Chapter 73: The Fourth Level of Qi Refining

In the days that followed, Mo Hua continued to practice formations as Mr. Zhuang said.

Mo Hua had tried Master Chen's refining furnace and Mr. Feng's alchemy furnace.

There was nothing around the neighborhood that would allow Mo Hua to "show off his skills".

Mo Hua could only settle for the next best thing and find some low-end formations to practice, such as the double lock formation on the door, the earth and stone formation on the wall, the open fire formation on the lamp, and so on.

Formations are widely used in the world of cultivation, from spiritual tools for killing to shields for defense, as well as all the food, clothing, housing and transportation in daily life.

But among the lower-level casual cultivators, the use of formations is extremely crude and superficial, and some are even just simple one or two formation patterns, which cannot be regarded as formations.

In comparison, Master Chen's refining furnace and Mr. Feng's alchemy furnace are already "high-end products".

Especially Mr. Feng's alchemy furnace, which even uses a compound formation of three formations to achieve the harmony of wood and fire spiritual power. There shouldn't be many array masters who can draw such complex arrays in the whole Tongxian City.

Mo Hua helped several neighbors repair doors, walls, and lights, which were basically miscellaneous jobs that did not reflect any array attainments, but the cultivators in the neighborhood were very grateful to Mo Hua.

They didn't have enough spiritual stones, so they all thanked Mo Hua with some fruits and spiritual vegetables grown by themselves. Although the gift was light, the heart was heavy.

Mo Hua's family was not rich, and there were many casual cultivators who were poorer than Mo Hua in Tongxian City. Generally, casual cultivators would save as much as possible, and would continue to use things even if they were broken. They would never ask array masters to repair the array when it was worn out.

Sometimes the spiritual stones spent on asking an array master to repair the array may be more expensive than buying a new one.

Array masters are rare. After most array masters have learned their skills, they will only serve their families, sects, or some major forces of immortal cultivation, both to earn more spiritual stones and to make further progress in arrays.

"Learn the arts of literature and martial arts, and sell them to the imperial family." This is a sentence in Mo Hua's memory of another life.

Once you step into the threshold of a superior family or sect, you will naturally no longer look at those poor families.

This is both human nature and the fickleness of human hearts.

With this in mind, Mr. Feng, who became a first-class alchemist and can still make alchemy and cure diseases for poor freeloaders, is even more worthy of respect.

It took Mo Hua about a month to repair the formation for others.

Most of the formations he repaired were low-end formations, which only contained two or three formation patterns, but it was also a review, and his memory was much deeper than before.

Before, when drawing formations on paper, paper was the medium of the formation, but when actually using the formation, every brick, stone, and wood could be used as the medium of the formation.

Although the formations drawn on paper can also be operated, they are more or less just talk. Moreover, the formations on paper are generally invalid after one use and cannot be used for a long time.

Only by truly painting the formation on all things in the world, earth, bricks and stones, and all kinds of spiritual tools, and letting them run for a long time, can we truly comprehend the way of heaven and follow the way of heaven.

Drawing the formation on different formation media consumes more spiritual consciousness and spiritual power, requires higher brushwork, and is more difficult to draw.

But as long as you practice diligently, you will have a more thorough understanding of the formation.

After Mo Hua practiced for a while, he felt suddenly enlightened when he looked at the formation again.

It seemed that those formation patterns were no longer obscure and abstract patterns, but more vivid and lively patterns, which were the trajectory of the operation of the spiritual power of heaven and earth.

When Mo Hua sank his spiritual consciousness into the sea of ​​consciousness and looked at the puzzle woven by the spiritual power in the sea of ​​consciousness, he no longer felt confused as before.

The spiritual power flowed on the puzzle, and every wisp became much clearer.

On this day, Mo Hua solved the formation according to the rules of spiritual power generation and restraint taught by Mr. Zhuang.

As Mo Hua's white little hands outlined, array patterns condensed one after another, and then one after another dissipated, like a piece of silk that was pulled apart, slowly stretched, and then dissipated and melted into the sea of ​​consciousness.

