Chapter 61: Systematic Learning Arrays

Yun Shang felt that her pet seemed to have awakened its intelligence. Although it could not speak yet, she could sense some of its emotional changes. Could it be that it had also eaten the blood bone fruit? Thinking of this possibility, she felt that the crow's luck was too good. The four monsters had waited for thousands of years but still did not get to eat it.

Xiao Hei is very lively. He patrols Yunhai Peak every day, as if the spiritual plants on the peak are his food and he won't let others pick them. Sometimes when the servants are tidying up the medicine garden, he will supervise from the side.

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Yun Shang was called by Qingmu Daojun when she come back.

Yun Shang came to Qingmu Daojun's cave, wondering what her master wanted her to do.

Taoist Qingmu looked at what his apprentice had done during this period, and he was very satisfied.

He knew that it was not enough to practice blindly, but some things needed to be explored by oneself, so he would not have rigid rules on how to practice, but just watched his little apprentice practice, and if there was anything wrong, he would correct it.

Yun Shang's aptitude, understanding, character, and endurance were all very good, and her practice speed was also very fast. After long-term observation, Taoist Qingmu felt that his apprentice was very talented in formation.

This brings us to another skill of Qingmu Daojun. In addition to making medicine and refining elixirs, he is also an eighth-grade formation master.

During the cultivation process, cultivators will encounter all kinds of things and need to constantly explore various things to improve their own cultivation. The most attractive thing among them is to explore the caves left by the predecessors. These caves may be left by a cultivator before he ascended to heaven, or they may be left by a cultivator before he passed away. In any case, these undiscovered caves have a fatal attraction to cultivators. This is because those predecessors will more or less leave some things for those who are destined, whether it is elixirs or treasures, or inherited techniques.

In order to enter the cave, one has to pass many tests. There are basically formations protecting the caves outside, which requires formation masters to break the formations. If one forces his way in, he may be attacked or the items inside may be damaged.

A high-quality array master is very popular, but it is very difficult to become a high-quality array master. In addition to inheritance, the cultivator must also have a talent for arrays. Array masters are a bit like mathematicians in previous lives, and alchemists are a bit like chemists and biologists. Yun Shang studied science well in her previous life, and her reasoning ability was also good, so she has certain advantages in these aspects.

"Did you gain anything from an accident in the Misty Forest?" Qingmu Daojun said slowly, not as nonchalantly as before.

"Disciple feels that her combat effectiveness is too weak." Yun Shang looked at Daojun Qingmu and replied.

"You really want to improve your combat effectiveness?"

"Ah, as cultivators, shouldn't we constantly improve our combat capabilities?" Yun Shang didn't understand her master and asked in confusion.

"Of course, the higher the cultivator's combat power, the greater the chance of survival." Qingmu Daojun said.

"Then what is the master..." Yun Shang was puzzled.

"Master has something here. It's pretty good for practicing combat skills. But..." Qingmu Daojun looked at Yun Shang and continued, "You may not be able to come out for a while after you go in. I don't know what you mean, so I want to ask you something."

So that's how it is. She thought there was something wrong with her cultivation. Master, why didn't you take out such a good thing earlier? "Disciple is willing," Yun Shang said.

As she said that, Qingmu Daojun gave Yun Shang a jade slip. Looking at the formation in her hand, she was a little confused. Didn't it say that it would improve combat effectiveness? Why did he give it to this formation?

"Take a look and study it carefully. When you can come out depends on how much you understand." Qingmu Daojun said with a smile, "Get ready today, and I'll ask Qingxuan to take you there tomorrow."

Qingxuan is the spirit beast of Qingmu Daojun, and has reached the thirteenth level of cultivation. He is a transformed demon cultivator. When Yun Shang arrived at Yunhai Peak, he went to Muyue Continent for training. It was said that it was a paradise for demon cultivators, and she didn't expect him to come back.

After she returned to Yunhai Peak, Xiaohei followed him around all day, as if he admired him very much, which made Yun Shang feel jealous. By the way, Qingxuan is also a bird. Could it be that birds of a feather flock together?

"Yes, Master, I'll take my leave." Yun Shang walked out of Qingmu Daojun's cave. Qingmu Daojun said he didn't know how long he would stay.

Yun Shang returned to her cave and put the commonly used items into the storage bracelet, thinking about the place where her master said she could improve her combat effectiveness.

"Senior, where are we going? Are we going to leave the sect?" Yun Shang asked Qingxuan.

Qingxuan looked at Yun Shang and said, "Didn't the Taoist tell you where we are going? You don't need to leave the sect. It's just on a lower peak of Yunhai Peak." There are several lower peaks around Yunhai Peak, and they will soon reach their destination. There is almost nothing on this mountain. Yun Shang looked at the large open space around her and looked at Qingxuan in confusion.

Qingxuan glanced at Yun Shang sideways, flew into the air very arrogantly, recited a few incantations, and quickly threw a few things onto the peak. Yun Shang didn't see clearly what they were, and then he flew to Yun Shang's side.

