Chapter 922 Tao and Quality

Elder Zheng patiently explained the ink painting.

Mo Hua nodded slowly, thoughtfully, "In that case, it is possible for a second-grade formation master to activate a third-grade formation?"

"Theoretically, this is true, but the conditions will be more stringent," Elder Zheng said. "First of all, this type of formation must be designed and constructed through 'reduction of grain' to reduce costs and increase efficiency from the beginning."

"Secondly, a second-level formation master cannot draw this kind of formation. At most, he can only use it."

"Because it is a third-grade formation after all. If the realm is not enough, even if it can be used, the effectiveness will be greatly reduced."

"Again, the conditions for using the formation are the mandatory requirement of divine consciousness."

"What level of spiritual consciousness can you use to use what level of formation. Even if the third-level formation is lowered, it still requires at least the spiritual consciousness of the peak of foundation building. It is still too difficult for ordinary monks."

"If you don't learn formations and hone your spiritual consciousness, most monks, even if they have peak foundation-building cultivation, will not be able to have peak foundation-building spiritual consciousness."

"Therefore, it is almost impossible to use this small amount of third-grade formations in the foundation-building realm. Even if it can be used, the effectiveness of the formations is very weak and does not make much sense."

"but……"

Elder Zheng glanced at Mo Hua and after thinking for a moment, he understood Mo Hua's intention. His eyes lit up and he asked:

"Do you want to try to activate the thunder magnetic array disk that you got from 'killing people and seizing treasures'?"

"I didn't kill anyone!" Mo Hua emphasized again, "Besides, it's not about killing people to seize treasures."

I am a serious monk and generally do not do such unseemly things.

Unless forced to do so.

Elder Zheng obviously didn't care either, and pondered for a moment, "Although the conditions for using the falling pattern formation are harsh, your talent is so good that you unexpectedly meet them..."

In particular, the super level of spiritual consciousness has exceeded three levels, which is really unbelievable.

Elder Zheng is still shocked when he thinks about it.

Sometimes he even had the urge to open Mo Hua's head to see what kind of structure he had in his mind, and why he had the consciousness of peak Foundation Establishment in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

"The thunder and magnet formation works on microscopic thunder and magnets. It is different from the general formation. It does not pay attention to the size of the power or the scale of the spiritual power. The use of 'drop pattern' has little effect."

"However, after all, you are only at the second level. Even if you activate the thunder magnetic array disk, you can only activate it a little bit. The real thunder magnetic effect cannot be exerted to one-tenth or two..."

Mo Hua nodded, "A little bit is enough."

He didn't fully count on the thunder disk.

The thunder disk is just a "stepping stone". His real reliance is the secondary thunder pattern produced by Guiyuan, that is, the "little thunder man".

"As long as you have an idea." Elder Zheng said.

Smart children don't need to be restrained too much and let them learn things on their own. In this way, they will be surprised.

Of course, it would be better if this "surprise" could not develop into a "fright"...

Elder Zheng glanced at Mo Hua silently, then pondered for a moment, took out a jade slip, moved his consciousness slightly, entered some words in it, and handed the jade slip to Mo Hua.

"I recorded some of my experiences on 'reducing grain' into this jade slip. You can take a look at it when you have time. I won't say much else."

Mo Hua was overjoyed, took the jade slip and thanked him: "Thank you, senior!"

After talking about the formation, the jade slips were obtained, the tea was drunk, and Elder Zheng was about to go back, Mo Hua stood up and left.

"Ink painting."

Elder Zheng suddenly stopped him, his eyes looking thoughtful, as if he wanted to say something, but he was a little worried.

"Senior, is there anything else?" Mo Hua asked doubtfully.

Elder Zheng thought for a moment, sighed, and slowly said:

"The matter of 'lowering patterns' is not recognized by orthodox formation masters. Most of the formation masters in the world seek higher formation methods and will not lower themselves to use low-level formations."

"But you have to know that 'reducing lines' itself is not a trick or a self-reducing figure. It is also a 'Tao' in itself."

"In this world, low-grade and high-grade things coexist. The same is true for formations, especially large-scale and large-scale formations."

"First-grade, second-grade, third-grade and even above-third-grade formations are all taken into consideration and work together in the grand formation."

"Just like in this world, Qi refining, foundation building, golden elixir, and even Yuhua Dongxu, regardless of their level of realm, all live together in this world."

"The principles of heaven and earth are all-encompassing, accommodate all things, and benefit the common people."

"Real world events must concern all the people in the world and profoundly affect all monks in this world, from Qi Refining to Dongxu, from low-level to high-level."

"Yu Hua Dongxu, although his realm is high and his cultivation is strong, there is still too much that can't be done by one person alone."

