"The Three Thousand Heavenly River Sword Formation?" Chen Yi murmured.
This thing, like the Great Luo Spear, is a fragment, so it must be extraordinary.
How can I come to this understanding?
The moment the thought crossed his mind, the roulette wheel disappeared.
Instead, a human figure appeared.
He was a withered old man with an air of otherworldly wisdom.
An aged voice entered Chen Yi's mind: "The Three Thousand Heavenly River Sword Formation is something I comprehended in my early years. It is a method of combining sword formations into one."
"The method of combining sword formations?" Chen Yi murmured.
"Those who cultivate this method must simultaneously practice the way of swordsmanship and the way of formations. The sword and the formation complement each other, and can unleash the power to kill enemies beyond their level."
Upon hearing this, Chen Yi immediately became interested.
That's intense?
This sword formation must be quite difficult to learn, right?
"To practice this method, one must first use sword energy as material, nurture it repeatedly, and finally refine it into a sword pellet."
As soon as the aged voice finished speaking, Chen Yi immediately sensed that he had gained another memory.
That is the method for refining the sword pellet.
This step does not yet involve formations, but the sword pellet is the foundation of the "Three Thousand Heavenly River Sword Formation".
Soon, the aged voice continued, "The sword pellets have been refined. Each sword pellet serves as the base for the array, with array patterns inscribed on it. As cultivation and divine sense increase, multiple sword pellets can be mobilized simultaneously to form a more complex sword array. Each sword pellet is the array eye, possessing both killing and trapping effects."
"In the early stage of Qi Refining, one can activate one sword pellet; in the middle stage, three can be activated; in the late stage, nine can be activated; and in the Perfect stage, up to eighty-one sword pellets can be activated. When the sword formation is unfolded, the sword energy is like the Milky Way in the nine heavens, dazzling and numerous. With this, one can kill a cultivator in the early stage of Foundation Establishment."
Chen Yi couldn't help but gasp.
"That strong?"
He glanced again at the array patterns that needed to be inscribed on the sword pellets, and was immediately overwhelmed by the sheer number of them.
It's like in the past, when ordinary people saw Wei Shen writing math problems, they would think it was English reading.
"It seems that I need to improve my skills in array formations in order to understand these array patterns."
He can barely understand it now, but as he gradually comes to understand it, his skill in array formations will surely improve...
Fortunately, the Three Thousand Heavenly River Sword Formation requires the first step of refining sword pellets, and the threshold for refining sword pellets is related to swordsmanship, which Chen Yi can do now.
With a thought, a wisp of azure sword energy appeared before him.
However, his sword energy dissipated quickly, like a gentle breeze.
"Hiss! It seems that to refine a sword pellet using sword energy requires an extremely high level of skill."
Fortunately, Chen Yi was least afraid of proficiency.
With the proficiency panel available, he can quickly improve his proficiency as long as he persists in practicing.
Once he reaches a certain level of proficiency, refining sword pellets will not be difficult for him...
Moreover, within the system's unique dream observation mode, he was able to repeatedly observe the old man.
The opponent continuously gathered energy into a ball, then inscribed array patterns comparable to those on a circuit board onto the sword ball. After activating the sword ball, streams of sword energy, enhanced by the array, descended like the Milky Way from the heavens, dazzling and brilliant yet concealing deadly intent.
Chen Yi imitated and tried little by little.
Whenever they encountered something they didn't understand, they would circle around the old man and watch it repeatedly.
In this way, he gained a deeper understanding of the matter of refining sword pellets.
"Swish! Swish! Swish!"
Streaks of wind-like sword energy swirled around Chen Yi.
They no longer went straight or drifted away with the wind, but hovered around Chen Yi.
As time went on, the sword energy around Chen Yi increased, as if forming a massive storm.
He, however, was in the calmest eye of the storm.
In order to condense so much wind sword energy, he didn't know how many times he had depleted his mana, and then relied on the "Secret Technique of Qi and Blood Furnace" to accelerate the recovery of his mana, and so on in a cycle.
Yes, in this dream, his five senses, and even his magical powers, felt as real as if they were in reality.
Here, his magical power is not something he imagined out of thin air; once it is used up, it must slowly recover.
The good thing is that he had already spent more time in this space than his less than three hours of sleep, but the system still didn't remind him to get up.
This means that not much time has passed in the outside world.
“Dreams are indeed mysterious and unpredictable,” Chen Yi murmured.
It's like someone dreaming about their entire life from birth to death, but in reality, it's just a dream that lasts for a few tens of minutes...
But he always felt that this space was not simply a dream, but he just didn't have time to think about it.
Because he felt that he had mastered the secrets of sword pellet refining.
"The time has come, begin the refining!"
With Chen Yi's guidance, the wind-like sword energy surrounding him began to rotate in the same direction, and the speed increased.
This was the secret he had come to understand after observing the old man for a long time.
The sword energy must be fast!
Of course, this is on the premise that you can control it, otherwise you are very likely to be injured by the sword energy.
Immediately afterwards, the rapidly spinning sword energy began to converge towards his palm.
"Clang!"
The sword energies collided with each other, producing a metallic clang.
These sounds became more frequent and clearer.
It contains the profound mysteries of the craft.
Chen Yi figured that if he knew how to make tools, he would have discovered the secrets of it long ago.
This sword pellet is actually a type of "weapon," but the material it is made from is just wisps of sword energy.
After countless attempts, he finally found the strength to forge the sword energy into a sword pellet.
Finally, with a piercing sword cry, all fell silent...
The next instant, the system's voice came through.
[Warning: Your sleep period has ended. Please get up immediately!]
Chen Yi suddenly opened his eyes and felt a round, foreign object in his hand.
Upon opening his palm, he was astonished to find that it was the sword pellet he had just refined in the "dream"!
"It's really true?" he exclaimed with delight.
The sword pellet is in hand, but there's still one final step before it's successfully refined...
He sat up and bit his fingertip.
A drop of blood seeped into the sword pellet.
A moment later, he felt a connection between himself and the sword pellet.
Thus, a sword pellet was successfully forged.
Now that a sword pellet has been successfully refined, the efficiency will be greatly improved.
According to the old man, a person in the mid-stage of Qi Refining can activate a maximum of three sword pellets, while a person in the late stage can activate a maximum of nine.
"I should be able to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining before entering the secret realm, so the more sword pellets the better."
A few minutes later, Chen Yi climbed over the dormitory wall and disappeared into the night.
A small grove of trees on campus.
Chen Yi couldn't help but complain: "Old man, I really need to control you. Without a suitable movement technique, relying solely on self-exploration and cultivation is too slow! More time should be allocated to improving major plans, such as... formations."
[Checking... Level cleared!]
[An increase in the formation's required weight has been detected; the plan has been slightly adjusted...]
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