Ice Formation
Half a month later, Long Xuan stepped into Great Stone Village again and returned to his long-lost little home.
Upon returning, he did not rest immediately, but instead prepared to seize the time to plant the Millennium Iceberg Snow Lotus.
This matter cannot be delayed. The longer it is delayed, the greater the risk of the Millennium Iceberg Snow Lotus dying. After leaving the Great Snow Mountain, it has long since left its suitable growing environment.
As for where to plant it, Long Xuan had already decided on the way. The original owner's parents, who died early, were farmers and had a piece of farmland.
Since his parents had both passed away, the land had long been abandoned, so he could simply take it and use it. The land was entirely his private property, and his use of it was legal.
When the time comes, setting up Master Jin's formation around that farmland will be enough to ensure absolute safety.
Besides, that piece of land isn't far from his home, making it convenient for him to travel back and forth. At worst, he can just send another clone to guard it.
After returning home, Long Xuan quickly organized his supplies and then rushed to that piece of land.
By plagiarizing the knowledge of his clone, he is now a mediocre array master, and setting up an array with readily available materials is not difficult for him.
Once he arrived at the farmland, he began to try setting up formations. This was the first time he had ever set up a formation, and he was full of excitement and enthusiasm.
The array formations in this world consist of three parts: the Formation Base, the Formation Eye, and the Formation Key. If you want to create your own Formation Diagram, all three parts are indispensable.
The Formation Base is the foundation of a large array, serving as its skeleton and the core area for depicting Formation Inscription.
Therefore, the more solid the Formation Base, the better. The Formation Base can be made of any material, but it must meet the two requirements of being solid and containing spiritual energy. It is usually composed of rare metals.
The array master will inscribe the Formation Inscription patterns on several hard metal materials, and then bury them in different locations according to the requirements of the Formation Diagram. There are strict requirements for the burial location.
Once the Formation Base are set up, all the Formation Base will be interconnected and will draw upon the Earth Spiritual Power to operate on their own, thus exerting various magical effects through the power of heaven and earth.
The range of influence of a large formation is positively correlated with the number of Formation Base, so the cost of building a large formation is often extremely high.
The Mountain-Protecting Formation for safeguarding a clan's territory, in particular, requires an enormous amount of expensive materials, making its construction cost astronomical.
If the Formation Base is the foundation of a great formation, then the Formation Eye is its core.
The function of the Formation Eye is to manage the operation of an array; it is the central hub of an array and the most important area within it.
A large number of Spirit Stone are usually placed near the Formation Eye, so the Formation Eye is also the energy source of the entire formation.
Therefore, a treasure with a high energy level is usually placed at the Formation Eye. This treasure is called the "Formation Eye treasure" to enhance the power of the formation's operation.
The treasure can be of any kind, but its level cannot be too low. The more powerful the treasure, the better. Ideally, it should have some special power that can further enhance the power of the formation.
For example, the Divine Ice Flame can release cold air. If the Divine Ice Flame is used as the key to Formation Eye, then the Formation Base can complement and match the Divine Ice Flame.
For example, by inscribing a large number of amplification Formation Inscription on the Formation Base, the power of the Divine Ice Flame can be greatly amplified. As a result, this great array will have an additional terrifying means of killing enemies by releasing frost flames, which is the process of the birth of the Killing Formation.
The key to Formation Eye isn't limited to various treasures; it can also connect to Earth Vein, Dragon Vein, Spirit Stone Vein, and vast Spirit Mountain...
These kinds of things are even more terrifying. Once the Formation Eye of a great formation is one of these things, then that great formation will be unbreakable. Unless one has the power to shake the heavens and the earth, one cannot move this great formation even a little by brute force.
These kinds of grand formations can even invoke the might of heaven, the power of heaven and earth, and the power of the sun, moon, and stars. They have many deadly moves and their power is earth-shattering. If you accidentally enter such a formation, you will almost certainly die.
