Night had fallen, and after finishing his dinner, Mo Hua sat upright at his small desk.
On the desky a first-grade Earth Fire Formation.
Mo Hua began to utilize the Calction Method of Divine Sense taught by Mr. Zhuang, starting to calcte the Formation Patterns of the Earth Fire Formation.
There are two ways of Divine Sense Calction: one is direct and the other, inverse.
One method is to calcte the Formation Patterns into Spiritual Power.
Based on the Formation Patterns of the Formation, one would calcte bit by bit, simting theplete trajectory of the Formation’s spiritual power flow within the Sea of Consciousness.
This method of calction allows one to clearly recognize the metaphysical Formation Patterns and the rtionship with the inherent spiritual power, thus deepening the understanding of the essence of the Formation.
After the calction, one could even extrapte from the Formation Patterns the cycle of birth and demise in the spiritual power flow of the Formation itself, much like capturing the essence of a painting or calligraphy, while ignoring its physical form.
The other method of calction is to derive the Formation Patterns from Spiritual Power.
When encounteringplex and tricky Formations, one could deduce the Formation Diagrams by sensing their spiritual power with Divine Sense.
Mo Hua couldn’t help thinking that if he had known the Calction Method of Divine Sense earlier, when he first entered the Foggy Forest, he wouldn’t have needed to dig up tree roots to study the Formation, but he would have been able to deduce theplete Formation Diagram of the Fog Formation just by sensing the flow of its spiritual power.
However, at that time his Divine Sense had not yet established a foundation, and he could not have learned to calcte.
Divine Sense Calction is an advanced method for utilizing Divine Sense andprehending the Dao of Formations.
Mo Hua nned to start with first-grade Formations, recalcting all the Formations he had learned one by one.
This practice would not only exercise the method of calction but also allow revisiting old knowledge to gain a deeper understanding of Formations.
And the first Formation to recalibrate was the Earth Fire Formation.
Mo Hua began to derive the trajectory of spiritual power of the Earth Fire Formation based on the Formation Patterns within his Sea of Consciousness.
In the pale white Sea of Consciousness, faint blue trajectories of spiritual power emerged like fine threads, slowly but surely appearing, intertwining strand by strand, gradually sketching out an interconnected, cyclical and unending fledgling outline of the Formation’s spiritual power trajectory.
At the same time, Mo Hua’s Divine Sense poured out like a flood.
The rate of consumption far exceeded Mo Hua’s expectations.
His Divine Sense seemed to bemunicating with the profound and inscrutable Great Dao.
The Great Dao is chaotic and obscure, full of everything and yet seemingly nothing, and just by sensing its presence, Divine Sense continued to pour out ceaselessly.
Mo Hua was deeply shaken.
While drawing Formations, he asionally had this sensation.
It seemed that he was notprehending the Formation, but the embodiment of the Great Dao itself.
The Divine Sense expended in learning a Formation was, in fact, in contemtion of some profound and elusive Great Dao.
The more Mo Hua drew, the clearer this realization became.
But his previous experiences were nowhere near as vivid as this current session of Divine Sense Calction.
And Mo Hua had never experienced such a rapid depletion of Divine Sense as now!
By the time he had spent two hours and finallypleted the calction of the first-grade Earth Fire Formation, Mo Hua was shocked to discover that his Divine Sense had beenpletely exhausted.
The Divine Sense of someone at the Foundation Establishment Stage was entirely spent on calcting a single Qi Refinement first-grade Formation...
Mo Hua found it hard to believe.
Mr. Zhuang had said that Divine Sense Calction consumed a lot of Divine Sense, but Mo Hua had never imagined that it would consume so much!
No wonder no Formation Masters bothered to learn it...
Mo Hua felt somewhat contemtive, then a bit relieved.
He was naturally weak and his Spiritual Root wascking. The only strength he had was his Divine Sense, which even seemed a bit excessive.
The method of calcting Formations consumed so much Divine Sense that others didn’t have enough to learn it, but to Mo Hua, it was inconsequential, as he had plenty of Divine Sense to spare.
This method of calction was just right for him to learn.
Mo Hua meditated to restore his Divine Sense, then reviewed what he gained and lost mentally. Afterward, he drew a new Earth Fire Formation and began to calcte it again.
The structure of the Earth Fire Formation is uniform, with identical Formation Patterns, but the spiritual power flow of each actual drawing is different.
Just as people all have two eyes and a nose, with simryouts and structures, their specific appearances vastly differ.
The same goes for Formations.
Therefore, each specific Formation has a different spiritual power operation, and needs to be recalcted.
However, although the operation of spiritual power varies, in essence, it is the same Formation.
Having sessfully calcted one, the second one was much easier for Mo Hua to calcte.
After that, Mo Hua tried to calcte several more Formations. When it was 1 p.m., he submerged his Divine Sense into his Sea of Consciousness and continued to practice the Reversed Spirit Formation on the Taoist Stele.
He nned to practice calctions during the day and Formations at night.
This was how Mo Hua had arranged his routine, but as he practiced, he suddenly rested his chin on his hand and mused to himself,
"The Taoist Stele can be used for Drawing Formations, I wonder if it can also be used for calcting Formations…"
When calcting a Formation outside, the spiritual power trajectory materializes in the Sea of Consciousness.
So if one were to calcte a Formation within the Sea of Consciousness, where would the spiritual power trajectory appear?
Uncertain, Mo Hua decided to give it a try.
He first drew a first-grade Melting Fire Formation on the Taoist Stele.
The Melting Fire Formation was a new Formation that he had not yet calcted.
