Ashen''s room, Phoenix Feather Sect,
Ashen sat in front of the mountain of books that he had brought from the Formation Pavilionmuchto the bewilderment of others.
It wasn''monthat a disciple wouldtake more than a hundred bookswith himto read in a day.Onejustdidn''t have to read the book but understand the concepts written in it.
Even understandingone book would take at least an hour forevena schr.
It just wasn''t possible to read allthesebooksthat werein front of him using traditional methods.
But Ashen didn''t n on using traditional methods, instead,usehis cheat that was there to help him.
"System, tell me how many points it would take to master all these books?
Ashen asked with a calm expression, waiting for the system''s answer.
[Ding! Host, This mighty system needs 11000 points to make you master these books. The points required usually depend on the knowledge contained in the books needed to master. These books only contain basicsandhencetheprice is cheap]
"Hmm... alright" Ashen took in the information with a nod before picking up a bookin his handtitled, ''Introduction to Formation Arts''.
This book was famous as the go-to book to start learning formation arts, however,it was always rmendedto learn from a formation master as hewould be able toteach better than a book.
He opened the book''s first page before starting to read it.
He was doing this to verify how learning through the system and reading the books yourself differed.
By doingthishe could decide whether using the system to learn the knowledge wasin any waydisadvantageous.
In thefirst page of the book was written about the formations, how it was beneficial, its importance, and how it was thegreatestart out there.
It seemed that the author really worshipped formation arts byhow he waspraising it, iming it to be better than any other art.
Ashen continued reading the book carefully, grasping the concepts tothe best ofhis abilities.
After an hour and a half, hewas able tplete this thick book.
The book was pretty much an introduction, containing knowledge regarding the different ranks of a formation master and different basic formation forms.
The author had written his understanding of the formation arts in the bookandAshen was sure that the other books would give him a differentunderstandingfrom what this book provided him.
However, that was forter, fornow, it was the time to see the difference between the system and human reading.
"System, make me master this book!" Hemanded with an indifferent expression.
[Ding! Host, consuming 80 points to master the book you requested]
[Ding! Transaction Complete!]
Looking at thepleted message, Ashen tried to recall the knowledge contained in the book.
He attempted to recall the information regarding the ranks of formation mastersandin reaction,his eyes were widenedin surprise at the result.
Not only was he able to recall the information clearly, but he was also able to remember the page number as well as each and every word written on the page.
It was as if there was a copy of the book in his mind, giving him all the knowledge contained in the book.
Even some concepts that were unclear to himbeforewere now embeddedin his mind in simplenguage.
It was as if someone had tranted some difficult English into simple one which even a child could understand.
"This is... great!"Ashen eximedin joy, knowing that the system wasn''t cheating him andwasproviding genuine knowledge.
Without waitinganymoreAshen ordered in a hurry:
"System, Make me master all these books!"
[Ding! Host, consuming 10920 Viin Points to master the books you requested]
Ashen felt information flowing into his mind as his attainment in the formation artsbegan to increase.
Information regarding various formations and forms was embeddedinto his mind.
There was also information about the location where formation masters gathered and the organizationthat wasresponsible for allocating the status of formation masters through taking tests.
This organization was named ''Primordial Dragon Formation Society''andthis society had its influence on the whole Primordial Dragon empire.
Each empire had its own version of Formation Society to take care of the tests regarding Formation Masters.
A formation master would receive respect everywhere he wouldgo,and would be respected even by the emperor if he had a high enough rank.
In this world, every existing power would need a formation to protect them from enemies orat leastalert them about any attack.
[Ding! Transaction Complete!]
Just as this message appeared in front of Ashen, all the informationthat waingin,stopped abruptly.
Now, the Formation Arts users couldbe dividedinto various ranks or levels:
~ Formation Novice/ Level-1 / Brown colored robe
~ Formation Disciple/ Level-2 / grey colored robe
~ Formation Master/ Level-3 / Silver colored robe
~ Formation Grandmaster/ Level-4 / White colored robe
~ Formation Sage/ Level-5 / Purple colored robe
~ Formation Grand Sage/ Level-6/ Blue colored robe
~ Formation Quasi-Supreme/ Level-7/ ck colored robe
~ Formation Supreme/ Level-8 / Golden colored robe
After acquiring thebasicshe was able to understand how formations worked.
