Wu Lao Jiu rushed in in a panic, "Madman, what are you talking about?"
"Someone has controlled the city protection formation!" Cao Rufeng formed seals with his hands and struck them into the void, trying to regain control of the city protection formation!
But!
The spells he cast were like clay cows entering the sea!
They vanished without a trace!
"No, no!"
"The control of the formation has been completely seized!"
"Who!"
"Who on earth!"
Cao Rufeng's eyes turned bloodshot!
Although he had resigned from the position of National Preceptor!
He was still the one controlling the city protection formation of Zhongzhou City!
This formation had always been under his command and maintenance since he set it up!
But today, for some unknown reason, its control was snatched away!
This gave him an ominous premonition!
"Madman, calm down, calm down!" More than the loss of control over the formation, Wu Lao Jiu was more worried about Cao Rufeng's state!
Because Cao Rufeng's real name was Cao Rufeng!
He had a split personality!
Sometimes refined!
Sometimes mad!
Because the position of National Preceptor was related to the destiny of the Wu Kingdom!
He changed his name to Cao Rufeng before becoming National Preceptor!
Wu Lao Jiu knew very well that Cao Rufeng was a ruthless man!
Even though his cultivation had plummeted!
If he truly went mad, it would be a nearly devastating disaster for the people of the Wu Kingdom!
Without further thought!
Wu Lao Jiu immediately took out a large hammer!
Because Cao Rufeng had said!
If he ever went mad, he should be knocked unconscious immediately!
Just as Wu Lao Jiu raised the large hammer in his hand!
Cao Rufeng suddenly fell silent!
His pupils trembled, and his eyes were filled with disbelief!
"Madman, are you mad or not?" Wu Lao Jiu was full of suspicion!
Cao Rufeng came back to his senses, a wry smile appearing on his lips, "You might not believe this, but that mysterious expert has returned the ownership of the formation to me!"
Wu Lao Jiu gasped, "There's such a move?"
It was obvious!
He didn't believe Cao Rufeng's words!
Cao Rufeng: "You can think I'm crazy!"
Wu Lao Jiu: "But, your eyes are clearer than usual, just with a bit of... unwillingness, and within the unwillingness, there's bitterness..."
"They say you shouldn't hit someone in the face, you're being a bit unfair!" Cao Rufeng gritted his teeth, deeply angered by his old friend's words!
Then he sighed!
Helplessly, he said, "You're right, I am indeed unwilling!"
"I just don't understand!"
"That was something I wrote nonsensically when I was drunk!"
"But why could that guy Chen Nan achieve it?"
"Is it Chen Nan?" Wu Lao Jiu's pupils trembled violently!
Cao Rufeng: "When he returned the ownership of the formation to me, I could feel his aura!"
"It was this guy!"
He revealed a pained expression when he said this.
"If you say he seized the control of the formation, that's one thing!"
"But why did he return it to me?"
"Was he humiliating me?"
"He's going too far!"
"This brat is too arrogant, he has no respect for elders!"
"The reason he comprehended the Great Dao of Formations in such a short time is not thanks to the insights and notes on formations that I gave him?"
"That bastard is truly ungrateful!"
"He's not human!"
Wu Lao Jiu cleared his throat, appearing slightly awkward, "Madman, I know you're very angry and frustrated right now, but, out of our years of brotherhood..."
"I have to refute you a little!"
"One!"
"The insights and notes on formations that you wrote were sold to Chen Nan!"
"A legal transaction, there's no debt of gratitude involved!"
"Two... that was purely something you wrote whimsically when you were drunk, you had no idea Chen Nan could embark on the Dao of Formations with it!"
"I'm already feeling so bad, can't you comfort me?" Cao Rufeng wailed, sitting on the ground and throwing a tantrum like a child!
Wu Lao Jiu looked at him with sympathy!
Not knowing how to comfort this old friend!
Cao Rufeng was the strongest formation grandmaster in the entire Immortal Realm!
A genius in the Dao of Formations!
Even the Human Emperor, who was also a master of formations, had to politely address him as 'Sir' in front of Cao Rufeng!
And the most important point!
Years ago, eight Nine-Rank Immortal Emperors fought!
That battle shook the heavens and the earth!
Everyone was killing madly!
At the critical moment, Cao Rufeng stepped forward and forcefully separated them with formations!
Otherwise, there would have been a Nine-Rank Immortal Emperor falling in that battle!
These were enough to prove Cao Rufeng's terrifying prowess in the Dao of Formations!
But today!
A junior, in the span of an afternoon!
Had comprehended the Great Dao of Formations!
And it was by using Cao Rufeng's notes, his whimsical thoughts from when he was drunk, to achieve enlightenment in one go!
Could Cao Rufeng feel comfortable?
"Although I'm not proficient in the Dao of Formations, I know that breaking a formation and setting up a formation are two different things!"
"Even if Chen Nan broke the city protection formation today!"
"Can he set up a powerful formation?"
"Formations are divided into nine ranks, even if you are a formation genius, it took you three thousand years to set up a Nine-Rank formation!"
Hearing this, Cao Rufeng felt much better, "You're right, even if he broke the city protection formation, he couldn't possibly set up a powerful formation in a short time!"
"Conservatively, it would take a hundred years!"
Wu Lao Jiu nodded in agreement!
Breaking a formation wasn't difficult!
The truly difficult part was setting up a formation!
Especially high-level formations, which required a strong soul power as a basis!
Chen Nan clearly lacked this aspect!
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"So, formations are that simple!"
"All things have spirits, it's true what the ancient texts say!"
"As long as one can find the formation spirit and communicate with it, one can completely seize back its control!"
Star Picking Tower!
Chen Nan was full of excitement!
He thought Cao Rufeng's writings were unreliable!
But he never expected to be able to see the formation spirit's existence using the Qi Observation Technique!
The ten low-grade immortal stones were truly worth every penny!
"However, breaking formations and setting up formations are still two different things!"
"To set up a powerful formation, I still have a long way to go!"
Chen Nan wasn't in a hurry!
Because he knew that rushing was useless!
Thinking of this, he sat cross-legged and began to sense the Qi of all things in heaven and earth!
The Qi Observation Technique recorded that!
There were many types of Qi in heaven and earth!
Spiritual Qi!
Yang Qi!
Yin Qi!
Righteous Qi!
Literary Qi!
Bad Luck Qi!
Disaster Qi!
Sickness Qi!
Good Fortune Qi!
Official Qi!
Auspicious Qi!
And so on!
"If, as Cao Rufeng said, all these Qi can be utilized as formation bases!"
Thinking of this!
Chen Nan's spiritual power flowed out silently!
He found a wisp of Bad Luck Qi!
This wisp of Bad Luck Qi was very weak. If not for Chen Nan's ability to see it with the Qi Observation Technique, let alone the naked eye, even spiritual power couldn't capture it!
The next step was to communicate with it and then set it up as a formation!
It took five days!
Chen Nan set up a Misfortune Array!
This array was very, very small!
It was like a speck of dust!
Invisible to the naked eye!
Although this Misfortune Array was very mediocre!
It had no power at all!
But for Chen Nan, it was the first step to success!
Congratulations!
He then took out his communication jade token and sent a message to Yu Fei: "I'm out of seclusion, want to get dinner together?"
Yu Fei cautiously asked, "Can I eat you?"