Chapter 87 Secret
"Take a look at this spiritual material. Is there any way to refine it into a magical tool to enhance its efficacy?"

On the second floor of the bamboo building, Fang Chen threw the one-foot-long spiritual bamboo of the boundary bridge in front of Lin Qingshan and stated his purpose directly.

"what?"

Lin Qingshan was stunned at first, then he sighed, put down the several space-related formations and restrictions he was studying, and picked up the Boundary Bridge Spirit Bamboo.

Ever since he boarded Fang Chen's pirate ship, he has often felt uneasy.

However, every time this happened, Fang Chen would either provide some ideas on formations or restrictions, or come up with something good that he had never heard of before.

It made him look forward to this moment.

After groping around on the Lingzhu of Jieqiao for a long time and using his spiritual thoughts to investigate, Lin Qingshan finally found some clues. He looked up and said, "Could this piece of Lingzhu also be related to the Kongling Grass?"

"As expected of you, you can see that."

Fang Chen nodded. He deliberately didn't say what it was just to see if Lin Qingshan could recognize it.

Now it seems that such a small matter is no problem for him.

"If the city lord had said this in the past, I would have accepted it without hesitation, but now that I have witnessed the wonders of nature, I can only feel ashamed of myself."

Lin Qingshan shook his head, his eyes dimmed for a moment, but were soon filled with fighting spirit and desire to explore.

"Oh? Why did you say that?"

Fang Chen also knew that Lin Qingshan had always been a proud person. For him to say such words, it was obvious that the Jieqiao Lingzhu had given him a lot of inspiration.

"The patterns on this piece of spiritual bamboo are inherited from the ethereal grass, but with many different changes. I am now trying to figure out the changes in abilities that this change will bring."

Lin Qingshan was full of admiration for Jieqiao Lingzhu, and continued, “It is rumored that the formation master took the heaven and earth as his teacher, studied everything, and created the formation, which later derived prohibitions and runes, which gave rise to the two skills of refining equipment and making runes.

"I originally thought that this was just a legend that formation masters boasted about. Now it seems that the changes that the natural world can produce are indeed far beyond our imagination."

"In other words, you can imitate the patterns on the Jieqiao Lingzhu and turn it into a formation?"

Although Fang Chen had also learned some formations and restrictions, his understanding of them was obviously not as profound as Lin Qingshan's, and he did not have as deep an understanding as him.

I just heard from Lin Qingshan that the formation master created the formation by learning from the world and all things.

Then is it possible to learn from the Jieqiao Lingzhu and fix its function into a formation?

In this way, if you want to connect the two spaces, you don’t have to wait for the bamboo to mature.

"Boundary Bridge Spirit Bamboo? That's not a big problem. If the city lord can tell me its effect, I can decipher the dark pattern in a few days."

Lin Qingshan first repeated the name of Jieqiao Lingzhu, and then said.

"That's fine."

Fang Chen immediately told Lin Qingshan about the effects of the boundary bridge he had discovered after the experiment, and then asked curiously, "What are the dark patterns you are talking about?"

"Formations, prohibitions, runes, these are activated by mana or spiritual energy. The lit parts are the bright patterns, while the dark patterns are invisible, but they truly determine the effectiveness of the formation."

Lin Qingshan knew that Fang Chen had some knowledge about formations, but it should be the common stuff in Lianyunfang City, so it was normal that he didn't know the difference between the plain and hidden patterns.

"Is there still such a distinction? Then why are there no so-called clear and hidden patterns in the runes of the Five Elements Planting Spells that I learned, and the restrictions for refining storage bags and spirit beast bags?"

Fang Chen really didn't know there were so many twists and turns here.

"The distinction between bright text and dark patterns first exists in nature. For example, the patterns on the Lingzhu of Jieqiao are actually a projection of dark patterns. The bright patterns and dark patterns work together to create magical abilities." Lin Qingshan answered the first question first, paused, and continued, "As for what you have learned, the bright text and dark patterns are integrated together so that people don't know the difference.

"That's why the self-taught formation masters in Lianyunfang City can earn spirit stones, but the major immortal sects don't care about them."

After listening, Fang Chen was silent.

He discovered early on that there were errors in the formations, prohibitions, and rune patterns circulating in Lianyunfang City.

Now it seems that not only these mistakes, but even a lot of related common sense has been covered up by the major immortal sects, causing the independent cultivators in Lianyunfang City to struggle on the wrong path all their lives, wasting their energy in vain.

After a moment of silence, he slowly spoke: "If so, how do you know all this?"

Logically speaking, Lin Qingshan is also a casual cultivator. Even if he has a great talent in formation, he cannot discover these secrets by himself.

Hearing Fang Chen's question, Lin Qingshan's face became stiff for a moment, and his expression became complicated, as if he was having some psychological struggle.

"Ugh--"

After an unknown amount of time, he finally made up his mind, sighed, and said with some regret: "I told the city lord at the time that I came across the Blood Devouring Divine Art by chance, and then met that demon cultivator, learned the truth about the Blood Devouring Divine Art, and finally relied on my attainments in formations to teleport away."

"Actually, you don't know how to teleport."

Fang Chen's expression was calm. When he learned that Lin Qingshan could not set up a teleportation array, he knew that there was something wrong with the story Lin Qingshan told, but he did not point it out.

No matter how Lin Qingshan escaped death, he is essentially a good person. He has sympathy for mortals and the weak. In order to protect them, he would even take the risk to attack Fang Chen, who he thought was a bad guy, when he had no cultivation.

The most important thing is that the Yin Ling Space did not find any soul on him.

This shows that when this person was a monk, he rarely killed.

So Fang Chen allowed him to keep his secret until he was willing to confess.

"What the city lord said is true. In fact, I did not come into contact with the Blood Devouring Divine Art by accident. Instead, I was tempted to become the spy of the Blood Demon Palace's direct disciple in Lianyunfang City. It was also he who discovered my talent for formations and allowed me to learn a lot of formation knowledge from the Xingyue Sea."

Seeing Fang Chen's expression, Lin Qingshan knew what he was thinking, so he told him the whole true story.

This statement is also much smoother.

At least it can explain why Lin Qingshan knew that the Blood-sucking Divine Art was divided into two parts.

According to the original statement, it can only be understood that after the demon cultivator succeeded, he began the classic stage of answering every question or even answering no questions asked.

"It seems that this true disciple thinks highly of you, so why did he devour your spiritual roots? And let you fend for yourself?"

Fang Chen asked jokingly.

"Alas, I couldn't let go of my bottom line as a human being. After seeing him devouring cultivators one after another, I wavered and didn't want to go to the Star-Moon Sea. Then he devoured my spiritual roots, but because of my contribution, he left me a way out..."

What happened in the mortal world afterwards was no different from what was said before, so Lin Qingshan did not continue.

"If you can turn back in time when faced with temptation, you have already surpassed many people."

After listening to him, Fang Chen could only make this comment.

To be honest, if he were in the same position, he couldn't say for sure whether he would stick to his heart or cross the bottom line.

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