Aspiring to the Immortal Path Chapter 10: Array
"So, you just set up a formation on a whim, then went back to the house to remember your experience, and forgot about me?" In the room, Tang Jie stared at Xu Muyang and asked.
Xu Muyang blushed: "I just forgot the time."
He is in a dignified and genuine state of mind, and when faced with the questioning of a grown-up boy, he behaves like a child who has made a mistake, which is quite interesting.
No wonder Tang Jie was angry. No one would feel better if he was trapped in the formation for several hours after returning.
At this moment, after hearing Xu Muyang's answer, Tang Jie stood up and left.
"Where are you going?" Xu Muyang asked in shock.
"Go and cook. I was stuck as soon as I came back and the meal wasn't done yet."
"..."
Not long after, Tang Jie had already prepared dinner and sent it over.
The two of them ate together in the courtyard, and Tang Jie remained silent.
"What? Are you still angry with me?" Xu Muyang looked at Tang Jie with a smile: "Okay, I admit it's all my fault, and I apologize to you, okay?"
Immortals are to mortals just like gods to mortals. Not to mention that they were trapped for a long time, and then they were really killed, and no one else dared to say anything. But now Xu Muyang actually apologized to Tang Jie. It can only be said that Xu Muyang and Tang Jie are now in a very good relationship.
Tang Jie shook his head: "I'm not angry, I'm just wondering, what is the formation and why is it so magical?"
When he was trapped in the formation before, he felt like he was in a maze. The yard was obviously still the same yard, but he couldn't get out no matter how hard he walked. The hut was so close yet so far away. I was still a little panicked and frightened at the time. Looking back afterwards, I just felt that it was infinitely mysterious. So even while eating, I couldn't help but wonder what principle could turn an ordinary land into a god-like space.
"You also discovered it?" Xu Muyang laughed: "Yes, the formation is indeed a very magical knowledge. It is all-encompassing and implies the principles of heaven and earth. Every plant and tree can form an formation, but It is said to be the best mystery in the world. Even if a cultivator spends his whole life, he may not be able to understand even one ten thousandth of it, and its uses are even more extensive..."
As soon as he talked about his favorite thing, Xu Muyang immediately started talking non-stop, and he was full of beautiful words.
"What exactly is that formation?" Tang Jie asked.
Xu Muyang replied: "The so-called formation path, in the final analysis, is the cultivation of heaven and earth!"
"The cultivation of heaven and earth?"
"That's right!" Xu Muyang replied sternly: "If you think of the human body as a world, we cultivators are cultivating our own bodies. And outside our bodies, this vast world is itself a world. In this world, there are mountains, rivers, lakes, land, and oceans. In fact, everything corresponds to our human body. The human body absorbs spiritual energy and releases immortality through use. There is spiritual energy in the world, so why can't it be used to create immortals? What about Taoism? The world is unconscious and cannot use spiritual energy on its own, but immortal cultivators can combine it through various means. This is the formation!"
"So that's it." Tang Jie understood. To put it bluntly, this was the physics of his previous life!
The so-called formation is like some kind of high-tech precision machinery, using spiritual energy as power, using formation patterns instead of veins, running spiritual energy to achieve the specified effect.
It's just that the laws of the world are different, and the people who use them are different, so the phenomena and effects produced, and even the means of creation are completely different.
It is precisely for this reason that the formation path has a very wide coverage in the world of immortality.
The four auxiliaries of the Immortal Family are the alchemy weapon array. Among them, the array has the most versatile uses. It can not only be used to make the sect's housekeeping formations such as the Mountain Guard Formation, but it can even assist the three auxiliaries of the alchemy weapon. , Refining elixirs requires setting up formations, making talismans requires formation diagrams, and refining weapons also requires engraving formations, which can be said to be omnipresent and have far-reaching influence. Therefore, there are many types of formations.
