Immortal Martial Saint, something's wrong with my entry.

Li Youan looked at the two books in front of him, thought for a moment, and decided to read "Introduction to Formation" first.

This book, which only explains the most basic knowledge of formations, is not thick. The first part explains the ten Heavenly Stems and twelve Earthly Branches.

These elders had already taught him, and Li Youan originally planned to just glance at it and move on.

However, it was discovered that the explanations went beyond just the names and hand gestures; they also introduced different combinations of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches and how to match the corresponding hand gestures.

Which combinations are beneficial, enhancing the stability of the formation's operation? Which combinations are detrimental, weakening the formation's power and even hindering its formation from taking shape?

Although Li Youan had managed to imitate the concealment array by following the old array master's example today, he was merely copying and didn't understand any of the underlying principles.

Now, through this book, "Introduction to Battle Formations," Li Youan has gained a deeper understanding of the application of different combinations of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.

This book explains basic formation knowledge, and Li Youan is quickly absorbing and understanding this knowledge.

In less than an hour, Li Youan finished reading the entire book and closed his eyes, repeatedly recalling it in his mind.

After confirming the accuracy of his memory, Li Youan practiced it several more times. Once he was sure there were no problems with the hand seals, he began to look through the book "Detailed Explanation of Basic Formations".

Li Youan did not rush to look at the contents, but first read the introduction and table of contents.

Sure enough, this book contains the most common, simplest, and most basic formations.

Even without any special talent for array formations, you should have no problem setting up these basic arrays after reading this book.

Concealment Array, Spirit Storage Array, Yin Extinction Array, Spirit Trapping Array, Strangulation Array, Bewildering Array...

Looking at the long list of various formations on the catalog page, Li Youan did not intend to master them all; at least for now, he would learn the ones that were most useful to him.

After reviewing the descriptions of each formation and understanding their functions, Li Youan ultimately selected two more formations besides the Concealment Formation taught by the old man today: the Spirit Trapping Formation and the Strangulation Formation.

The Concealment Array helps him hide his presence, while the Spirit Trapping Array and the Strangulation Array verify his ideas.

Although the Spirit Trapping Array is only the most basic array, it can only temporarily trap some Body Tempering Realm demonic beasts.

However, following Bai Ze's earlier reminder, Li Youan prepared to store some small insects using the Soul-Trapping Array and combined it with the Strangulation Array to continuously refresh his [One Shot Kill] skill during the battle.

With that in mind, Li Youan immediately set to work, beginning to learn the hand seals for the two formations, as well as the precautions for setting them up.

It can only be said that Li Youan's talent in formations is indeed quite good; he carefully read the method of setting up the Spirit Trapping Formation in the book several times.

Without considering the control of time, Li Youan successfully cast the Spirit Trapping Array in a short time.

When they reached the strangulation formation, Li Youan took a little longer, since the trapping spirit formation only required mastering the word "trapping".

The strangulation formation, on the other hand, requires manipulating the formation to actively strangle the life within it, making it more difficult to execute.

After repeatedly casting the two formations in the room several times, Li Youan went to the rooftop to find some small insects to verify his conjecture.

Xiong Da and Xiong Er went out with Qiang Ge early this morning and haven't returned yet. The quiet environment is perfect for Li Youan to verify his conjecture.

Li Youan found some small insects on the roof that resembled ants from his previous life. Too lazy to look up the names of these insects in the classics, he simply assumed they were ants.

"Wei, Jia, Shen, Geng..."

He made several hand gestures in succession, and two magic seals flew out, trapping more than a dozen ants in front of him in the formation.

Maintaining the flow of vital energy, Li Youan once again formed hand seals, and a small strangulation array was superimposed on the spirit-trapping array.

At first, the ants did not realize they were trapped in the formation, but once they did, they panicked and a dozen or so ants began to search for a way out.

With a thought, Li Youan activated the strangulation array, which strangled one of the ants.