"Arrayments are the same as people. Sometimes, a simple high-grade array may not really benefit the people of the world."

"If you want to form a large formation, you must include thousands of formations, regardless of superiority or inferiority."

"If you want to accomplish great things, you must concentrate all your efforts, from refining Qi to Dongxu, you cannot ignore it."

Elder Zheng took a deep look at Mo Hua, "This is just some gossip, but..."

"Your talent is too strong, and you learned formations...too quickly. I'm afraid that you will keep studying upwards, learn too quickly, and rise too high, but you will ignore some underlying issues..."

Mo Hua was stunned and lost his mind.

He couldn't help but think of what his mother said to him a long time ago, when he first started learning formations and making a stove for his mother:

"Not only formation masters, but all monks are the same. When people walk to higher places, they won't look down..."

When he first heard this, he felt mixed emotions.

Thinking back on it now, I actually felt a little bit of alarm in my heart.

"Did I unknowingly forget to look down when I was walking up high?"

Mo Hua frowned.

Elder Zheng was both surprised and relieved when he saw the ink painting looking blank and thoughtful.

Sure enough, if you don't have such a thing as Taoist heart, you won't understand it no matter what you say. But if you do have it, you can understand it with a little mention.

…

After bidding farewell to Elder Zheng and returning to his disciple's residence, Mo Hua sat on the futon and thought deeply.

Elder Zheng may have just made a temporary suggestion and made some kind suggestions, but these words touched him deeply.

A monk practices Taoism, one level and one realm.

Cultivation, formations, elixirs, weapon refining, talismans, etc. all have "grades". Monks follow this set of "grades" and move up step by step.

Every step you take, every step you pass, you are superior to others.

Although there are high and low realms, and there are certainly strong and weak cultivation levels, things like "grade" seem to be forcibly defined by people following certain rules.

Master seemed to have mentioned this to himself at the beginning.

Grades are man-made "rules" and human limitations of the Tao, not the Tao itself.

Monks spend their entire lives pursuing "grade".

After practicing hard and crossing the level, the cultivation level has been strengthened and the skills have been improved, but...has the nature of human beings changed?

High-level monks are human beings, but low-level monks are not human beings?

When one's realm is improved, can one be superior to others, and can one take advantage of one's cultivation to ignore, despise, despise, or even wantonly exploit, oppress, and kill low-level monks?

More importantly, grades are rules set by people.

According to this rule, will the end of the "grade" really be the "Tao"? Can you really become an "immortal"?

Mo Hua had doubts in his heart.

For the first time, the concept of "grade" showed signs of disappearing in his mind.

At the same time, he also had a glimmer of enlightenment.

What monks should seek is "Tao", not "Quality".

The second grade is condensed from the first grade.

The foundation is built by refining Qi.

The great road embraces all things, so there is no need to see the grades clearly.

You cannot just learn high-grade formations and ignore the application of low-grade formations.

Don't just pursue high realms and ignore the common people below high levels.

Mo Hua then thought again: "But the problem is that it seems that the 'quality' of this realm must be cultivated..."

Although the rules are set by humans, they have been passed down for tens of thousands of years and have become an inherent practice system.

If you want to practice step by step and gain stronger power step by step, you must follow this framework.

With his current cultivation and knowledge, he cannot escape.

He still has to go step by step and move up step by step.

The formation goes from the first level to the second level, from the second level to the third level... The same goes for the cultivation level, from refining Qi to foundation building, from foundation building to golden elixir, and then to feathering...

but……

"If I keep going up and follow this framework, will one day become like other high-level monks, relying on their cultivation to be powerful, condescending and arrogant?"

"In this case, wouldn't it mean that we are seeking 'quality' instead of 'Tao'?"

It's not impossible.

Mo Hua knows very well that environment will change people.

If one day, I really have been in a "high and powerful position" for a long time, it is really hard to say what I am still thinking about at that time, whether I will deviate from my original intention, and whether I will forget my current feelings.

"When people walk to higher places, they don't look down..."

Mother's words rang in Mo Hua's ears again.

He thought for a moment and thought:

"As long as I remember this sentence, no matter how high my realm is or how strong my cultivation is, I always remember to look down, and I should be fine..."

"When my cultivation is high enough, reaching the sky, and I can still remember to look down, then maybe I will really know what the 'Tao' is and what the 'immortal' is."

Cultivation takes one step at a time. These thoughts and insights may seem useless, but they will settle in his heart and lay the foundation for his future pursuit of Taoism and immortality.

Mo Hua nodded, his eyes bright.

When he came to his senses, he realized that he still had something to do.

"Thunder Magnetic Array Disk!"

