Immortality Through Array Formations

Chapter 729: Chapter 569 Second Grade_1

Divine Sense Proving the Dao, using Divine Sense as the foundation and establishing oneself with Formations.

To learn Second-Grade Formation and become a Second Rank Formation Master was the only capital to establish oneself in the vast Cultivation World, across the Vast Nine Continents.

But Mo Hua lacked the basic inheritance of Second-Grade Formation.

After some thought, he decided to visit Instructor Yan.

Instructor Yan hailed from the Minor Hidden Spirit Sect.

Although the Minor Hidden Spirit Sect had declined, it had still produced Second Rank Formation Masters before, so it should have passed down some Formation Diagrams and Formation Books of Second-Grade Formations.

However, Mo Hua came up empty…

Instructor Yan was not home, and only Manager Mo was leisurely drinking tea alone.

“Where’s the Instructor?” Mo Hua asked.

Manager Mo shook his head, “I don’t know, these past few days, the Instructor seemed preoccupied, muttering to himself, and he’s been leaving early and returning late. I have no idea what he’s busy with…”

“Then when will the Instructor be back?”

“Later…” Manager Mo said, and then looked at Mo Hua with curiosity, “Do you need the Instructor for something?”

Mo Hua nodded, “I wanted to ask about some things regarding Second-Grade Formation…”

“Second-Grade Formation, huh…”

Manager Mo was a bit surprised and somewhat envious.

When he first met Mo Hua, Mo Hua could only draw a Bright Fire Formation with three Formation Patterns, coming to his Formation Pavilion to draw some Formations and earn some hard-earned money.

He even lied about his age and fabricated a non-existent older brother due to his youth.

Little did he expect, in just a few years, Mo Hua was already about to learn Second-Grade Formation…

In those same years, his own understanding of Formations hadn’t even improved by a single Pattern.

Yet Mo Hua had made leaps and bounds, skipping over an entire major grade…

Indeed, comparison is the thief of joy…

Manager Mo grumbled to himself.

“Manager Mo, do you know how to draw Second-Grade Formation?”

Mo Hua asked curiously.

Manager Mo was Instructor Yan’s junior brother and also a disciple of the Minor Hidden Spirit Sect, and by rights, he should also be considered a proper Formation Master with a sect background.

Manager Mo hurriedly shook his head, “Don’t flatter me, I struggle even with drawing Formations that have seven or eight Patterns…”

He was a normal Cultivator, also a normal Formation Master.

He couldn’t compare himself to the likes of “little monsters” like Mo Hua…

“However…”

Manager Mo stroked his chin, “Now that you’ve mentioned Second-Grade Formation, I do remember a Formation Master who was not very skilled, spoiled nine out of ten Formation Diagrams, couldn’t afford to compensate with Spirit Stones, and ended up giving me an ancestral Second-Order Formation Pattern Atlas as compensation…”

“Second-Order Formation Pattern Atlas?”

“Yes,” Manager Mo nodded, “It contains some basic Second-Grade Formation Patterns and variants related to these Patterns.”

Mo Hua was surprised, “Isn’t that quite precious?”

Manager Mo shook his head, “Not really, this kind of material is something any family with a Formation inheritance would have; it’s considered a kind of… more niche Formation knowledge.”

“May I take a look?” Mo Hua asked.

“Just wait here…”

Manager Mo put down his teacup, heaved his plump belly, and got up, “I’ll go look for it. It’s been a while, and I don’t remember where I kept it…”

Manager Mo hurried back, and only after about two hours did he return with an ancient book in hand.

“Take a look…”

Manager Mo handed the book over to Mo Hua.

“Thank you, Manager!” Mo Hua said happily.

The cover of the book had “Second-Order Formation Pattern Catalog” neatly handwritten on it.

Mo Hua opened the book and skimmed through it quickly.

Indeed, it contained several Second-Grade Formation Patterns, mainly focused on Five Elements Patterns and interspersed with other systems of Patterns that Mo Hua had never come across before.

Besides, it detailed the differences between First-Grade and Second-Grade Formation Patterns and the variations that evolve from First-Grade to Second-Grade Patterns.

With illustrations and text, while not profound, it was very detailed.

The owner of the catalog must have been a very conscientious and meticulous Second Rank Formation Master.

However, the legacy of their ancestors was probably thin.

So, any bit of Formation knowledge was meticulously recorded and treasured.

It ranged from simple to complex, rich and detailed.

This was a great help to Mo Hua.

Mo Hua thanked Manager Mo again.

Manager Mo waved it off quickly, “No problem, it’s nothing!”

But being able to help Mo Hua also made Manager Mo very happy.

Afterward, Manager Mo drank tea while Mo Hua read the book.

After a while, Instructor Yan came back, bustling about. Seeing Mo Hua, he looked somewhat surprised.

Mo Hua explained his purpose.

Instructor Yan considered for a moment, then nodded, “I do have them, just wait…”

He went back to his room and after searching for the time it took to burn a stick of incense, he found two Formation Books.

One was “Introduction to Second-Order Formation”, and the other was “Illustration of Second-Order Formation”.

“The ‘Introduction’ talks about the basic knowledge of Second-Grade Formations, it’s about the Formation principle; the ‘Illustration’ is about explaining through practical Formation Diagrams on how to draw Formation Patterns and form Second-Grade Formations…”

“These are the legacy of the Minor Hidden Spirit Sect, orthodox Formations techniques. Though perhaps a bit lean compared to those of the great clans and Great Sects, but they won’t have any errors…”

“It’s just a pity…”

Instructor Yan sighed, “After all these years, no one in the Minor Hidden Spirit Sect has been able to use them…”

Including himself.

Instructor Yan handed over the two Formation Books to Mo Hua reverently, reminding him:

“Read them well and learn well…”

Passing on these legacies to Mo Hua was sort of repaying Mo Hua for helping the Minor Hidden Spirit Sect remove a traitor and retrieve the bones of their ancestors.

Instructor Yan silently thought to himself.

“Yes!”

Mo Hua nodded earnestly.

With the Formation Pattern Catalog and the “Introduction” and “Illustration” of Second-Grade Formations, he should be able to get an initial understanding of how exactly Second-Grade Formations were drawn.

However, before that, there was one thing that Mo Hua was quite curious about…