Chapter 19: Earth Solidification Formation

The deposit for the earth-fixing array was twenty spirit stones. Mo Hua took out ten spirit stones from the spirit stones he had earned before and deposited them to the fat steward. He received the earth-fixing array map and ten sets of paper and ink materials, with a term of twenty days.

After leaving the business, Mo Hua went to the pastry shop again and spent two spirit stones to buy ten multicolored cakes. Then he went straight back to the sect and divided the cakes among Da Hu and the other two.

The food in the sect was not good. The three of them were greedy, but there was nothing delicious.

Mo Hua bought some cakes to satisfy their cravings.

A few days later, in the evening, after a day of classes, Mo Hua was studying the formation of the earth-fixing array behind closed doors with his disciple Curie when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.

As soon as Mo Hua opened the door, he saw Shuang Hu standing in front of the door stealthily.

Shuang Hu secretly handed an oil-paper bag to Mo Hua and said in a low voice:

"I left it for you on purpose. Don't tell anyone else."

After saying that, he looked around and ran away like a thief.

Disciple Residence is a dormitory for disciples of Tongxianmen. Two people share a room. The room is not big. There are two simple wooden beds and two somewhat worn wooden tables, which are just enough for disciples to live.

There are also more luxurious and comfortable disciple residences in Tongxianmen, but they require extra spiritual stones.

Mo Hua originally had a fellow student as a roommate, but he dropped out this year. It was not because he could not afford the tuition, but because he simply felt that practicing was boring and did not want to learn anymore, so now Mo Hua is the only one in the room.

Mo Hua closed the door, opened the still hot oil paper, and found a freshly roasted chicken leg inside.

The chicken leg is the size of a fist, steaming, and a little burnt. You can smell the tempting fragrance, especially the faint spiritual energy floating on it.

It is the meat of a spiritual beast.

"This... It can't be stolen from somewhere..."

Shuanghu and his friends can't afford the beast meat with spiritual energy. Looking at Shuanghu's sneaky look, it can only be stolen.

Mo Hua hesitated for a moment and took a bite. It had a bit of burnt smell and meaty aroma, but it was not roasted thoroughly and was not seasoned, so the taste was somewhat bland.

The cooking of meals in the cultivation world is also very particular. If you don't learn it specifically, it's hard to make delicious food.

Because the ingredients in the cultivation world are difficult to handle, for example, the taste of meat is very tough, and some meat, such as the meat of herbivorous monsters, can't be cooked at all without spending a lot of spiritual power to drive the flame and steaming for a long time.

Spiritual meat will be more delicate, but cooking also requires some thought.

In addition to meat, other fruits and vegetables, in addition to their own taste, also have some spiritual energy. These spiritual energy and the taste of the ingredients themselves are mixed. If they are not properly mixed, the taste will be very strange.

The chicken leg in Mo Hua's hand was simply roasted. Probably because he was afraid of being discovered by others, he also secretly made a fire and roasted it in a hurry, so it couldn't be roasted very deliciously.

But Mo Hua, who hadn't eaten meat for more than a month, didn't have so many particularities. It was good enough to have some.

Mo Hua gnawed the chicken leg with some effort, then lit a fire to burn the oil paper, and threw the bones into the stream outside the house, completely destroying the evidence.

After eating, Mo Hua spent some time refining the spiritual energy contained in the chicken, and then buried his head to continue studying the formation.

Sure enough, two days later, Mo Hua heard that several Qi Refining disciples stole the golden pheasants raised by the elders, plucked all the feathers, and roasted them to eat.

The elders were furious, caught several disciples, and punished them severely.

Two days later, Mo Hua saw Da Hu and his three people with bruised faces and two big lumps on their heads.

The three of them were all in Tongxuan Peak, and the elders could find them with a simple investigation. They couldn't escape, and they were bound to be punished.

However, the few people just looked miserable, most of them were flesh wounds, and the elders couldn't really do anything to them.

It was nothing more than a small punishment and a warning to other disciples.

Dahu and the other two looked miserable, but they held their heads high and looked a little proud. After all, being able to steal a chicken from under the nose of the elder was not something that ordinary disciples could do.

When they saw Mo Hua, they pretended not to see him. Xiaohu even secretly winked at Mo Hua, asking him to pretend not to know them.

Mo Hua was a little amused and thought that he would buy more cakes for them during the next ten-day break.

