Cultivating Immortality: I Have a High-Martial World

Chapter 63 With your talent, it would be against all reason not to learn the art of formations! (Please continue reading)

For the next few days, Lin Chen mostly stayed in the shop to cultivate.

Sometimes business is good, and you can earn a hundred or two hundred spirit stones.

Sometimes the place is quiet and deserted, and Lin Chen is happy to be at ease.

When Lin Chen occasionally craved spiritual food, he would close the shop and return to Danfeng.

Fortunately, it was close by, so we could stay on Danfeng Peak for a day or two and enjoy some delicious meals prepared by our master to satisfy our cravings.

As they went back and forth, Lin Chen's Qi and Blood value steadily increased.

He's just one step away from the 100 points of health required to become a martial arts master.

But after staying at the foot of the mountain for a while, Lin Chen also discovered some problems.

His cultivation speed is not as fast as it was on the mountain.

"It's the difference in the density of spiritual energy... Changchun Sect has advanced spirit-gathering arrays, making cultivation twice as effective!"

"But... in the market town at the foot of the mountain, the spiritual energy is far too thin."

Lin Chen squinted. Although he spent spirit stones to cultivate every day, his cultivation speed would be faster in an environment with abundant spiritual energy.

"Speaking of which... before the fat shopkeeper left, he seemed to have moved some kind of formation..."

"It seems I need to set up a miniature spirit-gathering array in this pharmacy... My own cultivation level must be guaranteed."

With this in mind, Lin Chen closed the shop again.

After thinking for a moment, he hung a wooden sign outside the shop that read:

"The shopkeeper is out. Please come back tomorrow if you need any pills..."

Afterwards, Lin Chen walked briskly to the Heavenly Array Tower.

"Junior Brother Lin~"

From a distance, Li Fengping came up to greet him with a smile:

"Junior Brother Lin, what brings you to my Heavenly Array Pavilion today?"

Lin Chen cupped his hands in a respectful gesture and smiled:

"Senior Brother Li, I have opened a pill shop in the market under Master's orders, called Lin's Little Pavilion."

"However, my junior brother discovered that the spiritual energy at the foot of the mountain is far inferior to that at the mountain gate, so he wants to build another miniature spirit-gathering array..."

After hearing this, Li Fengping suddenly realized what was going on and said:

"Indeed, a miniature spirit-gathering array is extremely convenient, and it seems most suitable to set it up in the shop..."

"What about your previous small-scale spirit-gathering array?"

"My master paid for that small spirit-gathering array, so I can use it to cultivate when I occasionally return to the sect."

Lin Chen had already prepared his explanation; he would simply shift any blame onto Han Jihai.

After all, his master Han Jihai didn't like to interact with people and almost always stayed in Danfeng, so he wasn't afraid of being exposed.

"I see. Then I recommend that you buy a miniature spirit-gathering array. A single array costs only fifty spirit stones and covers an area of ​​three zhang in radius, which is most suitable..."

Li Fengping took out a formation and began to promote it.

Lin Chen shook his head slightly after hearing this and said:

"Senior Brother Li, I am quite interested in the Dao of Formations, and I have taken the time to learn some knowledge about formations before."

"Therefore, could you sell me some array-setting materials, junior brother? He wants to try it out himself."

Li Fengping was taken aback upon hearing this, then said earnestly:

"Junior Brother Lin! The art of formations is profound and complex; it's not something you can master in just a few days..."

"I know you have great talent, but you should focus your energy on the right path. Even a Core Formation expert can't be proficient in everything..."

Li Fengping had a good impression of Lin Chen, so he thought he would give him some pointers and persuade him to give up.

Lin Chen remained silent, his expression resolute.

Li Fengping could only ask helplessly, "Junior Brother, do you really want to try your hand at array formations?"

Lin Chen nodded.

"If that's the case, then I'd like to discuss this with you, would you be willing?"

"That is exactly what I wish for!"

