Mortal: Return of apprenticeship? Bug at the beginning

Chapter 48 The Treasure Hunting Conference Ends
After six days, the treasure hunt finally decided the champion.

The winner of this treasure hunt is Ma Yunlong from Tianque Fort, one of the seven factions of Yue State.

For a while, Ma Yunlong's reputation was very loud among these foundation-building cultivators.

However, this had nothing to do with Jiang Tongyue. After the treasure hunt ended, he left Yanling Fort and returned to Jianzhou.

After returning to Jianzhou, Jiang Tongyue was not in a hurry to return to the cave. Instead, he went to the Huangfeng Valley Market and the Tianxing Sect Market to see if he could gather the spiritual herbs needed to refine the Four Symbols Pill.

To Jiang Tongyue's disappointment, he only found a few rare spiritual medicines in these two markets.

Even with all the spiritual medicines he had, he still lacked a few rare spiritual medicines to refine the Four Symbols Pill.

However, these missing spiritual medicines could not be gathered in a short time. Fortunately, the high-level spiritual stones in his hand were enough for his spiritual pet, the Purple Flame Dragon Lion, to advance to level five.

Therefore, Jiang Tongyue was not so anxious.

After a fruitless search, Jiang Tongyue returned to the cave. After planting the elixir seeds in his hand, Jiang Tongyue took out the Four Symbols Formation and the book on formation techniques.

He had stayed in Yanling Castle for nearly a month, and now the apprenticeship return system had already cooled down.

This time, what he was going to return was the Four Symbols Formation and Xin Qiwu's experience in forming the formation.

Among Xin Qiwu's experience in formations, he already possessed several Jindan stage formations, as well as ancient formations such as the ancient teleportation formation.

With the twenty-fold support from the system, Xin Qiwu's experience in formation can definitely return a Nascent Soul level formation.

At this time, Han Li was practicing diligently. He knew that his spiritual roots were very poor, but the Heaven-Handing Bottle in his hand gave him the possibility to build a foundation.

You know, after building the foundation, you can live for two hundred years!
After being summoned by Jiang Tongyue, Han Li ended his training and came to a stone house.

"Han Li, I'll return the Scarlet Sky Sword to you."

Looking at Han Li, Jiang Tongyue took out the Chixiao Sword from the storage bag and returned it to Han Li.

Han Li didn't say anything and put the Chixiao Sword back into his storage bag.

"This time, the Scarlet Sky Sword has helped me a lot. Han Li, I must reward you handsomely. This is the array of the Four Symbols Array. After it is unfolded, even a Jindan cultivator will not be able to break this array in a short time!"

Jiang Tongyue found a reason and handed the Four Symbols Formation in his hand to Han Li.

"Master, this Scarlet Sky Sword was originally bestowed upon me by you. I feel unworthy of receiving this Four Symbols Formation."

Although Han Li coveted the Four Symbols Formation, he still refused honestly.

It seems that his master is a little too generous.

"Take it, Han Li. As the saying goes, one should not refuse a gift from an elder. You are my disciple, Jiang Tongyue. It is only natural for a master to reward his disciple. Don't you think of me as your master?"

When Jiang Tongyue heard this, his face became serious and he asked Han Li in a serious tone.

"It was my fault, Master. I will accept this Four Symbols Formation now."

Han Li was startled by Jiang Tongyue's words, and quickly took the Four Symbols Formation Plate and Flag from Jiang Tongyue's hand.

"That's right, Han Li, you should go down and practice first, and try to reach the thirteenth level of Qi training as soon as possible."

Seeing Han Li accepting the formation plate and flag of the Four Symbols Formation, Jiang Tongyue showed a satisfied smile on his face.

"Yes, Master, I will practice hard." Han Li responded, then bowed to Jiang Tongyue before turning around and leaving.

"Ding, you have granted your disciple Han Li a set of Four Symbols Formation. The current return multiple is twenty times. Please choose..."

"Choice 1: Return 20 sets of Four Symbols Formation Disks and Formation Flags!"

"Choice 2: Return the Great Four Elephants Formation Plate and a set of formation flags!"

After Jiang Tongyue chose the latter, the flags and plates of the Great Four Elephants Formation entered his storage space.

Great Four Symbols Formation: An upgraded version of the Four Symbols Formation. Not only does it have extremely terrifying defensive capabilities, able to withstand a full-strength attack from a Nascent Soul cultivator, it can also mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to condense the four spirits to attack.

The so-called four spirits are the Azure Dragon in the East, the White Tiger in the West, the Vermillion Bird in the South and the Black Tortoise in the North.

The four spirits condensed through this great Four Symbols Formation are of horrifying power, and any random attack of theirs is equivalent to a full-strength attack from a cultivator in the late Jindan stage!
Jiang Tongyue was extremely satisfied with the Great Four Symbols Formation after its return.

With this Great Four Symbols Formation in hand, he doesn't have to worry even if he encounters a Jindan cultivator in the human world.

After all, there are only so many Nascent Soul cultivators in the entire human world. He can't possibly meet a Nascent Soul cultivator wherever he goes.

However, although this Great Four Symbols Formation is powerful, it also has several shortcomings, namely that it is very slow to set up the formation.

Firstly, this large Four Symbols Formation only has one formation plate, but there are as many as 108 formation flags, which takes a lot of time to set up.

Secondly, it consumes a lot of spirit stones to activate the Great Four Symbols Formation. Every time the Great Four Symbols Formation is activated with full power, at least one high-level spirit stone of each of the attributes of gold, wood, water, and fire is needed.

Of course, it can be activated by using mid-level spirit stones, but the spiritual energy contained in the mid-level spirit stones can only allow the Four Symbols Formation to activate the most basic defensive capabilities.

If the power of the Great Four Symbols Formation is fully activated, the intermediate spirit stones will not be able to last for too long and will be drained of their spiritual energy.

This may be a difficult problem for other foundation-building cultivators, but for Jiang Tongyue, it is nothing.

Jiang Tongyue now only has a few high-level spirit stones in his hand.

These were all obtained from his disciple Han Li and Mo Yuzhu using mid-level spirit stones after he established his foundation.

Jiang Tongyue only had dozens of mid-level spirit stones in his hand, and after returning them, there were only a few high-level spirit stones left.

These high-level spirit stones are enough to sustain the Four Symbols Formation for several years. If they are used at full strength, they can only last for a few days.

After calming down his somewhat restless heart, Jiang Tongyue immediately called Mo Yuzhu.

"Yuzhu, please accept this book of formation experience. If you are interested in the art of formation, you can also take a look at it, but remember, don't pass it on to others!"

After Jiang Tongyue handed over Xin Qiwu's experience in formation to Mo Yuzhu, he also gave Mo Yuzhu some instructions.

Although he had not promised Xin Qiwu at the beginning whether to pass on his knowledge of the formation to others, he still did not want it to be eliminated.

"Yes, Master, I know about this. I will keep it well and not let it spread."

Mo Yuzhu responded after hearing this, and then carefully put away the knowledge he had gained about the formation.

At this time, Jiang Tongyue looked at the system panel.

(End of this chapter)