Xu Changqing sent his Divine Sense into the jade pendant Lu Ping had given him and skimmed through all the basic knowledge related to formation arrays within.
The content was not extensive, nor was it complicated.
1: From mortals reading feng shui to cultivators setting formations
2: The qi, form, and configuration of feng shui formations
3: A formation master's three-step geomancy method
4: Basic taboos of feng shui formations
It progressed from shallow to deep and was easy to understand.
After reading it, he not only gained an initial understanding, but with his Earth Spirit Root and his accumulated knowledge and experience, the attribute panel quickly changed.
Formation Array Skill: Initiation Effect 1: Clarifies the connection between mortals reading feng shui and cultivators setting formations Effect 2: Accurately identifies the basic forms of qi, form, and configuration Consume 220 years of lifespan to raise Formation Array Skill to Masterful Hand?
Xu Changqing was not surprised. "Not bad."
Raising Rune Craft to Masterful Hand had taken 30 years.
Raising Artifact Refining Skill to Masterful Hand had taken 174 years.
It was understandable for the rarer Formation Array Skill to require more than 200 years.
He had always felt that Rune Craft required less time because what he had learned so far was all simplified versions. Their effects were better, yet they were not complicated to inscribe.
If he learned runes from a thousand years ago, or even ten thousand years ago, it would certainly take much longer.
Artifact Refining Skill was precisely the opposite. Though it too was changing, only the refining process had been simplified. Spirit artifacts and Dharma artifacts were growing ever more complex in shape, while the materials became increasingly abundant.
Put plainly, with runes, mastering one meant mastering all; with artifact refining, every artifact