App Based Cultivation: I Can Cultivation With Mobile Apps

Chapter 30: Hands-On Practice

"Master overpraises me."

Xu Zhengyang responded modestly, "Back in the mortal world, those great scholars used to say that my calligraphy was too stiff, lacking in spirit."

"Nonsense!"

Pei Zhen scolded angrily, "What do those mortals know?! Calligraphy and drawing should be exactly like yours—neat and upright, with horizontal and vertical lines straight as can be! Since becoming the head of Divine Mechanism Peak, I’ve studied countless ancient texts..."

Speaking of this—

Pei Zhen was overwhelmed with unpleasant memories, and with a pained expression continued, "And in those ancient texts, Eight out of ten were filled with dog-like scrawl, not only were the runes twisted and crooked, even drawing a curve required several corrections! If one wished to comprehend the true meaning within, One could only half-guess and half-deduce, verifying step by step. The time wasted was beyond imagination!"

Hearing this, Xu Zhengyang hurriedly flattered Pei Zhen, saying, "The reason this disciple could make such progress over the past few months, Is all thanks to Master’s handwritten copies of the Divine Mechanism Talisman Guide and Introduction to Formations, stroke by stroke. Only then could I avoid so much unnecessary effort and directly grasp the essence of formations!"

Upon hearing this, Pei Zhen couldn’t help but smile a little. Then he waved his hand and said, "I merely did some organizing and summarizing. Your current accomplishments, are entirely due to your own natural talent."

...

While they chatted casually,

With the help of the Printer App, Xu Zhengyang had already finished drawing the optimized Spirit-Gathering Formation blueprint based on his understanding.

Xu Zhengyang took a deep breath and blew dry the ink on the white paper.

Then he stepped aside and pointed at the paper on the table, saying to Pei Zhen, "Master, please take a look. This is the Spirit-Gathering Formation I’ve redrawn based on my understanding."

"Very well."

Pei Zhen nodded, walked up to the table, and joked, "Since that’s the case, your master shall broaden his horizons."

...

Pei Zhen didn’t believe Xu Zhengyang had the capability to optimize the Spirit-Gathering Formation, so he originally planned to point out the mistakes and then give him a few words of encouragement.

This way, Xu Zhengyang would stay grounded and not aim too high too fast.

"Hmm..."

But right then, just as Pei Zhen was about to find problems in the formation blueprint...

He realized that although Xu Zhengyang had removed some original structures, the overall design didn’t contradict any formation principles.

It seemed...

If one really arranged the formation according to Xu Zhengyang’s blueprint, it might actually improve the operational efficiency of the Spirit-Gathering Formation?!

Thinking of this,

Pei Zhen suddenly felt a sense of absurdity. So he started reviewing from the beginning, determined to find flaws in this blueprint!

...

A moment later,

Pei Zhen finally pointed to a tiny ink spot on the paper and expressionlessly said to Xu Zhengyang, "Be more careful with your brushwork next time. Don’t let ink splatter elsewhere."

"I will strictly follow Master’s teachings," Xu Zhengyang replied with a smile.

"Take it."

Pei Zhen said as he tossed a palm-sized pouch to Xu Zhengyang, continuing, "Although Spirit Beast Pouches can store living creatures, their interior is extremely fragile. That’s precisely why, this item is only for temporary housing of spirit beasts that you’ve subdued."

"If you want to use this item to trap an enemy, they only need to attack the mana node of the Spirit Beast Pouch to completely destroy it and break free from it."

"Thank you for the treasure, Master. This disciple understands."

Xu Zhengyang respectfully accepted the storage pouch handed over by Pei Zhen, then carefully placed Da Fei, who was sleeping on his shoulder, into it.

"Mm."

Pei Zhen nodded, then said to Xu Zhengyang, "All talk and no action is useless. Since you’ve already modified the Spirit-Gathering Formation diagram, Take these formation materials. I’ll bring you back to the Twilight Shadow Pavilion. Modify the Spirit-Gathering Formation over there first."

