Jin Wawa was quite displeased with Ye Chu’s scepticism. He snorted and said, “This God of Wealth possesses countless devotees across the world and has bestowed blessings upon innumerable people. What is helping you lot advance by one rank?”
Ye Chu had heard his boastful words countless times and naturally regarded them with contempt. This enraged Jin Wawa. “This God of Wealth shall show you right now what it means to devour the essence of the sun and moon!”
Under the watchful gazes of Ye Jingyun and the others, Jin Wawa led Ye Chu’s group deep into the mountains. He began moving boulders and trees about, arranging them in a peculiar manner, and tossed out a mystic stone at each of the eight cardinal directions.
Jin Wawa moved with great speed, yet even so it took him an entire afternoon to complete the arrangement.
Once everything was finished, Ye Chu and Ye Jingyun beheld an enormous circular disc. Various boulders and trees were arranged upon it, stacked in layers, making for a truly striking sight. The mystic stones positioned at the eight directions were even more astonishing.
This was a grand formation, using vegetation, combs, and stones as its foundation, with mystic stones anchoring the array. Although Ye Chu did not know the full power of this formation, standing within it he could sense a strange realm, as if containing wondrous profound principles.
Ye Jingyun and the others were brought inside by Jin Wawa. Their surroundings instantly transformed, as if they had arrived in a new world, and the air became even fresher.
“What formation is this?” Ye Chu asked Jin Wawa.
“An ordinary formation, taught by the old madman. If you wish to learn it, ask him then. In the study of formations, few can compare to the old madman.” Jin Wawa spoke to Ye Chu, but immediately chuckled darkly afterwards. “However, this old madman is not right in the head. He frequently comes up with formations that make one’s scalp tingle, messing things up from time to time. It really challenges your nerves, extremely unreliable.”
Ye Chu rolled his eyes, thinking to himself that on Wuxin Peak, apart from himself and Xixi, who else was reliable? Still, speaking of the old madman, Ye Chu could not help but think of that corpse he had seen in the Qingyan Divine Palace. What connection did the old madman have with the Eight Trigrams Diagram of the Qingyan Divine Palace?
However, looking at this formation covering a thousand metres, with layers upon layers of boulders and trees forming dense shade, Ye Chu did not believe it was an ordinary formation.
Ye Jingyun and the others were also shaken. Had they not watched Jin Wawa arranging it, they would not have realised this was a formation at all. Everything fitted perfectly within the trees, like an enormous circular disc embedded within them.
“What does it do?” Ye Chu no longer asked Jin Wawa what formation it was. Ye Chu inwardly despised this fellow with his erratic nerves, but he had to admit that Jin Wawa had travelled far upon the path of cultivation.
“It can draw upon the essence of heaven, earth, sun, and moon!” Seeing that Ye Chu still wished to ask, Jin Wawa interrupted him. “Just wait and watch properly! Once the moonlight appears, this God of Wealth shall show you what true cultivation looks like.”
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Amidst everyone’s doubts, the moon emerged from behind the clouds. Seeing the brilliant moonlight, a smile appeared on Jin Wawa’s chubby face. Several beams of light shot directly towards the mystic stones, after which he sat cross-legged at the centre of the formation.
Watching the mystic stones surge with power, Jin Wawa stared at Ye Chu and said, “I have wasted several mystic stones for your sake. Shouldn’t you offer some compensation?”
“If you can truly help us advance by one rank, each of us will give you two gold bars!” Ye Chu said very seriously to Jin Wawa, the corners of his mouth twitching with pain.
“Deal!”
Jin Wawa’s excited voice had long since become familiar to everyone. They thought to themselves that a madman was beyond their understanding, and they did not bother to consider that mystic stones were not something gold bars could buy.
…
Jin Wawa sat cross-legged at the centre, his hands forming seals with frantic speed. As he formed them, the mystic stones erupted with brilliant light. The light moved along the directions of the boulders and trees, forming strange arcs that intersected continuously, with patterns flashing one after another.
As the patterns flashed, boundless spiritual energy rolled in from all around. The spiritual energy surged and gushed like rivers, lakes, and waters. The originally calm void instantly became vast and turbulent, with infinite power churning continuously like the tide. This was a terrifying scene. The spiritual energy flowing like rushing rivers caused the hearts of those present to tremble. They stared blankly in all directions, watching the rivers of spiritual energy pouring in from every side.
Above this grand formation, an enormous vortex formed. The vortex madly absorbed the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, like a whale swallowing water, drawing in all the spiritual energy from the surrounding area.
Jin Wawa’s fingers continued to tap and move. The arranged boulders and trees suddenly shifted and transformed. The patterns of light condensed in the void also changed accordingly. The terrifyingly surging spiritual energy now erupted with brilliant light, shooting straight towards the sky, aiming for the moon.
“Essence of sun and moon, condense!” Jin Wawa shouted. Several mystic stones suddenly exploded, and the surging power within them shot straight out, transforming into several pillars of light that stood at the eight directions. They directly pulled upon the patterns, and the patterns covering a thousand metres in radius were directly anchored in place by the pillars of light surging from the mystic stones. A terrifying pulling force gushed forth.
To the astonishment of Ye Chu and the others, they witnessed a fearful sight. They saw that the light falling from the moon was all drawn towards this place. The moonlight was like a bright, pure jade mirror shining down, falling upon the patterns, and the entire array was coated with a layer of pure radiance.
The enormous vortex of spiritual energy also distributed to all parts of the patterns, and suddenly the pulling force of the grand formation surged dramatically.
The surroundings suddenly darkened, and all moonlight vanished. Yet above the grand formation, the moonlight was like the Milky Way of the ninth heaven, pouring directly down and transforming into a substantial waterfall.
This caused Ye Chu’s heart to tremble. He watched this scene in horror, watching the moonlight fall upon the patterns. Passing through the patterns, the moonlight transformed into streams of essence of sun and moon, falling upon the centre of the formation.
Gazing at the nearly substantial essence of sun and moon, Ye Chu and the others were rooted to the spot, sensing the essence of sun and moon permeating all around, so dense as to be beyond description.
“The most important aspect of cultivation at the Profound Life Realm is the cultivation of the essence of sun and moon. This God of Wealth has drawn forth substantial and surging essence of sun and moon. If you still cannot advance by one rank, it is not that this God of Wealth lacks ability, but that you are too stupid.” Jin Wawa shouted to Ye Chu and the others. He took out a mystic stone and anchored it at the place where he sat cross-legged. The mystic stone shot out a beam of light, and the entire array instantly became vivid and lifelike. An unending stream of essence of sun and moon fell continuously upon the centre of the formation.
“Sit beneath the streams formed by the essence of sun and moon and absorb it slowly. It shall be sufficient to raise your levels.” Jin Wawa stood with his hands behind his back, staring at Ye Chu and the others as he spoke.
Ye Chu looked at the moonlight of the ninth heaven pouring down from the sky, watching the essence of sun and moon truly flowing down like streams. His heart was also greatly shaken. Jin Wawa’s methods were far too extraordinary. He had likely drawn in all the moonlight from within a hundred li radius to this single place. This fellow truly could not be judged by common sense. However, this formation was also terrifying.
“Should I go and rob the old madman to get a few more sets of such formations? My cultivation speed would increase greatly,” Ye Chu secretly pondered in his heart.