Chapter 307: Setting Up His First Ever Formation Array (1/2)

Lin Mu was currently being instructed on setting up a formation array and was about halfway done. Xukong had taken a look at the components that Jing Wei had given Lin Mu and also the instructions that were given to him. As he had expected, their method of setting up the formation was quite inefficient.

Xukong could think of ten different methods by which he could set up a better illusory formation array with the same components. And that was exactly what he was doing right now. In fact, Xukong even found a way to add a few more features to the formation array that would increase its effectiveness.

The formation array was set up using a lot of components which included formation flags, talismans, formation plates, and formation stones. All of these were made of special materials and were inscribed with smaller individual formations on them.

When all of these were used in a certain pattern along with the right methodology, they would give rise to a formation array.

Lin Mu had just finished planting formation flags in each of the corners of his house and stuck talismans onto the four sides of the courtyard. Then finally he buried a formation stone at the very center of the courtyard. The stone would act as the main node of the illusory formation, the flags would act as the border posts and finally, the talismans would reinforce the borders of the entire array.

Then at the end, Lin Mu was left with the formation plate.

”What do I do with this Senior?” Lin Mu asked.

”That formation plate is the key to the entire illusory formation array. That is what you will be using to control the entire thing.” Xukong answered.

Lin Mu nodded in understanding before looking at the formation plate and pouring his spirit qi into it. It took him about ten minutes before the plate was fully filled and ready to activate. It even took up a rather large amount of his liquid spirit qi, requiring around a hundred drops.

”This is a much larger amount that was mentioned by Duan Ke Senior, why is it so?” Lin Mu asked again.

While he was not bothered by the depletion of his liquid spirit qi as he could not gain it back within a day, he still felt a bit shocked as the difference between the amount that Duan Ke had said was barely ten drops of liquid spirit qi but this took about hundred which was ten times more.

”I've changed the setup of the formation a bit. While this has increased its initial consumption, it will also strengthen the entire formation array and make it more potent. Besides, the formation itself should sustain on its own for a few years after you inject it with the amount you have.

If we had an additional powering formation, then you would not have even needed to do this step and the formation array could have stayed activated forever as long as no one attacked it or something happened to the powering formation.” Xukong spoke.