25: Azure Spirit Sword Vine

He "saw" an image.

The vine body of the Azure Spirit Vine transformed into a Formation Flag, and its leaves transformed into Spirit Patterns, interweaving with the Hidden Mist Grass and Concealing Breath Flower to form a complete Formation.

Every Spirit Pattern on the vine body corresponded to a rune in the Formation Formula.

The trajectory of the flowing Spiritual Qi was exactly the flow direction of the Spiritual Qi when the Formation operated.

At this moment, the deepest spiritual rhyme of the Azure Spirit Vine opened up to Lin Yan without reservation.

It shared its most core secrets with Lin Yan.

Lin Yan's spiritual sense seemed to turn into a clear spring, flowing through every inch of the Azure Spirit Vine's Spirit Patterns.

He "saw" the arrangement rules of the Spirit Patterns, "heard" the sound of Spiritual Qi flowing, and "felt" the rhythm of the Heaven and Earth Wood Spiritual Qi.

"So that's how it is... The Azure Spirit Concealment Array does not rely solely on the characteristics of the spirit plants themselves, but rather fuses and interweaves the spirit-gathering characteristics of the spirit vines with the concealment characteristics of the Hidden Mist Grass to form a cycle that conceals the outside while condensing the inside."

Lin Yan's fingertips unconsciously stroked the leaves of the Azure Spirit Vine, his Spiritual Qi resonating with the Spirit Patterns on the vine body.

Every line seemed to be telling the mysteries of the Azure Spirit Concealment Array.

In reality, the Azure Spirit Vine did not transmit any images or sounds to Lin Yan.

What it fed back was an abstract realization about the Dao.

With the help of this realization, Lin Yan comprehended the Azure Spirit Concealment Array, and it was as if he saw these images in his mind.

The Dao that can be told is not the eternal Dao.

This process was difficult to describe in words.

He closed his eyes and focused, transforming the images in his Sea of Consciousness into a formula:

"Azure Vine draws Qi, Mist conceals form, Spirit Patterns form the array, Concealing Breath comes naturally..."

"It's done!" Lin Yan's eyes lit up.

He saw his hands rapidly forming seals, condensing a profound green mark.

This mark shimmered with green light, resembling a miniature spirit plant, and also like a naturally formed line.

Pushing his hands forward, the mark submerged into the body of the Azure Spirit Vine.

The vine tip of the Azure Spirit Vine swayed gently, and the Spirit Patterns on the leaves lit up with a faint glow.

The originally somewhat thin Spiritual Qi began to gather crazily, forming a light cyan Spiritual Qi vortex around the vine body.

Raising his hand to form another seal, he quickly struck it into the Hidden Mist Grass nearby.

The instant the mark seeped in, the silver light on the grass leaves suddenly surged.

The mist at the edges of the leaves condensed into tiny vortexes, continuously sucking the surrounding Spiritual Qi into the leaf veins.

A moment later, mist overflowed from the gaps in the Hidden Mist Grass leaves.

Lin Yan swiped his fingers across the body of the Azure Spirit Vine and shouted in a low voice: "Azure Spirit Concealment Array, gather!"

The leaves on the vines immediately began to tremble, and the leaves of the nearby Hidden Mist Grass rotated in sync.

The Spiritual Qi gathered by the Azure Spirit Vine and the pervasive mist merged together.

The two complemented each other, forming an invisible barrier.

Lin Yan stood up and cast a Formation mark on every Azure Spirit Vine and Hidden Mist Grass.

Soon, a complete Azure Spirit Concealment Array took shape.

In an instant, the scene inside the spirit field became blurred as if splashed with ink.

If one stood outside the field and looked in, one could only see a patch of hazy green mist.

Willow branches could be vaguely seen swaying, but one could no longer clearly see the Spirit Rice or the Cultivator.

While obstructing the view, it did not affect the entry of sunlight and dew, which was very profound.

As the Formation operated, the concentration of Spiritual Qi above the spirit field increased significantly, soon exceeding the original level by twenty percent.

Feeling the rich Spiritual Qi rushing towards his face, a smile appeared at the corners of Lin Yan's mouth.

"The Azure Spirit Concealment Array is complete."

"The Azure Spirit Vine secures the array and draws Qi, while the Hidden Mist Grass conceals the form and hides the Qi. In this way, the risk of outsiders spying is reduced to zero."

Lin Yan was in a great mood.

In the future, he wouldn't need to be timid while farming.