Formations made use of qi stones that contained various types of qi.
These qi stoneswere namedafter the qi they contained.
For example, Sword qi stone contained sword qi, de qi stone contained de qi, dark qi stone contained dark qi, and so on.
There were innumerable types of qi in this world andsimrly, innumerable qi stonesfor each typeof qi that existed.
The formationmade use ofthe qi contained in these qi stones toy a formation.
Now, different types of qibinations resulted in different outputs in a formation.
The pattern in which the qi stoneswere arrangedwas also animportantfactorthat determinedhow the formation would behave.
For example, if someone wanted to include a sword attack in their formation, they would need to use sword qi stone in theirformation,however, how that sword will attack, where it will appear from, andwhen the attack willhappen,was all decided by the pattern in which the formationwas designed.
Hence, due to this, different formations had different designs and a formation master had to remember all this information.
Thismade being a formation master a tough job.
Who could remember all the types of qi stones and the pattern in whichthey were arranged?
Maybe for some basic formations, it was easy, however, there were multiple formations tobe remembered, andsurely no one could remember them all.
Therefore, it was advisable to understand thebinations of different types of qi stones, forexample, if someone used sword qi stone and dark qi stone in their formation, it would result in the sword bing stealthier anddifficultto detect.
And if someone changed the order in which these stoneswere arranged, they would get a dark sword that would have a deteriorating effect on anything it cut.
These simplebinations made the basis for formation arts and made it easy for a formation arts user to memorize the formation designmore easily.
By increasing their attainment in formation arts, onewould be able todesign new formations.
For example, only the formation grandmaster could design an array to protect a sect, however, the formation designed for the phoenix feather sectwas doneby a formation sage.
A formation arts user''s rank could be disyed by the robe he was wearing and the badge that he would get after passing the test for the said rank.
This world had made it easy to memorize these ranks as they were the same for alchemyusers and talisman users as well.
They were also ssified in the same ranks and could be differed by the emblemthat wouldbecarvedon the back of the formation arts user''s robe.
Ashen had mastered over 120 bookscontainingthe basics of formation artsjust nowand could be considered a Formation novice with all the basics on his tips.
These books contained simple formation designsin themwhichcoulde in handy in Ashen''s daily life.
For example, there was a cleaning formation that was a level-1 formation.It could beidaround an area to keep it clean, however, Ashen didn''t need it now as his mansion already had the said formation installed.
There were also some level-2 arraysbutthey were also useless at his level.
They couldn''t be usedto kill people.
Therefore, Ashen''s target now was the next set of books.
Afterhaving masteredall those books, he now understoodjusthow powerful formations were.
Evenpreviouslyhe didn''t have any idea regarding their power.
Nowhecraved the knowledge that was unknown to him.
It was after a long time that he felt excited for something, hewas looking forward to the time whenhewould be able tomake use of the advanced formations thatwere talked aboutin the books he had just mastered.
With a light smile, he stored all the books in his space ring before heading to the formation paviliononceagain.
It didn''t take him long to reach there as he knew the directions this time.
Upon seeing him, a grin appeared on the receptionist''s face as he smiled to himself: "Looks like he understood thathewon''t be able to read all the books in just a daythat''swhy he is here again to return some of the books!
hehe,servesyou right for not listening to me!"
It had just been two hours since Ashen took the book from the pavilion, noteven in his wildest dreams would the receptionist be able to guess that Ashen had already mastered all the books.
It wasn''t his fault for misunderstanding things.
"Ah, young master, have you read all the books already?" The receptionist asked with a grin, expecting to see Ashen embarrassed and flustered when returning the books.
He had an expression that said, ''See what happens when you don''t listen tome''
Ashen just nodded in response, speakingwith a calm expression: "Yes, Give me the advanced books now!"
"Huh?" The receptionist had his jaw drop at this response, baffled out of his mind.
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(A/N - Thanks for reading. ^..^)