Then Mo Hua sat in meditation, restoring his Divine Sense to fullness, and started to look at the Formation Patterns of the Melting Fire Formation, calcting them with his Divine Sense.
Mo Hua was somewhat surprised to find that the Spirit Power Trajectory Diagram he had calcted appeared on the Taoist Stele!
After a moment of thought, Mo Hua roughly understood.
If this stele was called the "Taoist Stele," then what it disyed should be the essence, or the Dao of things, or say, formations.
If the Formation Patterns could be disyed, then the essence of the spiritual power trajectories of the formations could naturally be disyed as well.
Mo Hua nodded to himself, then concentrated his mind andpleted the calction of the Melting Fire Formation.
Aplete Spirit Power Trajectory Diagram emerged on the Taoist Stele.
Compared to the profound structures disyed by the Formation Patterns and Formation Pivot, the spiritual power trajectory was simpler, clearer, constantly flowing, endlessly cycling, with an indescribable charm of the Dao.
Mo Hua gazed at the Spirit Power Trajectory Diagram on the Taoist Stele, lost in thought, and suddenly had a realization.
Within the formation, the structural Formation Patterns and the essence of the spiritual power were an outer and inneryer, oneplex, and one simple, one still and the other in motion, bothplementing each other, like flesh and bone, constituting aplete formation.
Mo Hua nodded slightly, then hesitated before reaching out to erase the Spirit Power Trajectory Diagram.
The moment the spiritual power trajectory disappeared, his surging Divine Sense retraced its path.
Mo Hua’s eyes brightened.
His guess was indeed correct!
If drawing formations on the Taoist Stele and then erasing them allowed for the retrace of Divine Sense, then calcting formations on the Taoist Stele and erasing the Spiritual Power Trajectory should also allow for the retrace of Divine Sense!
If that was the case, then he could also go beyond the limitations of Divine Sense and tirelessly calcte more formations day and night!
By constantly calcting, his understanding of formations would deepen without cease!
Mo Hua was overjoyed.
Divine Sense Calction was difficult, but no matter how tough it was, as long as one kept practicing tirelessly day and night, there would eventuallye a day of mastery.
This was what Mr. Zhuang had taught him, and he must study well, so as not to disappoint Mr. Zhuang.
At this thought, Mo Hua felt a twinge of sadness.
Mr. Zhuang was leaving Tongxian City soon, and it was uncertain if they would ever meet again…
Mo Hua sighed, hoping to master Divine Sense Calction before his mentor’s departure to surprise Mr. Zhuang.
In the following half-month, aside from his cultivation practice, Mo Hua spent most of his time learning Divine Sense Calction.
There was one exception, however.
That day, Ji Li and Fu Lan became Daoist partners.
Everyone was happy, and after some hesitation, Mo Hua also happily gave himself a half-day off, following his parents to attend the Ji Family’s wedding.
With ck Mountain Stronghold destroyed and most Evil Cultivators executed, with any remaining ones being hunted, the turmoil seemed to be over, at least on the surface.
For the foreseeable future, it was unlikely that Evil Cultivators could gain any significant strength again, perhaps not for at least one or two hundred years.
Loose Cultivators in Tongxian City felt as if a burden had been lifted, and there were more caravansing and going; the whole city became more bustling and prosperous.
Ji Qingbai wished for his son Ji Li and Fu Lan to be married, fulfilling one of his own desires.
For Cultivators to be Daoist partners was a significant event in their path of Tao Cultivation.
The wedding was both solemn and intricate, and even for Loose Cultivators with modest means, while the ceremonies could be simplified, they could not be omitted.
Moreover, the life of Loose Cultivators in Tongxian City had improved a lot.
Although the Ji Family was from out of town, Ji Qingbai was strong in his cultivation, Ji Li was diligent and steadfast, and Fu Lan had work at the Fulu Building. In their time in Tongxian City, they had also managed to save some resources.
As long as there was no oppression from ns or exploitation from the Taoist Court, life would naturally get better and better.
Ji Qingbai spent all his savings and, with the support of brothers and friends like Mo Shan, threw a lively and festive wedding for Ji Li at the Fulu Building.
Mo Hua happily joined in the feast and festivities.
This was his first time attending a Cultivator’s wedding.
The customs of weing the bride and the wedding procession were all new and festive to him.
There were many customs Mo Hua didn’t understand, but he didn’t mind.
He was simply there to join in the fun, following the crowd wherever it went, checking out wherever the festivities were liveliest.
The small alley in front of the Ji Family’s house was adorned withnterns and bunting, filled with the sounds of drums and gongs, draped in red attire, lined with hangingnterns, resounding withughter, filled with joyous voices.
Inside the Ji Family’s main hall, Mo Hua watched as the newlyweds, dressed in red, performed the ceremonial bows.
Ji Li was handsome and distinguished, while Fu Lan shone brightly.
The two bowed to each other and exchanged nces, both flushed with red, looking well-matched.
After bowing to heaven and earth, the banquet could begin.
Just as Mo Hua was about to enjoy the feast, Ji Qingbai called out to him.
Ji Qingbai told Mo Hua to sit properly and then called over Ji Li and Fu Lan, asking them to offer Mo Hua a cup of tea.
Mo Hua was startled, about to get up, but Ji Qingbai held him down.
"Uncle Ji, how can I ept this?" Mo Hua said, troubled.
Mo Shan also said, "Brother Ji, Huar cannot ept such a tribute..."
Ji Qingbai, however, shook his head, "If he cannot ept it, then no one can."