Asking about longevity

"Array Spirit Screen?"

Mr. Zhuang also looked slightly stunned.

Mo Hua recalled the spiritual curtain in his mind and described in detail:

"The light blue spiritual power is like spiritual ink, and the interlaced patterns are like array patterns. The woven spiritual curtain is like a whole array, but the spiritual power is flowing, and the array patterns change accordingly. What is presented is different formations.”

"interesting."

Mr. Zhuang's eyes brightened slightly, then he took out a pen and paper and spread it on the table in front of him.

"Do you still remember those formation patterns? Draw a few and show them to me."

"I remember part of the formation patterns, but those formation patterns will keep changing..." Mo Hua said truthfully.

"It doesn't matter," Mr. Zhuang said, "just copy what it looks like when you look at it."

The little ink-drawing hand holds the pen and touches the ink, and the tip of the pen wanders on the paper. After a while, several patterns will appear on the paper.

Mr. Zhuang glanced at it and said, "They all look like ordinary formation patterns, nothing special about them."

Mo Hua asked: "Have the seniors who practiced this technique never encountered this kind of situation?"

Mr. Zhuang thought for a moment and said, "No, at least I haven't heard of it."

Mr. Zhuang further explained: "Even if it is the same skill, different monks may encounter different problems while practicing it, especially this unpopular ancient skill, which has less inheritance and fewer people practicing it. Once problems are encountered, It’s hard to have any good precedents to refer to.”

Mr. Zhuang pondered: "The technique shows that the bottleneck is in the spiritual consciousness. The monks who practiced before should also have problems at the spiritual consciousness level, but the problems should be different from yours, otherwise it would be impossible not to indicate it on the jade slip. It is about the sect. When it comes to the inheritance of martial arts within the sect, the seniors within the sect will not have any selfish intentions or tell the truth."

Mo Hua wrinkled his face and said, "Sir, what should I do? It seems that I can't practice now."

Mr. Zhuang smiled freely and said, "As long as it's about formations, it doesn't mean anything," and then asked: "Go back and write down all the formation patterns and formations that appear on the spiritual screen, and show them to me tomorrow."

"Okay, sir!"

Mo Hua breathed a sigh of relief, and then thought of what Mr. Zhuang just said.

As long as it's a matter of formation, it's nothing?

To what extent has Mr. Zhuang's formation attainments reached?

Isn’t he already a third-grade formation master?

What formations can a third-level formation master draw?

Mo Hua felt a little longing in his heart, then he thought again and said:

"Forget it, it's better not to aim too high. Now even a first-grade formation master is still far away..."

Mo Hua gathered his thoughts, remembered Mr. Zhuang's instructions, and after returning home, he sank his consciousness into the sea of ​​​​consciousness and observed the patterns and formations on the spiritual screen of the sea of ​​​​consciousness.

I know a lot of the ink paintings on the spiritual screen, but I don't know most of the formations. There are some unfamiliar formations that I have never been exposed to, and it is impossible to remember the ink paintings at once. I had no choice but to practice on the stone tablet while watching. When I was familiar with it and memorized it, I exited the sea of ​​​​consciousness, and then recorded the formation pattern on the formation paper.

It was like this until midnight, when Mo Hua suddenly felt dizzy. He knew that he had overused his spiritual consciousness, so he was ready to take a rest.

As soon as his mind relaxed, Mo Hua felt hungry in his stomach, and then he was shocked to realize that he was so absorbed in recording the formation patterns that he didn't even eat dinner.

"My parents should be asleep by now."

Mo Hua was a little worried, "I don't know if there is anything to eat at home."

Mo Hua stood up and was about to open the door when he found a small table next to the door. There were several dishes on the table and a large bowl upside down on it.

When I opened the ink painting, I saw a small pot of white porridge, a plate of assorted side dishes, two steamed buns, and a small plate of soy sauce beef.

The side dishes and meat were cold, the steamed buns were warm, but the porridge was still hot.

"My mother was probably worried that I hadn't eaten and was afraid of disturbing me from learning formations, so she put it at the door. And she even heated it again before going to bed, otherwise the porridge would have been cold long ago."

Mo Hua became happy and took a sip of porridge, feeling his whole body warm.

