Is it that my own comprehension just isn’t enough?
Can’t really have to draw it a hundred times, right...
But according to this pattern, even if I drew it a hundred times, there doesn’t seem to be any progress.
Mo Hua frowned, propped his chin and silently thought.
Had he overlooked something?
The elements of the Formation: Formation media, Formation Patterns, Formation Pivot, Formation eye.
He should have considered all of these...
Besides these, there’s the Spiritual Ink, Spiritual Power, Divine Sense...
Mo Hua muttered each term, suddenly feeling a jolt in his heart.
Divine Sense...
Cultivators must use their Divine Sense to comprehend Formations.
But he was also using his Divine Sense to comprehend Formations, wasn’t he?
Could it be that what he needed to comprehend wasn’t just the Formation?
The Formation is drawn upon the earth, with its profound ability to carry all things, the Dao of the Earth... so in addition to the Formation, is there also the "earth" to comprehend?
Mo Hua sat down cross-legged with a try-and-see attitude, took a deep breath, and concentrated, starting to communicate with the earth through his Divine Sense.
An hour passed.
Nothing happened...
Mo Hua felt a bit disheartened and puzzled.
Suddenly he clapped his forehead, recalling something.
Mr. Zhuang had just told him:
"For a cultivator to comprehend the Dao, simply having perception is not enough, it’s easy to become intangible and abstract, formalistic, lacking substance."
"And a Formation is the manifestation of the Heavenly Dao, the bridge that connects cultivators with the intangible Heavenly Dao."
The Formation is the bridge that connects cultivators with the Dao of heaven and earth.
It’s not sitting and daydreaming, but rather, using the Formation as a bridge, drawing the Formation while comprehending the Great Dao.
Mo Hua’s eyes brightened, then he dipped his brush in ink again and began to draw the Thick Earth Formation on the ground.
Only this time, as he drew, he also unfolded his Divine Sense, communicating with the earth.
As his brush moved, Mo Hua faintly felt that his Divine Sense seemed to be stirred.
It seemed that the vast earth exhaled almost imperceptible breaths, which, as he replicated the Formation Patterns, gradually surfaced.
With each additional stroke of the Pattern, the earth’s breath grew thicker.
The touch of Mo Hua’s Divine Sense became clearer.
Once Mo Hua completed the Formation, he was certain in his heart that he had indeed sensed something.
It was a vast, profound, and compassionate breath.
But this was still just a sensation.
After the sensation, the earth remained silent, without a trace of breath.
Mo Hua looked down at the Formation he had drawn.
Parts of the Formation Patterns had already begun to fuse with the land, but only a shallow layer had merged, able to absorb only a faint Spiritual Power.
Despite this, Mo Hua’s spirits lifted.
This meant his idea was correct.
To comprehend the Thick Earth Formation, one must not only understand the Formation itself but also experience the Great Dao it contains.
Only by combining the Formation with the Dao and using the "earth" as the Formation media can this Ultimate Formation be drawn.
He had now experienced some of its profound mysteries, but having drawn too little, and reflected for too little time, the intensity was still inadequate.
What he needed to do next was to simply keep drawing.
Mo Hua’s eyes shone like stars.
He rallied his spirits and continued to practice the Thick Earth Formation using the method he had just realized.
The effect of this practice session was noticeably much better.
With each additional Formation drawn, the Pattern became more integrated with the land.
The perception of the earth’s breath from his Divine Sense also gradually clarified.
It was as if the boundless earth possessed its own will, ancient and unchangeable, silent and wordless, yet also broad-minded, nurturing all beings.
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Mo Hua communicated with this ancient will, gradually comprehending, his Divine Sense forming an affinity with it.