Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation and Six Ding and Six Jia Formation
Uncle Nine frowned even more deeply. "Thousand-Year Five Elements Gold-Armored Corpse? No wonder its malevolent aura is so strong. Plus, with it absorbing the life essence of living people, it's probably going to become a corpse spirit."
Lin Yu listened from the side, clicking his tongue. It seemed that this opponent was even more troublesome than he had expected.
Looking at the golden chain on my fingertip, I wonder if it can even harm that monstrous thing.
If that doesn't work, then we'll have to resort to other methods.
After listening to Four Eyes's words, Uncle Nine pondered for a moment, his gaze sweeping across the setting sun outside the window.
"The Thousand-Year Five Elements Gold-Armored Corpse is nocturnal, especially fond of absorbing life force at midnight. We can set a trap at night, first clearing out the zombies around it, and then confronting it head-on."
Four Eyes nodded quickly. "Senior Brother is right! I'll go prepare the talismans right away. We'll set up a few formations around the mountain god temple, and bury peach wood nails and cinnabar. That should be enough to trap those walking corpses."
After some discussion, the group decided to set up a Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation to deal with the Five Elements Zombie.
Five Elements Zombie are anomalies. At this level, they are not afraid of many Daoist techniques and thunder magic, and can only be subdued by the principle of mutual restraint of the five elements.
"Senior brother, one formation like this is probably not enough. Perhaps we should set up another one..."
Four Eyes felt that one formation was not enough to eliminate it, so he wanted to set up another one.
"Then what kind of formation do you think should be set up?" Uncle Nine glanced at him upon hearing this, thinking, "What kind of formation can you set up with these tools?"
Four Eyes rubbed his hands together, his eyes filled with worry. "Senior brother, it's not that I'm being paranoid, but that's Thousand-Year Five Elements Gold-Armored Corpse!"
"When the power of the Five Elements is activated, it becomes impervious to swords and spears. If we only have one Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation and it fails to contain it, we'll be at a disadvantage. How about... we add another formation? Two formations combined would be safer!"
Uncle Nine, still holding the newly drawn array eye talisman between his fingers, glanced at the tense face of the Four Eyes and said, "Alright, it's your way. So, what kind of array should we add next?"
In truth, Uncle Nine was still quite confident. The Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation was specifically designed to counter evil spirits with the five elements. With the blessing of the Pangu Clan bloodline and a disciple who was not much weaker than himself, if it really came down to a fight, one formation would be enough.
But then I thought, Four Eyes is unreliable to begin with, and he's been chased so badly this time, so I shouldn't spoil his fun.
Four Eyes' eyes lit up instantly, and he slapped his thigh. "I've got it! The Six Ding and Six Jia Formation! This formation can summon the power of the Six Jia Gods and Demons, specifically to counter evil spirits. If it's set up, even if that Golden Armored Corpse is powerful, it will be bound and unable to move!"
"Smack!"
Uncle Nine raised his hand and tapped Four Eyes on the back of the head. The force was neither too light nor too heavy, but it made Four Eyes shrink back.
"Has your brain been clouded by the corpse energy? The Six Ding and Six Jia Formation requires twelve people to guard twelve positions, and we only have three people in total. We can't even gather half of the positions. Who are you trying to impress?" Uncle Nine said irritably.
He thought this guy would come up with some great idea after thinking for a long time, but this is what he came up with, leaving him speechless.
Four Eyes rubbed the back of his head, his face full of regret. "I was just confused in my haste..."
"If I had known, I should have brought Jia Le along back then. Senior brother, you should have brought Wen Cai Qiu Sheng too, that would have made six! If Liuding and Liujia don't work, then let's combine half and make Liujia or Liuding."
Uncle Nine rolled his eyes at him. "You're bringing Jia Le along? If you run into that zombie, neither of you will escape!"
Four Eyes was speechless after being talked to, his head drooping, and he remained silent for a long time.
Just then, Lin Yu, who had been standing silently to the side, suddenly moved.
He took out a stack of yellow paper figures, a wisp of golden light condensed at his fingertips, and with a gentle touch, the paper figures floated to the ground.
These paper figures swelled in the wind, instantly becoming indistinguishable from real people.
"Uncle-Master," Lin Yu pointed to the paper figures, "These should be enough to hold the positions in the formation."
The Four Eyes stared wide-eyed, leaned over and poked the paper figure. It was surprisingly sturdy, unlike ordinary paper.
"This... this is that Paper-Crafting Technique you learned?! Or is it 'Scatter Beans to Form Soldiers'?"
Four Eyes knew that his nephew had learned the Paper-Crafting Technique, and this operation was similar, but he had never seen Paper-Crafting Technique that could create a living person.
"Good lad! With you here, our formation is secure! I'll go choose the formation positions right now and set up the Six Ding and Six Jia Formation around the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation, making it a double formation!"
He quickly forgot about that thought, now only filled with joy. His voice rose, all his previous worries vanished, and he pinched Lin Yu's cheek, saying, "Uncle-Master, I love you to death!"
And then, Four Eyes excitedly pulled these paper figures along, took a compass, and went into the mountains to find suitable positions for the formation.
Uncle Nine watched Four Eyes' retreating figure, shook his head helplessly, and said nothing more.
Although the double formation was redundant, it reassured Four Eyes and saved him from having to worry about the left and right when he made his move.
The group then spent the time setting up the formation.
Uncle Nine was in charge of adjusting the key points of the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation, burying the peach wood nails and cinnabar according to the five elements' directions.
Four Eyes led the paper figures to set up the Six Ding and Six Jia Formation outside, placing corresponding magical artifacts at each position; Lin Yu helped from the side, occasionally adding a few touches to make the formation more tightly connected.
Halfway through laying the cloth, Four Eyes suddenly stopped, rummaged through his yellow cloth bag, and his face fell. "Oh no! We're out of talisman paper!"
The formation was only half-finished when the talismans ran out, and Four Eyes's face instantly fell.
Uncle Nine frowned as well. Where could he find ready-made talismans in this desolate wilderness?
"It's alright, Master, have you forgotten me?" Lin Yu said calmly, raising his hand and sending several golden talismans into existence.
Lin Yu's skill in drawing talismans in the air, yet the talismans remained solid and did not dissipate, making Four Eyes envious.
He couldn't help but fantasize about how much money he could save on talismans and cinnabar if he knew this technique. He almost drooled just thinking about it.
With a flick of his finger, the talisman drawn on the Heaven-Reaching Talisman flew into the ground and landed precisely on the position of the Six Ding and Six Jia Formation.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Yu picked up a dry branch from the ground, used his finger as a pen, and drew a few simple imperial edicts on the branch with his Spiritual Power. He then casually tossed the branch into the Heaven-Reaching Talisman, where it resonated with the golden light of the talisman.
"Xiao Yu, if you can get out of here alive this time, why don't you go visit your martial uncle?" Four Eyes Lin Yu had arranged the work he had been busy with for half a day in an instant, Si Mu even had the idea of kidnapping him.
As soon as he finished speaking, both arrays suddenly lit up simultaneously.
The inner circle of the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation array glowed with five colors: blue, red, yellow, white, and black. These five divine lights were drawn by a giant eight trigram and eventually dispersed to their corresponding positions, waiting to be activated at night.
The outer circle of the Six Ding and Six Jia Formation was shrouded in a layer of golden light. In an instant, the twelve paper figures seemed to come alive, their eyes becoming lively and their bodies radiating various divine powers. Finally, they each concealed their forms, waiting to face the enemy at night.