In the spacious mountain cave, an old man and a young man sat cross-legged beside a stone table. Two jade slips had been placed before the old man. The young cultivator faced him with an exceedingly respectful expression, his whole person seeming extremely deferential.
"Fengming, I never expected that in just over a year, you would carefully read more than a hundred books and scrolls, and even list so many questions. It seems that during this year, you have not slackened in the slightest."
The old man glanced at the two jade slips on the stone table and spoke in a calm voice tinged with astonishment.
"Such a rare opportunity—this disciple naturally wouldn't dare slacken in the slightest. Even so, I have only read a tenth of Master's collection. As for most of the books, I merely skimmed through them."
"Heh heh, you needn't rush. Time is something we cultivators have in abundance. You need only spend some time studying them in the future. These books are all the foundations of formations that I painstakingly searched for throughout my life. So long as you can thoroughly assimilate their contents, formations will also become extremely ordinary in your eyes."
Hearing Ancestor Tianji say this, Qin Fengming felt a trace of anticipation as well.
The books in Ancestor Tianji's cave were, just as he had said, treasured texts concerning the foundations of formations. If a cultivator truly studied all of them, that cultivator would undoubtedly make rapid progress along the Path of Formations and Restrictive Spells.
"Yes, Master. I will certainly study these books carefully in the future, in hopes of achieving something along the Path of Formations and Restrictive Spells."
"Heh heh, enough. There is no need to say anything else. I will now answer your questions one by one. If