Meanwhile, the Spirit-Trapping Array was still operating normally.

"It's a success."

Li Youan was somewhat excited, as his idea could be implemented.

"Oh, no, that's not right."

"It's just that the Soul-Trapping Array was successfully cast using the Strangulation Array. I don't know if this will be able to refresh the [One-Hit Kill] skill."

Thinking of this, Li Youan skillfully reached for the bone whip at his waist, preparing to try it out and verify it.

Then he remembered that the bone whip had already been melted down by Dongfang Jinghong.

"I wonder what kind of magical artifact it will ultimately be forged into. I hope it goes smoothly."

Li Youan calmed down and decided to first increase his proficiency in using the two formations in combination.

"Forget it, let's try again tomorrow. There's still one major problem."

Li Youan decided that when he went to Dongfang Jinghong to get the bone whip tomorrow, he would also spar with her to verify his idea.

Now, Li Youan has encountered a problem beyond proficiency: how to maintain the stable operation of these two formations in the long term during battle.

This was a major challenge for Li Youan, who was new to array formations.

But if Li Youan wants to test his ideas in tomorrow's sparring match with Dongfang Jinghong, he must find a solution now.

"Vitality, hand seals, magic seals, formations."

Li Youan kept muttering to himself, thinking about these four words, which were also the basic conditions required for the formation of the array.

"First of all, a formation must have hand seals. So, when the vital energy reaches the hand seals, can the hand gesture step be omitted?"

"If I were to mobilize my vital energy without relying on hand gestures, and instead circulate it according to the hand gestures, would I be able to form a mudra?"

With that in mind, Li Youan decided to give it a try. After all, he didn't have anything else to do right now, and the time and place to hunt monsters were not suitable.

Li Youan first chose the simplest concealment array to try this method.

Li Youan had Bai Ze stand opposite him to keep an eye on whether the formation was effective.

First, Li Youan guided his internal energy through hand seals and successfully activated the Concealment Array. Bai Ze nodded at him.

Once he confirmed that the formation had taken effect, Li Youan dispelled it and began making hand seals again, but this time at a much slower pace.

Moreover, Li Youan was also concentrating on experiencing the specific flow path of the vital energy within his body.

After repeating this process several times, Li Youan finally determined the flow path of his internal energy when the concealment array was activated.

After simulating it in his mind again, Li Youan closed his eyes, mobilized all his energy, and began to control the flow of vital energy within his body.

Li Youan allowed these vital energies to circulate along the previous route without using hand seals.

However, without the help of hand gestures, the flow of vital energy was not as smooth as Li Youan had imagined.

Once, twice, three times, each time the vital energy flows a certain distance, a collapse will occur.

Li Youan's forehead was covered in sweat, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered.

"So close, so very close."

Each time you fail, the energy travels a longer distance the next time.

Li Youan persevered through gritted teeth, and after repeating the process thirty or forty times, he finally succeeded.

When the vital energy completed a full cycle along the designated route, Li Youan opened his eyes and, sure enough, formed the necessary seals for a concealment array in front of him.

puff.

In his excitement, Li Youan relaxed his mind slightly, and the magic seal immediately collapsed.

But at this moment, Li Youan felt only excitement, because the successful formation of the Dharma Seal proved that his idea was feasible.

So as long as you can skillfully use the Concealment Array, it won't be a problem to extend the same method to the Spirit Trapping Array and the Strangulation Array.

"Ha, hoarse."

Taking a deep breath to calm himself, Li Youan restored his internal energy to a perfect state and began to try again.

This time the speed was much faster. The magic seal was successfully formed, the concealment array was successfully activated, and Bai Ze on the other side nodded vigorously.

If the old man knew that Li Youan had already mastered the ability of array masters to arrange the next stage of energy arrays based solely on his own ideas, he would be absolutely astonished.

Now that the verification was successful, Li Youan began to think.

"So, what's next..."