Immortality Through Array Formations Chapter 2086 Chapter 991: Wood's Rejuvenation (Part 3)
Previously on Immortality Through Array Formations...
"Haven't I made it clear before? I don't want you harboring any notions of 'seeking slaughter and victory'... Besides, the Heaven, Earth, and Man Three Talents Formation—the Taoist Court may dare to present it, but do you have the courage to study it?"
"You're right..."
"It still feels a bit odd to me..."
The disciples chattered animatedly among themselves.
While they talked, Cheng Mo turned to Mo Hua and inquired, "Junior Brother, your skills with formations are remarkable—do you have any idea what this array could be?"
Mo Hua wrinkled his forehead and shook his head, "The Wood Revitalization Formation—it seems like a restorative array... Yet formations hold deep mysteries, and plenty carry the same title. Without examining the exact Formation Diagram, I can't say for sure."
"I see..." Cheng Mo acknowledged with a nod.
After some more conversation, the group largely brushed it aside.
Among the sword competition's prizes, this formation held the least appeal for them.
Cultivation Techniques, Taoist Skills, precious artifacts, Pills, and the like—all proved far more useful in practice.
Moreover, claiming the top spot in the sword competition to earn such a reward felt incredibly remote to them.
They showed fleeting enthusiasm in debating it, but once that passed, it slipped from their minds.
Mo Hua, though, kept turning the formation over in his thoughts.
He sensed something truly unusual about it.
"Wood Revitalization Formation"...
Wood falls under the Five Elements category, while Revitalization describes the array's function.
Based on its core principles, it ought to serve as a healing formation.
A healing formation... Mo Hua had scarcely explored such arrays before now.
He had immersed himself in Killing Formations, Trapping Formations, Sword Arrays, Industry Formations, and more, but healing ones? He had barely encountered them.
Healing formations remain scarce, with few inherited patterns available.
That said, their rarity stems not from complexity, but because most have been "eliminated from use."
Not by other formations, but by Alchemy.
As the cultivation of the Dao advanced and alchemical methods perfected, nearly all wounds and ailments faced by cultivators could be cured swiftly with Spiritual Medicines or refined Pills.
Most cultivators favored Pills for recovery too—they're affordable, straightforward, and fast-acting.
Injured? Swallow a Pill, and skip the hassle of erecting a formation.
Hence, the demand for healing via formations has dwindled sharply.
Healing formations once bore a distinct title: "Medical Formations."
Mo Hua had come across this in certain histories of formations.
But with their decline in circulation, the term "Medical Formation" seldom surfaces anymore.
This aspect captivated Mo Hua's curiosity.
For a prize in the Formation Competition, why select such an obscure, antiquated, and long-"phased out" type of formation?
The puzzle weighed heavily on Mo Hua's mind.
Those four words, "Wood Revitalization," carried an enigmatic pull, constantly stirring at Mo Hua's emotions.
That evening, in the Disciple's Residence, Mo Hua sat by the table flipping through formation texts, only to find his mind drifting back to the issue.
"Wood Revitalization Formation... something strange must lurk inside it..."
"But what exactly?"
Mo Hua mulled it over and over, grasping no answers, yet unable to release it, until he resolved to divine it.
Since it originated from the Dao Court's Tian Shu Pavilion, he approached with caution, merely drawing out a Copper Coin to "skim the surface" and catch a hint of the causality.
The Causality Copper Coin's energy began to circulate.
Mo Hua whispered "Wood Revitalization Formation" inwardly, and suddenly his heart clenched tight.
In a misty sight before him, an elegant, erudite, and ethereal silhouette emerged.
This silhouette towered proudly amid heaven and earth, keen like a blade, radiating an unyielding aura of supremacy.
But as it faced him, all sharpness withdrew, revealing a soft demeanor with a faint smile in its gaze, watching Mo Hua with a touch of unwillingness.
Mo Hua struggled to accept it, left stunned for a moment.
"Master..."
Wrapped in a soft yellow recollection, tracing back through causality.
Mo Hua appeared to witness every scene from Tongxian City.
He beheld his master offering a warm smile his way.
He saw himself lingering outside the bamboo house, awaiting his master's repose before seeking guidance on formations.
He observed himself and his fellow junior brothers and sisters tackling assignments beneath the grand locust tree, while master watched from the bamboo house in the distance...
He also glimpsed, on his journeys, the harsh days and nights braving the weather, the folks and incidents met along the path.
He witnessed, within the Five Elements Sect, the Demon sword hanging poised and the heavens draped in blood-red banners—the final parting with his master, filled with sincere yet hesitant warnings...
A sharp, acrid ache flooded his heart.
Mo Hua's eyes grew moist.
A single tear trailed down his face.
After what felt like endless ages, Mo Hua gradually regained his composure, his eyes sharpening once more.
"The Wood Revitalization Formation... it ties into master's causality..."
"Could this array... rescue master?"
Mo Hua's face hardened with resolve.
If so...
Then he had to secure this formation, no matter the price.
Every barrier in his path would be crushed.
Every foe, even the finest prodigies from the Four Great Sects in the Qian Learning State Boundary, would be struck down without mercy!
Mo Hua's eyes flashed with brilliant, pure golden sword radiance, unleashing a fearsome sharpness.
"This formation shall be mine, without fail!"
...
At the same time, distant in the Taoist State.
Heaven Shu Pavilion.
The dozing Pavilion Elder jolted awake, his eyes snapping open to behold the black game piece before him shining with the purest golden glow, accompanied by dragon roars, bringing a subtle ease.
"At last... you've taken the bait..."
The Pavilion Elder whispered, then let out a sigh.
"It looks like... quite the formidable dragon too..."
The Pavilion Elder stared at the black piece, noting the golden luminescence upon it and the dragon-like form inside.
As he observed, the Pavilion Elder's face shifted faintly.
Within the black piece, it resembled a dragon, yet a faint, ferocious energy seemed to ensnare the dragon.
"This isn't a dragon...?"
The Pavilion Elder hesitated, his stare intensifying, a strange presence emanating from him.