Asking about longevity

On this day, I was practicing normal ink painting, but suddenly the sea of ​​qi trembled and filled up on its own.

Mo Hua looked happy.

The nine levels are perfect and the spiritual power is overflowing.

He has touched the threshold of foundation building!

The abundant spiritual power condenses and flows from the sea of ​​qi, and gradually condenses, as if covered with a layer of moisture, making it wet.

This is a sign that spiritual power is like mercury, and it is also the prerequisite for foundation building.

Spiritual power is like mercury, ascending to build the foundation.

But before spiritual power can be condensed like mercury, it still needs to break through the bottleneck.

This bottleneck varies from person to person and mainly depends on the skill and spiritual roots of the monk.

The technique of ink painting is "Tian Yan Jue".

Then the bottleneck of foundation building, as recorded in "Tian Yan Jue", is the sea of ​​consciousness.

Sure enough, in a moment, these full spiritual powers turned into dense spiritual threads, flowing out from the sea of ​​qi, along the meridians, to Baihui, and then at the Tianmen, seeping inward and entering the sea of ​​consciousness of the ink painting.

The spiritual power that entered the sea of ​​consciousness turned into gossamer and began to weave into a formation.

This scene is no stranger to ink painting.

From the early stage of Qi refining to the middle stage of Qi refining, and then from the middle stage to the late stage of Qi refining, Mo Hua has experienced this scene.

This time is no different.

The spiritual threads are outlined into lines and drawn into a mystery array, covering the sea of ​​consciousness.

The only thing Mo Hua is worried about is this mysterious formation, which exceeds the first nine lines and condenses into ten lines, or even ten lines or more. Mo Hua has never seen or learned the ultimate formation.

It is extremely difficult to break through the bottleneck through the liberation formation.

If he wants to build a foundation, it will be very difficult.

Mo Hua stared at the spiritual threads with some anxiety, looking at them like weaving flowers, tracing out a mysterious array. After a moment, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief...

It's just a re-formation, it's pretty simple.

With his current formation level, he can break through the complex formation with ease.

Fortunately, his master taught him a lot of profound knowledge of formations, and allowed him to establish himself in formations and prove the Tao with his divine knowledge. His level of formations is far superior to that of ordinary first-grade formation masters.

Otherwise, even just cracking the complex formation will be very difficult.

Now if you want to successfully build the foundation, it will probably take a lot of trouble.

Hard work always pays off.

Mo Hua felt happy in his heart.

But after a while, he looked startled, and his face became more and more solemn.

wrong……

The mystery array continues to be generated...

And it shows no signs of stopping.

A complex formation, a complex formation, slowly derived and connected together.

There are more and more mystery arrays, one after another, like snowflakes in the cold winter, layer upon layer, falling together, covering the entire sea of ​​consciousness.

Wait for the puzzle array to be generated.

Mo Hua couldn't help but open his mouth, his eyes filled with disbelief.

What is this?

The spiritual power is like silk threads, densely packed, weaving the entire formation world, like a huge cocoon, completely covering its sea of ​​consciousness.

This is...a large formation composed of mystery formations? !

Mo Hua was shocked.

The great formation is like a cocoon, covering the sea of ​​consciousness.

Either stay in a cocoon, or break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly?

Mo Hua was silent for a long time, speechless for a while.

This is also... too outrageous...

How could there be such a foundation-building bottleneck?

Mo Hua took another look at this huge mystery array, his consciousness passed over it, and he roughly counted it, his eyes were shocked.

The entire formation contains mystery formations ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands!

Do you have to solve these mysteries one by one by yourself?

This needs to be solved in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse?

Mo Hua frowned and tried to solve a few puzzles.

The riddle is not difficult and can be solved.

It’s just that there are so many of them!

Mo Hua made an estimate.

Solving ten formations every day will take about ten or twenty years to completely solve this mysterious formation that "traps itself in a cocoon".

After unraveling the ink painting for a while, I looked up again and couldn't help but sigh deeply, feeling a sense of powerlessness.

In front of him is a boundless sea of ​​formations.

And the few riddles he had just solved were just a drop in the ocean.

