Chapter 922 Tao and Quality
Elder Zheng patiently explained the ink painting.
Mo Hua nodded slowly, thoughtfully, "In that case, it is possible for a second-grade formation master to activate a third-grade formation?"
"Theoretically, this is true, but the conditions will be more stringent," Elder Zheng said. "First of all, this type of formation must be designed and constructed through 'reducing grain' from the beginning to reduce costs and increase efficiency."
"Secondly, a second-level formation master cannot draw this kind of formation. At most, he can only use it."
"Because it is a third-grade formation after all. If the realm is not enough, even if it can be used, the effectiveness will be greatly reduced."
"Again, the mandatory requirement for the use of the formation is divine consciousness."
"What level of spiritual consciousness can you use to use what level of formation. Even if the third-level formation is lowered, it still requires at least the spiritual consciousness of the peak foundation building level. It is still too difficult for ordinary monks."< br>
"If you don't learn formations and hone your spiritual consciousness, most monks, even if they have peak foundation-building cultivation, will not be able to have peak foundation-building spiritual consciousness."
"Therefore, it is almost impossible to use this little third-grade formation in the foundation-building realm. Even if it can be used, the effectiveness of the formation is very weak and does not make much sense."
"But..."
Elder Zheng glanced at Mo Hua and after thinking for a moment, he understood Mo Hua's intention. His eyes lit up and he asked:
"Do you want to try to activate the thunder magnetic array disk that you got from 'killing people and seizing treasures'?"
"I didn't kill anyone!" Mo Hua emphasized again, "Besides, it's not about killing people to seize treasures."
I am a serious monk and generally do not do such unseemly things.
Unless forced to do so.
Elder Zheng obviously didn't take it too seriously, and pondered for a moment, "Although the conditions for using the Falling Pattern Formation are harsh, your talent is so good that you unexpectedly meet them..."
In particular, the super level of spiritual consciousness has exceeded three levels, which is really unbelievable.
Elder Zheng is still shocked when he thinks about it.
Sometimes he even had the urge to open Mo Hua's head to see what kind of structure he had in his mind, and why he had the consciousness of peak Foundation Establishment in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.
"Thunder and Magnetic Formation works on microscopic thunder and magnets. It is different from general formations in that it does not pay attention to the size of the power or the scale of spiritual power. Even the use of 'Reducing Patterns' has little effect."
"However, after all, you are only at the second level. Even if you activate the thunder magnetic array disk, you can only activate it a little bit. The real thunder magnetic effect cannot be exerted to one-tenth or two..."
Mo Hua nodded, "A little is enough."
He didn't fully count on the thunder disk.
The thunder disk is just a "stepping stone". His real reliance is the secondary thunder pattern produced by Guiyuan, that is, the "little thunder man".
"As long as you have an idea." Elder Zheng said.
Smart children don't need to be restrained too much and let them learn things on their own. In this way, they will be surprised.
Of course, it would be better if this "surprise" could not develop into a "fright"...
Elder Zheng glanced at Mo Hua silently, then pondered for a moment, took out a jade slip, moved his consciousness slightly, entered some words in it, and handed the jade slip to Mo Hua.
"I have recorded some of my experiences on 'reducing grain' into this jade slip. You can take a look at it when you have time. I won't say much else."
Mo Hua was overjoyed, took the jade slip and thanked him: "Thank you, senior!"
After chatting about the formation, the jade slips were obtained, the tea was drunk, and Elder Zheng was about to go back, Mo Hua stood up and left.
"Ink painting."
Elder Zheng suddenly stopped him, his eyes looking thoughtful, as if he wanted to say something, but he was a little worried.
"Senior, is there anything else?" Mo Hua asked doubtfully.
Elder Zheng thought for a moment, sighed, and slowly said:
"The matter of 'lowering the pattern' is not recognized by orthodox formation masters. Most formation masters in the world are seeking more advanced formations and will not lower themselves to use low-level formations."
"But you have to know that 'reducing lines' itself is not a trick or a self-defeating figure. It is also a 'Tao' itself."
"In this world, low-grade and high-grade things coexist. The same is true for formations, especially large-scale and large-scale formations."
"First-grade, second-grade, third-grade and even above-third-grade formations must be taken into consideration and work together in the grand formation."
"Just like in this world, people refining qi, building foundations, golden elixirs and even Yuhua Dongxu, regardless of their level of realm, all live together in this world."
"The principles of heaven and earth are all-encompassing, accommodate all things, and benefit the common people."
"The real world events must concern all the people in the world and profoundly affect all the monks in this world, from Qi Refining to Dongxu, from low-level to high-level."
"Yu Hua Dongxu, although his realm is high and his cultivation is strong, there is still too much that can't be done by one person alone."
