Asking About Longevity: Chapter 268 Rebellion

Chapter 268: Counter Spirit

 “This is the formation diagram of the hidden formation.”

Mr. Zhuang handed a formation diagram to Mo Hua, "See for yourself. If you practice more, it shouldn't be difficult for you."

Mo Hua took it respectfully and glanced at it.

The formation hub of the hidden formation is a bit special, the formation patterns are a bit unfamiliar, and it is somewhat different from the general five-element formation, but it is indeed not too difficult - at least not difficult for ink painting.

 For a formation master to learn formations, the most difficult thing is actually the spiritual consciousness.

As long as you have enough consciousness and spend some time and energy, you will generally be able to solve other problems.

But if you don’t have enough spiritual consciousness, you won’t even be qualified to learn formations.

 “Thank you, sir!” Mo Hua said happily.

Mr. Zhuang nodded slightly, his eyes darkened, and he took out another array diagram and said:

“This is complete, the ten-line counter-spiritual formation!”

Mo Hua felt a shiver in his heart. He took it solemnly, took a brief look at it, copied it again in his mind, and said in shock:

“Sir, this seems a lot more difficult...”

"The ten lines are the maximum limit for refining Qi and spiritual consciousness. The closer to this limit, the slower the growth of spiritual consciousness will be, and naturally the more difficult it will be." Mr. Zhuang said slowly.

Mo Hua sighed, "I don't know when it will take me to learn."

 “Learn how to build foundations.”

Mo Hua was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the ten-line formation could only be learned by foundation-building monks.

If you draw the counter-spiritual formation, you will indeed have the consciousness of the foundation building stage.

“Sir, according to the current progress, how long will it take for me to have the consciousness to build a foundation?” Mo Hua asked weakly.

Mr. Zhuang did not answer, but asked:

 “What if it takes ten years, or a hundred years?”

Mo Hua felt cold, "Does it take a hundred years?"

 “It’s just a hypothetical.” Mr. Zhuang said.

Mo Hua thought for a moment and said helplessly: "There seems to be no other way. It's better to practice when you need to practice, and when you need to draw formations, draw formations."

Mr. Zhuang nodded in approval and said:

“Yes, no matter what the result is, what you should do will not change. Don’t let success or failure, or certain expectations, affect your own state of mind.”

Mo Hua suddenly understood and said with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Sir, for your teaching!"

Mr. Zhuang also smiled slightly and said: "Having said that, don't worry too much. You may have some chance and you may be able to cross this ravine in one step."

Mo Hua’s eyes lit up, “Really?”

Mr. Zhuang added: "It's just a hypothetical."

After speaking, Mr. Zhuang tapped Mo Hua's forehead with his slender fingers, "Opportunities are also external things. Don't let opportunities affect your state of mind in practicing Taoism."

Mo Hua's eyes sharpened and he said, "Disciple understands."

Mr. Zhuang couldn’t help but nodded when he saw that Mo Hua’s eyes were clear and his mind was clear, and he said softly:

"You can just study the formation with peace of mind, and don't worry about other things. If you reach the ninth level of Qi Refining and your consciousness is still not enough, I will have a way."

Mo Hua felt warm in his heart and said with a smile: "Thank you, sir!"

Mr. Zhuang waved his hand and said: "You go and learn the formation, I will take a rest."

"OK."

Mo Hua turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly thought of something and stopped talking.

Mr. Zhuang noticed it and said, "Just ask whatever you want to ask."

"But..." Mo Hua hesitated, "Won't it disturb your rest?"

Mr. Zhuang, with a free and easy posture, lay down on the bamboo chair and said, "I'm already resting. It's okay to say a few words."

Mo Hua smiled and said, "Sir, is this counter-spirit formation really just used to relieve the formation?"

Mr. Zhuang's narrowed eyes slightly opened and he asked in surprise: "Why do you ask that?"

"If it's really just about dismantling the formation, it won't be so difficult..." Mo Hua considered it: "The counter-spirit formation can dismantle the formation, but this formation is a ten-level formation, and ordinary Qi refining monks can't learn it. Since they can't learn it, , generally it is impossible to use the counter-spiritual formation to relieve the formation."

