Song Xing: I am cultivating immortals in Qingcheng Mountain

Chapter 455 Emperor Mingde asks for a battle formation and recommends
"Your Majesty, you are looking for me?"

The director of the Imperial Observatory, Qi Tianchen, who was also the imperial teacher, came to the imperial study.

"National Master, I heard you mention before that the Huanglong Temple has an anti-peeping formation. Is that formation still there?"

Qi Tianchen stood there, stroking his beard with his hand. After a moment of silence, he said, "Your Majesty, there is a formation. After discussing this matter last time, I went back to the temple. My efforts paid off, and I did find the formation."

Speaking of this, Qi Tianchen paused slightly.

Emperor Mingde turned his head and looked at Qi Tianchen.

"Master, please tell me what difficulties you have. As of now, the spirits are wandering around. These high walls and courtyards are nothing to them. Any disturbance in the palace cannot be hidden from their eyes and ears."

"Even if I don't say anything about this situation, the Imperial Master should know that I will never give up on this formation."

Qi Tianchen knew the situation in Tianqi City in detail, and Emperor Mingde was not exaggerating. The divine consciousness was born in the mysterious realm of the soul, and if one wanted to gather intelligence, one could even know everything about the world without leaving home.

"It's not that I don't want to lend you the formation, but the materials needed to set up the formation are extremely rare spiritual objects of heaven and earth, so I am a little hesitant about whether to hand the things over to Your Majesty, fearing that it will be a false alarm in the end."

Qi Tianchen was a bachelor, and seeing that Emperor Mingde was sincere in his words, he did not beat around the bush and directly pointed out the reason for the matter.

Emperor Mingde was stunned. He naturally did not expect Qi Tianchen's concerns to be here. However, based on Qi Tianchen's words, he also began to worry. It was normal to need materials to set up the formation, but from the other party's tone, these things did not seem easy to find.

"Master, are these spiritual creatures not in my Beili?"

Qi Tianchen shook his head.

"The world has its own destiny. According to the records in the classics, originally, spiritual stones were all that was needed to set up the formation. However, since the ancient times, the spiritual energy has gradually depleted, and this world has gradually entered the Dharma Ending Age. Therefore, it is difficult to break the divine wandering. If it were not for the heaven and earth to make a breakthrough, Zhao Shouyi of Qingcheng Mountain would have broken the shackles of the heavenly way. Those who were trapped at the peak of the free and easy heavenly realm would probably have difficulty making any progress in this lifetime."

"In other words, because of the exhaustion of spiritual energy, we had no choice but to use those spiritual objects to replace the spiritual stones. As for where those spiritual objects are, I don't know."

Qi Tianchen told the truth and no longer concealed it.

Emperor Mingde sighed softly in his heart. He had been dealing with Qi Tianchen for more than two or three years. He could still tell whether what the other party said was true or false.

In the imperial study, Qi Tianchen stood there without saying a word, and Emperor Mingde also fell into silence. The specially made ambergris exuded a fragrance that lingered for a long time.

After a moment, Emperor Mingde asked again: "Is there any way to search?"

Qi Tianchen pondered for a while, then slowly said: "The divine object is hidden. If we want to search for it, I'm afraid we can only follow the map, which is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack. If we use the power of the entire court, it will inevitably alarm those who wander in the mysterious realm. At that time..."

Before Qi Tianchen finished speaking, Emperor Mingde understood what he meant. Those who were wandering in the mysterious realm would not honestly let them search for those spiritual objects. Of course, since they were rare treasures of heaven and earth, they would probably be of great use to those people. As time went by, trouble might arise.

"National Master, do you have any other formations? We don't need to injure or trap the enemy, as long as we can block the detection of those who wander in the mysterious realm."

The formation Qi Tianchen mentioned last time was a comprehensive formation that included a killing formation, a trapping formation, and a maze formation. It was called the Liuhe formation. This formation was extremely powerful. According to records, it could block the Return to the True Realm, so Emperor Mingde was jealous. Now that he heard that this formation was extremely difficult to set up, he decided to settle for the next best thing. Qi Tianchen stroked his beard with his right hand and nodded.

"Your Majesty, there really is one. This formation was created by my junior fellow Taoist Mo Yi when he was at the Yellow Dragon Temple. It is called the End of the World Formation."

Emperor Mingde raised his eyebrows and revealed his joy in his words.

"Is it the immortal Mo Yi from the East China Sea?"

Qi Tianchen nodded.

Emperor Mingde asked again.

"Does this formation require any spiritual objects from heaven and earth?"

Qi Tianchen hesitated for a moment. After all, the operation of the formation required energy, and ordinary objects could hardly provide the energy needed for the operation of the formation.

"Your Majesty, I don't need any spiritual objects from heaven and earth."

"But we need things that contain spiritual energy, such as old antiques, weapons carried by martial arts masters, etc."

Hearing this, Emperor Mingde felt relieved, but soon his expression became a little heavy. Although those things were rare, with the ability of the Beili court, it was not difficult to find some. However, from Qi Tianchen's words, it was not difficult to understand that those things were probably disposable consumables. Searching for those things on a large scale would definitely attract the attention of those who were wandering in the mysterious realm.

As if considering this, Qi Tianchen thought for a moment and continued, "In fact, there is another alternative method. Since the Tianya Formation can only block spiritual consciousness and consumes little spiritual energy, we can use four masters of the Xiaoyao Tian Realm as the core of the formation and convert the internal force into spiritual energy through the formation to maintain the normal operation of the formation."

“If this method is used, the people sitting at the center of the formation will probably have difficulty improving their cultivation in the future.”

Provide internal force to the formation all the time. Even if the internal force required is not much, it can't be accumulated over time. Emperor Mingde arranged the formation. It is impossible for him to open it only at a certain time period to prevent those who are wandering in the mysterious realm from spying. It must be opened all the time to completely block those people's consciousness.

There was a gleam of light in Emperor Mingde's eyes. The first method mentioned by Qi Tianchen was not a good method for him, but the second one was still an excellent method, because there were many masters of Xiaoyaotian Realm in this palace, and it was not appropriate for one person to be in charge, but he could let those people take turns to be in charge, and then reward them with some rare treasures. Presumably, someone would be willing to take on this important task.

"Tianya Formation, it's a good name."

"National Master, how do you explain the word 'Tianya'?"

With his mind temporarily put to rest, Emperor Mingde felt a lot lighter on his shoulders, so he asked again about the meaning of the Tianya Formation.

Qi Tianchen chuckled.

"Your Majesty, you asked a good question. My master asked the same question at that time. I remember what my junior brother said: The moon is bright over the sea, and we are all at the same time across the world. The world is so close yet so far away, and the world is so close yet so far away. The farthest distance in this world is when I stand in front of you but you don't know I am here."

Emperor Mingde stood up, walked to the window, looked at the scenery outside, and said softly: "The world is so close, so close, so far away, so close, so far away, so far away, so far away, so far away, the junior brother of the national teacher is really a great talent, I wonder if the national teacher can introduce him to me?"

(End of this chapter)