Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 267 A Group of Formations

The so-called Mahadeva Demon King, if we understand it literally, doesn't that mean 'free to come and go without restrictions'?

This title clearly expresses Mo Luo’s earnest expectations for Zhao Yifu... Go quickly, go quickly!
Zhao Yifu's consciousness woke up from the dream. This time, the gains from the "Dreamlike Fairyland" were huge for him.

Originally, he was in the Three Realms. If he wanted to be promoted to a celestial being, the shaping of his own worldview actually focused more on the microscopic contents he saw around him. However, this time, the macroscopic operating logic was completed for him.

With this perspective as a basis, he found that it was possible to verify many of the difficult and obscure parts of the 'Taiqing Immortal Technique'.

He discovered that the 'Taiqing Immortal Method' itself was actually very comprehensive, but because it still studied the heaven and earth from the perspective of the Three Realms, it seemed quite difficult to understand when it reached the macro level.

After seeing the light and shadow of the three realms in the long river of darkness, Zhao Yifu in turn helped him gain a deeper understanding of this difficult and obscure part of the 'Taiqing Immortal Technique'.

It can be said that this journey into the dark void did not actually supplement the 'Taiqing Immortal Method' he already knew, but it did provide an extremely effective aid to his understanding.

It was as if he was using some simple formulas to deduce complex mathematical problems, which was naturally very difficult.

But now he has jumped to the last step and seen the answer, and then used the known formula to reverse the process from the answer... These processes can form his empirical formulas for other difficult problems.

That's great.

Zhao Yifu greedily absorbed the harvest this time and consolidated his own foundation.

When he feels that he is about right, he can take a step into the realm of celestial immortals.

But now he still has some things to deal with, that is, his current situation is actually somewhat dangerous.

Having killed so many seemingly righteous sword immortals who took refuge under the Sword Immortal Alliance, his reputation is now absolutely red-hot.

Once this reputation spreads, there will definitely be a wave of people fighting against demons and defending the way.

He had to make some careful arrangements. The most direct way was to find a way to set up some defensive measures on his Baiyun Mountain.

This problem is actually quite troubling, because he is not good at setting up formations. He can learn it on the spot, but can he compare with those cultivators who specialize in formations?
Zhao Yifu thought about it and suddenly felt that at this time perhaps he could think from a different angle.

He may not be good at other formations, but his illusion skills are definitely great.

In fact, the principles of illusion and magic array have many things in common. He only needs to set up a sufficiently good magic array.

The eye of the formation is all hidden in the illusion. If someone can see through his illusion, then they can naturally break the formation.

He gambled on his own illusion skills.

At this moment, he put in the same energy he had when he built the Tribulation City for the Heavenly Demon, and while flipping through the "Introduction to Formations", he set up the illusion formation.

How should I put it? His illusion skills are indeed amazing. Even a normal person would be confused by his illusions that can scare away demons.

But he was too ambitious and wanted to create a complex illusion array that was beautiful and realistic.

Then he became tragic.

Because his understanding of formations was really low-end, he could only keep piling up low-end formations to achieve the effect he wanted.

But how can low-end formation logic achieve the effect he wants?
So he could only keep doing subtraction and reduce his own illusion array requirements.

Under such circumstances, the effects of his illusion array became simpler and simpler, until in the end it was just a thick fog covering the entire Baiyun Mountain.

The complexity of his formations was enough to leave anyone scratching their heads. Because he was constantly doing subtraction, many of the formations he had originally planned with such ambition became redundant.

As a result, there were more and more redundant formations, and he was sweating profusely while adjusting them.

After a lot of effort, the formation started to work.

The entire Baiyun Mountain was shrouded in a thick white fog.

In this white fog, anyone will lose their way and cannot see the way forward. It can also confuse people's vision, hearing, and even spiritual perception, making people completely lose their way.

The most bizarre thing is that this is a formation. If a formation master wants to crack it from the perspective of the formation, he will definitely burn his brain dry.

Because this formation is too complicated and has too much redundancy.

Moreover, this redundant formation is hidden in the illusion. In order to break this formation, in addition to understanding the art of formations, one must also be able to break Zhao Yifu's illusion... This is basically impossible.

Not to mention them, even Zhao Yifu himself couldn't crack it.

Because after he finally got the formation working, he still didn't know how it worked.

He could dismantle the illusion array, but he wouldn't be sure he could put it back together again...

It’s like a programmer in the previous life who, with the blessing of a lucky buff, wrote a bunch of shitty codes... This code runs very well, but others will feel dizzy just by looking at it.

Zhao Yifu is in this state now. He feels that he is just making the same mistakes that all beginners make.

However, since the "Shit Mountain Code" of Baiyun Mountain has already been completed, it is better not to touch it casually.

Zhao Yi Fu carefully retreated from the clouds and mist, counting the time on his fingers, and realized that he had been studying this formation for more than half a year.

