31: Psychedelic Defense Formation

It was still only morning… By the time the sun was about to set, Tang Tian had successfully comprehended it…

The Phantom Defense Array was very difficult to comprehend.

The Phantom Defense Array required many Formations to be carved, and carving them into a teardrop pattern meant success.

As for carving a ripple pattern, that counted as an introduction.

As for the Gathering Spirit Array, once learned, it could be casually drawn within ten minutes.

Naturally, he used his hand dipped in tea water to draw on the floor, and the effect was not much different.

Unfortunately, the water would dissipate quickly.

If he used a Formation Plate, Tang Tian would definitely be able to carve it, but he still didn't dare.

After all, once a Formation Plate was used, it would become useless.

Seeing that it was already dark—he could only wait until tomorrow morning…

Tang Tian still carved the Formation Plate under the cover of night.

The Formation diagram for this Phantom Defense Array took half the night just to draw.

After the entire Formation was drawn, it presented a worm pattern.

Tang Tian was stunned; he had never seen such a pattern.

He held it to his ear and heard a buzzing sound.

He had actually drawn it incorrectly.

He had to start drawing again, but fortunately, Tang Tian's Divine Sense was not weak, and he had enough Divine Sense.

Tang Tian was not discouraged; after all, succeeding on the first try would make him a Genius.

The second time, he finally succeeded… The Formation Plate showed a teardrop pattern, and the Formation Plate continuously rotated, changing from a white jade color to a cyan color…

The originally palm-sized jade plate became larger.

Tang Tian hesitantly placed the jade plate on the ground, and the Formation activated, making the entire house seem to be concealed.

Tang Tian opened the door and walked out into the courtyard; his own house had actually disappeared!

Tang Tian clicked his tongue in wonder, feeling it for a long time before opening the door. Drawing a Formation Plate was not difficult, but setting up a Formation Plate consumed a large amount of Spirit Qi.

After picking up the Formation Plate in the room, the room's concealment disappeared, and Tang Tian contentedly placed the Formation Plate into his Storage Ring.

At dawn… Tang Tian arrived at the hundred-meter-deep pit, which was full of rubble…

The vultures hadn't arrived yet. Tang Tian took out a Spirit Stone and jumped directly into the middle of the pit to set up the Formation Plate.

Then he cleared away all the stones blocking the Formation eyes. Some stones were too large, making them difficult to store in the Storage Ring.

This third-tier Phantom Defense Array had many Formation eyes, six in total.

Piles of stones were thrown aside by Tang Tian.

After leaving the grand Formation, the Formation began to operate, and the previous large pit had disappeared, looking no different from its surroundings; one wouldn't even fall in if they walked over it.

Tang Tian wiped his sweat and said:

“It really consumes Spirit Qi and time.”

By now, Tang Tian had used seventy Spirit Stones, but even so, his own Spirit Qi had been drained.

If he didn't have Spirit Stones, Tang Tian wouldn't be able to set it up in three days.

After hearing Fourth Senior Sister's words, Tang Tian decided to return to his small courtyard before noon.

After all, if another pit appeared, he might as well not live.

Liu Ru Shi held the talisman and asked doubtfully:

“…Senior Brother, what is this…?”

Tang Tian didn't notice that Liu Ru Shi had returned and said:

“Nothing, just a big pit.”

Liu Ru Shi excitedly said:

“Senior Brother, your method is really effective… Do you have any simpler and more effective Body Refining methods…?”

Tang Tian was stunned and said:

“Does your Liu Family still lack Body Refining Cultivation Techniques?”

Liu Ru Shi said:

“Our Liu Family has the evil Cultivation Technique, 'Blood Refining Method.' Some people at Body Refining Fourth Level have condensed Evil Qi, but they died a few seconds later.

“Only those at Body Refining Sixth Level can barely condense one strand.”

Tang Tian's eyelids twitched as he listened and said:

“You can only Cultivate slowly.”

Tang Tian asked:

“Do all Families in Qingmu County have such servants?”

Servants naturally referred to those fearless death-sworn who had been subjected to mental control techniques.

Liu Ru Shi said:

“That's natural… Our Liu Family has relatively few. The major Families in Qingmu County hoard thousands upon thousands of them—the County Magistrate even has a farm with twenty thousand people.”

Qingmu County was actually like this. Tang Tian felt a chill after hearing it. Indeed, as Tang Lu said, the outside world devoured people whole.

He only hoped that those Families wouldn't provoke him.

Otherwise, he wouldn't mind upholding justice. Although he couldn't kill everyone, he could still manage to ambush the leaders.

Tang Tian asked:

“Doesn't anyone in Qingmu County resist?”

Liu Ru Shi said:

“How could Cultivators have chivalrous hearts?”

Tang Tian silently thought:

“The reason Qingmu County is like this is because I hadn't been born before. But if my Cultivation is strong, I'll let you know what a chivalrous Cultivator is.”

Liu Ru Shi was still excited. She pulled Tang Tian's hand and said:

“Senior Brother, let's go water the fields quickly.”