"This is a third-grade fusion formation refined by the Taoist Qingmu himself. It covers almost all third-grade formations. You can get out after you have solved all the formations. By the way, this formation will attack at irregular intervals every day. The more formations you solve, the stronger the attack will be and the longer it will last. I wish you good luck." After saying that, he pushed Yun Shang into the formation and left with Xiao Hei without any reluctance.

After that, Yun Shang stayed in the formation, constantly learning, solving and fighting.

Yun Shang's previous formation level had reached the third level, which made her happy for a long time. But after entering Qingmu Daojun's fusion formation, Yun Shang felt that she was just playing around before.

The formation is really a mysterious subject. It takes a lot of reasoning to break the formation, and you have to concentrate. If you are not careful, the previous reasoning will be cut off, and you have to start all over again when you want to break the formation again. After reasoning how to break the formation, the use of spiritual power by the formation master is also very important when breaking the formation. Some links require less spiritual energy, and some places require more spiritual energy. And it cannot be interrupted in the middle. If it is interrupted in the middle, the best thing is to start all over again, or the formation master will be attacked by the formation.

Originally, Yun Shang was already a third-grade formation master, so it should not be difficult for her to break the third-grade fusion formation. However, Yun Shang's previous knowledge of formations was not comprehensive, and there were many things she did not understand deeply enough, so she often failed in breaking the formations. The result of failure was that she had to fight against the monsters that appeared in the formation. Sometimes she had to fight against a monster below level six alone, and sometimes she had to fight against a group of monsters below level four.

Yun Shang also had to constantly face the irregular spiritual attacks from within the formation. During the days of breaking the formation, Yun Shang's life was truly miserable.

It took Yun Shang nearly a year to break all the formations.

After leaving the formation, Yun Shang felt that life outside was really good. She would have schizophrenia if she stayed in the formation any longer. Especially after failing to break the formation, she had just killed the transformed monster, and the spiritual attack from the formation came again. She was really in a mess. The attack became stronger and longer, so she didn't dare to break the formation easily. I'm afraid this is what Qingmu Daojun wanted to tell her, not just thinking about breaking the formation, but also thinking about the problems she will face after breaking the formation, and not going forward to break the formation as soon as she saw it.

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After returning to Yunhai Peak, Yun Shang slept for three days and three nights. She thought about nothing and did nothing. One can imagine what kind of life she had lived in the past year.

Three days later, Yun Shang felt that she was alive again and came to Qingmu Daojun's cave. "Disciple greets Master."

After looking at Yun Shang's complexion, Daoist Master Qingmu said, "Not bad, you came earlier than I expected, and your cultivation has also improved. It seems that you have a good talent for formations." He was already very surprised because of Yun Shang's outstanding talent for alchemy and medicine making. After looking at the time Yun Shang took to break the formation, Daoist Master Qingmu now felt that the disciple he chose was a brilliant talent. No one knew better than him how powerful the fusion formation he had refined was. Even if the genius of Yuzhen Peak came to break the formation, it would be estimated that he would not be as fast as his own disciple.

Seeing Yun Shang's happy expression, Qingmu Daojun said, "But don't be too proud. You have only broken the third-level formation now. Once you can skillfully set up any third-level formation, you can be considered a true third-grade formation master."

"Yes, Master." He also needs to be proficient in setting up a third-order formation, which is probably not an easy task.

Sure enough, I heard Daojun Qingmu say, "Breaking an array is just to remove the array set by others. As long as you have a certain amount of array knowledge, a certain ability to calculate, and the ability to flexibly use spiritual power, it is not difficult to break an array; and setting up an array is even more of a test of the level of an array master. How to quickly set up an array to defend against the enemy, how to prevent the array from being discovered by others, these are all things that the array master needs to constantly summarize and summarize. Some array masters today can only break arrays and set up some simple arrays. If you want to become a real array master, you still have a lot to learn and master." After speaking, he gave Yun Shang a jade slip, "This is some of my experience in setting up arrays. Take it and read it. It will be good for you. Although cultivators should not put too much experience into other things, you should not waste your talent."

"Thank you for your guidance, Master. I will definitely arrange my practice time reasonably." Yun Shang said.

"Master knows that you have done a good job in this regard." Qingmu Daojun praised.

It seems that she have a lot to learn! Usually she have to practice, make pills, train her swordsmanship, and improve her combat skills. Now she have to learn how to set up and break formations. She feel like she doesn't have enough time.

This was already one year after The Battle Quota, this year also the time for sect holding their own competition to decide 160 participant who can get in Jiuhua Secret Realm.

Fortunately she can use her space to shorten the time for practice setting up formation. After thinking like this, Yun Shang come to her cave and enter the space.

For the next six months in the space or 18 days ouside, Yun Shang never left the space and often practice setting up formations.

It is not too difficult to set up a third-grade formation. Yun Shang first practiced mainly to shorten the time of setting up the formation with Five Line Decision. When fighting, every second counts. No enemy or monster will wait for you to set up the formation before fighting you.