According to Xu Muyang, formations are generally divided into two types: dead formation and live formation. A death formation is a fixed and immovable formation. For example, the Little Rosemary Formation that Tang Jie experienced before is a death formation. Living formations are generally battle formations, usually formed by immortal cultivators working together. They can multiply the power and are also a magic weapon for the weak to defeat the strong.
In addition, they are also divided according to their functions. For example, when refining alchemy weapons, formations are also required. Some people call this category auxiliary formations, which means auxiliary within the auxiliary.
In short, there are many sects of formations with a long history. In fact, there is no unified standard. Each has its own way of judging and even has different opinions.
For example, some people believe that formations are used to assist, are an external expression of the cultivators’ will, and serve the cultivators. Therefore, these people believe that Xu Muyang’s so-called formations are the way of heaven and earth. Views are dismissive.
Ideas guide behavior.
Xu Muyang's philosophy makes him proficient in the formation of heaven and earth. He is good at arranging or breaking some super large-scale formations, but is not good at battle formations or small auxiliary formations.
In terms of the current understanding of large-scale formations, at least in this Qixia world, no one is better than Xu Muyang.
At this moment, Xu Muyang was talking eloquently, and when he talked about the excitement, he was even more excited.
Tang Jie had never seen him be so proactive before. In order to learn immortality from Xu Muyang, he had put in a lot of effort and nearly survived, but in the end he only learned the Zangxiang Sutra.
Speaking of the excitement, Xu Muyang suddenly said: "How about you learn the formation with me?"
"Huh?" Tang Jie was dumbfounded.
Xu Muyang has already said: "This formation method is self-taught by me collecting formation books from all over the world. It is not a secret of the Xu family and can be passed on to you. I think you are smart and smart, and you are suitable for learning!"
"But... my heart is on the road, and it's not suitable for me to be distracted..." Tang Jie answered hesitantly.
Although the formation is good, people's energy is limited.
Now Tang Jie is no longer the chaotic boy who knew nothing about cultivating immortality. He already knows how difficult it is on the road to cultivating immortality. Many people may not reach the top throughout their lives.
Why doesn’t the head of the Xu family want Xu Muyang to learn the formation method? Not just because he was afraid that his energy would be distracted and delay his true path, Tang Jie asked himself that he did not have Xu Muyang's heaven-defying qualifications. Even those who had opened his door to level seven were running away in confusion under the pursuit of the golden-armored god. If he was If you continue to be distracted, your future achievements will be limited.
"You can't say that." Xu Muyang shook his head and said: "The road to cultivation is very difficult. In addition to hard work, you also need to have understanding. Both formation and cultivation include the principles of heaven and earth. The two may not necessarily complement each other. Furthermore, one formation may not be ineffective in the battle. In the battle at Cuiwei Mountain, my strength was far inferior to that of Na He Chong, but he was not with the help of the eight-door locking formation that I had arranged in advance. I was beaten away."
If you were willing to listen to your father and concentrate on your cultivation, I'm afraid that He Chong, who could beat him without using formations, would be **** off. Tang Jie cursed in his heart, but seeing Xu Muyang's cheerful look, he really couldn't bear it and didn't dare to hit him.
Most of the Xu Muyang he saw these days was taciturn and awe-inspiring, but only the current Xu Muyang truly showed the aura of a mortal.
It can only be said that he really loves the formation.
Xu Muyang has continued: "Besides, you are just washing your pulse now and can't practice. If you are idle, you are idle. Since I promised to teach you something, but my Xu family's immortal method cannot be taught, I will teach you my whole life. What I have learned in the Formation Dao does not violate my promise. If you really have no interest in learning in the future, I won’t force you. What do you think?”
"Okay..." Tang Jie replied weakly.
Seeing his reluctance, Xu Muyang couldn't help but feel angry and amused, and slapped him on the head: "You kid, you really got an advantage and acted like a good boy. Do you know how many people want to be my disciples and learn from me?" I won’t accept any form of formation.”
