Night had fallen, and after finishing his dinner, Mo Hua sat upright at his small desk.
On the desk lay a first-grade Earth Fire Formation.
Mo Hua began to utilize the Calculation Method of Divine Sense taught by Mr. Zhuang, starting to calculate the Formation Patterns of the Earth Fire Formation.
There are two ways of Divine Sense Calculation: one is direct and the other, inverse.
One method is to calculate the Formation Patterns into Spiritual Power.
Based on the Formation Patterns of the Formation, one would calculate bit by bit, simulating the complete trajectory of the Formation’s spiritual power flow within the Sea of Consciousness.
This method of calculation allows one to clearly recognize the metaphysical Formation Patterns and the relationship with the inherent spiritual power, thus deepening the understanding of the essence of the Formation.
After the calculation, one could even extrapolate from the Formation Patterns the cycle of birth and demise in the spiritual power flow of the Formation itself, much like capturing the essence of a painting or calligraphy, while ignoring its physical form.
The other method of calculation is to derive the Formation Patterns from Spiritual Power.
When encountering complex and tricky Formations, one could deduce the Formation Diagrams by sensing their spiritual power with Divine Sense.
Mo Hua couldn’t help thinking that if he had known the Calculation Method of Divine Sense earlier, when he first entered the Foggy Forest, he wouldn’t have needed to dig up tree roots to study the Formation, but he would have been able to deduce the complete Formation Diagram of the Fog Formation just by sensing the flow of its spiritual power.
However, at that time his Divine Sense had not yet established a foundation, and he could not have learned to calculate.
Divine Sense Calculation is an advanced method for utilizing Divine Sense and comprehending the Dao of Formations.
Mo Hua planned to start with first-grade Formations, recalculating all the Formations he had learned one by one.
This practice would not only exercise the method of calculation but also allow revisiting old knowledge to gain a deeper understanding of Formations.
And the first Formation to recalibrate was the Earth Fire Formation.
Mo Hua began to derive the trajectory of spiritual power of the Earth Fire Formation based on the Formation Patterns within his Sea of Consciousness.
In the pale white Sea of Consciousness, faint blue trajectories of spiritual power emerged like fine threads, slowly but surely appearing, intertwining strand by strand, gradually sketching out an interconnected, cyclical and unending fledgling outline of the Formation’s spiritual power trajectory.
At the same time, Mo Hua’s Divine Sense poured out like a flood.
The rate of consumption far exceeded Mo Hua’s expectations.
His Divine Sense seemed to be communicating with the profound and inscrutable Great Dao.
The Great Dao is chaotic and obscure, full of everything and yet seemingly nothing, and just by sensing its presence, Divine Sense continued to pour out ceaselessly.
Mo Hua was deeply shaken.
While drawing Formations, he occasionally had this sensation.
It seemed that he was not comprehending the Formation, but the embodiment of the Great Dao itself.
The Divine Sense expended in learning a Formation was, in fact, in contemplation of some profound and elusive Great Dao.
The more Mo Hua drew, the clearer this realization became.
But his previous experiences were nowhere near as vivid as this current session of Divine Sense Calculation.
And Mo Hua had never experienced such a rapid depletion of Divine Sense as now!
By the time he had spent two hours and finally completed the calculation of the first-grade Earth Fire Formation, Mo Hua was shocked to discover that his Divine Sense had been completely exhausted.
The Divine Sense of someone at the Foundation Establishment Stage was entirely spent on calculating a single Qi Refinement first-grade Formation...
Mo Hua found it hard to believe.
Mr. Zhuang had said that Divine Sense Calculation consumed a lot of Divine Sense, but Mo Hua had never imagined that it would consume so much!
No wonder no Formation Masters bothered to learn it...
Mo Hua felt somewhat contemplative, then a bit relieved.
He was naturally weak and his Spiritual Root was lacking. The only strength he had was his Divine Sense, which even seemed a bit excessive.
The method of calculating Formations consumed so much Divine Sense that others didn’t have enough to learn it, but to Mo Hua, it was inconsequential, as he had plenty of Divine Sense to spare.
This method of calculation was just right for him to learn.
Mo Hua meditated to restore his Divine Sense, then reviewed what he gained and lost mentally. Afterward, he drew a new Earth Fire Formation and began to calculate it again.
The structure of the Earth Fire Formation is uniform, with identical Formation Patterns, but the spiritual power flow of each actual drawing is different.
Just as people all have two eyes and a nose, with similar layouts and structures, their specific appearances vastly differ.
The same goes for Formations.
Therefore, each specific Formation has a different spiritual power operation, and needs to be recalculated.
However, although the operation of spiritual power varies, in essence, it is the same Formation.
Having successfully calculated one, the second one was much easier for Mo Hua to calculate.
After that, Mo Hua tried to calculate several more Formations. When it was 1 p.m., he submerged his Divine Sense into his Sea of Consciousness and continued to practice the Reversed Spirit Formation on the Taoist Stele.
He planned to practice calculations during the day and Formations at night.
This was how Mo Hua had arranged his routine, but as he practiced, he suddenly rested his chin on his hand and mused to himself,
"The Taoist Stele can be used for Drawing Formations, I wonder if it can also be used for calculating Formations…"
When calculating a Formation outside, the spiritual power trajectory materializes in the Sea of Consciousness.