Tang Tian glanced at Liu Ru Shi and sighed. It seemed the Liu Family was not a good Family… and there were no good Families in the Cultivation World either…

Liu Ru Shi's friendship with Tang Tian was based on his strength. Perhaps Liu Ru Shi would befriend Tang Tian, but the Liu Family would not.

Tang Tian said:

“Alright.”

Tang Tian returned the hundred Swift Steps Talismans from his Storage Ring to Liu Ru Shi. Liu Ru Shi took fifty of them and handed them to Tang Tian, saying:

“Senior Brother, you use these.”

Tang Tian asked:

“Junior Sister Liu, do you know about Formations?”

Liu Ru Shi said:

“Formations? Only a Great Master can refine Formations. Formation refining is very difficult. Is Senior Brother interested in this?”

Tang Tian said:

“Junior Sister Liu, don't you still have one day off? Help me buy some Formation Plates. Fourth Senior Sister taught me Formations.”

Tang Tian gave Liu Ru Shi a hundred Spirit Stones.

Liu Ru Shi hesitated and returned seventy, saying:

“Senior Brother, thirty Spirit Stones are enough.”

Liu Ru Shi went down the mountain.

Fourth Senior Sister's voice sounded, a voice transmission:

“Tsk tsk, Little Junior Brother is indeed talented.”

Liu Ru Shi, being nearby, couldn't hear at all.

Fourth Senior Sister continued:

“Junior Brother, are you very displeased with the Families below… Do you want Sister to take you to kill people…?”

Tang Tian gave a wry smile and cupped his fists in that direction, saying:

“Let's not.”

He went to water the fields. Fourth Senior Sister was a fox spirit, and getting entangled with her would definitely lead to no good.

Fourth Senior Sister said:

“How boring.”

Upon arriving at the spiritual field, the vultures were now afraid when they saw Tang Tian.

They could only fly to the horizon and verbally abuse him, roughly meaning… dare not run in the afternoon.

After Tang Tian killed a few more vultures, Tang Tian didn't run, and the vultures completely fled…

He began to nervously water the fields again. There were still four to five hundred mu of land, but his proficiency in the Cloud Rain Technique was getting higher and higher.

Coupled with the Tool Transformation Art, he revived the half-dead Spiritual Plants. If he didn't water them then, these Spiritual Plants would probably all die.

But in one afternoon, Tang Tian only managed to water twenty mu of land.

“That's enough.” Tang Tian sighed, “This is all I can do for today.”

Returning to the small house, the vultures cawed and cursed when they saw Tang Tian leaving.

Tang Tian condensed Evil Qi as he walked, preparing for tomorrow.

Since the Earthly Fiend Fist had already been given to Fourth Senior Sister, he didn't need to hide his Cultivation anymore.

The surrounding Spirit Qi was frantically absorbed by Tang Tian, and he quickly condensed one strand.

Senior Brother Chi Qingzi passed by and mockingly said:

“Humans still Body Refining?”

He snorted and went down the mountain.

Senior Brother Chi Qingzi thought to himself:

“Although Junior Brother has a relationship with Fourth Junior Sister… that fox spirit is not a good thing either; she refined all my kin into pills.

“Chi Daizi is better; he enlightened me into a spirit…

“I'll go down the mountain and snatch a few more Cultivation Techniques. Although none are as good as my Body Refining Cultivation Technique, if others refine them, I want to refine them too.”

Using his paper man to drag a sedan chair, he sent himself down the mountain.

Tang Tian naturally heard the mockery and thought Senior Brother Chi Qingzi was crazy.

After seeing Senior Brother Chi Qingzi's paper man disappear, Tang Tian's eyes showed envy.

If he had a paper man… he wouldn't have to painstakingly cast the Cloud Rain Technique. He could just tell the paper man to fetch water from the river to water… much faster than him.

Fourth Senior Sister transmitted a message, asking:

“Third Senior Brother went down the mountain to kill people. Are you going?”

Tang Tian quickly waved his hand and continued back to his small house.

However, before the Formation Plate arrived, Tang Tian didn't dare to Cultivate in the Medicine Venerable Space. Fourth Senior Sister could too easily see his situation.

Ever since he killed the Lianqi Fifth Level Black Feather Lion Eagle Vulture, Fourth Senior Sister had been observing him with her Divine Sense whenever she had nothing to do.

Having nothing else to do… Tang Tian took out the Black Feather Lion Eagle Vulture meat and started grilling it. After eating it, he gained a hundred jin of strength—

After eating another three jin, he could gain another twenty to thirty jin of strength.

Only Tang Tian could do this; ordinary people who ate a Lianqi Fifth Level Yao Beast would have nosebleeds and dare not eat any more.

Unfortunately, Lianqi Fifth Level Yao Beasts didn't have many Beast Cores. Beast Cores, after Alchemy, could increase one's Cultivation.

However, if a Yao Beast had a Beast Core, it would be incredibly powerful, and then it would be none of Tang Tian's business…