Chapter 45 Surprise
The next day, Mr. Zhuang's teaching method was different. He only taught Mo Hua the formation theory within the Qi Refining Stage, and combined it with various formations to let Mo Hua learn step by step.
This method is very similar to the teaching method of Yan Jiaoshi, but Mr. Zhuang's realm should be much higher, so the pattern is larger, the details are more complete, and the context is clearer.
Mo Hua secretly felt sorry for Yan Jiaoshi. If it were not for the realm limit, Yan Jiaoshi might not be an ordinary teacher. At least in the concept of formation inheritance and education, Yan Jiaoshi and Mr. Zhuang, who has a high attainment in formation, have something in common.
The obscure formation theory that Mr. Zhuang taught before gave Mo Hua a headache.
Some theories Mo Hua had never come into contact with, so he had no idea and could only memorize them by rote. But no matter how good his memory was, he couldn't remember these abstract and empty theories. He often remembered the latter and forgot the former. When he looked back at the former content, he forgot the latter again, so he learned very slowly.
These things are very difficult for Mo Hua to learn, but the aristocratic families use them as the basis for learning formations. It is no wonder that those great aristocratic families can stand in the world of cultivation for tens of thousands of years without falling.
There is a huge gap between ordinary casual cultivators and aristocratic families in terms of foundation and inheritance, so that there is almost no formation master among ordinary casual cultivators.
Mo Hua sighed, there is no point in comparing with others, and he can only do his best to do better. Mo Hua warned himself, then calmed down and learned formations according to Mr. Zhuang's way.
Now starting from the Qi Refining Stage, Mo Hua learns much faster by drawing formations as the main method and supplemented by formation theory.
Because Mo Hua has drawn a large number of formations day and night, drawing on the Dao stele at night, drawing on paper during the day, and occasionally drawing on the ground with grass roots when he has nothing to do.
In terms of the amount of practice of formations alone, some formation masters in the late Qi Refining stage may not have practiced more than Mo Hua.
So after Mr. Zhuang changed his teaching method, Mo Hua learned very quickly. When he finished learning the theory and asked Mo Hua to draw the formation by himself, Mo Hua's progress was even faster.
Mr. Zhuang first asked Mo Hua to relearn several formations containing five formation patterns, including some formations with five elements that Mo Hua had never seen before. Old Kui also helped Mo Hua prepare the formation diagrams and pens and ink.
Mo Hua learned eagerly and painted persistently.
During the day, he drew the formation at Mr. Zhuang's Qingxianju, and at night, he continued to practice on the Dao tablet in the sea of consciousness. The formation with five formation patterns was not difficult for Mo Hua. Generally, he could learn one after a few days of familiarity.
Then it was the Dingshui formation with six formation patterns. Mo Hua was limited by his spiritual consciousness before and could not draw a complete formation. Now, more than half a month has passed. He has been practicing formations every day, and his spiritual consciousness has increased a lot. Although it is a bit reluctant, he can still draw the Dingshui formation with six formation patterns completely.
After drawing the Dingshui Formation, Mr. Zhuang taught several new formations, such as "Qianjun Formation", "Liusha Formation", "Xiaoyunyu Formation", etc. Mo Hua had the support of spiritual consciousness, and practiced day and night, so he mastered them all in half a month.
Mr. Zhuang was quite satisfied, not only with Mo Hua's progress, but also with Mo Hua's character.
Not everyone has the concentration to sit and study formations every day for a child as old as Mo Hua.
But privately, Mr. Zhuang still felt a little regretful, so he said to Master Kui:
"Mo Hua's comprehension is better than I thought before, but it's a pity that he was born as a casual cultivator and lacks the inheritance of formations. His foundation is much worse, otherwise he may not be much worse than those proud children of the aristocratic families..."
"What's good about the proud children of heaven?"
Mr. Zhuang was silent for a while.
Old Kui looked at Mr. Zhuang silently, his voice was flat and indifferent, but there was an unspeakable sarcasm, "Weren't you a child of destiny back then? Which of the disciples you accepted before was not a child of destiny? What happened? What's the situation of your current state? Do I need to tell you..."
Mr. Zhuang sighed and said unhappily: "If I die young, I must be angry to death by you!"
