Asking about longevity

Mr. Xun stood with his hands behind his back, and with just one glance, the four formations on the formation plate were eliminated one by one, leaving no trace.

He walked out of the Chuandao Pavilion, walked along the jade avenue in the middle of Taixu Gate, and walked up the mountain alone.

All the disciples along the way bowed and saluted:

"Hello, Mr. Xun."

Mr. Xun nodded and said, "Okay."

When they arrived at the back mountain, all the inner sect elders and even the true elders bowed and saluted Mr. Xun:

"Hello, Mr. Xun."

Mr. Xun only nodded slightly.

After returning to the elder's residence, Mr. Xun made a cup of tea and said to the door: "Go get a copy of your place of origin for me."

A Taoist boy outside the door cupped his hands and said:

"Yes, ancestor."

Then Mr. Xun was in his room, with a cup of tea and a book, frowning and thinking about something while reading.

The elder's residence is empty, quiet, and has nothing.

There is only one table and one futon.

The tea taste is also light and plain.

Mr. Xun didn't think it was anything.

After burning a stick of incense, the Taoist boy held up a copy of his birthplace and handed it to Mr. Xun respectfully.

Mr. Xun nodded and took it, glancing at it with turbid eyes.

"Lizhou, second-grade Tongxian City, casual cultivator..."

"Middle and lower grade spiritual roots..."

"He turned out to be a casual cultivator, with medium to low spiritual roots..."

Old Mr.

Mr. Xun looked down further and saw the specialties column with the words "good at formations" written on it.

He thought for a moment and nodded, "It's indeed not bad..."

The children of Lizhou traveled thousands of miles to study here...

"It's so valuable..."

Mr. Xun looked a little emotional, his eyes were slightly focused, and he didn't know what he was thinking about...

…

Mo Hua was eating in the disciples' residence, with many disciples sitting around him.

It has been more than a month since he entered school. Mo Hua looks cute, speaks well, and is innocent, so he is quite popular. He is also quite familiar with fellow disciples of Taiyi Ju.

Disciples from aristocratic families who are dedicated to cultivation are relatively late to mature.

Although most of them are seventeen or eighteen years old, they are not deeply involved in the world, have never seen the dangers of the world, and have not yet reached the stage of "chasing fame and fortune", so they are not deep-minded and pay attention to the friendship of the same family.

A disciple said to Mo Hua:

"Mo Hua, be careful."

"You are in big trouble..."

"Mr. Xun is very stingy..."

There was a disciple next to him who made a "shush" gesture and said, "You want to die. How dare you say Mr. Xun is wrong..."

"If I say it here, he won't be able to hear it..."

"It's hard to say..."

"I was heard...so what can I do..."

"Then in the following days, you will be able to experience firsthand the 'broad and profound' formation..."

"That's right, Mr. Xun will focus on taking care of you and teach you those very difficult formations. Even if your consciousness is exhausted and your hair falls out, you won't be able to learn it..."

"Is there such a good thing?!"

"certainly……"

The disciple was stunned when he was halfway through speaking. Only then did he realize that there was an inappropriate comment mixed into these conversations...

He silently turned to look at Mo Hua, not knowing what to say.

Mo Hua asked in a low voice: "Does Mr. Xun know how to teach difficult formations..."

The disciple's expression was subtle, "Mo Hua, why do you look so... looking forward to it?"

"No, no." Mo Hua shook his head quickly.

"Nonsense, your eyes are shining!"

"that is!"

"My eyes are just like this!" Mo Hua said plausibly.

"..."

"But..." a disciple asked doubtfully, "Mo Hua, why are you so good at drawing formations?"

Mo Hua said shyly: "Okay? Just so-so..."

Some people were envious, jealous, and resentful, and gritted their teeth and said:

"Humility makes people progress, but excessive humility will make people get beaten!"

Mo Hua then said: "I am just a little better at the formation, so I entered the school with a middle-low grade spiritual root..."

"Medium or lower grade?!"

