The Quest for Immortality

Chapter 813: Chapter 595 pattern 14_3

He had seen the Heavenly Tribulation Thunder with his own eyes!

Born from the Heavenly Dao Formation, the Thunder that could annihilate everything was generated from a single Thunder Pattern.

And that Immortal Pattern containing the essence of the Heavenly Tribulation, Mo Hua had seen with his own eyes and had personally recorded it, engraving it onto the Taoist Stele in his Sea of Consciousness!

This Thunder Pattern was extremely terrifying.

Even his Uncle couldn’t endure it, he vanished into ash after a mere glance.

He tried to dissuade him, but to no avail!

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His Uncle did not understand his good intentions!

Just hearing about the Thunder System Formation sounded mighty powerful.

The only question was whether there was any difference between the thunder of the Heavenly Tribulation and the Thunder Formation of the “Zhen” Trigram within the Eight Trigrams…

Apart from this, it was the formations of the Qian and Kun hexagrams.

Kun represents earth, likely evolving from the soil of the Five Elements, but it probably would be more complex, broader, bearing all things, inclusive of all phenomena, and might even touch upon the “Taoist Meaning” of the Earth…

But he was well-acquainted with the Earth’s “Taoist Meaning”, so he was not afraid.

Lastly, there was the “Qian” path.

Qian represents heaven.

What Mo Hua could think of was one aspect of the “Three Talents” as “Heaven”;

The other was something other cultivators did not believe in but which he had “sneaked a peek” at once and thus could confirm its existence—the “Heavenly” aspect of the Heavenly Dao Formation.

He did not know what the Formation Method symbolized by the “Heavenly” Qian hexagram would look like…

Mo Hua muttered to himself, lost in thought for a while, before he gathered his thoughts and calmed his mind.

After all, there were still plenty of formations left to learn!

None of these formations would escape him!

For now, though, he had to start learning earnestly from the Second-grade Fourteen-pattern Trapped Mountain Formation of the “Gen” Trigram.

Mo Hua, as always, first memorized the Formation Patterns and Pivots of the Trapped Mountain Formation, then tried to practice them a few times simply. At night, when he slept, his Divine Sense would sink into his Sea of Consciousness and begin formal practice on the Taoist Stele.

Although studying the Thirteen-Pattern Formation with Fourteen Stripes of Divine Sense wasn’t as easy as the twelve or thirteen patterns before, it also wasn’t too difficult.

However, Mo Hua found that his Fourteen Stripes seemed a bit different from those of other cultivators.

It might be due to the Divine Consciousness Transformation that his Divine Sense had become very condensed and incredibly resilient.

Thus, the actual amount of his Divine Sense was more than that of the other Fourteen Stripes.

But the “strength” was incomparable to that.

For other cultivators, the “strength” of Divine Sense was determined by the number of Patterns, meaning the “amount” of Divine Sense.

The more patterns, the larger the Divine Sense, the naturally stronger.

But Mo Hua’s Divine Sense seemed to have expanded a “dimension”, measuring the “strength” of Divine Sense by its “quality”, not just the number of patterns.

Even though the number of patterns was the same, all being “Fourteen Stripes”, he could only learn formations of up to “Fourteen Stripes”.

However, due to the difference in the “quality” of Divine Sense, Mo Hua always felt that using this purer, more condensed Divine Sense to learn formations allowed him to understand the formations more thoroughly.

And his grasp of the Great Dao would be more profound as well.

At the same time, Mo Hua discovered that the amount of his Divine Sense seemed somewhat flexible.

Although it was Fourteen Stripes of Divine Sense, it wouldn’t truly be exhausted after use.

He seemed to be able to draw more Divine Sense from the Sea of Consciousness.

Divine Sense was like water in cotton, seemingly used up, but there would be more if you squeezed…

However, this process was very painful.

As if the Sea of Consciousness was being pressed, it was excruciating.

Therefore, Mo Hua had to stop at the right moment and could not overuse it.

He could only use a bit more than the amount necessary for Fourteen Stripes and then stop; otherwise, he would suffer from splitting headaches, tormenting himself.

The Trapped Mountain Formation with Fourteen Stripes wasn’t hard, and Mo Hua learned it smoothly.

But it took a lot of time to familiarize with and assimilate the Bagua Formation Series:

Utilizing the well-mastered “Gen” Series Formation Patterns, understanding the Eight Trigrams’ Formation Pivots, constructing the dynamic Formation Eyes of the Eight Trigrams, and observing comprehensively the Spiritual Power flow of the Bagua Formation Method…

Half a month later, Mo Hua mastered the Second-grade Fourteen-pattern Trapped Mountain Formation.

He could truly draw out the Second-grade Fourteen-pattern formations.

As for the formations of Fifteen Stripes…

Mo Hua’s Divine Sense Realm hadn’t reached that level yet, so he couldn’t learn it for the time being.

Knowing that Mo Hua had mastered the Second-grade Fourteen-pattern Trapped Mountain Formation, Elder Master Xun was no longer surprised; he had become somewhat numb, and at the same time, he silently breathed a sigh of relief.

"At last, it’s nearly enough

Fourteen stripes were enough, learning more would be somewhat excessive.

Elder Master Xun said with earnest gravity,

"Though you can draw out formations of Fourteen Stripes now, you haven’t learned many of the Thirteen Pattern formations; the foundation isn’t very solid

"So hereafter, I’ll prepare some formations of Fourteen Stripes, mixed with Thirteen Stripes for you to learn thoroughly one by one

Mo Hua happily said, “Thank you, Elder Master!”

Elder Master Xun nodded slightly, silently thinking to himself:

"Formations of Fourteen Stripes should keep this little one busy for a while

"Fourteen Stripes

Elder Master Xun sighed.

"This is the entry level of the Second-grade Mid-tier Array

"To know the Second-grade Mid-tier Array at the Foundation Establishment Initial Stage

"He hardly seems like a disciple; he’s almost qualified to be a ‘Little Instructor

Elder Master Xun silently shook his head.

In the following days, Mo Hua continued to study formations tirelessly.

He learned both those with Thirteen and Fourteen Stripes.

Of course, the focus was on Fourteen Stripes.

Mo Hua wanted to use the Fourteen-Pattern Formation to hone his Sea of Consciousness and further his Divine Sense!

Piling sand into a tower, dripping water wears away stone.

He studied one formation after another, drawing them over and over…

And his Divine Sense, unnoticed, gradually climbed toward Fifteen Stripes…