Gu Jinghong was stunned for a moment.
He didn't seem to have told his Master that he cultivated the Dao of Formations, how did Master know?
But that thought only flashed by and Gu Jinghong quickly calmed down.
His Master is capable of anything, what's strange about her knowing this.
"Yes."
Gu Jinghong answered respectfully, then took out a jade slip and put it on the table, "Master, this is a formation compendium I obtained from a market while doing missions outside. It calls itself a compendium, but it only has basic formations from level one to level three. I mainly relied on this formation compendium to self-cultivate."
Gu Jinghong actually self-studied?
Yun Jin couldn't help but look at him with some curiosity, "Among the Ten Peaks of Tianxing Sect, Cheng Peak Master of Myriad Formations Peak, is experienced in formations and is a fifth-rank formation master. Since you had intended to cultivate this direction, why did you not consult him?"
Gu Jinghong's voice was very calm, "This subordinate was not welcomed in the sect before."
Yun Jin understood.
Previously, because of the Blood Qi Art, Gu Jinghong was a complete pervert.
If Zhao Wuji truly valued him, that would be one thing. But Zhao Wuji also did not get close to him.
Thus.
The disciples of the Tianxing Sect feared him and the elders disliked him.
To the point that Gu Jinghong, a personal disciple of the sect master, had to rely on self-study to learn anything.
Yun Jin recalled a bit about Cheng Guang as a person.
As the Peak Master of Myriad Formations Peak, Cheng Guang, like most Peak Masters, chose the path of self-preservation.
Yun Jin did not know much about him, but in the future she will take Tianxing Sect to the summit. When she has time, she still has to conduct a screening of the people in the sect.
Those with weak willpower should preferably be cleared out of the sect.
She must ensure that the people of Tianxing Sect are all worth her devotion.
Before that, Yun Jin didn't plan to redeem too many good things from the system.
After the personnel are streamlined, she will then truly take out things simplified by the system.
In Tianxing Sect right now, those who have gained Yun Jin's trust are only a few.
Cheng Guang is temporarily not among them.
Yun Jin picked up the jade slip and examined it on her own.
This jade slip was a generic commodity.
Level-one formations only had five basics, such as the Spirit-Gathering Formation and Maze Formation.
Level-two and level-three formations only had three each.
Placed before a true formation master, this is completely insufficient, they're entirely foundations among foundations.
But in a marketplace, one can only buy such generic goods.
Yun Jin knew some foundational knowledge of formation masters.
For example.
One who can, within the required time, set up at least five kinds of level-one formations is a first-rank formation master.
For second and third-ranked formation masters, the same minimum of mastering five formations applies.
So, in Gu Jinghong's case, although he is proficient in several level-two and level-three formations, the number hasn't reached five. For now, he can only be considered as a first-ranked formation master.
The Dao of Formations can use various tools to draw the world's spiritual power into the formation and, through guidance, achieve different effects.
When cultivated to the supreme realm, it also can overturn mountains and seas, it's very extraordinary.
Those are still far from Yun Jin.
She looked at the most basic Spirit-Gathering Formation.
"Level-one Spirit-Gathering Formation requires low-grade spirit crystals, the more low-grade spirit crystals, the better the effect."
This level-one Spirit-Gathering Formation had very detailed diagrams. The most entry-level version is formed by ten low-grade spirit crystals. Afterward, there are hundred-piece and thousand-piece versions, but those only affect the gathering effect, while the difficulty of setting up is hardly different from the entry-level version.
Therefore, as long as one masters the beginner ten-crystal version, one has basically mastered this formation.
You must place the low-grade spirit crystals according to position, then induce heaven and earth spiritual qi into the formation. The most difficult part is controlling the spiritual qi of heaven and earth and letting it form a subtle balance with the spiritual qi of all the crystals.
Yun Jin thought for a moment and took out ten low-grade spirit crystals.
This time, she didn't use the system, planning to try it out by herself.
On the diagram, the positions of each crystal were perfectly clear. It required that the ten crystals be placed in suitable positions simultaneously. Even if there's an error, it absolutely cannot exceed the time of one breath.
Yun Jin's spiritual sense was extremely strong. With a single thought, ten low-grade spirit crystals were placed on the floor according to the positions in the diagram.
Once the ten crystals were placed, they began to pull on one another and spiritual power started to surge.
At this moment, one must immediately introduce the heaven and earth spiritual qi to balance, otherwise it would only explode.
Watching Yun Jin suddenly start a hands-on test, Gu Jinghong couldn't help being a bit nervous.
He still remembered that when he first tried, he failed nearly a hundred times in a row before barely succeeding once.
This balance among spiritual powers is not easy to grasp, one must find that subtle equilibrium through countless failures.
Fortunately, it's only ten low-grade spirit crystals. Even if it explodes, it wouldn't be a big problem.
Yun Jin had already begun to draw in the spiritual qi of heaven and earth.
Once the spiritual qi of heaven and earth entered the formation, the field of spiritual power became even more chaotic. Yun Jin, however, was unhurried. She combed through the lines of spiritual power, letting the spiritual qi of heaven and earth join in and form a cycle with the spiritual power generated by the ten low-grade spirit crystals.
This cycle was unstable at first, but soon, it began to run in harmony.
Gu Jinghong's mouth dropped opened slightly.
This was…
A success?
Master had just asked him for the jade slip, then after one glance, this level-one Spirit-Gathering Formation was set up.
Yun Jin didn't care about Gu Jinghong's shock. She sensed that inside this small Spirit-Gathering Formation, the concentration of spiritual power was twice that of outside, precisely the effect a level-one Spirit-Gathering Formation can achieve.
But as Yun Jin looked at the circulation of spiritual power in the formation, she always felt like there was somewhere uncomfortable.
This circulation appeared harmonious, yet there seemed to be many unnecessary complicated lines within.
Then, what kind of circulation would be most perfect?
In that instant.
Yun Jin recalled the operating trajectory of her own golden core within her dantian.
This trajectory was something she comprehended from Taiji!
When the golden core operates thus, the efficiency of absorbing external spiritual power is more than ten times higher than that of an ordinary golden core.
Since this rotation has such an effect on the golden core.
Then, what if this rotation is applied to the Spirit-Gathering Formation?
She tried as soon as she thought of it.
Using her formidable spiritual sense, Yun Jin forcibly interfered with the operation of the formation. The Spirit-Gathering Formation immediately began to totter, on the verge of collapse.
Yun Jin raised her brows and forcibly suppressed it with her spiritual sense.
After she forcibly corrected the trajectory, the formation again began to operate in harmony.
And this time.
The formation's efficiency also increased.
The internal concentration of spiritual power reached three times that of the outside.
"Ding. The host has improved the Spirit-Gathering Formation. Level-one Spirit-Gathering Formation has reached perfect grade."
Different formations have different setup methods across different sects.
A single Spirit-Gathering Formation, under different lineages, naturally has different arrangement methods.
The stronger the formation lineage, the higher the quality of formations it can set up.
The perfect grade formation that Yun Jin had set up is the extreme among them.
Threefold gathering is the limit of a level-one Spirit-Gathering Formation.
"Not bad." Yun Jin waved her hand and dispersed the formation.
Gu Jinghong, watching from the side, was dumbfounded.
Just now… what happened…
Master not only set up the Spirit-Gathering Formation in one go, she even casually modified the formation?
That intensity of gathering just now!
That was probably already…
Perfect grade, right!
Perfect grade formations are inheritances only super sects or even Holy Lands possess!
And just like that, Master only said one sentence: "Not bad?"