Bringing The Farm To Live In Another World - Chapter 15789

15787. Chapter 15787 Test

“Sect Master, this is Mr. Zhang Hongliang. He is a magic array master, and his magic array technique is very powerful.” Chen Shi was reporting to Ning Chuci.

Ning Chuci looked at Zhang Hongliang. Zhang Hongliang had now returned to his normal appearance. His previous appearance was of course fake. Now that he was back to normal, he bowed to Ning Chuci and said, “Greetings, Sect Master Ning.”

Ning Chuci looked at Zhang Hongliang and said, “Fellow Daoist Zhang, you also know where our Qinglong Sect is. You should know what we want you to do by now. I will not be polite. I will give you a few questions to test you. If you pass the test, then you can join our Qinglong Sect and become our Qinglong Sect disciple. If you fail the test, then I’m sorry, you can only return to Taixu Sect. How about it? Do you agree?”

Ning Chuci knew very well that for a cultivator of Taixu Sect, being able to join the Qinglong Sect was definitely a good thing, so he was not afraid that Zhang Hongliang would not agree.

Zhang Hongliang didn’t agree immediately. He looked at Ning Chuci and said, “Master Ning, if I pass the test and join the Azure Dragon Sect, can I continue my research on magic arrays?”

Ning Chuci was stunned, then he laughed and said, “Yes, of course. We can even set up a position specifically for you and provide you with supplies so you can fully research magic arrays.” Ning Chuci liked people like Zhang Hongliang. Such people were so focused on their own research, which was definitely a good thing for them.

Zhang Hongliang nodded and said, “Okay, then when do we start the test?” Zhang Hongliang was currently acting like someone who only wanted to conduct magic array research and didn’t want to care about anything else, which was why he reacted this way.

Ning Chuci said, “Let’s start now.” He then led Zhang Hongliang and Chen Shi out. The three of them came out of the room and flew up directly. After a while, they arrived at a small hill. Some arrangements had been made on this hill. A shield was covering the hill. Ning Chuci looked at Zhang Hongliang and said, “The first test is to break the shield on this hill. The time limit is twelve hours.”

After that, Ning Chuci and Chen Shi stepped aside, and Zhang Hongliang took a look at the shield, then he waved his hand. A fireball flew straight towards the shield, and the shield rippled, blocking the fireball. He was simply testing the shield’s strength. It wasn’t very strong. Honestly, if he used force, he could easily break it with a single blow. But if he did, it would be disgraceful. The other party wanted to see how he could break the formation without brute force, so he had to break it. If he used force, he would be humiliated.

Meanwhile, Zhang Hongliang had just tested the formation’s nature. This test had revealed that it was actually an ordinary earth-based formation. While some other energies of the Five Elements stabilized it, the core of the formation was still earth. Earth-based formations were known for their strongest defenses, and of course, they were also the most difficult to break, as earth-based formations were known for their stability. Generally, earth-based formations were very stable.

Zhang Hongliang glanced at the earth-based formation. Although it was an earth-based formation, there were countless earth-based defensive formations, with varying methods depending on their placement. However, the earth-based formation before him was nothing special, nothing special at all. Even an ordinary disciple of the Blood Killing Sect could easily break it.

Zhang Hongliang shook his head after noticing this, and then sighed softly. Ning Chuci and Chen Shi, who were watching him, were puzzled, unsure of what he meant. But then they understood. Zhang Hongliang moved his hand, and a beam of green light struck a point on the formation. The shield suddenly paused, and then there was a crack, and the shield was instantly broken. This sudden change left Ning Chuci and Chen Shi stunned.

You know, in their opinion, the arrangement of this earth-based magic array is quite good. It takes a lot of effort to break this earth-based magic array. But what about Zhang Hongliang? He actually broke this magic array directly with just one move. How could they not be surprised?

Ning Chuci and Chen Shi immediately came to Zhang Hongliang’s side. Ning Chuci looked at Zhang Hongliang and said, “How did you do it, fellow Daoist Zhang? You actually broke this magic array in one move?”

Zhang Hongliang said in a deep voice, “The first magic array has its energy nodes. As long as you find the energy nodes of this magic array, you can break this magic array in one move, just like the energy nodes of this magic array. The energy nodes of this magic array are like this. Find the energy nodes of this magic array and attack this energy node, and you can break this magic array. Moreover, the level of arrangement of this magic array is average, and the relationship like this is… There are many energy nodes, and finding one can break through, so it’s so easy to break through.