There were still seven days until the next ten-day break, and thirteen days had passed since he received the formation materials from the fat steward, but Mo Hua's comprehension of the earth-fixing formation was not going smoothly.

The formation pattern of the earth-fixing formation was something Mo Hua had never learned before. It was much more complicated than the basic earth formation pattern taught by the sect, and it was more difficult to comprehend.

Moreover, the earth-fixing formation was composed of four formation patterns, and the spiritual consciousness requirements were also high.

It was not too difficult for Mo Hua to remember the formation pattern, but when practicing on the stone tablet, he consumed a lot of spiritual consciousness, and it was easy to make mistakes.

Either the array patterns drawn could not be combined into an array, or the array patterns drawn were simply ineffective and could not conduct spiritual power.

Mo Hua had been groping for ten days, but still had no clue. Sometimes he seemed to understand, but he would still make mistakes when he started.

In the end, there was no other way, so Mo Hua decided to ask Teacher Yan for advice.

One day, after Teacher Yan finished his class, he was tidying up the desk, and the disciples were leaving in groups of two or three.

Mo Hua took a few basic earth array patterns to Teacher Yan and respectfully asked:

"Teacher, I don't quite understand the earth-based array pattern here. Please give me some advice."

Teacher Yan looked at the array patterns handed over by Mo Hua and said:

"This is the earth-based array pattern among the basic five-element array patterns, and it is a relatively standardized universal array pattern. It should not be too difficult for you. If you can't draw it well, just practice more."

The earth-based array pattern taught by the sect is very basic, and it is certainly not difficult for Mo Hua. What Mo Hua wants to ask is actually something else.

Mo Hua took out several earth-related array patterns from the Solid Earth Array and said:

"I occasionally see these array patterns and find that they are somewhat different from those in the textbook, but I can't tell exactly where they are different. It's easy to make mistakes when drawing them. I don't know what went wrong."

Teacher Yan looked at them and said with some surprise:

"This is a modified five-element array pattern, which is different from the one officially taught by the sect. This is not standardized and not very common. To draw this kind of array pattern, you need to change the brushstrokes, and the order is also different from the standardized array pattern. Basically, change the order of these strokes..."

Teacher Yan took a piece of paper and casually drew a few array patterns, explaining while drawing.

After listening, Mo Hua suddenly realized.

The way to draw array patterns is somewhat similar to calligraphy. In addition to the standardized standard array patterns, there are also some more distinctive array patterns, and the brushstrokes are more or less different.

There are many types of these variant array patterns, and they cannot be classified, so the sect normally only teaches standardized standard array patterns.

"No wonder people say that formations are profound and extensive. There are too many twists and turns in them. If I hadn't asked the teacher, I wouldn't have thought of it even if I had two heads..." Mo Hua secretly complained in his heart.

"Then we need to connect these formation patterns together to form a formation, such as this formation..."

Mo Hua finally took out the formation diagram of the solid earth formation.

Teacher Yan took a glance and recognized it. He was surprised and said, "This is the solid earth formation," and then looked at Mo Hua and said:

"It's too early for you to look at it now. This is not something you can draw now."

"The disciple is just curious and wants to figure out the reason." Mo Hua asked seriously.

"This... is right, it's good for you to know some in advance."

Teacher Yan was excited. He had been teaching basic formation patterns on weekdays, which was somewhat boring. It was rare to talk about some decent formations at this time, and he was obviously much more interested.

"The array is composed of array patterns arranged and connected in a complex way. Simple arrays contain simple array patterns and fewer array patterns. The more difficult the array is, the more array patterns it contains. The order of the array patterns, the spatial composition, and the connection and unification are more complex and exquisite. The solid earth array contains four array patterns. The array patterns need to be drawn in sequence according to fixed directions. The remaining two positions are Qian and Kun..."

Teacher Yan was very interested in the lecture, and Mo Hua also listened with great interest. After the lecture, Teacher Yan still felt a little unsatisfied, and then warned:

"The art of formation is profound and extensive. You'd better learn it in advance. What the sect teaches is just the basics of the basics, not even the entry level. To become a true formation master, the difficulty and effort are beyond your imagination now..."

Teacher Yan paused and said:

"At the same time, you must not be too ambitious and blindly draw formations that you can't master. If you just look at it, it's okay, but if you really start to draw, it's easy to exhaust your spiritual consciousness. Remember this!"

Mo Hua bowed and said, "Disciple, I have learned your lesson!"