1533 Formation Saint Master (1/2)
Kaboom!
A large amount of Holy Qi spewed out of the underground saintly meridian of Mount Yuanxu Sacred Land. It shot through the air and connected with the sky. Everywhere that the Holy Qi passed by, the formation runes would be activated, shining with brilliant light.
A moment later, nine layers of white clouds shrouded the Mount Yuanxu Sacred Land. It was like a nine-story tower falling to the ground and looked very magnificent.
”Nine-Level Cloud Tower Formation.”
”The Mount Yuanxu Sacred Land actually has a formation saint master who laid down a grade eight formation. Who is this formation master? If he can give me pointers, I'll definitely improve greatly in formations.”
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The cultivators outside the sacred land were all discussing this, finding it incredible.
After all, only someone who could lay down a grade eight formation could be known as a ”formation saint master.”
Each formation saint master had a respected status.
Not only would Saints and Saint Kings ask them for help. Sometimes, even top figures like Supreme Saints would ask for help from formation saint masters.
The Mount Yuanxu Sacred Land was only one of the dozen territories in Red Dragon Sacred Domain. It wasn't that special, but it produced a Zhang Ruochen, so it was now a well-known land in the Shatuo Heavenly Domain. Many cultivators fought to join.
Now, it also had a formation saint master. It undoubtedly made the Mount Yuanxu Sacred Land even more famous.
Zhang Ruochen stood under the cliff and looked up. ”Grade eight formation… Blackie, your attainments in formations are beyond my expectations.”
Princess Luosha's senior sister, Ji Hua, was also a formation saint master.
Ji Hua's Thousand-star Formation had been a grade eight formation. It was extremely strong and almost wiped out the Saint army of the Shatuo Seven Fields.
This was why a formation saint master's combat ability was terrifying.
Did Blackie have the same abilities as Ji Hua?
Blackie had a proud expression. ”My Spiritual Power hasn't recovered fully. Otherwise, I'd be able to do a grade nine formation too.”
Zhang Ruochen knew that he shouldn't praise it, because then it'll get too cocky. So he said, ”There are differences in the mightiness of grade eight formations too, right?”
”Of course,” Blackie said. ”The more runes a formation has, and the more complex they are, the stronger the power. Even if they're both grade eight formations, the power can be worlds away from each other if created by formation saint masters with different Spiritual Power.”
”What level is the Nine-Level Cloud Tower Formation among grade eight formations?” Zhang Ruochen wanted to be clearer.
”The Nine-Level Cloud Tower Formation is obviously one of the best defensive grade eight formations. Merely the runes needed to create this can cover thousands of books and fill an entire library. A regular formation saint master can't create it without studying for decades and experimenting countless times.”
Blackie was even prouder.
Zhang Ruochen had some understanding of formations. He knew that building a high-level formation was more difficult than constructing a city.
”But…”
Blackie hesitated but still said honestly, ”But my Nine-Level Cloud Tower Formation still has many flaws.”
”What do you mean?”
”Mainly, there are some abstruse formation runes that can only be carved with the help of special material.”
”So you didn't carve those abstruse runes into the Nine-Level Cloud Tower Formation?” Zhang Ruochen asked.
”Couldn't help it. The material for the runes is too hard to find.”
Blackie naturally wouldn't tell Zhang Ruochen that the more important reason was that its Spiritual Power wasn't strong enough to carve those runes.
After hesitating some more, Blackie coughed and said, ”Actually, a grade eight formation can kill a Saint King is mostly because it needs a formation soul to command it. The Nine-Level Cloud Tower Formation that I created… I couldn't find a suitable formation soul…ha…”
Zhang Ruochen was speechless. He knew that he'd overestimated Blackie again. ”The formation is lacking runes and doesn't have a formation soul. So, how much of the Nine-Level Cloud Tower Formation's power can it unleash?”
”About ten percent!”
Blackie's voice was low, clearly feeling guilty. Then it said, ”The Nine-Level Cloud Tower Formation is the top defensive formation, after all. A regular Saint King can't break in even if it's only ten percent of the power. You'll need at least a fifth step Saint King to break in.”
”A fifth step Saint King… That's enough!”
Zhang Ruochen nodded softly. ”A fifth step Saint King is already a strong figure among Saint Kings. If they attack with full power, the commotion would be great and Supreme Saint Manjian would be able to sense it immediately. With his cultivation, if he senses that someone broke into the Red Dragon Saint Domain, he could kill him even if he's thousands of miles away.”
Zhang Ruochen didn't have to worry about the strongest enemies. The Moon Goddess and Supreme Saint Manjian would take care of them for him.
He only had to guard against enemies under the third step Saint King Realm. Their auras were weaker, so even if they attacked, Supreme Saints wouldn't be able to sense them.
After all, a Supreme Saint had to cultivate and had their own matters too. They couldn't pay attention to Zhang Ruochen at all times.
In addition, the Moon Goddess also wanted to push Zhang Ruochen to go, so she didn't have him stay in Moon Goddess Mountain. Zhang Ruochen was where he was now because of the lessons he'd learned from cruel hardships.
He turned his palm and took out the Mercury Gourd.