"Sure enough, it's the Beast Origin Spirit that only the Fiends have!" Elder Xu looked surprised. Facing Long Bufan's attack, he still stood in place with a calm expression. He turned his palm slightly and a yellow talisman paper appeared in his hand. Upon closer inspection, the paper was actually engraved with a miniature rune array, faintly shining.
Just when the dragon claw was only two inches away from Elder Xu, a yellow whirlpool suddenly appeared and enveloped Elder Xu's entire body.
Bang —!!
A muffled collision sound rang out, and the energy vibrating out of the light vortex shockingly rebounded Long Bufan's attack. Long Bufan only felt a wave of numbness and pain coming from his arm, and then his body was actually pushed back by a vigorous energy that was like the earth, and he only managed to stabilize his body when he reached the wall.
Long Bufan was secretly surprised. What kind of rune array was this?
"Boy, you've hidden it well. If I'm not wrong, the gravity array in the stone stairs trial that day was absorbed by the Beast Origin Spirit in your body." Elder Xu looked at Long Bufan with a faint smile, stroked his beard, and said meaningfully, "Fortunately, you're a human. Otherwise, you wouldn't be standing here now, but in the Sect's Hall of Punishment."
Long Bufan returned to his beast form, touched his nose, and remained silent.
"Although I'm very curious about how you have a Beast Origin Spirit, everyone has their own secrets. I won't force you." Elder Xu narrowed his eyes and smiled as he stared straight at Long Bufan, as if he had seen through his inner thoughts. Soon after, he changed the topic and asked, "How much do you know about runic formations? Tell me."
Long Bufan chuckled. Earlier, he had already read about the rune formations in the Sea Returning Pavilion. He immediately replied with a smug expression, "The rune formations are divided into the seven major attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and lightning. Draw the formation according to the rune and supplement it with yuan qi. If the rune is meticulous, the formation will be formed."
"This is some superficial common sense." Elder Xu nodded and said, "If you want to learn runic arrays well, the most important thing is to have precise control of Yuan Power. This is because when inscribing runes, the Yuan Power used must be controlled to a certain degree. If you use too much or too little, it will cause the array to collapse and weaken its power."
Long Bufan furrowed his brows as if he had understood something. Every martial cultivator had elemental energy, but it was not something an ordinary person could do. This required daily practice. Many beginner rune masters had memorized various rune structures and basic theories with great difficulty, but when it came to learning to control the precision of elemental energy, they were always unable to get through the door.
"This is the beginner array diagram in the rune book. Take it to practice first. When you have mastered yuan qi, I will teach you the carrier inscription, so as not to waste the materials." Elder Xu said as he took out a two-inch-thick rune book from the bookshelf and handed it to Long Bufan.
Opening the rune book, Long Bufan casually found a simple fire array, the 'Light Array'. He carefully observed the pattern on the paper, mobilized the yuan qi in his body to the tip of his finger, and drew according to the array diagram. The yuan qi in the void in front of him gathered into rune lines.
This was an extremely boring and exhausting work. However, Long Bufan drew hundreds and thousands of times. In this way of drawing over and over again, he gradually harmonized his yuan qi with his body.
If Long Bufan truly consumed too much of his Origin Energy, he would take a break and use this time to study the [Talisman Record]. With Long Bufan's memories, it was extremely easy for him to read this book. Although this book wouldn't bring him any new knowledge, it would allow Long Bufan to have a concrete understanding of Runic Array Diagrams.
It wasn't until evening that Long Bufan closed the rune book. He no longer relied on looking at the array diagrams. His five fingers gently pinched a seal, and a wave of yuan qi moved to the tip of his finger. His finger drew in the void, and with a flash of light at the tip of his finger, it quickly formed a beautiful and mysterious rune.
The rune was smaller than a fingernail, but it contained complex energy changes. The same rune, because of the subtle differences in the texture, the difference in the strength of the energy, the difference in the yuan qi itself, and so on, different rune masters would make different runes. There would always be good and bad ones. Long Bufan didn't know how good the rune he made was. He poured his yuan qi into it and activated the array.
He saw the rune gradually change. The air above the rune was like the airflow above a flame. Then, an area emitting a weak light slowly appeared above the array diagram. This light gradually became stronger, and basically, all the objects in the room could be seen clearly.
"Success!"
Although the light emitted by this simple fire array was still very weak, not even reaching the brightness of a candle, it was Long Bufan's first time successfully implementing an array. This was an important step, and a good start. As for the strength of the light, he believed that it could be slowly improved through research.
Elder Xu, who had just returned from dinner, happened to witness this scene. He hurriedly wiped the rice grains from the corner of his mouth, and with a surprised gaze, he praised, "Good boy, I thought you would need two days to master it. I didn't expect that you only needed half a day. This speed is much faster than the young me. It seems like you really do have talent in this area."
"Come, I'll teach you how to use suitable materials to increase the power of a rune array." Elder Xu excitedly pulled Long Bufan's arm and walked towards his usual laboratory table. There were many precious array materials on it.
"Uh, this … I haven't eaten since noon, and my stomach is tight. Can I practice tomorrow?" Long Bufan said with a dry laugh.
"Do you think it's so easy for others to want me to teach them rune arrays? This old man is willing to teach you everything, this is your fortune!"
Long Bufan wanted to shake off his hand, but who knew that Elder Xu's expression was crazy at this moment. He wanted to teach Long Bufan so badly that he actually released an earth-type stone lock array in the room, trapping Long Bufan in the room, and insisted on teaching him more things.
"Smelly old man, let me out, I want to eat!!!"
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