Shanyue City.
It is one of the three super capitals of Shuiyuan Star, just like Rainbow City.
However, the world-renowned Baibing Dao Palace among the three is Shanyue City.
The Immortal Alliance has been passed down for ten thousand years, although there are countless forces from all sides. However, the world of cultivation has always been centered on the realm of cultivation.
And the core of all this is the ancestors of the successive generations of Huashen.
In tens of thousands of years, there are only three forces that have peerless Tianjiao coming in every generation, so that the ancestors of Huashen have never had a break.
That is the three major Dao Palaces that have established an unshakable foundation on the seven main stars of the Immortal Alliance so far.
Of course, in addition to this, there will also be Tianjiao who has no background in the three major Dao Palaces and is promoted to Huashen Patriarch, but that is only an occasional appearance, and after a generation of Tianjiao falls, there is no successor.
To this day, the three major Dao Palaces have been recognized as the top existence of the Immortal Alliance.
On Shuiyuan Star, even the three major capitals are built on the Dao Palace.
Therefore, the largest building complex in Shanyue City must be the Baibing Dao Palace.
Unlike the Natural Dao Palace, the Baibing Dao Palace is built in a mountainous area. Although there are wide enough roads between the peaks, it is the worst among the three major Dao Palaces in terms of transportation convenience and comfort.
This may be related to the concept of the Baibing Dao Palace.
Among the three major Dao Palaces, the first generation of Baibing Dao Palace, the old ancestor of Huashen, is a powerful body cultivator who entered the Dao through martial arts.
He firmly believes that man can overcome nature and advocates the method of hard cultivation. Especially in the inheritance of body forging techniques, he is known as the first in the Immortal Alliance.
In short, the Baibing Dao Palaces of the seven main stars are all built on similar terrain. It must be said that inheritance is a very scary thing.
This time, the leader of the Natural Dao Palace, the Jindan, who welcomed the New Year's exchange meeting of the elite students of the three major Dao Palaces, was Zhongli Zhili.
Generally speaking, the deans of each branch are afraid of similar activities. In most cases, the team leader is just the Jindan instructor of a branch.
Therefore, when Zhongli Zhili volunteered this time, the candidate was directly decided, and there was no one competing with him.
On the plane, Xu Jun, who was forcibly pulled by Zhongli Zhili to sit next to him, looked back at the seniors and seniors, his face was a little embarrassed.
"Dean, why didn't you tell me that this event was at the elite level." Xu Jun whispered, "Look, except for me, they are all seniors who have built their foundation."
Zhongli Zhili said lightly: "So what if they have built their foundation, who are you inferior to?"
Xu Jun was stunned, that's true.
Compared with them, he is just a little inferior in realm.
But there doesn't seem to be much difference between the ninth level of Qi training and the early and middle stages of foundation building.
Anyway, if it's a real fight, it will definitely not be him who gets beaten down in the end.
Now that Xu Jun has practiced both physical and magic and has reached the ninth level of Qi training, he is full of confidence in himself.
With his own foundation, he must at least have a late stage of foundation building to fight with him.
However, even for Dao Palace students, being able to cultivate to the middle stage of foundation building before graduation is already the limit for most of the geniuses.
The late stage of foundation building, or even the great perfection of foundation building, must be found among lecturers and graduate students.
Therefore, except for Xu Jun, all those who accompanied the team this time were in the early and middle stages of foundation building.
Xu Jun pondered for a moment and said, "Dean, if you let me fight in the ring, I don't mind. But, asking me to represent the formation department and compete with the elites of the other two Dao Palaces, this... is not a bit too much."
There are a total of ten students on this trip, and only three of them are good at fighting. The other seven are the leaders of each department in the Hundred Arts Branch.
If that's all, it's fine.
But on the list, the representative of the formation department, which cannot be avoided in any way in the hundred arts of cultivation, is also Xu Jun.
When Xu Jun saw this list, he almost vomited blood.
