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Chapter 51: Moral Diary

"A book on formations?"

Lu Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling a little surprised.

No matter whether it is the first level or the second level, as long as the classics involve formations, they are undoubtedly high-end products.

The inheritance of the four major immortal cultivation skills of talismans, instruments, elixirs and formations is the goal that countless independent cultivators are eager to pursue.

The biggest drawback for independent cultivators is that they have no stable source of spirit stones, so they can only hope to find their way into the mountains where monsters roam, and hunt the monsters and collect spirit herbs.

This method is extremely risky, and if you are not careful you may end up dying at the hands of monsters.

As long as one masters any one of the four great skills of cultivating immortals, it is enough to support one's own practice and even accumulate a substantial fortune.

However, there is also a chain of contempt in the art of cultivating immortals, which is also related to the difficulty of inheriting the skills. The top level is undoubtedly the formation master.

There are many talisman makers, alchemists, and weapon refiners among the independent cultivators wandering around the major markets, but there are very few true independent cultivators who are formation masters.

Due to the complexity of the formation, ordinary practitioners cannot comprehend the mysteries of it with just a book.

A true formation master needs to undergo systematic training, read a large number of formation books, and perform many practical operations before he can become a qualified formation master.

This kind of formation master can deconstruct the underlying framework of the formation, and even change the formation according to the environment. This is a combination of a large amount of resources and talent. The cultivator who only masters one or two formations and applies them mechanically cannot be considered a formation master at all.

Lu Yan knew that he was not a genius, but he was still quite curious about formations, so he opened "The Mystery of Formations" and began reading.

An hour later, Lu Yan put down the book in his hand with an expressionless face.

"Zhenfa Canxuan" is not an introductory book on formations, but a book on the inheritance of second-level formations involving eleven first-level formations and three second-level formations.

Lu Yan had no foundation in formations at all. The descriptions of formation patterns, formation forms, formation eyes, and the direction of spiritual veins in the classics were undoubtedly like a mystery to Lu Yan.

Often, you may just understand a little bit on the previous page, but be filled with questions after reading the next page.

In addition, the two words that Lu Yan saw most in "The Mystery of Arrays" were "calculation".

The use of any array pattern requires complex calculations. Lu Yan even saw some shadows of advanced mathematics in it, but unfortunately that knowledge had long been thrown to the school.

After studying for an hour, apart from finding out that there was a spirit gathering formation among the three second-order formations, he knew nothing else.

Fortunately, the formation plate obtained before was easy to operate, otherwise it would be impossible for Lu Yan to set up the formation.

"The path of formation is really not suitable for me."

Lu Yan muttered to himself, but still kept the "Mysterious Formation" in his hand close to him.

After several version updates, Lu Yan finally understood that the most valuable thing in each version is knowledge.

At present, "The Mystery of Arrays" is useless to Lu Yan, but maybe in a certain version, "The Mystery of Arrays" will be of great use.

The world version updates and changes in various ways, and no one can predict such things for sure.

He picked up another book again. Compared with the "Mysterious Array Formation", this one looked very worn out and seemed to be quite old.

He reached out and picked up the book, but as soon as his palm touched Lu Yan, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

The book seemed to be made of the leather of some monster. Although it looked tattered and lifeless, Lu Yan could still feel the toughness of the hide.

Even if it was burned with spiritual fire or chopped with inferior magic tools, it might not be able to damage the book. However, the appearance of the book was so shabby, which was completely a change brought about by the normal passage of time. Lu Yan couldn't help but wonder how long this book had been circulated.

His eyes fell on the cover, and the name on it surprised Lu Yan.

"The Moral Journal?"

"This book, isn't it related to the Daode Sect?"

Lu Yan immediately concentrated on reading the book.

Lu Yan's guess was soon confirmed that "Daode Diary" did come from the Daode Sect.

But unfortunately, "Daode Diary" is not a spiritual practice book, but a diary written by an inner disciple of the Daode Sect.

[Tiandao calendar year 75613, July 8th:

Finally, I started to go down the mountain to train. I will first go to the mortal town to look for monsters and accumulate merits. 】

July 21:
Today, I saw a bully bullying the people in a mortal town, so I secretly taught him a lesson, but for some reason, some merits were deducted. 】

August 3:
When I passed by the mortal town again, I learned that he had been quiet for a few days after being taught a lesson by the bully that day, but because it was difficult to maintain his status in public, he wanted to take revenge on the people and set fire to a family of seven at night, burning them all to death, and then secretly escaped. 】

August 7:
I finally found the bully, crippled him, brought him back to town, and chopped off his head in front of the grave of the seven people in the family he burned to death. This time, no merit was deducted. I seemed to understand something. 】

Most of the things recorded in "Daily Records of Virtue" are similar to what one experiences when going down the mountain to gain experience, mixed in with some insights into accumulating merits.

For other people, "Daode Diary" has no value. Even if there are a few words mentioning some situations about spiritual practice and Daode Sect, the amount of information is too little to be worth spending time studying.

But for Lu Yan, who has enormous merits, a lot of information in "Daily Records of Virtue" is of great reference value. Just a brief mention of many methods of applying merits is enough to give Lu Yan a lot of inspiration.

In particular, in one of the diary entries, the author mentioned some top-grade magic.

He claimed that almost all of the top-grade spells were weakened versions of some magical powers.

Although top-grade spells are difficult to practice, they are much simpler than methods of magical powers. If one can practice top-grade spells to the peak, there is even hope of deducing the prototype of magical powers.

It is precisely because the foundation of top-grade spells is on supernatural powers that they can ignore their rank and exert power far exceeding that of other spells.

Only then did Lu Yan realize that the Red Lotus Karma Fire might be the weakened and modified method of the Xuanhuang Merit Fire. Lu Yan relied on the modified "Red Lotus Karma Fire Sutra" and his own massive merits to forcibly reproduce this magical power.

Flipping through the "Daily Records of Tao Te Ching", Lu Yan felt as if he was watching the life of a disciple of the Tao Te Ching sect thousands of years ago.

Turning the pages again, a passage of text caught Lu Yan's eyes.

[Tiandao calendar 75807, September 8th:

Our Senior Brother Qinglian, the contemporary number one in Daode Sect and known as a natural saint, has been promoted to the Nascent Soul stage. I heard that the sect is preparing to use the merits in the Merit Pool to refine a magic weapon for him.

Those who hold the magic weapon of merit can kill people without being affected by karma, and will not fall into hell after death. With the qualifications of Senior Brother Qinglian, once the magic weapon of merit is refined, he can retreat unscathed even when facing the devil's incarnation. When will I be able to have such a cultivation level! 】

The four big words "merit and magic weapon" kept echoing in Lu Yan's mind.

Suddenly, a bold idea flashed through his mind.

"Can I try to refine the Soul Banner into a magical weapon of virtue?"

(End of this chapter)