"Are they alright?" Yiyi was a little worried.
Although she didn't sense anything abnormal from Hu Po, and Hu Po's strength had even increased rapidly in the past few days, the source of her worry was this unknown.
"Absorbing the essence of the sun and moon is a monster's instinct."
A voice suddenly came from the side.
Lu Ye and Yiyi hurriedly turned around and bowed together. "Elder Bai."
Bai Qian had followed them at some point, obviously noticing the abnormality here.
"Elder Bai, do you mean that Giant Armor is a monster cultivator?"
Lu Ye recalled Giant Armor's strange "inner core". In the past, he had also suspected that Giant Armor was a monster cultivator, but it turned out that Giant Armor was human and had nothing to do with monster cultivators. Moreover, monster cultivators didn't have inner cores, only monsters had them.
After monster cultivators took human form, their cultivation method was no different from humans.
But now, it seemed that his judgment wasn't too accurate.
"One of his ancestors should be a monster cultivator, perhaps he inherited some monster cultivator bloodline. But the bloodline of monster cultivators gets thinner and thinner, so there shouldn't be such signs of atavism. "
Elder Bai clearly didn't quite understand.
"However, little friend Yi Ye, these two companions of yours are worth nurturing with great effort. Although absorbing the essence of the sun and moon is an instinct of Monstrous Beasts, not all Monstrous Beasts have such an ability. Those that are able to use this method to cultivate themselves are all Monstrous Beasts with unique bloodlines.
From Elder Bai's words, it could be seen that he thought highly of Giant Armor and Hu Po.
Hu Po needn't be mentioned. Apart from Hu Po, Lu Ye had never heard of a tiger-type monster that could transform into a puppet spirit. Moreover, it didn't suffer any side effects from consuming spirit pills to cultivate. Not only that, Hu Po could even eat spirit stones directly …
This was something that Lu Ye couldn't do.
Giant Armor was naturally gifted, and Lu Ye was very optimistic about his future. Now that he had displayed such a strange ability, perhaps it was as Elder Bai said, that Giant Armor's ancestor had a great background.
"But Elder Bai, Giant Armor has never displayed such talent before. Why has he recently …"
Bai Qian chuckled and raised his hand to tap his head. "Don't forget that he was poisoned by a spirit poison a few days ago and was unconscious for a few days. Perhaps he awakened something because of that."
Lu Ye nodded. This was an explanation.
"I'm getting old, and my energy is lacking. I'm going to rest first." Bai Qian turned around and coughed a few times. Then, he walked towards his residence.
Lu Ye snickered in his heart. Although he understood the meaning behind his words, he did not intend to continue the conversation. He said to Yiyi, "Send Elder Bai off."
"Yes." Yiyi hurriedly responded.
A moment later, Yiyi returned. She stood beside Lu Ye and whispered, "Lu Ye, do you think Senior Bai is right?"
"In what way?"
"Elder Bai said that Giant Armor awakened something because he was poisoned."
"Elder Bai naturally has his own judgment."
"No wonder I felt that Giant Beetle was weird these days. It didn't talk much to begin with, and now it's even quieter. It looks even more foolish than before."
"Giant Armor isn't dumb." Lu Ye raised his hand and knocked on her head. Giant Armor was just dumb, but it didn't mean that he was stupid.
Yiyi hugged her head with both hands and pouted.
"Alright, don't worry about them," said Lu Ye. Then, he returned to his residence and continued to read and cultivate.
The Dao of Formations was broad and profound. Even someone like Elder Bai did not dare to say that he had a complete understanding of Formations. This was the same as the Dao of Spirit Runes. It was something that could be learned endlessly.
It was impossible for Lu Ye to learn everything about Array Dao in a short time.
Fortunately, Elder Bai knew what Lu Ye wanted to do. Therefore, what he imparted to him these days was basically all his experience in breaking Formations.
These experiences were all Elder Bai's own experiences, and he would not easily impart them to others.
Lu Ye's improvement in Formations undoubtedly made Elder Bai very satisfied. He had taught so many disciples in the Sky Expanse Sect over the years, but none of them could understand it as quickly as Lu Ye.
Sometimes, Elder Bai felt that it was a pity. If Lu Ye was from the Sky Expanse Sect, he would definitely be able to bring the Sky Expanse Sect to greater heights with his talent in Formations.
This was also one of the reasons why Elder Bai did not hide anything and imparted everything to him. He could not bear to see such an unpolished gem being buried.
After a month, a voice sounded from Elder Bai's residence. "I know that your ambition is not in Formations. The purpose of studying Formations is to break those Great Defensive Formations. With your current attainments, you should be able to challenge the Hundred Formation Pagoda. I can't teach you much anymore. However, there is no end to Formations. If you have the time in the future, you can more or less spend some time on it."
"Yes," replied Lu Ye respectfully.
"After you go back tonight, think about what kind of Formation Flags you need to make. Tomorrow, I will bring you to make the Formation Flags. When everything is ready, you can challenge the Hundred Formation Pagoda."
When Lu Ye first heard about the Hundred Formation Pagoda from Zhao Li, he thought that he could challenge it directly. However, after cultivating for a month with Elder Bai, he slowly realized that things were not as simple as he thought.
Although it was possible to challenge it directly, it would not be efficient. If he had the help of suitable Formation Flags, it would greatly improve his ability to break Formations and set up Formations.
