Chapter 215 Formation Genius
The classes in Dinggui's class lasted from morning until sunset, and there was already a group of people holding swords standing outside Dinggui's class.
These holding swords temporarily assume the identity of book boys. When school is over, these holding swords will come running to greet their owners.
But when Tian Lin went out, Yu'er couldn't get close to Tian Lin at all, and those holding swords who greeted their master also watched helplessly as their master surrounded Tian Lin, an unrelated person.
"Junior Brother Tian, what exactly is Sword Intent, and how did you cultivate it?"
"Junior brother Tian, from now on you teach me sword skills, and I will teach you how to mourn."
A group of people were chattering, and they all had a heart to become sword cultivators.
Tian Lin was also helpless. He didn't know how to practice sword intent.
He eats the water spirit rice to increase his sword intent, but this method is only effective for him. He can't let these people eat the water spirit rice, right?
"Brothers, the sages have already written down the methods of practicing swordsmanship in great detail in books. Junior brother, I am from Huahualang. Where can I find a better way to teach people than the sages?"
"Forget it, if someone wants to hide their secrets, can you and I force them to do it?"
Some people said something dissatisfied and simply walked away.
But many people present were not unreasonable. Even if they felt that Tian Lin was hiding something secret, they could understand.
A group of people saluted each other, found their own swords and left.
As soon as Tian Lin returned to the cave, he took out the animal skins and other items he brought from the school from the storage bag.
The small cave was filled with a stench for an instant.
"Master, what does this smell like?"
"This is the homework assigned to us by Senior Brother Changxue today. Let us make talisman paper and hand it in tomorrow."
After listening to Tian Lin's words, Yu'er hurriedly came up and said, "My maid, come and help me."
Tian Lin waved his hand: "Since it is classwork, there is no reason for others to interfere?"
He rolled up his sleeves and asked Cui'er to fetch a basin of water, then took some medicine and started tanning the hides.
The Talisman Maker always had medicine for drying animal skins, and Tian Lin spent half an hour on it.
He cut the animal skin into strips and then made it into squares of the same size. Then he took a talisman pen and started drawing talismans.
Tian Lin actually has little interest in drawing talismans, but if he wants to enter Class C, he must take five elective courses every month.
At the end of the night, he spent all his time drawing symbols and carving formation patterns.
"Whether it's making talismans or setting up formations, I have no talent. In the future, as long as I can cope with the monthly exams, I don't have to worry about these left-field subjects."
Tian Lin actually has another trick, which is the 'cold fragrant leaves' in the storage bag.
Mei Xiangu picked twenty pieces of cold fragrant leaves from the goddess tree and gave them to Tian Lin. These twenty pieces of cold fragrant leaves were equivalent to twenty pieces of enlightenment tea.
The prompt words of the Enlightenment Tea are treasures that can be used to understand the great way, and they are not limited to magical powers.
Making talismans and setting up formations is one of the three thousand avenues. If you use Enlightenment Tea to understand it, the secrets of making talisman and setting up formations will be easily understood.
But Tian Lin is reluctant to use the cold fragrant leaves. His top priority is the Five Elements Dharmakaya.
But at present, only the Tiansheng Water Pill can achieve the Water Element Dharmakaya. Tian Lin has not been able to find the auxiliary elixir for the other four elements Dharmakaya.
Tian Lin planned to use [Enlightenment Tea] instead when he lacked auxiliary elixirs, so he would not use it easily.
A few more days passed like this. It was not long after Tian Lin arrived at Dinggui class, but it happened to be the time for Dinggui class's monthly exam.
Early in the morning, the entire Calabash Peak and even the entire Taoist Sect were filled with cries.
Because funerary studies are easy to pass the examination, nearly 90% of Taoist disciples have studied this subject.
Ninety percent of the disciples were wailing together, wasn't the sound shocking the heavens?
Although Tian Lin only studied for a few days, he also joined the mourning procession.
After mourning, it was time to write a eulogy silently. Fortunately, the questions in Class D's assessment were not too difficult, and Tian Lin got a 'middle-to-lower' grade.
"For the formation assessment, the candidates will set questions among themselves as usual."
The person responsible for presiding over the Dinggui Class monthly exam is Senior Brother Changxue, but today’s exam is being conducted in addition to the teaching elder, Elder Xue.
Also because of the arrival of Elder Xue, a powerful Nascent Soul man, the people in Dinggui's class all looked extra serious.
"Junior brothers, I have twenty-one bamboo sticks in this tube. Each of you will take one out of them, and those with the same number will give each other questions."
After Senior Brother Changxue finished speaking, he suddenly showed a strange smile: "Whoever draws the number eleven, I will give each other questions."
The students in Dinggui's class obviously knew the rules, so they knew that the rules were not very fair, but no one said anything.
Soon, a group of people took bamboo sticks, and finally it was Tian Lin's turn.
He took out a bamboo stick from the bamboo stick and glanced at the word "四" on the bamboo stick, feeling neither sad nor happy.
There was only one fat man holding a bamboo stick with a bitter look on his face. He looked pitifully at Senior Brother Changxue and said:
"Brother, how can I be better than you in the art of formation? I admit defeat."
Before Senior Brother Changxue could speak, the teaching elder above scolded: "How can we admit defeat when people of my generation seek immortality? If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will drive you to the handyman courtyard to become a handyman disciple."
The fat man turned pale and did not dare to speak.
Tian Lin also took a breath at this time, raised the bamboo stick in his hand and said loudly: "This is No. 4. Which senior brother has also drawn No. 4?"
