For a moment, the air was horribly silent. Both Chen Xiu and Ji Changhe thought they were hallucinating. Ji Changhe, in particular, couldn't help but rub his ears exaggeratedly. He leaned closer to Wen He and glanced at him, revealing a blinding smile. "Sorry, the wind might have been a bit strong just now. I couldn't hear what you said clearly. Can you say it again?"
Wen He did not recognize the young man in front of her who was smiling and dressed fashionably, but he came with Shen Xiu and should be Shen Xiu's good friend. Since it was the first time they met, Wen He thought that he would be a stranger or rather indifferent. Who knew that not long after they met, he gave her a beautiful smile that was almost blinding. She thought that this partner of Shen Xiu seemed to be a warm and friendly person.
So, almost subconsciously, Wen He smiled sweetly and nodded in response, "Didn't you hear me? It's okay, it doesn't matter if I say it a few more times. I want to invite you to farm here. Would you like to come?"
"..." At this moment, Ji Changhe was sure that he was not hallucinating, and he didn't want to laugh anymore. Or rather, he really wanted to take a good look at himself from head to toe. Although he was only wearing casual clothes, he had dressed up simply before going out. The way he looked now, with a coat or something, he could definitely walk on the catwalk. He didn't look like he was going to farm at all, did he?!
Thinking of this, Ji Changhe, with a somewhat depressed look on his face, opened his mouth to refuse. After all, he was here to watch the fun, not to really farm. If his friends outside knew that he, Ji Changhe, was actually farming, he would be laughed at to death.
However, before Ji Changhe could speak, Chen Xiu beside him spoke first and agreed immediately, saying, "No problem, Wen He, I'm a bit of a bother to you by coming here this time. If we can help, that would be great."
As he spoke, the damned Shen tugged at Ji's sleeve and whispered, "Master Xuanming, I can help you ask. Master Xuanming may not be able to invite him, but his direct disciples can."
Such a sentence directly hit Ji Changhe's soft spot. Because he had many opportunities to come into contact with the world of metaphysics, and there were many people in the market who were interested in metaphysics and mysticism recently, Ji Changhe came up with the idea of making a metaphysics program, and the most important guest he targeted was the well-known Master Xuanming.
But Master Xuanming is extremely difficult to invite. Recently, he even stopped participating in the talk show that he used to attend frequently. After much thought, Ji Changhe decided to contact his childhood friend Shen Xiu. Unexpectedly, this guy surnamed Shen ignored him. He was about to give up, but now at this critical juncture, this guy surnamed Shen actually agreed. If Master Xuanming can't come, his direct disciple will do.
Comparing his image with money, Ji Changhe chose the latter without a second thought. Besides, in this desolate mountainous area, the only person who knew him was Chen. What was there to be afraid of? Besides, it was just farming and sowing seeds. What was so difficult about it? It was just loosening the soil, digging holes, and planting seeds. Pure manual labor. A grown man like him could definitely handle such physical labor!
Ji Changhe gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement, obsessed with money.
However, just as Ji Changhe rolled up his sleeves, ready to do some simple manual labor like planting and sowing seeds, he was stunned when he saw what Zhen Wenhe was doing. Was this... really farming? Why didn't he understand? Why were there a few stones placed in strange places on the ground, and why were there strange patterns and symbols painted on the soil?
At this moment, Ji Changhe was a little confused, and was a little dazed when he saw Wen He's actions. However, Shen Xiu, who was standing next to him, now had an expression completely different from Ji Changhe's. He was completely ecstatic for a while.
This is an advanced formation! This is actually an advanced formation! Although Shen Xiu didn't know what kind of formation this was, such a complicated formation pattern could only be found in an advanced formation!
Although he didn't know why it was necessary to draw an advanced formation just to sow seeds, this did not prevent him from realizing a crucial point. As soon as he came, Wen He did not hide anything and directly taught him the advanced formation. How could he not be surprised?
At that moment, Chen Xiu didn't care how expensive the clothes on his body were, nor did he care whether doing so would look ugly and affect his appearance. He just leaned down and approached Wen He, like a college entrance examination candidate listening to the key points of the college entrance examination. He was so serious that even Ji Changhe seemed to hardly recognize him and looked at him in amazement.
