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Chapter 71: Loyalty
When he pushed open the door, a slightly plump, middle-aged cultivator came into view.
The man wore loose Daoist robes. As he rose, the fat around his waist rippled like waves. He looked less like a Foundation Establishment cultivator with profound cultivation and more like a down-on-his-luck Qi Refining cultivator.
He casually tossed over a formation disk and asked rather languidly, "What formation is this?"
Chen Beiwu caught the Formation Disk and swept his gaze over its formation patterns. "The patterns have a heavy aura, and their winding paths resemble crawling earthworms. This should be the first-tier upper-grade [Earth-Binding Trap Formation]."
"Correct." The plump cultivator nodded, then took another set of formation disks from his storage ring. "What formation is this set?"
Chen Beiwu glanced over them and answered without hesitation, "The Formation Patterns on the Formation Disk twinkle like starlight and follow the arrangement of the Big Dipper's seven stars. This should be the second-tier upper-grade [Lesser Celestial Circuit Qi-Guiding Formation]."
"Very good. You have a solid grasp of formation fundamentals." The plump cultivator's expression grew serious, and he pointed at a set of formation disks on the shelf. "You may begin inscribing the formation patterns now."
Chen Beiwu held his breath and focused. Picking up the first-tier testing brush from the table, he began inscribing Formation Patterns on a formation disk, while the plump cultivator watched with interest from the side.
Time ticked by. As the Formation Patterns gradually took shape on the Formation Disk beneath his brush, Chen Beiwu smiled faintly, stopped writing, and looked at the examiner.
"Your foundations are very solid. With a good teacher, someone at your level could soon become a first-tier upper-grade formation master. Even becoming a Second-Tier Formation Master someday isn't impossible." The plump cultivator stroked his