Mo Hua's scalp went numb when he thought that there were still so many mysteries to solve.

This is not the most troublesome thing.

If these mystery formations constitute a large formation, then the most difficult part is the formation center.

What is the structure of the center of the mystery array?

How to solve it?

I know nothing about ink painting.

This is simply not a problem that one person can solve.

Building a large formation requires a lot of manpower, and cracking a large formation will only consume more spiritual computing power.

Because it is much more troublesome to dissolve the formation than to draw it...

what to do?

Mo Hua frowned.

In addition to dismantling the formation, the other way he could think of was to "disintegrate."

The Five Elements Demon Slaying Formation was completely disintegrated by him using the Rebellion Spirit Formation, leaving no trace behind.

But the problem is, this is in your own sea of ​​consciousness.

If the formation disintegrates, it is estimated that he will also die together.

Mo Hua sighed again.

"I can only ask Master..."

…

The next day, Mo Hua couldn't wait to find Mr. Zhuang.

Mr. Zhuang was drinking tea. Hearing the words, he paused and slowly raised his head, "Big formation?"

"Yes." Mo Hua nodded, "There are many, many, covering my sea of ​​consciousness. There are many formations and dense spiritual threads, like a light blue cocoon..."

Mr. Zhuang's pupils shrank, "Cocoon..."

"Yeah." Mo Hua nodded again, and then asked worriedly:

"Master, can I still build the foundation now?"

Mr. Zhuang's eyes narrowed slightly, then he smiled lightly and said warmly:

"Is there anything easy about building a foundation?"

"The reason why a bottleneck is a bottleneck is because it is blocked by the great road and is difficult to overcome. Otherwise, everyone in this world would be able to practice the Tao without any hindrance."

"Since you are a monk and determined to seek the way of heaven, no matter whether it is difficult or not, don't hinder your Taoist mind."

"If you are building the foundation tomorrow, you must also practice and dismantle the formation. Even if it is ten years or twenty years from now when you are building the foundation, you must also practice and dismantle the formation..."

"Monks only seek the great road, regardless of success or failure."

"The things you have to do are all the same. Don't be afraid of gains and losses."

Mo Hua's mood suddenly brightened, and all his doubts were relieved.

Yes, there is no point in worrying...

If this bottleneck really takes ten or twenty years to be solved, then that's all. How can I still practice Qi refining for the rest of my life without breaking through the formation?

There is no point in looking forward and backward when doing things that have already been done.

Anyway, what you have to do is always the same.

As a formation master, he only needs to concentrate on learning the formations and solving them.

Don't mess up your Taoist mind because of difficulty, success or failure.

Mo Hua's heart, which was a little anxious due to the foundation building, gradually calmed down, his breath gradually became calmer, and his eyes gradually became firmer.

Mr. Zhuang was pleased, nodded slightly, and said with a smile:

"Yes, it's good if you understand, but don't worry, it won't take that long to completely solve the mystery..."

"Okay, Master!"

After the master and apprentice finished speaking, Mo Hua stood up and saluted, and was about to leave and go back to think about the mystery array. Mr. Zhuang suddenly stopped Mo Hua, paused slightly, and said:

"Mo Hua, draw a part of the mystery array and show it to me."

I didn't know what the ink painting was about, but I still took out the pen and paper and drew part of the mystery array and part of the array hub.

Mr. Zhuang nodded, "Okay."

After Mo Hua left, Mr. Zhuang looked at the part of the mystery array drawn by Mo Hua, his expression becoming more and more solemn.

The puppet boss showed his figure, glanced at the mystery formation, and frowned.

"What is this?"

"You don't know..." Mr. Zhuang was a little lost.

The old man's eyes darkened slightly and he shook his head, "I've never seen it before."

It was obviously only a first-level formation, and it was also a mystery formation, but in his many years of experience as a Taoist, he didn't seem to have any impression of it.

"Yeah..." Mr. Zhuang murmured, "I also thought that I would never see this kind of formation again in my life..."

The old man looked serious, "What kind of formation is this?"

"This formation is called..."

Mr. Zhuang was silent for a long time, his eyes showing struggle, and then he said:

"Mysterious Formation!"

