There were many more scholars coming and going here, all engrossed in their own studies, and they didn't notice Tianzhi and the others who had just entered.
Seeing such a learning atmosphere, Gu Liyan couldn't help but admire it.
Tianzhi whispered in Gu Liyan's ear, "This place has collected 7,834 magic arrays, making it the library with the most magic arrays on the entire continent. All magic array masters are eager to come here to see it!"
His pride was palpable in his words.
Gu Liyan nodded. Surrounded by this sea of books, he couldn't resist starting to read as well.
He picked up a book on formations and started flipping through it. All he saw were diagrams of formations, without any explanations.
Gu Liyan stared at the blueprint in surprise. The blueprint contained tangible medium array diagrams, and to activate the array, an energy stone the size of a rock had to be embedded.
"Does every formation require this stone?" Gu Liyan asked, pointing to the diagrams in the book.
His voice was neither too loud nor too soft, but everyone could hear it, and the atmosphere instantly became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Tianzhi was slightly taken aback. Before he could react and answer, a young array master beside him couldn't help but sneer, "Nonsense! How can you activate an array without energy? By chanting incantations?"
"Haha, you want to activate the magic array without energy stones? Unless you're a god!"
"Judging from the question he asked, he probably hasn't even gotten his array master qualification certificate yet, right?"
"With this level of comprehension, you think you can learn formations? Go home and farm instead of wasting your time!"
The scholar's nonsensical remark prompted the surrounding onlookers to adopt a mocking tone.
Hearing the sarcasm from the crowd, Tianzhi frowned, not because of their sarcastic attitude, but because of Gu Liyan's ignorance!
Gu Liyan remained calm and, seeing everyone's humble attitude, asked, "I've never seen this energy stone before. Is there anyone who can lend it to me to take a look?"
“Use mine!” Tianzhi suddenly said.
Upon hearing Tianzhi's words, the group of people who had not seen him were shocked. They had not expected Tianzhi to appear in the library, and their laughter immediately stopped.
Tianzhi waved to his subordinate behind him, who handed him an energy stone that emitted a red light.
Gu Liyan took the stone, and immediately felt a warmth in his palm. Looking at the stone that contained energy, he asked curiously:
"Why does this stone feel so hot to me?"
"This energy stone contains fire energy, so it's naturally hot to the touch!" The subordinate glanced at Gu Liyan with disdain.
Gu Liyan blinked, somewhat surprised, and asked:
"So the energy of the formation comes from this energy stone, rather than from the energy of heaven and earth?"
"Huh? What are you talking about? How can the energy of heaven and earth be manipulated by mortals like us!" The subordinate frowned, somewhat displeased, and looked at Gu Liyan with a more presumptuous gaze, full of contempt.
“Zhongkang, do not be rude!” Tianzhi immediately rebuked.
Zhong Kang curled his lip, took back the energy stone from Gu Liyan's hand, and stepped aside.
Tianzhi looked at Gu Liyan with some suspicion. "Young friend, have you never been exposed to formations before? How come you don't even know the function of energy stones?"
Gu Liyan smiled awkwardly at Tianzhi, "The formations I have learned do not require this energy stone; they can be connected to the energy of heaven and earth."
Upon hearing Gu Liyan's words, everyone erupted in a frenzy.
"That's impossible! We don't even know where the energy of heaven and earth is, yet we want to use the power of heaven and earth? That's absurd!" The array master who had been spouting nonsense was the first to stand up and refute Gu Liyan's words.
"That's exactly what I mean; the energy in this world is beyond our comprehension!"
"That's simply impossible!"
...
Seeing everyone refute him, Gu Liyan didn't say anything, but Tianzhi excitedly asked, "Young friend, you, you really can activate the magic array without this energy stone?"
Gu Liyan nodded. "My formation is certainly capable, but it's different from yours!"
Upon hearing Gu Liyan's words, Tianzhi immediately pulled Gu Liyan outside without saying a word.
"Sir, what are you doing?" Gu Liyan asked in confusion, but fearing that he might break free and hurt Tianzhi, he could only let him pull him outside.
"Come with me to the lab!" Tianzhi said seriously, and the scholars in the library erupted in a commotion upon hearing his words.
"My God! Mr. Zhi actually invited that person to his private laboratory!"
"If I can get in, maybe I'll be the next array master!"
"This guy's luck is incredible!"
...
The two bypassed the crowd and arrived at the laboratory.
Without saying a word, Tianzhi immediately got to work, taking out carving knives, energy stones, and a lot of carving molds and equipment, and placing them in front of Gu Liyan.
"Old sir, what do you want?" Gu Liyan was completely baffled and couldn't help but ask.
"Oh, I almost forgot you don't need energy stones!" Tianzhi tossed a bag of energy stones aside and looked at Gu Liyan expectantly. "Young friend, let's get started!"
Gu Liyan asked in confusion, "Start what?"
"Set up the formation! Let me see your formation!" Tianzhi urged impatiently, "Hurry, hurry, hurry!"
Gu Liyan smiled slightly and nodded helplessly, "Alright, wait a moment."
Gu Liyan thought for a moment, then picked up a few inconspicuous ordinary stones from the corner and began to set up an array while lying on the ground.
Watching Gu Liyan throw the stone on the ground, Tianzhi meticulously memorized his movements. Then, Gu Liyan stood up, waved his hand, and the stone vanished!
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