I, Who Hate Marine So Much, Have Become A Future Nika?

Chapter 102: The Arrival of the Formation Grandmaster

Not only was Zhong Cang confused, but also the Perfected Beings sitting high in the palace-like ship were startled by the loud noise coming from the distant sky.

Fortunately, not long after, a calm voice entered their ears, suppressing their panic.

"No need to panic, this is not the end of the world. The sect has long anticipated this."

"Xiao Tao, you are responsible for opening the Flowing Light Grotto-Heaven and leading the disciples out."

"The rest of you, do what you need to do."

"Yes, Master."

The voice of the sect master, Zhizhu Zongzhu, quickly calmed down the Cloud Firmament Sect.

However, this incident still had an impact on the Cloud Firmament Sect.

Especially on the Perfected Beings on the palace ship.

Originally, those Perfected Beings were contemplating how to recruit disciples or discussing which disciple performed the best.

But with the loud noise coming from the distant sky, the topic of discussion shifted to what caused the noise, how it was triggered, and whether it was a calamity in the North Abyss Region.

Before they could discuss the results, the arrival of a person changed the atmosphere.

It was an unassuming old man, who neither rode the cloud ship nor sat in the grand hall, but flew over on a mat.

Moreover, this old man only had the cultivation level of False Dan.

But even so, he received the respect of everyone.

Upon seeing the old man approaching, everyone in the sect faction was initially stunned, but then they stood up one after another, greeted him, and addressed him as Old Qin.

"Did the loud noise startle you, Old Qin? Are you here to inquire about the situation?"

"Loud noise? Are you referring to the boundary..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Old Qin realized something and shook his head. "I didn't come because of that thing. I was let out of seclusion by the disciples of the sect."

At this point, a hint of joy appeared on Old Qin's face, which he couldn't conceal.

"I have spent my whole life creating a set of techniques and placed the true meaning stele of the techniques in the Flowing Light Grotto-Heaven. Just now, while deducing formations, I discovered that someone has learned my created techniques. Within one or two days, they activated the true meaning stele four times. This means that they have at least cultivated my techniques to the third level."

"Hahaha, my hard work has finally been inherited by someone."

Old Qin was excited.

Originally, the Perfected Beings of the sect faction were also happy when they heard the old man's words.

From the words of the old man, it was clear that he was a formation master.

Previously, Zhong Cang had mentioned that a formation master needed to understand yin and yang, the five elements, astronomy, geography, the veins of mountains and rivers, and even the rules of the movement of the sun, moon, and stars.

Because they needed to understand so many things, formation masters were extremely rare in the entire cultivation world.

Masters were even rarer.

This could also be seen from the situation of Independent Cultivators.

Outstanding Independent Cultivators usually had a secondary occupation.

This secondary occupation was mostly talisman drawing, or at least they were good at divination, alchemy, or artifact refining. However, formation masters were almost extinct among Independent Cultivators.

Not to mention the scarcity of people, formation masters were indispensable for cultivators with a foundation.

After all, the establishment of a Cave Mansion force was not something that could be done by simply digging a hole and establishing it.

At the same time, a protective formation was not just for defense.

Cultivators with aspirations would invite formation masters to comb the veins of the land and establish a Spirit Gathering protective formation in their own mountains and islands.

The establishment of Spirit Fields also required the participation of formation masters. Only by using formations to comb the veins of the land and gather spiritual energy could high-quality Spirit Fields be built to cultivate various Spirit Medicines.

And some peculiar islands required formation masters to design and maintain them.

Just like the Hellfire Island of the Yan Family, it was originally an active volcano with no vegetation.

The reason why the island is prosperous now is because the ancestors of the Yan Family used formations to channel the active volcanic energy throughout the island.

This not only prevents the volcano on Hellfire Island from erupting, but also, with the help of the channeled energy and formations, creates a large number of Spirit Medicine fields and secluded cultivation chambers on Hellfire Island.

The design of the mountain peaks and islands requires the personal handling of formation masters, and the maintenance afterwards also relies heavily on formation masters.

During this hundred years, Qin Lao has designed and maintained formations for many peak masters and island owners in the inner sect.

This has elevated his status, but he is getting old after all.

Now, he claims that he can pass on his knowledge and experience to these peak masters and island owners, which naturally makes them happy.

They are thinking of establishing a good relationship with Qin Lao's disciples in advance, so that if there are any problems with the protective formation, there will be someone to turn to.

However, as they became excited, they quickly realized something that changed their expressions.

"Wait, after receiving the teachings of the four stone steles and reaching the third level of cultivation... isn't there a Zhong Cang in the Flowing Light Grotto-Heaven?"

"Qin Lao wants to take Zhong Cang as his disciple!"

Thinking of this, their emotions became complicated.

Formation masters are indeed what they need, but they want disciples who can inherit their knowledge and experience, and bring glory to their respective mountain peaks.

Especially those Foundation Building Perfected Beings, many of them hope to take Zhong Cang as their disciple, and then when Zhong Cang grows up, they can guide and support him.

As for whether Zhong Cang can become a Gold Core... after he imprinted his palm on the stone stele of the [Five Organs Divine Palace True Form Diagram] for the fourth time, these Foundation Building Perfected Beings have more confidence in Zhong Cang than he has in himself, after a gap of about ten days.

...

Unwilling to give up on this disciple, the Perfected Beings looked at each other and someone reluctantly spoke up.

"Qin Lao, Zhong Cang is practicing a cultivation technique in the Flowing Light Grotto-Heaven, not formations, right?"

Not daring to openly oppose, this person wanted to indirectly dissuade Qin Lao from his idea.

Unfortunately, this did not affect Qin Lao.

"So his name is Zhong Cang, a good name. As for the cultivation technique, I naturally know. The one I have created with all my efforts is a true technique related to formations."

Speaking of his proud creation, Qin Lao was clearly excited and couldn't help but say a few more words.

"As we all know, formations are powerful and can allow the weak to defeat the strong. Unfortunately, most formations can only be fixed in one place, making them extremely cumbersome. They can only be used for defense and cannot be used for offense."

"After years of research, I have finally come up with a method to solve the problem of cumbersome formations... by using people as formations!"

"People have five organs, which can be transformed into the five elements. Isn't this the innate Five Elements Formation?"

"..."

He was excitedly explaining, but the others were quite troubled.

Looking at each other, they hoped that someone else would stand up and dispel Qin Lao's idea.

Unfortunately, although they wanted to stop him, they didn't dare to offend Qin Lao to the point of no return, which made the atmosphere at the scene somewhat tense.

Qin Lao noticed this strange atmosphere.

He was not foolish. Previously, he was just too excited about having a disciple who reached the third realm in two days.

Now, sensing the strange atmosphere among the others, he quickly understood what they were struggling with.

And this made him sneer.

"Hehe, you want to compete with me for disciples."

"Cough cough, Qin Lao, let's be reasonable, you are the latecomer."

"Yes, and the choice of master and disciple is mutual. Perhaps, that child Zhong Cang doesn't really like formations."

Unable to convince Qin Lao to change his mind, but unwilling to give up on Zhong Cang as a disciple, in the end, they decided to send a message to Zhong Cang, letting him know the difficulties of formations and dispelling his desire to learn formations.

In this way, if Zhong Cang refuses on his own, Qin Lao won't have much to say.

(End of this chapter)