Chapter 152 (1/2)

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Chapter 152

The Fall of Formations

Chenngfeng saw Grand Senior Brother. He walked up to him and after politely bowing, he said, “Grand Senior Brother, earlier there was a senior from Hidden Modesty Court who had a bone to pick. But I-uh- we chased him away,”

Grand Senior Brother was speechless, his eyes drifted towards Tongqiu and Yibai who stood dumbly, unmoving. He scoffed, “Those two? You're talking about them? These two aren't even wanted by the Hidden Brocade Court as dogs or slaves. They're useless! What makes you think they can beat someone from Hidden Modesty Court?”

Tongqiu's and Yibai's faces grew red with embarra.s.sment and lowered their heads.

Although Chengfeng looked down on the two of them, the words of the Grand Senior Brother were particularly harsh. Chengfeng said, “Grand Senior Brother, the commandments of the Hidden Sword Court states that you must not insult your peers!”

Grand Senior Brother said icily after a pause, “Peers? Well that depends if those two would consider you their peer!”

Chengfeng took a quick glance at Tongqiu and Yibai. He thought to himself, 'Well these two are unreliable, they're sellouts!'

Grand Senior Brother continued with a scoff, “What makes a peer? A peer is someone you can trust with your life on the battlefield! A peer is someone who will sacrifice their life for you at a moment of life and death! Regardless of how much bad blood between them, a peer is someone who will unconditionally believe in you! Them? Are they even worthy?”

Grand Senior Brother subconsciously clenched his fists, there was an intense gaze in his eyes. It was as if he recalled the years when he was at his prime.

Back then, his energy was explosive, the Heavenly Thirteen Swords was renowned across the world, and their sword formations were unrivalled.

Upon launching their sword formations, their energies and minds are linked. Every move they made in the battlefield was in harmony, even if they were fighting an unseen enemy, their teamwork was what guaranteed their victories!

Chengfeng mulled over his words, and then asked, “So… are there any of those peers left in Hidden Sword Court?”

The question left the Grand Senior Brother speechless, and the intense gaze he had gradually softened.

Chengfeng continued, “How about the Spiritual Mountain Sect? Any of those peers you're talking about?''

Grand Senior Brother smiled wistfully, “None, all gone! None of them in the Sect or even the entire community of cultivation!”

But what Chengfeng didn't realize was that Grand Senior Brother's words signalled the end of an era: the era of spell arrays!

When the Heavenly Thirteen Swords was at its prime, although they coincided with the peak of world's top cultivators, formations and arrays were seen as the best method to combat a larger, stronger, more powerful opponent. After the fall of the Heavenly Thirteen Swords, the era of formations began to crumble. This was because it exposed a greater, more sinister issue: the issue of distrust!

It's the same as how not all cultivators could entrust every matter to others around them. It's just like what Qin Mieqin said about the chain of trust, as long as there is even the slightest doubt or distrust in the chain, the system will eventually crumble!

Ironically, trust was the most powerful thing, but it was also the world's most fragile. It could be unbreakable, but at the same time, it could be easily destroyed!

Formations, like the small scale formations as seen by Chengfeng at Yanjian Hall, everyone could see the opponent's fighting state, therefore trust was easily fostered.

However, with large scale formations, even those that stretch beyond tens of kilometres in terms of diameter, you can't see your opponents, much less their fighting state. If someone within the formation was in fear or in doubt, it would result in casualties, or even deaths on the battlefield. Thus, the formation falls and is rendered useless. There are even times when simply because the formation fell, cultivators died on the spot simply caused by backlash of the formation's collapse!

This was why the era of spell arrays had ended! After all, the only person you completely trust, is yourself!

There was pain in Grand Senior Brother's eyes, but he quickly collected himself. He raised his head to meet Chengfeng's gaze and said sternly, “You're late for cla.s.s, go and receive your punishment!”

Chengfeng laughed, pretending to not know, “What punishment?”

“Go to the square and recite the precepts a hundred times!”