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Chapter 166 - 92: Your Title of Nobility!

Chapter 166: Chapter 92: Your Title of Nobility!

Using the Qilin Formation Diagram as an example to impart the content of the "Imperial Pole Worldly Scripture," Zu Wenyuan’s suggestion was something Li Guanyi had no reason to refuse. He immediately said, "I am naturally willing."

The elder stroked his beard, only to have Li Guanyi close the door.

Li Guanyi shut all the doors and windows. Although it was only afternoon outside and the sun was still westward, far from setting, the room suddenly darkened. The old man lit a candle and said softly,

"Since it’s a secret transmission, it can’t fall on six ears."

"Come, come, come."

Li Guanyi sat next to the old man, who pointed at the complex scroll and said, "The reason I suddenly thought to use this Qilin Pavilion’s Formation Diagram to explain to you is firstly because you seem to have an interest in formations, and secondly, because of your cultivation body."

Li Guanyi asked, "My cultivation body? The Four Symbols gathered together?"

Zu Wenyuan nodded and pointed at the scroll, saying, "The formations in the Qilin Pavilion belong to the Yin Yang Five Elements school, created by the second seat of the Upper Three Seating of the Yin Yang Family, [Si Wei] himself. It starts with Yin and Yang influencing the Five Elements, which then transition the Four Symbols, eventually forming the formation."

"Although I have many mathematics scrolls here, as an introduction, they are too dry."

"The Central Earth Qilin, only the Four Symbols can trap; this coincidentally fits your cultivation body."

"Starting with this for your initiation is the most suitable choice."

Li Guanyi, curious, asked, "Is Si Wei, a colleague of Mr. Siming?"

Zu Wenyuan sighed and said, "No."

"It’s just that both of their studies can be categorized under the Yin Yang Family, and both have made a name for themselves everywhere, achieving things ordinary people dare not even dream of. However, in reality, they are like sworn enemies. If they meet, they’d surely fight to the death. Although Mr. Siming is unparalleled in observing Qi and divination, if it comes to combat, he would likely fall to Si Wei."

"It’s not something difficult to understand, hasn’t it always been Military School killing Military School, and Confucian Scholar ruining Confucian Scholar since ancient times?"

"The same school, yet different propositions and thoughts."

"For some, they are even more detestable and more deserving of death than other schools."

Zu Wenyuan’s voice was complex, carrying emotions that Li Guanyi had yet to understand. The elder pointed at the scroll, one by one introducing the meaning contained within these characters to Li Guanyi, as well as the changes that occur when these characters are combined.

Li Guanyi’s expression slowly tensed.

Difficult!

It’s just too difficult!

The logical system of formations reminded Li Guanyi of the programming languages he once learned. If Yin and Yang represent the zeros and ones in a program, the changes in Yin and Yang leading to the Five Elements, and then the twist from the Five Elements into the Four Symbols, with structures like the twenty-eight lunar mansions and the circumpolar stars as separate programming systems, then the "Four Symbols Spirit Trapping Formation" in front of him would be an exceedingly complex mega-sized program.

Densely packed characters covered the scroll.

This scroll, when unfurled, was over twenty meters long, written in small characters and complex text.

Each character holds as much information as several sentences could express.

When they collide, they produce even more meaning and variation.

Zu Wenyuan explained slowly, and Li Guanyi could only start by memorizing it by rote. The old man said, "The essence of formations lies in infinite change, and the Qi of the Dual Yi represents the most fundamental aspect of change. The Dual Yi circulates, transforming into the Five Elements and the Four Symbols. Si Wei’s formation can be said to be alive, as it is constantly changing."

"One wrong step would trigger an avalanche, bringing about a backlash from the Yin and Yang Qi."

"Truly marvelous, such a formation, to think it was completed when he was merely thirty years old."

"Only such a formation can trap a Divine Beast like the Qilin."

Li Guanyi let out a breath, feeling a throbbing pain in his forehead.

"Thirty years old?"

"Is he still overseeing this formation now?"

Zu Wenyuan said, "His malevolent energy is strong, and he is arrogant. If he were still around, this Formation Map wouldn’t have come to me for repairs. More than ten years after he completed the formation, he went off on his own, claiming he wanted to use the landscape’s ley lines and all things as a formation to create an unparalleled Great Formation that would envelop the entire Central Plains."

"In the ten-plus years that followed, no one has seen him. Mr. Siming, coming here, probably also had the thought of finding traces of Si Wei."

The elder smiled lightly and said, "Take it slow, we have plenty of time."

"The ’Imperial Pole Worldly Scripture,’ I only have one scroll here, and in total, there are sixty-four scrolls. I think that once you have fully grasped this scroll on the Four Symbols Formation, it would mean that you have understood the rules of the Four Symbols’ circulation. By that time, the issue with your cultivation body will naturally be resolved."

"Martial Artists at the second multi-story level also need Primordial, right?"

Li Guanyi said, "Predecessor’s words are correct."

"But this ’Imperial Pole Worldly Scripture,’ is truly complex."

The elder chuckled and said, "Complex, is it?"

"Since it is something valuable, an Absolute Skill, it naturally can’t be mastered simply."

"But also, don’t think that the ’Four Symbols Spirit Trapping Formation’ is useless. If you learn it, you can use it. With the Four Spirits Dharma Form on your body and sufficient power, you can create a formation on your own, locking up all things."

"Form a formation on my own?"

Zu Wenyuan said, "Yes, around the second multi-story level, when the Qi Mechanism extends several feet out of the body, you can begin to use it. This formation, from initial learning to Great Success, goes from the Dual Yi, Triple, Four Symbols, and the Qilin Pavilion only uses ’trap,’ but with Si Wei’s malicious Qi, how could this formation only have a ’trap’ effect?"

"After ’trap’ must come ’kill.’"

"Though it’s said that Martial Artists who don armor and bear arms are invincible in close combat, if you possess this method of forming a formation alone, with the Four Spirits locking the primordial, you’ll be able to compete with Martial Artists of higher realms without defeat, or even conquer them in battle."