Junior sister, I really need to control you.

Chapter 72 The Storm Is Brewing (1/5)

Night fell, on Bamboo Forest Peak, in Li Yinsheng's bamboo house.

Accompanied by Li Yinsheng, Meng Yu walked out looking exhausted and dazed.

After learning what happened at the Shouyi Temple last night, she came to find Li Yinsheng in the afternoon, worried that he had been bullied by the Shouyi Temple.

Fortunately, Li Yinsheng was unharmed and even had the leisure to ask her for advice on formations.

Meng Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Considering that she didn't really have anything urgent to do, and that Li Yinsheng seemed to be even more handsome than yesterday, she immediately decided to stay.

It's good to exchange ideas; those who share the same path should exchange ideas more often.

Then she discovered that the person in front of her, who had claimed to know nothing about formations, had already deduced the formations in the Dongxuan Formation to an extremely high level.

Even if we only consider the formations within the Dongxuan Formation, she has already been surpassed by Li Yinsheng.

Although Dongxuan Formation was not her main focus, and she devoted most of her energy to the family tradition of Yutan Temple, it was still quite remarkable that she could surpass her in the skill of Dongxuan Formation.

No one among the younger generation of the entire Yutan Temple could do that.

Meng Yu even doubted at one point whether Li Yinsheng was acting out his own persona.

He was actually a master of array formations who had been immersed in the art for many years, but he had asked her to set up an array at Xuanzhen Temple for some reasons that he couldn't say.

But after a conversation, or rather, after discussing the Dao of Arrays, she had to admit that Li Yinsheng was probably really encountering the Dao of Arrays for the first time.

Based on their timeliness, formations can be roughly divided into two categories.

One type is temporary formations, which can exist and operate normally for anywhere from a few hours to a few months. Their main advantage is that they are convenient and inexpensive.

It either consumes very few materials or only consumes mana, and there is no need for array-setting materials at all. It can basically be set up by a single person.

The second type is permanent formations, such as the Tongming Refining Spirit Formation or mountain-protecting formations. If properly maintained, they can last for hundreds of years.

Correspondingly, permanent formations require a huge amount of materials and manpower.

Temporary formations and permanent formations have many things in common and complement each other.

The former is mostly used for combat and self-protection, while the latter is the foundation for earning money through talismans. No normal array master would focus on only one type.

However, when Meng Yu was discussing array formations with Li Yinsheng, he discovered that Li Yinsheng only knew about temporary array formations.

Because the Dongxuan Formation is a magic technique that uses formations to fight enemies, all the formations recorded in it are temporary.

Therefore, Li Yinsheng, who purely deduces formations through the Dongxuan Formation, is quite accomplished in temporary formations, but only knows some basic knowledge about permanent formations.

If we're talking about materials, then it's basically a matter of having all nine orifices open.

Materials? What materials? Aren't the materials for setting up an array chess pieces created from one's own magic?

Meng Yu and Li Yinsheng talked for a long time, probing each other repeatedly, and finally had to admit that this guy's knowledge of formations seemed to really all come from that book, Dongxuan Yanzhen.

Is this even human?

What does it mean that you spent a day becoming a half-baked array master by relying on a spellbook that uses array formations to fight?

What about the twenty years of hard study I've had since childhood?!

Feeling a slight unease in his Dao heart, Meng Yu wanted to take his leave, but looking at that face that seemed even more perfect than yesterday, he couldn't help but stay.

Then, he sold Li Yinsheng a number of books on array formations for ten talisman coins each, helping him to supplement his lack of knowledge about array formations.

These books are not non-sale items. Although ten talisman coins is indeed a friendly price, if you buy them properly, each book will only cost thirty or fifty talisman coins.

After all, there's often a huge gap between reading about formations and truly understanding them.

There is often no connection between being able to afford a book on formations and becoming a formation master.

A book on formations, about an inch thick, would require an average person with above-average comprehension to study diligently for a year, if they listened to a formation master explain it for two or three hours every day.

If you can understand ten books like this, you can be considered a basic formation master.

A book on formations, fifty coins.

It would cost fifty coins to hire a formation master to explain this book for an hour.

You should learn this formation.

Meng Yu sold Li Yinsheng one hundred such books on array formations in one go.

Among them were seven or eight particularly difficult and obscure books, which she herself only had a vague understanding of.

She didn't care whether Li Yinsheng could understand them or not; after handing the books to him, she hurriedly took her leave.

We must tell our master about this right away!

Ideally, Master could directly bring this Fellow Daoist Li into the Jade Altar Temple and convert him to a different sect!

No matter the cost, it's worth it.

She even felt that, given Li Yinsheng's talent, he could easily invite a reclusive ancestor to personally accept him as a disciple!

After seeing off Fellow Daoist Meng, Li Yinsheng returned to his room, leaned back in his recliner, and leisurely began reading a book on formations.

Fellow Daoist Meng is truly learned; he pulled out a hundred books at once.

However, these are just basic knowledge of array formations.

The array diagram, a precious item no less valuable than elixirs or secret techniques, is naturally not something that can be bought for a mere few dozen coins.

He has decided to use all the time he spends cultivating outside to cram for array formations.

With his current cultivation level, the increase in cultivation level through daily practice is merely a drop in the ocean.

If one devotes all their energy to studying formations, their progress will be as rapid as the blink of an eye.

As Li Yinsheng read the book, he silently memorized the knowledge of array formations.

While expending their mental energy, they activated their chess spirit to understand and deduce what they had memorized.

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Meanwhile, the Shouyi Temple was stationed there.

After a day and a night of cleaning, the Shouyi Temple's former residence, which had been in complete disarray, has been basically restored to a usable state.

The roof that had been torn off has been replaced with a new one.

The disciples of Shouyi lined up in the open space, all looking listless.

"Here, take these amulets. They will protect you from being attacked by monsters while you are on patrol."

Deacon Chen and Deacon Xu distributed simple metal pieces to each of the disciples.

These metal sheets are all about the same size, three inches long, two inches wide, and one inch thick. They are all iron gray, with a few simple curved lines engraved on the front.

"Tomorrow's patrol is on. No leave is allowed, and no one is allowed to be late. Anyone who misses the assembly will be punished with a cane! You all must remember this!"

With his blackened beard, Vice Abbot Zhao addressed the disciples.

"Yes, ma'am."

A weak, feeble response rang out from the crowd.

"Why are you all speaking so softly!" Vice Abbot Zhao complained.

"Yes, sir!!!"

Vice Abbot Zhao nodded in satisfaction.

The magical artifacts to awaken the worms have been distributed. I will inform Senior Insect Cloud after I disperse these disciples on the mountain tomorrow.

When all the larvae emerge from their cocoons, they will devour all the bamboo, rendering the Bamboo Pavilion useless.

That old bastard Liang Qiwu dared to openly take sides yesterday, favoring that brat from Xuanzhen Temple. Once all the Su Yunzhu bamboos have withered and died, let's see if you can still be the abbot!

Now we're just waiting for Senior Insect Cloud to appear tomorrow.

Vice Abbot Zhao couldn't wait to see Liang Qiwu and Qi Jiushan looking utterly devastated and heartbroken.