Mo Hua nodded his head, “Yes, I have!”
Mr. Zhuang’s eyelids twitched slightly.
He learned so fast…
It’s been just one night, hasn’t it?
“Disciple still has some questions and would like to ask for the teacher’s guidance,” Mo Hua said respectfully and obediently.
Curious, Mr. Zhuang asked, “What would you like to ask?”
Mo Hua repeated some of the important doubts he had while drawing the Compass Compound Formation last night.
Mr. Zhuang’s slender fingers rested on the bamboo chair, tapping lightly a few times, pondering before he asked back:
“What do you think the Formation Pivot is?”
Mo Hua thought for a moment and said, “Is it a type of Formation structure?”
“Yes, but also not quite right.”
Mo Hua didn’t understand.
Mr. Zhuang said, “The Formation Pivot of a Single Formation is a kind of Formation structure, but the Formation Pivot of a Compound Formation, is more like a type of Formation itself.”
“A Formation?”
“Correct, you can see it as a special kind of Formation, with directional and functional structural properties.”
Mo Hua thought deeply, then slowly nodded and asked further, “Disciple understands the directionality, but what specifically are the functions of a Formation Pivot?”
“The Formation Pivot is the crux of the Compound Formation, capable of controlling the Spiritual Power within the Formation, binding different Single Formations, coordinating all the Formation Patterns, each with varying functions, but the most common are controlling the opening and closing of Spiritual Power, its sequence, Mutual Attraction and Repulsion, Strong Inhibition, Gathering and Scattering…”
Mo Hua listened until his head spun, his little eyebrows furrowing together.
Mr. Zhuang couldn’t help but laugh and said, “To put it simply, it is to control the sequence of Spiritual Power movement within the Compound Formation, its activation and rest, Mutual Attraction and Repulsion, enhancement and inhibition, concentration and dispersal, etc.”
Mo Hua understood a bit more and then said:
“Like the Compass Parent-Child Formation, it uses the magnetic properties of Mutual Attraction and Repulsion of Golden Series Spiritual Power, so when the Child Formation moves, the Mother Formation reacts accordingly…”
Mo Hua’s eyes lit up, then he said, “I once repaired an Alchemy Furnace for Old Mr. Feng, and the Formation inside was a Wood-Fire Control Spirit Compound Formation; wood generates fire, using the Wood series Single Formation to amplify the Fire-series Single Formation, does this count as ‘Strong’ within the ‘Strong Inhibition’ of the Formation Pivot?”
Mr. Zhuang nodded in approval.
Mo Hua thought again, but then he couldn’t think of anything else, as he hadn’t come into contact with other Compound Formations.
Frowning, Mo Hua pondered for a moment before another question arose:
“Teacher, what about a Large Formation?”
Mr. Zhuang’s gaze sharpened, and his expression turned serious as he said slowly:
“Do you wish to learn about Large Formations…”
Mo Hua, somewhat confused, replied, “Can’t one learn Large Formations?”
Mr. Zhuang paused, raised his eyebrows with a chuckle, and said:
“Yes, all are Formations, why would there be anything one can’t learn.”
Mo Hua’s face showed anticipation.
Mr. Zhuang gently tapped Mo Hua’s forehead, “Don’t aim too high for now; learn what’s before you well, there’s still time for Large Formations!”
“Oh,” Mo Hua said, covering his head.
“Off you go, study well,” Mr. Zhuang said with a gentle look, lightly dusting off his sleeve.
“Yes! Teacher, please rest well, your disciple takes his leave.”
Mo Hua nodded, bowed respectfully, then under Mr. Zhuang’s gaze, he left the bamboo chamber.