Chapter 650: Chapter 326 Formation Course


    After the time for the ss had arrived, a middle-aged man at the Refining Void Realm walked in slowly, d in a grey Taoist robe. Within the Tai Xuan Dao Pce, there was no set attire for disciples, and one could wear whatever they liked.


    Simrly, there wasn’t a strict distinction between teachers and students. As long as one had the capability in a certain area to teach disciples of lower realms, they could ept the Dao Pce’s examination. Once they passed, they would be able to offer sses and teach disciples within a certain realm.


    For disciples to participate in sses, they needed to pay with achievement points. The Hall of Preaching would distribute a certain proportion of these points as teaching rewards to the cultivators who offered sses.


    Each ss, if the number of participating disciples reached a certain amount and the quality of teaching was deemed satisfactory, would be recorded and teaching points would be awarded. Once teaching points met the required threshold, one’s teaching status could be upgraded.


    In the early stages of obtaining a teaching status, one could only offer sses for up to fifty people. After an upgrade in status, one could conduct sses for arger number of disciples, and the proportion of achievement points received would also increase.


    These rules of the Dao Pce also attracted many to obtain a teaching status and offer sses, forming a virtuous cycle.


    Lin Yi gained this information from the Dao Discussion Pavilion within the Tai Xuan Mirror, which was somewhat simr to the spell teaching sses at the Liu Yun Sect.


    However, teaching within the Dao Pce first required an assessment, and furthermore, the quality of the teaching sses would be verified by disciples dispatched from the Hall of Preaching, including attending the sses in person, and allowing the cultivators who participated in the sses to evaluate and score them. If the quality was too poor, not only would one fail to earn teaching points, but even the achievement rewards would be deducted.


    This ensured that every teacher would put their heart into their lectures, unlike some Foundation Building cultivators in the Liu Yun Sect who would ck off if they could, spending an entire ss talking nonsense.


    After the man at the Refining Void Realm had taken his ce on the lecture stage in the hall, the disciples below all stood up in session, sped their fists and bowed, “We greet Teacher Jiang.”<div>


    Lin Yi also stood up, sped his fists, and bowed. This was a form of respectful address to a teacher. Those who preached and taught were called Dao Masters, and today’s Dao Master was named Jiang Cheng.


    One could tell from the number of attendees that this person had considerable ability in formations, or else he wouldn’t have attracted so many Dao Pce disciples to his ss.


    The Refining Void Realm Dao Master Jiang Cheng smiled and waved his hand, “Please sit down, thank you all for signing up to attend my formation ss. Today, I will be discussing Defensive Arrays…”


    “You are all Cultivators of Huashen, so I believe you all understand the importance of Defensive Arrays. Whether it is for secluded cultivation, encountering enemies in the wild, or crossing the Heavenly Tribtion, Defensive Arrays are essential.”


    “Simple Defensive Arrays are arranged using Array gs and Stones and are managed by cultivators or Spiritual Artifacts as the Array Core. More powerful Defensive Arrays, on the other hand, are built with the Power of Mountains and Rivers and are nearly impregnable.”


    “This ss is targeted at Cultivators of Huashen with a certain foundation, so I won’t be exining the basic principles of formations anymore. Those who wish to learn about them can look forward to the basic formation sses I will offerter…”


    “Basic Defensive Arrays only possess defensive capabilities, whileposite Defensive Arrays have a variety of functions. Defense is the most basic, but they also have effects like trapping enemies in Illusion Lands and Magic Attacks.”


    “So, how can we add other effects to a Defensive Array without causing it to copse? This is the content I will discuss…”


    Hearing Dao Master Jiang Cheng’s lecture, Lin Yi couldn’t help but nod. The hardest part of mastering formations is understanding their principles, thus achieving a level ofprehension that allows one to adapt one principle to a variety of situations, rather than mechanically memorizing how to set up one formation.


    As the saying goes, it’s better to teach someone to fish than to give them a fish. Understanding the principles of formations and methods of arrangement leads to an integrated understanding and, therefore, a deeper insight into formations.


    Rather than just teaching one formation and how to make Array gs, which would only allow one to set up that single formation.


    No wonder this person’s ss attracted so many Dao Pce disciples to listen.


    However, this short ss of six hours couldn’t enable one to learn everything. When Lin Yi had signed up, he noticed the ss title had a “one” as a serial number, suggesting it was part of a series of sses offering an in-depth exnation of the various principles of Defensive Arrays.


    Back when the Dan Immortal Master taught him about formations, he initially had him learn some basic formations as a foundation before moving on to an intensive exnation of the principles.


    Lin Yi listened attentively, finding that what Dao Master Jiang Cheng taught was somewhat simr to the Dan Immortal Master but also contained some of his own ideas. It was evident that this person’s research into formations had reached an exceptionally proficient level.


    For six hours, he listened very carefully. Aside from being genuinely interested, he was also motivated by the opportunity to ‘shear the wool,’ so to speak. When someone else was imparting knowledge and effectively paying him in cultivation levels, it would have been remiss not to take it seriously.


    Soon the ss approached its conclusion, and he prepared to leave, given that there was only half an hour until the start of the next ss.


    As Dao Master Jiang Cheng finished thest part of his lecture, he said with a smile, “Thank you all for listening. This concludes our ss, but before we end, I would like to invite two fellow cultivators toe forward and attempt to integrate three basic formations. Who would like to try? For those who perform well, I will also offer some rewards.”


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