"Thank you, Elder Bai." As Lu Ye spoke, he took out a jade bottle from his storage bag and pushed it in front of Elder Bai. "Elder Bai, thank you for teaching me for so many days. This disciple has nothing to repay you with. Please accept this small token of my appreciation."
The jade bottle was naturally filled with Soul Cleansing Water. However, it was not a full bottle, but eight drops.
This was not something Lu Ye had done on a whim. This was something the sect master had instructed him to do. After learning that Elder Bai had personally taught Lu Ye, the sect master had told Lu Ye to prepare this gift. The number of eight drops was also decided by the sect master.
Because the Heaven Expanse Sect was so proficient in Formations, there was no need for Elder Bai to personally teach Lu Ye. Any Cloud River Tier cultivator would be enough.
Elder Bai had stepped forward because the Jade Blood Sect and the Heaven Expanse Sect were somewhat related. Secondly, Zhao Li had been saved by Shui Yuan.
However, this was not the main reason.
The main reason was that Lu Ye had Soul Cleansing Water.
He could not directly ask for it, nor could he make a deal with Lu Ye. He might as well take care of his own matters first.
Since Lu Ye had taken out Soul Cleansing Water to save Zhao Li, he was obviously not a heartless person. If he taught him Formations, how could Lu Ye not repay him?
As a Spirit Stream Tier cultivator, if he wanted to repay a Soul Ascension Tier cultivator, the only thing he could offer was Soul Cleansing Water.
This was Bai Qian's secret plan, and it was understandable.
When the sect master heard that the person teaching Lu Ye was actually Bai Qian, he immediately saw through his intentions. That was why he had instructed Lu Ye in advance.
That night, Lu Ye had been led by Yiyi to watch the giant shell and Hu Po absorb the essence of the moon. Before Bai Qian left, he had muttered something about his old age and lack of energy. If the sect master had not warned him in advance, Lu Ye would not have thought anything of it. However, with the sect master's warning, how could he not know that it was a hint from Bai Qian?
Although he was old, his cultivation was still there. How could he lack energy after taking a few steps at night?
Looking at the jade bottle in front of him, Bai Qian's heart could not help but skip a beat. He chuckled and said, "Then this old master will accept it."
The next day, under Bai Qian's lead, Lu Ye followed him to Tian Yan Sect's Weapon Forging Workshop. This place was one of the sect's most important places.
The Weapon Forging Workshop was usually bustling with people. After Tian Yan Sect's disciples reached a certain level of cultivation in the Spirit Array Dao, they would come here to refine their own Array Bases and Array Flags.
However, today, this place was deserted, and the usually bustling Weapon Forging Workshop was nowhere to be seen.
This was naturally Bai Qian's handiwork, mainly to prevent the fact that Lu Ye was still alive from being exposed.
The weaponsmithing workshop was located a thousand feet below a spirit mountain. There was a wooden lift that led straight underground. As Bai Qian stood on the lift that led straight down, Lu Ye looked around and saw many interlocking gears.
These should have been made by Yanshi.
The lower they went, the hotter the environment became.
Once they reached a thousand metres, the surrounding environment was enough to make any mortal retreat.
Underground, large and small spaces had been opened up by Tian Yan Sect, and from these spaces, waves of heat constantly poured out.
Following Bai Qian, the two of them walked all the way to the innermost cave and came to a Weapon Forging Platform.
It was 10 meters long and 10 meters wide. There was a place for hammering blanks, and there were many molds of different shapes inlaid on it. Judging from the shapes of the molds, it was obvious that this weapon forging platform could not only be used to forge array flags and array bases.
There were also many tools for forging Weapon Forging Tools placed on the side.
In front of the Weapon Forging Platform was a furnace, from which waves of heat were still pouring out.
"Does Tian Yan Sect know how to refine Spirit Artifacts?" Lu Ye looked at the molds on the Weapon Forging Platform.
Bai Qian chuckled, "Disciples consume a lot of energy in their cultivation, so they need some income to maintain themselves. Our Sect has some Artifact Refiners, but the Spirit Artifacts they refine aren't too high grade, so they can barely make a living."
Saying so, he took off his robes and casually threw them to the side, revealing his muscular upper body.
The corners of Lu Ye's eyes twitched. Looking at this vigorous appearance, he actually said that he didn't have enough energy that night …
"Since you want to break the formation, then let's refine some formation flags. I'll refine one first, and you can observe from the side." As Bai Qian spoke, he grabbed a hammer used to forge weapons from the side. The hammer didn't look big, but it was obviously very heavy. However, the little old man Bai Qian held it in his hand as if it was weightless.
"In order to refine weapons, one must first have fire. For someone like you, who is a fire elemental cultivator and cultivates a fire elemental cultivation method, you have an innate advantage in this aspect. But there will always be some people who don't have the same conditions as you. What if they want to forge weapons? Then we can only rely on external fire. The reason why our sect's weapon forging workshop is located here is because there is earth fire here. Through the formation, we can borrow some of it. "
As Elder Bai spoke, he activated the fire-drawing array he had set up here. Soon, the cave became even hotter. Visible flames surged up from below, burning the furnace until it was bright red.
Looking at the earth fire, Lu Ye's heart skipped a beat. He could feel that his Talent Tree could absorb the power of the earth fire. Moreover, he had bought many Earth Core Fires from the Tianji Treasury before, so the feeling the earth fire gave him was very similar to the Earth Core Fire.
The two should have the same origin.
However, in terms of quality, the earth fire Elder Bai activated was much worse than the earth fire Lu Ye bought from the Tianji Treasury.
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