Published: August 25, 2025
Chapter 226: Inverted Five Elements Formation
Soon, some cultivators ran out of spirit stones and began to pawn rare items, each one more expensive and more unique than the last, dazzling Han Li's eyes with the variety!
“I’ll trade a set of prohibited magical implements of the Inverted Five Elements Formation for this spiritual herb!”
Someone, impatient, suddenly shouted out. The noisy cultivators quieted down at once—not because of the loud voice, but because the “Inverted Five Elements Formation” was so famous. It was almost universally known, more revered by immortal cultivation families and sects than even millennial spirit medicines.
This so-called "Little Forbidden Formation" was a miraculous prohibited formation. Aside from its small coverage area and lack of active offensive power, its abilities to disguise and conceal sect gates, confuse and trap enemies were no less effective than the grand sect protection formations of major sects!
If a family or sect had such a wondrous formation protecting them, it would be a great assurance.
However, logically, such a powerful prohibited formation could only be set up after a formation master proficient in it spent a year or more of arduous effort, consuming vast human and material resources. Not to mention turning this wondrous formation into magical implements!
If this was true, this auction would truly be full of surprises and eye-opening wonders!
Han Li’s eyes sparkled upon hearing this, his spirits lifted. He turned to look at the speaker.
It was a qi refining stage youth wearing a tiger-head mask, short and stocky—very inconspicuous. Hardly the type to possess such a precious item! Yet, the anxious expression in his eyes suggested otherwise.
“Do you really have the formation-deploying magical artifacts of the Inverted Five Elements Formation?” The tall, thin man, shocked at first, calmed down and scrutinized the youth skeptically. Though he doubted the truth of the claim, if the youth truly had such prohibited magical implements, then the millennial spirit herb undoubtedly belonged to him.
Other cultivators also stared at the youth expectantly.
“I do have them, but they are not fully complete yet. They can only exert about one-tenth of the formation’s power! However, if you give me this herb, I guarantee that within a few years I can increase the power of the set several times over, at least reaching half its intended strength.” Seeing so many eyes on him, the youth became somewhat flustered but still stammered out these words—the millennial herb was simply too important.
“So it’s not genuine, just a defective experimental product!” Many cultivators were disappointed. They had hoped that if the youth really possessed the set, they would spend any amount of spirit stones to order one. But now, knowing it was incomplete, their interest vanished.
Formation masters in the immortal cultivation world were even rarer than pill refiners or magical artifact refiners! Because delving deeply into formations was practically equivalent to giving up the possibility of achieving the great dao. One’s energy was limited and it was impossible to simultaneously focus on cultivation and research complex formations in a short time.
So some cultivators considered waiting until after the auction to approach the youth’s formation master.
After all, a formation master capable of researching this wondrous formation and turning it into magical implements would surely be able to deploy the formation in reality! For some families and small sects, as long as this wondrous formation could protect their key locations, whether it was magical artifact-ized or portable was of little concern.
“Are you joking? This is an auction! How could we wait years to see the results? You’re young, so I’ll let it slide this time. But if you continue to make false claims and random bids next time, don’t blame our shop for being impolite!” The tall man’s face darkened sharply when he realized the youth was lying.