120, Pre-war preparations

  They arrived at Yu's house, and the four sisters were finally arranged to have their own room. For now, there was no time to study alchemy or cultivate, Mo Tian Ge entered the Virtual Heaven Realm, only stayed for a moment, and took out some books.

  Because of the memory of her experience in the Void Sky Realm, Mo Tian Ge finally understood why she was able to easily enter the Void Sky Realm. This Void Sky Realm had fallen into the mortal world, and many people must have tried to recognize it with their blood, but only she succeeded, probably because of her Hunyuan spiritual root.

  This Void Heaven Realm is an ancient artifact, the cultivation methods of ancient times are vastly different from those of today. Even back then, the Hún Yuán Líng Gēn would only appear once every few thousand years, yet everyone practiced the Hún Yuán Gōng Fǎ, so people with spiritual power all had a Hún Dàn within them. The Void Heaven Realm was created in that era, its principles also connected to the Hún Dàn. However, the Hún Yuán Gōng Fǎ has been lost, and even if someone were to shed blood to acknowledge their master, they still wouldn't be able to awaken the Void Heaven Realm... She speculated that aside from Zhōng Mù Líng, there must be another Transcendent cultivator who possessed a Void Heaven Realm, and that person must have used some special method to create a Hún Dàn in order to make the Void Heaven Realm acknowledge them as master.

  In the virtual sky, there are traces left by the previous master. It is unknown what kind of god this master was. There are many books, but unfortunately, no magical treasures were left behind. It seems that those things were carried with him and lost when he died.

  However, this person must be a great divine master. Mo Tian Ge found a handwritten note that recorded some of his thoughts on cultivation, but she couldn't understand it at all. She knew it was because her own realm was too low. According to Yuan Bao's words, the great divine masters of ancient times were not like the ordinary yuan infant cultivators of today, but rather they had reached a realm beyond the transformation of gods that was unknown to them. Because in Zhong Mu Ling's virtual sky realm, there were also these miscellaneous objects, and with their realm, they couldn't understand it either.

  However, some of the more superficial books have already made her a legendary figure. The art of alchemy, the art of talisman-making, the art of refining instruments, the art of array deployment, and even the art of mechanical devices - all of these she has mastered because she has studied array methods most deeply, so she began learning array deployment techniques at the very beginning.

  It records a kind of Fantian formation, which should be the outer array of Zhong Muling's Xutian border. The book describes this formation as the Wanxiang formation, where one thought gives rise to all things. She has only experienced two kinds of small-scale formations within it. However, she can only understand this much, and her cultivation level also affects her ability to comprehend the Tao. The Tao is divided into yin-yang and five elements, which are the foundation of array techniques. If one's cultivation level is not enough, they cannot proceed further.

  Even if we don't mention the Fantian Formation, some of the simple and easy-to-use formations recorded in it are not comparable to today's formations.

  The defensive formation of the Yu family is called the Four Symbol Formation. Although it's not an ordinary formation, it's also not a profound or high-level one. Generally, it's used by some mid-tier immortal families. Mo Tian Ge found the Four Symbol Formation in these books as well, but its deployment method is slightly different from today's, and its power is much greater. Additionally, there's another formation called the Four Symbol Hundred Flowers Formation, which is a variation of the Four Symbol Formation. It combines the deployment method of the Flourishing Decline Unpredictable Formation with that of the Four Symbol Formation, making it a composite formation. At times, it's the Four Symbols, and at times, it's the Hundred Flowers; two completely unrelated formations are combined into one, and a single breaking formation technique cannot break it.

  When she saw this method of array, Meng Tian Ge was shocked by her master as a heavenly person. It's actually a simple and straightforward principle, but before that, she didn't have such an idea at all.

  When a demon beast is cultivated to the high level, although it will also produce intelligence, but three or four levels of demon beasts are still not proficient in human language. Their bodies are strong and there is no such thing as spiritual roots, compared to humans who cultivate spiritual power and essence. In a simple fight, they have the upper hand. However, human cultivators rely on their wisdom to create external objects that often surpass them, such as magic treasures, talismans, arrays, and other things.

  Among them, the formation method is the most cost-effective. After Mo Tian Ge spoke to Yu's family to re-arrange the formation, the master of the Yu family was a clever person who was exceptionally enthusiastic about her and even sent many cultivators to assist.

  However, Mo Tian Ge sent all those people back, not because she was afraid of leaking secrets, but because these Qi refining cultivators would only hinder her progress and were not as good as her own arrangements.

  The items for the formation, apart from the formation plate, formation flag, and spirit stone, also include some specific spirit beasts, spirit grasses or spirit objects. The reason why Mo Tian Ge chose to modify the Four Symbol Formation directly is that firstly, it was originally this formation, so it's convenient to modify, secondly, because the items required for this formation are simple, only one type of spirit wood is needed, which can be found in the Void Sky Realm.

  It took a whole day to get through the four formations, and then it only took half an hour to set up the formation. Mo Tian Ge easily finished his work.

  Yu's family, it is said that there are two young monks in the Dan Ding Gate. The master of Yu's family actually ate the Dingyan Dan, so he can be so young. Mrs. Yu is also not very old. The four youngest ones have a lifespan of only one hundred years, and none of them have reached the later stage of Jinjie. So Xing has returned to cultivate his juniors with all his heart.

  Although these four have average cultivation, their vision is not bad. The Yu family's cultivators also have a good foundation, but unfortunately, they are clearly no match for the elite disciples of Xuqing Gate, and can't even compare to ordinary disciples of Qingquan Peak, making Luofeng Xue both angry and anxious.

