Chapter 21: Spiritual Array

After that, Mo Hua continued to draw the earth-solidifying formation, and he kept drawing for two months.

If he didn't understand something about the formation, he would ask Yan Jiaoshi. Yan Jiaoshi was serious and strict with others, but he always answered his disciples' questions with all his heart and words.

Yan Jiaoshi naturally felt that it was too early for Mo Hua to delve into these formations beyond the syllabus before he had a solid foundation, but as long as Mo Hua asked, he would still patiently explain to Mo Hua, which made Mo Hua very grateful.

Sometimes Mo Hua skipped classes because he secretly drew formations to earn spirit stones, and Yan Jiaoshi would not pursue it too much, but just reminded Mo Hua:

"A cultivator can have some expertise, but don't be too biased. You may not know some methods, but you must understand them. Otherwise, when you graduate and leave the sect in the future and venture into the world of cultivation, you will have blind spots in your understanding of cultivation and it will be easy to suffer losses and be deceived."

Mo Hua humbly accepted the advice and benefited a lot.

But now he has no spirit stones to learn the skills, so he can only continue to skip classes and draw formations to save some spirit stones.

A solid earth formation contains four formation patterns, which can earn two spirit stones. Thanks to this, Mo Hua saves spirit stones much faster.

One day two months later, Mo Hua went to the fat steward's office to deliver the order as usual. When he entered the door, he found that there was a middle-aged man in a green Taoist robe drinking tea in the usually deserted Youyuanzhai.

The man had his back to Mo Hua, and his back looked familiar. When he turned around, Mo Hua was stunned.

The man in the green Taoist robe was Teacher Yan...

Mo Hua suddenly felt like he was caught skipping classes.

"Mo Hua?"

Teacher Yan also saw Mo Hua and was a little surprised.

The fat steward was sitting opposite to Instructor Yan, pouring tea for him. He looked up and asked in surprise, "Do you know each other?"

Instructor Yan said, "He is my disciple in Tongxian Sect."

Mo Hua bowed and said, "Disciple greets Instructor!"

Instructor Yan nodded and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Before Mo Hua could speak, the fat steward explained, "He is running errands for his brother. His brother is drawing the formation for our Formation Pavilion. He was asked to deliver it after it was finished."

Instructor Yan nodded and did not ask any more questions.

Mo Hua breathed a sigh of relief, then handed the formation to the fat steward, took the spirit stone, and said quickly, "Disciple will take his leave first, and will not disturb the instructor."

Instructor Yan must have something to say to the fat steward. Seeing that Mo Hua was so sensible, he nodded and said, "Go back to the sect as soon as possible, and be careful on the road."

Mo Hua said yes respectfully, bowed, and left the Formation Pavilion.

The fat steward looked at Mo Hua's back and said to Instructor Yan:

"This kid is very polite and smart. You are lucky to have taught a good disciple."

Instructor Yan said "hmm" softly, and then asked: "You said his brother drew the formation for you?"

The fat steward took out the Solid Earth Formation that Mo Hua had handed over and handed it to Instructor Yan to see, "It's not bad."

Instructor Yan was slightly surprised to see that it was the Solid Earth Formation, and said: "Is this drawn by his brother?"

"What else?" The fat steward said, "Could it be that he drew it? At his age, he can't draw a complete formation even if his spiritual consciousness is exhausted."

Instructor Yan nodded, remembering that Mo Hua had asked him for advice on the Solid Earth Formation. It seems that he must have seen his brother drawing the Solid Earth Formation, and he had doubts in his heart, so he came to ask him for advice.

"It's a good thing to have a desire to learn about formations," Instructor Yan thought to himself, "If I can maintain this state of mind, I might be able to achieve something in formations in the future."

Instructor Yan thought so and stopped pursuing the matter. He looked at the remote and deserted business, then looked at the fat steward and said, "Do you want to live like this for the rest of your life?"

The fat steward said, "You and I are fellow practitioners, so you should know me. I'm different from you. You are now an instructor of Tongxianmen, and you have a good attainment in formations. You are only one step away from the first-grade realm. If you take that step, you will be a genuine first-grade formation. Master, you will have connections and status in Tongxian City, and you will naturally have no shortage of spiritual stones. Tongxianmen will definitely give you a position as an elder. "

"As for me," the fat steward drank a sip of tea, "I am a person who just wants to get by. I only try a little in formations, and I can't stand loneliness in cultivation. I am satisfied to just muddle through every day. Don't look down on me. Look at those busy and exhausted casual cultivators on the street. This kind of leisurely life is also out of their reach."

The strict teacher remained silent.

The fat steward looked at Instructor Yan and sighed helplessly, "Tell me, what do you want me to do for you?"

Instructor Yan said solemnly: "Help me find the "Lingshu Formation Diagram"."

The fat steward pinched his brows, "After so many years, you still haven't given up. In my opinion, you are not young anymore, it's time to find a Taoist partner and live a good life."

"A person's life is a small matter, but the inheritance of the formation is a big matter."

"Even if you find it, what does it matter? The master can't learn it, and the master hasn't learned it, so you can learn it? The first-grade formation with twelve formation patterns is out of his mother's book! A first-grade formation master only needs to know nine formation patterns. You haven't become a first-grade formation master yet, so what can you do with the Lingshu Formation Diagram? You may not be able to learn it when you are buried?"

Instructor Yan was silent.

The fat steward advised earnestly: "Brother, forget it. Besides, you can't find it at all. That person betrayed the master and stole the formation. There has been no trace for so many years, and the Dao Tingsi can't track him down. You are a formation master, and you are not good at Taoism. What can you do?"

Yan Jiaoxi was unmoved and said in a hoarse voice: "Master has been very kind to me. All my formations were taught by Master. Now Master is dead, the sect is broken, and the formations are lost. I can't sleep and eat every time I think of this. As long as we find the formations and pass them on to fulfill Master's last wish, other things don't matter."

Yan Jiaoxi looked at the fat steward and said: "I know you like to be comfortable and won't let you do too much. As long as you know there are clues to the "Lingshu Formation Map", just tell me, and you don't have to worry about other things."

"How do you know there are clues to the "Lingshu Formation Map" in Tongxian City?" The fat steward frowned.

Yan Jiaoxi didn't say anything.

The fat steward waved his hand, "Okay, knowing too much won't do me any good. I'll agree to this, but I'll kindly remind you that you'll spend so much time trying, but in the end you may still end up with nothing."

The fat steward felt that trouble was coming, and couldn't help but said:

"If you ask me, you'd better spend some time to find a Taoist partner and have a child. Even if you can't find one, your child can still find one in the future, so you won't die alone. While you're not too old, find a Taoist partner quickly, just find one, so that you won't..."

"The tea is cold, I'm leaving."

Judge Yan stood up, waved his sleeves and left, no longer paying attention to the nagging fat steward behind him.