After that, he finished the other food in a hurry. The fatigue just now was gone and he felt energetic.

The ink painting re-entered the sea of ​​consciousness, continued to copy the formation patterns on the spirit screen, and then copied the memorized formation patterns onto the formation paper one by one.

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It wasn't until Yinshi, when his consciousness was exhausted for the second time, that he put away the copied formation paper and fell asleep.

The next day, Mr. Zhuang looked at the formation paper copied by Mo Hua, his eyes slightly focused and he said:

"It turns out to be a mystery array."

"Mystery array?"

I’ve never heard of ink painting at all.

Mr. Zhuang said patiently: "You know lantern riddles, right?"

Mo Hua nodded.

"This riddle is just like a lantern riddle. It just uses array patterns as words and formations as riddles to form a riddle. If you don't know how to do it, you will naturally not be able to see the truth." Mr. Zhuang explained.

"Oh." Mo Hua nodded.

"This was originally used by some long-established sect families to entertain their disciples, but it is not very common now."

Mo Hua's expression became complicated when he thought of the intricate formations that gave him a headache just looking at them.

Is this for educational entertainment?

"Then if you can't solve it, does that mean you're stupid?" Mo Hua asked tactfully.

Mr. Zhuang saw Mo Hua's thoughts at a glance, and said with a half-smile, "That's not really true. Not everyone can solve your problem, which is a bit difficult."

Mo Hua felt that Mr. Zhuang was comforting him, but he didn't comfort him to the point.

Not everyone can solve it, which may mean that there are many people who can solve it, and there are probably not many who can't solve it.

And I can't figure it out...

Since it is a puzzle and entertainment thing, it has to be solved no matter what, and this face still needs to be fought for!

Mo Hua couldn't help but ask: "Then how to solve this mystery array?"

Mr. Zhuang habitually pointed at the bamboo chair with his finger, "Your situation is different from others. It's just that others can't solve it. It's just that you're feeling depressed. Your mystery involves cultivation. If you can't solve it, your cultivation level If it stagnates, there will be big trouble.”

"There are two ways: one is to learn to solve it yourself, and the other is to write down all the formation patterns and copy them out, and I will help you solve them."

"The second method is the fastest and most direct. After all, cultivation is the foundation of a monk. Without cultivation, everything is nonsense, let alone becoming an formation master. The first method requires you to learn it yourself, although it is not for you to learn. The formation method has benefits, but it takes a long time and delays practice for a long time. How you choose is up to you."

After Mr. Zhuang finished speaking, he looked at the ink painting with interest.

The ink painting is a bit confusing.

For a monk, the consequences of stagnant cultivation are too serious. His cultivation is not as good as that of the Bai family brothers and sisters, and even those from the rich family, but among the casual cultivators of the same age in Tongxian City, he can barely be regarded as a "leader" - although He is also the best at picking on fat people among thin people.

If you spend too much time due to the bottleneck of your skills, your own cultivation will probably fall behind.

Mo Hua thought for a while and decided: "Sir, I choose the first one."

Problems that can be solved by oneself are best solved by oneself.

If you lag behind in cultivation, just lag behind. Your spiritual roots and skills are completely different from others, and the more you go to the back, the more so. If you fall behind early, you will fall behind, and if you fall behind later, you will fall behind. There is no difference.

People cannot covet a temporary sense of superiority.

What's more, if Mr. Zhuang helps solve the bottleneck in the early stage of Qi refining, what about the middle stage or even the later stage of Qi refining?

Mr. Zhuang cannot always be by his side, and I am only Mr. Zhuang's named disciple, so I cannot trouble Mr. Zhuang with anything.

Finally, there is another reason, which is that the words "education and entertainment" make Mo Hua very unhappy.

"Oh? Have you thought about it?"

Mr. Zhuang asked somewhat meaningfully.

Mo Hua nodded and said, "Disciple, I've thought about it."

Mr. Zhuang nodded and said: "I have some books and jade slips here that explain the basics of the mystery formation. Take it and read it first. After reading it, come to me and I will teach you how to solve the formation."

Mo Hua took it solemnly and said: "Disciple, please retire."

Mr. Zhuang watched Mo Hua leave, his leisurely expression faded, and his expression became slightly solemn.

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