Even the Cloud and Mist Grand Formation at Moon Lake Market used qi-gathering array patterns as its foundation. Only their vastly greater number allowed it to gather such clouds and mist.
Afterward.
Xu Mingxian kept experimenting until he could quickly lay out a Qi Guiding Formation.
Next, he studied spirit-gathering array patterns, linking multiple Qi Guiding Formations together to multiply the speed at which they gathered qi. Then came spirit-locking.
It gathered all the spiritual qi within a fixed area and kept it from dispersing.
The more powerful a Spirit-Gathering Formation was, the wider the area over which it could gather spiritual qi.
Time slipped by.
He spent half a year painstakingly studying.
At last, Xu Mingxian used several pieces of spirit iron to lay out the most rudimentary Spirit-Gathering Formation. He tried it himself, but it only increased his cultivation speed by five percent.
That was faster than I imagined. Could Father really be right about my outstanding talent for the Formation Path?
Once I get more proficient, I'll find a way to refine a Formation Plate or Formation Flags. That way, I can carry them with me.
But should I hire someone to refine them, or learn some basic artifact refining skills myself?
After hesitating for a while, Xu Mingxian chose to buy a book on artifact refining.
He spent two spirit stones on a copy of the True Guide to Beginner Artifact Refining.
Even if he could not learn it himself, he could leave it for future members of the clan to study.
The most basic methods of artifact refining were not particularly difficult. The Artifact Refining Path was easy to learn but hard to master.
Unlike the Formation Path and Pill Dao, both of which were difficult even to get started in.
It took a little