Chapter 356: Demon-Slaying Formation
Before the official start of the work, the formation needed to be sited.
Chief Zhou and Elder Yu specifically found Mo Hua and asked for Mo Hua's opinion.
The formation was drawn by Mo Hua, and it was also designed and constructed by Mo Hua, so the location was naturally determined by Mo Hua.
After careful consideration, Mo Hua finally decided to place the formation in Black Mountain Village.
The Five Elements Demon Slaying Formation is a trapping formation, not a defensive formation for protecting the sect, so it cannot be placed in Tongxian City, and must even be far away from Tongxian City.
Otherwise, once the formation is opened, Tongxian City will be affected by the spiritual power of the formation.
The most suitable location is in the deep mountains.
It is the best choice to be able to directly suppress Feng Xi in the deep mountains and prevent him from entering the city.
In the deep mountains, the most suitable place is naturally Black Mountain Village.
Black Mountain Village is located between two mountains, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In other words, the interior is relatively closed, which is also suitable for trapping and killing by formations.
The Qian family ancestor built the Black Mountain Village here because the location of the Black Mountain Village is suitable for constructing a formation.
Although the Black Mountain Village was destroyed, there is still a certain formation foundation. Building a large formation on this foundation can save a lot of effort.
Although Director Zhou and Elder Yu were a little surprised, they both nodded in agreement.
Mo Hua said to Commander Yang: "Uncle Yang, we need to find a way to contain Feng Xi and delay some time."
The large formation is guaranteed to take two months to build, but if something unexpected happens and the construction period is delayed, Feng Xi will start looking for food before it is completed, which will be a big problem.
So it is necessary to try to stop Feng Xi from refining blood and energy to buy more time.
Commander Yang nodded: "Don't worry, I have borrowed the relationship of the Yang family and have written to the Taoist Army Department to request the transfer of two more Taoist soldiers. In the next few days, we will find ways to harass Feng Xi and delay its speed of refining blood and qi."
After that, everyone had a clear division of labor. The spiritual stone materials were distributed by Chief Zhou, the manpower was dispatched by Elder Yu, and the formation was fully responsible for Mo Hua.
The construction of the Five Elements Demon Slaying Formation officially began.
The general map of the formation was designed by Mo Hua based on the formation hub of the formation, referring to other formation records, and listening to the opinions of the master of the craftsman class.
The first step is to clean up the damaged buildings of the Black Mountain Village and reconstruct the foundation and framework of the formation. This part is the responsibility of the craftsman.
At the same time, the refining shop in the south city started working day and night, and the refining furnace was running day and night to start refining the formation plates, formation locks, formation doors and other components required for the formation as the formation medium.
The alchemists refined some elixirs for heat removal, detoxification, miasma removal, and recovery of physical strength and spiritual power, and supplied them to the craftsmen who built the formation.
The Fushan Restaurant in the city and the An family's restaurant provide meals for everyone.
Under the leadership of Yu Chengyi, Mo Shan and others, the demon hunters opened a mountain road in Dahei Mountain, starting from Tongxian City, passing through the inner and outer mountains, and directly reaching the deep mountains to the old site of Heishan Village.
The mountain road is wide and flat, which is convenient for transporting many materials needed for the formation.
At the same time, the demon hunters are also responsible for driving away the monsters on both sides of the mountain road to prevent them from attacking the monks.
A few days later, some casual cultivators from Qingxuan City also came to help. Some cultivators from nearby immortal cities, hearing that Tongxian City was going to build a large formation to fight against the big demon, also gathered here and wanted to do their part.
More and more cultivators built the formation, and the entire cultivation project became more and more magnificent.
Mo Hua stood on a mountaintop in Heishan Village.
Looking down, you can see a long mountain road, which stretches from the foot of Heishan Village, along the Dahei Mountain, all the way to Tongxian City.
The mountain road was crowded with people, and the densely packed monks were transporting the building materials and various supplies in an orderly manner.
The Black Mountain Village under his feet had been dismantled, and the foundation had been rebuilt. The framework of some basic array media had been built.
Master Ban led many craftsmen to shuttle between them, and the prototype of the large array had already appeared.
In the distant Tongxian City, the refining industry was in full swing, the alchemy industry was in full swing, and the smoke from the Fushan Building was rising.
The finished food boxes, pills, and spiritual tools were either delivered to the hands of various monks, or sent to the deep mountains along the winding mountain roads...
Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of monks worked together to build a large-scale cultivation array - the Five Elements Demon Killing Array.
This scene shocked Mo Hua inexplicably.
"Is this the large array..."
If a single array is not strong enough, gather enough single arrays and form a large array through the core array hub.
If a single cultivator is not strong enough, gather enough cultivators and work together for a common goal.
Human power is limited, but as long as there are enough people, the power is endless.
In a trance, Mo Hua's mind was enlightened.
He could draw a large formation, kill Feng Xi, and save the cultivators in the city.
But in fact, it was not him who was saving others, but everyone was saving himself.
Without me, no one could draw a large formation, but if there were not so many cultivators working together, I would not be able to build a large formation at all.
Destiny has never been changed by one person, but by all cultivators working together to truly change fate!
