Cultivation Family: Starting by Taking a Concubine and Practicing the Sun and Moon Sutra

After all, the two forces competing for the mineral veins should take a long time. Whether it is fighting or coordinating with each other, it will take a lot of time.

If you can take advantage of this period of time to upgrade your formation skills to the first level and set up the [Bi Ling Sword Formation], you will still have a certain amount of confidence even if you face these two foundation-building forces.

So next, Lin Yuan rushed to Baihefang City. Meng Yueshan and Qin Lie were stationed in the valley, while Zhou Daocheng devoted himself to learning the formation.

However, he still thought highly of himself after all. It was a bit unrealistic to want to directly learn the first-level high-level formations before he had fully mastered the first-level mid-level formations.

Helpless, Zhou Daocheng had no choice but to focus on the first-level mid-level [thorn vine array] again.

When purchasing yellow thorn vines before, Zhou Daocheng purchased several mature yellow thorn vines in advance. Their quality was first-level and mid-grade, just enough to be used to arrange the [thorn vine array].

The [Golden Sword Formation] previously arranged is the simplest among the first-order mid-level formations. It is a purely offensive formation and can only be regarded as an introduction.

[Spiny Vine Formation] has both attack and control effects, and even has a certain defensive effect when used properly, which is much stronger than the Golden Sword Formation.

But similarly, the difficulty of arrangement is not generally high, which is a big challenge for Zhou Daocheng.

Every day that followed, Zhou Daocheng meditated in the underground cave, and even the daily food was delivered by Meng Yueshan himself.

For an ordinary formation master, it would take several years to advance from a low-level first-level formation to a mid-level formation, and to fully learn the more difficult parts of the first-level mid-level formation.

But Zhou Daocheng has a strong understanding and has a natural advantage in this area, so the time is reduced a lot.

It only took more than half a month to successfully learn the [Thorn Vine Array], and the first time it was deployed, it was successfully completed.

Yellow-green sharp thorns burst out of the ground, flashing with sharp light. Under the control of the formation, they were like the muscular body of a snake, erupting with such powerful power that even the seventh-level Qi Refining monks did not dare to resist.

However, the number of thorns in the [thorn vine formation] is small, only about five or six, so the frequency of attacks is low, and the method of trapping enemies is relatively simple. The focus is more on the attack ability.

If it is a first-level high-grade [Hundred Vine Formation], the effects in all aspects should be better, whether it is attack strength or control methods, all aspects will be strengthened.

However, for monks in the late stage of Qi refining, a set of first-level mid-level formations can greatly improve their strength.

For example, Meng Yueshan and Lin Yuan have little difference in strength, and they can only be considered evenly matched at best.

But with Meng Yueshan possessing a [Thorn Vine Formation], if he fought in the formation, Lin Yuan would have almost no power to fight back. In just a few breaths, serious injuries appeared on his body.

Only after several attempts, Zhou Daocheng also discovered a serious drawback, and it was a drawback that existed in all formations!

That is, controlling the formation consumes a lot of mana. If the formation master controls it personally, it consumes relatively less, but if it is controlled by an ordinary monk, it will consume 50% more mana.

As a result, the advantages of the formation were greatly weakened.

"Lao Meng, if you defeat Lin Yuan with your formation, how much mana will you have left?" Zhou Daocheng asked thoughtfully.

Meng Yueshan thought for a while and estimated: "I haven't tried this yet, but there are probably three floors left."

Zhou Daocheng nodded. This result was already considered very good. It allowed the two people, who were evenly matched, to win with an overwhelming advantage and still have three layers of mana left.

However, Zhou Daocheng was also thinking, is there any way to reduce the consumption of the formation?

It seems that no formation master has ever explored this issue. After all, formations require monks to control them manually. How can it not consume mana? It’s simply a fantasy.

But Zhou Daocheng looked at the spirit gathering array not far away, which was also slowly moving at the moment, absorbing the spiritual energy in the surrounding air into its interior.

In a daze, Zhou Daocheng's eyes paused, and his thoughts were immersed in it. He seemed to see traces of the formation's operation based on the lines of the formation he had arranged...

At the same time, the lines of other formations began to appear in his mind, and a mysterious and mysterious feeling enveloped his whole body. His thinking seemed to be completely silent, and he was trapped in this unconscious thinking.

The Spirit Gathering Formation, the Falling Stone Formation, the Mist Formation, the Golden Knife Formation, the Thorny Vine Formation, the Jade Spirit Sword Formation... there were even many formation patterns that he just glanced at and did not delve into deeply, all appeared in his mind together. , and intertwined.

At this moment, he stood motionless and his eyes became dull.

Meng Yueshan scratched his head, leaned forward curiously, and said with some confusion: "Hey, what's wrong, sir? Is there something wrong with your brain?"

As he said that, he was about to reach out and pat Zhou Daocheng on the shoulder, but Qin Lie grabbed him from behind and said in a cold voice: "If you don't want anything to happen to you, don't touch him."

"What's up, Lao Qin, what's going on, sir?"

Qin Lie frowned, a trace of shock flashed in his eyes, and he said with some disbelief: "Your Excellency seems to have entered a special state, as if... an epiphany?!"

"Epiphany?"

Meng Yueshan and Lin Yuan also felt a little thoughtful when they heard these two words.

Qin Lie was not sure, but he still tried to explain: "I heard that some geniuses with excellent understanding will have special insights by chance, and will enter the state of enlightenment unconsciously. This state is extremely rare. Most of the time Everyone will gain something.”

"So that's how it is." Lin Yuan suddenly realized: "I heard that many of the predecessors created skills, secrets, and spells, which were realized during the epiphany."

Meng Yueshan looked surprised, "I didn't expect that the adults' understanding is so high?"

"It's really not simple." Qin Lie nodded slightly, and couldn't help saying: "With such talent and talent, the probability of breaking through the foundation in the future is not small, maybe we can also get some benefits..."

Zhou Daocheng had no idea what was happening outside, and his mind was completely immersed in countless array patterns.

"The operation of the Thorn Vine Array consumes a lot of mana. The Gathering Spirit Array has the function of absorbing spiritual energy. Can the spiritual energy absorbed by the Gathering Spirit Array be supplied to the Thorn Vine Array?"

"Can the golden blade condensed by the Golden Sword Array be attached to the thorns of the Thorn Vine Array?"

"Can the golden sword condensed in the Golden Sword Array use the spiritual energy gathered by the Gathering Spirit Array?"

All kinds of ideas emerged in his mind, and he thought and deduced at a very fast speed.

This kind of question is extremely naive in the eyes of many formation masters, and they don't even want to look at it.

Even many ordinary cultivators will sneer at this.

After all, two sets of formations can indeed be arranged in the same position. For example, in the underground cave before, there were three formations: the rock formation, the earth defense formation, and the fog formation. Each of them operates independently and performs its own functions.

However, Zhou Daocheng did not have these common sense of cultivation, so he thought deeply.

Even, some new ideas were born...