The disciples present were all shocked.

"Are you a middle-lower grade spiritual root?!"

"No wonder, I said, your spiritual power is so weak..."

"The blood energy is also a bit weak..."

"The Dao foundation is not solid either..."

"I'm not tall either..."

Mo Hua was unhappy, "It's almost done..."

It’s enough to talk about blood and spiritual power. I’m not tall, so can this be said?

The other disciples laughed apologetically.

Some people said strangely: "That's not right. No matter how well you learn the formation, you still can't enter with a medium or low-grade spiritual root..."

"Yes, my ancestor wanted to tuck a direct descendant of the clan's spiritual roots into the Taixu Sect. He tried many connections but failed..."

"It's not even good for the upper or lower grades, let alone the middle or lower grades..."

"Low-medium grade, enter the eight gates..."

The way a group of people looked at the ink paintings became strange...

After a while, a few disciples from a distance walked over and stood in front of the ink painting. Their eyes were bright and they cupped their fists and said:

"Qianzhou Cheng family, Cheng Mo, make friends!"

"Lizhou Situ's family, my name is Situ Jian, I will be the leading swordsman in Kyushu in the future, you're welcome!"

"Qianzhou writers..."

"Genzhou..."

…

Mo Hua was confused.

He thought that a group of them came over in a fierce manner and wanted to fight.

The result is to... make friends?

What's the meaning?

If Mo Hua remembered correctly, he was talking about "lower-middle-grade" spiritual roots, not "upper-grade"...

Could it be that the order of spiritual roots in Taixu Sect is reversed?

Is the middle and lower grade better than the upper grade?

Mo Hua was very puzzled.

There were disciples whispering in the distance. Although the sound was small, it still reached Mo Hua's ears.

"It's just a middle-to-low-grade spiritual root. Why are you going to make friends?"

"What do you know?"

"If he is really just a lower-middle-class person, can he enter the Taixu Gate?"

"How can it be so easy to enter the Taixu Sect?"

"that is."

"Besides, he can enter the Eight Gates with a low-to-middle-grade spiritual root. Either his cultivation ability is too extraordinary, or he must have a deep enough background and a strong enough background!"

"Yeah...low-middle grade..."

"Daoji is so shallow..."

"Think about it, this is how you can get started..."

"Then how deep his background must be! How strong his background must be!!"

When all the disciples thought of this, they all respected the ink painting.

"Probably he is the illegitimate son of some powerful person. Maybe he has some connections with the ancestors of the Taixu Sect..."

"If that's the case, the spiritual roots won't be so bad..."

"What do you know, spiritual root inheritance is not 100%, there will always be some mistakes..."

"My parents, who have low-grade spiritual roots, can give birth to children with high-grade spiritual roots. High-grade spiritual roots will occasionally give birth to children with medium- and low-grade spiritual roots..."

"It's just that the probability is very small..."

"If you put it like that, it's really possible that the middle and lower grades..."

"That makes sense..."

Mo Hua had a complicated expression, speechless, and emphasized:

"I'm really just a casual cultivator..."

The disciples were startled when they heard this and nodded, "Yeah."

But they all have an expression of "We understand in our hearts".

"Don't worry, we will keep it a secret for you..."

"Promise not to tell anyone..."

Mo Hua sighed, feeling helpless.

Another disciple said worriedly:

"Mo Hua, despite your background...ahem..."

The disciple said meaningfully, "Just a casual cultivator..."

"...But we can't offend Mr. Xun. Mr. Xun is very senior. He may not even give the boss the face..."

"You have just entered the sect, and your time in the sect is still long. If you displease Mr. Xun, you will be punished by drawing formations every day. The days to come will be difficult..."

Mo Hua said gratefully: "Thank you."

But in his heart, he was muttering, "I wonder if Mr. Xun will "teach" him more difficult formations..."

He now has no "difficult" formations to learn.

His consciousness has also stagnated at the fourteenth line, and has not improved for a long time...

Mr. Xun...

