Cultivation begins with the Druid panel

Chapter 153 Array Gate of Life

After pondering for a moment beside Lu Lin, Shi Jiayi stopped worrying about the Foundation Establishment method and said to Lu Lin, "Come with me. I was so focused on cultivating this afternoon that I forgot to help you heal. Tonight will be a good time to make up for it."

After saying that, Shi Jia took Lu Lin's hand and they left the Spirit Field together, arriving at the bamboo forest.

A gentle night breeze rustled the bamboo in the bamboo grove. Shi Jiayi and Lu Lin sat facing each other, their palms touching.

Immediately afterwards, a cool force surged into Lu Lin's body through his palm, and Lu Lin's Qi Sea was immediately drawn by this force, becoming turbulent. In a short while, Lu Lin's complexion turned rosy.

In fact, Lu Lin's injuries had almost fully recovered during the day. Now, with Shi Jiayi's help, Lu Lin felt that if he cultivated for a while longer, he could try to break through to the seventh level of the Qi Refining stage.

At this moment, Shi Jiayi and Lu Lin's spiritual power combined, forming a weak tornado around them. The bamboo leaves on the ground were blown into the air by this gust of wind, encircling the two of them.

After recovering from his injuries, Lu Lin began to channel his power into Shi Jiayi's body through their opposing palms. Shi Jiayi's expression immediately changed noticeably; her cheeks flushed, and even her body temperature rose slightly.

The two of them thus became immersed in the rhythm of cultivation.

The next day, a gentle breeze caressed their faces, and bamboo leaves fell on Lu Lin and Shi Jiayi's heads, at which point the two slowly opened their eyes.

Unexpectedly, last night's cultivation was so captivating that the two of them forgot about time and actually fell asleep during the cultivation process.

Shi Jiayi withdrew her hand first, feeling the lingering warmth in her palm. She said, "I feel much better now. Your injuries should be mostly healed, right?"

Lu Lin followed suit and withdrew his hand, clearing his throat lightly: "It's alright."

Shi Jia nodded and let out a long breath, saying, "Then, we can start talking about serious matters now."

"Important business?" Lu Lin was taken aback, not understanding what Shi Jia meant by "important business".

Shi Jia said, "Master asked me to train your combat skills. Now that your injuries have healed, we can begin training."

Lu Lin couldn't help but shudder as he recalled the time Shi Jia had brutally beaten him: "But I'm not ready yet?"

Shi Jia glanced at Lu Lin, jumped off the rock, and headed out of the bamboo forest: "You have half an hour to prepare. I'll go get what we need now."

As Lu Lin watched Shi Jiayi's departing figure, he felt somewhat uncertain.

He didn't know what methods Shi Jia would use to train his combat skills, but he was certain that once they started training, he would inevitably get a beating.

A moment later, Shijia returned, this time with a calligraphy brush in her hand. The brush had golden patterns on it, as if it possessed magical power.

"This is—" Lu Lin exclaimed as he looked at the brush, "This is a specially made magical artifact used to inscribe array patterns!"

Shijia was somewhat surprised when she heard Lu Lin's words: "You actually recognized what this is at a glance? You must have studied carefully before."

"Then you should know what I'm going to do with this, right?"

Lu Lin guessed, "Does Senior Sister want to inscribe array patterns so I can deal with the power of the array?"

Shi Jia nodded slightly, then channeled a wisp of spiritual energy into the brush in her hand. The brush immediately emitted a dazzling white light, and the golden patterns on it were activated, floating in mid-air as if it had come to life.

As Lu Lin gazed at the lifelike golden patterns in mid-air, wondering how the brush could inscribe the array, the next moment, he saw the patterns fly over and merge into the surrounding space, centered on him.

At the same time, intricate patterns began to spread around Lu Lin's feet, and in a short while, an array enveloped him.

The moment the formation was completed, Lu Lin immediately felt immense pressure, and the ground beneath his feet even caved in a bit.

Lu Lin tried it and found that he was immobilized by some invisible force, unable to move.

"This is a trapping formation." Lu Lin immediately realized this and looked at Shi Jiayi, who was standing outside the formation.

Shi Jia said, "You only have the time it takes for an incense stick to burn to break through this trap. If it takes longer than that—"

At this point, Shi Jia's lips curled up slightly, and she touched the top of Lu Lin's head with the brush in her hand. Then, a sword appeared to be suspended in mid-air and began to move down little by little, at a speed that corresponded exactly to the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

Sensing the approaching killing intent, Lu Lin's forehead immediately broke out in a fine sweat. Only then did he realize that Shi Jiayi was serious.

Seeing Lu Lin trapped in the formation, Shi Jiayi sat down on a nearby rock and reminded him, "You've also learned how to break formations. And controlling the formation around you right now isn't difficult. Normally, you should be able to break it within half an incense stick's time. I'm giving you a full incense stick's time now, which is already going easy on you."

Lu Lin was on the verge of tears. He immediately activated the Shennong Codex and mobilized the spiritual power in his dantian. With his efforts, he finally broke free from the pressure of the formation. But the moment he broke free, a chain suddenly emerged from the ground and bound his arms.

It seems this trap is not so simple.

For Lu Lin, breaking free from the suppression of the formation was difficult, but not impossible. However, he understood one thing: breaking free from the suppression did not mean breaking the formation, and his physical strength was limited, so he had no chance to try and fail.

We must press on with all our might!

Lu Lin glanced at the chains wrapped around his arm, then looked down at the ground engraved with intricate patterns. After a moment of contemplation, he immediately used his spiritual sense to sense the flow of spiritual energy within the formation.

The foundation of the formation method is the Eight Trigrams Life Gate. As long as the Life Gate is found, the formation can be broken. The Life Gate of the Eight Trigrams is not fixed. It changes with the flow of spiritual energy. Therefore, as long as the flow of spiritual energy is thoroughly studied, theoretically any kind of formation can be broken.

With the help of his spiritual power and the druid's natural perception, the scene before Lu Lin's eyes finally changed. The flowing spiritual power turned into visible threads in Lu Lin's eyes, and these threads eventually converged at a certain point.

That position is the key point of the formation.

There are generally two ways to break a formation: one is to break the formation's core, which will shatter the formation directly; the other is to find the exit gate and leave through it.

With Lu Lin's current strength, breaking through the array's core is simply wishful thinking, so he can only look for a way out.

According to the information recorded in the book, the location of the Life Gate is usually far away from the location of the Formation Eye.

Lu Lin immediately looked towards the opposite side of the array's core.

This was the spot where Shi Jia was sitting cross-legged.