allonlinenovel Chapter 176 Formation Exchange Meeting
Chapter 176 Formation Exchange Meeting
The Formation Master Conference held by the Shangguan Family is one of the largest events in the entire Tianyan Continent, and it also provides an opportunity for many formation geniuses to demonstrate their strength and talent.
Moreover, it was precisely because of the holding of the Formation Master Conference that the Shangguan family's status in the Tianyan Continent and its strength in the field of formation were demonstrated, which attracted many talented cultivators in the field of formation to join, and the strength of the Shangguan family continued to rise.
What Lin Xia found difficult to understand was that in the Tianyan Continent, many formation masters were proud to have the Shangguan family surname.
In Lin Xia's opinion, isn't this pure forgetfulness of one's roots? If one can abandon even one's own surname in order to improve one's cultivation and obtain cultivation techniques, one will eventually lose one's original heart. By then, I am afraid that many cultivators will forget the original intention of their cultivation, and thus their Tao heart will be unstable.
The formation exchange meeting for the younger generation of cultivators is about to begin, and almost all the cultivators in the audience are ready to go.
The huge martial arts arena has now been rearranged with many more stalls and platforms. When the time comes, the monks can choose a stall and wait for other monks to come and discuss the Dao, or they can choose to compete with other monks one by one at a stall.
Similarly, stalls will be allowed at this exchange meeting. Many cultivators will set up stalls to sell formation materials and formation books. Of course, they will also sell some notes of formation masters, but their authenticity cannot be guaranteed.
Finally, the organizer, the Shangguan family, will also raise some difficult questions to gather the collective wisdom of all the monks. This is also the biggest highlight of this exchange meeting.
……
The atmosphere of the formation exchange meeting was much more relaxed than the previous formation class.
The Shangguan family was wealthy and even covered the food and drinks for the entire exchange meeting.
After learning that the exchange meeting would include free food and drinks and that the bill would be paid for by the Shangguan family, Lin Xia simply used the cover of the spirit beast bag to summon out all the spirit beasts in Qinglin's space. Even Ling Cang transformed into a little tiger and followed out.
There were other cultivators on the scene who also summoned their contracted spirit beasts, so Lin Xia's actions were not actually very conspicuous.
However, just in case they were kicked out of the exchange meeting, Lin Xia still asked Ling Cang to take Brother Lei to act separately.
He took Xiaochu and Uncle Shu to eat and drink along the way, and when he came across a stall that interested him, he would stop and chat with the stall owner.
Lin Xia's insights were sometimes novel and sometimes profound, and soon attracted several monks to follow him. Soon, several monks took the initiative to come up and talk to Lin Xia.
Lin Xia had a very pleasant chat with several cultivators who came to talk to him. The topic ranged from formation materials to random thoughts on formations, and from random thoughts on formations to the uniqueness of formation diagrams. The atmosphere became very lively for a while.
With other cultivators around, Lin Xia couldn't just eat and drink all the time, so he took the initiative to start a conversation. After all, Tianyan Continent was a high-level cultivation continent, and the cultivators' insights were very advanced. Lin Xia benefited a lot from the exchange.
A few days later, Lin Xia stopped in front of a stall that looked a little deserted but was filled with books on formations.
The stall owner was a somewhat slovenly-looking male cultivator. Seeing Lin Xia stop in front of his stall, he immediately smiled and introduced, "Fellow Daoist, these formation books were all passed down from my ancestors. The formations recorded in them are extremely exquisite, and there are also some formation methods that have long been lost. Unfortunately, I have no talent in formations, and I don't want my ancestors' formation skills to be lost. I have come to Qionghua City to participate in the Formation Master Conference and find a destined person. If they can be carried forward by someone destined to be with me, it will not bury the reputation of my ancestors."
Listening to the sloppy male cultivator's exaggerated boasting, Lin Xia finally understood why this stall was so deserted. It really sounded like a con man's rhetoric.
Lin Xia, with no emotion in his heart, picked up a yellowed book and flipped through it. The more he read, the brighter his eyes became. The book indeed recorded the content of the formation, and it was very profound. Not only that, it also added many of the author's thoughts on the formation, which made Lin Xia's eyes light up.
Without any hesitation, Lin Xia bought all the formation books on the sloppy male cultivator's stall, and for the first time ever, she didn't even bargain. This sloppy male cultivator looked so poor that he didn't even have a storage ring, and his clothes were tattered. Lin Xia couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for him.
……
As the formation exchange meeting was in full swing, the day finally came for the organizer to pose a difficult question.
The cultivators, led by several formation masters of the Shangguan family, walked onto the training ground.
A huge light curtain was set up in the center of the entire training ground.
Shangguan Yu, the elder of the Shangguan family who had spoken earlier as a representative, stepped forward and said, "Thank you all, Formation Masters and fellow Daoists, for honoring our Shangguan family by coming to participate in the Formation Master Conference hosted by our Shangguan family. Now we will begin the problem-solving phase of this Formation Master Conference. I hope all Daoists will not hold back and actively participate."
"My Shangguan family recently obtained two incomplete ancient formation diagrams in a secret realm. The complete diagram of one of them has been calculated, but the remaining one remains undecipherable. We are even unable to determine the nature and purpose of the formation behind this diagram."
"Now, my Shangguan family is willing to give this incomplete formation diagram free of charge to all of you fellow Taoists for consultation and to work together to fill in the incomplete part of this formation diagram."
"If you fellow Daoists can calculate the complete formation diagram, my Shangguan family is willing to publish this formation diagram free of charge for your research and use."
"Not only that, my Shangguan family will reward anyone who can calculate the complete formation diagram handsomely."
"Then, fellow Taoists, let's get started!"
Almost as soon as Shangguan Yu finished speaking, an incomplete battle formation diagram appeared on the huge light screen in the center of the martial arts field.
Not only the younger generation of formation masters on the field, but even the formation masters who appeared with the Shangguan family gathered under the light curtain, staring at the incomplete formation diagram on the light curtain.
Lin Xia also hurriedly squeezed forward and took a few more glances.
The incomplete part of the formation diagram was quite large, even more than one half, and its nature and purpose were unknown. It looked very difficult, and Lin Xia had no idea for a moment.
At this moment, many cultivators who were obsessed with formations had taken out pen and paper to record this incomplete formation diagram, even some formation masters did the same.
Lin Xia watched the people around him recording the formation diagram without getting anxious. He looked up and observed carefully for a while before taking out a pen and paper from his storage ring and carefully sketching out the incomplete formation diagram.
As time passed, the atmosphere in the martial arts arena became increasingly tense and focused, with only the sound of shuffling papers and pens filling the silence.
The monks sat in all sizes, some with their heads down in deep thought, some writing furiously, all trying hard to find clues from the incomplete formation diagram and deduce the complete formation diagram.