Chapter 98 Comprehending the Formation

After carefully examining the Great Bigu Pill in his hand for a while and satisfying his curiosity, Bu Gong carefully put it back into the jade bottle and placed it in the storage ring.

“It seems that the memory of that remnant soul is not complete. It has assimilated his memory. I didn’t even know that there was a thing called the Great Fasting Pill in the ring. Huh…” After muttering in a low voice, Bu Gong flashed and went directly into the small cave behind the pier.

After coming in, Bu Gong glanced around and a palm wind whistled out; in this way, after a few breaths, the entire cave was cleared out.

At first glance, I thought this was a retreat cave opened up by a cultivator.

After sitting down cross-legged, Bu Gong looked at the pillar outside the cave entrance again, and still felt a little uneasy.

After all, if one comprehends magic, one will occasionally enter a deep state of meditation; if there is only this one natural pillar at the entrance of the cave, Bu Gong is still a little worried.

There was a hint of contemplation in his eyes, and Bu Gong hesitated for a moment. Then he opened his left hand, and a slightly yellowed book that looked like it had a hint of age appeared in his hand.

This yellowed book was not very thick. Although it looked a bit old and decayed, when Bu Gong held it in his hand, the whole book gave him a smooth feeling.

“Basic Formation Outline” was printed on it in six vigorous and elegant characters, and an extremely subtle mysterious fluctuation surrounded the book.

It turned out that Bu Gong learned from the memory of the remnant soul that he had destroyed that there was a book on basic formations in this storage ring; although most of the memories he obtained from the remnant soul were incomplete, at least a small part of them was still retained.

As he fumbled with the “General Outline of Basic Formation Techniques” in his hand, a gleam of light flashed in Bu Gong’s eyes.

He wanted to comprehend this formation book before he went into seclusion to comprehend the magic of the Blood Lock, so that he could set up a simple defense or psychedelic formation at the entrance of the cave just in case.

He didn’t want to lose his life for no apparent reason during his retreat, so it was better to be careful in everything.

As he slowly opened the book on formations, Bu Gong saw the small formations and their introductions one by one, which made him feel overwhelmed for a moment.

“Imperial Square Formation, Four Symbols Formation, Maze Formation, Golden Essence Attack Formation… Qi Gathering and Spirit Raising Formation…” As Bu Gong looked at them one by one, unfamiliar formations appeared one after another.

Every time I walked around the palace, I felt a brief feeling of dizziness.

With a “snap”, Bu Gong closed the book in his hand and frowned slightly: “This looks dazzling. How long will it take to comprehend it thoroughly? I’m afraid one or two years will not even be enough to get started?”

After flipping through a few pages, he was really speechless; he originally thought that the formations in this book would only take about ten days or one or two months to learn, but he didn’t expect that every formation in it was so obscure and difficult to understand.

For a layman like him who knows nothing about formations, at first glance it seems like reading a heavenly book.

Clutching the book, after hesitating for a long time, Bu Gong gritted his teeth and opened the outline of the formation in his hand.

Although it would take a long time to comprehend all the formations inside, if you choose one or two formations to comprehend to meet urgent needs, it can be done in a short period of time.

He flipped through the pages slowly, and when he had turned nearly one-third of the book, Bu Gong finally stopped flipping through the pages and fixed his gaze on the book.

“Hmm? Small Concealing Heaven Formation (incomplete)? Incomplete?” At this moment, Bu Gong’s eyes narrowed slightly, staring at the introduction of the Small Concealing Heaven Formation on the book, curiosity surging in his eyes.

“This small formation is just a small formation, why is it incomplete?” With doubts in his heart, Bu Gong gradually looked down.

“The Small Heaven-Deceiving Formation evolved from the Ancient Heaven-Deceiving Formation. Even so, it still possesses the ability to deceive the heavens. It can make the fake look real, and can disguise the real as the fake. Once the formation is activated, it can deceive heaven and earth…”

The more he looked down, the more strange look appeared in Bu Gong’s eyes: “It evolved from the ancient deceiving heaven formation, but it can also deceive heaven.” The tone of his voice was far beyond his expectations.

With some doubts in his heart, Bu Gong carefully pondered the introduction of the formation.

But when he read the last sentence, his eyes became surprised: “This small sky-covering formation is an incomplete formation, and there is no subsequent record.”

Bu Gong pursed his lips tightly, and for a moment he had the urge to curse; despite this, from his expression, it seemed that he was still very interested in this incomplete Xiao Mantian formation.

“It would be great if this was a complete formation.” He felt a little disappointed, but he still carefully observed the incomplete small formation.

In fact, he didn’t even think about it. If it was a truly complete Xiao Mantian Formation, it would definitely not appear in this “Basic Formation Outline”.

Although this “General Outline of Basic Formations” is not widely circulated in the world of immortal cultivation, many people know about it.

If a complete Small Heaven-Hidden Formation really appeared, it would very likely cause a frenzy of competition in the world of immortal cultivation, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it would be a bloody storm.

You know, the complete version of the Xiao Man Tian Formation is also notorious in the world of immortal cultivation, not to mention the Gu Qi Tian Formation that only exists in legends.

“What a pity, this is an incomplete formation, otherwise…” Thinking of this, Bu Gong sighed inwardly and continued to flip through the pages.

