Master Ban saw Mo Hua’s confident appearance and inexplicably felt much more at ease.
Although he had always treated Formation Masters with the utmost respect, there was still a touch of resentment in his heart. But being under someone’s roof, they had to bow their heads due to the status and identity of the Formation Master, that was all.
They were Formation Masters, and they were just craftsmen.
The Formation Masters could live in grand cavern residences, while these craftsmen were only suitable for building them.
Most of the architecture in the Tao Cultivation World was built by these craftsmen, brick by brick, yet not a single brick belonged to them.
But Mo Hua was different from any other Formation Master he had seen; he was not arrogant or overbearing, with a clarity in his eyes like the spring water in a mountain stream.
Looking at Mo Hua, Master Ban couldn’t help but smile.
Seeing that Master Ban finally stopped frowning, Mo Hua also smiled, “I’ll take care of the formation, you can rest assured.”
Master Ban nodded heavily, “I’m at ease.”
Then he raised his glass, smiled at Mo Hua, and said, “I raise a toast to you.”
Mo Hua had neither cup nor wine, and besides, the taste of the alcohol was too strong for his liking. So he took the chicken leg in his hand and touched it to Master Ban’s cup, “Cheers!”
Master Ban laughed, his mind free of doubts, and drank up the wine in his cup, only then tasting the true flavor of the wine, he couldn’t help but exclaim, “Good wine!”
In the following days, Mo Hua began to speed up his Formation Painting.
The deeper the cultivation of the Heaven Yan Jue, the stronger the control of Divine Sense, the faster Mo Hua’s formations were drawn.
Moreover, these formations were ones that Mo Hua had practiced many times on the Taoist Stele or the Formation Paper; he had every single Formation Pattern down pat.
Mo Hua’s wrist danced, his brush moved swiftly, his strokes as smooth as clouds and flowing water, Formation Patterns emerged one after another, and maps of formations were completed.
Master Ban watched, dumbstruck, and even Elder Yu, who had seen Mo Hua Drawing Formations many times, was secretly amazed.
Such skill showed the release of a Formation Master who had been immersed in the craft for hundreds of years.
Each stroke and pattern was etched in his mind, he didn’t even have to look to know where his brush should go; it naturally formed the formation.
And so, after about ten more days, Mo Hua had finished painting all the formations on the Refinery Shop building.
The progress had been delayed by five or six days compared to the initial expectation, mainly because the Qian Family came to cause trouble repeatedly. The foundation had been damaged and needed to be rebuilt, wooden beams had collapsed and had to be re-erected, and when the formations were smeared, Mo Hua had to start over. Otherwise, the work would have been completed a few days earlier.
Master Ban looked at the numerous complex formations on the Refinery Shop, from the walls to every building, with disbelief in his eyes.
All these formations were indeed completed by Mo Hua alone…
Despite having witnessed the speed at which Mo Hua painted formations and being mentally prepared for it, he was still astonished when he saw it with his own eyes.
This was the largest Refinery Shop in Tongxian City; all these formations were actually completed by one person!
Master Ban pinched his thigh hard, and the pain that followed relieved him; it confirmed that he was indeed not dreaming.
With the completion of these formations, Mo Hua’s work was temporarily done, leaving the craftsmen to seal the formations and further refurbish the building.
These matters would be Master Ban’s concern now.
Mo Hua rubbed his wrists and moved his shoulders around.
He had been painting formations all these days, and now that the major work was done, he could finally take a break. He could use this time to reflect on the gains and losses in formation work.
The Architectural Formation Map employed formations that primarily revolved around Earth and Wood attributes, complemented by Metal, Water, and Fire elements. Essentially, all Five Elements formations would make use of these.
The Five Elements Formation is the most widely applied formation in the Tao Cultivation World, and through this opportunity, Mo Hua expanded his understanding of some basic formations, solidified his application of the Five Elements Formation Patterns, and gained deeper insights into the use of formations and the interactions between various formations.
Moreover, after drawing formations tirelessly day and night during this period, Mo Hua’s Divine Sense had grown, his control over it had gradually become stronger, and his foundation in formations had also deepened considerably.
Mo Hua nodded, feeling quite satisfied with himself, and then started to prepare for the next phase of his formation studies.
Master Ban was busy with the completion of the subsequent construction works for his artifact refinery shop, but the formation issues that had worried him the most had already been resolved, and the project would be completed on schedule. Master Ban felt as if a great burden had been lifted and his whole body relaxed.
With the completion of the refinery shop, it would be time to settle the Spirit Stone payments. He could finally give his craftsmen disciples an explanation, and everyone could return home to enjoy a good year.
The thought alone made Master Ban feel thoroughly content, and after several months of busyness, he could finally get a good night’s sleep.
Meanwhile, Qian Hong’s brow furrowed in concern.
According to reports from the Qian Family disciples, the group of craftsmen had already begun the final touches on the construction.
In his view, it was an absolute impossibility!
The finishing touches meant that the formations inside were already complete.
Such a large refinery shop, even if only basic and simple formations were used, couldn’t possibly be completed so quickly. Furthermore, he had even sent people to disrupt and delay the construction progress of the refinery shop.
In Qian Hong’s estimation, even if everything went smoothly for the refinery shop, it would take another month before completion. But how could they have already started finishing the job in such a short time?
“Could it be another one of Yu Changlin’s tricks? Trying to tell me that the refinery shop has already been built and finished, to make the Qian Family give up this notion?”
Yu Changlin, thick-skinned and ruthless, it wouldn’t be out of character for him to come up with such a scheme.
Qian Hong’s gaze turned sharp as he instructed someone to invite Master Qian, and then the two of them went together to a teahouse near the refinery shop, settled in a private room, and released their Divine Senses to scan the refinery shop.
Master Qian only swept his Divine Sense over it briefly before withdrawing it and said, “The formations have been completed!”
Qian Hong was secretly shocked and asked, “At what level are these formations?”
Master Qian hesitated for a moment before slowly saying, “Compared with the formation at our Qian Family mansion, they are quite comparable.”
Qian Hong couldn’t believe it, “How is that possible?”
The formations at their Qian Family mansion had been devised with great expense, employing a first-rate Formation Master to design the Architectural Formation Map and many Formation Masters working together to draw the formation, which took a long time to construct.
What merit or ability did Yu Changlin have to build an artifact refinery shop that could rival the Qian Family mansion’s formation?
Master Qian himself found it hard to believe. He furrowed his brow thinking, “I only scanned it from afar with my Divine Sense without looking closely, but the strength of those formations on the exterior walls is indeed not ordinary.”
“They may have focused only on the exterior wall formations. The internal formations might be quite crude, or it’s very possible that there are hardly any formations inside at all.”
Qian Hong nodded. This estimation from Master Qian was very plausible.
Otherwise, there was no explanation for how the Monster Hunters could have completed the formations inside such a large refinery shop in so little time.
“There’s another issue,” said Master Qian. “Even if it’s just the external wall formations, judging by the strength of this formation, the amount of Formation Patterns included shouldn’t be something one or two Formation Masters could complete.”
Qian Hong also frowned, a question emerging in both their minds at the same time:
Exactly how many Formation Masters are among the Monster Hunters?