Seeing that Ling Tian had left half of the Quasi-Saint experts behind in the northern part of the God Realm—and especially that he had left Little Devourer, Mo Fei, and the others there—Chi Xue and the others knew that breaking through the Rune Cultivators' formation and capturing them to obtain their secret rune arts was nothing but a pipe dream. To avoid casualties, they had no choice but to abandon the idea and begin observing Feng Xi's work, studying and improving the rune formation. After all, they believed that gaining insight into the techniques she used would be far more rewarding than studying rune arts alone.
Of course, gaining insight into rune arts already required a great deal. Gaining insight into Feng Xi's techniques was even harder, since she had perfectly fused formation patterns and restrictions with rune arts, then brought the whole formation's momentum into play. Understanding any of it would be no easy feat.
Though they did not understand what they were seeing, Chi Xue and the others did their best to commit every detail to memory. They knew that as their understanding of rune arts and formation patterns and restrictions deepened, they would eventually grasp it all. And when they did, it would bring them many benefits.
At that moment, Chi Xue and the others noticed Old Man Ling and Zi Yun setting up their encampment again. Quick-witted as he was, Chi Xue soon spotted another way to learn rune arts: observe Old Man Ling and the others as they set up camp. Clearly, they had already combined rune arts with formation patterns and restrictions.
The rune arts and formation patterns and restrictions Feng Xi wielded were profound and unfathomable, while Old Man Ling and the others used techniques that were much easier to follow. It would