Yes, your father told you not to learn the Tao of Formation, but you insist on learning it;
You don’t teach others if they want to learn, but I don’t want to learn but you teach;
What I want to learn is immortality, but what you want to teach is formation;
You are a donkey, right? You specialize in antagonizing others. Ever since he found out that Xu Muyang couldn't read his mind, Tang Jie's criticism became more and more fierce.
But whether he wants it or not, he still has to learn this formation.
After dinner, Xu Muyang began to teach Tang Jie.
"The formation is broad and profound, but no matter what kind of formation it is, it is inseparable from the four elements: the formation eye, the formation pattern, the formation gate and the formation source. The so-called formation eye is the center of the formation, and the core is like The human brain is the most critical part that controls everything. Without the formation eye, the formation cannot operate as you wish. Such an formation is a real death formation. The so-called formation pattern is the line for spiritual energy to flow, such as the human body The blood and meridians, the road of the world, without formation patterns, the formation cannot operate. The gate of the formation is also a door. It can admit people in, let people out, and can also keep the enemy outside. Life and death are all within it. The source of the formation is It is the source of the formation. Only when people have spiritual energy can they cast spells, and the same goes for formations..."
"I understand, the formation eye is the brain and the command; the formation pattern is the blood, muscles and bones, the support; the formation gate is where the real power is exerted, the limbs; the formation source is the heart, the source of power, just like an engine ...Oh no, it’s like the spiritual eyes in our bodies, right?”
"That's right. The cultivator uses the spiritual sea within the body as the power when casting spells, and the source of the array is powered by external objects such as spiritual stones. Of course, the cultivator himself can also help it."
"That's strange. I didn't see any spiritual stones in the little Rosemary Formation you used before."
"That's because I added a small spirit gathering array that can automatically absorb spiritual energy. This is called a stacking array within an array."
"Doesn't that mean that as long as there is a spirit gathering array, it can automatically absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the spirit gathering array is the source of the array? But how does the spirit gathering array activate? Self-sufficient? Perpetual motion machine?" Tang Jie His eyes almost bulged out.
Xu Muyang has never heard of the word perpetual motion machine, but he can understand its meaning literally. He laughed and said: "How can it be such a good thing? The spirit gathering array itself also needs external force to activate, so I input another spiritual energy. Only then did I get it running. Even so, the spirit gathering array can only gather nearby spiritual energy. Once the nearby spiritual energy is absorbed, it will have no effect. This small rosemary array is just a temporary game I made. Unless it is replenished with spiritual stones, it will be useless at best. In other words, it will dissipate on its own in three days."
"It turns out that there is still no real perpetual motion machine." Tang Jie sighed: "That means that there is no formation in the world that can truly last forever. Each formation actually requires someone to maintain or have someone to maintain it. Do you need enough spiritual energy resources to exist?"
Hearing this, Xu Muyang replied: "There may not be any formations that last forever, but formations that have existed for thousands of years still exist."
"Existed for tens of thousands of years?" Tang Jie was shocked by Xu Muyang's statement.
"Yes, I experienced it personally not long ago." Xu Muyang's expression had become solemn, and there was infinite admiration in his eyes, as if he had recalled something.
After a long time, he sighed and said: "Compared to the ancient powers, I am still far behind. If not, I would not be able to just open the first portal..."
He didn’t say any more, but changed the subject: “That’s all, don’t mention these, these are not what you can understand now, let’s go back to the formation. Among the four cores of the formation, the formation pattern and formation source are the most important. It’s complicated. I’ll teach you the basic formation pattern first.”
As he spoke, he raised his hand and made a few empty strokes in the void. Strange patterns shone in the sky, and then faded and disappeared after a moment.
"Draw out the formation pattern I just drew. Remember, you must do it in the order I drew it, one stroke at a time, without the slightest error." Xu Muyang said lightly.
Drawing formation patterns is a basic skill for formation masters, and is often also an entry-level assessment. Although Xu Muyang wanted to teach Tang Jie, he also wanted to see if Tang Jie had any talent in this area. If he really had no talent in this area, he wouldn't force it.
