The Quest for Immortality

Chapter 629 -537 Formation Flow_2

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”If I don’t run… it’s over

Though this was an opportunity, it was clearly not meant for me.

The Little Five Elements Ghost forced itself to calm down.

It’s all right…

There’s still time…

Later on, as I control the little cultivator’s body, as long as I can move, I’ll immediately run out. Running out of the Formation Pavilion, I’ll find any cultivator from the Five Elements Sect to possess, completely breaking free from this terrifying Sea of Consciousness.

Once I’m out, the sky is the limit.

Not confined to the shrine and able to feed on the Divine Thoughts of cultivators, I’ll live a free and easy life.

And as long as I feed enough, my Divine Thoughts strong and capable of digesting the Five Elements Qi, one day I will also achieve enlightenment.

I might even ascend to the station of a Heavenly Demon, the stage of an Evil God…

The Little Five Elements Ghost’s mood stabilized, its eyes brimming with ambition.

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Meanwhile, at this very moment, inside the Shrine, within the true Taoist Field.

The world upside down, with everything in reverse.

Mo Hua opened his eyes and recovered his Divine Sense.

The Taoist Field before him was the same, yet everything was different.

The surrounding wood carving Formation Masters, seemingly like living people, were mechanically, meticulously following some rules, constantly Drawing Formations and Formation Patterns.

All the decorations within the Shrine—Spirit Beasts, chariots, precious Flowers and Herbs, carved beams and painted rafters, all kinds of Magical Treasures…

All had shed their outer forms, revealing the Formations within.

The appearance of all things concealed Formations within.

Everything was false, only the Formation was true.

Mo Hua felt both shocked and perplexed:

”Is this the Heritage Taoist Field of the Five Elements Sect?”

Was that Little Five Elements Ghost deceiving me?

There is indeed a Taoist Field, but does it truly contain the real heritage of the Five Elements Sect?

What is the true heritage of the Five Elements Sect?

A Formation even rarer than the Five Elements Ultimate Formation?

That shouldn’t be the case…

Mo Hua was somewhat baffled.

And that Little Five Elements Ghost, it tricked me into coming here, trapped me in this place, did it want to escape the Shrine?

How can I get out?

It seems there’s no exit around the Taoist Field.

Four hours should be up by now, I wonder what’s happening outside the Shrine…

Mo Hua’s thoughts were abundant, but after a moment, he shook his head and calmed his mind.

Worrying about these things is useless now.

Since I’m here, I might as well make the best of it.

I need to figure out the true situation of this Taoist Field first.

Mo Hua began to extend his Divine Sense, carefully observing the Taoist Field, trying to see if this was truly a “Heritage” Taoist Field and if it really contained the true heritage of the Five Elements Sect… ṝÅΝΟꞖË𝓢

After some investigation, Mo Hua pondered:

First, there was not a single person within this Heritage Taoist Field.

Or rather, not a single “living” Divine Thought, Divine Sense, or even a shadowy ghost.

The surrounding wood carving Formation Masters, although like living people, were incessantly Drawing Formations. Yet they were still just wood carvings, or perhaps it would be more accurate to say, they were more like puppets.

The Formations they Drew were diverse, but they were all Five-elements Formation Methods.

The Drawn Formation Patterns were rigid and meticulous.

Mo Hua stared at them for a moment, his eyes filled with confusion:

”Rather than saying they’re Drawing Formations

”It’s better to say they’re recording Formations

”Painstakingly recording the process of Forming Formations

Mo Hua looked again at the Formation Patterns they Draw, his expression even more puzzled.

These Formation Patterns, though they fell under the category of Five Elements, were different from the standard Patterns and seemed to have been specially processed, gradually evolving until they were summarized and concluded…

Aside from the Formations Drawn by the wood carving Formation Masters, everything in the entire Taoist Field, including the large Array Plate in the center, encompassed this kind of special Formation.

It was this “summarizing” type of Formation Pattern.

Mo Hua furrowed his brow.

What kind of Formation was this?

Or, perhaps the Formation itself was not the key point, and the method of “summarizing” was the essence?

Mo Hua scrutinized it again in great detail, one by one.

When he did, he was taken aback.

He found many Formations here that he couldn’t understand at all.

Because these Formations were not First-grade Formations!

They were Second Grade, Third Grade, and even above Third Grade!

These Formations contained Patterns that were more complex, with more robust strokes and more obscure techniques, and the number of Patterns was much greater than in the First-grade Formations.

Following along with just a few glances and a bit of contemplation, Mo Hua felt as if his Divine Sense was pouring out like water.

Mo Hua internally braced himself, swiftly safeguarding his mind, reminding himself:

”Do not reach beyond your grasp, do not reach beyond your grasp

Once his thoughts settled and his Divine Sense replenished, Mo Hua continued his observation, but this time with self-awareness, focusing solely on the First-grade Formations.

Mo Hua was thoroughly familiar with the First-grade Five Elements Formations.

His understanding of the principles of Five Elements Formation was also profound.

Therefore, it was not difficult for him to observe.

Mo Hua compared the Five Elements Formations he had mastered, his own understandings of the Five Elements Formation principles, with the special, variant Five Elements Formations within the Taoist Field, scrutinizing them closely.

Again and again, he observed the techniques used by the wood carving Formation Masters in Drawing Formations…

Delving into the extensions of the same Formations and the evolution of the Patterns…

After an unknown amount of time, Mo Hua suddenly started, then had an epiphany, and exclaimed:

”Could this possibly be… Calculation?!”

Unlike the Divine Sense Calculation taught by his master, this was a completely different method!

His master taught him to use Formation Patterns to calculate Spirit Traces, deducing the more fundamental trajectories of Spiritual Power when the Formation operated.

Conversely, it was also possible to use the Formation’s Spirit Traces to calculate the specific Patterns.

The former goes from the surface to the core to deepen one’s understanding of the Formation;

The latter goes from the core to the surface to perceive the real Patterns.

But the Calculation Method within the Five Elements Sect’s Heritage Taoist Field was entirely different.

It seemed to be calculating not the relationship between the Patterns and the Spirit Traces.