Xiuxian: I use magnetic fields to prove my truth

Chapter 125 Are you going to challenge him to a duel?

Seeing that the time was right, Zhou Qing hurriedly stepped forward and said, "It is not a blessing for the sect if the sect leader and the headmaster are at odds. If this causes trouble among the sect members, it will be the disciple's fault."

"I am well aware that I have many shortcomings in the art of formations and need to continue to improve. I will give up the title of formation master."

The sect leader looked at him approvingly and smiled, "It's truly remarkable that you are so young yet so insightful and righteous."

He is so young yet so wise; does that mean I am old and yet ignorant of reason?

Bai Muyun sneered, "There is one more thing I need to report to the Sect Leader."

"You said."

Bai Muyun said, "Cheng Feipeng has been expelled from the Array Academy for allowing outsiders to read the confidential books of the Array Academy without authorization. I would appreciate it if the Master could make other arrangements for him."

After saying that, he glanced at Zhou Qing with a cold smile.

Zhou Qing frowned slightly. He understood that Bai Muyun's punishment of Cheng Feipeng in front of him was clearly a way of giving him a warning.

The sect leader said, "Mu Yun, why go to such extremes?"

Bai Muyun said, "Junior nephew just doesn't want any of his subordinates to betray him, otherwise, if they cause trouble and implicate the sect, it will become my fault."

After saying this, he cupped his hands in greeting to the sect leader and left Zichen Palace.

Cheng Feipeng was left at a loss.

The sect leader shook his head and said, "It's not easy to manage a large family and business."

Zhou Qing smiled and said, "This disciple understands. Everyone has their own calculations, and the sect leader can only try to balance the interests among all parties."

The sect leader said with satisfaction, "It's best that you understand."

Zhou Qing said, "Although I can understand, the promises made by the Master cannot be ignored, otherwise it would damage the prestige of the Master."

"Oh."

The sect leader glanced at him and said, "What are you trying to say?"

Zhou Qing said, "Although I cannot enter the Array Academy, I will still engage in array research in the future. The sect leader promised that the sect would give me the treatment of an array master, and this treatment cannot be interrupted."

The sect leader said, "Alright, I agree."

Zhou Qing added, “If I invent any new formations or talismans in the future, and cooperate with the sect to sell them, I should be treated equally with the Formation Academy, and I should receive three-tenths of the profits. If I have research tasks that require funding, the sect should provide full support.”

Ok?
The sect leader's eyes flickered slightly as he sized up Zhou Qing and chuckled, "So you're planning to rebuild a new array court and challenge Mu Yun to a duel?"

Zhou Qing said, "I dare not. I only have to do this so that my personal research can receive funding."

“Researching formations is an incredibly demanding activity. Without funding, it’s impossible to make any progress. With Master Bai here, and since I’ve already cut off my path to the Formation Academy, I’ll naturally have to start from scratch.”

The sect leader said, "Alright, I agree. As long as you can demonstrate sufficient potential, my support for you will be limitless."

Zhou Qing wasn't too excited; he had already anticipated receiving the support of the sect leader.

This guy is a balancing artist. Due to the sect's rules, the Qimen Hall is a highly independent system within the sect, and the sect leader's control over the Qimen Hall is subject to various restrictions.

Now that someone has stepped forward to challenge Qimen Hall, the sect leader is naturally delighted.

Zhou Qing bid farewell to the sect leader and left Zichen Palace.

Cheng Feipeng also left.

Seeing his dejected expression, Zhou Qing smiled and said, "Why are you so disappointed, Uncle-Master? Leaving the Array Academy doesn't mean you can't do array research. You heard about my agreement with the Sect Leader. Why don't you come and help me?"

Cheng Feipeng said, "It's not that easy. The Array Academy has been established for thousands of years and has accumulated a massive amount of data. It has complete and rigorous laboratories. It's not that easy to conduct research without these conditions." Zhou Qing said, "The conditions are naturally a bit rudimentary now, but they will get better in the future."

“The simple conditions also have their advantages, namely, that we don’t have to bear the heavy burden of history and the complex network of interests, and we can focus on studying the formation.”

"I am currently training a group of disciples who can inscribe formations, and I hope my senior uncle can help me."

Cheng Feipeng laughed and said, "Anyway, I have nothing to do right now."

That means they've agreed.

Cheng Feipeng was expelled from the courthouse, so he could no longer use his residence there.

According to normal procedures, he should naturally relinquish his status as an initiating disciple and return to live on Baiyun Mountain.

However, now that he had agreed to help Zhou Qing, he naturally did not want to return to Baiyun Mountain, so he went to Ziyun Mountain and applied for a house not far from Zhou Qing's residence.

Cheng Feipeng went to clean the house and settle in.

Zhou Qing was considering the next steps.

In the month since meeting with Mu Zhuosha and the others, he has spent most of his time optimizing talismans, aside from cultivation, and recently he finally succeeded in making one.

That's the Green Vine Binding spell, a wood-elemental magic technique.

Zhou Qing had also invented a similar formation to the Green Vine Binding Formation on his own. At the time, he felt that it had the potential to be further developed, but he was too busy with other matters and never had the time to do so.

Now he needs the optimized talisman to break the deadlock, so he can finally focus on completing his research task.

The Green Vine Binding spell is a common spell, and almost every sect has this spell. It can be used to control vines for self-defense and to defend against enemies.

As one's cultivation level increases and one becomes more proficient in spells, the number of vines that can be controlled increases from one or two to more than a dozen, and the strength of the vines also increases.

This is a spell that can be cultivated at the second level of Qi Refining, with the limit being the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Of course, saying that its limit is the ninth level of Qi Refining does not mean that cultivators who have surpassed the ninth level of Qi Refining cannot use this spell. Rather, it means that the efficiency of using this spell is not high for cultivators at higher levels.

Once you exceed your limit, the power of your spells increases very slowly. Often, even if you use ten more units of spiritual energy, you will only increase the power by one unit. At this point, you should switch to a higher-grade spell to fully utilize the power of your spiritual energy.

Although the strength of the Green Vine Binding vines increases with cultivation level, there are always limits to how much they can increase.

Zhou Qing's approach to optimizing this spell talisman was to increase the strength of the vines.

Under normal circumstances, no matter how much the strength of vines is increased, they can never escape their plant nature, and their strength has a limit.

Unless its plant nature is altered.

Zhou Qing's first thought was to incorporate the inherent nature of metal elemental energy into it.

The most prominent characteristics of metal elemental energy are its solidity and sharpness, both of which can increase the power of the Green Vine Binding Technique.

However, there is a difficulty in this.

The metal element is precisely what restrains the wood element.

Once the metal and wood elements are combined, the wood element will be instantly eliminated, preventing the Green Vine Binding Spell from taking shape and thus rendering it powerless.

Zhou Qing tried to find a way to combine the two. He experimented with all the runes from the Qingyun Sect that influenced the metal and wood attribute spiritual energy, but he still couldn't succeed.

Finally, he had a flash of inspiration and used water-based spiritual energy as a mediator between the two, which solved the problem.

(End of this chapter)