Although his talent in formation is indeed very strong, the time he has been exposed to formation is still too short, only four months at most.
Well, even if the projection time is included, it is only four years.
In four years, expecting a person to have any great achievements in the immortal family formation... Anyone knows that this is impossible.
Zhongli Zhili also looked depressed and said, "This can't be blamed on me. Fellow Daoist Sheng from the Formation Department said that this year's Formation Department of Baibing Dao Palace has produced a little genius named Ni Lilan. She is in the early stage of foundation building, but she can already skillfully arrange the second-level top-grade formation. Even if the top of our Formation Department goes, he can only be abused."
Xu Jun's mouth twitched and said, "Then if I go, I will not be abused? I can only arrange three or five first-level formations at most, and they are the simplest ones."
After hearing this, Zhongli Zhili also had the urge to complain.
You kid, don't you see how long you have learned the formation knowledge.
Four months, just four months, you can already arrange the formation? He can even set up three or five first-level formations...
No wonder old guy Sheng Sunyi insisted on imparting formation knowledge to Xu Jun, a super genius, despite everyone's opposition.
Moreover, this time he went against all odds and directly let Xu Jun represent the formation department to attend the exchange meeting.
When it is known that the strength of the top students will definitely not be able to match that of the other party, sending Xu Jun out may really bring some unexpected gains.
After a light cough, Zhongli Zhili said in a deep voice: "Master Sheng has explained that after you go there, you don't need to communicate with them. Just let them set up the formation and you go to break it. As long as we break all the formations set up by Ni Lilan, we won't be considered a loser."
Xu Jun was speechless. Master Sheng's confidence in himself was even greater than his own.
The plane slowly landed, and Zhongli Zhili took the lead and walked out with ten students.
"Haha, fellow Daoist Zhongli, it's you." A hearty laugh came, "I didn't believe it when I heard that you were the leader. I didn't expect it was really you."
Outside the plane, a burly man with a face full of flesh put his hands on his hips and laughed like thunder.
The laughter was so loud that it even suppressed the sound of the plane's engine.
Zhongli Zhili's face was not good. He used his spiritual sense to say to everyone,
"The one who greeted us is Teng Keli from the Baibing Dao Palace. He is the number one master of Baibing Jindan. He is treacherous and cunning. You should be careful and try not to talk to him."
Ten students nodded, but they didn't dare to speak, let alone use their spiritual sense to answer.
Using spiritual sense to communicate in front of a Jindan master was deliberately intended to be eavesdropped.
"Hey, old Zhongli, are you saying bad things about me?"
Zhongli Zhili laughed and said, "Don't think too much, fellow Daoist Teng, I'm introducing them to the First Golden Core of the Hundred Weapons."
Teng Keli waved his hand and said, "What First Golden Core of the Hundred Weapons? That's not my turn." He paused and said, "I'm only a little stronger on Shuiyuan Star, but it's nothing on Uranus."
Everyone: ...!!!
Xu Jun thought to himself, he was pretending so well, Dean Zhongli was right, he was really cunning.
Teng Keli's eyes turned and immediately fell on Xu Jun. He said loudly, "You must be Xu Jun."
The list of the three parties' communication was not a secret. As the only Qi training cultivator among all the people, it was impossible not to attract attention.
Xu Jun bowed and said, "Senior Teng, hello."
Teng Keli smiled and said, "Well, you are indeed a great man, not bad." He touched his stubble-covered chin and said, "I remember that when you took the college entrance examination in Tongren Lane, you got an exceptionally good score."
Xu Jun's face flushed slightly and said, "I was young and energetic at the time, so I was a little reckless."
At that time, Xu Jun thought that the result of killing a puppet in one second was amazing.
However, after taking the unified examination, he realized that this result was actually nothing among the top 100 students in the unified examination.
Even Gao Yidao, who ranked 100th, could kill the puppets one by one.
However, candidates with such strength had already been recommended in advance. Therefore, his result was nothing.
