While the others went to the city and went shopping, Ryker currently waiting for the Formation Master to arrive. He waited for nearly an hour when he heard a knocking on his door. He opened it, to meet eye to eye with the servant of Hal Family that had helped him before.
The man moved to the side, an old man behind him. "Mister Ryker, this is Master Foru. He will be the one to upgrade the formation in your house," the man introduced the formation master to him, the formation master bowing slightly to him.
"Thank you, Master Foru for upgrading the formation here," he gave his gratitude, the old master's lip twitched upward.
"Of course, this old man is paid to do this. Bring me to the formation. This old man going to upgrade it," the old man replied, Ryker, bowing slightly before showing Foru to the place where the formations were placed.
Entering the place, Foru didn't take much time before he took a quick look at the formation, nodding at it before looking at it from another process. While the two watched the old man doing what he was supposed to do, they had a quick chat with each other.
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By the time Foru finished, he was greeted by the sight of food and the group decided to eat while waiting for him to finish. The old man takes a seat next to his current employer, before gulping down the food at a terrifying ferocity.
After he finished eating, he told them what he could find, "The formation used for qi gathering is linked to the entire house, even the backyard. For me to change it would take some time but it's manageable to do it in a day, but it will take until maybe even until sunset at the latest, to finish it off,"
Hearing this, Ryker nodded. Considering thean going to upgrade the two formations to Genesis Grade 4 Formation, it was already impressive enough to do it in a day, showing the high attainment he must have in the Lore of Formation.
Besides, the girls would be spending their entire day in the city so he didn't mind the Formation Master taking his time to upgrade the formations. Also, he was interested in seeing how formations were made.
Even though it's upgrading the formation and not creating a new one out of scratch, it still gives him some insight. He didn't dare to say he would become a master in the field, but at least he could make some simple one, like a Qi Gathering Formation and something similar.
He watched as the old master took several resources, putting them in different positions. The old man signed, "It's too bad that there are no more Energy Vein Core, if not, the formation would have been better,"
Hearing what the old man said, Ryjer asked, "If there is an Energy Vein Core, how much better would the formation be,"
"I say an improvement of 50%, at least. I will not be surprised if it will be more than that," the old told him. The old man's and the Hal Family servant's eyes popped out as he took an Energy Vein Core from his storage ring.
"Will this do?" he asked, the old man looking intently, releasing his divine sense before nodding.
"Yes! Definitely! In fact, judging by the energy it let out, I said it was a low-level core that was about to become a medium-grade core. If this thing is used, then the formation's strength would be double," the old man exclaimed.
Ryker nodded, an improvement doubling its previous effect would be great. He reckoned his group strength would increase drastically.
"Do you really want to use it this way?" the old man asked, looking at him seriously.
"What do you mean by that?" he asked, wanting the older man to be clearer with his words.
"If you have an Item Refiner to create a Formation Core out of this thing, the effect would reach triple the effect when it is done with the materials I have in hand. How about this, I will make the formation slightly weaker so any adjustment won't take too long.
I would give it to my acquaintances and have him make a better Formation Core. In fact, if you have something familiar, I can assess it and see if it is possible to make them into auxiliary Formation Items," Foru told him.
Ryker thought about it before taking several ores he had found near the energy crystal veins he found in the past.
"This is! This is a type of energy metal!" the old man exclaimed, shocked by the sight of the ores.
"What!? The energy metal that can only be found in rich energy crystal veins!" the other man asked, similarly in a state of shock.
"Can you use it as a material to make the auxiliary Formation Items?" Ryker knew he should be shocked as well but he had more important things to think about, namely if it can be used in the formation or not.
"Yes, in fact, it would be the best material for an energy-gathering formation. So, you want to use these to make the necessary items?" Foru asked.
Ryker nods, not wanting to say too much. The old man hummed. "In that case, I will upgrade the defensive formation first, then I will get someone to refine these materials to Formation Items. It won't take long, maybe 2 or 3 days, the longest would be 5 days,"
Hearing these, Ryker agreed to the proposal. Waiting for a day or two won't be too much of an issue. The benefits of having stronger formations outweigh the cost and time they have to wait.
"Excellent, in that case, I would go upgrade the defensive formation first. If you want, you can come watch me work but don't bother me," Foru told them, heading towards the point where the core of the defensive formation was located.
Ryker decided to observe the man, to see if he could emulate his action. Even if he can't practice formation, he might find the technique useful for some other endeavor.
The old man took the core of the defensive formation before throwing some materials to it. He then used his qi to seamlessly merge the energy from the materials. Some of the materials even merged with another, mostly the more malleable ones.
He watched as the old man moved his qi with the experience and grace of an expert, his mastery over Lore of Formation likely reaching the Elementary Understanding. His cultivation is no slouch either, being someone at the peak of the Genesis Foundation.
He watched the process with a focused look, trying to not miss anything. He spend the entire day watching the old man upgrade the formation, not realizing how the time passed without his notice.