The old man suddenly opened his eyes wide, "Mysterious Formation?!"

Mr. Zhuang smiled wryly and nodded.

The mysterious formation...

The old man's expression changed, and he hesitated to speak several times. Finally, he swallowed all the words back in his stomach and said in a daze:

"How could it be..."

How could it be the mysterious formation...

The old man frowned and asked without going into details:

"How is this Mystery Heaven Array different from ordinary Mystery Arrays?"

Mr. Zhuang shook his head, "It's different..."

"The mystery array can form a large array, but this kind of large array is just a collection of simple mystery arrays. It only has the scale of a large array without the bones of a large array. In fact, strictly speaking, it is not a large array..."

Mr. Zhuang took another look at the formation he just drew in ink and sighed:

"The mysterious formation is different..."

"It is an extremely special formation..."

"It's so special that I can't even figure out what the essence of this formation is."

"The existing Mysterious Heaven Formation has sealed some unknowable secrets..."

"The Mysterious Formation contains a huge mystery..."

"The formations involved are also bizarre..."

Mr. Zhuang stared at the old man, as if asking, but also asking himself:

"The mystery array is just a trick to decipher the secrets. Why can it form a big array?"

"How can we form a big formation?"

"All major formations coordinate thousands of formations and focus on the same root and origin. They are mainly responsible for killing, trapping, and defending."

"So what formation is the co-ordinator of the mystery array? What is the same root, what is the source of the same origin, and what does it advocate? Is there a word 'mystery'?"

"What kind of person can have the ability, courage, and such strong spiritual calculations to build a mysterious formation?"

"What is the purpose of building the mysterious formation?"

…

Mr. Zhuang pondered for a long time, suddenly realized, and muttered to himself: "I was wrong. I thought wrong from the beginning..."

"There is a big problem with the "Tian Yan Jue" technique!"

"Construct a mysterious formation within the sea of ​​consciousness..."

"This skill is very likely not for 'people' to learn at all..."

"Perhaps, this is really a technique for a certain kind of 'monster' to learn in a literal sense..."

"Who is the person who created this technique?"

"Or, is this really a technique that 'humans' can create?"

"Can a 'human' rely on skills to construct a mysterious formation in the monk's sea of ​​consciousness..."

Mr. Zhuang frowned more and more.

Ancient skills...

The mysterious formation...

Tianyan...

"The Great Dao is fifty, Tianyan is forty-nine, and one of the human escapes..."

He felt that he seemed to have glimpsed some clues, but once he thought about it carefully, it was still a fog, as if he had fallen into a "mysterious formation".

"That's all..."

Mr. Zhuang sighed.

I already don’t have much time to consider these issues.

The problem now is, this kid Mo Hua...

"Can the mysterious formation be solved?" Asked the old man.

"Although it is a mystery sky, it is still a mystery formation, and it is only of the first level. The child's formation skills in ink painting can be solved, but..."

However, it may really take more than ten years.

This is still a smooth situation.

If there are any unpredictable changes in the Mysterious Sky Formation, or an unknown accident occurs, then it will be really difficult to reach the sky if you want to build the foundation...

It is very possible that it will take decades...

"We need to find a way..."

Mr. Zhuang said silently, in his eyes, calculation patterns flickered and heavenly secrets rose and fell. After a long time, he seemed to have found a chance.

This hint of opportunity is extremely obscure and extremely dangerous.

But it can be grasped.

Mr. Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief, looked up at the sky, and smiled wryly.

Man's calculation is not as good as God's calculation.

Everything was fine, but something unexpected happened...

Now it’s time to go through a lot of trouble again.

"I originally wanted to see Mo Hua, the kid, build the foundation with my own eyes and fulfill my wish, but now it seems that it's too late..."

My journey ends here...

Mr. Zhuang's eyes were a little sad, and then he became calm again.

What is supposed to come, will always come...

The old man looked at him silently, his eyes obscure, gradually fading into darkness.

…

After Mo Hua returned, he sank into the sea of ​​consciousness whenever he had free time and solved the mysteries one by one.

Although there are many mysteries, he is not arrogant or impetuous.

