Chapter 390 Dao Essence
In a secluded field in the vast spiritual field.
Mo Hua sat on the ridge of the field, and began to practice the thick earth formation on a piece of open space in front of him.
Mo Hua had already mastered the formation of the thick earth formation with the help of the Dao stele.
The only problem was that the formation had no effect after it was drawn.
Thick earth means being virtuous and carrying things, nurturing all living things.
This formation must be based on the land to be truly effective.
Mo Hua took the pen, dipped it in ink, and began to draw the thick earth formation on the ground.
After a while, a mysterious and ancient thick earth formation with eleven formation patterns was drawn.
Mo Hua injected spiritual power to light up the formation.
But the spiritual power entered the formation, like flowing into a bucket with an exposed bottom, and poured out in an instant.
Mo Hua wiped the formation pattern with his hand, and the formation pattern was easily wiped off.
Mo Hua sighed.
Failed.
Mo Hua was unwilling to give up, and began to continue painting.
As expected, the second one also failed.
The third one also failed...
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After his spiritual consciousness was exhausted, Mo Hua meditated, and when his spiritual consciousness was full, he continued to paint.
But no matter how he painted, the array pattern could not be integrated into the land, and the spiritual power could not flow.
Mo Hua frowned and thought:
"It seems that Master is right. This principle is simple to say, but it is completely different when it is actually done..."
"No matter how I paint, the array pattern cannot stay on the ground, and the spiritual power cannot fit with the earth."
"And after painting so many sets, there is still no progress..."
"Should I ask Master again?"
Mo Hua hesitated and shook his head.
Let's comprehend it again.
If Master wanted to tell me, he would have told me before.
Master didn't say it, it should be for other reasons, wanting me to comprehend.
As the saying goes, the master leads the way, and the practice is up to the individual.
It is better to learn and think about what you can understand by yourself, so that you can experience it more deeply.
Mo Hua nodded, and then pondered:
"It should be that I haven't drawn enough."
"Draw the formation a hundred times, and its meaning will become clear."
"Draw it a hundred times first, and if you still have no clue, ask the master again."
Mo Hua nodded, held his breath and continued to draw the thick earth formation on the land.
Draw from morning to afternoon, and from afternoon to night.
Mo Hua doesn't need to sleep at night.
When the spiritual consciousness is exhausted or feels tired, sink the spiritual consciousness into the sea of consciousness.
Sit quietly in front of the Taoist monument and meditate for a while, the spiritual consciousness will be abundant, and people will become energetic.
Mo Hua drew the formation without sleep and forget to eat.
Bai Zixi brought Miao'er to bring food to Mo Hua.
But seeing that Mo Hua was drawing the formation without distraction, he didn't disturb him, but just quietly put the food beside him.
Mo Hua was tired of painting. When he took a break, he would eat a few bites when he saw the lunch box.
After eating, he continued to draw the formation.
After a few days, Mo Hua had drawn the thick earth formation eighty or ninety times, but the formation pattern still could not match the land.
Mo Hua couldn't help but doubt himself.
Is the method wrong?
Or is it that his understanding is not enough?
It won't really take a hundred times...
But according to this, even if he draws a hundred times, it seems that there will be no progress.
Mo Hua frowned, held his chin, and thought silently in his heart.
Did he overlook something?
Elements of the formation: formation medium, formation pattern, formation hub, formation eye.
These should all be taken into consideration...
In addition, there are spiritual ink, spiritual power, and spiritual consciousness...
Mo Hua muttered one by one, and suddenly he was startled.
Spiritual consciousness...
When a cultivator comprehends the formation, he must use spiritual consciousness.
But he is also comprehending the formation with spiritual consciousness?
Could it be that what he wants to comprehend is not only the formation?
The formation is drawn on the earth, with great virtue and bearing all things, the way of the earth... So what he wants to comprehend is not only the formation, but also the "earth"?
With the mentality of giving it a try, Mo Hua sat cross-legged, held his breath and concentrated, and began to communicate with the earth with his spiritual consciousness.
Half an hour passed.
Nothing happened...
Mo Hua was a little depressed and a little confused.
Suddenly he slapped his head and remembered something.
Mr. Zhuang had just told him:
"When a cultivator comprehends the Tao, he only focuses on perception, which is inevitably illusory and formal without substance."
