The housing agency worker chatted about the idle gossip of South Yue City while introducing the cave dwelling to Mo Hua.
Mo Hua, while taking in the exterior layout of the dwelling, remembered what Mr. Zhuang had said.
"Look at the spiritual energy, look at the layout, look at the formations, look at the five elements..."
Since the Taoist Court unified all, the cultivation world had developed for over twenty thousand years, and billions of cultivators had been born, yet nature’s spiritual energy had gradually become diluted.
Nowadays, the natural spiritual energy present between heaven and earth was no longer enough to support the cultivation of cultivators.
But there was indeed still spiritual energy between heaven and earth.
It’s just that this spiritual energy was either too sparse, too mixed, or too tainted to be absorbed and refined by the cultivators.
Mo Hua pondered silently in his heart:
"Master asked me to look at the spiritual energy, but what exactly am I supposed to look at?"
"What’s so special about spiritual energy?"
Mo Hua released his divine sense and observed the lingering spiritual energy above the cave dwelling, after a while, he gradually understood and realized something in his heart.
What Mr. Zhuang asked him to look at was not the spiritual energy itself, but the flow of spiritual energy.
If the spiritual energy flows, then the qi channels are unobstructed, making the dwelling suitable for living.
Wind may not always be present, but the flow of spiritual power is constant.
It’s just that this kind of flow is very subtle and requires patience to sense and careful discernment to identify.
The layout is also easy to understand.
East, south, west, north, as well as the upper and lower directions.
The location of the cave dwelling within the entire layout of the Immortal City, as well as its orientation, are all carefully considered.
There’s no need to mention formations.
As a First-grade Formation Master and a First-grade Chief Formation Master who had constructed the Five Elements First-Class Demon Slayer Formation, had divine sense of twelve patterns, and had even learned the Ultimate Formation that surpassed first grade, Mo Hua found things related to formations the simplest.
Especially the formations at the Qi Refinement Realm.
This South Yue City was but a Second Grade Immortal City.
The highest level of cultivation was only at Foundation Establishment, and the formation masters were at most first grade.
The formations used in this dwelling were mainly first grade, with even the nine-patterned formations being rare—most were simple formations of six or seven patterns.
These formations were so simple that Mo Hua didn’t even need to calculate; he could see through them at a glance.
To Mo Hua, six or seven patterned formations were practically no different from basic formation patterns.
Lastly, the five elements...
Mo Hua still remembered the principles of the Five Elements Generation and Restraint he dealt with when constructing formation diagrams for the Refinery Shop.
In Tao cultivation architecture, different rooms and formations all involve the principles of the Five Elements Generation and Restraint.
How to utilize metal to produce water and nurture water sources; use water to produce wood, to nourish flowers and plants; and use earth to produce metal, to strengthen buildings...
Mo Hua looked, calculated, and confidently muttered to himself.
The housing agency worker couldn’t help but look at Mo Hua with surprise.
This young cultivator didn’t seem like an amateur.
And he was very familiar with the formations in the dwelling...
It seemed he had some solid foundations in formations.
Could it be that he’s an apprentice of some Great Formation Master, picking out a dwelling for his master?
The housing agency worker’s spirits lifted, and the smile on his face became even more sincere.
A Formation Master, after all...
Even if you couldn’t curry favor with one, you must never offend one.
...
The housing agency worker was very enthusiastic, leading Mo Hua and two companions to see all the cave dwellings the housing agency had.
After Mo Hua looked around and reflected on them, he initially settled on three dwellings and asked Bai Zisheng and Bai Zixi:
"What do you think?"
Bai Zixi didn’t say anything.
However, Bai Zisheng was not quite satisfied.
"It’s not large enough, not grand enough, there are too few rooms, and the facilities for alchemy and artifact refining are very basic."
Mo Hua glanced at him, "Why don’t you pick one then?"
Bai Zisheng thought for a moment and then backed down:
"Never mind, Master asked you to pick, so you should do it."
All these matters of spiritual energy, layout, formations, and five elements just gave him a headache.