This is business now.

Mo Hua began to collect his thoughts and continued to study the thunder magnetic array disk.

He first carefully read the formation experience that Elder Zheng gave him from beginning to end, and then simulated it in his mind, and then started to play with the thunder magnetic formation disk in front of him.

The thunder magnetic array disk has a jade base, red gold rims, and silver wire engraved patterns. The magnetic patterns on it are densely covered, and the structure is very precise.

This should be a set of third-grade array plates.

However, because the dead "Mr. Yuan" had limited attainments in formations, the formation plate was "downgraded", so the true grade of the formation plate is actually between the second and third grades, and is considered "quasi-third grade".

This is a manifestation of Mr. Yuan's lack of ability, and it also facilitates ink painting.

Mo Hua began to follow Elder Zheng's instructions and use the second-grade formation eyes inside the formation disk to forcefully activate the third-grade formation disk.

As Elder Zheng said, this is an "unconventional" usage.

Rao Shi Mo Hua's spiritual consciousness has reached the limit of the peak of the nineteen patterns, and it is very difficult to activate it.

And the spiritual stones consumed were also huge. However, in the blink of an eye, hundreds of spiritual stones were integrated into the thunder magnetic array like water, and they were still being consumed...

Mo Hua felt a little distressed.

If he failed, all these spiritual stones would be wasted.

However, in order to study the thunder magnetic array and for his own magic weapon, these spiritual stones had to be spent.

Fortunately, the array itself was designed by others according to the specifications, and he just activated it simply, which was not difficult.

And the thunder magnetic array did not disappoint Mo Hua's spiritual stones.

After an incense stick, it trembled slightly, flashing a light blue thunder magnetic light, and a secondary thunder flow with a clear "instruction" penetrated into the guest order along the array, connecting a small piece of fixed magnetic pattern.

With Mo Hua's strength, he could not fully activate this thunder magnetic array. This array can only do this much.

But this is enough.

At the bottom of the sect token, the structure of the "merit library" is the most rigorous. The dense magnetic patterns, like "bricks and stones", are built into a city to protect the inner secrets.

This is a solid Yuan magnetic city.

Mo Hua is not going to break this "city".

Of course, with his ability, he can't break it.

His thunder magnetic man can only "tamper" and does not have the ability to "attack and defend".

Therefore, he needs to use the "quasi-third-grade" thunder magnetic array to generate a thunder magnetic flow with a "dissipation" command to open a small hole in this "city".

In this way, the thunder magnetic man can pass through this "hole", bypass the magnetic pattern defense, and infiltrate into the "merit library" of the core of the Demon Sect.

The thunder magnetic array is used for attack and defense, and the thunder magnetic man is used for infiltration. This combination is perfect.

Under Mo Hua's control, the Thunder Magnetic Array Plate produced a subtle secondary lightning flow, like an arrow, whizzing out along the predetermined magnetic lines, and hitting the "city wall" composed of magnetic lines at the bottom of the Demon Sect.

For a moment, the electric light and magnetic lines were surging.

But the whole process took place in the microscopic thunder magnetic field. Except for Mo Hua who silently controlled everything, no one could notice this magical and subtle scene.

Soon, a small gap was "blasted" on the solid magnetic wall by the arrow-like secondary lightning flow produced by the Thunder Magnetic Array Plate.

The Thunder Magnetic Man immediately followed the gap and "slid" into the Demon Sect's meritorious magnetic library, leaving only a small electric light line.

"Success!"

Mo Hua's eyes lit up.

This was the first time he successfully activated the Thunder Magnetic Array Plate, which was the first step towards becoming an "orthodox" Thunder Magnetic Array Master.

This attempt also laid the foundation for his initial idea of ​​combining the thunder magnetic array and the thunder magnetic man to complement each other and conduct thunder magnetic attack, defense and penetration.

The thunder magnetic man successfully infiltrated the "magnetic pattern city", and Mo Hua began to work officially.

Generally speaking, this kind of obvious attack and penetration will be noticed by other thunder magnetic array masters.

But Mr. Yuan is dead, and there is no one to maintain the thunder magnetic array of the Demon Sect. Even the "Guest Order" as the interface of the Yuan magnetic array is in Mo Hua's hands.

Mo Hua is both a thief and a bodyguard, so he naturally has nothing to worry about.

The thunder magnetic man infiltrated the "merit library". With the help of the thunder magnetic man, Mo Hua can sense the dense and neat magnetic patterns in front of him, like "tofu blocks".

Mo Hua is now quite proficient in magnetic pattern annotation.