"And the formation is the manifestation of the way of heaven, and it is a bridge between cultivators and the empty way of heaven."
The formation is a bridge between cultivators and the way of heaven and earth.
Then it is not meditation and daydreaming, but it should be to use the formation as a bridge, while drawing the formation, comprehending the Tao.
Mo Hua's eyes lit up, and then he dipped his brush into ink and began to draw a thick earth formation on the ground.
But this time, while he was drawing, he expanded his spiritual consciousness and communicated with the earth.
As he put down his brush, Mo Hua felt that his spiritual consciousness seemed to be touched.
It seemed that the vast earth had a faint aura, which emerged little by little as he copied the formation pattern.
Every time he drew a formation pattern, the aura of the earth became thicker.
The feeling of Mo Hua's consciousness became clearer.
When Mo Hua finished drawing the formation, he was sure that he had indeed sensed something.
It was a vast, deep, and compassionate aura.
But it was still just a perception.
After sensing, the earth was still silent, without a trace of aura.
Mo Hua looked down at the formation he had drawn.
Some of the formation patterns had gradually merged with the land, but only a shallow layer had been melted, and it could only absorb a faint spiritual power.
Despite this, Mo Hua was still refreshed.
This showed that his idea was right.
To comprehend the thick earth formation is not just to comprehend the formation, but also to comprehend the avenue contained in the formation.
Only in this way can the formation and the Tao be combined, and the "earth" can be used as the medium of the formation to draw this unique formation.
He now realizes some mysteries, but he has drawn too little, the time for comprehension is short, and the heat is not yet enough.
Next, just keep drawing.
Mo Hua's eyes are as bright as stars.
He cheered up and continued to practice the thick earth formation according to the method he just understood.
The effect of this practice was obviously much better.
With each additional drawing, the formation pattern and the land will fit more.
The breath of the earth sensed by the divine consciousness gradually became clearer.
It seems that the vast earth also has its own will, eternal and immortal, silent and speechless, but broad-minded, nourishing all things.
Mo Hua communicates with this eternal will, understands it bit by bit, and the divine consciousness is close to it.
The understanding of the thick earth formation becomes more and more profound.
Finally, after an unknown period of time, Mo Hua finally successfully drew the first thick earth formation on the land.
The formation pattern and the earth are one.
Mo Hua lit up the formation with spiritual power.
In the deep night, the thick earth formation exuded a warm luster.
The spiritual power in the formation also underwent special changes.
It seemed to have its own life, evolving on its own, turning into more subtle and gentle spiritual power.
These spiritual powers are like fine spring rain, blending into the land, nourishing life, and multiplying endlessly.
Mo Hua could even feel the strong vitality from the soil.
"The earth is Kun, and the virtue carries everything. Is this the thick earth formation..."
Mo Hua felt something in his heart and was a little absent-minded for a while.
He finally understood why the absolute formation was called the absolute formation.
Because the spiritual power flow of the absolute formation is fundamentally different from that of ordinary formations, and is closer to a deeper level of Tao.
Mo Hua now has mastered two types of absolute formations.
One is the reverse spirit formation, and the other is the thick earth formation.
The reverse spirit formation will reverse the spiritual power, while the thick earth formation will derive the spiritual power.
The reverse spirit destruction is the annihilation of killing.
Thick soil nourishes, and it is endless.
Both are changes in spiritual power, completely different from each other, but they return to the same source and evolve from the Tao.
Mo Hua suddenly had an epiphany, his mind was clear, and his understanding of the Tao in his heart became deeper.
"Exhausting the array, and close to the Tao..."
Mr. Zhuang's words were also deeply engraved in Mo Hua's sea of consciousness.
It was past midnight, and the night sky was full of stars.
The moonlight was like a veil, draped between the mountains of Lingtian.
Mo Hua felt much more relaxed and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
After spending so much time, he finally learned the thick soil array.
Mo Hua wanted to take a break, but he felt excited and energetic, and it seemed that he didn't need to rest.
It would be better to consolidate the thick soil array again.
So Mo Hua drew the thick soil array on the ground again.
But this time, he felt something was wrong.
