Chen Mo looked at the massive Four Saint Statues and felt deeply shaken. Especially now, standing before them and examining them closely, he could better appreciate just how awe-inspiring they were.
Earlier, time had been tight, and Yang Asha had been present, so he had not properly studied the four statues.
The Four Saint Statues had originally belonged to the Nine-story Tower. They were not Formation Bases made through the half-baked carving methods Yang Asha had learned. If Yang Asha had made these Formation Bases, Chen Mo would have taken them away immediately, found a way to erase the talisman patterns on the Four Saint Statues, and carved them anew himself.
Now that he had time, he naturally stepped forward and inspected them carefully with his Spiritual Sense.
In particular, he carefully studied every talisman pattern on the statues—their directions, energy circuits, and more. It made him feel as though his own carving skills had improved. He had not expected energy circuits to be handled this way when they looped back. Spiritual Energy could travel through the patterns and be redirected without the slightest loss. It was truly remarkable.
Especially where Spiritual Energy patterns crossed, the carving details and the techniques used to merge the energies were simply exquisite. Whenever Chen Mo carved Formation Bases or drew talismans, he had never handled such intersections particularly well. Often, Spiritual Energy would be lost where the patterns converged, greatly weakening its weili when released.
Sometimes, poor handling of intersections even gave him a thirty to forty percent chance of failure when making talismans or carving Formation Bases. Of course, repeated practice had improved those odds somewhat, but failures still occurred.
Now that he had seen the patterns on the Four Saint Statues, he had gained much insight into drawing and carving Spiritual