Chapter 63 Puzzle

"Array Spiritual Screen?"

Mr. Zhuang also looked slightly stunned.

Mo Hua recalled the spiritual curtain in his mind and described in detail:

"The light blue spiritual power is like spiritual ink, and the interlaced patterns are like formations. The woven spiritual curtain is like a whole formation. It's just that the spiritual power is flowing, and the formations change accordingly. On the spiritual curtain, What’s presented is different formations.”

"interesting."

Mr. Zhuang's eyes brightened slightly, then he took out a pen and paper and spread it on the table in front of him.

"Do you still remember those formation patterns? Draw a few and show them to me."

"I remember part of the formation patterns, but those formation patterns will keep changing..." Mo Hua said truthfully.

"It doesn't matter," Mr. Zhuang said, "just copy what it looks like when you look at it."

The small hand of the ink painter holds the pen and touches the ink, and the tip of the pen wanders on the paper. After a while, several patterns will appear on the paper.

Mr. Zhuang glanced at it and said, "They all look like ordinary formation patterns, nothing special about them."

Mo Hua asked: "Have the seniors who practiced this technique never encountered this kind of situation?"

Mr. Zhuang thought for a moment and said, "No, at least I haven't heard of it."

Mr. Zhuang further explained: "Even if it is the same skill, different monks may encounter different problems while practicing it, especially this unpopular ancient skill, which has less inheritance and fewer people practicing it. Once problems are encountered, It’s hard to have any good precedents to refer to.”

Mr. Zhuang pondered: "The technique shows that the bottleneck is in the spiritual consciousness. The monks who practiced before should also have problems at the spiritual consciousness level, but the problems should be different from yours, otherwise it would be impossible not to indicate it on the jade slip. It is about the sect. The seniors in the sect will not have any selfish intentions regarding the inheritance of the martial arts within the sect, and will not tell anyone if they know about it.”

Mo Hua wrinkled his face and said, "Sir, what should I do? It seems that I can't practice now."

Mr. Zhuang smiled freely and said, "As long as it's about formations, it doesn't mean anything," and then asked: "Go back and write down all the formation patterns and formations that appear on the spiritual screen, and show them to me tomorrow."

"Okay, sir!"

Mo Hua breathed a sigh of relief, and then thought of what Mr. Zhuang just said.

As long as it's a matter of formation, it's nothing?

To what extent has Mr. Zhuang's formation attainments reached?

Isn’t he already a third-grade formation master?

What formations can a third-level formation master draw?

Mo Hua felt a little longing in his heart, then he thought again and said:

"Forget it, it's better not to aim too high. Now even a first-grade formation master is still far away..."

Mo Hua gathered his thoughts, remembered Mr. Zhuang's instructions, and after returning home, he sank his consciousness into the sea of ​​consciousness and observed the patterns and formations on the spiritual screen of the sea of ​​consciousness.

I know a lot of the ink paintings on the spiritual screen, but I don't know most of the formations. There are some unfamiliar formations that I have never been exposed to, and it is impossible to remember them in one go. I had no choice but to practice on the stone tablet while watching. When I was familiar with it and memorized it, I exited the sea of ​​​​consciousness, and then recorded the formation patterns on the formation paper.

It was like this until midnight, when Mo Hua suddenly felt dizzy. He knew that he had overused his spiritual consciousness, so he was ready to take a rest.

As soon as his mind relaxed, Mo Hua felt hungry, and then he was shocked to realize that he was so absorbed in recording the formation patterns that he didn't even eat dinner.

“My parents should be asleep by now.

Mo Hua was a little worried, "I don't know if there is anything to eat at home."

Mo Hua stood up and was about to open the door when he found a small table next to the door. There were several dishes on the table and a large bowl upside down on it.

When I opened the ink painting, I saw a small pot of white porridge, a plate of assorted side dishes, two steamed buns, and a small plate of soy sauce beef.

The side dishes and meat were cold, the steamed buns were warm, but the porridge was still hot.

"My mother was probably worried that I hadn't eaten and was afraid of disturbing me from learning the formations, so she put it at the door. And she even heated it again before going to bed, otherwise the porridge would have been cold long ago."