Mo Hua vaguely felt that every time he solved an array pattern, the connection between his consciousness and spiritual power became closer and closer.

When Mo Hua solved the last array pattern, he found that the entire mystery array in his sea of ​​consciousness had dissipated, and his sea of ​​consciousness returned to its original state, as if nothing had happened. Only the Taoist tablet in the middle of the sea of ​​consciousness, although abrupt, still existed as before.

"Is this solved?"

Mo Hua scratched his head, and then tried to mobilize his spiritual power, and found that his sea of ​​consciousness suddenly trembled, like a stomach that had not eaten a drop of water for several days, and suddenly became hungry.

Mo Hua was startled, and hurriedly took out the spirit stone and absorbed the spiritual energy in the spirit stone. After refining more than ten spirit stones, his sea of ​​consciousness gradually calmed down.

Mo Hua looked inward and found that his spiritual power was much more abundant and his consciousness was stronger.

"The fourth level of Qi Refining!"

Mo Hua was so happy that he couldn't fall asleep lying on the bed.

He got up, lit the lamp, spread out the paper, dipped the ink, and drew a Three Talents Formation.

The Three Talents Formation contains six first-grade formation patterns.

Mo Hua was limited by his spiritual consciousness before, and although he could draw it, it was still a bit difficult. Now that his cultivation has broken through and his spiritual consciousness has increased, he can draw the Three Talents Formation with ease.

After finishing the painting, Mo Hua remembered that it was past midnight and he could draw the formation on the Dao Monument in the sea of ​​consciousness. He had wasted a lot of paper and ink.

No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.

Mo Hua felt a little heartache, then he sank his consciousness back into the sea of ​​consciousness and drew the formation on the Dao Monument without any scruples.

The formation that he thought was difficult before became much easier because of the breakthrough in cultivation and the growth of consciousness. No wonder others often say that realm is the foundation of cultivators.

Mo Hua kept drawing the formation until dawn, and then he couldn't wait to tell his parents the good news.

Mo Shan had just finished climbing the mountain, and he and his companions hunted a few wild buffalo monsters and rested at home for a few days. The couple was very pleased after hearing this, so they arranged a banquet for nearby neighbors and familiar friends.

From the third level of Qi Refining to the fourth level of Qi Refining, it is from the early stage of Qi Refining to the middle stage, which is considered a breakthrough in a middle realm, and a banquet is usually held. Dahu and the other two were also invited when they broke through the fourth level of Qi Refining, but the Meng family was not well off, so the three children got together and only invited them once.

The restaurant was closed for a day, and Mo Shan asked someone to carry a whole wild bull demon that he had hunted a few days ago to his home, skinned it and took out the meat, Liu Ruhua stewed it with spices, and then opened a banquet directly in the restaurant.

Master Chen and Dazhu, as well as several other disciples of Master Chen, came, not to mention Dahu and the other three. Some casual cultivators who were not very familiar with him but had been helped by Mo Hua before specially sent some small gifts, but did not stay for dinner, so Liu Ruhua packed some beef as a return gift.

Although it was a banquet, the food was only a little better than usual. There was no spiritual meat because it was too expensive, but there was plenty of wild beef, and Liu Ruhua's craftsmanship was well-known, so although the food was cheap, it tasted delicious, and everyone ate meat and drank wine, and they were very happy.

Mr. Zhuang did not like noise, and the Bai brothers and sisters had special status, so Mo Hua did not invite them. He just made some more delicious food and sent it to Mr. Zhuang and the others the next day.

Bai Zixi thanked him, eating the crispy snacks and drinking the sweet wine, looking quite satisfied.

Bai Zisheng felt very sorry, he also wanted to join in the fun, and wanted to drink and eat meat with others. But he knew that he could only think about it. Although Aunt Xue had a mild temper, she was strict with them, and she would never agree.

Mo Hua originally felt a little sympathetic for him, but Bai Zisheng asked doubtfully:

"It's just the fourth level of Qi Refining, is it worth celebrating like this?"

The little sympathy in Mo Hua's heart disappeared in an instant.

For ordinary casual cultivators, the Qi Refining stage may be the end of cultivation, so every step forward is not easy.