With a "hum," the jade pieces on the ground trembled and rose up.
In the dead of night, Qin Mu suddenly remembered the jade he had obtained from Moon Pearl Temple. Since it was found along with the pearl, could it be used to make the Moon Pearl? With a try-it-and-see attitude, he made a small array plate.
According to Yan Lide, the Yan family's tradition is somewhat peculiar because they only use one set of formations, called the Three Enclosures and Four Symbols Formation.
The Three Enclosures include the Upper Enclosure (Taiwei Enclosure), the Middle Enclosure (Ziwei Enclosure), and the Lower Enclosure (Tianshi Enclosure); the Four Symbols are not the Azure Dragon and White Tiger, but rather the Old Yang, Young Yang, Old Yin, and Young Yin of the I Ching. The Three Enclosures correspond to the celestial stars and serve as a layout map of the capital city, while the Four Symbols represent the construction requirements of the imperial city and palace, and also correspond to the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, reflecting the stars and the four seasons.
This array was specifically designed for use in royal buildings. After generations of research and improvement by the Yan family, the Three Enclosures and Four Symbols not only became a family tradition, but also gained many more applications.
Don't be fooled by the Three Enclosures preceding the Four Symbols; learning the Four Symbols actually makes it easier to get started. The Yan family's architecture is grand and square, so the application of the Four Symbols can be seen everywhere in Yan family architecture. Not only is this true for architecture, but also for magic arrays, since architecture is meant to support magic arrays.
The magic array of a building is composed of array plates of various sizes. These different array plates are linked together to form a whole. Of course, the magic array can also be inscribed in a small array plate, but such an array plate will not be very powerful.
After learning all this, Qin Mu finally understood what the Xuanjia Army's formation was. It was clearly a series of array plates linked together by blood-fiend energy to form a military formation. No wonder the Xuanjia Army was unparalleled in the world; there was another reason for it.
The miniature Four Symbols Array is indeed only the size of a chessboard, but it is densely covered with patterns made of gold and mithril, with jade pieces inlaid at the nodes of the patterns.
The jade piece hummed and trembled slightly, hovering in mid-air above the chessboard; under Qin Mu's gaze, the moon bead also began to rotate, and the radiance on the moon bead became even brighter.
Qin Mu could clearly feel wisps of spiritual energy gathering from the air toward the chessboard. The five elements of spiritual energy, the righteous energy, and some other indistinguishable spiritual energy all surged toward him, faster and more and more.
Like a descending fog, the room quickly became hazy, until it was pitch black. The candles in the room had gone out, leaving only the moon pearl, its light shining brightly, piercing through the fog and appearing somewhat ethereal.
Qin Mu's heart stirred, and he closed his eyes to begin cultivating. A large amount of spiritual energy sensed the spiritual energy in Qin Mu's body and automatically squeezed towards him.
The righteous energy circulated through his blood vessels, rhythmically dictated by his heartbeat, converging at the Tanzhong acupoint. As Qin Mu grew stronger, his heartbeat slowed considerably, but the sense of power intensified; each beat, perceived by his divine sense, was like the sound of a morning bell and evening drum. The righteous energy within the spiritual energy automatically separated and entered Qin Mu's body, while even more spiritual energy entered through his pores, circulating through his meridians and converging towards his Qi Sea.
No need for focused guidance; just a slight mental prompting is enough for the mental techniques to begin operating. This kind of cultivation allows one to multitask and simultaneously operate two mental techniques, which is impossible under normal circumstances. It can only be achieved in this state, as if one is immersed in spiritual energy.
At this time, simply absorbing spiritual energy is the most foolish thing to do. Compared to the divine baptism, this spiritual energy is much gentler and not as powerful, but it does not affect the ability to actively guide and cleanse the body. In other words, it is a two-pronged approach that opens up capillaries and meridians.
With a "snap!" followed by several soft sounds, Qin Mu knew without opening his eyes that the jade piece had shattered. He also sensed that the spiritual energy was no longer gathering and was instead beginning to disperse in all directions.
Qin Mu did not immediately replace the jade piece, but continued to absorb spiritual energy.
Not long after, Qin Mu opened his eyes. The room had returned to normal, completely dark, with only a faint glow from the moon pearl.
Qin Mu glanced at the waxing moon outside and realized that an hour had passed. This hour was enough to withstand a month of arduous training in the past.
Qin Mu put away the array plate. It wasn't that he didn't want to continue cultivating, but that he couldn't. Spiritual energy in the air is like water in the ocean, and the spiritual energy extracted belongs to a special component of the ocean. When the array plate absorbs spiritual energy, it forcefully draws together the special components from the surrounding area. Even if it continues to extract, the surrounding spiritual energy has already decreased, and it will take time to recover.
What surprised Qin Mu the most was that the spiritual energy contained in the Moon Pearl had increased significantly. He quickly figured it out; after all, the Moon Pearl was the core of the formation, so it absorbed more spiritual energy.
"It's somewhat like a battery." Qin Mu thought to himself as he played with the moon bead, except that the spiritual energy inside was somewhat mottled and complex, making it less convenient to absorb than when setting up an array.
"Perhaps we could make a larger array plate, which would absorb spiritual energy from a wider area," Qin Mu thought to himself. But he quickly dismissed the idea. A large array plate would indeed be useful, but the key consumable would be the jade pieces. Ten jade pieces, though small, only lasted for an hour, and those four boxes of jade stones probably wouldn't last much longer either.
The key is that good things shouldn't be kept to oneself; there's also Princess Changning, one's future wife, Yuchi Baolin and his companions, and younger siblings. Improving their strength is also essential.
"However, with the power of these families, acquiring some jade should not be a problem," Qin Mu muttered to himself.
For martial artists, abundant spiritual energy also has great benefits, because they integrate spiritual energy into their blood and body, which allows both muscles and blood to unleash tremendous power.
There are also pills; spiritual energy combined with pills should be able to significantly boost everyone's strength in a short time.
Without hesitation, Qin Mu took out the treasure book from the Heavenly Mystery Tower and began searching through the miscellaneous chapters of Guiguzi, looking for suitable elixir formulas and prescriptions.
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"Huh! Why are there so many people here today?" Cheng Huaimo asked in surprise.
The conference room of the Six Doors was already filled with more than a dozen people, some of whom were still children with childish faces.
"Alright! Everyone's here. Now I have a few things to say!" Qin Mu gently tapped the table, attracting everyone's attention.
These friends didn't know why Qin Mu had summoned them to the Six Doors so early in the morning.
In fact, Qin Mu had no other choice. Apart from Rugui Tower, only the Six Doors had a suitable place to hold a meeting. In addition, he also had to work, so he had everyone gather here.
"Don't ask any questions! Let's cultivate for a while first, and then we'll talk about other things." Qin Mu said as he took out the array plate, placed the moon bead and jade piece, and activated the array plate.
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