Mo Hua's eyes brightened slightly and he thought in his mind:

"How about we go to class tomorrow, take a nap, and get some sleep?"

"Look at Mr. Xun, will he punish himself and draw some more 'difficult' formations?"

…

The next day, Mo Hua discovered that he no longer had to sleep.

Because Mr. Xun did treat him specially...

During class, Mr. Xun handed out a formation handout to everyone. What was written on it was the essence of the formation of the Yipin Jiuwen Financial Formation, and there was also a formation diagram at the back.

Only in front of the ink painting there is none.

Mr. Xun took another handout to Mo Hua and said seriously:

"When learning formations, you must have a solid foundation. The foundation is the most important."

"The better the talent, the more important the foundation is."

"You learn this..."

The other disciples all looked at Mo Hua with sympathy.

Mo Hua had a stern look on his face, but he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.

"I've learned some formations!"

He quickly opened the handout and found that what was drawn inside was a gold and fire system, a first-grade five-element complex formation.

I have never seen this complex formation before ink painting, but the structure is not complicated, not to mention that it is a five-element formation that can be seen through at a glance.

It is indeed a bit difficult.

But it’s only a little harder…

It's as difficult as filling a gap between teeth.

Mo Hua was a little disappointed, but he still read the lecture notes carefully, sorted out and recorded some knowledge points that he had not learned before, and then started to draw the formation.

Mr. Xun was talking on top, and he was painting on the bottom.

When Old Mr.

Mr. Xun's eyelids twitched.

But he looked solemn and said nothing.

In the next class, the other disciples were still learning the first-grade and five-element system formations, while Mo Hua was learning a little more difficultly. This time, he was learning the three-element and five-element complex formations.

But it's still just a first-class product.

The ink painting was still the same as before, and it was finished quickly...

After that, it was a little harder every time, but not much harder every time...

…

After increasing the difficulty four or five times...

Finally, Mo Hua saw the unfamiliar formation pattern.

This is a formation system that is related to the Five Elements, but is somewhat different from the Five Elements:

Bagua array!

The five elements are metal, wood, water, fire and earth.

The Bagua, Qian, Kun, Kan, Li, Gen, Zhen, Xun, and Dui, respectively represent heaven, earth, water, fire, mountain, thunder, Ze, and wind.

The Bagua Formation partially overlaps with the Five Elements, but the laws of things involved and the rules of the Great Dao are broader and more complex than the Five Elements.

Moreover, the Bagua formation involves some hexagram principles of yin and yang, two rituals, and six lines. Although it does not directly generate the power of yin and yang and the six lines, it uses it as a skeleton to derive different formations based on the five elements. logic.

Comparing the two, the Five Elements Formation is slightly simpler, but it is the most commonly used and the most common formation in the cultivation world.

The Bagua formation has some changes, covering a wider area, and the inner logic of the formation is also more profound.

This is seen from the formation textbook "A Brief Introduction to Formation" that Mo Hua distributed when he started from Taixu Sect.

This formation book was read by Mo Hua whenever he had free time. In less than half a month, he had already thumbed it to pieces.

It's a pity that this "A Brief Introduction to Formation" is for beginners after all, and the content is still too simple.

There is no way to learn anything deeper in ink painting, and there are even some simple Bagua principles on it, but there is no complete Bagua formation and formed Bagua formation at all.

I want to learn ink painting, but there is no way.

But now, the "food" is in my mouth!

The handout given by Mr. Xun is a set that is compatible with the Five Elements and includes the Bagua.

This kind of complex formation is also a complex formation that has never been seen in Mo Hua. It is compatible with two different types of formations.

One is the Five Elements Formation: Yimu Formation.

One is the Bagua formation: Genshan formation.

Therefore, the full name of this re-formation is Yimu Genshan Re-formation.

There are also some other simple formations and fragmentary formations mixed in between the complex formations, which are not critical.