Old Kui was indifferent, "Life and death are determined by fate. You said this, which shows that you haven't yet entered the door of understanding the way of heaven."
Mr. Zhuang simply lay on the recliner and said meaningfully: "Heaven and earth are not benevolent, all things are straw dogs, if people can really understand the way of heaven, can they still be considered human beings?"
Old Kui still played chess alone, sitting still, like a rotten wood.
Mr. Zhuang taught more about the formation that includes the six-way formation pattern, because the six-way formation pattern is already relatively complete and involves the prototypes of many basic formations, so it requires a lot of learning and comprehension.
When Mr. Zhuang finished learning the formation of six array patterns and was about to teach the formation of seven array patterns, he found something quite surprising, that is, Mo Hua's spiritual consciousness grew a little too fast.
When Mr. Zhuang first met Mo Hua, Mo Hua's spiritual consciousness was not enough to draw six array patterns. Now, after a month, Mo Hua's spiritual consciousness can not only support him to draw a complete formation with six array patterns, but even now, he can draw six and a half array patterns with seven array patterns.
In a month, Mo Hua's spiritual power has improved little, but his spiritual consciousness has grown rapidly.
Mr. Zhuang frowned slightly, thinking that something was wrong.
On this day, Mo Hua was learning the formation with seven array patterns, and Mr. Zhuang suddenly asked: "Mo Hua, do you know the visualization method?"
Mo Hua looked surprised and said, "I have never heard of it."
"Is that so?" Mr. Zhuang pointed at the table, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Have you ever seen some strange images or patterns? When people look at them, their consciousness can't help but immerse themselves in them."
Mo Hua thought for a moment and shook his head.
The strangest thing he had ever seen was the Dao stele in his mind, but there was no pattern or obvious pattern on the stele, and he wouldn't be immersed in it if he looked at it for a long time.
Mr. Zhuang was silent for a moment, and then said, "Your consciousness grows faster than others. You should have noticed this."
Mo Hua nodded and said, "My disciple draws formations during the day and practices formations in his dreams at night. Moreover, drawing formations in his dreams at night does not consume consciousness. In this way, day and night, the consciousness will gradually increase."
He didn't say anything about the Dao stele, but everything else was true.
Mo Hua actually didn't know whether his consciousness was enhanced because of the Dao stele or simply because he was constantly drawing formations.
Mo Hua asked, "Sir, can I enhance my consciousness as long as I keep drawing formations?"
Mr. Zhuang was stunned by the question.
Drawing arrays will constantly consume spiritual consciousness and constantly train the sea of consciousness. Over time, the spiritual consciousness will naturally be enhanced.
But according to the usual practice in the cultivation world, people first try to improve spiritual consciousness and then learn arrays.
Because relying on drawing arrays to enhance spiritual consciousness is an extremely slow process, and it is easy to exhaust spiritual consciousness and damage the sea of consciousness, resulting in irreversible consequences.
Therefore, few cultivators think of using the simplest, slowest, and most risky way of drawing arrays to enhance spiritual consciousness.
Mr. Zhuang felt that things were not that simple, and looked at Mo Hua with a little doubt, but when he touched Mo Hua's eyes, he found that Mo Hua had a pair of clear eyes, which were surprisingly serious and frank.
Mr. Zhuang taught many disciples, and he had seen eyes of admiration, fear, and full of thoughts, but he had never seen such frank eyes, and then laughed and said, "Well."
"Do you know meditation?" Mr. Zhuang asked again.
Mo Hua still shook his head.
"Meditation can allow a cultivator to enter a state of concentration in a short period of time through meditation, so as to recover consciousness faster. This is not something that a cultivator of your level should learn, but you are a little special, so you can learn it now."
Mo Hua didn't know what Mr. Zhuang meant by special, but she was happy to learn something new, "Thank you, sir."
"But there is one thing you must remember."
Mr. Zhuang's expression gradually became serious, "If someone asks you why your consciousness grows so fast, you can say that it is because I taught you meditation, and there is no need to say anything else."
Mo Hua was a little confused, but she felt that Mr. Zhuang was doing it for her own good, so she kept Mr. Zhuang's words in her heart.
Mr. Zhuang nodded and took out a thin booklet from his sleeve. There were three words written on the booklet:
"Meditation".