This “Mr. Yuan” was precisely located by him, the ambush set by him, the Taoist Court called by him, leading to the encirclement and killing.
Considering it, he was the “chief culprit.”
Yet, he hadn’t anticipated getting involved in such a cliché of “killing the small leads to the big, killing the big leads to the elder” cause-and-effect drama.
“Perhaps you won’t truly encounter it; I’m just reminding you to be careful.” Elder Zheng said.
“Okay, I’ll remember.” Mo Hua nodded.
Seeing this, Elder Zheng relaxed, took another sip of tea, and said, “By the way, what did you want to ask me?”
Only then did Mo Hua recall the main issue, sincerely asking:
“Elder, in that Thunder… in that formation inheritance, especially the array plate, there are both Third Grade and Second Grade formations embedded in it. Why is that? Is it to ‘lower the frequency’ of the formation?”
“That involves another type of formation knowledge.” Elder Zheng thought for a moment, then slowly said, “Let me ask you, how do you differentiate between First and Second Grade formations?”
This question was too basic.
Mo Hua replied, “By the number of formation patterns and the classification of formation patterns.”
“Have you ever tried using First and Second Grade formations together?” Elder Zheng asked.
Mo Hua thought for a moment, then shook his head, “No.”
As a Second Grade Array Master, why would he go back to drawing First Grade formations?
Moreover, his Divine Sense was much stronger than other cultivators of the same realm, and he had always been drawing high-rank formations, honing his Divine Sense in the process.
He hadn’t drawn First Grade formations in a long time.
“Can First and Second Grade formations be used together?” Elder Zheng asked again.
“Probably… yes, in a Compound Formation, using a formation pivot to accommodate both First and Second Grade formations is possible.” Mo Hua said, “But such mixing doesn’t seem to have much point.”
Elder Zheng nodded, “Mixing First and Second Grades isn’t very meaningful because they’re both quite basic, but above Third Grade, it’s different.”
“For many cultivators, forming a Golden Core is a major barrier.”
“For many Formation Masters, Third Grade formations are similarly a Heavenly Chasm.”
“Many Formation Masters remain stuck on the threshold between Second and Third Grades for life, unable to advance further.”
“And Third Grade formations are significantly more powerful compared to Second Grade.”
“Many formations, when using only Third Grade patterns, would be very powerful. But in the real cultivation world, Third Grade Array Masters are few, Third Grade formations are difficult, their cost is high, and they’re extremely inconvenient both in maintenance and repair.”
“Thus, the typical Third Grade formation is a ‘mixed’ compound formation, containing some Second Grade formations.”
“This technique is referred to by Formation Masters as ‘pattern lowering.’
“Its purposes are twofold: one is to lower the grade of formation patterns to reduce difficulty, control cost, and save on formation operation losses.”
“The second is to enable lower-realm formation masters to slightly activate some high-rank formation operations through mutual influence of formations…”