"Arrays are the same as people. Sometimes, a simple high-grade array may not really benefit the people of the world."
"If you want to form a big formation, you must include thousands of formations, regardless of superiority or inferiority."
"If you want to accomplish great things, you must also concentrate all your efforts, from refining Qi to Dongxu, you cannot ignore it."
Elder Zheng took a deep look at Mo Hua, "This is just some gossip, but..."
"Your talent is too strong, and you learned formations...too quickly. I'm afraid that you will keep studying upwards, learn too quickly, and rise too high, but you will ignore some underlying issues..."
Mo Hua was stunned and lost his mind.
He couldn't help but think of what his mother said to him a long time ago, when he first started learning formations and making a stove for his mother:
"Not only formation masters, but all monks are the same. When people walk to higher places, they will not look down..."
When he first heard this, he felt mixed emotions.
Thinking back on it now, I actually felt a little bit of alarm in my heart.
"Did I unknowingly forget to look down when I was walking to higher places?"
Mo Hua frowned.
Elder Zheng was both surprised and relieved when he saw the ink painting looking blank and thoughtful.
Sure enough, if you don't have such a thing as Taoist heart, you won't understand it no matter what you say. But if you do have it, you can understand it with a little mention.
……
After bidding farewell to Elder Zheng and returning to his disciple's residence, Mo Hua sat on the futon and thought deeply.
Elder Zheng may have just made a temporary suggestion and made some kind suggestions, but these words touched him deeply.
A monk practices Taoism, one level and one realm.
Cultivation, formations, elixirs, weapon refining, talismans, etc. all have "grades". Monks follow this set of "grades" and move up step by step.
Every step you take, every level you pass, you are superior to others.
Although there are high and low realms, and there are certainly strong and weak cultivation levels, things like "grade" seem to be forcibly defined by people following certain rules.
Master seemed to have mentioned this to himself at the beginning.
Grades are man-made "rules" and human limitations of the Tao, not the Tao itself.
Monks spend their entire lives pursuing "grade".
After practicing hard and crossing the level, the cultivation level has been strengthened and the skills have been improved, but...has the nature of human beings changed?
High-level monks are human beings, but low-level monks are not human beings?
As your realm improves, can you be superior to others, and can you take advantage of your cultivation to ignore, despise, despise, or even wantonly exploit, oppress, and kill low-level monks?
More importantly, grades are rules set by people.
According to this rule, will the end of the "grade" really be the "Tao"? Can you really become an "immortal"?
Mo Hua had doubts in his heart.
For the first time, the concept of "grade" showed signs of disappearing in his mind.
At the same time, he also had a glimmer of enlightenment.
What monks should seek is "Tao", not "Quality".
The second grade is condensed from the first grade.
The foundation is built by refining Qi.
The great road embraces all things, so there is no need to see the grades clearly.
You cannot just learn high-grade formations and ignore the application of low-grade formations.
Don't just pursue high realms and ignore the common people below high levels.
Mo Hua then thought again: "But the problem is that it seems that the 'quality' of this realm must be cultivated..."
Although the rules are set by humans, they have been passed down for tens of thousands of years and have become an inherent practice system.
If you want to practice step by step and gain stronger power step by step, you must follow this framework.
With his current cultivation and knowledge, he cannot escape.
He still has to go step by step and move up step by step.
The formation goes from the first level to the second level, from the second level to the third level... The same goes for the cultivation level, from refining Qi to building foundation, from building foundation to golden elixir, and then to feathering...
But...
"If I keep going up and follow this framework, will one day become like other high-level monks, relying on their cultivation to be powerful, condescending and arrogant?"
“In this case, doesn’t it mean that we are seeking ‘quality’ instead of ‘Tao’?”
It's not impossible.
Mo Hua knows very well that the environment will change people.
If one day, I really have been in a "high and powerful position" for a long time, it is really hard to say what I am still thinking about at that time, whether I will deviate from my original intention, and whether I will forget my current feelings.
"When people walk to higher places, they don't look down..."
Mother's words rang in Mo Hua's ears again.
He thought for a moment and thought:
"As long as I remember this sentence, no matter how high my realm is or how strong my cultivation is, I always remember to look down and everything will be fine..."
"When my cultivation is high enough, reaching the sky, and I can still remember to look down, then maybe I will really know what 'Tao' is and what 'immortal' is."
Cultivation takes one step at a time. These thoughts and insights may seem useless, but they will settle in his heart and lay the foundation for his future pursuit of Taoism and immortality. Mo Hua nodded, his eyes bright.
When he came to his senses, he realized that he still had something to do.
"Thunder Magnetic Array Disk!"
