The Quest for Immortality

Chapter 810 -594 Second Grade_3

”These are the Second Grade Thirteen Patterns of the ‘Rain Transformation Formation,’ ‘Minor Fire Departure Formation,’ ‘Moist Soil Formation,’ and ‘Water Marsh Formation.’”

”These arrays include both the Five Elements Formation and the Bagua Formation, which are the most commonly tested in the assessment exams for Second Grade Initial Stage Formation Masters.”

Elder Master Xun said.

Thirteen Patterns, assessment examination formations!

Mo Hua’s spirits lifted.

Finally, there were new Thirteen Pattern formations to learn! And they were assessment formations!

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The most difficult formation he had mastered so far was only the Thirteen Pattern Earth Fire Formation of the second grade.

Mo Hua stared at the formations and suddenly asked out of curiosity,

”Elder Master Xun, these formations seems to lack offensive power

Unlike his Earth Fire Formation, which could kill more than a dozen traffickers in an instant…

Elder Master Xun nodded, “These are Tao Cultivation production formations, either used for the cultivation of Spirit Plants or as formations to stimulate Pill Fire and furnace fires for Alchemy and Artifact Refining.”

”The Taoist Court does not advocate that cultivators use formations for slaughter, so the majority of the assessment examinations use production-type Tao Cultivation formations

Elder Master Xun sighed.

”However, these formations are ultimately not widely disseminated

Mo Hua couldn’t help nodding in agreement.

Tongxian City, no, not just Tongxian City, but all of the bottom-level Immortal Cities he had traveled through, had an extremely rudimentary application of formations.

Formations should benefit all beings.

Yet this “all beings” did not include the vast majority of cultivators in this world.

Seeing Mo Hua frowning, looking like a little adult with the weight of the world on his shoulders, Elder Master Xun rarely showed a smile and advised,

”Study hard.”

”Mhm.”

Mo Hua nodded.

Although the Thirteen Pattern Formations were the most difficult formations he had studied so far, they were clearly not the limit of his divine consciousness that had transformed quality at fourteen stripes.

He was just lacking Formation Diagrams, not divine consciousness.

Originally, the ‘Five Elements Formation Flow Map’ could solve this problem, but deciphering the Formation Flow Chart depended too much on luck; the highest difficulty formation Mo Hua had deciphered from it was the Earth Fire Formation with thirteen patterns.

Everything else was just “stinky fish and rotten shrimp.”

Ever since Elder Master Xun had taught him formations, Mo Hua had disdainfully tossed the ‘Five Elements Formation Flow Map’ into the corner of his Storage Ring to collect dust.

He would decipher it when he had more time later.

Now he had no time; he needed to learn the Thirteen Pattern assessment formations.

And since Second Grade Thirteen Pattern general formations were not Ultimate Formations and didn’t involve deeper and more obscure comprehension of the Great Dao, they were difficult but not too difficult to learn.

Especially with Mo Hua’s abundant divine consciousness.

All he lacked was time.

Practice these formations dozens or hundreds of times until they became second nature, and they would naturally be mastered.

Mo Hua started with the Five Elements, studying ‘Rain Transformation Formation’ and ‘Moist Soil Formation.’

The Five Elements Formation was learned quickly; Mo Hua grasped the basics within a day or two and then spent another five or six days practicing until it was second nature.

He even used his Divine Consciousness to control ink, Drawing Ground into Formation on the back mountain of the Disciple’s Residence with these two formations.

Spring breeze brings rain, moistening the soil silently.

Mo Hua felt he could faintly sense the moist breath of the soil in the mountains and the Earth Dao Meaning one could perceive from anywhere upon the earth.

The Earth Dao Meaning also became clearer in Mo Hua’s divine consciousness.

Mo Hua nodded, quite satisfied with himself.

Next, he studied the Bagua-like ‘Minor Fire Departure Formation’ and ‘Water Marsh Formation.’

The Minor Fire Departure Formation, similar to the Melting Fire Formation, is drawn inside Alchemy Furnaces and Artifact Furnaces for refining medicinal properties and tempering Spiritual Artifacts.

As for the Water Marsh Formation, Mo Hua was not clear; he guessed it was probably used for alligator farming.

Bagua-type formations were a bit more difficult.

But practice a hundred times, and the meaning will reveal itself.

There was no formation that couldn’t be solved with a few more repetitions.

If ten times were not enough, then a hundred times, and if a hundred times were not enough, then a thousand times.

As long as there was time, he could draw indefinitely on the Taoist Stele.

Moreover, Bagua formations were not Ultimate Formations, nowhere near that level of difficulty.

Half a month later, Mo Hua could also draw them very skillfully, even arranging them with divine consciousness posed no problem.

Thus, Mo Hua had learned all four Second Grade Thirteen Pattern formations.

Mo Hua shared this accomplishment with Elder Master Xun.

Elder Master Xun’s reaction was clearly half a beat slower, and his look at Mo Hua was somewhat incredulous.

”You’ve… learned them?”

He knew Mo Hua was a quick learner and guessed that given time, he could learn one or half of them.

But it should not, and could not be that in such a brief time, he had learned all four Second Grade Thirteen Pattern Initial Stage formations.

Learned them all…

That meant he could review and prepare a bit, and he might even participate in the grading examination…

The grading for a Second Grade Initial Stage Formation Master.

Fifteen years old, in the Initial Stage of Foundation Establishment, becoming a Second Grade Initial Stage Formation Master…

That was already the limit for the Foundation Establishment Initial Stage.

At most, he could learn some other Thirteen Stripe formations.

Beyond that, there was nothing to learn and nothing more to teach.

Mo Hua then revealed his small ambition:

”Elder, is there a Fourteen Stripe formation to learn

Mo Hua licked his lips like a kitten yearning for fish.

After spending this period together, Mo Hua knew Elder Master Xun was both an unfathomably profound master and a highly respected and kind-hearted elder.

And since Elder Master Xun had been teaching him formations and had the grace of preaching and education, there was no need to keep some things secret.

”Is there a Fourteen Stripe formation to learn

Elder Master Xun’s body visibly shuddered, and as he looked at Mo Hua, his cloudy eyes suddenly brightened.

Fourteen Stripes?!

This child’s divine sense… exceeded the grade?!