In an instant, Mo Hua's sea of consciousness trembled slightly, his mind was clear, and he felt that the concept of the large formation was suddenly understood.
The lines of the formation, which were a little awkward before, seemed to be clearly engraved in the sea of consciousness.
A hint of enlightenment suddenly came to Mo Hua's heart.
He could really build it and control the entire Five Elements Demon Killing Formation as if it were his own arm!
Master Luo, who was following behind Mo Hua, was lamenting the complexity of the formation. Suddenly he looked up and saw that Mo Hua seemed to have an epiphany, and his whole body exuded a mysterious aura that was difficult for him to guess.
It seemed that he understood something and the formation had taken another step forward.
There was even a hint of the demeanor of a formation master.
At that moment, Master Luo thought he was dazzled.
He rubbed his eyes, and when he looked again, he found that all the profound aura on Mo Hua's body was gone, and he was still that simple little cultivator.
Because it was noon, someone shouted "Dinner is ready", Mo Hua performed the Water Step and ran to get the chicken leg happily...
Master Luo stood there blankly for a long time, then sighed with a complicated expression, and muttered to himself in self-doubt:
"Did I just have a dazzled look..."
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Ten days later, the bottom formation medium framework of the formation was built.
Thanks to the concerted efforts of all the cultivators, this speed was much faster than Mo Hua expected.
Next, it was necessary to draw the formal formation.
The Five Elements Demon Slaying Formation takes the formation eye as the source, the formation hub as the overall plan, the single formation layout, and the formation medium as the cornerstone.
The formation eye of the formation is composed of multiple first-grade spirit gathering complex formations, which are used to refine spirit stones, absorb spiritual energy, and condense the formation spirit power, thereby providing the entire formation with a source of spiritual power for operation.
The core of the formation is the formation hub, which is the center for coordinating and controlling the opening and closing, starting and stopping, forward and reverse, and strong and suppressing of spiritual power.
Only after drawing the array hub first can the single arrays extending from the array hub be arranged in sequence according to the array hub.
Similarly, in the entire array, the array hub is the most difficult to draw, and it is also the most core and confidential part of the array, which must be drawn by the main array master himself.
In other words, only those who can draw the array hub are qualified to become the main array master of the array and lead the construction of the array.
Mo Hua chose a high peak as the location of the array hub.
The terrain here is high, the vision is good, and it is far away from the middle area of the trap. It is suitable for controlling the overall situation when controlling the array, and it is not easy to be affected by spiritual power when trapping Feng Xi.
The array medium of the array hub is a huge array plate infused with fine iron, which is extremely strong and not easy to be damaged.
Before Mo Hua started to write, Master Luo led all the array masters to retreat.
The array hub is the core of the array and the secret of the array master. Naturally, it must be kept confidential when drawing.
At the same time, Master Luo also knew that this array core might not be drawn by Mo Hua himself, but might be drawn by his teacher, so he brought all the array masters out to avoid this matter being exposed.
Master Luo was very "considerate" for Mo Hua.
But he didn't know that the array core of this large array was indeed drawn by Mo Hua himself.
The array core is difficult to draw.
Although Mo Hua has understood it thoroughly enough, it is still very difficult to draw this array core.
Using the array plate made of fine iron as the array medium, more spiritual consciousness is consumed when drawing the array.
Mo Hua failed twice due to insufficient spiritual consciousness, and then used the spirit-dispelling liquid to wipe off the array pattern and draw it again.
Because the pattern was too complicated, he made two mistakes and drew it again.
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After failing five or six times in a row, Mo Hua never got discouraged.
Because of the understanding just now, the pattern of the array core was clearly presented in his mind.
He knew that he could draw it, but he just needed to be more familiar with it and need some trial and error opportunities.
Five days later, after countless attempts by Mo Hua, he finally drew the formation hub of the Five-Star Demon-Slaying Formation.
Mo Hua used his spiritual consciousness to penetrate the formation hub, and the lines were clearly visible. The paths and trajectories of different spiritual powers were also consistent with the records on the jade slip of the formation.
Mo Hua was worried, and checked it from beginning to end several times, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
Success!
Mo Hua looked at the profound and complex formation hub in front of him, and joy arose spontaneously.
The formation hub has a rigorous structure, and the accumulation of fine strokes forms a heavy front, which has a complex and profound beauty.
The only flaw is that this is the first time Mo Hua draws the formation hub on the formation plate. He is not familiar with the brushwork and has smeared it too many times, so it doesn't look very beautiful.
Although it is not very beautiful, it is okay as long as it can be used!
Mo Hua thinks that it is more important for cultivators to be pragmatic, and practicality is better than anything else.
After the formation hub was drawn, Master Luo led other formation masters in. Seeing the scene in front of them, everyone was shocked.
This is the core of the formation...
The complex patterns are daunting, and it seems that they can't learn it...
After sighing, Master Luo looked at the core for a long time.
On the one hand, he was shocked that this master had such high attainments in formations that he could actually draw the core of the formation;
On the other hand, he was puzzled. Why did this "master" look so unfamiliar with his brushwork, like a child scribbling, and smearing so many times...