  Mo Tian Ge sat idly on one side reading an array formation book, while on the other side watching Luo Feng Xue scold and reprimand the Yu family's young masters.

  "Hey, you! Can't you use symbols?"

  "Senior... I, I've just reached the first layer of Qi Refining..."

  "A cultivator of the first layer is also a cultivator! As a cultivator, you can't even use talismans, how embarrassing! Go to the side and watch closely!" He then demonstrated with a flourish, waving the talisman paper with ease.

  "Have you eaten?"

  "...that fourteen or fifteen year old kid was looking at Luo Fengxue with a terrified expression."

  Luofeng Xue was furious at him: "Still can't?!"

  "Senior," the child cried out, "I, I'll learn slowly, don't make me go move things. People will laugh at me."

  Moving things is the life of ordinary people, and in the past two days, all the members of Yu's family have been tidied up by Luo Fengxue. Ordinary people do miscellaneous tasks, cultivators practice several simple multi-person formations, as well as some fighting techniques.

  Luofeng Xue was used to doing such things and with a swift movement, it only took him one day to settle everything and let everyone return to their respective positions.

  When the child cried, Luo Fengxue's anger was also suppressed a bit. She had always been someone with good relationships at the door, and apart from her high status, she also had a pretty good temperament. Even ordinary disciples who came to her for help would be assisted if possible, so seeing this child looking pitifully at her made her heart soften.

  "Hey, you! Come here!" Luo Fengxue called out to a cultivator who was at the third level of Qi Refining and looked to be in his thirties, pointing at the young man, "Teach him how to use talismans."

  The monk approached obediently, also with a frightened and cautious tone, responding in unison: "Yes."

  So, the elder monk explained in detail how to use the spiritual symbols, and Luo Fengxue added a few more sentences. Half an hour later, the little guy cried out: "Senior, let me go move things instead!"

  Luofeng Xue was so angry that she almost fainted on the spot.

  At this time, Mo Tian Ge couldn't bear it anymore and covered her mouth to stifle a laugh from behind.

  A stifled laugh reached Luo Fengxue's ears, and with a murderous aura, she turned her head to see who it was. Seeing that it was her, she immediately calmed down. She ordered the more outstanding Qi-refining cultivators to continue their lessons, while Luo Fengxue listlessly sat down beside her.

  Moy Tian Ge put away his smile and seriously comforted her: "Alright, these cultivators don't even have the qualifications to enter a sect, let alone be compared to you. You're using the standards of our sect's disciples to demand from them, it's too forced."

  "Ask them? I haven't even asked for anything! Our Xuanqing Sect's disciples, not to mention the elite ones, even ordinary disciples can form an array and each use their own methods. A few Qi-refining disciples can take down a second-tier demonic beast without any problem. But look at them, what have I asked of them? To stand in their own positions, to use what they should be using, and yet they can't even use a single talisman! Pausing for a moment, he turned his head in indignation, "You tell me, have you ever heard of a cultivator who doesn't even know how to use a talisman? This doesn't even require any hand seals!"

  "I've seen it before."

  Luofeng Xueyuan was furious and upon hearing her serious response, he was taken aback: "Really?"

  "Uh-huh." Mo Tian Ge nodded and said, "In the past, I roamed the jianghu with my second uncle. What haven't we seen? The cultivation families are getting worse with each generation. There are many examples, some family juniors not only have mixed spiritual roots but also extremely weak ones. Even if they cultivate, it's just barely better than nothing. Some people spend their entire lives stuck at the Refining Qi stage, and some people's intelligence is on par with ordinary humans or even worse——our Ye family declined in this way too."

  Luofeng Snow was silent, she was brought from the mortal world by Xuan Yin Zhenren because of her excellent spiritual roots, and was directly taken to Tai Kang Mountain, accepted as a disciple, so she wasn't very clear about the affairs of the immortal families.

  "Never mind, just let them handle the first-level demonic beast, we'll take care of the rest. You don't have to worry too much, Senior Sister Han will make arrangements. After all, it still depends on us? It's already good if these Qi-refining cultivators can protect themselves."

  "I just wish we didn't have to be distracted by protecting them, but they're like that - okay, I admit this thing is not my forte."

  The stranger's song and laughter, Luo Fengxue's mournful appearance was rarely seen: "Didn't you understand this long ago? Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses, fighting and brawling is not your forte. Why don't you let them handle these things themselves and focus on preparing instead?"

  "Hmm, you're right." Luofeng Xue thought for a moment and put aside the unpleasant emotions. "By the way, do you have any more talismans? Mine are almost used up. Although Master Sister gave me some, it's still not enough."

  Moye Song knew that Luofeng Xue was not good enough at refining artifacts, so she needed more talismans than the others. She roughly counted them in her mind and took out a stack of talismans: "I have many here, these were given by my master, and this one..."

  Luofeng Xue looked at what she took out and cheered, and the two of them counted and distributed it.

  "Huh? Tiangong, these talismans are quite strange. They don't seem to be made by Master, but they look very powerful. It's impossible that they were bought from outside, where did they come from?"

  Moye looked at it, and it was the Qiankun bag that Zhong Muling had taken out for her, a talisman made by a Xian Shen cultivator. Even if the realm requirements were intentionally lowered, it wasn't something simple.

  "Uh..."

  "Is it inconvenient to say?"

  "It was," said Mo Tian Ge, "given to me by Shifu."

  "Huh?" Luo Fengxue looked up from the talisman in her hand, dazedly staring at her.

  Mo Tian's expression remained unchanged, but his eyes had a hint of obscure darkness.

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