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After coming out of seclusion this time, Xiao Lin did not plan to re-enter the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower as soon as he had rested.
Although the process of increasing one's strength brought great joy, such a lifestyle was, in the end, somewhat dull. Furthermore, at the Dou Zong realm, Xiao Lin had currently reached a temporary limit in his mastery over spatial power.
What followed would be a period of slow, grinding work.
Before his grasp of spatial power saw further improvement, continuing to stay in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower to cultivate wouldn't be entirely useless, but the effects would clearly be limited.
Therefore, after a moment of reflection, Xiao Lin gave up on the idea of continuing to cultivate Dou Qi. After all, besides his Dou Qi cultivation, he had other things he could improve!
That's right, Xiao Lin had decided that for the next period of time, he would earnestly research formations. His battle with Kuang Feiyu two years ago had shown him that Spiritual Arrays provided immense help.
Currently, among the formations Xiao Lin mastered, besides the Spirit Gathering Formation used for auxiliary cultivation, there was only the Void Spirit-Locking Formation used for combat. This was clearly not enough for Xiao Lin.
To put it bluntly, the Void Spirit-Locking Formation was a type of trapping formation. How could the path of formations consist only of trapping formations? There were still offensive formations, defensive formations, illusion formations, and more for Xiao Lin to study.
It could be said that the potential of the Spiritual Array Master profession was far from being fully developed by Xiao Lin. After all, what kind of decent person reaches the rank of a Rank 3 Spiritual Array Master while only mastering two formations?
One of them is even a Spirit Gathering Formation for auxiliary cultivation...From this, it was evident that as a Rank 3 Spiritual Array Master, Xiao Lin was currently completely unqualified!
Furthermore, the fact that Zi Yan had been in a deep sleep and had yet to wake up was also a major reason why Xiao Lin chose to put aside Dou Qi cultivation in favor of researching formations.
Two years ago, Zi Yan had consumed too many various precious medicinal ingredients, causing her body to grow and her cultivation to break through, which plunged her into a deep sleep from which she had yet to awaken.
Without Zi Yan by his side, Xiao Lin's mastery of spatial power could naturally only progress step by step. These two factors were the main reasons Xiao Lin temporarily gave up on Dou Qi cultivation!
In truth, it was also because Zi Yan's current cultivation was still low; her control over spatial power was purely based on the instincts of the Ancient Void Dragon.
It was like how ducks are born knowing how to swim or mice are born knowing how to dig holes. So, while Zi Yan was born capable of mastering spatial power, she didn't know how to teach others!
This was the primary reason Xiao Lin could only learn by observing Zi Yan's manipulation of spatial power.
If Zi Yan's cultivation were a bit higher and she could actually teach someone how to control spatial power, Xiao Lin might have reached an even higher level than Seven-Star Dou Zong within these two years!
However, saying more about that was useless for now. Who could help it if Zi Yan's situation was special? Since she was currently sleeping and hadn't woken up, Xiao Lin had no way to observe her ability to manipulate space.
Therefore, under these circumstances, it was quite normal for Xiao Lin to choose to research formations.
"Since I'm researching formations, I'll need some guinea pigs to give me feedback!"
At this moment, a bit of mischief popped into Xiao Lin's mind.
Acting on the thought, Xiao Lin immediately set out to find Grand Elder Su Qian.
When Xiao Lin expressed his intentions to Grand Elder Su Qian, the other party didn't even stop to think before agreeing directly. After all, the idea Xiao Lin proposed was clearly beneficial to the students of the academy in Grand Elder Su Qian's eyes!
"Your idea of designating an area within the academy to establish a Trial Ground—I approve it."
As Grand Elder Su Qian's voice fell, Xiao Lin obtained the necessary authorization.
That's right, the "guinea pigs" in Xiao Lin's heart were naturally the students within the academy. Of course, he certainly wouldn't act recklessly!
His approach would definitely be beneficial to himself and beneficial to the students as well. Otherwise, Grand Elder Su Qian wouldn't have agreed so readily.
Xiao Lin's idea was very simple.
Didn't he want to deduce various formations? However, even if the formations were deduced, he still needed someone to provide feedback on the effects of the formations, right? Thus, the idea of establishing a Trial Ground within Jia Nan Academy was born.
The purpose of this Trial Ground was also very simple.
Once Xiao Lin deduced various formations, he would set them up in the Trial Ground and wait for the academy students to come and challenge them.
Think about it: if the academy students could break through various trapping formations, illusion formations, offensive formations, and defensive formations, it would naturally be beneficial to them.
Furthermore, if these students were given rewards for successfully clearing a formation, or if prizes were simply placed within the formations, would the students of Jia Nan Academy not be tempted?
This was a matter of both tempering oneself through the formations and obtaining rewards.
It was believed that as long as a student wasn't a total "salted fish," they would all be eager to try!
As the person who set up these formations, Xiao Lin would naturally be able to obtain all the information about the formations he had arranged from the students' feedback. It could be said that the opening of the Trial Ground was absolutely a triple-win situation!
The students gained training and rewards, Xiao Lin could improve his level of formation-setting, and Jia Nan Academy would have an additional attraction for students.
These benefits were visible to the naked eye. Given Grand Elder Su Qian's shrewdness, how could he fail to see through this? So, he naturally had no reason to refuse Xiao Lin!
"Then I thank the Grand Elder!"
With Grand Elder Su Qian's approval, Xiao Lin immediately went into action.
He didn't choose any other location, instead directly making the pavilion where he lived the very center of the Trial Ground!
Thereafter, Xiao Lin immersed himself in his pavilion for a long period, deducing various formations.
As a Rank 3 Spiritual Array Master—don't look at it as a low rank in the Great Thousand World—but in the world of Battle Through The Heavens, a Rank 3 Spiritual Array Master was already not considered low. So, deducing some simple formations was not a very difficult task for Xiao Lin.
Finally, after more than three months of painstaking research, Xiao Lin deduced his first formation besides the Spirit Gathering Formation and the Void Spirit-Locking Formation—the Mortal Heart-Tempering Formation.
From the name alone, one could tell that this should be an illusion formation. However, after deducing an illusion formation, Xiao Lin did not stop.
A single formation wouldn't be enough to support the opening of a Trial Ground!
So, in the following nine months, Xiao Lin successively deduced a trapping formation—the Labyrinth Formation, an offensive formation—the Arrow Rain Formation, and a defensive formation—the Iron Stone Formation.
Among these four Spiritual Arrays, except for the first Mortal Heart-Tempering Formation which belonged to the Rank 2 Spiritual Array category, the remaining three were merely simple Rank 1 Spiritual Arrays.
Of course, these Spiritual Arrays were just initial creations by Xiao Lin; he could naturally upgrade them in the future. The feedback from the academy students would essentially be like providing patches for these Spiritual Arrays for Xiao Lin.
Once the weaknesses of these formations were removed, the strengths retained, and some new elements added, Xiao Lin was confident he could gradually upgrade these lowest-level Spiritual Arrays.
"I have one of each type of formation now. Next, the existence of the Trial Ground should make its debut!"
After setting up these four formations in the vicinity of his pavilion, Xiao Lin muttered to himself.
From the time Xiao Lin first applied to Grand Elder Su Qian until the debut of the Trial Ground, only a year had passed in total!
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