Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 136: Cultivating Qingyang Skill
Liu Yu put away the formation disk and flags of the great three talents formation into his storage bag. Following the instructions from the jade tube, he examined the environment surrounding the cave dwelling and buried twenty-seven formation flags about five or six zhang deep beneath the cave.
The second-tier high-quality foundation establishment stage formation was much more complex than the simple formations of the qi refinement stage, requiring careful attention to many details.
He then took out three formation disks, rapidly forming spell gestures with both hands. A series of white lights shot towards the three disks in succession.
As the disks were activated, they emitted a hazy glow, and the ground began to tremble slightly. Small stones danced uncontrollably.
After seven or eight breaths, the tremors gradually subsided, indicating that the formation had been successfully set up.
Seeing this, Liu Yu did not hesitate. He altered his spell gesture, casting another series of spells onto the three disks. These were the spell gestures recorded in the jade tube, used to control the Wutu Qingshi Formation.
Once the disks received the command, each of the three disks shot out nine beams of yellow light towards the positions of the buried flags.
“Boom!”
After a second or two, large pieces of blue stone rose from the ground, connected by earthy yellow lines, surrounding the cave dwelling; above the cave, there was also a layer of yellow shield, and fist-sized blue stones gathered towards the shield, ultimately forming what looked like a yellow-blue round cap.
The cap was densely connected to the large blue stones below by yellow lines, forming a solid whole. Behind the cap and the blue stones was an earthy yellow shield, providing all-around protection to the cave.
Liu Yu stopped his spell gestures, gazing at the enormous blue stone forest before him and the round cap made of small stones hovering above it, filled with admiration.
This was a complete transformation of the terrain. Although it was only a small area of dozens of zhang, the second-tier formation of the foundation establishment stage displayed such power. Indeed, the claims that high-level cultivators could move mountains and fill seas were not empty words. But to reach such a level, one would need to be at the nascent soul stage or even the divine transformation stage?
At that moment, Liu Yu felt a strong yearning for the realms beyond foundation establishment.
He tested the power of the Wutu Qingshi Formation with his pink seal. Even at full power, it could only smash five or six huge stones before it was exhausted.
Even when he fully activated the Superior Spiritual Artifact Li Xuan Sword and transformed it into a fire phoenix, it could only pierce through seventeen large stones, but would be depleted of power, falling short of reaching the earthy yellow shield by one blue stone.
The destroyed blue stones quickly restored under the formation's control. As long as the formation had spiritual power, it could continuously recover.
The spiritual vein of Color Lotus Mountain was only second-tier mid-quality, but the Wutu Qingshi Formation consumed very little spiritual energy when activated at its lowest capacity. If an enemy cultivator attacked, supplying spiritual energy to sustain the formation for three days and nights would be no issue. Thus, setting up this formation at the spiritual vein node to protect the cave dwelling was indeed very suitable.
Liu Yu nodded slightly, satisfied with the performance of the Wutu Qingshi Formation.
He casually found a stone tablet and carved a warning message on it, placing it by the path leading down the mountain. Then he cast a few more spells on the formation disks.
“Boom!”
The blue stones slowly moved, and a small path appeared between the stone forest leading directly to the cave's entrance. The earthy yellow shield also opened a gap about a zhang wide.
After entering the cave, the path between the stone forest gradually disappeared, and the gap in the shield slowly vanished as well, with the round cap made of blue stones settling within the inner circle of the stone forest.