Chapter 317: The Way of Formations

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"Who are you" The man in gray opened the gate and looked at the silver-haired youth before him with confusion.

“Take me to see your father.” After Lu Xia Tian had a wheelchair custom-made at Wang’s Weaponry Workshop, he took a quick look around the market. It was bustling with people and all sorts of magical items were available, but most were used by Qi Refinement cultivators. As for Foundation Establishment cultivators, they might still appear at the auction like last time. He had wasted some time and didn’t see what he wanted, so he came to the home of the bald old man's family in Wangyue City.

The man in gray heard the voice and immediately recognized Lu Xia Tian. The silver-haired young man before him was the one who had saved them from the short, stout man earlier. However, his father was gravely injured and it was unknown how long he could last. The man in gray thanked him and took Lu Xia Tian to the bald old man's room. At this time, the bald old man lay on the bed, his breath faint. There was a jar next to him that emitted a bloody smell, clearly from something he had recently vomited.

“I am too badly wounded to rise and greet you, sir.” The bald old man tried to struggle to his feet, but failed. His voice was weak beyond measure.

“You, you are the one who gave us the Soul Nourishing Pill that year.” The woman beside Luo Fu suddenly exclaimed after sizing up Lu Xia Tian for a moment.

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“You are the one who saved my life all those years ago” The gray-clothed man was astonished, and then he knelt down. “Please, benefactor, save my father! As long as you can save him, I will do anything for you, even serve you like a cow or a horse.”

"There's no need for that. I exchanged the elixir for your Seven Stars Formation back then, so it wasn't a matter of who saved whom." Lu Xia Tian shook his head and continued, "I can save your father, but I have a condition."

"So it's an old friend I haven't seen in years. I didn't expect to see you again before my death. I know my injuries well; ordinary pills and potions are no longer effective. This time, thanks to your help, my family has been saved. I owe you a great debt. With your abilities, even if you fight with others, my son can't help much. If there's anything you need, please tell me. While I still have breath, I'll see what advice I can offer."

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"Whether or not I can save you, we'll talk after you take the pill," Lu Xiaotian flashed his eyes. This bald old man was a smart one. His injuries were something ordinary people couldn't handle. Luckily, he had the Qingxiang Longgui Pill, which he hadn't used himself. It would be cheap for this bald old man. After all, the blue ice flames on his legs didn't belong to his own injuries. This pill might not be effective, and for a Foundation Establishment cultivator, it only had one miraculous effect. Taking it again wouldn't be much use. For such a precious life-saving opportunity, Lu Xiaotian didn't want to waste it like this. After all, although his legs had lost sensation now, they weren't in danger of death yet.

“Excuse my ignorance, but I don’t know the origins of this pill.” When the gray-clothed man gratefully received the pill bottle and opened the stopper, the bald old man felt his spirit improve a few points just from smelling the scent inside. He was instantly moved and said with great emotion.

"Drink this down, and we'll talk when you've recovered a bit." Lu Xiaodao said.

“Father, what the benefactor said is true. When your condition improves a little, recover soon so that you can repay the great kindness of the benefactor.”

The man in gray also urged from the side.

At first, Su Qing's injury was more severe than the bald old man's. After taking the Qing Shuang Long Gui Dan, her injuries immediately stopped. The bald old man's complexion also began to improve noticeably.

"May I ask what brings you here, honorable sir" At this moment, the bald old man changed his address.

"Because of my cultivation needs, I need to learn the way of formations, especially the Five Elements Formations. I've been studying them myself for a while, but I'm just making blind guesses, and my gains are limited. You are masters of this path, so you must be able to enlighten me."

"Learning battle formations This is not an easy feat." The bald old man said with a slight start.

“If it were easy, I wouldn’t come to you. So, will you or won’t you” Lu Xia Tian frowned.

“Sir, you’re mistaken. You saved the lives of my entire family. This is a small request compared to that. It’s just a single formation. It requires painstaking effort and immersion. Someone with decent aptitude might achieve some minor success in decades. Those who are not skilled in this way, even if they live their whole lives, will only be a pretender. The old man sees that your cultivation is so high, with great hope of stepping onto the Golden Core path. Don’t waste your own cultivation for such a trivial matter.” The bald old man hurriedly explained when he saw Lu Xiaoteng looking displeased.

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“As for my cultivation, I have a good grasp of it myself. All you need to tell me is if you can teach me an array formation.” Lu Xia Tian shook his head and said. He had the Chi Bamboo Pill and the medicinal pills he cultivated daily, his cultivation speed far exceeding that of ordinary cultivators. Spending a certain amount of time learning array formations wouldn't hinder his regular cultivation at all. Besides, once the single-attribute Condensing Gold Fruit failed to help him successfully form his core, he would have to try the Five Elements Array Pill from the Hun Yuan Sutra. The power of the five kinds of Condensing Gold Fruit medicinal pills activated within his body, if there was no proper way to guide it, the only result would be a fatal explosion. Even though he had a protective barrier inside him to divert this overwhelmingly violent force, its effect on forming his core was direct and only a means of self-preservation.

If you don't spend time studying formations now, and only discover later that the solitary cultivation method of refining gold pills is ineffective, wouldn't it be a waste of even more time to start from scratch then

Even if he luckily used the single-element condensing golden fruit to form a pill, studying the way of formations would be beneficial for him. In some ancient cultivators' ruins, in order to protect their belongings from being destroyed by villains, most of them set up formations. For those who know nothing about formations, it is very easy to fall into other people's traps and die.

"Since the benefactor has made up their mind, this old man will naturally know everything and tell you all. However, this old man is not most proficient in the Five Element Array Formation. This old man had a fellow disciple who was particularly skilled in the Way of the Five Elements. However, she disappeared without a trace ten years ago. Otherwise, if I had her explain it to the benefactor, the effect would be better." The bald old man sighed.

“Every formation shares some commonalities. No matter what, you're much stronger than I, an outsider.” Lu Xia Tian smiled upon hearing this.

“As long as the honorable sir doesn’t disdain my skills, I will gladly impart them. May I ask when you wish to begin” the bald old man asked.

"No rush for now, wait until you recover for a while and then we'll talk. I still have some things to deal with." Lu Xia Tian said, his cultivation had reached the bottleneck of Foundation Building sixth layer, only one step away from the seventh layer. If it wasn't for staying in the tomb for so long, he should have broken through already. The most urgent task was to raise his cultivation first. After breaking through this level, his strength would advance further. Also, Wang De Feng hadn't contacted him for a long time, and he didn't know what was going on there now.ady riddled with holes from the lightning strike, vanished into specks of starlight. As for the eight banners of the Hakki Star Origin Mountain-Shaking Formation, they were not completely destroyed,...