But the completely different attitudes of these two people made Wen He, no matter how slow he was, finally realize something. He couldn't help but stop and subconsciously glanced at Ji Changhe. At this moment, Shen Xiu also discovered the problem and explained embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, Wen He, Changhe actually came with me this time. He is not a disciple of the metaphysical world, so he may not understand, let alone be of any help..."
"Oh, is that so? It's okay, I misunderstood. I thought everyone here was a disciple of the Metaphysics School. I'm really sorry. Since it involves formation talismans, Mr. Ji may not be able to help you. But it's okay. You can sit aside for a while and chat with the villagers. It's almost time for lunch, so you can go and rest later."
Wen He said this and gestured in the direction of the villagers sitting and chatting nearby.
Ji Changhe was satisfied with this. After all, he could get Chen Xiu's promise without doing any physical work. How could Ji Changhe not be happy? His mood immediately improved a lot. Without caring whether he could chat with the villagers or not, he nodded and walked to the side happily without any hesitation.
However, Shen Xiu had just started excitedly for a short while before he was frustrated.
In fact, Chen Xiu's imitation and memory abilities were quite good. Wen He only drew it three times, and he basically remembered the appearance of the array talisman. Wen He thought he was good enough, so he asked Chen Xiu to learn to draw it. The result... was of course a failure. Wen He thought it was normal to fail a few times. After all, how could he succeed in drawing a new array all at once?
But when Chen Xiu had tried nearly twenty times, he failed after only a short while. He was basically stuck in the same place, stuck at the starting point. Wen He began to feel something was amiss. Could it be that the combination and simplification of multiple formations was too complex to draw? What if he tried each formation individually first? Once he was more familiar with the drawing, would it be easier to combine them?
With this in mind, Wen He drew a mind-concentrating formation that she was most familiar with and thought was the simplest, and asked Chen Xiu to learn how to draw it first.
But the result remained the same. Every time he started to draw, he couldn't continue. Obviously, the order of his strokes was correct, but he just couldn't continue. It was as if some invisible force suddenly blocked him and prevented him from continuing.
Wen He drew several other single formations and asked Chen Xiu to try to draw them. The same thing happened. The best progress he made was only one-third of the drawing, and he could not continue.
At this moment, although Wen He said nothing, Chen Xiu himself was extremely depressed. His eyes, which had been filled with hope, could not help but become desolate, like a pool of stagnant water. He said to himself in extreme despair, "I'm sorry, Wen He, it seems that I can't help you, or maybe I came to the wrong place. I almost forgot that I have no talent in metaphysics, so how could I dream of drawing such a high-level formation? Sorry... If you still need help, I can go back and ask my family's strong metaphysics disciples to come over. I still have this little bit of courtesy."
However, at this moment, Wen He did not respond. Instead, he looked thoughtfully at the half-finished product drawn by Shen Xiu, and could not help but mutter subconsciously, "So this is what happens when there is not enough spiritual power and insufficient operation. Do you remember how to draw the formation? If you don't use spiritual power, draw it for me to see?"
Wen He urged Chen Xiu to draw for her again. Chen Xiu didn't understand why, so she picked up the wooden stick again and started drawing on the ground without using any spiritual power.
I have to say that Chen Xiu's memory is really comparable to Wen He's. In just a short while, Chen Xiu copied all the formations very clearly. Not only the individual formations, but even the mixed formation at the beginning was drawn out very clearly. Moreover, the whole process of drawing the formation was unobstructed. It was extremely smooth and was drawn in one breath without any mistakes. It was like a perfect copy.
But what use is this painting no matter how perfect it is? Without the formation running with spiritual power, no matter how perfect or beautiful the painting is, it is just a prettier pattern and has no effect at all.
Shen Xiu couldn't help but feel despair again, and he sighed deeply. He felt that he really had to give up at this moment. However, for Shen Xiu, who had been exposed to metaphysics since he was a child and had been instilled with the responsibility of taking on the rise of the Shen family, how could he be willing to accept this?
Little did they know that Shen Xiulu's memory was a surprise to Wen He.
In fact, before this, Wen He had pulled Ashan to serve as a strong man. Although Ashan had returned to the throne of god, he was the former mountain god after all. He was raised by the mountain spirit and lived on spiritual energy since he was a child. It can be said that he has plenty of spiritual power. According to common sense, there should be no problem for him to draw a formation or something.
