Immortality Starts With Ignorant Heart Sword Art

Chapter 109: Do You Have Talents in Spells?

"Master, weren't you teaching me formations?" Zhong Cang asked with a puzzled expression.

Seeing Zhong Cang's confused look, Qin Lao stroked his beard and chuckled.

"Cang'er, remember one thing, all methods are interconnected. Many sects' cultivation methods are similar when reaching a high level. And formations are the culmination of everything."

"To become a grandmaster of formations, one must first master symbols and tools. Many high-level formations require a formation base or a suppressing treasure."

"And these so-called formation bases and suppressing treasures are mostly Law Treasures made by artificers..."

As Qin Lao spoke, Zhong Cang gradually understood what he needed to learn to become a formation master.

He also understood why formation masters were so rare.

Becoming a formation master required knowledge in many areas, such as the Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, the veins of mountains and rivers, and even astronomy and geography. They also needed to learn symbols and artifice.

The only consolation for Zhong Cang was that although learning formations was difficult, there were many benefits once one achieved mastery.

Not to mention the production of spiritual objects, the artifacts and talismans made by formation masters were of the highest quality.

"Hmm?!"

At first, Zhong Cang found it hard to believe.

But as Qin Lao explained, Zhong Cang gradually understood the reason.

Ordinary artificers could only use earth fire and special materials to forge Law Weapons and Law Treasures.

However, formation masters could design a large formation and use the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to naturally nurture Innate Law Treasures.

It was even rumored that a formation grandmaster had set up a super-large formation covering thousands of miles, and over thousands of years, this formation had nurtured a Spirit Communication Dao Treasure that was almost impossible for humans to create.

Such a bright future made Zhong Cang forget about the difficulties of formation cultivation.

"Master, I understand now. I will learn everything thoroughly."

Qin Lao smiled with satisfaction at Zhong Cang's attitude of never giving up.

He then told Zhong Cang what he needed to do now.

"Cultivate the Five Elements internally and use the Eight Trigrams to confront enemies externally. This is the complete form of the cultivation method I created."

"You have already started cultivating the Five Organs and Five Spirits, so let's put that aside for now. Let's talk about the cultivation of the Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Diagram."

"Since it is used externally, in my design, the Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Diagram is mainly used to confront enemies. It can also be supported by eight types of Spiritual Weapons as the formation base. This way, it can reduce the burden on your body and increase the power of the external formation."

"I can help you find these eight types of Spiritual Weapons, and I can find the flying sword that suits you best..."

Before Zhong Cang could express his gratitude, Qin Lao interrupted with a "but."

"However, if you directly use these weapons, you will only be a user of formations, not a creator. You won't be able to deeply understand formations."

"Such behavior may greatly increase your strength in the short term, but it is not good for your future growth."

"Therefore, I plan to let you learn artifice and forge the eight Law Weapons that match the Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Diagram with your own abilities."

"And since artifice requires knowledge of symbols, which are closely related to spells, you now need to choose eight spells."

"... "

From practicing formations to learning artifice, and then to learning spells, this layer upon layer of complexity left Zhong Cang at a loss for words.

In the end, all he could do was sigh and say, "Formation masters are rare for a reason."

As Zhong Cang felt mentally exhausted, Qin Lao focused on explaining the relationship between drawing symbols and spells.

"Strictly speaking, talismans and spells are essentially the same thing. The essence of drawing talismans is to fix a spell onto the talisman."

"For example, the Vajra Talisman fixes the Vajra Spell onto the talisman paper."

"Therefore, a talisman master who can draw exquisite Vajra Talismans must have a deep understanding of the Vajra Spell."

"And your cultivation at Rank One is to choose the Eight Gates Spells, practice them while drawing them on talisman paper."

"When you have cultivated the Eight Gates Spells to the point where you can release them at will, making them as powerful as your innate spells, then you will be able to draw corresponding exquisite talismans. Only then can your cultivation at Rank One be considered complete."

At this point, Old Qin took a sip of tea, and Zhong Cang quickly nodded and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Master... Hmm, innate spells?!!"

The last sentence from his master left Zhong Cang stunned.

This expression of astonishment also furrowed Old Qin's brow - the formation master thought that Zhong Cang was exclaiming because he found the cultivation of the Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Diagram to be tedious and difficult.

With this thought in mind, his evaluation of Zhong Cang was somewhat lowered for the first time.

"Those who fear difficulties cannot reach the pinnacle of the path of formations."

If it were someone else, Old Qin would have directly driven them away.

But Zhong Cang's talent was indeed very good, so he was prepared to persuade him.

However, before he could speak, Zhong Cang's voice rang out after the astonishment.

And the words he spoke almost choked Old Qin.

"Master, it seems that I don't need to choose spells anymore. I was lucky enough to acquire several innate spells in my previous cultivation."

Old Qin: "Cough cough? You have innate spells, and several of them?"

The meaning in his disciple's words not only made Old Qin cough several times, but also caused some tea to spill from his cup.

But at this moment, he couldn't care about these things anymore. Instead, he looked at Zhong Cang with great astonishment.

After a while, he concealed the shock on his face and calmly said, "Not bad, worthy of being my chosen disciple... But don't be proud. The spells needed for the Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Diagram must correspond to the eight hexagrams of Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Gen, Li, and Dui. The spells you know may not necessarily be suitable for the Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Diagram."

"...No, they definitely won't be suitable."

"Spells also have different grades."

"And the spells you are currently choosing will be the core of the Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Diagram."

"The power of the spells determines the upper limit of the Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Diagram. Therefore, your spells are not suitable."

Although his expression was calm, Old Qin was extremely satisfied with his disciple Zhong Cang at this moment.

The reason for his calm expression was twofold: first, he didn't want Zhong Cang to become proud because of his praise, and second, he wanted to maintain his dignity as a master.

However, after his explanation, Zhong Cang did not retreat. Instead, he respectfully said to Old Qin, "Master, the innate spells I have comprehended are all related to the Five Elements and are compatible with the Heaven and Earth Eight Trigrams Diagram. As for their power, I think they are quite good."

The fact that he resisted with such words due to his talent did not make Old Qin angry. Instead, it made him burst into laughter.

"You're not giving up, huh? In that case, tell me the spells you know, and I will tell you why they are not suitable."

"Yes, Master. The first spell I comprehended is the Palm Containing Five Thunders."

"Palm Containing Five Thunders, huh? The grade of this spell is... Palm Containing Five Thunders!"

"This spell is your innate spell?!!"

(End of this chapter)