These dense and fixed magnetic patterns, in just a few breaths, will be automatically "converted" into text by him:

"Blood Lotus Art, third level, entry-level art, sucking the blood of others and integrating it into one's own blood, up to twelve cycles... Magic Merit Points Required: 100."

"Blood Lotus Fruit, an evil item required for practicing Blood Lotus Art, nourished with human blood, three years per period. Magic Merit Points: 20..."

"Ten-year Blood Lotus Fruit, nourished with human blood, blood lotus fruit that has grown for ten years... Magic Merit Points: 200."

"Blood-sucking Knife, a second-grade evil weapon, kills people and sucks blood, the more it sucks, the stronger it becomes. This is a standard evil weapon, simplified from the magic treasure Swallowing Heaven Blood Blade... Magic Merit Points: 400."

"..."

Below, densely packed, are all a wide variety of magic sect practice methods and items.

"It is indeed the merit library of the magic sect."

"Could the Four Symbols Azure Dragon Formation Diagram be hidden in it?"

Mo Hua thought to himself.

If the top-level formation of the Four Symbols with the power of divine beasts, the Azure Dragon Formation Diagram, is really hidden in the treasure house of this Demon Sect, then I can save myself a lot of trouble.

There is also a sign of my own life magic weapon.

Mo Hua silently said in his heart:

"Four Symbols Azure Dragon Formation Diagram, Four Symbols Azure Dragon Formation Diagram... It must be there, it must be there..."

After repeating this silently for several times, Mo Hua began to "search" one magnetic pattern after another.

One magnetic pattern after another was "deciphered" into text by Mo Hua, and then recorded on the jade slip.

The Demon Sect had no idea that their most precious "merit library" was being "spyed" by Mo Hua bit by bit.

And this blood-sucking Demon Sect, I don't know where the inheritance is from, there are still many meritorious items in it, Mo Hua has to "peek" and "decipher" one by one, and it is impossible to read ten lines at a glance, so it is quite time-consuming.

In this way, after half a month, Mo Hua finally deciphered most of the Demon Sect's "merit library", and he wrote down many of the names.

Most of the inheritances or items were related to demon cultivation, and Mo Hua could not use them.

A very small part of them are the inheritance of the righteous way, perhaps they were robbed by killing people. They are not of high grade and not rare. Compared with the fifth-grade Taixu Sect's profound merit scrolls, they are really dwarfed, and Mo Hua doesn't look down on them.

Among them, there is no trace of the Four Symbols Azure Dragon Formation Diagram.

Seeing that the remaining things are getting fewer and fewer, Mo Hua can't help but get a little nervous.

If he can't find the Azure Dragon Formation Diagram in this merit library, then the matter of his life treasure will be extremely difficult.

He can only think of a way to kill the leader of the Demon Sect who is in the late Jindan stage, who is equipped with the Azure Dragon Formation and has unfathomable strength.

In this way, the difficulty is several times higher.

In the third-grade state, Mo Hua, who is only in the late foundation building stage, really has no clue to kill such a big demon in the Jindan realm.

"Let me be lazy... let me save some trouble..."

"Give me the Four Symbols Azure Dragon Formation Diagram..."

Mo Hua said in his heart.

But the Four-Elephant Azure Dragon Formation Diagram has never appeared in the Demon Sect's Merit Library.

Mo Hua could only be patient, searching and deciphering.

In this way, he deciphered the last item.

This item has the highest encryption level, and it looks like a "formation". Mo Hua's heart jumped, and he couldn't help but look forward to it.

"Azure Dragon Formation Diagram, Azure Dragon Formation Diagram..."

Mo Hua muttered it twice in his heart, and then began to "decipher".

It took a while to decipher.

Finally, the three-character name of the item appeared in front of Mo Hua.

As expected, it was not the Four-Elephant Azure Dragon Formation Diagram.

Mo Hua's hanging heart finally died.

"Sure enough, there is no such thing as a pie in the sky..."

Since the Four-Elephant Azure Dragon Formation Diagram is so precious, it was developed by Mr. Tu using the lives of so many demon cultivators in the Ten Thousand Demon Valley. It is impossible for it to fall into his hands so easily...

Mo Hua sighed, deciphered the last three words disappointedly, and then took a look, and suddenly froze.

At that moment, he thought he had seen it wrong.

This is...

"Reverse Spirit Formation?!"

There is a line of notes below the name of the formation:

"Second-grade twenty patterns, an alternative formation diagram, contains a certain spiritual power law, extremely difficult to comprehend, unknown effect, unknown purpose. Magic Merit Points: 3,000..."

Mo Hua took a deep breath.

He never expected that the last thing hidden in the Demon Sect's Merit Library would be...

Second-grade twenty patterns Reverse Spirit Formation? !