The Quest for Immortality

Chapter 807 -593 Foundation Laying_3

”The Eight Trigrams Array is based on the Five Elements Formation, but it encompasses more broadly, includes more extensively, and the Formation principle is somewhat deeper, yet if mastered well, it is enough to be of use for a lifetime.”

”The Bagua Formation Method will also be the main spell point of Formation you will learn next.”

”Specific details, I will not elaborate on just now. Later, when I pass on the Formation, I will teach you bit by bit

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”Besides these eight types, there are also some special spell points of Formation such as the ‘Three Talents’ Formation, which shares the same origin with the Seven Stars, and the ‘Nine Netherworld’ Formation, which shares the same style with the Six Yao

”These Formations are more obscure and are secret treasures. You do not know where exactly they are hidden. Whether they belong to a Tao Cultivation family of a Sect, a lost Taoist court, or some rarely visited forbidden land

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”The above are the spell points of Formation in this world that are known as ‘Visible Learning.’”

”I tell you this to broaden your horizons, to increase your knowledge, not to make you aim too high and miss the mark.”

”Food must be eaten one bite at a time, and Formations must also be learned one Formation at a time.”

”The Three Talents and Four Symbols, the Six Harmonies Seven Stars, including some Cold subjects of Formations, you won’t be able to learn for the time being, nor do you need to spend too much thought on them.”

”The pressing matter is to learn the most fundamental and also the most practical Five Elements Bagua Formation.”

”But

Elder Master Xun changed the subject and continued,

”Among all spell points of Formation, the most fundamental Formation Patterns, you must become familiar with.”

”This is the foundation, and at the same time, it is to enable you in the future to encounter unfamiliar Formations and, even if you do not know the details, be able to discern the type of Formation through the Formation Patterns. Thus, you can adapt to the situation, avoiding confusion and helplessness

”All the most basic Formation Patterns of the spell points of Formation, I have compiled a copy here. Of course, it is just the Patterns, they do not constitute a Formation.”

Elder Master Xun distributed a thick set of lecture notes, one to each person.

Including Mo Hua.

On the title page of the lecture notes was written “Annotations on Formation Patterns of Taixu Gate.”

Mo Hua flipped open the lecture notes, and he saw many Formation lines that he had never learned or even seen before.

Their forms varied, infinitely mysterious.

Although they were just Formation Patterns, they were the incredibly vast foundation of myriad Formation methods.

Mo Hua’s heart thumped violently, spontaneously lifting his head to look at Elder Master Xun, his eyes shimmering so brightly that they were almost blinding.

Elder Master Xun was taken aback and couldn’t help muttering to himself,

”Can he really be this happy, this child

After distributing the lecture notes on Formation Patterns, encompassing eight types of Formations, Elder Master Xun then said,

”Starting from today, all the Formation Patterns in this ‘Annotations’ book, you will have to learn and practice with them

”Grains of sand can build a tower, streams can form a sea.”

”All the Formations in the world are composed of the most basic Formation Patterns.”

”Only by mastering the Patterns can you draw the Formations well

”I will periodically check how many Formation Patterns you have learned

”If you are lazy, there will be punishment

The disciples looked gloomy and distressed.

But Mo Hua, looking at the lecture notes in his hands, was blooming with joy.

”Annotations on Formation Patterns of Taixu Gate”!

The Formation Patterns of myriad Formations compiled by generations of Taixu Gate!

For a Formation Master, this counts as the most fundamental, the most comprehensive, but also the most important legacy.

Although it was just First Grade, the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Even the most advanced Formations must start with learning the First Grade.

Mo Hua treasured it like a priceless gem, reluctant to put it down. Every day thereafter, whenever he had a moment of free time, he would hold and study it.

When no one was paying attention, he would practice various Formation Patterns on his own.

During meals, he would trace them with his fingers on the table; passing through fields between mountains, he would draw on the ground;

Before going to sleep, he would draw on paper, and after going to sleep, his Divine Sense would sink into his Sea of Consciousness and continue drawing on the Taoist Stele…

Because they were just First Grade Formation Patterns, they were simple and effortless to sketch.

After drawing on the Taoist Stele, he could reflect on his Divine Sense.

Thus, in a single night, Mo Hua could practice thousands upon thousands of Formation Patterns.

He remembered Elder Master Xun’s guidance that Formation Patterns are the foundation, and the foundation must be solid.

So even though he had already thoroughly memorized these Patterns, he continued to draw them over and over again…

Mo Hua wanted to remember every type of Formation, every Formation Pattern, firmly embed them in his Sea of Consciousness without any deviation.

Even integrate them into his instincts.

No matter how complex, how obscure, or how easily confused the Formation Patterns were, as long as he glanced at them, without a second thought, he could distinguish the category of Formation to which the Patterns belonged.

The more Mo Hua practiced, the more proficient he became, and even as he grew proficient, he still pushed himself to practice more…

After much practice, he would occasionally get the illusion of “man and Formation as one.”

It was as if these Formation Patterns were not something external, unfamiliar, objective, but rather a part of his own Divine Thought, traces left by his Divine Sense merging with the Great Dao.

This feeling was profoundly mysterious.

Mo Hua was somewhat unable to comprehend it and consequently decided not to worry about it, continuing to bury his head and practice over and over.

The Eight Gates Formation, thousands upon thousands of Formation Patterns, under his pen, repeatedly shaped into existence.

And in his Sea of Consciousness, they repeatedly emerged.

What Mo Hua did not know was that, in doing this unconsciously, he was truly beginning to lay the foundation for the ultimate mastery of the heavens’ Formation Methods and the myriad Divine Skills…