The Formation Eye is usually located at the very center of the formation, but it can also be an off-center point, or there can be multiple key points at the same time, depending on the formation master's preference.
However, because the Formation Eye is so important, it becomes the weakness of all formations. If the Formation Eye of a formation is destroyed, almost all formations will cease to function.
The Formation Key is the key that allows one to freely enter and exit the array. The person carrying the Formation Key will not be attacked by the array. It is held by the owner of the array to avoid being accidentally injured by the array he/she set up.
At the same time, the Formation Key is also the controller of the array; all the functions of an array need to be controlled through the Formation Key.
If the master of the formation wants to activate a killing move, he must use the Formation Key issue various commands.
Therefore, the Formation Key is indispensable and must not be lost. If the Formation Key is lost, controlling a complex array will be a very troublesome matter.
These are the three components of a formation. If you want to create your own Formation Diagram, you absolutely cannot bypass these three components.
However, there also exists a type of formation in this world that does not require these three parts. It is called Mobile Formation, and it is also known as Formation Disk.
The drawbacks of traditional formations are that their positions are fixed and cannot be moved, and setting them up takes a lot of time. They cannot be carried around and are unusable in combat.
However, Formation Disk can perfectly solve this problem. Array masters can use various methods to concentrate all parts of the array on the Formation Disk. The Formation Disk can take any form, but most of them are flags, also Formation Flag.
The Formation Flag are small and can be carried in Storage Bag. When setting up the formation, simply stick the Formation Flag into the ground, and the formation can be completed in one second.
However, anyone can imagine the drawbacks of this type of formation; its power is inevitably extremely weak, far inferior to a large-scale Mountain-Protecting Formation.
Long Xuan had already memorized these basic array formations. As for what to use as the key to Formation Eye, it was naturally the Divine Ice Flame, which was also indispensable for the Millennium Iceberg Snow Lotus Divine Ice Flame.
Therefore, the various Formation Base that Long Xuan buried in the farmland were all mainly for amplifying the power of the Divine Ice Flame, and thus the Killing Formation of this formation was completed.
Those who trigger the Killing Formation will be met with countless attacks of icy flames.
The power of the Divine Ice Flame was already terrifying enough, but with the formation further amplifying its power, Long Xuan couldn't even imagine how powerful it truly was.
It's hard to say what will happen if a Gu cultivator in the Spiritual Sea Stage arrives, but if a Gu cultivator in the Marrow Cleansing Stage triggers Killing Formation, there is a real possibility of them dying.
This is still under the condition that the Formation Base is very simple. Once he makes the Formation Base with Formation Inscription reduced by a hundred times, he will dare to plant anything in the Medicine Garden.
After two days of work, Long Xuan finally finished setting up the great formation and named it the Ice Formation.
The Millennium Iceberg Snow Lotus was buried right next to the Formation Eye, which was also next to the Divine Ice Flame. It was all alone, the only one in the entire Medicine Garden.
The frigid air of the Divine Ice Flame is much colder than that of the central part of the Great Snow Mountain. In this much colder environment, the Ice Mountain Snow Lotus not only did not feel uncomfortable, but instead thrived and grew even better.
It seems that the region with the Divine Ice Flame is the most suitable environment for the growth of the Ice Mountain Snow Lotus.
This makes things much easier. Since the Ice Mountain Snow Lotus loves the environment of the Divine Ice Flame so much, Long Xuan can cultivate the Ice Mountain Snow Lotus on a large scale and become the only person in the Gu World who has mastered the artificial cultivation method of the Ice Mountain Snow Lotus.
Scarcity increases value, and he could easily make a fortune from this. Long Xuan smiled with satisfaction.
The most urgent task now is to transplant flower-type spirit medicine into this Medicine Garden on a large scale. With enough flower-type spirit medicine, we can also relocate the Spirit Bee here.
It's really pathetic that such a large Medicine Garden only has one spirit medicine...