Moreover, this was a Formation he had set up with his own hands, and it was completely controlled by him.

Not only himself, but also the access rights for others to enter and exit.

Lin Yan decided that the one acre of spirit field he farmed himself would not be open to anyone.

The other three acres of spirit field would be open to Xu Shuangyuan.

If he were to hire someone else to set up the Formation, it could achieve the same effect, but it would be very troublesome.

As for himself, to allow someone to enter, he just needed to cast a mark on that person, and the Formation would automatically recognize his exclusive mark.

Looking again at that mutated Azure Spirit Vine:

【 spirit plant Name: Azure Spirit Sword Vine 】

【 growth progress: 105 / 10000 】

【 spirit plant Characteristics: Triggers a Sword Qi counterattack when attacked. 】

【 Growth Status: None 】

...

"Azure Spirit Sword Vine, looking at this growth progress bar, it must be a Tier 3 Spiritual Plant." Lin Yan couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

After a spirit plant mutates and advances, the System's growth progress bar might not necessarily lengthen, but if it did lengthen, it definitely meant it had advanced.

"No wonder the Formation was able to increase the Spiritual Qi concentration by twenty percent as soon as it was formed; it must be the credit of this Azure Spirit Sword Vine."

It just so happened that this Azure Spirit Sword Vine was in the spirit field he was farming—perfect.

In reality, the Azure Spirit Concealment Array is a growable Formation.

After the spirit plants grow to maturity, Lin Yan can synthesize the Formations around the four spirit fields into a larger Formation.

Combining the four arrays into one, with the internal space divided into four blocks, would make it even more flexible to control.

The only thing that felt a pity was that when this Azure Spirit Sword Vine was undergoing metamorphosis, it should have fed back some insights about the Sword Dao to Lin Yan.

However, Lin Yan had not practiced any Sword Techniques and had no foundation in the Sword Dao, so he did not feel that Sword Dao insight.

"Practicing Sword Techniques is imminent."

Although he didn't receive the Sword Dao insights, his mastery of the Azure Wood Technique had improved significantly.

Moreover, when the Azure Spirit Sword Vine was undergoing metamorphosis, it fed back a stream of extremely pure vegetation essence to him.

This allowed him to take a step forward in the Refining Qi Fourth Layer.

Although he had a Medium Grade Wood Spiritual Root, his cultivation speed was likely not inferior to a Cultivator with a Peak-Grade Spiritual Root.

...

The next morning, when Xu Shuangyuan went out and looked, he discovered that the scenery had changed drastically.

The original spirit fields were gone, replaced by a patch of hazy green mist.

He rubbed his eyes in disbelief, suspecting that he hadn't seen clearly.

After a long time, he was convinced that his eyes were fine.

Little Fatty panicked and hurriedly found Lin Yan, saying in a panic: "Senior Brother, it seems like something happened over at the spirit fields..."

Lin Yan smiled slightly and said unhurriedly: "Rest assured, nothing happened; that is the Azure Spirit Concealment Array I set up."

"Ah, Senior Brother can also set up Formations?" Little Fatty said in disbelief.

"Otherwise, what do you think I was cultivating those Azure Spirit Vines and Hidden Mist Grass for?" Lin Yan rolled his eyes at Little Fatty and said.

As he spoke, he cast three exclusive marks on Xu Shuangyuan.

"Here, now you can freely enter and exit those three spirit fields." Lin Yan pointed towards the spirit fields.

"Really?" Little Fatty asked doubtfully.

"When have I ever lied to you? If you don't believe me, go and try." Lin Yan reminded him again: "Be careful, don't touch my spirit field, otherwise it might hurt you."

"Okay, Senior Brother, I'll remember that." Little Fatty said respectfully: "Then I'll go over and try."

A trace of curiosity appeared on his face.

He had naturally heard of things like Formations, but he had never seen one; it wasn't something a Utility Disciple who had just entered the sect could come into contact with.

With a doubtful mindset, Little Fatty walked to the side of the spirit field.

In front of him was a green mist barrier.

He tried to lift his foot and step forward, and the green mist barrier automatically opened in an instant, allowing him to pass through without obstruction, and he stepped inside.

"How amazing!" Little Fatty's eyes lit up.

He took another step out, and the green mist barrier indeed did not obstruct him in the slightest.

"Senior Brother is truly too amazing."

Xu Shuangyuan felt that the image of Lin Yan in his heart had become even taller.