Chapter 9: Compression

The palm of the hand was lightly raised, and the spiritual power drilled out from the fingers, pulling out a line thinner than a hair, and the line formed by the spiritual power seemed to be a willow branch swaying in the wind, weak and windy, but delicate and solid. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Tang Chen's fingers began to tremble slightly, the spiritual power line seemed to be being held by an invisible hand, extending in the air, a few circles, after a few turns, the prototype of a formation was already faintly visible, with the rapid extension of the spiritual power line, the form of the formation became more and more obvious.

The lines crisscrossed and closed in the air, flying wantonly, and the formation became clearer and more perfect.

When I first started drawing the formation, the movement trajectory of the spiritual power line was not particularly smooth.

The last time I worked in the refining workshop was a month ago, and although I had time to practice after leaving, I was out of actual combat after all, and I was a little rusty at the beginning. Tang Chen was engrossed, putting aside all distracting thoughts, and concentrating all his energy on the spiritual power line.

The speed at which he carved the formation was extremely fast, and in the flying of his ten fingers, the spiritual power line seemed to be given life, constantly growing on its own, accurately, and quickly, and the whole process was like flowing water, as if the lines should have those changes, and they were natural and without condensation.

The formation is constantly being completed, and his speed is getting faster and faster.

Under his control, the spiritual power line danced like a butterfly, and there was no trace of jerky condensation. When the line stopped advancing, a formation composed purely of spiritual power lines was announced. The drawn formation is light and clear, like a new spider web, quietly stretching in the air, weak and delicate, as if a breeze blowing can destroy it.

This is a [water array], from the perspective of improving the reliability of the rattan rope, the [water array] that can continuously absorb water and raise the rattan rope has a far more obvious effect than [firm].

Tang Chen squinted his eyes and admired the formation in front of him, and his face was pale: "Well, my brother's level is always trustworthy, and it's difficult to miss." ”

There are two main points in depicting formations: one is fingering practice, and the other is familiarity and understanding of formations.

The former determines the speed of the formation, and the latter determines the stability of the formation.

For mid- and low-level refiners, it is difficult to juggle both. This is because the faster the formation is drawn, the more likely it is to make mistakes, and the more difficult it is to ensure the stability of the formation, and the unstable formation has no value. Therefore, many people will choose to slow down to ensure that the formation is stable enough.

Tang Chen didn't have any trouble in this regard.

With the careful guidance of a refining master, Tang Chen's understanding of the formation method has reached a considerable level, as long as he is not too careless, the stability of the formation will basically not be a problem.

The portrayal formation is Tang Chen's forte, and there is a reason for this.

When there was a shortage of spirit stones, Tang Chen would go to the local refining workshop to seek job opportunities.

Refining is the only production skill that can bring him good returns, and in order to shorten the working hours, he spares no effort to improve the efficiency of refining tools, and he also practices his fingering diligently.

Because of his cultivation and age, he usually needs to face the suspicious eyes of the stewards, not to mention that the asking price of this guy is not low. He needs to show his ability, and the quick and steady portrayal of the formation can help him quickly dispel the doubts of the stewards. With this hand, even if he couldn't refine a higher-level magic weapon, it was enough to deal with refining materials and primary-refining embryos. Moreover, his shortcomings of low cultivation and young age sometimes turned into advantages, which meant that he was likely to have a glorious future, and many refining workshops wanted to entrap him.

Tang Chen himself was well aware of this and made full use of it.

Many stewards thought that they could use Xiaoli to tempt this seemingly cute teenager and make Tang Chen stay desperately. It turned out that they took it for granted, the higher the reward they gave, the sooner Tang Chen would leave, as long as he earned enough supplies, he would leave in search of his favorite ingredients.

The depiction of the formation Tang Chen was completed very easily, and the next step was to drive the drawn formation into the rattan rope.

That's the real challenge!

After confirming that the formation was stable enough, Tang Chen no longer hesitated and controlled the formation to move towards the vine rope.

The [Gathering Water Array] composed of spiritual power is as soft as yarn, ethereal, and the spiritual power is dense, like a dream, like a delicate and fragile work of art. The water gathering array elephant was pulled by an invisible hand, and slowly moved closer to the rattan rope.

While moving the formation, Tang Chen began to compress the formation.

The area of the drawn formation is too large, and the magic weapon or embryo can be inserted after compression to keep the formation complete.

The area of the formation continued to shrink, from the initial plate to the size of a fist, and the spiritual power line became more condensed, and finally fixed into a circle about two fingers wide. With the cultivation of the fifth layer of qi refining, it is definitely a matter of pride to be able to compress the water gathering array to two fingers wide, but Tang Chen's face is not half colorful, and his brows are furrowed.

A two-finger-wide formation is more than enough to penetrate the general legal or embryonic formation, but it is not enough now.

Far from enough.

The rattan rope has an irregular shape, and the difficulty of breaking into it has increased sharply, but Tang Chen is confident that it can be solved with techniques.

The biggest problem is that the rattan rope as a carrier is too thin compared to the compressed formation.

The thickest single rattan is about two fingers in diameter, but the thick rattan is a minority after all, and it is more of a rattan rope kneaded by multiple rattans. The rattan rope is kneaded into rattan rope, and the diameter of a single root is generally less than one finger, and it is absolutely impossible to enter the formation.

The formation needs to be further compressed.

The spiritual power enveloped the water gathering array, and pressed the water gathering array towards the center. In order to avoid damaging the structure of the formation, Tang Chen did not dare to arbitrarily force pressure, and carefully looked for the gap in the formation.

Half a pillar of incense passed, Tang Chen's forehead was dripping with sweat, and the water gathering array still maintained the size of two fingers.