Tenkeli laughed and said, "Young people should be full of vigor. If we are all as depressed as old men like us, the Immortal Alliance will have no future."
He paused and said, "I sent someone to find you and wanted to recruit you to study at Baibing, but unfortunately you have been signed by the Natural Dao Palace in advance. It's a pity."
Zhongli Zhili showed a smile. The more regretful you are, the happier I am.
Xu Jun hurriedly said, "Thank you for the compliment, senior." Tenkeli
shook his head and said, "I like to tell the truth. Look at you. You have been studying at the Natural Dao Palace for less than three years, and you can already represent the elites to compete in the exchange meeting. Oh, I really should have gone there myself."
There are top scorers in the college entrance examination every year, but not every top scorer can stand out in just three years after entering the Dao Palace and represent the elite class of the Dao Palace to compete.
Xu Jun said quickly, "Senior, you are too kind. I am just here to make up the numbers."
"Yes." Teng Keli nodded slightly and said, "This is your first time to represent the elites in an exchange meeting. You should watch more, listen more, and do less. You will have several more opportunities like this. Your time will come."
This time, Zhongli Zhili's face became a little strange.
Xu Jun naturally would not sing a different tune at this time. He quickly said that he would follow the advice of his seniors and keep a low profile.
Teng Keli was very satisfied and said, "When you graduate from the natural sciences, come to study for a master's degree at Baibing. I will open a green channel for you."
Before Xu Jun could speak, Zhongli Zhili said angrily, "Nonsense, Xu Jun will study for a master's degree at my school in the future, don't be delusional."
Teng Keli was startled and said, "You?"
"Yes."
"Hey, I remember he seems to be the champion of kendo." Teng Keli asked in confusion, "How could he study for a master's degree at your school?"
Zhongli Zhili laughed for the first time and said, "You can't imagine it, don't worry, there will be many unexpected things this time."
Looking at Zhongli Zhili's smile, Teng Keli inexplicably had a very bad premonition.
Could it be that this old guy really has some trump card that can shine at this elite exchange meeting?
Otherwise, with his temperament, it is impossible for him to lead a team to come here to make trouble.
But his spiritual sense swept through and didn't find anything unusual, so he couldn't help but feel a little alert and irritated.
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"Pah..."
Fireworks exploded in the air, and the Lord of the Foundation Building City of Shanyue City, who looked over fifty years old but was actually over one hundred and fifty, announced the New Year's greetings.
As a result, the whole city became lively.
After enjoying the lively and festive atmosphere for half a day, Xu Jun and others calmed down and went to the various hills of the Baibing Dao Palace.
In every elite exchange meeting, since there is a martial arts fight, there must be a literary fight.
This so-called literary fight is naturally the hundred arts of cultivating immortals.
In addition to the four items of Danqi, Zhenzhen and Fu, which must be selected, a draw will be conducted every time to select three items from the remaining hundred arts for literary competition.
Seven people, representing seven immortal skills, exchanged their own ideas in seven different places.
Since Xu Jun was the representative of the Zhendao Department, he was naturally no exception.
Following a student of Baibing, he came to a mountain and entered the so-called Zhendao Department exchange venue.
"Huh?"
At this time, there were dozens of people sitting in this venue.
However, what really attracted people's attention were the two foundation-building monks surrounded by them.
One man and one woman, both of them exuded the powerful pressure of the early foundation-building monks.
Xu Jun knew at a glance that these two were the representatives of the Zhendao Department of Baibing Dao Palace and Qixing Dao Palace, and the circle sitting next to them were the students of the Zhendao Department of Baibing Dao Palace. The
elite students of the three Dao Palaces did not exchange many times, and being able to listen to a few words of debate might make them suddenly enlightened.
Therefore, as long as they were a little motivated, they would definitely not miss such a good opportunity.
However, when they saw Xu Jun coming in, many people present showed puzzled expressions.
Then, they saw Xu Jun steadily enter the middle circle and sit next to the two.
So, the discussion below became louder and louder.
"Is this, Qi training?"
