Chapter 100 Useless Spells

Outside the exit of the Xuanling Secret Land, some were happy, some were angry; but inside the secret land, in stark contrast to this, inside Bu Gong’s retreat cave, there was no tense or depressing situation, but it was also in chaos.

The ground was covered with a thick layer of energy crystal fragments caused by the loss of energy. Even a wealthy cultivator would feel a little distressed when seeing such waste.

But this situation did not stop. Instead, a “crackling” sound would be heard at regular intervals, and then more useless energy crystal fragments would appear on the ground.

However, Bu Gong, the culprit of this incident, was completely unaware of this.

At this moment, he was sitting cross-legged in the cave, making hand seals from time to time; sometimes he made seals quickly to confirm, and sometimes he frowned quietly in thought.

The profound meaning of the triple-layer thick earth formation, as he spent energy crystals at all costs and entered into deep meditation, gradually flowed through his heart like a clear spring, allowing him to gradually see the blue sky through the clouds.

Although every time he gained a deeper understanding of the formation, Bu Gong would feel a sudden enlightenment, this sudden enlightenment came extremely slowly.

For him, a layman in the art of formations, if he had not been lucky enough to obtain so many energy crystals to assist him in his practice and comprehension, it would have taken him at least twice as long as the virtual-real array to fully comprehend the triple-layer thick earth formation.

Time passed quietly, and the reopening of the Xuanling Secret Land had no effect on Bu Gong, because he had been in seclusion during this period.

Ten days passed slowly, but Bu Gong, who was comprehending the triple thick earth formation, did not show any joy of having understood it thoroughly; instead, he looked as if he had encountered some difficulty, with a frown on his face.

“Stabilize the four directions and control all things, build a solid foundation on the earth and support the nine heavens…” The obscure ancient sayings in the introduction to the formation flashed through Bu Gong’s mind. He chewed them carefully and slowly experienced them.

“This should be the case, but why can’t I arrange it?” There was an unexpected confusion in my heart, and I repeatedly experienced the mystery of it over and over again.

“Triple-layer thick earth formation, triple, thick, triple…” He kept muttering in his heart and pondered it carefully in his mind.

“It should be right. Could there be something wrong when I was setting up the formation?” At this time, Bu Gong opened his eyes, and his pair of dark eyes were deep and a little confused.

After a moment, Bu Gong shook his dizzy head; “Let me set it up again and see. If it still doesn’t work, I can only give up on this formation. There is not much time to waste.”

Having made up his mind, Bu Gong sat cross-legged and quickly began to form hand seals. As his hand seals changed, a powerful wave of magical power spread out from his body.

Purple light surged about an inch from the fingertips of both hands. When all ten fingertips were surrounded by purple light, Bu Gong suddenly moved his ten fingers across each other, while muttering something.

As the purple light flashed from his fingertips, pieces of milky white energy crystals flew out one after another and landed in certain directions; although the places where the energy crystals landed seemed messy at first glance, if you sensed them carefully, you would feel a sense of mystery.

When energy crystals appeared in several specific locations, the Bugong handprint began to change rapidly again, making it look complex and heavy.

After a few breaths, Bu Gong’s handprints suddenly stopped, and then he shouted softly:

“Form the formation, start”

Then he tapped his fingertips repeatedly, and the energy crystals that had settled in specific positions all flashed with light “swish”. However, this state did not last long, and those energy crystals were all shattered, and all the energy was lost.

“laugh…”

As the energy crystal shattered, the white light that had just been flickering on it was completely extinguished.

Seeing this scene, Bu Gong sighed inwardly: “As expected, it still failed. But where exactly is the problem?”

With doubts lingering in his heart, Bu Gong couldn’t help but stand up and frown in deep thought; an hour passed quietly, but judging from the look in Bu Gong’s eyes, he probably hadn’t gained anything yet.

“Oh! Well, since I can’t set up this formation, I can only give up.” With a sigh, Bu Gong inadvertently blew out a palm wind with his palm, which seemed to be unintentionally imprinted on the wall of the cave.

However, this seemingly random palm wind, after Bu Gong casually swung it out, rebounded from the wall of the cave with a force that caused his robe to flutter slightly.

“Hmm?” Bu Gong noticed this, and a gleam of light suddenly flashed in his eyes, which were previously full of confusion.

“Triple-layer thick earth formation, earth is the main defense, since it is a defense, then it has the meaning of ‘thick’, ‘triple’… ‘triple’… ‘thick’…” He muttered these words over and over in his mouth, and the brightness in Bu Gong’s eyes became brighter and brighter.

“That’s right, that’s it. Earth is the main element, so ‘thick’ is its foundation…” Who would have thought that the unintentional palm wind just now was like a bright lamp that cut through the night sky.

Afterwards, Bu Gong’s mind became clearer and clearer, as if a stroke of genius passed through his heart, making him feel as if the clouds had parted and the blue sky was visible.

The essence of the formation slowly flowed through his mind. Bu Gong sat down on the ground, entered into a state of meditation, and began to carefully ponder its profound meaning.

After a moment, Bu Gong’s eyes suddenly opened, and he began to form seals with his hands quickly, with endless depth in his eyes.

The only difference from the past was that this time when he formed seals with his hands, the speed was extremely slow, more than twice as slow as before.

But at the same time, while he was forming seals with his ten fingers, a vague feeling of heaviness quietly spread. His hands, which were changing between real and fake, were like a piece of thick earth, making people feel vaguely depressed.

Then Bu Gong tapped his ten fingers, and pieces of energy crystals flew out along his fingers and fell steadily in a certain direction. At first glance, it gave people an inexplicable sense of profoundness.

