But is it really that simple?
Mo Hua went to ask Mr. Zhuang again.
"Gentleman, for Formation Calculation, don’t you have to calculate it all at once?"
"No need."
"Can you calculate a little each day?"
Mr. Zhuang nodded and said, "You can."
That’s indeed the case.
Mo Hua sighed. He had jumped to conclusions and fallen into a trap. If he had asked Mr. Zhuang earlier, he could have understood this sooner...
Mo Hua then said, "Then in that case, collapsing a Formation doesn’t seem so difficult..."
Mr. Zhuang’s expression became subtly complicated, and he couldn’t help saying,
"You can say that here, but don’t say it outside, or you’ll get beaten up..."
Mo Hua was stunned, "Why?"
Mr. Zhuang said helplessly, "The biggest difficulty in collapsing Formations lies in the Reversed Spirit Formation and Divine Sense Calculation."
"A First Grade Reversed Spirit Formation has ten Patterns, exceeding ordinary Formation specifications. The same is true for Second Grade and above; there are only a handful of Formation Masters in this world who can master these Formations."
"Divine Sense Calculation also requires a vast Divine Sense as a foundation. An average Formation Master doesn’t have sufficient Divine Sense to even qualify for Calculation. If they force themselves to Calculate, their Sea of Consciousness will dry up instantly."
"Divine Sense Calculation doesn’t need to be done in one thought; you can calculate bit by bit, but even so, it requires an immense amount of Divine Sense and a great deal of time."
"Therefore, for a Formation Master, if they don’t know the Reversed Spirit Formation, they can’t start to collapse a Formation. Even if they learn the Reversed Spirit Formation, they may not have the Divine Sense to Calculate; even if they have the Divine Sense to Calculate, they won’t have enough time. If they can’t Calculate, naturally, they also can’t collapse it..."
"Is it that difficult?" Mo Hua was somewhat surprised, "I thought, since Divine Sense Calculation doesn’t need to be done in one thought, collapsing a Formation would be easy..."
Mr. Zhuang looked at Mo Hua and sighed, "You kid, now you’re somewhat blithely uninformed..."
Not everyone has such strong Divine Sense.
Mo Hua smiled sheepishly.
Then he asked softly, "Gentleman, is there any danger in collapsing a Compound Formation?"
Mr. Zhuang looked at Mo Hua in surprise, "Have you collapsed a Formation before?"
Mo Hua knew he couldn’t deceive Mr. Zhuang, so he told the truth, "I collapsed a First Grade Earth Fire Formation."
Mr. Zhuang’s eyelids twitched slightly.
He had guessed that Mo Hua would learn quickly, but he hadn’t expected Mo Hua to actually learn this fast.
He had only mentioned the method of collapsing Formations briefly, yet Mo Hua had managed to figure it out on his own.
For a moment, Mr. Zhuang hesitated, not sure whether he should continue teaching.
Divine Sense Calculation, Formation Collapse.
This was already way beyond the standard...
He had never thought that in his life he would teach these things to a disciple, especially to a Qi Refinement Realm nominal disciple...
Mr. Zhuang was indecisive, looking at Mo Hua, conceiving of something. After a moment, his eyes slightly brightened, as if he had made a decision.
"Gentleman?" Mo Hua said softly.
Mr. Zhuang snapped back to reality and thought for a moment before saying:
"To collapse a Compound Formation, the method is still the same. Just be careful not to get yourself killed."
"Not to get myself killed?" Mo Hua was stunned, "Can just running away do the job?"
"Either run far away or leave yourself a Life-gate," Mr. Zhuang said.
"Life-gate... What does that mean?"
Mo Hua didn’t understand.
"Do you remember what I told you about the Great Dao giving rise to life and destruction?"
Mo nodded.
"The Great Dao brings life as well as destruction; where there is destruction, there is life. The collapse of a Formation is destruction, and calculating the Life-gate is creation. A Formation Master can use a Formation to kill enemies, but if they don’t leave a Life-gate, they’ll be fools if they get killed by their own Formation."
Mo Hua definitely didn’t want to be that fool, so he earnestly sought advice:
"How do I leave a Life-gate?"
"When calculating with Divine Sense, carefully sense where the Spiritual Power of the Formation Pivot is the weakest; that’s the Life-gate. Don’t form a Reversed Spirit Formation near the Life-gate."
Mo Hua nodded and added, "Does collapsing a Single Formation also involve a Life-gate?"
"A Single Formation has too weak a structure of Spiritual Power, and the force of collapse is too small. There is a Life-gate, but the range is also small; it’s almost the same as not having one at all. Only consider a Life-gate when collapsing Compound Formations and above."
"Understood, Gentleman!"
Mo Hua had no other questions and didn’t want to disturb the Gentleman’s rest anymore. He stood up to take his leave.
After Mo Hua left, Mr. Zhuang sat in the bamboo chair in silence for a long time.