Chapter 57: The Man in Black (First Update)

  Looking at the reduced number of energy points again, Yi Chi still felt a pang of heartache.

  Alas, who can understand the suffering of the poor?

  Feeling the vast knowledge, Yi Chi still thinks that the energy spent on it is worth it. At least, if Yi Chi had to learn all this by himself, it would probably take five or six years.

  "Wow, there are fifteen levels of array techniques! Low-level, mid-level, high-level, divine level, sacred level, each level only has three layers of array techniques. This one in front of me, it's at least a high-level array technique, and it might even be a ninth-level array technique! " Yi Chi exclaimed as he gazed at the array technique before him, which although broken was incredibly intricate. At least, from his current perspective, this array technique had no flaws whatsoever, it was simply perfect!!

  "No wonder this low-level beginner's book costs 10,000 points. It's actually meant to educate newcomers, and it's explained in quite some detail." Yi Chi couldn't help but sigh, all these points were spent on the content itself.

  "Now I can also bid farewell to being a rookie, haha, thinking about it feels pretty good." Yi Chi was excited that he could say goodbye to being a rookie.

  In fact, this is just Yi Chi's lack of understanding of the continent. Those so-called formation masters who travel on the continent know even less than Yi Chi, and even the top few people don't know more than Yi Chi does.

  On the Luotian continent, people generally believe that there are only nine levels of formation techniques: low-level, mid-level, and high-level. Beyond that, no one knows anything about it. Moreover, knowledge of formation techniques is also widely incomplete. If we really talk about power, even if Yi Chi now knows a few low-level formation techniques, in the eyes of other formation masters, they might not be considered mid-level formation techniques at all.

  It's really that the formation methods on the mainland are too low-end, a first-class formation method in Yi Chi's eyes can be regarded as a third-class formation method, don't you think it's ignorance?

  However, this is only the case due to a lack of knowledge. Nevertheless, in that history, several outstanding array masters emerged, and some of their works could even exert the power of seventh-level arrays (the power of seventh-level arrays known to Yi Chi).

  It can be seen that under such circumstances of lack of knowledge, they were still able to achieve such results. Those predecessors in Taoism are so full of wisdom. Of course, these are all unknown to the ignorant.

  On the Luotian continent, a first-class formation (considered by Yiqi to be a first-class formation, and later also based on Yiqi's understanding) is equivalent to a Douzhe-level cultivator. The power of this first-class formation also determines how many star-ranked Douzhi it can kill or withstand, of course, those who understand formations are not included in this category.

  A second-level formation, can also match with a great Dou Shi, third level can match with a Dou Wang, fourth level can match with a Dou Huang, fifth level corresponds to a Dou Zun, sixth level corresponds to a Dou Shen.

  As long as you can set up an eighth-level formation, then, as long as your own strength is not too weak, you can dominate the mainland.

  Of course, someone like Yi Chi who only spent a bit of energy to learn the formation technique would be the only one in the world who could do it, others might try to replicate but wouldn't be able to.

  However, knowing the knowledge does not mean you can set up an array of that level. For example, if you let Yi Chi break a first-level array, he will definitely be able to break it, but if you ask him to set one up himself, he may not be able to do it. This still requires continuous learning and practice, as well as accumulation over time. Otherwise, how could there be such a cheap price of 500,000 points for power on the same level as Dou Wang? It's not that easy.

  ......

  On this side, Yi Chi is getting familiar with the formation method knowledge. On the other hand, Xian Nan who has already mastered the formation method has joined up with others.

  Yi Xing, Jian Bei, and Jian Nan met, nodded to each other, then turned to face the opposite side with a serious expression.

  All that could be seen was a figure clad entirely in black standing opposite the three, its gender indistinguishable, with only a pair of icy, emotionless eyes visible, fixed on Yi Hang and his companions.

  "How about it, have you found out?" said the man in black with a strange and eerie voice.

  Yi Xing and the other two people lowered their heads after hearing this, not daring to look at the man in black.

  He furrowed his brow, and the man in black said with a displeased tone: "So you're saying that you guys didn't find anything! A bunch of useless people, can't even handle such a small matter properly. How is Master going to trust you with things in the future?"

  The three of them were shocked and hastily knelt down.

  "Messenger, it's not like that, just give us a little more time and... we'll definitely be able to find out, you have to believe us! Whatever you do, don't tell the master!" The three of them all said similar things, all afraid that the black-clad man in front of them would report their incompetence to the so-called master.

  "Hmph, are you asking for more time? Is what I've given you not enough?" the man in black said with a gloomy tone.

  "Oh no! Please, messenger, give us a little more time, three days, no, just two days, if you just give us two days, we'll definitely be able to find something." The three of them hastily begged, hoping that the man in black would take pity on them and give them two days' time. Even if they couldn't really find anything, they could still come up with some fake news to deceive him, as long as they wouldn't end up being accused of being incompetent, they were willing to do whatever it took."

  "Hmph, fine, I'll give you two more days. Remember, you only have two days left. And don't even think about trying to deceive me with fake news. If I find out that you're deceiving me, even if the master doesn't punish you, I will. Do you understand?" The black-clad man said harshly.

  "We understand, we absolutely dare not deceive Your Excellency with false information." The three of them had a sudden palpitation in their hearts, and the thoughts in their minds were spoken out loud. It was already quite good that they could maintain their current composure without being scared to the point of wetting themselves.

  This man in front of me is notorious for being ruthless and heartless. If he were to punish me, even if I didn't die, I would wish I was dead!

  "Heh heh, that's good, remember to be stealthy!" After saying this, the black-clad man mysteriously disappeared before the eyes of the three people.

  Even after seeing the man in black leave, the three of them didn't dare to get up immediately and remained kneeling on the ground. It wasn't until a long time had passed that they shakily stood up.

  "Sir, what do you call this? In front of these people, we're not even worth a dog. Why should we still risk our lives for them?" The one standing on the left side of Yi Xing asked with a pale face, his eyes filled with resentment, anger and helplessness.

  "Ah!"

  He let out a sigh and looked at Jian Bei with a helpless expression, but didn't make any response.

  Under the eerie atmosphere, the three people fell silent.

  ......

  Just as Yi Hang and his two companions were lamenting their fate, Yi Chi had already entered the formation on the other side.

  However, his position was different from where Jian Nan walked.

  Only a small puff of smoke flashed by, and Yi Chi's figure had changed greatly, however, this time he still maintained his human form, after all, it was better to create the array with a familiar human body.

  He took a step forward and disappeared from his original position after just five steps.

  Just after Yi Chi disappeared, about ten meters away from where Yi Chi originally stood, a space fluctuation appeared, and a strange man with an all-black body emerged.

  "Huh? It feels like someone has been here." The man in black looked around cautiously, but found nothing. By this time, Yi Chi had already entered the formation, and he didn't seem to be heading in the same direction as Jian Nan. As soon as he walked in, his figure would disappear, so the man in black hadn't discovered him.

  Yi Chi didn't know there was a man in black, but his cautious nature led him to choose that area where he could hide his figure. Fortunately, otherwise today next year might have been Yi Chi's unlucky day.

  The man in black just took a look and left, thinking that it might be the aura left by those three useless people, after all, useless people always make mistakes, and it's normal to leave some aura unintentionally.

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  PS: Just got back home, now starting upload, first update is here, five updates today.