Chapter 54: On "Zhen" (One More Request for Collection Votes)

  Shen Gong Bao led San Xiao to make a good circle of light on the Xuanzhou Immortal Island, where several scenic spots were so beautiful that they made San Xiao sigh with admiration, especially the Jade Liqueur Spring, which made San Xiao marvel at it.

  Bixiao continued, "A spiritual spring with such a dense spiritual energy, if one could bathe in it, it would be extremely refreshing."

  Shen Gong Bao listened and could only walk away quietly with a cold sweat, "It's better to pretend I didn't hear it, or else this strange girl will really ask me to take a bath inside, what can I do?"

  It's unnecessary for Shen Gong Bao to worry, even if Bi Xiao is being mischievous here, after all this is Shen Gong Bao's place, not her Three Immortals Island, she just said that.

  After several people had a good tour of the Xianzhou Immortal Island, they came to the Hui Bin Pavilion under the guidance of Shen Gong Bao. The maids and young boys had already prepared the immortal fruit and fine wine for them to enjoy.

  "Come, three fairy maidens, please taste this peach. Although it's not as good as the Queen Mother's peaches, it's still a rare and excellent product of the mortal world." Shen Gongbao said, pointing to the large peaches on the plate. These peaches were transplanted from Huaguo Mountain and grew even more luxuriantly under the dense spiritual energy of Yingzhou Island, producing exceptionally delicious fruit.

  San Xiao nodded slightly, and each took out a peach, slightly opened their small mouths, and lightly savored a bite. Suddenly, they detected a fragrant aroma that rushed to their noses, and couldn't help but take several more bites.

  At this time, Xiao Yatou Jingwei suddenly rushed in, giggled and walked to the front of Shengong Bao, smiled sweetly and said: "Master, hehe, who is Cloud Sister?"

  Everyone listened, and their faces were strange for a long time. After a while, Bi Xiao and Qiong Xiao were on one side, savoring the immortal peaches and fragrant tea, with a smile on their faces, looking at Jing Wei, occasionally glancing at Shen Gong Bao and Yun Xiao, waiting for the next part of the story.

  Soon, Yun Xiao put down the peach and said in a gentle voice: "I am Yun Xiao. Little sister, you're looking for me? Is there something I can help you with?"

  Jingwei's eyes lit up, and she ran to Yun Xiao's side, pulling on his arm with a giggle: "Sister is great, my name is Jingwei, I'm the new disciple that Master just accepted. Hmm, I heard from Big Brother Liu Er and Second Brother Yan Lingyan that Master likes you?"

  "Hmph......" Just hearing Jing Wei say this, Shen Gong Bao suddenly spat out the jade wine in his mouth, and then awkwardly coughed twice, heh-heh laughing, secretly scolding: "How dare these two stinky brats talk nonsense, just wait and see how I'll deal with you!"

  Nian Lingyan had been following Shen Gongbao for a long time, and in the midst of uncertainty, everyone had already tacitly acknowledged that he was indeed one of Shen Gongbao's two apprentices. The only difference was that Shen Gongbao had yet to utter a single word, but after a certain period of time, Shen Gongbao formally accepted Nian Lingyan as his apprentice, which was why Jing Wei addressed Nian Lingyan as Second Master.

  Not mentioning Shen Gong Bao's impolite behavior, Bi Xiao and Yun Xiao on the other side burst into loud laughter, shaking their heads from side to side as they playfully teased each other nonstop.

  Yun Xiao's face was also flushed with embarrassment, and she glared fiercely at Shen Gongbao before turning to Jingwei and saying: "Those two senior brothers of yours are talking nonsense, my sister and your master are just friends."

  "Oh?" Jingwei slightly tilted her small head, sweetly saying: "Yes, sister, Master is a good person, otherwise Jingwei would still be a poor Jingwei bird now, so sister should become Master's companion, okay? Is that alright?" As she spoke, she shook Yunxiao's arm and coquettishly asked.

  For a lovely little girl like Jingwei, how could Yunshang be angry? Instead, Yunshang patted Jingwei's little head to comfort her, but her beautiful eyes were fiercely staring at Shen Gongbao, the meaning was self-evident, "What are you still stunned for, don't you handle it?"

