Mo Hua nodded, "Sort of."
Sun Yi’s eyelid twitched.
After pondering for a moment, his face darkened, and he said with a feigned smile:
"This formation is a treasured family formation of the Sun Family and is not to be taught to outsiders. Since you have learned it, you are a member of the Sun Family. You will need to join the Sun Family and work for us to pay back the grace you have received."
Paying back grace was a ruse, the truth was to keep the person.
Sun Yi decided to take a gamble.
He had come to understand something.
The Formation of the old ancestor was so profound and complex that he might never learn it for the rest of his life.
He might not learn it, but this young man likely would.
Even if he didn’t, it didn’t matter.
Just with his talent in Formation Mastery, he wanted to make him marry into the Sun Family and father children with the blood of the Sun Family.
A Formation Genius was not easy to come by.
He wanted to retain this young man’s talent in formation within the Sun Family and transmit it through generations with the blood of the Sun Clan.
So regardless of whether this young Formation Master had learned the Formation or not, he had to keep him today.
By saying this, Sun Yi was ready to go back on his word and show his true colors.
The cultivators of the Sun Family were getting restless.
The Spirit Farmer gripped their polearm tightly, on alert.
Ding Dachuan also cursed angrily, "The Family Head is such that his word means nothing, just like farting!"
Sun Yi just sneered coldly and paid him no heed.
He looked at Mo Hua and asked loudly, "Young brother, what do you think? If you join the Sun Family, we will surely treat you well."
However, Mo Hua shook his head and said, "Your Sun Family is too small, I’m afraid it can’t accommodate me."
Sun Yi was taken aback and said with a forced laugh,
"Our Sun Family is quite large, large enough for you to live in!"
Mo Hua replied with restraint, "I am also someone with status."
At such a young age, what status could he have?
Sun Yi sneered inwardly, but on the surface, he replied with a feigned smile, "No matter the status, our Sun Family can accommodate it." Find more to read at NovelFire.Côm
"Really?"
Mo Hua gave a faint smile, took out a ring, and put it on his delicate little hand.
The ring, made of white jade inlaid with gold, was simple yet luxurious.
Nine star traces were engraved on it, symbolizing the nine grades of Formation.
A burst of starlight above the star traces signified the acknowledgement by the Taoist Court as a true One-Rank Formation Master.
Sun Yi’s smile faded, and his pupils shook violently as he exclaimed,
"Heaven Shu Ring?!"
Sun Ze, unaware of why his father was so shocked, asked in bewilderment,
"What is the Heaven Shu Ring?"
Sun Yi said with a trembling voice, "The Heaven Shu Ring... he... is a One-Rank Formation Master..."
As soon as these words were spoken, all the cultivators of the Sun Family took a sharp breath, displaying expressions of disbelief.
The Sun Family had a legacy of Formation knowledge, although not much, but it was present.
In the clan, there were also many Formation Masters.
They were well aware of the difficulty in achieving a Formation Master Grading.
In the remote state boundary, a Formation Master who had passed the assessment was as rare as a phoenix feather or a qilin horn.
Even the Family Head, Sun Yi, with his Cultivation at the Foundation Establishment, had not managed to achieve One-Rank yet.
But now this little cultivator in his teens was a One-Rank Formation Master?!
Even if he started learning Formation from the womb, it still wouldn’t be possible...
After all, he was a One-Rank Formation Master.
A Formation Master without an official grading was only considered "self-proclaimed."
Only those who had been assessed by the Heaven Shu Pavilion of the Taoist Court and granted a ranking were considered real Formation Masters of esteemed status.
In other words, once a Formation Master received their grading, they had the backing of one of the Central Tao Court’s seven main pavilions, the Heaven Shu Pavilion.
It was as if they had leapt over the dragon gate – their status and identity were no longer the same as that of ordinary cultivators.
"Is that really the Heaven Shu Ring?"