Nine Bright Phoenix Fire Refining Void Array (Seeking follow-up reads)

Chapter 38: Ninefold Bright Phoenix Fire Refinement Grand Formation (Seeking Follow-up Reads~)

South of Carp Tide City, several mountain ranges embraced each other.

Sunken Chime Mountain was merely one of them.

Xie Xuanyi never hesitated to speculate about his enemies with the worst intentions...

Especially regarding "Sixth of Jia," the person he was about to meet but had never seen.

He truly found this person somewhat strange.

The Demon Realm Venerable wanted the finger bone as soon as possible to confirm the authenticity of the Bai Ze Secret Realm, yet this Sixth of Jia had taken it upon himself to postpone the delivery by three days.

Three days was enough time for many things to happen.

"Is this where we'll be practicing the formation next?"

Deng Baiyi, holding Jiang Huang, stood on the hilltop, looking somewhat puzzled.

"Indeed."

Xie Xuanyi stood at the summit of the small mountain. The area was desolate, with few people, but it was only a few miles from Sunken Chime Mountain. The transaction point chosen by Sixth of Jia was within sight.

This was the best spot to set up the formation!

"The threshold for inscribing formation patterns isn't high. As long as one can manipulate the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, they can inscribe formation patterns..."

Xie Xuanyi said, "In theory, even the weakest Qi Refiners can complete the inscription of a grand formation! But the lower the threshold, the more difficult it is to complete it perfectly!"

"That's why the number of formation masters is far smaller than the number of great cultivators."

Xie Xuanyi said meaningfully, "Inscribing formations tests patience and talent."

Some grand formations had complex details.

They required days and nights of inscription without closing one's eyes...

And even more complex grand formations required the combined efforts of more than a dozen formation masters, with construction times measured in years!

From this perspective, inscribing formations placed far higher demands on a cultivator's mind and spirit than on their cultivation level!

Over the past few days together, Xie Xuanyi had discovered that Deng Baiyi's talent for talismans and formation patterns was actually higher than her talent for cultivation... This young miss of Jade Pearl Town could meditate for several hours at a time, impervious to wind or thunder. This was an extremely rare quality. The two talisman techniques he had taught her didn't have many tricks; they simply emphasized practice makes perfect.

The process of making talismans was actually very tedious.

But Deng Baiyi seemed to "enjoy it."

This was also one reason why Xie Xuanyi was reluctant to have Deng Baiyi follow him in sword cultivation... Although he understood some talisman techniques and the Dao of formation patterns, he found it difficult to maintain a long period of meditation.

Most sword cultivators were not suited to setting up formations.

Drawing the sword required speed, accuracy, and ruthlessness!

Life, death, victory, and defeat were all decided in an instant!

Xie Xuanyi had possessed a photographic memory since childhood. He had memorized many formation diagrams and countless talisman patterns, but he couldn't calm his mind to practice this Dao.

Heaven was fair.

He had picked up the sword, so naturally, he had to give up some things.

"Can... can I do it?"

Deng Baiyi was a little nervous. She didn't have much confidence in herself.

It had only been a few dozen days since she came into contact with cultivation and fusing spiritual energy.

According to what Xie Zhen had said, the grand formation he was about to teach was incredibly powerful, a forbidden technique...

Could she really inscribe something like that?

"I think you can."

"Inscribing formations is very similar to drawing talismans... If you enjoy drawing talismans, then you can probably become an excellent formation master."

Xie Xuanyi smiled.

He extended two fingers and gently touched Deng Baiyi's brow.

Her pupils constricted slightly.

With a hum, The void touched by his fingertips rippled.

Xie Xuanyi transferred the most precious part of his memories... unreservedly into Deng Baiyi's sea of consciousness.

["Xuanyi, besides your Sword Dao aptitude... your talent for formation patterns and talisman techniques is also quite good."]

["Master, Xuanyi is not interested in unorthodox paths. He only wants to focus on cultivating the Sword Dao."]

["The Great Dao of the world does not distinguish between left and right. The myriad laws of the world have no high or low. It's still early. Go and memorize all the Daoist scriptures on Lotus Peak."]

"Master…"

The instant he touched Deng Baiyi's forehead with his finger, Xie Xuanyi was somewhat dazed.

Fragments of past memories surged like a tide.