Based on experience, Mo Hua guessed that this Yimugen Mountain Complex Formation was a formation used to cultivate spiritual trees, spiritual plants, spiritual grass and other "wood" spiritual things on the mountain.

Use gen to solidify mountains and use trees to nourish things.

I haven’t learned much about the Bagua-type formations in ink painting. If I want to learn the complex formation at this time, I have to learn the Bagua “Gen” formations from scratch.

New formation, new formation pattern!

Mo Hua's eyes lit up and he immediately started researching.

Old Mr.

But then, Mr. Xun was startled again.

He discovered that the ink painting of the Yimu Gen Mountain Complex Formation seemed to be based on the formation pattern of the "Gen" system...

Mr. Xun was slightly surprised.

"Have you never learned the Bagua formation?"

"impossible……"

"No matter how you haven't learned it before, you shouldn't start learning it from the formation patterns..."

Mr. Xun frowned.

"Who taught him the formation, and why is he so biased?"

The first-grade Five Element Formation is extremely proficient.

Apart from this, the basics of formations in other categories are probably very superficial...

I have never learned the Bagua formations, let alone those more unusual formations of the Three Talents, Four Elephants, Six Yao, and Seven Stars categories...

Mr. Xun shook his head, feeling a little regretful.

The qualifications are excellent, but unfortunately the foundation is too weak and the vision is also shallow.

The person who taught this child the formation seemed to want him to learn something advanced, so he blindly "taught" the Five Elements formation to him, and as a result, his learning was a bit biased...

Mr. Xun felt regretful and said nothing.

He still lectured as usual, and Mo Hua taught himself the formation, but he didn't care.

Until the end of the class, the other disciples handed in their "lessons" from the handouts.

The ink painting didn't move, he was still learning, and tried to draw the Yimu Genshan Complex Formation.

Mr. Xun did not blame him, but waited patiently for him.

The other disciples finished their "lessons" and looked sympathetically at the ink paintings that Mr. Xun had "embarrassed" and were still writing furiously, and sighed.

But they could do nothing but retreat silently.

In the preaching room, there were only Mr. Xun and Mo Hua.

Mr. Xun looked at the ink painting with some regret.

But after just one stick of incense, the ink painting suddenly stopped. He breathed a long sigh of relief, then held a set of paper and respectfully handed it to Mr. Xun.

Mr. Xun was stunned.

What is this kid... handing in?

If you can't finish the painting, just keep painting. If it doesn't work, take it back to learn, take it back to practice, and hand it in after you've finished it.

What could it be that I hand over now?

After a lot of fighting, the remains of the formation with three scales and two claws?

Mr. Xun was slightly stunned. He took the paper and looked at it, his eyelids suddenly twitched.

Yimugenshan's return to formation...

This is a neat, perfect, and flawless Yimu Genshan formation!

Mr. Xun's eyes narrowed.

"This kid...drawn it?!"

Starting from the formation pattern, in less than an hour, I drew a complex formation that I had never encountered before, including the Bagua system...

Studying and painting now?

Mr. Xun's hands trembled slightly, and his eyes looking at the ink paintings were a little complicated.

"you……"

Mr. Xun paused for a moment, then slowly said: "Have you ever learned the Bagua formation?"

Mo Hua shook his head honestly, "No, the disciple only knows the Five Elements Formation..."

There are also some absolute formations that are not within the scope of the Five Elements, but it is not convenient to say these...

Mr. Xun was silent for a long time, then nodded slowly, "I understand, you can go back..."

Mo Hua saluted respectfully and said:

"Old sir, please be polite. Disciple takes his leave..."

After saying that, Mo Hua breathed a sigh of relief, and then because he had learned a new formation, his heart was happy, his steps were a little brisk, and he left the preaching room with his little head held high.

In the mission room.

Old Mr.

After a long time, he sighed slightly and pondered in a low voice:

"It seems... we have to change the teaching method..."

"I want to see how fast this kid...can learn..."

There is only one update today, take a rest~

Tomorrow, New Year’s Day, I will add another chapter~