"What should I do?"
Now that he has made up his mind, Jiang Yuebai will not hesitate for even a moment.
Zhao Fuyi unfolded the Four Symbols and Eight Trigrams formation diagram. To be precise, it was a star map with no pattern to be found, with only dense or sparse star points. Apart from the title, there was not even a single explanation. Jiang Yuebai could not understand it at all.
Zhao Fuyi's hand swept across the star map. One star point lit up, then two stars lit up, then three stars lit up, and then more stars lit up at the same time.
"One gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, three gives birth to all things, Tai Chi gives birth to two opposites, two opposites give birth to four images, four images give birth to eight trigrams. You don't need to know too much. Now just remember these lit stars according to your feelings and imprint them in your mind."
Jiang Yuebai was uneasy and scratched his head anxiously, "I don't even know what this is, what's the point of asking me to remember it? Are you really sure I can do it?"
Zhao Fuyi looked into Jiang Yuebai's eyes and said seriously, "You are not the most talented person in formations that I have ever seen, but you are the most hardworking person that I have ever seen. Today's formations have been simplified by the painstaking research of many predecessors. You only need to follow the fixed formation diagram and try many times to complete the formation."
"Many people only have a vague understanding of the principles behind the formation diagrams, and there is no need to spend time and energy to understand the complex and huge foundations in the early stages of the formation. All you need to do is to set up the formation according to the rules set by the predecessors. I was the same at the beginning, until I formed the elixir, I realized that if I continued like this, I would only be following the old path of my predecessors and would never be able to break through or surpass them."
"Afterwards, for a long time, I spent a lot of time cramming the basics of formations, starting from the simple to the complex and then seeking new simplification. You have a solid foundation in formations, and you think it's difficult to learn because you understand it. He Wangchen can copy the formations of his predecessors, but you can put together a new formation to break him. It's not that you don't have a talent for formations, your hard work is your talent."
Jiang Yuebai's pupils trembled, and he looked at Zhao Fuyi intently, "Do you really... recognize me?"
Zhao Fuyi nodded without hesitation. "You didn't set up the Fenghuo Tianjue Formation before by luck. You didn't think too much in a hurry and relied on the formation rules and intuition that you had deeply engraved in your consciousness to set up the formation. It's the same now. Don't think too much and listen to your formation intuition."
Jiang Yuebai felt like a place in his heart was filled. He once thought that he had average talent in the art of formations, but he never expected that he could fill the gaps in his talent through hard work and gain Zhao Fuyi's recognition.
Jiang Yuebai perked up, rubbed her face and continued to memorize the star points on the picture. Slowly, she vaguely felt some kind of rules in it. The star points in her mind connected themselves to become mysterious and strange runes.
Zhao Fuyi continued, "Originally, eight formation points were needed. Now I have modified your formation plate. When you reach the center of the formation, you only need to sacrifice the formation plate and adjust the positions of the soldiers and generals in the formation according to the four formation points that have responded. Use the formation soldiers as chess pieces to replicate these star points on the star map. With the internal and external echoes, the Four Symbols and Eight Diagrams formation can be completed!"
After a moment, Jiang Yuebai's clear eyes were filled with starlight. She closed her eyes silently, gathering the starlight in her eyes and engraving it in her mind.
Zhao Fuyi's face was pale. He held on with one breath and simply embedded the original main array plate into the eight array plate and handed it to Jiang Yuebai.
"The center of the formation is right above the crater. When you look up, the handle of the Big Dipper is facing the Baihui acupoint on your head, which is the best position. You just need to hand me over to the people of the Sanyuan Sect, and then you can easily sneak in."
"No! If you do that, you will be possessed by the old monster from the ghost clan!" Jiang Yuebai flatly refused.
Zhao Fuyi smiled suddenly, with a gentleness on her face that she had never had before.
"Don't worry. They have gone to great lengths to obtain the body of me, the strongest person in the Earth Spirit Realm. How could they allow me to be seriously injured and damage my foundation? They will definitely find a way to restrain me and allow me to recover before taking over my body. I am buying time for you."
What Zhao Fuyi said made sense. With Zhao Fuyi distracting the view, who would pay attention to a small cultivator in the early stage of foundation building? This would make it easier to sneak in.
After figuring it out, Jiang Yuebai stopped being pretentious and took something out of his bracelet and put it into Zhao Fuyi's hand.
Zhao Fuyi was stunned for a moment, then clenched her palms, "How many of these do you have?"
Jiang Yuebai made a gesture, Zhao Fuyi thought for a moment, and then quickly said a few words to Jiang Yuebai.
"… The formation is important, you don't need to worry about anything else."
Jiang Yuebai frowned and nodded, and Zhao Fuyi took off his storage ring and handed it to Jiang Yuebai.
"Please keep this thing for me temporarily to prevent it from falling into the hands of thieves. There is no time to lose. The aura I just sensed is already very strong. I am afraid that after the old monster wakes up, it will directly destroy the entire secret realm."
