Chapter 23
50 years ago when Lin Sheng and Xue Bing just departed
On the five elements peak , all the disciples go to their own activities .
Mu Tian was comprehending various formations about the five elements, attack , defense , illusion; we could say that My Tian is now a peak formation of the second order with certitude. But unfortunately for him he has been blocked at the 94 level for 2 years now .
He decided to stop and brainstorm some idea by himself
After some hard thinking he decided to redo the first 90 levels slowly and try to comprehend more instead of just passing
Fortunately for his talent in formation with this method he was getting closer and closer to the 99 level which is said to be extremely difficult by his master .
He tried to replicate all the formations his master did at each level with time he was almost certain of success , although time consuming it was a good idea .
He looked closely at the formations at a different angle . A fire formation is generally used as an attack formation to deal burning damage and be intense .
With his own insight and the formation of his master he discovered that gentle continuous flame could build to body slowly , even illusionary flames seemingly immensely hot could scare people away ,
Another formation could be used to grow specific spirit plants or ore needing a place full of fire aura .
Accelerating the cultivation of fire cultivators to a certain extent. Just this discovery opened the mind of Mu Tian feeling he was in the right way.
He tried various things with the other elements .
Water formations are mostly defensive but furious waves could kill people and gentle water could also bring a certain tranquility.
Wood formation for hiding masking position , could also be used in various ways , to enhance the vitality of spirit plants or herbs so they could grow more easily.
Could heal passively with gentle vitality . Metal formations are generally used for extreme attack , could also be used with various tools as a defense formation or to scare people.
Earth formation used for defense could also shake the earth or connect other formations directly to the earth lines to absorb energy from the earth .
The only limit his is imagination and insight about formation and the five elements although he made great progress and could now use multiple elements into one formation for multiple effects ,
He used 15 years only to be blocked on the 99 level for another 10 years . At this point he hesitated to abandon and break through since he had been ready for 3 years and could break through at any time .
His mind became irritated and decided to take a break for now . What he ignored what that he was already a tier 3 formation master ,
It's only the formation of his master that was more difficult. It also means that if he abandoned he is still a 3th order formation master , but he was stubborn and wanted to complete the task of his master after all ,
He was the senior and first disciple , it means he had to be a model for his juniors
After 3 days of introspection ,
He discovered that his talent in Wood was more prominent than the other elements and thought that maybe , he should focus only on the wood elements which would be a lot easier .
He is not a genius like his master with a powerful talent in all the five elements. Feeling resolute he decided to focus on the wood elements for enlightenment.
Having this idea in mind , he thought of the forest , plants and flowers he planted himself , he will meditate on them for enlightenment .
For ten whole years he did nothing but plant flowers , plants , trees and watched them grow and die .
This peace of mind brought him a small Epiphany and his insight about the wood elements far surpassed the others .
Now ready to break the 99lvl after 3 hours he sighed and was wondering why he could not break it , after some observations, he found the formation had more and more variations and obstacles with time .
He needed to break it within 1 hour . 3 times faster than now . While lost in thought he remembered something his Master's said to him in the past.
-Mu Tian, you think too much ! In dire situations,your body needs to move before your brain thinks . It needs to become automatic, almost instantaneously. You need to engrave your insight and experience on your body ,so he can move directly, like a reflex.
Now Mu Tian knew what he needed to do
After another 5 years , Mu Tian could be said to be the strongest second order formation, capable of making most of them in small time and breaking formation he already encountered would be done at the fastest time .
The 99th level was finally broken at the record of 15 min . He looked eagerly for the mysterious prize his master left him . He found a closed box ,
He opened it with impatience and saw a fourth order fruit emit a vibrant vitality and medicinal power . After reading the small note he learned that it was a special fruit of the wood element to augment your aptitude
Although limited it will bring My Tian aptitude to a small genius . It will indirectly augment his chance of golden core by about 10-15 % .
Seeing this My Tian shed some tears , after all although he was ready to break through, he was not confident, he had a 50 % chance . Feeling his master loved and expectations for him .
He was happy and tooled the fruit and went to his master residence for a breakthrough
After 3 months, he sensed his opportunity and started to absorb the abundant aura in the place to compress his mana to a solid state to form a golden core .
It brought great pressure to his body and mind , but he was prepared and with difficulty he managed to finally form his golden core .
Without his Master's help he was unsure of what would have happened. But now he is a golden core master and has a 700 years of lifespan thanks to the amazing cultivation technique he has which brought him 200 more years than other cultivators.
Feeling happy to have fulfilled his master expectations and success in breaking through he took a long time to consolidate his cultivation and then plunged in formation again