Sun Yi sneered, "At that time, the Sun Family’s formation will return to its rightful owner, and that kid capable of drawing formations will also serve our Sun Family."
Sun Ze was a bit worried:
"But what if there are Foundation Building Cultivators among them?"
Sun Yi said, "I have planned these past few days. Among them, even if there’s a Foundation Building, there’s at most one..."
"Within our Sun Family, there’s me, a Foundation Building Cultivator, and in addition, there are hundreds of Qi Refinement disciples."
"When the time comes to take action, I’ll hold off that Foundation Building Cultivator, while the hundreds of Sun Family disciples, can they not handle the remaining few Qi Refinement cultivators?"
Sun Yi snorted again, "Even if that kid’s spells are formidable, he can beat eight or nine at most, which would be the limit. Dozens, or even hundreds, of cultivators could exhaust his spiritual power just by attrition."
"Once his spiritual power is exhausted, he won’t be able to escape even with wings."
Sun Ze still had some reservations, "Even if we catch him, will he listen to our Sun Family?"
Sun Yi smiled and then continued:
"We’ll capture them all and use his master, or his senior and junior fellow disciples as threats; we won’t have to worry about him disobeying."
"When he grows up a bit, we’ll pick a girl from the Sun Family and force a marriage. Once they have a child, he’ll be bound to our Sun Family."
"With children carrying the Sun Family bloodline, connected by kinship, he’ll be considered half a Sun Family member and naturally devote himself wholeheartedly to serving our Sun Family..."
Sun Ze was shocked, "Father, you’re really cunning... astute."
Sun Yi smiled complacently. He turned his head to look at the distant Spirit Fields, his eyes filled with anticipation:
"Keep looking, find that lost formation for our Sun Family..."
...
Mo Hua was indeed searching for formations, but after half a day, he still had no clue.
So, he went to ask Mr. Zhuang:
"Master, is the Formation in the Spirit Field?"
Since the Sun Family could no longer be stayed with, Mr. Zhuang took up residence at Old Ding’s house.
Although Old Ding’s house was poor, the courtyard was quite spacious.
Mr. Zhuang then placed a set of bamboo chairs in the courtyard and sat leisurely on them when he had nothing to do, leisurely watching the green mountains and waters, the blue sky and white clouds.
Upon hearing Mo Hua ask him, Mr. Zhuang smiled inscrutably, "What do you think?"
Mo Hua nodded, "I think it is."
"Since you have a guess, then keep looking patiently."
Mr. Zhuang spoke leisurely, not in a hurry at all.
Mo Hua was somewhat worried.
He had already been searching for many days, yet there were still no clues.
In the Spirit Field, there were only the Cultivating Soil Formation with six Formation Patterns and some other water and soil-related Formations.
There was not even a single first-level nine-pattern Formation, let alone an Ultimate Formation with more than nine patterns.
Seeing Mo Hua frowning, Mr. Zhuang offered some guidance:
"What are the key elements of a Formation?"
"Formation media, Formation Patterns, Formation Pivot, Formation eye."
These were basic Formation questions, and Mo Hua naturally replied fluidly.
"Then you should continue to think from these perspectives, but don’t limit yourself to the existing knowledge of Formations."
Mr. Zhuang said, and then he looked into the distance, his expression profound:
"Formation method is vast and profound; what you see and learn is still just the tip of the iceberg. There is much unknown mystery yet to be discovered."
"You must learn to use existing knowledge to ponder, but you cannot be restricted by it."
Mr. Zhuang instructed.
Mo Hua seemed to understand and slowly nodded.
In the following days, Mo Hua still ran to the Spirit Field every day.
Ding Miao followed behind him every day, running back and forth.
Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi had nothing else to do and also followed Mo Hua, helping him search for the Formation.
Bai Zisheng would still go out for a stroll nearby when he was free, to see if the Sun Family would come looking for trouble again.
Aunt Xue was strict in her discipline; she generally did not allow him to fight with others.
Otherwise, back when they were in Tongxian City, he had wanted to follow Mo Hua into Big Black Mountain for Monster Hunting, eager to show his prowess.
Now that Aunt Xue was not by his side, Mr. Zhuang did not indulge him but neither did he restrain him, Bai Zisheng had long wanted to find someone to spar with, to test his skills.
Especially since as the eldest disciple, helping his junior in a fight was only natural, and Mr. Zhuang would not blame him.
So Bai Zisheng had the air of being eager to try and wandered around the Spirit Field every day, occasionally looking up to see if any sensible cultivators from the Sun Family would trouble them and give him a chance to prove his mettle.