Chapter 165 Grandmaster Ye Chengming
The Sword Array Hub is an open-air platform in the shape of a lotus, with sixteen giant petals in full bloom, showing a radiant and translucent texture. There is spiritual light flowing inside the petals, like water-like ripples, spreading to the outside.
This sword formation hub is also where the core of the formation of the Sword Immortal Pavilion is located.
At this time, an old man with white hair and a childlike face stood with his hands behind his back, standing on the lotus platform, guiding several formation masters to carve divine patterns.
Zhao Mu took the initiative to step forward.
"My guest, Zhao Mu, has met Grandmaster Ye."
This old man should be the Grandmaster Ye Chengming mentioned by Huang Kun yesterday. Before he got close, Zhao Mu could feel the strong divine pattern fluctuations emanating from his body. Zhao Mu felt at least hundreds of waves from this Grandmaster Ye's body. The aura of the formation made his protection impregnable.
Physical training!
This is a method only available to masters, so Zhao Mu dared to be sure that he was Grandmaster Ye.
Generally speaking, divine pattern formations are engraved on spiritual dead objects, and spirit stones are the best carriers for engraving formations.
It is not the least difficult to engrave formations on living creatures.
Because living things are constantly moving, it is beyond imagination to carve a stable formation structure on an object that is constantly moving and changing.
At most, the formation is concentrated on spiritual stones and jade, worn everywhere, and the formation is activated when needed.
But the formation on Grandmaster Ye is obviously not like this.
Zhao Mu only took a cursory glance and found that the aura of the formation was circulating on his skin, eyes, bridge of nose, and even his hair.
There should be more formations in his body.
The method of engraving the formation on the flesh and bones is really beyond imagination.
Zhao Mu felt that even his master Zhou Siliang did not have such ability.
It can be seen that Ye Chengming is indeed a true master of formations.
Ye Chengming did not look back, and said calmly: "That boy Huang Kun mentioned you. You are a seventh-level formation master at a young age, and you have the ability to form formations with your palms. It shows that your attainments in formations should be pretty good, but because Building the Dharma Protector Formation in the Sword Immortal Pavilion is no small matter, I want to test you first."
As he spoke, Ye Chengming threw a piece of dead wood towards Zhao Mu.
"Without the help of external objects, use your own strength to carve as many formations as possible on this dead wood. If you can carve more than ten formations and operate them normally, even if you are qualified, if not, you can stay. But I can only do miscellaneous tasks and cannot touch the core formation."
Grandmaster Ye's tone was not kind, but Zhao Mu could understand it.
If he were a formation master, he would probably be even more arrogant.
Zhao Mu took the dead wood and thought about it for a moment, then he had a clear understanding.
"No problem, it will be done within an hour."
Hearing Zhao Mu's confident words, Ye Chengming couldn't help but turn around curiously.
"Young man is ambitious. If you can carve ten formations in one hour, then you will follow me and provide me with special support." Grandmaster Ye said.
These words immediately caused quite a stir.
The formation masters around him all looked over.
Being able to help Grandmaster Ye is a good thing that many people would envy.
That's a formation master. How much can you learn by being influenced by your ears and eyes.
What's more, this Grandmaster Ye's identity is not small. It is said that it was the sword god Qu Liu who personally invited him to make an exception for Grandmaster Ye.
If you are appreciated by Grandmaster Ye, the benefits will definitely be indispensable.
"This kid is really lucky. Such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity actually happened to him."
"That requires strength. To carve ten layers of formations on a piece of dead wood is extremely difficult. I don't have the ability anyway."
"Give me a month, I might be able to do it, but it's impossible to complete it in an hour."
While everyone was talking about it, Zhao Mu had already begun to carve the divine patterns.
It may seem difficult to carve ten layers of formations into dead wood, but in fact, the test is nothing more than the ability to control the divine patterns in detail.
Although Zhao Mu's formation abilities were all developed through the system, it happened to be because they were developed through the system, so he had no shortcomings in the formation method.
This kind of meticulous control is not something that other formation masters deliberately exercise, and there are not many occasions where it should be used. Instead of wasting a lot of time and energy studying this, it is better to learn more other formations.
But Zhao Mu has no worries in this regard.
His ability to control divine patterns is completely at the extreme level that a seventh-grade formation master can achieve.
But even eighth- and ninth-grade formation masters may not be able to cultivate their control abilities to such a level.
After thinking briefly for a moment, Zhao Mu began to carve the first layer of formation.
Then comes the second floor, the third floor...
There was no pause in between, it was all done in one go.
It wasn't until the fifth level that Zhao Mu's speed slowed down.
Because all the places on the surface of the dead wood where the divine patterns could land have been covered.
Next, if you want to continue to engrave the formation, you must superimpose it on the original formation.
If the force is not well controlled, it may cause the formation to collapse.
That's not as simple as breaking off a dead tree.
The collapse of the formation will cause strong spiritual energy fluctuations.
If multiple formations collapse at the same time, the power released is still very strong. It is common for some formation masters to be killed and injured by their own formations.
But Zhao Mu didn't hesitate at this moment except that the speed of carving the divine patterns was slightly slower.
Ye Chengming couldn't help but open his eyes wide, carefully observing Zhao Mu's every move, sometimes frowning, sometimes marveling.
In less than an hour, Zhao Mu had completed the ten-layer formation.
At this time, the dead wood had become spiritual, floating in the air, and blooming with brilliance.
It is no exaggeration to say that if this dead wood fell into the hands of mortals, it would also be a fierce weapon capable of killing people.
"Wonderful, wonderful!"
Master Ye couldn't help but admire and said, "Your name is Zhao Mu, right? I will remember you. From today on, you will follow behind me until the day when the guardian battle of the Sword Immortal Pavilion is completed. How much skills you can learn from me depends on your own luck."
"Thank you, Master Ye."
Zhao Mu was neither humble nor arrogant. If this happened to someone else, he would definitely be full of joy, but for Zhao Mu, it was not something worth celebrating.
Of course, there are still benefits. Following Master Ye, he may have the opportunity to enter the Starry Holy Land.
The formation masters around looked at Zhao Mu with envy.
This guy is really lucky. He has hooked up with Master Ye. From now on, he will probably rise to prominence.
Ye Chengming glanced at everyone and scolded: "Why don't you get to work quickly? Since you are not as talented as others, you must work harder and harder to achieve something."
Everyone dispersed.
Ye Chengming walked to Zhao Mu again and said: "The guardian formation has been built halfway. It may be inconvenient for you to join in halfway. In the next few days, you should observe the main body of the formation several times to understand the structure of the formation. After you are familiar with it, I will take you to participate in the core of the formation."
As he said, Ye Chengming threw a token to Zhao Mu: "This is my token. With it, you can freely enter and exit most places in the Sword Immortal Pavilion, including the Starry Holy Land. If you encounter trouble, just report my name. I still have some face here."
Zhao Mu was overjoyed. He didn't expect the good news to come so quickly.