"Sometimes, even if he managed to draw it, it would be merely an empty shell without spirit; utterly ineffective."
Mo Hua nodded in understanding.
When she first learned the Thick Earth Formation, she didn’t know she needed to connect with the Taoist meaning of the earth. The Formation she drew only had the physical patterns but lacked the original effect of the Formation technique.
It was like a pattern that had lost its soul.
"Then what effect does this Spirit Pivot Formation really have?" Mo Hua asked curiously.
Instructor Yan said, "The specifics, since no one within the Sect had mastered it, I’m not quite clear on them..."
"But according to the Ancestral Master’s deductions of the Sect, at the core of this Formation method should be the word ’control’."
"Control?"
Instructor Yan nodded, "Control of Spiritual Power."
Mo Hua thought of Zhang Quan, who controlled corpses.
It seemed her guess was correct; Zhang Quan was first refining corpses, then using the Spirit Pivot Formation to increase the number of corpses he could control.
However...
"This... doesn’t seem that impressive," Mo Hua said weakly.
It was merely the effect of controlling Spiritual Power.
Zhang Quan used it to refine corpses, and although the numbers of zombies he could control were significant and dangerous, it still wasn’t something particularly fearsome.
If it really came to a fight, there were still many methods that could be used to counter it.
"No," Instructor Yan said with a grave expression, "the Spirit Pivot Formation is actually very powerful."
Mo Hua was taken aback.
Instructor Yan explained to Mo Hua:
"Controlling Spiritual Power is extremely important. Controlling corpses is just a minor application."
"In other aspects of Taoist cultivation, from small wood and stone puppets to large mechanical beasts, and even giant Taoist soldiers, formations like the Spirit Pivot Formation are needed for central control."
"Ordinary formations do not have such a strong effect on controlling Spiritual Power."
"For an individual cultivator, the effect may not be obvious, but the more cultivators there are, the larger the power, the deeper the schemes, and the more massive the mechanisms, artifacts, and cultivation engineering involved, the more crucial the Spirit Pivot Formation becomes!"
Upon hearing this, Mo Hua was shocked.
It seemed she had underestimated its importance.
The Cultivation World is vast with extensive territories; there are indeed many aspects of cultivation knowledge that she had not yet understood.
The Spirit Pivot Formation was actually so formidable...
"Instructor Yan, do you know about Zhang Quan?" Mo Hua couldn’t help asking.
Instructor Yan’s expression turned solemn, "You’ve seen him?"
"Mhm." Mo Hua nodded.
Instructor Yan frowned, "This person is treacherous and ruthless; it’s best not to have conflicts with him."
Mo Hua whispered:
"It’s too late for that; now he probably dreams of killing me..."
Instructor Yan’s mouth fell open, "You... what have you done to him?"
Mo Hua thought for a moment and said, "It seems like not much, mainly because his mind is narrow, and he tends to hold grudges."
All I wanted was to catch him, but I failed, to snatch his bell, but didn’t get it, and in the end, I only snatched away a few zombies.
And that was with the help of my senior brothers and sisters.
Who would have thought Zhang Quan would only target the weak and not hold a grudge against his senior brothers and sisters, focusing his resentment solely on me.
Mo Hua muttered to himself.
Instructor Yan didn’t know what to say.
Stay connected with empire
Zhang Quan was a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and a corpse cultivator to boot, having dealt with corpses all the time, his hands stained with countless lives.
And now he bore a grudge against Mo Hua...
Instructor Yan was filled with worry.
Mo Hua then whispered, "Instructor Yan, is the Spirit Pivot Formation stored on Zhang Quan’s body?"
Instructor Yan was slightly startled and slowly nodded, "I had assumed so as well…"
Mo Hua nodded and seemed to remember something else. He asked, "Instructor Yan, how did you end up at the Corpse Walking Stronghold?"
Instructor Yan looked melancholic, pondered for a moment, and still spoke slowly,
"Two years ago, I went to South Yue City, seeking that traitorous deserter who dishonored our sect..."
"But there was no trace of that traitor in South Yue City."