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Formation Master—this was a profession that everyone looked down upon, simply because no one wanted to become one.
However, many major factions were in desperate need of them!
This was because a Formation Master could help their faction set up various defensive or even offensive formations. For any power, this was undoubtedly an immense advantage.
Earlier in its history, when Jia Nan Academy was first established, Headmaster Mang Tian Chi had invited a Formation Master to set up several great formations for the academy. Among them was the Academy Guarding Grand Formation.
The existence of this grand formation had brought peace to Jia Nan Academy for many years.
Although it required a certain amount of resources each year to maintain, for Jia Nan Academy, as long as the safety of the academy was guaranteed, everything was worth it. Now, a Formation Master was willing to join Jia Nan Academy—wasn't this a massive stroke of luck?
It could be said that as long as Xiao Lin was willing to help the academy set up some offensive, defensive, or illusion formations, it would provide even more security guarantees for Jia Nan Academy!
This was exactly why Grand Elder Su Qian was so delighted when he discovered Xiao Lin was also a Formation Master. However, if Grand Elder Su Qian knew that Xiao Lin currently only knew how to set up a Spirit Gathering Formation, one wondered what kind of expression he would have?
Of course, as long as Xiao Lin was given a bit of time, he could deduce all kinds of formations. It was just that Xiao Lin had previously felt there was no real need for them. If Jia Nan Academy wanted him to arrange some formations, it wasn't impossible for him to study them.
In this way, Xiao Lin completely became a member of Jia Nan Academy.
However, after joining the academy, one thing caused Xiao Lin quite a headache. Ever since the students in the academy found out he was a Dou Zong powerhouse, they constantly wanted to take him as their master. This left Xiao Lin quite speechless.
It wasn't that he wasn't qualified to take disciples.
The students currently in the academy generally had cultivation levels at the Da Dou Shi and Dou Ling realms, with only a few Dou Wang. With Xiao Lin's Dou Zong cultivation, taking them as disciples was more than enough.
It was just that, for the time being, Xiao Lin truly had no intention of taking disciples!
Xiao Lin considered himself a responsible person. If he really took a disciple, he certainly wouldn't be like the protagonists in some novels who let their disciples roam free, only for the disciple to have to save them later.
He couldn't afford to lose face like that!
Therefore, unless he encountered a student who truly moved him to take them under his wing, he would politely decline any apprenticeship requests for now. Despite this, many students remained persistent, frequently loitering near the pavilion where Xiao Lin lived, hoping to get his attention.
This rendered Xiao Lin completely helpless. Eventually, Grand Elder Su Qian stepped in and assigned Xiao Lin two Dou Ling guards, while also driving away the students who lingered around his residence, finally bringing the matter to a close.
After regaining his peace and quiet, Xiao Lin began to adjust his state of mind.
After all, setting up a formation without using Spiritual Seals required a significant amount of Xiao Lin's energy. If a mistake occurred during any step of setting up the Spirit Gathering Formation, forget about gaining a double buff—it would be lucky if it didn't turn into a double debuff!
In fact, for the current Xiao Lin, setting up a formation using ordinary methods was more troublesome than using Spiritual Seals.
But the reason he didn't do it was twofold: first, a Spirit Gathering Formation set up with Spiritual Seals would disappear after a while without his maintenance; second, he didn't want to expose his identity as a Spiritual Array Master.
Thus, he could only bite the bullet and use the time-consuming and energy-draining ordinary method to set up the Spirit Gathering Formation.
Soon, a month passed in the blink of an eye.
Finally, under the orders of Grand Elder Su Qian, Jia Nan Academy prepared all the materials Xiao Lin needed for the Spirit Gathering Formation!
Just the day before, Grand Elder Su Qian had cleared out the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower to make it convenient for Xiao Lin to set up the formation today. Initially, the students practicing in the tower were quite dissatisfied with being kicked out.
However, when they learned that the academy had asked the new Elder Lin to set up a formation in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower—a formation that could further increase the tower's cultivation acceleration effect—all their dissatisfaction vanished into thin air.
Are you kidding? This was a great thing; why the hell would they be dissatisfied!
So, early in the morning, when Xiao Lin, Grand Elder Su Qian, and several other elders from the academy arrived at the base of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, the place was already packed with students and even many teachers.
"Greetings, Grand Elder! Greetings, Elder Lin! ×n"
A chorus of unified greetings rang out at that moment.
To an outsider, it might have looked like Xiao Lin and Su Qian were arriving for a military review. Seeing this, Xiao Lin nodded to the students and teachers as a greeting. Grand Elder Su Qian, however, frowned.
"What are you doing? Why is everyone crowding around here? Don't you all need to cultivate?"
Normally, Su Qian gave off a very stern impression.
But this time, even as his voice fell, the teachers and students didn't seem to have any intention of leaving. At this point, a student with Dou Ling cultivation, who was also on the academy's Strong Ranking, stepped forward.
"Grand Elder, we want to cultivate too. But without the help of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, pure cultivation is simply too slow. Aren't we all waiting here so that we can go in and cultivate the moment Elder Lin finishes setting up the formation?"
The student's words left Grand Elder Su Qian speechless.
Truth be told, that made perfect sense!
"Fine, fine, I understand. It's fine if you want to stay here, but remember: while Elder Lin is setting up the Spirit Gathering Formation for the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, none of you are allowed to approach. Do you hear me clearly?"
In the end, Grand Elder Su Qian could only give the students this warning.
"Of course!"
The student from the Strong Ranking answered on behalf of the others. At the same time, the rest of the teachers and students also nodded.
Seeing this, Grand Elder Su Qian said no more.
"Elder Lin, I'll leave the rest to you."
Then, Grand Elder Su Qian turned around and solemnly handed a storage ring to Xiao Lin. Inside this storage ring were the items Xiao Lin needed to set up the Spirit Gathering Formation today.
"Don't worry, Grand Elder. Leave it to me!"
After taking the storage ring from Su Qian, Xiao Lin took the initiative to walk toward the entrance of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
At the same time, the surrounding teachers and students parted to create a path for him to pass. Xiao Lin nodded to express his gratitude to them. Then, under the expectant gaze of everyone, including Grand Elder Su Qian, Xiao Lin stepped into the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
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