This is business now.
Mo Hua began to gather his thoughts and continued to study the thunder magnetic array disk.
He first carefully read the formation experience that Elder Zheng gave him from beginning to end, and then simulated it in his mind, and then started to play with the thunder magnetic formation disk in front of him.
The thunder magnetic array disk has a jade base, a red gold rim, and silver wire engraved patterns. The magnetic patterns on it are densely covered, and the structure is very precise.
This should be a set of third-grade array plates.
However, because the dead "Mr. Yuan" had limited attainments in formations, the formation board was "downgraded", so the true grade of the formation board is actually between the second and third grades, and is considered "quasi-third grade".
This is a manifestation of Mr. Yuan's lack of ability, and it also facilitates ink painting.
Mo Hua began to follow Elder Zheng's instructions and use the second-grade formation eyes inside the formation disk to forcefully activate the third-grade formation disk.
As Elder Zheng said, this is an "unconventional" usage.
Rao Shi Mo Hua's spiritual consciousness has reached the limit of the peak of the nineteen patterns, and it is very difficult to activate it.
Moreover, the consumption of spiritual stones is also huge, but in the blink of an eye, hundreds of spiritual stones are integrated into the thunder magnetic array disk like water, and they are still being consumed...
Mo Hua felt a little distressed.
If it fails, all these spiritual stones will be in vain.
However, in order to study the Thunder Magnetic Formation and the natal magic weapon, these spiritual stones must be spent even if they are not spent.
Fortunately, the formation itself was designed by others according to the specifications, and he only briefly activated it, so it was not too difficult.
And the Thunder Magnetic Array Disk also lived up to Mo Hua's spiritual stone.
After burning the incense, it trembled slightly and flashed out a light blue thunder magnetic light. A secondary thunder flow with clear "instructions" penetrated the guest order along the formation disk and connected a small area. Fixed magnetic pattern.
With Mo Hua's strength, he is still unable to fully activate this thunder magnetic array disk. This formation can only go so far.
But that's enough.
On the bottom layer of the sect's token, the structure of the "merit library" is the most rigorous. The dense magnetic patterns are like "bricks and stones", building a city to protect the inner secrets.
This is a solid metamagnetic city.
Ink painting is not about conquering this "city".
Of course, with his ability, he couldn't break it.
His thunder magnet villain can only "tamper with" and has no "offensive and defensive" capabilities.
Therefore, he needed to use the "quasi-third-grade" thunder magnetic array disk to generate a thunder magnetic current with a "digestion" command, and open a small opening in this "city".
In this way, the villain Lei Ci can pass through this "opening", bypass the magnetic pattern defense, and penetrate into the "merit library" at the core of the Demon Sect.
The thunder formation is used for offense and defense, and the thunder villain is used for penetration. This combination is perfect.
Under the control of the ink painting, the thunder magnetic array plate produced a subtle secondary thunder flow, like an arrow, whizzing out along the established magnetic lines, hitting the "city wall" constructed by the magnetic lines at the bottom of the Demon Sect. "Above.
For a moment, the electro-optical energy surged.
But the whole process happened in the microscopic thunder magnet. Except for the ink painting that silently controlled everything, no one could notice this magical and subtle scene.
Soon, the impregnable magnetic pattern city wall was "blasted" with a small gap by the arrow-like secondary thunder flow generated by the thunder magnetic array disk.
The little Lei Ci man immediately followed the gap and penetrated into the Demon Sect's Yuan Ci library with a "squeak" sound, leaving only a small streak of lightning.
"Success!"
Mo Hua's eyes lit up.
This is the first time he has successfully activated the thunder magnetic array disk, which can be regarded as the first step towards becoming an "orthodox" thunder magnetic array master.
This attempt also gave him the initial idea in his mind to combine the thunder and lightning formation with the thunder and lightning villain to complement each other and carry out thunder and lightning attack, defense and penetration.
The villain Lei Ci successfully penetrated into the "Magnetic Pattern City", and Mo Hua began to work officially.
Generally speaking, this kind of obvious attack and penetration will be noticed by other lightning array masters.
But Mr. Yuan is dead, and the Demon Sect's Thunder Magnetic Array has no one to maintain it. Even the "Ke Qing Ling", which serves as the interface for the Yuan Magnetic Renewal Array, is in Mo Hua's hands.
Mo Hua is both a thief and a bodyguard, so he naturally has no scruples.
The little Lei Ci infiltrated into the "Vault of Merit", and with the help of the Little Thunder Ci, Mo Hua could sense the dense magnetic patterns in front of him, which were as neat and tight as "tofu cubes".
Ink painting is now relatively proficient in magnetic pattern annotation.
