Adept Formation Caster
“Wh-!” Greater Heaven Caster Lu jumped to his feet, unable to believe his test for Greater Heaven Stage disciples that he spent two days casting was beaten already.
Mu Yu held out eighty-one formation cores in both hands. “All I had to do was remove the formation foundations.”
“But… but how did you locate them? Not even other formation casters would be able to find them so easily. How did y-…”
Mistake: placing the formation foundations in trees. Unexpected factor: Xiaoshuai could sniff them out.
“I got lucky enough to find one. Then, I just calculated where the rest were. Had I not found the first one by a stroke of luck, I would not have been able to dismantle it. You truly are adept at formations.”
“I see…” responded Greater Heaven Caster Lu, visibly disappointed that he was schooled instead of the other way around. He quickly regained his spirits and waved his fist with excitement. “Well done! Well done! We’ll destroy Talisman Sect this year!”
Mu Yu really couldn’t get used to Greater Heaven Caster Lu’s mood swings.
“Why did you only solve four hexagrams when you joined? Your grasp of formations is exceptional.”
“I was not in the best state at the time, so I did not have the mental energy to continue.”
“Ah. I was going to teach you formations Heaven Stage disciples should learn, but that seems pointless now. That’s a good thing, nonetheless, since I can teach you advanced Greater Heaven Stage formations. Do you know how the Formation versus Talisman tournament works?”
“No…”
“Formation casters and talismans masters need to be able to defend themselves. We can only rely on our formations and talismans in battle. As you are a new disciple, you’ve only learnt formations to protect mountains and confusion or fixed. What you need to learn is how to cast mobile formations.”
With a wave of his arm, Greater Heaven Caster Lu brought them to a vacant space in the wild and continued, “Mobile formations are integral to self-defence, which is why all of our disciples must learn them after learning fundamental formations. Unlike fixed formations, the formation core is itself. In other words, you turn yourself into the formation core, granting mobility.”
Greater Heaven Caster Lu walked away from Mu Yu. Four purple Greater Heaven Stage formation foundations however around him to shield him. “I used my formation energy to produce these formation foundations, so their qi is linked to mine. While cultivators have flying swords, broadswords, whips and so forth, we have formation foundations. For the record, our formation foundations don’t pale in comparison to their magical items. The Lightning Snake Shadow formation I used is an example of a mobile formation.”
Greater Heaven Caster Lu pressed his index and middle finger together to poke the Greater Heaven Stage formation foundation in front of him. Purple formation lines emanated from him to form an eight trigrams formation. He directed spiritual energy along the formation lines using spiritual energy on his fingers. With a flick, the formation blew a hole in the ground!
“You need to reach a point where your mobile formation can be used for defence and offence. How much output you get out of it is dependent no your cultivation. For that reason, your cultivation is holding you back right now. Anyhow, that was just a relatively simple offensive formation. I can show you another mobile formation.”
Greater Heaven Caster Lu returned to Mu Yu’s side. He removed his purple Greater Heaven Stage formation foundations and spawned a plethora of Greater Heaven Stage formation foundations around him. Mu Yu was suddenly standing inside a raging inferno.
Mu Yu: A fire illusion formation?! I wonder if I could use formations to create the façade that I am using illusions when I use my wood element ability.
“Our formation casters are all incredible combatants in their own right. As long as your spiritual energy can keep up with the demand, you’ll be able to catch your opponent in your formation, giving you a terrain advantage.” Greater Heaven Caster Lu demonstrated his ability to manipulate the form of his flames and elaborated, “This isn’t a real flame but merely illusions I conjured using my spiritual energy.”
Greater Heaven Caster Lu created fire arrows and launched them into the ether. He was satisfied with Mu Yu astonished reaction for he believed it saved his reputation after Mu Yu easily conquered his illusion formation.
“The foundation of everything you see here is spiritual energy. Therefore, you must progress your cultivation if you wish to execute on my level. I don’t need to tell you about our weakness in drawn-out fights. Were you there when I taught Heaven Stage disciples a few Greater Heaven Stage formations?”
“To tell the truth, I already have Mesmerising Sparrow Returns down pact. The issue is that I do not know how to plant the formation into formation foundations. What is the trick to it?”
Greater Heaven Caster Lu, apparently, expected that much from Mu Yu. Proudly, he expounded, “That requires knowledge of a spatial formation. Besides struggling to fit Greater Heaven Stage formations onto small formation foundations, I presume you expended the formation foundations’ spiritual qi rapidly, correct?”
Mu Yu bobbed his head. He knew something was amiss. After all, if he was burning through formation foundations at that rate, Greater Heaven Caster Lu, whose cultivation surpassed his, should’ve expended spiritual qi even faster.
“You’ll never have enough if you cast Greater Heaven Stage formations via your normal means. The first thing Greater Heaven Stage disciples must do when learning Greater Heaven Stage formations is learning to control the spiritual qi in formation foundations. Spirit Drawing Formation can help you save your formation foundations’ spiritual qi. Spirit Collection Formation can replenish the lost spiritual qi, allowing you to use Greater Heaven Stage formations multiple times.”
Being able to repeatedly use Greater Heaven Stage formations after a formation foundation was exhausted was news.
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