He subconsciously murmured, "Master…"

"Master?"

Deng Baiyi's puzzled voice pulled Xie Xuanyi back to reality.

"It's nothing."

Xie Xuanyi snapped out of it, looking at the bright-eyed, white-toothed woman in front of him, her face full of suspicion.

Deng Baiyi asked curiously, "Are you homesick? Missing your sect?"

Xie Xuanyi shook his head, lightly changing the subject, "Have you digested the portion of memory I passed on to you?"

"It's a bit profound…"

Deng Baiyi muttered softly, "But I can actually understand it."

She extended two fingers, slowly condensing vital energy at their tips, then carefully began to paint in the air. The vital energy from her fingertips dispersed like ink as Deng Baiyi held her breath, concentrating intently, meticulously carving complex and obscure trajectories in the air according to the portion of memory Xie Xuanyi had transmitted…

After silently watching for dozens of breaths, Xie Xuanyi knew that he had not misjudged her.

Deng Baiyi's talent for array patterns and talismans was absolutely outstanding!

This array pattern was extremely large, full of details.

He had deliberately divided it into several parts… but Deng Baiyi's movements did not slow down; on the contrary, they became faster and faster, a sign of immersion in array carving.

Deng Baiyi's mind gradually calmed like still water, and her eyes became incredibly focused.

The whole process was long.

Xie Xuanyi was very patient, quietly watching Deng Baiyi replicate the grand formation…

It lasted for half an hour.

Only then did the rough outline of the grand formation finally take shape.

The initial vital energy that had been drawn in the void had long since dissipated, but it didn't matter. Xie Xuanyi had watched every stroke and every line of Deng Baiyi's work.

"Is the array I carved… correct?"

Having completed such an intricate and vast project in one breath, Deng Baiyi's face was a little pale, but her spirit was incredibly high. She looked nervously at the white-robed youth opposite her.

"Only two minor errors."

Xie Xuanyi, who never liked to praise people, spoke the truth this time, "For a beginner… this is already remarkable."

Hearing this evaluation, Deng Baiyi's eyes lit up with brilliant light.

She grinned.

This was the first time she had heard such sincere praise from Xie Zhen.

"What was it called again… Nine something fire…"

Deng Baiyi rubbed her brow in annoyance. She had completely memorized the carving trajectory of the grand formation, but the ghostly thing was that she couldn't remember the long name of the array.

Xie Xuanyi smiled.

He looked at the vital energy dissipating in the air and said softly, "It's called the Ninefold Bright Phoenix Fire 炼虚 Grand Formation. There's a reason why the name is so long."

Ninefold Bright Phoenix Fire Refinement Grand Formation…

Deng Baiyi took a deep breath and asked the question that was in her mind, "Is this array really as powerful as you say?"

Cross-border killing was strictly forbidden to be taught by the Great Chu imperial law!

Xie Xuanyi smiled and lowered his eyes, saying softly, "The array pattern trajectory you have memorized in your mind now is just a simplified version. The complete grand formation is probably a hundred times larger."

"A hundred times?"

Deng Baiyi's face was a little pale.

"The power of the complete version of this grand formation is far beyond your imagination."

Xie Xuanyi said indifferently, "But even the abbreviated version is enough… All we need to do is kill a small Grotto-Heaven cultivator."

Deng Baiyi was stunned, "Wait, kill a Grotto-Heaven? You don't mean a cultivator in the Grotto-Heaven Realm, do you?"

"Hmm… or what else?"

Hearing this answer, Deng Baiyi felt a faint tingling in her scalp.

She still remembered the pressure that the resident official of Fengsui City had brought her—

Grotto-Heaven Realm!

Wouldn't that be even stronger than that resident official!

Xie Xuanyi continued, "Now that you've memorized the array patterns, that's just the first step. Over the next three days, you'll need to set up a complete array pattern on this mountain. This will require some special materials, and I'll teach you all the precautions one by one..."

Deng Baiyi vaguely guessed, "The special materials you're talking about... are they Jiang Huang's hair?"

She looked back at the little one who was still sleeping.

"Indeed. In addition to that, her blood essence will need to be dripped into the array's focal points."

Xie Xuanyi nodded and said, "You don't need to worry about why; you just need to know... Jiang Huang has a special constitution, and only with her help can the array be formed."

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