After listening to Tian Lin's words, a tall man walked out. He and Tian Lin cupped their hands and said, "I am No. 4, Junior Brother Tian, please be patient. Let's wait for the other senior brothers to compete first."
Soon, the two disciples who had drawn ‘1’ came out. After they bowed to each other, Elder Jiaoxi stood up and drew two circles on the huge hillside. These two simple circles are actually restrictions placed casually by the teaching elders. People in the circles cannot see things outside the circles.
Tian Lin and others who were watching watched the two disciples in the two circles begin to set up formation——
The students in Class D don't have any particularly powerful formation methods. The only materials they have are carved formation stones and five-element spiritual stones.
"Senior Brother Xiao wants to set up the Fire Spirit Formation. He used seven engraved formation stones - Huh? What is Senior Brother Yu doing? He wants to set up the five-star formation?"
"The five-star formation is not that easy to arrange - as expected, Senior Brother Yu failed."
The disciples watching from the outside of the circle were talking in low voices, and because the ban imposed by the teaching elder could isolate the sound, they were not afraid that their voices would be heard by those within the ban.
Tian Lin doesn't know anything about the Five-Star Formation and the Fire Spirit Formation. He can't even afford the formation stones now, nor can he carve the formation patterns.
Today's monthly exam, he didn't worry about the results at all, he came here just to gain some experience.
Soon, Senior Brother Yu on the right set up the formation, holding the cracked formation stone in his hand with a depressed look on his face.
A quarter of an hour passed, and Senior Brother Xiao on the left had already completed his formation.
When Elder Xue, who was standing next to Elder Xue, raised his hand, he removed the restrictions in the circle, and people in the circle could finally see the situation outside the circle and their opponents.
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"Disciples on both sides can break the formation."
After the elder taught Xi, Senior Brother Yu and Senior Brother Xiao exchanged places.
The two of them looked at the open space in front of them with wary expressions on their faces.
Over there, Senior Brother Xiao walked into the circle where Senior Brother Yu was, holding a compass in his hand.
The formation compass had no response, but Senior Brother Xiao did not dare to be careless.
He took the first step, and then took the second step.
His probing and cautious actions seemed a bit ridiculous to outsiders who knew about it.
Many disciples had joking expressions on their faces, having seen Senior Brother Xiao's joke.
At the same time, Senior Brother Yu also stepped into the circle where Senior Brother Xiao had formed his formation previously.
As soon as others entered the circle, the compass in their hands began to vibrate.
He carefully observed the pointer on the compass and quickly followed it to a weed.
Looking at the weeds on the ground, Senior Brother Yu smiled confidently, raised his hand and pointed directly at the weeds.
Under this finger, the weeds clicked and revealed their original shape, which turned out to be a disguised carved formation stone.
Outside the circle, many disciples shook their heads when they saw this.
Tian Lin heard a senior brother next to him say: "Although the formation compass can sense the engraved formation stone, this engraved formation stone was obviously placed in the open by Senior Brother Xiao and deliberately let Senior Brother Yu find it."
Sure enough, although the formation stone disguised as weeds was broken, it actually caused the fire spirit formation to activate.
In an instant, seven fireballs flew from seven directions in the circle.
Unfortunately, not all of the seven fireballs flew towards Senior Brother Yu, so Senior Brother Yu could easily block the two fireballs with his flying sword.
But these seven fireballs were just the beginning, and then a steady stream of fireballs flew towards Senior Brother Yu from all directions.
These fireballs are flying denser and denser, almost to the point of being inevitable.
And Senior Brother Yu was only focused on resisting the fireballs for a while. Where could he have time to look for the formation stones on the ground?
He dashed left and right, and after a quarter of an hour he was already disgraced.
While everyone sighed at his strength, they also felt sorry for him.
Within a quarter of an hour, the fire spirit stone used to activate the formation had already exhausted its fire spirit energy. The formation finally broke down automatically due to lack of spiritual energy.
Senior Brother Yu, who was in a state of embarrassment, was filled with embarrassment and anger. He cupped hands with Senior Brother Xiao who was opposite him and said, "Senior Brother is very accomplished in formations, and I am willing to be inferior."
Senior Brother Xiao already knew that Senior Brother Yu failed to set up the formation, so there was no need for him to break the formation.
From the start, he was victorious.
"Junior brother, why should you be discouraged? Although my formation is stronger than yours, my alchemy is weaker than yours. Let's go forward——"
As soon as he finished saying the next two words, the elder's nose was so angry that he said, "You two can't form the formation like this, and you still have the nerve to brag to each other? Get out of here and take the alchemy exam."
Senior Brother Changxue over there said: "The rest of the people continue to take the formation test, and Junior Brother Xiao and Junior Brother Yu will take the Alchemy Test next."
Fortunately, the venue was big enough, so I didn't waste any time setting aside a piece of land for Senior Brother Xiao and Senior Brother Yu to test their alchemy skills.
Soon, one after another disciples continued to take the alchemy exam after completing the formation test.
As for the formation test, it was finally Tian Lin's turn.
Elder Xue, who had been watching with cold eyes, narrowed his eyes at this time and focused all his attention on Tian Lin.
Elder Jiao Xi was not blind. How could he not know that Elder Xue was here for Tian Lin at this time?
He also squinted his eyes, trying to see who Tian Lin was, that he could actually get the attention of the powerful Nascent Soul.
But when he found that Tian Lin entered the room empty-handed, he frowned and thought to himself: "This guy is not only a genius in swordsmanship, but is he also so accomplished in formations that he can set up formations out of thin air?"
(End of chapter)