But as he continued to unravel it, he discovered that this puzzle array seemed different from the ones he had encountered before.

The previous puzzle array seemed "dead" and rigid, disappearing as soon as it was solved.

But now in this large formation, the formation patterns are flowing, as if they are "alive".

Moreover, large tracts are re-formed, connected to each other, echoing each other, and symbiotically coexisting.

We must target the complex formation and solve a large area at a time.

Otherwise, after solving the single array, more single arrays will continue to be generated.

I can only ask Mr. Zhuang for advice on ink painting.

Mr. Zhuang seemed to have been preparing for a long time. He handed a thick stack of formation books and formation diagrams to Mo Hua and said directly:

"The great formation in your consciousness sea is called the 'Mysterious Sky Great Formation'."

"Just remember this name and don't tell anyone else."

"These are some records about the 'Mysterious Sky Formation', as well as my summary of the experience. Keep it carefully and study it carefully. It should be helpful to you in solving the formation..."

Mo Hua was grateful in his heart, but felt that there was something a little inconsistent.

It seems that Master is busy explaining something...

"Master..." Mo Hua whispered.

Mr. Zhuang shook his head and did not let him continue. He only said softly:

"Go down and study hard."

Mo Hua hesitated for a moment, said "Yeah", and left respectfully, but there was lingering worry on his face.

He knew some things.

He knew who the master was avoiding.

He also knew that the master had said that the destination of this wandering trip was the Five Elements Sect.

Then when you arrive at the Five Elements Sect and learn the Five Elements Spiritual Formation, what happens next?

Master never said that.

Mo Hua had speculated on some things a long time ago, but it was only now that he realized with horror that no matter how reluctant he was, what was supposed to come would still come...

The uneasiness in Mo Hua's heart became even heavier.

On the surface, the Five Elements Sect is still calm.

Until Mo Hua met an acquaintance.

On this day, Mo Hua was lying on a table with his younger brother and younger sister, learning formations, when they suddenly heard the sound of slight footsteps. He looked up and saw a graceful woman standing at the door, wearing a veil and with a cool temperament.

Mo Hua was startled for a moment, then became happy, "Aunt Xue!"

When Aunt Xue saw Mo Hua, she smiled happily, looked at Mo Hua with her soft eyes, nodded and said:

"Long time no see, I've grown taller."

Mo Hua had a smile on his face.

Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi were also very happy.

After a few people chatted for a while, Mo Hua asked doubtfully: "Aunt Xue, why are you here?"

"That's right." Bai Zisheng said, "Didn't Master not let you follow me?"

"Mr. Zhuang called me here." Aunt Xue said.

"Master?"

The three people in Mo Hua looked at each other, all a little confused.

Aunt Xue nodded, "Mr. Zhuang won't let me accompany you, but I am concerned about your safety. In fact, I will still follow you, but I am far away."

"Mr. Zhuang knew about it and did not blame him. He also acquiesced."

"These days, I have been outside Lishan City. A few days ago, I wanted to edit a letter and send it to my wife, but I saw that the ink was moving without a pen, and the paper was smeared to form the word 'come'."

"I knew this was Mr. Zhuang's intention. He wanted me to come over..."

"But why did Master call you over?" Mo Hua was a little confused.

Aunt Xue shook her head, she didn't know.

"Did Mr. Zhuang take a break?" Aunt Xue asked.

Mo Hua said: "Master has had a rest and is drinking tea now."

Aunt Xue nodded and got up to visit Mr. Zhuang.

Mo Hua and the three others also followed.

In the antique-style room filled with the aroma of tea, Mr. Zhuang's posture is elegant and upright, and he is seriously drinking the tea brewed for him by Mo Hua.

Mr. Zhuang was not surprised when he met Aunt Xue.

Aunt Xue bowed respectfully to Mr. Zhuang, and Mr. Zhuang nodded.

Aunt Xue then asked in a low voice: "I don't know what your instructions are, sir, when you call me here."

Mr. Zhuang was silent for a moment, his eyes reserved, taking in the appearance of the three people in Mo Hua, and then he said slowly:

"Take these three children away..."

"Leave the Five Elements Sect, leave Lishan City, and don't come back again..."