My goodness, it took him so long to digest his insights from cultivation, and he spent so much time just to set up a formation... He was already certain that he definitely had no talent for formations.

After wiping the sweat from his forehead, he looked back at his formation and smiled with satisfaction.

This formation actually realized his idea.

Although it is not beautiful enough, it has all the functions.

The most basic thing is that the part at the foot of the mountain can dissuade ordinary people, especially those Liao people in Liao City who always want to kowtow to him, so that they can go back home.

At this time, only the vision is restricted, but the soul is not restricted.

But the situation is different further up. The illusion array further up is enough to confuse all practitioners and affect their souls.

When they reached the middle of the mountain, even immortals could not avoid it...at least that was what Zhao Yifu thought.

As for flying directly from the sky...

I'm sorry, but the illusion array covering the top of the mountain is the most powerful. Flying in the thick fog can make people fall headfirst into the ground without even realizing it.

Zhao Yifu looked at his own hilltop and finally felt a little safe.

As for the fact that the people of Liaocheng couldn’t find him?
Sorry, these ordinary celestial beings just need to say thank you silently in their hearts. There is no need to make a personal trip, which he finds annoying.

Just when he was about to take a good rest and play for a while, his 'beloved friend' Li Wenqing came again.

Li Wenqing walked from above, flew all the way to the Baiyun Mountain area, and saw the new illusion array created by Zhao Yifu...

At this time, Zhao Yifu in the battle line shouted, "Brother Yunzheng, wait a moment. I will take you in right away."

However, Li Wenqing suddenly became interested. He said, "Don't worry, Jun Xin. I happen to have studied formations myself. How about letting me try out your formation?"

Zhao Yifu could only nod and say, "Okay, I'm sorry to make you laugh, Brother Yunzheng."

Li Wenqing plunged into the illusion array, only to find that it was much more powerful than he had imagined.

He thought Zhao Yifu was a rough-and-tumble type of man who liked hard-hitting tactics and would not be very good at something as "literary" as illusion.

But he never expected that once he entered the cloud, he would feel his soul completely blocked. Even his various senses were confused.

At this moment, he felt that he was not flying down, but flying up...

He subconsciously wanted to continue going down, but in an instant he realized that something was wrong and became very alert. He quickly braked and stopped.

At this moment, he was sweating profusely as he looked at the rock wall that suddenly appeared before his eyes. He had almost crashed into the cliff just now.

Only then did Li Wenqing realize that Zhao Yifu's illusion array was extraordinary, and its confusing ability was incredible.

He reached out and grabbed the rock wall and began to observe the direction of the formation, mainly the direction of the spiritual energy.

No matter how good the formation is, it will never be able to completely cover up the direction of spiritual energy. As long as he can find the pattern of the direction of spiritual energy, he can break the formation even with his eyes closed.

however……

He looked for a while and then closed his eyes because of a headache.

He understood some of it... or rather, he could understand the direction of the spiritual energy. This was simply a very naive way of setting up the formation.

However, these formation methods were piled together with a very unreasonable and chaotic logic, which made him confused and he felt that he was about to get confused.

For example, when doing math problems, if you want to reach the number 1 million, the easiest way is to multiply 1 by 1.

可赵以孚的做法，是用无数的1+1+2+3+……这种基础的不规则小数字加法给一路加到了1亿，这换个人来看都得眼晕。

Li Wenqing simply couldn't understand how such a rubbish formation was built. After all, setting up a formation was not a simple addition of numbers. The problem here was extremely complicated.

Seeing that Li Wenqing seemed a little numb, Zhao Yifu appeared at the right time and said, "Brother Yunzheng, this way."

Li Wenqing breathed a sigh of relief after seeing this, and then followed Zhao Yifu out of the illusion array and came to the small courtyard on the top of the mountain.

"Brother Yunzheng, is there anything important that you need to talk to me about today?"

He asked casually, but in his heart he was thinking about how to complete the task assigned by the two elders and bring Brother Yunzheng back on the right path.

Li Wenqing, somewhat ashamed, said after being pulled out of the illusion array, "My dear brother, you are quite talented. You can actually set up such a strange illusion array."

Zhao Yifu waved his hand and said, "Brother, you're joking. I know my own limitations. This illusion array is nothing but a piece of shit in the eyes of the array master."

Li Wenqing thought that this kid really knew his own limitations, but the problem was that this thing was a bit big, and even a serious formation master didn't want to touch it!

He said, "Alright, dear brother. I didn't expect you to still have the leisure to tinker with the formation. You don't know how much trouble those remaining sword immortals caused after returning to Wanren Peak Forest."

Zhao Yifu said, "What kind of trouble could there be? Even the One Yang Sword Master has fled back to Chunyang Palace to recuperate."

"Hasn't the Sword Immortal Alliance disbanded yet?"

