Starting as a spiritual plant master, may I eventually become the master of all lands.

Chapter 107 Heaven and Earth Have Their Own Great Array

After reading the detailed information on the Demonic Path and browsing extensively on the third floor, Song Chuan finally arrived at the bookshelf for array formations.

After searching for half an hour, he finally found a book called "An Outline of Formations" that satisfied him.

This was a book introducing and explaining formations. He quickly scanned a few pages and then carried the book down from the giant flower to the main hall of the Yuewei Hall.

Two Qi Refining disciples in the hall bowed respectfully when they saw Song Chuan come down.

"I want to make a copy of this booklet," Song Chuan said calmly.

One of the disciples glanced at the book in Song Chuan's hand and seemed to secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

He quickly took out a jade slip and handed it to Song Chuan: "Senior, this is a replica jade slip. Replicating this type of book requires thirty spirit stones."

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Song Chuan nodded, took the jade slip, tossed him thirty spirit stones, and began to replicate it.

He attached his divine sense to the jade slip and then closed it with the "Outline of Formation". A moment later, the contents of the "Outline of Formation" were transferred to the jade slip exactly as they appeared.

After carefully placing the jade slip, he stepped out of the Yuewei Hall.

"Fortunately, it's not a cultivation technique or secret art, just a booklet on formations," a Qi Refining disciple said after Song Chuan left.

"That's right, otherwise we should inform the steward. The steward specifically instructed that he is cultivating and should not be disturbed unless necessary."

"By the way, don't you think this senior looks slightly familiar?"

"I didn't feel that way."

Back in his cave, Song Chuan cursed under his breath.

Thirty spirit stones, a basic guide to formations, and a monthly salary doesn't even amount to thirty spirit stones.

You might say that this Vine Flower Valley is bloodsucking, but at least it provides you with the best things in Qi. But if you say it's generous, something just doesn't feel right.

He sighed for a while, then looked at his spirit stones; he still had over two thousand. This was definitely a large sum, but it was all earned with his life, and he knew it would be difficult to earn so much at once again.

That day, he earned a little over four thousand coins from selling magical artifacts and talisman materials, but spent two thousand on the Dragon-Entangling Spear.

Foundation Establishment cultivators have many uses for spirit stones: pills, magic tools, talismans, cultivation techniques, secret arts, spirit beasts—as well as their own crafts.

This skill is very mysterious. It involves investing spirit stones in the early stages, hoping to recoup the investment or even make a profit later. But whether you can actually make a profit, who knows?

For a second-tier spirit plant master, advancing to the next level isn't too difficult, but it does require a systematic understanding of the habits of second-tier spirit plants.

Their status is vastly different from that of a first-tier spirit plant master. Second-tier spirit plant masters are extremely rare among independent cultivators outside the sect. If a small sect or family has a second-tier spirit plant master, they are considered a precious treasure.

Among all the cultivation arts, only the first-tier spirit plant master has the lowest prestige, essentially an upgraded version of a spirit farmer. However, after the second tier, the gap between spirit plant masters and other professions is not so large, and they even surpass many professions.

Because second-tier spiritual plants have begun to exhibit some unusual habits, they will be ruined if one is not familiar with them.

Even in a place like Vine Flower Valley, not all Foundation Establishment cultivators are second-tier spirit plant masters! One can imagine the value of this status.

Advancing to the second tier of spirit plant master wasn't urgent for Song Chuan. He wanted to wait until the last month of summer to review his knowledge of formations. He didn't know where he'd be assigned a mission three years later.

Although he has a great advantage in the field of formations due to his earth element, ordinary formations are not difficult for him.

However, it's still important to learn more. If you can become a formation master, not only will the danger be much less, but you can also earn spirit stones much faster if you become a second-tier spirit plant master later.

After all, the number of spirit stones is decreasing, and the annual salary of two hundred stones is not enough for him to cultivate the "Earth Primordial Essence Technique" and feed the orchid insects.

This method eliminates the need to consume large amounts of elixirs, thus saving on such expenses.

However, during the Foundation Establishment stage, one needs to find some earth elemental seeds to cultivate Dao seeds, as well as some special earth-type materials to absorb their spiritual power. In addition, one needs to use the "Earth Cultivation Technique" to prepare spiritual soil, all of which require spirit stones.

He flipped through the book "An Outline of Formations". Although it was placed in Yuewei Hall, it was not just a book with many words; it contained quite a bit of genuine, practical information.

The opening statement states directly: Heaven and earth possess their own grand formation, with the earth's veins forming the foundation, the five elements constellation as the energy, mountains and rivers forming the shape, and birds, beasts, insects, and fish forming the momentum.

Ordinary array masters carve patterns and draw arrays, while advanced array masters borrow from heaven and earth, mountains and rivers, and living beings to act in accordance with the natural order. Some can even set up extraordinary array formations without carving array plates or burying array flags.

This mentions several basic Five Elements formations, some of which deliberately avoid or counter the Earth element, in order to prevent those skilled in Earth Escape Techniques or those possessing Earth Escape Treasures from successfully entering the formation.

In addition, it mentions that many monsters are skilled in formations!

Especially gregarious demonic birds, insects, and fish, which are born with the ability to form formations. Based on this, the human race has even deduced many powerful formations!

The most incredible thing mentioned here is that if humans encounter insect or beast swarms, they can actually change their aura and hide among them to avoid danger.

This is interesting!

However, to do such a thing, one must not only have an extremely thorough understanding of the monster, but also be a highly skilled array master.

Besides demonic beasts, some strange spiritual plants can also form arrays, such as certain poisonous miasma forests.

After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, my eyes were truly opened!

So there are so many intricacies to formations! No wonder it's one of the four great arts of cultivation! The other three are alchemy, weapon forging, and talisman making.

The book is too thin; it's mostly just an overview, so I didn't get to enjoy it enough.

But he was certain of one thing: pure earth-element cultivators would achieve twice the results with half the effort when learning formations.

Because formations are generally built based on the earth's veins, if you can't even find the earth's veins, what kind of formation can you set up?

However, there are relatively few dedicated earth-element cultivators, since array formations are considered unorthodox practices, and it's impossible to specialize in earth-element cultivation just for array formations.

The solution is quite simple: use treasures to survey the earth's veins, or cultivate some earth magic, or even have the supernatural ability of spiritual vision to see the earth's veins.

Furthermore, while there are relatively more formations based on the earth's veins, this is not the case for all formations.

He closed the book, pondered for a while, and muttered to himself, "Array Master—" He then closed his eyes and began to meditate and cultivate.

The last month of summer.

At this moment, the sun blazed fiercely in the sky. Years ago, the human invasion of the Yunduan Mountains had caused a drastic change in the climate of the Eastern Region. This intense heat of the sun shone brightly, scorching the mountains, rivers, and vegetation, making it impossible for ordinary people to go out and work.

The State of Qi is located next to the Yunduan Mountains and is also connected to the State of Yushi, which has abundant rainfall, making it relatively better off.

Song Chuan stood outside the cave, squinted at the sun overhead, and headed towards a fire-elemental spiritual vein.

Among the five elements, fire generates earth and is most nourishing to earth.

Why does a new life always emerge after a wildfire? It's because the embers of the fire become abundant nutrients, which mix with the soil and fill the land with vitality.

In the month of Wei, when summer is almost over, the earth element gains strength from the remaining energy of fire, becoming most robust.

Fire-type spiritual veins are not hard to find in Vine Flower Valley. Song Chuan spent half a day successfully extracting the Earth Element of the Wei Month. Afterwards, he went straight to the General Affairs Hall to visit Steward Wang.