"Wait a moment."
Jiang Yuebai turned his back, summoned the Five Elements Lotus Platform, threw all the unused items on his body into it, and quickly refined them into the Five Elements essence.
Seeing that there was less than half of the five elements' essence left, Jiang Yuebai threw in more than a thousand thorn seeds and talismans and elixirs that he rarely used.
When the five elements' essence had just reached half, Jiang Yuebai made up her mind and put in one hundred middle-grade spirit stones. The five elements' essence increased rapidly, and she continued to add low-grade spirit stones.
Finally, with the accumulation of a large number of spirit stones, the five elements of essence in the lotus platform were finally filled.
Picking up the Seven Evil Banners, Jiang Yuebai saw that Zhao Fuyi was covered in blood. He raised his hand and cast a dust purification spell, then went over to help Zhao Fuyi tie up her messy hair with a jade hairpin.
(Picture from book friend [Yu Bu Wen])
"You are the True Lord Fuyi of the Tianyan Sect, and the number one formation master in the Earth Spirit Realm. You cannot show yourself in a humiliating state."
After tying her hair up, Zhao Fuyi took off her red scale armor and smoothed her clothes.
"Put on this red scale armor. Just in case... you must survive!"
Zhao Fuyi stood up, her black hair half tied up, her simple purple clothes could not hide her strong character, like a jade tree planted in a dark place, shining with its own brilliance, eye-catching.
Jiang Yuebai raised his head and exhaled, "escorting" Zhao Fuyi forward.
They were right at the foot of the Shenjiling volcano. After walking around for a short distance, they saw a heavily guarded sentry post.
When the evil practitioners of Sanyuan Sect saw Zhao Fuyi, they were all horrified and used all kinds of magical weapons to protect themselves as if they were facing a powerful enemy.
Jiang Yuebai walked out from behind Zhao Fuyi, still identifying herself as Ding Yan from the Eclipse Sect. Before she could explain her situation, those evil cultivators who were anxious to make a contribution scrambled to take Zhao Fuyi to find their master.
As she expected, no one cared about her anymore, a little evil cultivator in the early stage of foundation building.
There was a plank road on the wall inside the volcano. Jiang Yuebai followed the group of evil cultivators in and watched them escort Zhao Fuyi as they circled down and went deeper into the volcano.
The blazing flames, carrying a violent and murderous aura, surged deep underground. The black altar was supported by stone pillars, hanging above the sea of fire.
The altar was simple and dull, but it made Jiang Yuebai feel an icy chill that penetrated deep into his bones.
Countless Netherworld bloody evils gathered into a red ocean, surrounding the altar, and emitting creepy laughter from time to time.
A girl in a black robe stood quietly in the center of the altar. An invisible black aura permeated under her feet, like a poisonous snake, wrapping around her slender ankle, biting it hard, and continuously injecting venom.
Jiang Yuebai recognized this person at a glance.
Lin Suiwan!
Lin Suiwan felt something and looked up. Jiang Yuebai quickly turned his head away and leaned against the mountain wall.
"My Lord, Zhao Fuyi has been found!"
Lin Suiwan's gaze fell on Zhao Fuyi.
At this time, Lin Suiwan's condition was extremely strange. His expression and eyes kept switching between gentleness and ferocity. His neck was twisting, sometimes in pain, sometimes in excitement.
"Wait... just a moment... and I will be... reborn!"
Jiang Yuebai leaned against the mountain wall and clenched his fists, then turned and walked along the plank road towards the top of the volcano.
There are a large number of caves on the mountain walls, filled with white bones and guarded by many evil cultivators.
Jiang Yuebai remained calm and told everyone who asked her that the mine tunnel below had collapsed and she needed to leave Shenji Ridge from above.
Walking out of the crater, the sky and the earth were still pitch black. The Big Dipper was hanging in the sky, and there were many feathered aliens flying around the crater to guard it.
"If nothing happens, leave immediately!"
The two evil cultivators guarding the crater scolded Jiang Yuebai, but Jiang Yuebai suddenly drew his sword without any warning.
The zigzag blade light cut through the darkness, and a guard was instantly broken into four pieces, with blood splattering.
"Enemy attack!!"
Bang!
A firework exploded in the air, and the silent night began to become restless. The surrounding Feather Clan aliens swarmed in, and the evil cultivators guarding under the volcano rushed forward.
Jiang Yuebai's black feathers turned into wings, his black hair was flying, there were seven stars on his head, his feet were stepping on the breeze, he flapped his wings and hung just above the crater, looking expressionlessly at the powerful enemies on all sides.
The moment many evil cultivators and strange people surrounded him, a strong wind broke through the air, and Jiang Yuebai disappeared on the spot. Only a Jade Pivot Thunder Bead was left, trembling in the wind and exploding with a loud bang!
That’s all for today. See you tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)