In this way, after about half an hour, Bu Gong finally selected two formations from this basic formation outline.

Three layers of thick earth formations, and an illusion formation.

Among them, the triple-layer thick earth formation is a defensive formation. Once activated, it can block a cultivator at the peak of the Body Shaping Stage for one hour and a cultivator at the first level of the Yuan-Seeking Realm for a quarter of an hour.

As for the other illusion array, it is a psychedelic array.

If this formation is placed at the entrance of the cave and activated, it can completely conceal the cave here and has a certain ability to block spiritual consciousness.

At this moment, Bu Gong was carefully recalling the contents of the illusion array in his mind, and seriously deducing it in his heart.

However, after all, this was his first time to come into contact with an array, so even this relatively basic illusion array was a bit obscure and difficult for Bu Gong to comprehend.

In this way, Bu Gong gradually entered a semi-meditation state.

At the same time, when he deduced to the profound points, he couldn’t help but make hand seals to confirm them one by one, and he would not continue to comprehend until he fully understood them.

A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and Bu Gong was still in a state of slight meditation.

In front of him were several pieces of energy crystal fragments that had lost all their energy. Obviously, they were caused by his failed attempts to set up the formation while he was comprehending it.

On this day, there was a loud “bang” in the cave where Bu Gong was located, followed by a series of “bang bang bang” explosions.

At this time, Bu Gong’s hair was disheveled and his face looked a little dull, but there was a flash of joy in his dark eyes, which became brighter and brighter.

“So that’s how it is, so that’s how it is. What a pity, I was just a little bit away from success.” He muttered involuntarily, but his hands were not idle.

Instead, he quickly formed seals, his magic power surged, and purple light surged from his fingertips.

As the purple light flashed from his fingertips, pieces of energy crystals the size of a baby’s fist flew out from his hand and fell one after another in certain directions.

After all the energy crystals had settled, Bu Gong quickly began to cross his hands and form seals, muttering something; a layer of fine light purple air currents also rose around his body, making him look very mysterious.

As his handprints changed, an abnormal energy fluctuation quietly spread out in the area covered by the energy crystals in front of him, but it seemed a little illusory.

At a certain moment, Bu Gong suddenly stopped forming seals and instantly pointed forward with his right index finger:

“Forming a formation”

He let out a low cry, and then the energy crystals that landed in front of him flashed with a bright light almost at the same time.

Then, a somewhat unique illusory aura slowly rose up and gradually spread out to the surroundings.

However, this state did not last long, and it failed with a “puff” sound; at the same time, a “bang” sound accompanied by a slight “scratching” sound spread.

The originally intact milky white energy crystals instantly turned grayish white, lost all their energy, and then shattered.

“Ahem… Bah… You failed again. I don’t believe you will lose to me again.” A low curse came from the cave. Bu Gong with disheveled hair did not stop and continued to form seals.

His whole body was roaring with magical power, and purple light surged at his fingertips. The energy crystal flew out of his hand again and landed in a certain direction.

He muttered something and his hand seals changed rapidly.

So, after two hours, and after who knows how many times they failed, a voice of ecstasy suddenly came from the cave.

At the same time, the cave behind the pillar gradually became illusory; within a few breaths, the original cave had completely disappeared, replaced by a bumpy passage wall that was no different from other places.

Looking from the outside, there is no trace of flaws.

At this moment, Bu Gong in the cave had a look of joy in his eyes; looking at the virtual and real illusion array that had been activated in front of him, he couldn’t help feeling a little proud.

It took him five or six days to finally set up the illusion array successfully and even activated it.

But the price is also huge. The low-grade energy crystal alone has been broken into more than 100 pieces in the past few days, nearly a hundred pieces.

This was because the storage ring he obtained from the white skeleton contained sufficient energy crystals. Otherwise, with his own accumulated energy crystals, it would have been difficult for him to fully comprehend and successfully set up this illusion array.

After being excited for a while, when Bu Gong shifted his gaze to the broken energy crystals on the ground, his eyes were full of regret.

Even though he now has a lot of energy crystals, he couldn’t help but feel a little painful when he saw so many energy crystals wasted.

“This illusion array was successful, but there is still a triple thick earth array.” With this thought in mind, Bu Gong did not hesitate any more and struck while the iron was hot. He sat down again and began to comprehend the triple thick earth array.

After all, he didn’t have much time to waste, as the soul-eating spiritual energy in his body only gave him three years; so during this period of time, he had to make full use of the time as much as possible.

…

Ten days passed in a flash, and today was the day when the Xuanling secret land was opened, and it was also the day when the trial of the disciples of the three major immortal cultivation sects ended.

That morning, at the exit of the Xuanling secret place, several figures stood in the air.

A strong man from the Divine Sword Sect, wearing a white robe and carrying a long sword; an old man from the Corpse Puppet Sect, wearing a dark robe and standing on a green coffin; and a graceful figure in white, Han Qing from the Xianyang Sect, with a three-foot green sword under her feet, as elegant as a lotus.

All three of them stared fixedly at the void ahead, because today was the last day of the trial for the three major sects, and it was also the day when the trial disciples of the three major immortal cultivation sects returned!