“Thick soil, imperial”

“Form the formation, start”

As Bu Gong shouted softly, purple rays shot out from his fingertips and landed on several energy crystals in front of him. The purple light was dim and very mysterious.

“Shua”

Just when all ten purple rays entered the energy crystal, a dazzling light suddenly flashed, and the white energy crystals below also sparkled like tiny balls of light.

At the same time, a sense of domineering heaviness came over him. The triple thick earth formation was successfully arranged and fully activated.

“Success?” Seeing this scene, Bu Gong felt a flash of ecstasy in his heart.

Because this three-layer thick earth formation had almost pushed him to the brink of despair, he was even thinking of giving up; but he didn’t expect that a flash of inspiration in his mind this time allowed him to successfully set up this three-layer thick earth formation.

“Huh… Now I can finally concentrate on comprehending magic.” Bu Gong looked at the two formations that he had set up with satisfaction, and he couldn’t help feeling a subtle sense of accomplishment.

In fact, it was true; for a layman like him who had mastered the art of formation, he had successfully arranged and activated two basic formations within twenty days, which was considered to be among the best even among some formation practitioners.

Of course, this is also related to his almost unlimited supply of energy crystals, but it is undeniable that his talent for comprehension is still very good.

After sensing for a moment, Bu Gong started to slightly modify the two formations at the entrance of the cave until they seemed completely perfect to him.

“Now I can retreat and comprehend that spell,” he murmured softly. Bu Gong glanced at the two formations at the entrance of the cave before sitting down cross-legged and entering a state of meditation.

“We can start now. You can now teach me the method of practicing the Evil Blood Locking Technique.” At this moment, Bu Gong probed into the sea of ​​consciousness and stood in front of the evil spirit, saying.

“Hey… I didn’t expect that although your talent in cultivation is terrible, your talent in comprehension is quite good.” The sealed evil spirit looked at Bu Gong with praise and smiled.

In response to this, Bu Gong curled his lips, but he was still a little happy in his heart:

“Okay, stop talking nonsense and quickly teach me the method of practicing the Blood Locking Divine Art. I don’t have much time to waste.”

“Eh?” Bu Gong suddenly said this, but the evil spirit could only stare blankly and grit his teeth.

But then his eyes flickered slightly, and a barely perceptible smile appeared at the corner of his mouth:

“In that case, then you keep your mind focused and I will tell you now.” At this moment, a strange look flashed in the eyes of the evil spirit, and there was a hint of gloating in the tone of his voice.

“Hmm?” Realizing this, Bu Gong looked at the evil spirit with some suspicion, and finally nodded in response.

At this moment, his mind was clear, his heart was tense, and he seemed to be in a void.

Suddenly, a sudden swelling pain came and rushed into his sea of ​​consciousness, followed by a series of ancient characters that looked extremely obscure.

However, before Bu Gong could take a closer look, the swelling and pain suddenly intensified and became more and more severe.

This also made Bu Gong suddenly understand why the evil spirit had such a strange look before, but he had no time to think about it now.

The intense pain in his sea of ​​consciousness made his face distorted, sweat dripped down his forehead, and his face inadvertently turned pale.

“You bastard, can’t you slow down, you…” He just cursed and before he could continue, Bu Gong was overwhelmed by the severe pain coming from his sea of ​​consciousness.

This situation continued for about half a minute before it gradually weakened.

“Huh…” Upon realizing this, Bu Gong breathed a sigh of relief; he looked as if he had just recovered from a serious illness, with a hint of fatigue in his expression.

It was not his fault, it was because the content of the spell was too huge, and because the evil spirit taught the spell too quickly, Bu Gong’s mind was seriously exhausted and he felt tired.

After calming his mind in meditation, Bu Gong slowly opened his eyes. His pupils were still as dark as ink, and there was nothing unusual.

The magic power in his body began to flow, and Bu Gong temporarily entered a state of recuperation.

…

The next morning;

“From now on, I will go into seclusion.” Bu Gong made up his mind and without much hesitation, he closed his eyes again and began to comprehend and practice magic.

In this way, time slowly passed.

Bu Gong was also completely immersed in the magic of the evil blood lock, and he studied it day and night.

As Bu Gong pondered over it word by word, he gradually had a general understanding of the Blood Locking Divine Art; but after having this general understanding, Bu Gong felt a bit amused and helpless.

Because this spell seemed a bit useless to him, and could only be described with the word “useless”.

It turns out that this blood-locking magic is a spell that is more like an occult spell. It cannot be used to attack others, nor can it be used for defense. It is just a curse spell used to control other things like a seal.

It acts directly on the human soul, leaving a blood mark deep in the soul, which the person who is cast the spell will never be able to break.

Moreover, when controlling another object, the person being cast cannot resist; otherwise, the person casting the spell will be attacked back by the evil blood lock magic. Although he will not be controlled by the object, his soul will be seriously damaged.

Therefore, this spell should not be used lightly; if it really needs to be used, one must be extremely cautious!

“Huh…it turns out that every advantage has its disadvantages.” This is the only evaluation Bu Gong can give to this magic.

Since this blood-locking magic can’t be broken even by the caster himself when it controls others, it won’t be easy for it to control other things either. It will only be successful if the other party is willing or the caster takes advantage of the other party’s unpreparedness.

This is its strength, but also its weakness; it doesn’t have the best of both worlds.

“Never mind all that, let’s practice magic first.” After suppressing the distracting thoughts in his mind, Bu Gong continued to comprehend the magic of the Blood Lock.

In short, no matter whether this spell is useless or not, it is always good to have one more method.