Mo Hua became happy and took a sip of porridge, feeling his whole body warm.

After that, he finished the other food in a hurry. The fatigue just now was gone and he felt energetic.

The ink painting re-entered the sea of ​​consciousness, continued to copy the formation patterns on the spirit screen, and then copied the memorized formation patterns onto the formation paper one by one.

It wasn't until Yinshi, when his consciousness was exhausted for the second time, that he put away the copied formation paper and fell asleep.

The next day, Mr. Zhuang looked at the formation paper copied by Mo Hua, his eyes slightly focused and he said:

"It turns out to be a mystery array."

"Mystery array?"

I have never heard of ink painting at all.

Mr. Zhuang said patiently: "You know lantern riddles, right?"

Mo Hua nodded.

"This riddle is just like a lantern riddle. It just uses the array pattern as the word and the array as the riddle surface to form a riddle. If you don't know how to do it, you will naturally not be able to see the truth." Mr. Zhuang explained.

"Oh." Mo Hua nodded.

"This was originally a toy used by some long-established sect families to entertain their disciples. It is not very common now."

Mo Hua's expression became complicated when he thought of the intricate formations that gave him a headache just looking at them.

Is this for educational entertainment?

"Then if you can't solve it, does that mean you're stupid?" Mo Hua asked tactfully.

Mr. Zhuang saw Mo Hua's thoughts at a glance, and said with a half-smile, "That's not really true. Not everyone can solve your problem, which is a little difficult."

Mo Hua felt that Mr. Zhuang was comforting him, but he didn't comfort him to the point.

Not everyone can solve it, which may mean that there are many people who can solve it, and there are probably not many who can't solve it.

And I can't figure it out...

Since it is a puzzle, it must be solved. We still have to fight for this face!

Mo Hua couldn't help asking: "How do you solve this puzzle?"

Mr. Zhuang habitually pointed at the bamboo chair with his finger, "Your situation is different from others. Others can't solve it, it's nothing more than a depressed mood. Your puzzle involves cultivation. If you can't solve it, your cultivation will stagnate, and you will be in big trouble."

"There are two methods: one is to learn to solve it yourself, and the other is to write down all the array patterns, copy them out, and I will help you solve them."

"The second method is the fastest and most direct. After all, cultivation is the foundation of a cultivator. Without cultivation, everything is nonsense, let alone becoming a formation master; the first method requires you to learn it yourself. Although it is good for you to learn the formation, it takes a long time and delays your cultivation for a long time. It's up to you to choose."

After Mr. Zhuang said this, he looked at Mo Hua with interest.

Mo Hua was a little entangled.

For a cultivator, the consequences of stagnating in cultivation are too serious. His cultivation is naturally inferior to that of the Bai brothers and sisters, or even those children of the big families, but among the casual cultivators of the same age in Tongxian City, he can barely be considered a "leader" - although he is also a leader among the thin.

If he spends too much time because of the bottleneck of the cultivation method, his cultivation will probably be the last.

Mo Hua thought about it and decided: "Sir, I choose the first one."

It is better to solve the problems that can be solved by yourself.

Let's lag behind in cultivation. The spiritual roots and cultivation methods are far behind others. The later you go, the more so. It's no different if you fall behind early or late.

People should not covet a temporary sense of superiority.

Moreover, if Mr. Zhuang is asked to help solve the bottleneck of the early stage of Qi Refining, what about the middle and even late stages of Qi Refining?

Mr. Zhuang can't always be by his side, and he is only a nominal disciple of Mr. Zhuang, so he can't trouble Mr. Zhuang for everything.

Finally, there is another reason, that is, the four words "intellectual entertainment" make Mo Hua very worried.

"Oh? Have you thought about it?"

Mr. Zhuang asked meaningfully.

Mo Hua nodded and said, "Disciple has thought about it."

Mr. Zhuang nodded and said, "I have some books and jade slips that explain the basics of puzzle arrays. Take them and take a look. After reading, come to me and I will teach you how to solve the array."

Mo Hua took it solemnly and said, "Disciple, I'll take my leave."

Mr. Zhuang watched Mo Hua leave, his leisurely look faded, and his expression was slightly solemn.

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