Though the noble family’s children are few in percentage, their numbers are substantial, gathering together and interacting, creating an illusion of boundless prosperity and a hall full of aristocratic luster.
Yet, prosperity is just one facet.
Beneath the prosperity lies a more truthful cruelty.
These junior brothers, for the first time, peeled away a corner of prosperity, witnessing the harshest truth of this world.
Everyone was momentarily silent.
Mo Hua observed this and sighed softly.
These disciples are all from noble families, and as they grow older, they might also be obsessed with fame and wealth.
But at least for now, they are still naive in the ways of the world, holding onto a sincere heart, feeling compassion for the poverty in this world.
Mo Hua then smiled gently, comforting them:
"Insight into the Heavenly Dao, benefiting all beings..."
"Your formations change their circumstances, altering the destiny of not just one generation, but many to come."
"This is the marvel of formations, and the ’Dao’ that a Formation Master seeks throughout life..."
Including Zheng Fang, all the disciples were momentarily stunned, their gaze gradually brightening.
"Insight into the Heavenly Dao, benefiting all beings..."
This statement moved them, planting a seed in their hearts that gradually took root and started to grow.
...
After seeing off Zheng Fang and the others, Mo Hua didn’t return to Taixu Gate but instead went to the refinery shop in Solitary Mountain City.
The large compound formation in Solitary Mountain is just the first step.
Originally, the ores in Solitary Mountain had been nearly exhausted, but the Shen Family went to great lengths to blast away half of it, exposing some ores buried underground or previously difficult to mine.
These ores are naturally not as precious as the renowned yellow copper ores, but after refinement, they will yield quite good profits, sufficient for the loose cultivators in Solitary Mountain City to make a living.
However, the key lies in "refinement."
The large compound formation in Solitary Mountain is used to reconstruct the mines, just like Mo Hua did back in South Yue City.
However, as Solitary Mountain is already very barren, the mined ores need further "refinement."
Refinement requires more advanced formations.
These formations, without exception, are all second-grade high-level formations, even including some with nineteen patterns.
Among the peers at Taixu Gate, only Mo Hua is capable of drawing these formations.
These formations were drawn in a large furnace.
Henceforth, the ores extracted from Solitary Mountain will be sent to the refinery shop, where they’ll be refined into purer spiritual mines through this large-scale furnace, and then undergo artifact refining.
Master Gu, along with all Artifact Refiners, has already preliminarily built the furnace.
The massive furnace, like an exotic beast that can swallow ores, occupies almost half of the refinery shop’s space.
Then, Mo Hua will draw the necessary formations onto the furnace piece by piece until completion.
Nineteen-pattern formations are considered the ultimate in second-grade formations by general standards, and for ordinary second-grade formation masters, drawing such formations is extremely difficult.
But Mo Hua’s divine thought has already reached Core Formation, making drawing these formations as effortless as eating and drinking.
Although the furnace is large, it certainly isn’t comparable to the compound formation in Solitary Mountain.
Thus, although many formations are involved, this amount, along with the formation "monster" Mo Hua, can be handled by him alone.
After spending some time sketching the formations on the furnace, Mo Hua instructed Master Gu to dismiss everyone, leaving him alone inside the furnace where he prepared to draw the final formation.
This was an Absolute Formation.
A second-grade, twenty-pattern, Second-born Thunder Flow Formation.
This was the Primordial Magnetic Absolute Formation secretly given to Mo Hua by Aunt Wan from the Shangguan Family, and it was the first second-grade absolute formation Mo Hua had mastered. .
Perhaps due to Mo Hua’s comprehension of the Thunder Magnetic Formation Flow, having grasped a part of the Thunder Magnetic Origin.
He surprisingly found learning this "Second-born Thunder Flow Ultimate Formation" to be unexpectedly smooth; it hardly took much time.
This Second-born Thunder Flow Formation’s function is simple: it directs the formation to generate the "secondary thunder flow."
However, secondary thunder flow covers a vast range and has varied uses.
Mo Hua specifically consulted with Elder Zheng to understand that this Second-born Thunder Flow Formation was actually a "production" type ultimate formation.
The secondary thunder flow it generated has only one purpose: to magnetize ink-type ores, producing "magnetic ink."
Magnetic ink is very precious.
Thus, formations that produce "magnetic ink" are extremely rare.
But Mo Hua never expected that the Shangguan Family’s Second-born Thunder Flow Formation was actually used for producing magnetic ink.
However, large aristocratic families often manage varied industries, so it wasn’t surprising that the Shangguan Family collected such an industrial formation.
This formation seemed to be rewarded by the Taoist Court, perhaps for other reasons related to the Shangguan Family and the Taoist Court, which Mo Hua couldn’t discern.
His task was simply to learn and apply the formation.
Moreover, this ultimate formation had been given to him by Aunt Wan.
Now, by applying this absolute formation in the Gu Family’s refinery shop, part of the profit generated would reciprocally benefit Aunt Wan, making it a fair exchange.
After considering, Mo Hua began to sketch this second-grade, twenty-pattern Second-born Thunder Flow Formation onto the ultimate furnace.
Once completed, this last small furnace becomes a "magnetic ink furnace."
However, on the surface, nobody would be able to tell.
Moreover, nobody knew that Mo Hua had discreetly sketched an absolute formation onto the furnace in Solitary Mountain’s refinery shop.
Even Master Gu was unaware.
Mo Hua merely informed him that this final furnace could produce a small quantity of precious magnetic ink.
Yet, there are many production methods for magnetic ink, which are also highly secretive; Master Gu wasn’t too familiar with them, only marveling at Mo Hua’s extraordinary formation expertise.
Mo Hua further instructed Master Gu: "In the space behind the magnetic ink furnace, which is used for magnetizing ink stone, there is a jade slip. Please replace it roughly once a month, and keep the replaced jade slip safe. When there’s an opportunity, bring it to me."
"Jade slip?" Master Gu didn’t fully understand but didn’t ask further.
Although Mo Hua was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, to Master Gu, he was already considered an inscrutable "sage."
Especially after the Solitary Mountain experience, Mo Hua seemed even more enigmatic in Master Gu’s eyes.
Master Gu solemnly replied: "Rest assured, young master, I will remember."
Mo Hua nodded in satisfaction.
These jade slips were of great use to him.
The "magnetic ink furnace" uses spirit stones to drive the formation, generating secondary thunder flow, "magnetizing" ores to produce "magnetic ink."
The presence of secondary thunder flow naturally leaves secondary thunder patterns.
These secondary thunder patterns are generated and respond within the furnace, eventually being recorded by Mo Hua on the jade slips.
These secondary thunder patterns are entirely distinct formation patterns.
Mo Hua intends to use these secondary thunder patterns on the jade slips to deeply comprehend and trace the origin of the Thunder Magnetic Formation Flow from another angle.
In other words, once the magnetic ink furnace is set in motion, it will produce magnetic ink, increasing the refinery shop’s profit. Simultaneously, it will continuously yield a large amount of "secondary thunder patterns" for Mo Hua.
These secondary thunder patterns will provide a rich array of thunder magnetic materials, allowing Mo Hua to more swiftly and conveniently comprehend the origin of the Thunder Magnetic Formation Flow, enhancing his "thunder magnetic adept."