother Ye is really generous! I'm afraid that only a refining master like you, who is rich in wealth, has the ability and means to refine this kind of superb treasure, but ordinary people don't even think about it. The materials for refining this array plate are probably enough to refine several treasure-level magic weapons!" After Ye Qiuli was confirmed, Sikong Xingxing couldn't help but sigh.
As a professional cultivator who has been in the industry for thousands of years and deals with magic weapons and elixirs and heavenly materials and earth treasures all day long, Sikong Xingxing has naturally heard of such a famous thing as the array plate, and he also has a good understanding of its functional attributes. It's just that he didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to see the birth of a top-level array plate with his own eyes, but he didn't think of this kind of extreme treasure for a while.
As mentioned above, although the treasure of the array plate is very convenient to use, and the power of the top-level array disk is also very amazing, the requirements for refining it are very high, not only must there be extremely superb refining methods, but the formation technique cannot be left behind, without the level of master-level formation, it is difficult to refine a high-quality array disk. In the final analysis, the key factor that determines the power of the array disc lies in the layout of the formation.
In addition to the superb level of refining weapons and arrays, the resources required to refine the array plate are also very large, which is beyond the ability of ordinary people to bear, especially when refining the high-level array disk, it consumes more materials than refining treasure-level magic weapons. After all, if you want to make a set of extremely mysterious formations completely fixed, and you can't lose its power, but also ensure that it can be used at any time, the difficulty is obviously many times greater than the normal way of arranging the formation, and the manufacturing of related magic weapons is also more complicated, and the waste of materials is completely reasonable.
It is precisely because of this extremely demanding requirement that in the cultivation world, although the array disk is very easy to use, the number is very rare, and the treasures that have reached the treasure level are even more rare, countless times rarer than the real treasure, and the vast majority of cultivators may not have the opportunity to see it in their lifetime. At this time, Ye Qiuli suddenly took out such a special treasure, which was indeed very unexpected by everyone, and it was no wonder that they didn't think of this kind of thing for a while.
After quickly recalling the relevant information of the array disk in his mind, Sikong Xingxing immediately laughed heartily again: "It seems that Brother Ye is confident about this set of Thunder God Array, and he actually directly spent a lot of heavenly materials and earth treasures to refine it into a finished top-level array disk!" At this moment, he had a little more confidence in the set of Tribulation Formation designed and manufactured by Ye Qiuli, and he believed that Ye Qiuli would definitely not waste materials to do that kind of meaningless thing.
"Hehe, even if I am confident now, in the end, it still depends on its specific performance under the Heavenly Tribulation, and without actual combat testing, I can't be completely sure how much help this formation can provide. Hearing Sikong picking up the stars' praise and exclamation, although Ye Qiuli's heart was very comfortable, he didn't show much smugness on his face, and after a slight pause, he quickly smiled very self-containedly.
However, modesty is modesty, and he is still quite confident in the actual effect of this set of Thunder God Array. After all, it was a magical treasure that he had spent countless efforts and energy to create, and from the beginning of the design, all aspects had been perfected to the extreme, and with the special physique of his innate thunder spirit body, he would eventually be able to exert a powerful power far beyond the imagination of ordinary people in the process of crossing the tribulation.