The next moment Tang Jie picked up a branch and started to draw lines on the ground. He didn't use the inspiration that Mu Yang picked up casually, so he could only work on paper honestly, but each stroke was extremely neat.
Xu Muyang didn't care at first, but when he saw Tang Jie crossing the line, he was a little surprised.
Because Tang Jie almost perfectly reproduced the several formation patterns he drew before, when Tang Jie finished painting, Xu Muyang found that almost all of Tang Jie's strokes were correct.
"You...how did you do it?" Xu Muyang was shocked.
"It's very simple. Isn't it just a combination of dotted and solid lines?" Tang Jie was a little confused. In his eyes, although these formation patterns are complicated, they are just some geometric figures that can be remembered with a little effort. After all, he was very familiar with this kind of thing when he was in school. Since Xu Muyang asked him to draw it, he would just follow it.
He didn't know that Xu Muyang asked him to draw it, but he never expected him to draw it all.
It is not that there is no mathematics in Qixia world, but the status of this knowledge in Qixia world is not high, and the depth is far worse than that on Earth. Those who understand may not be able to cultivate immortality, and those who cultivate immortality do not necessarily need to understand it. Only those cultivators who study the formation will study this aspect of knowledge.
Therefore, a very simple pattern for Tang Jie may be confusing to others.
At this moment, when Tang Jie said it was extremely simple, Xu Muyang was busy drawing another complex figure on the ground. This time, he no longer asked Tang Jie to copy it, but pointed to the pattern on it and said: "This This point is the starting point, and this point is the end. Find three connected lines that do not cross each other."
Tang Jie only looked at it briefly, then copied it a few times with a small branch: "This one...this one...and this one."
Xu Muyang was shocked. It was not difficult to find three non-interfering connecting lines in this pile of complex patterns, but it was not easy to find them at such a fast speed.
Xu Muyang asked another question, this time it was about calculating the size of each line and area.
Tang Jie didn't expect that learning formations would turn into a math test. He didn't know what level he needed to achieve to be qualified, so he could only bite the bullet and follow Xu Muyang's requirements step by step.
Tang Jie is not very interested in mathematics, but his mother is a mathematics teacher. She once used a whip to whip him to study hard~IndoMTL.com~ She said that if he could not learn well, it would be a shame for him as a mother. Now he has graduated only two years ago , and finally he didn’t have time to give back all he had learned, and the questions Xu Muyang asked at this moment were not too difficult, so Xu Muyang solved most of the questions along the way.
Xu Muyang became more and more frightened as he watched.
Because he found that Tang Jie used several solutions that even he didn't understand.
The Tao of Formation has extremely high requirements for Yili magic numbers, but very few are really interested in studying it. Those who pursue the Tao of Formation often pursue the power of the formation, and the skills needed to achieve it. The art of numbers is completely uninteresting, and it is extremely painful to learn each one.
It can be said that Xu Muyang has never seen many good people in mathematics in his life. It was not until this moment that he suddenly discovered it. He was surprised and happy in his heart. He suddenly grabbed Tang Jie and shouted: "Monster! Genius! You still have You say you don’t want to learn? You are a genius in cultivating formations!"
Tang Jie was startled by his arrest, and even said what was in his heart: "But I don't want to learn."
"Nonsense! With such a talent, how can you say you don't love it?" Xu Muyang became excited at this moment. He still had the graceful demeanor of the past. Seeing that Tang Jie refused to admit that he had talent in this field, he became even more excited. He said sadly: "You don't know what love is!"
He is a complete attitudinal determinist, convinced that only love can achieve great things.
His achievements in battle formation are due to his deep love for battle formation and Yili magic. In his opinion, Tang Jie's talent was his love for the art of magic, otherwise how could he have such attainments.
Tang Jie had never seen him like this before, and was stunned when he heard: "Brother Xu, but I really don't feel anything about this."
"Then how do you explain your talent?" Xu Muyang still didn't give up.
Tang Jie helplessly replied: "How do I know... maybe I don't love the formation, but the formation must love me!"