“And there are many ways to solve the formation, and you don’t necessarily have to use the counter-spiritual formation to solve it. Then this formation is difficult but useless, and a bit useless.”

“A useless formation, even if it is an outlier from heaven, may not be regarded as a treasure by aristocratic families and wealthy families.”

“If aristocratic families and great clans attach such great importance to it, does that mean that this formation has other important uses besides dismantling the formation?”

Mr. Zhuang’s eyelids twitched slightly, then he shook his head and said with a smile:

 “You kid, you have a smart mind. I really don’t know where you got all these smart ideas.”

Mo Hua smiled shyly.

Mr. Zhuang said: "There is one thing you are wrong about. The counter-spirit relief formation is not difficult and useless, but it is very useful."

"Using the formation pattern to solve the formation, you may have to solve hundreds or even thousands of formation patterns when encountering some complex formations. However, using the counter-spirit formation to solve the formation directly, you only need to solve a few core gathering spirit formations. The formation will be good."

“As long as you can find the formation’s eye and use the reverse spirit formation to solve it, the formation will be solved several times or even dozens of times faster.”

Mo Hua nodded frequently after hearing this.

 In this case, the amount of spiritual ink saved will be several times or even dozens of times.

 The spiritual ink for ink painting has never been enough. It is indeed very important to be able to save so much spiritual ink.

 “You’re right about another thing.”

Mr. Zhuang looked at the ink painting, nodded in approval and said: "The counter-spirit formation is indeed not only used to break up the formation, the most important thing is that it can cause the formation to collapse!"

"Collapse?" Mo Hua looked stunned, "Does it mean the formation collapsed or lost control?"

“It’s a collapse, but it’s not out of control. It’s more like controlling the collapse of the formation with the will of the formation master.”

"The control formation collapsed?" Mo Hua scratched his head, wondering, "What's the use of this?"

Mr. Zhuang was silent for a long time, his expression changed several times, and finally he sighed and then said:

“The formation adheres to the way of heaven and contains the principles of heaven and earth and the fundamental principles of spiritual power operation.”

“When the formation disintegrates, the spiritual power within the framework of the formation will be in chaos, conflict, and continuous birth and death in the form of formation patterns. This will produce extremely strong fluctuations in spiritual power, possessing ultimate and incredible power.”

“If the level of the formation is high enough, its disintegration power can be said to destroy the world!”

Mr. Zhuang’s tone was more solemn than ever.

Mo Hua was even more shocked and excited at the same time.

“Then if I learn the counter-spiritual formation, can I also disintegrate the formation?”

Mr. Zhuang said with a half-smile: "When you learn the counter-spirit formation, you can almost build the foundation. The power of the first-level counter-spirit formation and disintegration formation can be exceeded, but it is probably only the power of the foundation-building spell. You Why bother with this?"

"Huh?" Mo Hua was stunned, "What about the second-grade counter-spiritual formation?"

“Then you have to wait until you become a late second-grade formation master to learn it.”

Second-grade formation master, still in the late stage...

 This is the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.

Mo Hua sighed, "Then this counter-spirit formation is still a bit useless."

 The first-level counter-spirit formation cannot be learned by first-level formation masters, and cannot be used by second-level formation masters.

“It’s not that the formation is useless, it’s just that the formation master has limited abilities and cannot understand the formation and cannot exert the effect of the formation.”

Mr. Zhuang said lightly, "Moreover, it is not that easy to disintegrate the formation. Even an ordinary second-level formation master does not have the ability to disintegrate a first-level formation."

“In other words, there are only a few formation masters in this world who can truly master the counter-spirit formation and use it to disintegrate the formation.”

Mo Hua frowned, "Is there much more to the use of this counter-spirit formation?"

Mr. Zhuang wanted to say more, but suddenly his face looked tired, and he yawned and said:

"If you can really learn the counter-spirit formation, I will teach you when the time comes. It's still early."

   Thank you to Dark Night Star and tanglong for the reward~

　　

　　

 (End of this chapter)