Lin Chen cupped his hands in greeting, as he was worried about not having a way to test what he had learned in the past two months!

"Alright, then I'll start by testing you on the basics. This art of formations is divided into eight odd-numbered categories and eight even-numbered categories..."

"It also corresponds to the positions of heaven and earth, and natural phenomena..."

Li Fengping asked Lin Chen a few basic questions about formations.

Lin Chen had an excellent memory and a solid foundation in formations, so his answer was flawless.

This piqued Li Fengping's interest.

So his questions gradually became more in-depth.

But Lin Chen still answered very well, and even occasionally offered his own insights.

"Hiss~ Junior brother seems to really have some understanding of formations."

"Please wait a moment, brother, while I brew you a pot of tea. Let's drink tea and discuss things together..."

Li Fengping looked surprised, and what he had previously called "guidance" turned into discussion.

So Lin Chen stayed in the Heavenly Array Tower for an hour.

They continued to discuss formations with Li Fengping.

From formation to the Five Elements theory, and then to Spirit Gathering Array, Merit Attack Array, and Maze Array.

Although Lin Chen was highly gifted and insightful, he had only been studying array formations for a short time, and he learned a great deal from Li Fengping.

Li Fengping was amazed by Lin Chen's meticulous thinking and imaginative ideas.

Sometimes Lin Chen asked questions that even he hadn't considered.

For example, Lin Chen asked:

Everything in the world has mass, so does spiritual energy also have mass?

Theoretically speaking, spiritual energy, a gas containing immense power, is heavier than air.

Does the statement in the Daoist scriptures that "turbid and heavy qi sinks" mean that in the same environment, places at lower altitudes have more concentrated spiritual energy?

If that's the case, wouldn't it be faster to cultivate while lying down?

Following this line of thought, if the height of the spirit-gathering array is increased, could the speed at which spiritual energy is gathered be improved?

Such questions... Lin Chen's questions seem absurd, but upon closer examination, they make perfect sense.

Of course, Lin Chen's ability to ask these questions is thanks to the nine years of compulsory education.

As a top student, he's definitely not a loser.

It wasn't until dusk that Li Fengping stopped his discussion with Lin Chen, and remarked with emotion:

"Junior brother, your aptitude is simply genius for learning the Dao of Arrays!"

"Sigh, how did you end up joining the Pill Peak... What a waste of talent! What a waste of your potential..."

Lin Chen smiled without saying a word after hearing this; he seemed to have an even greater talent in alchemy.

Li Fengping continued:

"Junior brother, do you often attend lectures by the elders of the Array Peak? Judging from your array formation skills, they are already comparable to those of an inner disciple of the Array Peak who has been studying for seven or eight years."

"An elder is giving a lecture?"

Lin Chen blinked; he had absolutely no idea about this!

Upon seeing Lin Chen's reaction, Li Fengping was also stunned, and then gasped.

"Hiss~ Junior brother didn't attend the class? Could it be that what you just said was something you couldn't figure out on your own?"

"Well, not entirely... I learned a lot from books."

Lin Chen lied; in fact, many of the problems lay with the Great Xia think tank.

With hundreds of top talents involved in the research of the Dao, the speed of progress is self-evident.

Lin Chen, on the other hand, stood on the shoulders of giants and thus learned a great deal.

But Li Fengping was unaware of these things, and he said earnestly:

"Junior Brother Li, every month, the elders of each peak in our Changchun Sect give lectures on alchemy, array formation, artifact crafting, and talisman techniques. Occasionally, even the peak masters at the Core Formation stage will personally give lectures..."

"Disciples from any peak, whether inner or outer sect, are welcome to audit the lecture... Tomorrow happens to be a lecture by an elder from the Array Peak; you should definitely go and listen!"

Afterwards, Li Fengping informed Lin Chen of the time and place of the lecture.

Lin Chen was completely bewildered, wondering to himself:

"I've been a disciple of the sect for three months now, but my master hasn't mentioned this at all!"

(End of this chapter)