Ning Chuci didn’t know what to say. This was a defensive formation that their sect’s formation master had spent two days setting up. Although that formation master wasn’t the most powerful in the sect, his level was pretty good. As a result, the formation he spent two days setting up was broken by the other party in an instant. And to say that the level of the formation was average was putting it in a good way. If it was not good, it would be garbage, and Ning Chuci could still understand this.

Ning Chuci nodded and said nothing more, but he already had a certain understanding of Zhang Hongliang’s strength. Then he continued, “Okay, then the second test will follow.”

After that, Ning Chuci led Zhang Hongliang directly to another hill. On this hill, there was another magic circle, but this magic circle was a little special. Before even getting close to the hill, you could feel the cold sword energy. This turned out to be a sword formation.

Zhang Hongliang couldn’t help but raise the end of his eyebrows, then stopped in the distance. He took a look at the sword formation on the hill. At the moment, there was nothing special about the sword formation on the hill, just a cold aura.

This time, Zhang Hongliang didn’t attack the sword formation. Instead, he produced a compass and tapped it rapidly. The next moment, a larger energy compass projection appeared. Zhang Hongliang looked at the sword projection and tapped it a few more times. The compass projection began to rotate, then stopped. A section of it glowed red.

Zhang Hongliang observed the compass and flew around the hill. After about half a circle, he stopped and examined the hill carefully. His gaze settled on a rock on the hill. With a wave of his hand, a fireball flew straight towards the rock.

The formation on the hill remained completely unresponsive, allowing the fireball to land on the rock. A loud bang was heard, and the rock shattered. The hill shook, and the eerie feeling within it vanished.

Ning Chuci and Chen Shi had been following Zhang Hongliang, eager to see how he would break the sword formation. This sword formation was the pride of one of their sect’s formation masters. Unlike ordinary magic formations, a sword formation was highly aggressive. If you entered its attack range, it would attack, and if you attacked it, it would also attack. Therefore, the sword formation’s offensive power was very strong. If not handled properly, the person breaking the formation would be injured. Among all magic formations, it was considered one of the more difficult ones.

Ning Chuci and Chen Shi had assumed that it would take Zhang Hongliang quite some time to break the formation. However, they were completely surprised when Zhang Hongliang simply turned half a circle and then cast a fireball spell to break the formation. This surprised them greatly.

Chen Shi looked at Zhang Hongliang in surprise and said, “Did you break the formation just like that?”

Zhang Hongliang smiled and said, “Yes, it’s broken. To be honest, this sword formation is a little stronger than the earth-based defensive formation, but not much stronger. The most important thing is that the person who set up the formation didn’t consider one thing, that is, the influence of the terrain on the formation. A formation should be set on what kind of terrain, and how much influence does the terrain have on the formation? These all need to be calculated. It doesn’t mean that you just need to put the formation symbols on the same horizontal plane. That won’t work. Take this sword formation for example. It’s a mistake to set it up on this hill. Look at this hill, it’s actually an earth hill, and the stones in the hill look very round. To be honest, this kind of terrain is not suitable for setting up a sword formation. When he was setting up the formation, he hadn’t tested the terrain yet. There’s a rather unusual stone on this hill—the one I just destroyed. It’s pointed and looks like a spear. This stone itself is an anomaly on the hill, and its presence has a significant impact on the formation. Formations rely on energy, and this stone, being on the hill itself, has an impact on that energy flow. It can be said that this stone blocks the sword formation, creating a blind spot. The person who set up the formation placed an eye behind the stone, so if I attack that stone, not only will I be protected from the sword formation, I can also destroy it in one fell swoop. It could be said that this stone is the formation’s biggest flaw. “

Hearing him say this, Ning Chuci and Chen Shi were both a little surprised. They hadn’t imagined that setting up a formation would involve so many details.

Ning Chuci took a deep breath and said, “Good, very good. There is one last test. If you pass this time, you will officially become a disciple of my Qinglong Sect.”

Zhang Hongliang responded, and then Ning Chuci led Zhang Hongliang forward on the flying cloud. Soon they came to a large lake. In the middle of the lake was a small island. The island was not very big, probably only about an acre in area, and there was a small house built on it. Ning Chuci pointed at the island and said, “There is someone on the island who can control the magic circle here. Your task is to break it.”

(End of this Chapter.)