"Strange, how can a Qi training stage have the courage to sit there."
"Could it be that this is a true array genius?"
"It should be, hey, I'm so envious, Qi training stage can represent the Dao Palace to participate in such an elite exchange meeting."
Indeed, although the three major Dao Palaces did not explicitly stipulate that the students who participated in the elite exchange meeting must be foundation building stage students.
But in fact, the students who participated in the past generations were basically all foundation building.
Unless there are some Qi training stage students who have a heaven-defying talent in one of the hundred arts. It is possible that they can represent the Dao Palace to participate, but such people are rare, and it is not certain that one can appear in a hundred years.
At least, in the last ten exchange meetings, there have been no Qi training stage elites. Therefore, when Xu Jun appeared and sat in the middle seat openly and magnanimously, everyone became suspicious and caused a slight sensation.
The two people who were originally sitting in the seats looked at Xu Jun curiously, and then the woman said, "This... Fellow Daoist, I am Ni Lilan from Baibing Dao Palace, the representative of this formation subject. This is Ma Yousong from Qixing Dao Palace, also a second-level formation cultivator. Fellow Daoist is from Ziran Dao Palace..."
Xu Jun nodded and said, "I am Xu Jun from Ziran Dao Palace, nice to meet you two fellow Daoists."
"Xu Jun?" Ni Lilan thought for a while and said, "I seem to have heard that a fellow Daoist in the Qi training stage came to Ziran Dao Palace this time. He should be you, right?" "
Yes."
Ni Lilan's face suddenly became quite strange, and said, "But I heard that this Xu Jun was the martial arts champion three years ago, and he participated in the competition as a sword cultivator."
Xu Jun said in surprise, "Really? But I remember that our Dao Palace instructor signed me up for the formation subject competition."
Ma Yousong's eyes also flashed a hint of suspicion, and said, "Fellow Daoist Xu, you only entered the Dao Palace three years ago?"
Xu Jun wanted to correct it, it should be two and a half years.
But seeing the disapproving looks in their eyes, he immediately lost interest and said, "Yes."
"Three years, isn't the time to study formations too short?" Ma Yousong asked doubtfully, "I wonder how many second-order formations you can set up?"
Xu Jun resisted the urge to roll his eyes and said, "I can only set up a few first-order formations, not second-order ones."
"Wow, a first-order formation master?"
"No way, he can't even set up a second-order formation, how can he be qualified to participate in the competition?"
"Wait, if he has only learned formation knowledge for three years, he can set up a first-order formation independently, that's also amazing."
"This person must have a strong talent in formations. If he had participated ten years later, he would have been the favorite to win. But now... he's afraid he's going to lose face."
Everyone talked unscrupulously, with a bit of ridicule in their words.
Ma Yousong opened his mouth, but seeing Xu Jun being so single, he was helpless. He could only wipe off his sweat and said, "Fellow Daoist Xu Jun, do you have no second-level formation masters in the Natural Dao Palace?"
"Yes."
"Then why don't they come?"
Xu Jun shrugged his shoulders and said, "My formation instructor said that I don't need to set up a formation here, I just need to break the formation."
"Break the formation?" Ma Yousong was stunned for a moment, and said in disbelief, "Your instructor told you to break the formation?"
"Yes."
The two formation masters appointed by the Dao Palace were a little confused.
Is it difficult for a formation master to set up a formation? It is
quite difficult, especially for large formations. You must first find the spiritual vein discharge point nearby, and then determine the spiritual power nodes little by little according to the trend of spiritual power.
This step is the most critical. The determination of spiritual power nodes is the true Taoism of a formation master. If
the determined place is good, then the formation arranged will be greatly increased.
But if you can't find a good place, then even if you use the most precious formation materials, you can't expect to set up a formation that will make people applaud.
The knowledge in this area is vast and requires enough talent to learn.
However, this is only the difficulty of setting up the formation.
If it comes to breaking the formation...
you ask a hundred formation masters, is it harder to set up the formation or break the formation?