Li Wenqing shook his head with a strange expression and said, "No, originally, the Sword Immortal Alliance's Wanren Peak Forest headquarters was under the management of the Chunyang Palace. After the disappearance of the One Yang Sword Lord, things were indeed chaotic for a while, especially after the people from the Chunyang Palace evacuated one after another..."

"Among the Sword Immortals, quite a few were independent cultivators affiliated with them. Surprisingly, some powerful figures emerged among them and revitalized the alliance during this period. The Sword Immortal Alliance has now been reorganized and even renamed..."

"Now it's called 'Immortal Sword Alliance'."

Zhao Yifu: "..."

He didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only say, "That sounds good. At least the task that Venerable Youquan gave me has been completed."

Li Wenqing nodded and said, "Yes, it's done. The original Sword Immortal Alliance no longer exists, and the newly formed Immortal Sword Alliance is no longer under the control of the Pure Yang Palace."

At this point, Li Wenqing hesitated for a moment and said, "But, my dear brother, since you've done such a big thing, aren't you afraid that the Pure Yang Patriarch will come and cause trouble for you?"

"After all, the Sword Immortal Alliance was a minor matter, but my dear brother actually severely injured the Sun Sword Lord in public..."

Zhao Yifu said, "Master Chunyang... has already been here."

Li Wenqing was stunned, then looked at Zhao Yifu and asked, "Are you okay, my dear brother?"

Zhao Yifu said, "I'm fine. I just thought that this time, the Pure Yang Patriarch would definitely make things difficult for me. I didn't expect that he would come to me and just take a look at the flower, then suddenly freeze in shock."

Li Wenqing's eyes moved slightly, and then he showed a look of sudden realization.

Then he asked subtly and calmly, "I wonder how Grandmaster Chunyang reacted at that time?"

Zhao Yifu said with burning interest, "After being stunned for a moment, he simply said, 'This isn't her after all,' and then left without a care in the world."

"Brother, can you tell me what is going on?"

Li Wenqing smiled and said, "It seems that the trick that the teacher arranged earlier has finally come into play."

"My dear brother, I'm afraid you don't know that this Chunyang Patriarch had quite a few romantic affairs when he was young..."

Zhao Yifu quickly grabbed him and said, "Let's avoid talking nonsense to avoid the elders. Brother, can you tell me what this flower demon is all about?"

Li Wenqing stopped gossiping because he felt that Zhao Yifu was from the Chunyang sect after all and he still had some ties with the sect.

Little did he know that Zhao Yi Fu was helping him!
Li Wenqing said, "The teacher and Mara have long had a tacit understanding and know everything about the three realms."

"So, while this flower demon isn't the original pitiful woman whose soul had long since been torn apart, she was also a being that the teacher had enlightened and deliberately created in the void, a being that most closely resembled that person."

Zhao Yifu asked in surprise, "Did Venerable Youquan create this flower demon out of thin air?"

Li Wenqing said: "It's not creation out of thin air. I just selected it from billions of flowers and then enlightened her intelligence according to the required method."

"If it's something you create out of thin air... maybe it's possible outside the Three Realms, but within the Three Realms, there are still too many obstacles for the teacher."

"But things will be different once the teacher obtains the orthodox position in the Three Realms. Then, then..."

Li Wenqing's tone suddenly changed and he stopped talking.

Zhao Yifu keenly noticed a slight tremor in the final syllable that abruptly stopped.

Zhao Yi Fu remained silent after hearing this, but he actually remembered this secretly: After Youquan completely controlled the three realms, he had the ability to create things in the void, and Li Wenqing was very eager to use this power to do something for him.

Considering the existence of Hua Ruirui, Zhao Yifu could judge that he wanted to bring back someone very important in his life.

Who is that?
Zhao Yifu wanted to find out, but his heart became heavy.

He squeezed Li Wenqing's shoulders and said, "Brother Yunzheng, everything will be fine."

Li Wenqing nodded. It wasn't that he intended to hide it, but he just didn't want to talk about this feeling that had been pent up for a long time.

He collected himself and said, "My dear brother, I have come to see you for a serious matter."

Zhao Yifu said solemnly, "Brother, please speak."

Li Wenqing said: "Since you have passed the teacher's test, the next step is to formally accept you into our organization."

Zhao Yifu asked curiously, "Oh? Do I need to go somewhere?"

Li Wenqing said, "No, they will come over, so I came here first as a warning... My dear brother, you'd better quickly put away the things you value at home. Those evil guys are not very clear-headed."

Zhao Yifu was stunned when he heard this, then nodded in understanding and said, "I understand."

So he waved his hand and shouted to all the cats on the mountain: "Everyone come back."

The next moment, cats ran out from all directions and hid in his sleeves.

Yiyi also pulled the flower demon from the flower garden and brought it over.

Zhao Yifu couldn't help but wonder in his heart, it seemed that these "colleagues" of his were not easy to get along with, otherwise Li Wenqing would not have come to remind him specially.

(End of this chapter)