These densely packed magnetic patterns can be seen in his eyes, and within a few breaths, he will automatically "convert" them into words:
"Blood Lotus Technique, third level, entry-level technique, absorbs the blood of others and blends into one's own blood. It can operate for up to twelve weeks... Requires Demonic Merit Points: one hundred."
"Blood Lotus Fruit, an evil substance needed to practice the Blood Lotus Kung Fu, is tempered with human blood, once every three years. Demonic Merit Points: twenty..."
"Ten years of blood lotus fruit, nourished with human blood, grown for ten years... Demonic points: two hundred."
"The vampire knife is a second-grade evil weapon. It kills people and sucks blood. The more it sucks, the stronger it becomes. This is a standard evil weapon, which is simplified from the devil's most precious treasure, the Sky-Swallowing Blood Blade... Demonic Honor Points: four hundred."
"..."
The place below is densely packed with a wide variety of Demon Sect practice methods and items.
"It is indeed the merit library of the Demon Sect."
"Could the Four Elephants Blue Dragon Formation be hidden inside?"
Mo Hua said in his heart.
If the Qinglong Formation, the top formation of the Four Elephants with the power of the divine beast, is really hidden in the treasure house of this Demon Sect, then it will save me a lot of trouble.
There are signs of his own natal magic weapon.
Mo Hua said silently in his heart:
"The Four Elephants Blue Dragon Formation, the Four Elephants Green Dragon Formation... it must be there, it must be there..."
After reciting this silently several times, the ink painting began to "retrieve" one magnetic pattern after another.
One magnetic pattern after another was "deciphered" into words by the ink paintings, and then recorded on the jade slips.
Everyone in the Demon Sect has no idea that their most precious "treasury of merit" is being "peeped" bit by bit by Mo Hua.
As for this blood-sucking demon sect, I don't know where the inheritance is. There are quite a lot of meritorious items in it. The ink paintings have to be "peeped" one by one and "decoded" one by one. It is impossible to read ten lines at a glance, so it is quite time-consuming.
In this way, it took half a month for Mo Hua to finally decipher the Demon Sect's "Treasury of Merits", and he transcribed many of the items.
Most of these inheritances or items are related to magic cultivation and cannot be used in ink paintings.
A very small part is the inheritance of the righteous way, maybe it was snatched by murder, the grade is not high, and it is not rare. Compared with the fifth-grade Taixu Sect's profound meritorious achievements, it really pales in comparison, and the ink paintings can't look down on it.
Among them, there is no shadow of the Four-Elephant Azure Dragon Formation.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer things left, Mo Hua couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
If the Azure Dragon Formation Diagram cannot be found in this merit library, then the matter of the natal magic weapon will be extremely difficult.
He could only think of a way to kill the leader of the Demon Sect who was in the late Jindan stage and was armed with the Azure Dragon Formation and whose strength was unfathomable.
In this way, the difficulty becomes several times higher.
In the third-level state boundary, there is really no clue to kill such a big demon in the Golden Core Realm, who only has Mo Hua who has cultivated in the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
"Let me be lazy...let me worry less..."
"Give me the Four Elephants Blue Dragon Formation..."
Mo Hua hoped in his heart.
But in the Demon Sect's merit library, the Four Elephants Blue Dragon Formation never appeared.
Mo Hua could only be patient, keep searching and deciphering.
In this way, he deciphered until the last item.
This item has the highest encryption level, and it looks like a "formation". Mo Hua's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help but look forward to it.
"Green Dragon Formation, Green Dragon Formation..."
Mo Hua recited it silently in his heart twice more, and then began to "decrypt" it.
Decryption took a while.
What finally appeared in front of the ink painting was a three-character item name.
Not surprisingly, it is not the Four-Elephant Blue Dragon Formation.
The hanging heart in the ink painting is finally dead.
"Sure enough, there is no such thing as pie in the sky..."
Since the Four Symbols Green Dragon Formation is so precious and was researched by Mr. Tu using the lives of so many demon cultivators in the Ten Thousand Demon Valley, it is impossible for it to fall into his own hands simply...
Mo Hua sighed and deciphered the last three words in disappointment, then took a look and suddenly froze.
At that moment, he thought he had seen it wrong.
This is...
"Reverse Spirit Formation?!"
Under the name of the formation, there is a line of comments:
"Twenty patterns of the second grade, an alternative array, which contains a certain amount of spiritual power. It is extremely difficult to understand, the effect is unknown, and the use is unknown. Demonic points: three thousand..."
Mo Hua took a slow breath.
He never expected that the last thing hidden in the Demon Sect's merit library would be...
The second-grade and twenty-mark counter-spiritual formation? !
(End of chapter)