Xiuxian: I use magnetic fields to prove my truth

Chapter 158 Zhou Qing is no genius, Wu Tao is the real genius.
Upon hearing that he had come to analyze the new runes, Bai Muyun frowned and said, "No need, you can go back. This is not something you can do."

Even these master-level figures are helpless against these new runes, and now a mere apprentice dares to claim that he has inspiration.

Isn't this ridiculous?

Wu Tao felt weak all over after being scolded by Bai Muyun.

Bai Muyun held immense authority in the Array Academy, and his word was law. Even the formal array masters dared not disobey him, let alone a mere apprentice like him.

Wu Tao instinctively wanted to turn around and leave.

But Zhou Qing's words unconsciously echoed in his mind, giving him more confidence.

If you're not willing to take risks, why should good things fall into your lap?

Now that the headmaster and two masters are present, if he can successfully decipher the runes in front of these three leaders of the Array Academy, he will become famous. No one in the Array Academy will dare to underestimate him in the future, and his promotion to a formal Array Master will be much smoother.

Thinking of this, he gained a lot of courage, gritted his teeth, and said, "Master, two masters, this disciple wants to give it a try. If I fail, this disciple is willing to accept the punishment."

The three were surprised that he dared to disobey orders.

Seeing that the leader seemed somewhat annoyed, Xuanzhe quickly said, "It's good that he has such ambition. Why don't we just watch him try it out?"

Xuanzhe was an elder of the Array Academy, second only to Bai Muyun, and the most likely person to break through the Earth-grade array and advance to the Grandmaster level. Bai Muyun couldn't very well refuse him, so he nodded in agreement.

Wu Tao walked nervously to the huge table and began to conduct the experiment.

He first used the golden monkey skin to inscribe the new runes, and the runes immediately emitted faint spiritual energy fluctuations.

He then used another piece of golden monkey skin to engrave the runes that Zhou Qing had given him.

Once each rune is inscribed, it generates new spiritual energy fluctuations, which interact with the spiritual energy fluctuations of the new rune.

The more runes you have, the more intense the interaction becomes.

Bai Muyun, Xuanzhe, and Hong Guan frowned and said, "Alright, stop now, or it'll explode!"

Wu Tao was uncertain at this point, but if he stopped now, he would gain nothing and only create a bad impression on the headmaster and the two masters.

It's better to just take a big gamble.

He prayed silently, "Brother Zhou, please don't get me into trouble!"

He gritted his teeth and said, "This disciple is willing to take full responsibility."

As he spoke, he inscribed the last rune.

Strangely enough, the moment the last rune appeared, the previously intense fluctuations in spiritual energy completely subsided.

Bai Muyun and the other two all changed their expressions drastically.

This is a perfectly balanced performance!
For a formation master to analyze runes, the ideal situation is to find the perfect equilibrium point.

A single rune can generate a fluctuation of spiritual energy. If a formation master can find a set of runes whose fluctuations of spiritual energy can completely cancel out the former, then perfect balance has been achieved.

This set of runes is the equilibrium point for the new runes.

Based on the properties of this set of runes, the properties of the new runes can be perfectly deduced.

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When array masters analyze runes, they cannot always reach a perfect equilibrium point; most of the time, they can only get a rough result.

Therefore, many of the rune analyses from the Qingyun Sect are only approximate results, and are neither accurate nor complete.

Even the three masters of the Lianzhen Court were helpless in this matter.

It's unbelievable that this apprentice could find such a perfect equilibrium point. "How did you do that?"

Bai Muyun, disregarding her earlier dissatisfaction with the apprentice, immediately exclaimed with delight.

Wu Tao hadn't expected the result to be so perfect. While feeling awe for Zhou Qing's mastery of formations, he suppressed the smile that was about to burst forth and poured out the words he had prepared long ago.

“Since the new runes appeared, I have been thinking hard every day, hoping to make some contribution to the rune analysis of the Array Academy. Tonight, I thought about it for a long time and suddenly had an inspiration. I felt that these runes should be right, so I decided to come and try them out. I didn’t expect to succeed.”

Wu Tao said reservedly.

Bai Muyun nodded and said, "Intuition is indeed difficult to explain sometimes. Whether one has keen intuition or not is the dividing line between genius and mediocrity."

"Wu Tao, I underestimated you in the past. You actually have a genius for analyzing runes."

Upon receiving Bai Muyun's praise, Wu Tao felt a surge of heat throughout his body and couldn't help but feel elated. He said, "The reason I haven't been able to construct formations in the past is because I've spent too much energy analyzing runes."

"This disciple has discovered that there are still many areas for improvement in the runes that our academy has analyzed in the past, so I spend some time on supplementing them."

"Oh?"

Bai Muyun asked happily, "Any results?"

Wu Tao said, "I have re-analyzed these runes used to determine the new runes. I would appreciate guidance from the headmaster and the two masters."

After saying that, he recited several annotations that he had memorized from Zhou Qing.

The experts listened as if struck by a thunderbolt.

"A genius, a genius!"

Hong Guan exclaimed in surprise, "The analysis of these runes can be said to be perfect, and it will be difficult for later generations to add anything."

"Senior Brother Xuanzhe, you've taken on a good student!"

Wu Tao was Xuanzhe's apprentice.

Xuanzhe felt something was amiss. Based on Wu Tao's usual performance, he hadn't realized that this guy had such high talent.

But then he realized that many geniuses didn't show anything unusual before they had an epiphany, but once they did, they became so dazzling that it was hard to hide.

Perhaps Wu Tao had a sudden epiphany and suddenly understood.

Furthermore, rune analysis is indeed a very time-consuming task, and it's not surprising that you don't see results in the early stages.

Thinking of this, he put aside his concerns and smiled reservedly.

Bai Muyun paced back and forth in the research room with delight, saying, "Good, good, good. I always thought that most of the juniors in the Array Academy were mediocre, and it was rare to see anyone with amazing talent. As a result, the Array Academy's limelight was actually overshadowed by an outsider."

"I never expected there would be a genius right under my nose."

“Constructing formations is ultimately a secondary matter; analyzing runes is the true foundation of a formation master.”

"In my opinion, Zhou Qing is no genius at all; Wu Tao is the real genius."

"Such a genius should be nurtured by our Array Academy."

Xuanzhe and Hongguan both knew that their leader had recently been humiliated by Zhou Qing's momentum and was therefore eager to regain his prestige. Now that they had Wu Tao, a genius at analyzing runes, they naturally wanted to promote him.

When Wu Tao heard the leader compare him to Zhou Qing, he couldn't help but feel uneasy. However, the leader's words about cultivating him made him excited.

With that statement, he felt he had risen to great heights.

(End of this chapter)