However, Ashan was forced by Wen He to draw for a whole day, but he couldn't even complete the formation. He made mistakes here or there. In the end, the two of them just stared at each other and had to give up. At that time, Wen He couldn't help thinking that it would be great if there was a metaphysics disciple with a good memory. If the spiritual power was insufficient, props could be used to make up for it.
There was a similar introduction in the jade plaque, saying that when a disciple of metaphysics lacks spiritual energy or has low spiritual energy, he can borrow external objects to gather all the spiritual energy in his body and use it all at once. Such a prop is actually similar to a magic weapon. The spiritual power gathering array on it is not difficult. The difficult part is borrowing objects. If you want to make such a prop, it must be an object with spiritual energy, and it must also be compatible with the spiritual energy of the person holding the object.
This aspect involves another category of refining equipment. The content is so complicated that Wen He can't understand it at all, but it doesn't matter if she doesn't understand it, as long as someone can borrow the item. And this person is none other than Ashan, the former mountain god, who is extremely familiar with the mountains and the spiritual objects in the mountains!
Thinking of this, Wen He asked Chen Xiu to stay where he was and wait for her for a while, and then she ran away in a hurry. Wen He ran so fast that Chen Xiu had no time to ask for clarification, and could only watch Wen He run away.
It was not until half an hour later that Wen He appeared again, but when she appeared again, Wen He was not alone. She was followed by a boy who looked about seventeen or eighteen years old.
The boy's aura was unique. If Wen He's was clear and comfortable, then that boy's seemed somewhat otherworldly. No, that adjective wasn't quite right. To be more precise, he was more worldly. His aura was otherworldly, as if he had lived outside the immediate area, yet his eyes were filled with enthusiasm for this world.
But how could there be such a special temperament? If it was a temperament that transcended the world, Shen Xiu could understand it. After all, Shen Xiu had seen such a temperament that was otherworldly before. But this was the first time Shen Xiu had seen such a worldly temperament, and he had no idea how such a temperament was formed.
While Shen Xiu was distracted, the young man who seemed to be called 'Ashan' had already walked over, looked at Shen Xiu carefully for a long time, and then asked about Shen Xiu's birth date and his favorite plants.
To be honest, these are extremely private things, especially the birth date and eight characters, which must not be easily revealed to others. But for some reason, when the young man asked him with a smile, he subconsciously spoke about it. Not only did he say that his favorite plant was peach wood, but he also told the other party his birth date and eight characters in full.
And in the next moment, he was completely stunned, as if something unimaginable and incredible had happened to him.
The villagers who were a little further away might not know what was happening at this moment, but Shen Xiu who was close by could see it clearly.
The young man walked to a nearby peach tree, put his palms against the trunk, and suddenly asked the peach tree if it liked him.
Suddenly, the young branches of the peach tree moved without wind, making a slight rustling sound, as if responding to something. Then, the young man smiled brightly, as if saying something to the peach tree. He then stood on tiptoe and broke off the thinner and tenderer peach branch.
As they walked back, they were still talking, "This peach wood branch is very good. The peach tree said that it likes the person over there very much. It seems that earlier, it saw what happened on the other side of the mountain through other peach trees. It said that if it were him, it would be happy to lend him something, and even willing to give it the newest branch it had sprouted this year. This is the place where peach trees have the most spiritual energy, so it is the best place to borrow something. It just so happens that our birth dates are also suitable. Today is a lucky day~"
What…what does this mean? Regardless of whether it's borrowing something or not, he clearly heard the words "the peach tree said." The peach tree could actually speak. Could it be a spirit? But that wasn't right. Even if the peach tree had a spirit and awakened its intelligence, if it hadn't cultivated to the point of becoming a spirit, there was no way to communicate directly.
However, the young man not only communicated, but also communicated so smoothly, as if this was an extremely normal thing for him.
This discovery suddenly made Shen Xiu feel that the world was a little mysterious, as if nothing seemed real. Even his usual calmness and composure disappeared into nowhere. He felt a little dizzy, as if he didn't know where he was or where he was.
At this moment, Wen He's voice suddenly came to his ears, "Okay, it's been carved, the formation is completed, Chen Xiu, come and try it out and see how it works?" He didn't know when a peach wood branch appeared in his hand. The peach wood branch was the one that the young man had just broken off the peach tree, but it had been slightly trimmed, and there were some intricate and gorgeous carvings on it. It looked like a formation, and it was very beautiful.