At this point,

Pei Zhen paused for a moment before saying, "If you can successfully remodel the Twilight Shadow Pavilion’s Spirit-Gathering Formation, I’ll grant you a True Essence Token! With this token in hand, You’ll be able to exchange it at the Scripture Repository for a beast-taming technique, to help you raise that Fear-Clawed Bear cub of yours."

Upon hearing this, Xu Zhengyang’s eyes lit up.

He immediately promised Pei Zhen, "This disciple will definitely complete this formation!"

"Mm."

Pei Zhen nodded, then brought Xu Zhengyang to the third-floor platform of the Divine Mechanism Palace. After summoning his Jade Flying Boat, he said, "Since that’s the case. Your master shall take you home."

"Yes, Master."

Xu Zhengyang nodded and followed him onto the flying boat.

...

As soon as Pei Zhen and Xu Zhengyang returned to the Twilight Shadow Pavilion, the Su Sisters stepped forward on either side and greeted them in unison:

"Respectfully welcoming Elder Pei and Senior Brother Xu."

"Mm."

Pei Zhen nodded and walked straight toward the backyard.

Xu Zhengyang, meanwhile, took out a pouch of seeds from his Jade Gourd. He had obtained this Tier 1 spiritual plant called Emerald Bamboo from Chen Qiang on the way back.

Xu Zhengyang tossed the seeds to Su Xiaofang and instructed, "Divide out three plots in the backyard’s spiritual field to plant this Emerald Bamboo."

Emerald Bamboo wasn’t picky about the environment and was extremely easy to grow.

As long as there was spiritual energy and a plentiful water source, Emerald Bamboo could thrive.

Although Da Fei was just a Fear-Clawed Bear cub, no one knew what kind of bear his father was.

But since Da Fei looked like a panda,

Xu Zhengyang decided to prepare some bamboo at home, just in case Da Fei liked it.

Su Xiaofang respectfully received the seeds Xu Zhengyang tossed over and assured him, "Please rest assured, Senior Brother Xu.mThe two of us will definitely take good care of the Emerald Bamboo!"

"Mm."

Hearing this, Xu Zhengyang nodded and quickly caught up with Pei Zhen to head to the backyard with him.

...

Arriving outside the meditation room of the Twilight Shadow Pavilion,

Pei Zhen waved his hand, and a surge of mana swept out, lifting the wooden meditation room and placing it to the side.

Immediately after,

Pei Zhen tapped with both hands in succession, dismantling the Spirit-Gathering Formation beneath the meditation room, then categorically sorted the disassembled spiritual materials into the courtyard.

Only then did he say to Xu Zhengyang, "Your master just checked. These spiritual materials are still usable and are enough to set up a Spirit-Gathering Formation based on your blueprint. I’ll suppress the formation here. Go ahead and set it up without worry!"

"Yes, Master."

Xu Zhengyang responded, but didn’t rush into the setup.

Instead, he activated the Health Manager’s body monitoring and walked a few laps around the open ground.

Xu Zhengyang hadn’t learned the Qi Observation Technique yet, so he couldn’t see where spiritual energy was dense or sparse.

So he used the Health Manager to observe his spiritual energy absorption rate, in order to determine the exact position of the Spiritual Eye!

After all, the location of the Spiritual Eye

Was definitely the area with the densest spiritual energy, allowing Xu Zhengyang to absorb the most spiritual energy per unit.

Pei Zhen had deliberately not told Xu Zhengyang where the Spiritual Eye was in the Twilight Shadow Pavilion, clearly intending to test him.

So when Pei Zhen saw Xu Zhengyang wandering the courtyard, walking and pausing, and finally stopping right where the Spiritual Eye was located,

Pei Zhen suddenly realized.

Nodding in satisfaction, he thought to himself, "This kid really has it in him. To think he could locate the Spiritual Eye using such a method."