They will tell you without hesitation that breaking the formation is ten times more difficult than setting up the formation!
Because when setting up the formation, it is like drawing on a blank piece of paper, and you can lay out key nodes anywhere.
But breaking the formation is different. You have to find these nodes in a formation that is already not good.
And these nodes can be hidden, covered, or laid out by real and fake formation eyes and nodes to confuse the audience.
If you want to break the formation, you must first understand the other person's formation ideas. If there is a mistake, it will be a thousand miles away.
Therefore, the difficulty of breaking the formation is more than ten times that of setting up the formation.
Ma Yousong opened his mouth and said angrily: "Friend Xu, don't joke."
Ni Lilan's expression was also a little ugly, but as a landlord, she was embarrassed to curse.
They all suspected that the Natural Taoist Palace was here to entertain them.
Xu Jun spread his hands and said, "If you don't believe it, then try it."
"How to try?" Ni Lilan said coldly, "Do you really want us to set up the formation and then wait for you to break it?"
Xu Jun nodded and said, "Yes, how else can we try it?"
Ni Lilan was stunned, and her face was slightly red.
Ma Yousong laughed loudly, with a little anger in his voice, and said, "Daoyou Ni, I want to borrow your precious land to set up a formation. I wonder if it's okay."
Ni Lilan immediately said, "No problem. I don't know what kind of equipment you plan to use. We should be able to provide some here."
Ma Yousong patted his waist, where there was a storage bag hanging.
He said loudly, "No need. Before I came, the Taoist Palace had already given enough materials."
The two of them sat here, originally wanting to meet friends through literature and discuss the method of formation. However, after being provoked by Xu Jun, they couldn't hold back.
This is not to say that they can't stand provocation, but Xu Jun violated the taboo of the formation master.
Pointing at their noses, they said that they could break the formation they had set up. Any formation master with a little self-esteem could not bear such humiliation.
However, they did not know that Xu Jun had no intention of humiliating them. Xu Jun was not a professional formation master, and when he studied the formation, he did not find it difficult, so he naturally could not understand what the pride of a formation master was.
He was just used to telling the truth.
Soon, the two formation masters left together.
Although the student of Baibing Dao Palace who was accompanying Xu Jun was kind, his eyes were as cold as ice.
Obviously, Xu Jun's actions just now had offended everyone severely.
Xu Jun grinned a little, and he really didn't know why he was angry when he just told the truth.
Alas, the hearts of formation masters are so fragile.
An hour later, someone ran in and invited Xu Jun to go out and break the formation.
It is absolutely impossible for a real second-level formation to be set up in just one hour. However, if there are enough materials and the formation flags are refined in advance, then in the right place, a miniature second-level formation can indeed be set up.
Of course, the power of this formation is limited and is far from being comparable to the real second-level formation.
But in such an occasion, it is more than enough.
Xu Jun followed everyone to a flat place behind the mountain.
Here, a layer of fog shrouded the area for several miles. From time to time, there were sharp roars in the fog. When the thick fog rolled, it was like a beast galloping, which made people shudder.
Ma Yousong was outside, with his hands behind his back, and said proudly: "Fellow Daoist Xu, this is the second-level psychedelic formation I set up, please teach me."
Xu Jun glanced at it and asked: "Where is Fellow Daoist Ni Lilan?"
Ma Yousong frowned slightly and said: "Fellow Daoist Ni was itching to set up a maze, and she... is here."
A figure rushed over from a distance, it was Ni Lilan.
However, compared with before, Ni Lilan now seemed to have calmed down a lot.
"Fellow Daoist Xu, Fellow Daoist Ma and I have each set up a psychedelic array. If you still insist on breaking it, please enter it."
Xu Jun nodded and walked away.
Ni Lilan hesitated for a moment and called out, "Fellow Daoist Xu, if you feel that this is impossible, you can shout for help."
Xu Jun laughed dumbly and said, "Thank you."
After that, he stepped into it.
(End of this chapter)