Although the array pattern drawn by the pen was integrated into the earth, it was occasionally intermittent, and the spiritual power was not particularly smooth.
Mo Hua thought about it and understood.
Although he sensed the breath of the earth, his understanding was still very shallow.
So this kind of perception was sometimes absent, and the array was also intermittent.
This can only be said to be barely learned, not proficient.
At least compared with the ancestor of the Sun family, it should still be far behind.
If you want to learn from the ancestor of the Sun family and reconstruct the spiritual field with the pattern of the thick earth array, you will be even further behind.
Mo Hua frowned.
The root of this problem is not the array itself.
After drawing so many times, Mo Hua is already proficient enough in the array of the thick earth array, and can draw it with his eyes closed.
The problem lies in the perception of the breath of the earth.
Once the spiritual consciousness loses the perception of this breath, the array pattern will not be able to fit with the earth.
Mo Hua closed his eyes and used his spiritual consciousness to communicate with that breath.
This time it was much clearer, but still vague, elusive, and unable to sense any deeper.
Even if I try harder, it's just like this.
Mo Hua held his chin, frowned, and his mind raced.
I have to think of a way...
If you can't clearly sense this breath, your consciousness can't communicate with the earth, and you can't draw the thick earth formation 100% accurately.
It's even more impossible to build a spiritual field.
In this case, it can't be considered that you have learned the thick earth formation.
"My consciousness is limited, so what about the "Dao Monument"?"
Mo Hua thought about it, his eyes moved slightly, and then his consciousness sank into the sea of consciousness.
In the sea of consciousness, the Dao Monument emerged.
While Mo Hua was drawing the thick earth formation on the Dao Monument, he used the Dao Monument to sense the breath of the earth.
Suddenly, Mo Hua felt that the Dao Monument had a slight tremor.
It was like the divine consciousness of heaven and earth descended and resonated with the Dao Monument.
In an instant, Mo Hua's mind was shocked.
It was as if his consciousness had sensed a huge and immortal divine consciousness.
This divine consciousness was compassionate and broad, as vast as the ocean.
And his consciousness was tiny and insignificant, just like a drop in the ocean.
And the breath of this divine consciousness was faintly familiar.
Suddenly, Mo Hua understood.
When he was drawing the thick earth formation, the breath he felt came from this divine thought.
But his own divine sense was too weak, and he could only sense a tiny breath.
Now, with the help of the Dao Tablet, he could sense the vast divine thought!
This is the divine thought of the vast earth!
This divine thought does not contain good or evil, joy or anger, or all the selfish thoughts in the world.
Just like the earth itself, it carries all things, nurtures all things, and allows all things to live and die without interfering.
Rather than being a divine thought, it is more like the "Tao" of the earth.
Mo Hua was blessed and drew the thick earth formation on the Dao Tablet.
This thick earth formation is extremely heavy.
Every stroke seems to contain the power of the earth.
The thick earth formation was completed, and with the formation as a bridge, Mo Hua felt that he had a vague connection with this divine thought.
His own divine sense and the divine thought of the earth became more and more intimate.
From his mind, Mo Hua also personally realized the "Tao of the Earth".
It was only a moment of realization, but it was extremely profound.
Heaven creates all things, and the Earth nurtures all things.
The grass and trees wither and flourish, the melons ripen and fall, and life continues from generation to generation.
Above the earth, the scene of all things is presented.
In a trance, Mo Hua seemed to have some feelings.
"The earth follows the sky, and people follow the earth."
He seemed to be standing on the vast earth and glimpsed the "Tao" of the earth.
His mind was in harmony with the Tao of the earth.
Mo Hua felt that one day, he could really use his mind as a pen and the "earth" as paper.
Where the sky covers, where the earth reaches, where the mind moves, the earth is drawn into a formation!
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At the same time, Mr. Zhuang, who was resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes and saw the old man Kui who was also shocked.
At that moment, they all felt the shock in the dark.
Mr. Zhuang murmured in disbelief:
"Who... touched the Dao essence?"
Then the two of them were suddenly startled and looked towards the spiritual field in the southeast.
In that spiritual field, his little disciple had been staying there to comprehend the formation.
And at this moment, there was a deep and inexplicable aura in the spiritual field.
Mr. Zhuang's eyes became more and more incredible...