The cold light in Tang Chen's eyes flashed, and he began to increase the output of spiritual power, recklessly.

The spiritual power line of the formation began to tremble, and signs of instability gradually appeared.

Forcibly suppressing the formation may damage its internal structure and cause the formation to fail, which has always been a taboo for refining. But now Tang Chen was a little desperate, and seeing that the water gathering array still showed no signs of shrinking, he was willing to stop easily and urge the spiritual power in his body with all his might.

"Phew!"

The water gathering array exploded into a cloud of spiritual mist.

Tang Chen was hit by the air flow and sat on the ground, his eyes glazed.

The kitten that was sleeping soundly in Tang Chen's arms suffered from the disaster of the pond fish, and he didn't understand what was going on at all, and was scared a lot. The kitten flew up from Tang Chen's arms and tried to hide to a safe place, but he hit the trunk of the tree in a panic. The kitten shook its little head blankly and found that the sky was full of stars.

After a while, the cat came back to its senses and looked at Tang Chen with resentment, his face full of innocence.

"Have you reached the limit......" Tang Chen turned a blind eye to the cat and muttered to himself.

He quickly ruled it out.

When he was in Qianfu Gate, he saw with his own eyes that his master compressed a more complex formation to the size of a mung bean. The water gathering array is just a basic formation, the structure is simple, the lines are clear, and there is no reason why it can't be suppressed. It can only be said that he did not find a suitable method.

The simplest and most effective compression formation is spiritual power suppression, just like Tang Chen did before, but the extent to which this method can be achieved is directly related to the depth of the caster's cultivation. The master is a Jindan monk, and it is not difficult to compress the formation to the size of a mung bean, Tang Chen's cultivation is only five layers of qi refining, and compressing the formation to the size of two fingers is already his limit.

The gap in cultivation is not something that can be made up by a thorough understanding of the formation.

It's cultivation again......

Cultivation is the foundation of a monk, and I am not deceived!

With this shortcoming, Tang Chen has nothing to do for the time being, and he has to find another way.

The key to compressing the formation is to find the gap between the spiritual power lines, and it is easier to compress it at the beginning stage, because the formation is large enough and the spiritual power line is relatively clear, it is not difficult to find the gap. As the formation was pressed smaller and smaller, many spiritual power lines were entangled in a small space, and it became more and more difficult to sort out the veins in it.

In order to further compress the formation, it is necessary to find the gaps between the spiritual power lines.

To find the gaps, you must see the structure of the compressed formation!

The question is, how can you see the compressed structure? At this point, the role of the eye is very limited, at most it looks at the outer structure, and as for the inside, the eye is beyond its reach.

Tang Chen thought hard, and his brows twisted into pimples.

How can you see the structure inside......

He jumped up suddenly: Divine sense!

Consciousness is colorless, tasteless, formless, and substantial, but it is real. The area covered by the divine consciousness is like a small tentacle full of invisible, it is pervasive, and where there are gaps, the divine consciousness can almost penetrate into it. The blind spots that are invisible to the naked eye are clearly reproduced in front of the divine consciousness, and no subtle changes can be hidden.

Theoretically, the divine consciousness should be able to see the internal structure of the formation!

Tang Chen stopped talking, put his hands on his chest, and his ten fingers bloomed like orchids. In a short time, a new water gathering array was completed, and the time taken was even shorter than the first time. As soon as the water gathering array took shape, Tang Chen began to compress it until he compressed the formation to the size of two fingers.

Taking a deep breath, after his mood calmed down, Tang Chen closed his eyes and released his divine sense.

The divine consciousness quickly drilled into the formation, and the formation structure was reflected in Tang Chen's mind from the outside in.

There is a door!

Tang Chen didn't immediately start to compress further, he patiently observed each spiritual power line in the formation, measuring the relative distance between the lines and the connections between them. He pondered: where to move first, where to move later, where to press, where to linkage......

In my mind, the compression scheme is constantly refined.

Now is the time!

Ten fingers suddenly shuttled and swayed like flowers, and the two-finger formation was like a marionette controlled by fingers, trembling, and small pits continued to appear on the surface. The small pit is born and destroyed, and before and after each birth and death, there seems to be no major change in the appearance of the formation, but after countless births and deaths, the transformation effect of the formation becomes obvious.

The formation is getting smaller!

Although the speed was slow, it was enough to make Tang Chen feel excited, which showed that his method was correct and feasible. It doesn't matter if the speed is slower now, this is the first time he has tried to analyze the formation with his divine sense, and he needs to adapt to the process, and as his proficiency gradually increases, he believes that the efficiency will become higher and higher.

He is not afraid of slow progress, he is afraid of no direction.

The formation is still compressing, but it is getting harder and harder to compress.

When the formation was pressed to a finger's width, Tang Chen was sweating profusely, his eyes were red, the green tendons on his forehead were jumping suddenly, and his ten fingers were no longer moving as if they were carrying a heavy burden, shaking like a pendulum.

Tang Chen could only grit his teeth and insist, if he couldn't compress the formation and punch it in one go, the formation would lose control, and even if it didn't burst, it would directly return to the initial state when the formation was drawn, which meant that the previous efforts were wasted and he needed to start all over again.

Tang Chen thought of the spring, the more oppression, the stronger the resistance, and the more spiritual power was consumed.

His face was red, and he tried his best to control his spiritual power.

"Just a little bit!"

"Be small, be small, be small!"

The formation, which had been immobile for a while, finally gave way by a small step.

Under the shroud of divine consciousness, Tang Chen could perceive every change in the formation for the first time.

It's a small step, but it's enough!

With the last remaining spiritual power, the compressed formation was driven into the vine rope, and the formation quickly disappeared.

Tang Chen didn't have time to check whether the formation could work normally, and fell to the ground.