What's next? What's he going to do next?
Chen Xiu, who was holding the peach wood branch, couldn't help but feel a little confused. He didn't know what to do until Wen He urged him to use the peach wood branch and use his spiritual power to draw a formation. Then he responded with an "oh oh" and subconsciously picked up the peach wood branch and casually drew a formation on a clean ground.
But at this moment, Chen Xiu was actually absent-minded. Although he was also using his spiritual power, he knew that this time, like before, he would fail at the first attempt. He had tried so many times. Could it be that if he changed to a peach wood branch, he would be able to draw it all at once? This was impossible. This was not a miracle... Wait, that's not right. He seemed to be, seemed to be, really, really drawing...
Draw it! He seemed to have actually drawn it like this!
Because he thought it was impossible to succeed, and he was a little absent-minded, so although Shen Xiu was using his spiritual power to draw the formation, he didn't actually put his mind on it. He just drew it subconsciously. Because Shen Xiu had a good memory, he drew it easily without thinking much.
When the formation was completed and the familiar light flashed, Shen Xiu suddenly realized what had happened. He was stunned and could not react at all. He didn't even know how he drew it. He just drew it subconsciously. His spiritual power was not blocked at all, and he drew it in one breath!
Miracle, this is simply a miracle! In order to confirm this, Chen Xiu hurriedly drew a formation on another clean piece of ground. Before he started drawing, even the hand holding the peach wood branch couldn't help but tremble a little. He took a deep breath, calmed down a little, and once again drew the same formation as before.
However, this time, he still failed. He only drew about half of it before his spiritual power could no longer support him to continue drawing the entire formation. He failed again.
Sure enough, was that formation just a coincidence? But even if it was a coincidence... it's unlikely. How on earth did he draw it just now?! At this moment, Shen Xiu wanted to go back a quarter of an hour and slap himself hard to stop himself from losing focus!
At this moment, the voices of Wen He and A Shan's discussion came over. She was heard saying, "It's only a half formation, A Shan, does this mean that Shen Xiu's current spiritual power can only support a half formation?"
"About the same, but different formations consume different amounts of spiritual energy. Didn't you say that before? To be more precise, his entire spiritual energy can only support one and a half concentration formations."
"That's true, but this is also good. It allows you to use all your spiritual power in one go. However, there is a side effect. When all the spiritual power is used up, you must meditate to recover it before you can use it again. I don't know how the spiritual power consumption in other formations is. Chen Xiu, how about you try it again after meditating to recover your spiritual power?"
Wen He said this to Shen Xiu, and such a sentence made Shen Xiu surprised, happy and afraid. He seemed to understand what Wen He meant, but he didn't dare to confirm the meaning of this sentence. The hand holding the peach wood branch could not help but tremble for a while, and he almost couldn't control it. He kept taking deep breaths repeatedly. After a long time, he said in a trembling voice, "Wen He... What you mean is, that concentration array just now, that advanced concentration array, was it really drawn by me? It's not a flash in the pan, nor is it my illusion. I really drew it myself...?"
The fear and expectation that could not be concealed on Chen Xiu's face made Wen He slightly stunned. Looking at Chen Xiu's expression, he seemed to understand something, so he no longer concealed it and directly told him the function of the peach wood branch.
The peach wood branch is a borrowed object, and through the spiritual power condensation array on it, all the spiritual power scattered throughout his body can be gathered together and condensed on the peach wood branch. After all, no matter how small the amount of spiritual power is, if it is all gathered together, it cannot be underestimated.
All the spiritual power that Shen Xiu gathered was just enough to draw one concentration array, but when it came to drawing the second concentration array, the spiritual power was not enough. So when Shen Xiu made a second attempt, he could not continue after drawing half of it. This was because of insufficient spiritual power.
"...The concentration array you just drew was indeed created by you yourself. Otherwise, how else could it have come from? Moreover, your spiritual energy is probably exhausted now. You need to meditate to recover before you can try to draw again."
What Wen He said was correct. Chen Xiu really felt exhausted at this moment, as if all his strength had been used up at once, and his spiritual energy was so exhausted that it could not flow.
Let’s try again. If all this is true, as long as he meditates and recovers his spiritual power, he will be able to draw that advanced formation again!
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