  Shen Gong Bao smiled slyly, looking at Yun Xiao's bashful appearance, and couldn't help but think of the faint scent of orchids on her body, as well as the softness and smoothness of her slender waist. He stretched out his hand, put it next to his nose, and took a slight sniff, seemingly leaving behind a lingering fragrance. Just then, Yun Xiao saw him and shot him a withering glance, provoking another fit of pique from the beauty.

  Shen Gong Bao smiled and called Jing Wei over, saying: "Ah...Jing Wei, go out first, don't make trouble!" After that, he leaned in close to Jing Wei's ear and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Hehe, you did well, Master will reward you later."

  Jingwei was a strange and eccentric little spirit. He immediately understood and smiled sweetly, saying: "Master, I'm leaving."

  Then he smiled at San Xiao and said, "Three beautiful sisters, accompany Jing Wei to play later, hehe..." Then he left the Hui Bin Pavilion with a happy smile.

  After Jing Wei went out, Shen Gong Bao broke the silence and said: "Hehe, just now that was the daughter of Di Huang Shen Nong. I suppose you three have also heard of her... Ah, let's talk about the formation way, what do you think?"

  Shen Gong Bao still knew the way of gradual progress, this toad wanted to eat Swan's meat, should come slowly, can't be impatient, and stop in time, anxious to eat hot tofu, so Shen Gong Bao immediately changed the subject, otherwise, if this topic is dragged on too long, Cloud Swallow will really get angry.

  Three seniors, how could they not see that Shen Gongbao was diverting the topic? However, no one pointed it out, and instead nodded slightly in agreement. But looking at Bi Xiao and Yun Xiao's mouths, which were strongly suppressing a smile, as well as Yun Xiao's gaze towards himself with an evil glare, Shen Gongbao had to awkwardly scratch his head, pretending not to see, and let out a laugh before being the first to leave the meeting hall to summon Liu Er and others to come together to listen to the Tao. This opportunity was hard to come by, and this discussion of the Tao would be an excellent chance for them as well.

  Soon, Liu Er and Jing Wei, as well as Nian Ling Yan who had just stabilized his realm, all arrived early at a desolate place, sitting on their respective meditation mats, quietly waiting for San Xiao and Shen Gong Bao's discussion.

  "What is an array?"

  "Heaven's Way!" Bì Xiāo said.

  Qiong Xiao replied: "The trend of the Heavenly Way!"

  After a moment of contemplation, he said: "The momentum of the Heavenly Way, transformed and merged with the momentum of the earth, manifests the heavenly rules and earthly laws, containing an object of immense power, this is what is called an array!"

  Shen Gong Bao asked again: "How many formations are divided?"

  "Divide into offense, defense and support, three aspects!" Qiong Xiao said.

  "What is the method of breaking an array?"

  Bixiao thought for a moment, saying: "Roughly there are three ways to break an array. One is to use brute force to break the array, one is to use method to break the array, and one is to use another array to break the array. Using brute force to break the array means having overwhelming power, forcibly breaking open the large array, ignoring the existence of the array; using method to break the array means finding the core of the array's method and removing it, causing the array to automatically disperse; using an array to break another array means setting up a new large array that is mutually restrictive with the original one, and under this mutual restriction, breaking open the large array."

  "Which of the three is higher or lower?" Shengong Bao asked after hearing.

  "There is no distinction between high and low, it's all determined by one's own strength and cultivation!" Yun Xiao added.

  At this time, Qiong Xiao said: "Is there a way to quickly comprehend the new large formation?"

  Shen Gong's eyebrows furrowed in thought for a moment before he slowly said, "In my humble opinion, the extraordinary arrays of heaven and earth are like Cloudy Sky Daoist's Nine Turns Yellow River Array or Pangu Great God's Primordial Chaos Array. They all use simple five elements yin-yang array methods combined through different ways to form them. Perhaps we can start from this aspect, such as adding or removing other simple array methods from an already known array method, and thus maybe transform it into another functional array."

  Then, Shen Gong Bao gave a few more simple examples, all of which were based on the most basic five-element array method. Through different combinations and arrangements, they formed other five-element arrays, such as combining several wood-attribute arrays to form a large array of Yimutu.

  Through Shen Gong Bao's novel explanation, however, a new realm of array methods was opened up for San Chao, and he gained a new understanding of the art of formation.

  Shen Gong Bao's idea is simple, it's to integrate puzzle games into the formation method, turning the most basic formations into small templates of different shapes, and then combining them in different ways to see if they can form new formations.