Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 158 The Wonders of Formations
No one knows what happened in the Five Immortals Mountain in Qingyuan County. As more and more cultivators from Changfeng County poured in, the environment in Qingyuan County became more and more complicated. In a short period of time, there were many incidents of robbing cultivators. Even a cultivation family in Qingquan County was wiped out. For a time, everyone was in danger.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, the Prefectural Governor's Office and the Wen Family joined forces and swiftly killed several Tribulation Cultivators, deterring the lawbreakers. During this process, both Prefectural Governor Qi Xiuning and Wen Family Head Wen Jialiang made their moves, demonstrating extremely powerful strength, which instilled awe in the Tribulation Cultivators and reassured ordinary cultivators.

Of course, in addition to the big stick, the prefectural government also offered a sweet treat, intending to recruit those cultivators who had fled to Qingyuan County, let them join the Demon Slaying Division, and make them members of the imperial court. Moreover, the treatment offered was quite good, enough for those cultivators to maintain their normal cultivation, and they had the hope of making further progress.

As time passed, the most vicious were killed, the most outstanding were absorbed, and those who fled quickly became insignificant. The situation in Qingyuan County gradually stabilized.

Inside the Taiping Sect, under a peach tree, Jiang Chen sipped tea and perused Taoist texts.

Affected by Changfeng County, Qinghe County has also been unstable during this period. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, Taiping Sect is a newly established sect. Although the sect leader has some strength, the overall foundation is still insufficient.

Under such circumstances, it was natural that some people would go to Qinghe County to commit crimes, but he didn't need to worry about these things.

Under his instructions, the two old men, one black and one white, had been leading a group to patrol Qinghe County during this period, specifically to suppress those with ulterior motives.

In fact, Qinghe County did not have many cultivation resources on the surface. It only got better after the flood. Under such circumstances, the cultivators who could wander into Qinghe County were basically not strong. The strength of the Black and White Elders was enough to deal with them, not to mention that there were many Taiping Sect disciples assisting them.

"This array technique is indeed very profound. Qi Refining cultivators cultivate a single breath of true qi, and the most important thing is their own true qi, which is sought internally. But this array technique seeks to resonate with heaven and earth, to borrow power from heaven and earth..."

After carefully reading through the detailed explanation of array formations several times, Jiang Chen gained a preliminary understanding of array formations.

"The original array formations originated from heaven and earth, and were a manifestation of the power of heaven and earth, like the undercurrents outside the nodes of water veins. If a cultivator has sufficient mastery of array formations, he can completely comprehend an undercurrent array formation from it."

With these thoughts colliding, Jiang Chen became interested in formations.

After a moment's thought, looking at the spirit-gathering array that was the last thing mentioned in the array explanation, Jiang Chen took out a bushel of spirit sand from his storage bag.

Spirit Gathering Array is a very common type of array, with many different types and varying efficiencies. The Spirit Gathering Array included in the Array Dao Explanation is currently the most common and simplest type in the cultivation world.

"The requirements for the spirit gathering array are not high; spirit sand is sufficient. However, for easier control, the spirit sand can be transformed into spirit beads."

Refining the spirit sand didn't take much effort for Jiang Chen to refine nine spirit beads.

"Give it a try."

Without hesitation, Jiang Chen began to manipulate the nine spirit orbs with his true energy flowing like silk, attempting to resonate with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

However, no matter what he did, he was always just a little short. And a small difference can lead to a huge difference. This small gap prevented him from truly setting up the Spirit Gathering Array. At this moment, even his powerful divine soul could not provide much help.

The Dao of Array formations requires not only precision, not only internally but also externally, and most importantly, a spark of inspiration that resonates with heaven and earth.

"Is it really impossible without an array plate? According to the detailed explanation of array formations, the first thing a cultivator in this world needs to do to successfully set up an array is to refine their own array core plate, thereby using the array core plate to capture the changes in the power of heaven and earth."

"The power of heaven and earth is obscure and not close to all living beings. Qi Refining cultivators need a medium to come into contact with it, while only cultivators above the Dao Foundation stage can directly access the power of heaven and earth..."

Unable to get it to work, Jiang Chen frowned as he looked at the scattered spirit pearls on the ground. The inheritance of array formations was already relatively rare, and the method of refining the array core plate was a secret of each family. It was not easy to obtain. The Gao family did have an array core plate, but it was bought from Qing Teng County and was still kept at home.

At that very moment, the branches and leaves unfurled, and a peach branch drooped down from the peach tree.

With a gentle hum, the peach branch swept lightly, seemingly unintentionally, yet coincidentally, causing the nine spirit orbs to shift their positions and fall into various parts of the courtyard, rising and falling, bright and dark, instantly resonating with the power of heaven and earth, drawing the surrounding spiritual energy to slowly gather there.

Upon noticing this change, a look of surprise flashed across Jiang Chen's face. It seemed that the Spirit Gathering Array had been completed.
"That's right, this is the Spirit Gathering Array, and it's the Spirit Gathering Array recorded in the Detailed Explanation of Array Dao."

Unleashing his senses and carefully sensing, Jiang Chen confirmed that his guess was correct; the spirit-gathering array had indeed been completed, and it was the same spirit-gathering array he had tried to set up before.

Peach Blossom itself has a strong control over the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. If it comes with a spirit-gathering array, although it is a bit strange, it is not an unacceptable thing. However, the spirit-gathering array that it has set up is quite extraordinary.

"how did you do it?"

Through a shared consciousness, Jiang Chen voiced the question that had been lingering in his mind.

When faced with Jiang Chen's question, Tao Yao gave her answer. However, after receiving the answer, Jiang Chen's surprise did not dissipate but instead intensified.

"You set up a spirit-gathering array just by glancing at it, without even having a core array plate?"

As the spiritual energy slowly arrived, sensing the naturalness in Tao Yao's words, Jiang Chen couldn't help but shake his head.

In Tao Yao's view, setting up this spirit-gathering formation only required moving some tree branches and was not a big deal. However, in the outside world, this behavior had already exceeded common sense.

"I originally thought your Withering and Flourishing True Qi was already quite profound, but now it seems I underestimated you. The future protective formation of the Taiping Sect will probably have to fall on your shoulders."

As he carefully examined the area, a thought arose in Jiang Chen's mind.

Although he didn't know why Tao Yao was able to break with convention and directly set up a spirit-gathering array, it was definitely a good thing for him at the moment.

Looking at Jiang Chen like this, Tao Yao, though still somewhat naive, instinctively felt a pressure, as if some heavy burden had fallen on her shoulders.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen just smiled and didn't say anything more. He simply told it to study the spirit-gathering formation more and see if it could make it stronger.

Just then, the two old men, one black and one white, returned from their inspection and came to pay their respects.

After receiving the news, Jiang Chen praised Tao Yao and then turned to go to the front hall.

Qinghe County is his base, and it cannot be allowed to be disrupted. Moreover, this time, the Black and White Elders are inspecting Qinghe not only to deal with those robber cultivators, but also to continue searching for the mysterious cultivator who once planted a spy in the Taiping Sect, to see if the other party will take advantage of the chaos to make a move and reveal traces.

(End of this chapter)