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Chapter 077: Three Talents - Spirit Gathering Array
Seeing that he had already stirred their enthusiasm, Yang Chen smiled slightly and stepped out of the reception room, heading towards the Yongbing Guild. There was nothing more to say after a night of silence; what needed to happen was enough for everyone to know, wasn't it?
At eight in the morning, at Zhongtian Plaza, it was packed with people. Yang Chen stood at the highest point of the main square, facing the crowd, with nine camp leaders and Jiang Nan and Tian Ci standing behind him. On either side stood Tang An and his disciple Tang Feng. He spoke loudly, "I have gathered everyone here today to announce three matters."
"First, no one is allowed to challenge the position of the commander of the Yongbing Legion; his status is equal to mine."
"Yes, Chief."
"Second, our new members lack cohesion. After discussing with the camp leaders, we have decided to hold a grand competition for the entire legion. All members can participate. Each realm will be a level, and the top three in each level will receive weapons forged by Senior Divine Craftsman Tang An. The top three in the Fighting Emperor realm will be rewarded with upper, middle, and lower-grade ghost weapons. The top three in the Fighting King realm will receive upper, middle, and lower-grade spirit weapons. The same applies for the Fighting Spirit realm."
"Third, those who do not plan for the future will face immediate troubles. Li Zheng!"
"I'm here," said the camp leader of Seven Kill Camp as he stepped forward.
"I command you to lead your camp members to scout the power layout of the City of Slaughter and devise a defense plan to submit to the Third Legion Commander."
"Yes, Chief. May I ask when this will be executed?" Li Zheng inquired.
"After the grand competition," Yang Chen replied.
"Yes, Chief."
"Zhao Yu and Zhang Tian step forward."
"I'm here." Two figures emerged from the crowd, kneeling on one knee respectfully.
"I order you two to set off immediately for Silver Moon City and explain everything here to my elder brother Chi Long. If there is anything needed, you will follow my elder brother's orders without returning. As for the grand competition, you can participate next year."
"Yes, Chief."
"Li Qi step forward."
"Your subordinate is here." Li Qi stepped forward and knelt on one knee respectfully.
"I command you to head to the Hengduan Mountains starting today, and tell everything here to Zhan Tao, allowing him to decide for himself. You will follow him." Yang Chen said.
"Yes, Chief."
"Alright, the team competition begins now! First, we start with the Fighter realm. You can duel freely on any Arena. Win a match, and someone will register it for you; lose a match, and you will no longer have the opportunity to challenge. Squad leaders can only challenge other squad leaders or higher, and cannot challenge those below them. No one is allowed to cheat." Yang Chen shouted.
"Yes, Chief." The crowd became excited. Yang Chen looked at everyone fighting and smiled, saying, "Jiang Nan, Tian Ci, the nine squad leaders, I leave this to you. Mr. Tang An and I will take our leave."
"Yes, Chief."
Yang Chen took Mr. Tang An and Luo Xi away from everyone's sight. Returning to Tang Feng's small wooden house, Yang Chen sighed and said, "Mr. Tang, how about staying at my City Lord's Mansion?"
"Brother Yang, you underestimate our wooden house. This is precious wood, Tian Tan Wood." Tang Feng said proudly, and Tang An also showed a hint of pride.
Yang Chen did not understand much about material names; in his previous life, he had only read the I Ching and had no interest in other books.
"But isn't Tian Tan Wood worth a fortune?" Luo Xi exclaimed.
"That's right." Tang Feng replied.
"This must be several hundred square meters, right?" Luo Xi said.
"Xi'er, do you think weapon smiths and alchemists lack money? Mr. Tang, let's discuss the structure of formations in detail." Yang Chen said.
"Sure. City Lord Yang, please follow me." Tang Feng happily said as he led Yang Chen into the forging room. At this moment, the Heavenly Craft Furnace was inside Tang An's storage ring, making the room appear unusually spacious.
"City Lord Yang can teach here; there are many materials available. If it's not enough, I can have Tang Feng go fetch more from the back." Tang An said.
Yang Chen nodded and said, "That works. However, for now, please call me Yang Chen instead of City Lord."
"Alright, I won't be formal either. Yang Chen, once you establish your country, I will settle in your Heavenly Craft Manor. For now, just call me Old Tang." Tang An said.
"Okay." Yang Chen nodded. He then picked up a long sword from the ground and said, "Any weapon can inscribe formations. In my hometown, formations are divided into nine types: Taiji, Liangyi, Three Talents, Four Symbols, Five Elements, Six Harmonies, Seven Stars, Bagua, and Nine Palaces. The other formations are derived from these nine types. For example, the Giant Wood Formation is derived from the Five Elements Formation."
"Stop, stop, stop. Yang Chen, I don't understand what you're saying. How can I depict Formation?" Tang An interrupted.
Yang Chen said, "I don't know how to teach you either, and I don't know much myself. Let me demonstrate." Yang Chen continued.
"Go ahead." Yang Chen casually took two equal amounts of water and floated them in front of himself, saying:
"In my understanding, Taiji divides into Two Instruments, separating yin and yang. One group of water is called Taiji, and when this group of water is divided, it becomes Two Instruments. Three parts become Three Talents, and so on. However, simply dividing the water does not create a Formation. Just like the Formation on my sword sheath, the two Demon Cores represent the yin and yang extremes. When they are equal in amount, they maintain a slight balance. It’s like I cannot harm you, and you cannot harm me, so we coexist peacefully. Then I carve out paths for them to circulate between each other, so they still maintain a delicate balance."
"Oh, I understand. So you let one group of water flow towards the other group, and then the other group flows back. This way, a slight balance is maintained, so the Formation won't collapse, right?" Tang An said.
"Exactly, that's the theoretical meaning. However, if you want the Formation you depict to have special properties, you need to manipulate the paths you carve. For example, the Formation on my sword sheath—Three Talents Gathering Spirit Formation—is designed to create paths that can gather spirit energy. Therefore, every time the energy in these two Demon Cores transforms, it can absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth and gather it in the sword sheath to nourish the sword body."
"Three Talents Gathering Spirit Formation? But didn't you only use two Demon Cores?" Tang Feng asked.
"As long as they are of the same origin and equal amount of energy crystals, it's fine. So I divided the two same-origin Demon Cores into three equal parts of Spirit Liquid, allowing me to set up the Three Talents Gathering Spirit Formation. Although its power is smaller than that set up with three equally sized Demon Cores, it is still slightly more powerful than the Two Instruments Gathering Spirit Formation."
"Then if you melt two Demon Cores into nine pieces and set up what you call the Nine Palace Formation, wouldn't its power be unmatched?" Tang Feng said.
"No, the Yin Yang Nine Palace Gathering Spirit Formation set up this way will never have as great power as a true yin-yang Triad Spirit Gathering Array. It’s only slightly more powerful than a Bagua Gathering Spirit Formation set up with two Demon Cores." Yang Chen explained.
"Oh, I see. So it mainly depends on how many energy crystals there are, right? The Four Symbols Gathering Spirit Formation will always be more powerful than the Three Talents, Nine Palaces, or the Triad Spirit Gathering Array, right?" Tang Feng gave an example: "What about when there are different quantities and qualities? How should we compare then?"
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