In the Marquis's mansion, Li Shabai unfolded four scrolls.
This was the four-dimensional formation he saw laid out by Gongsun Wen and the Confucian scholars in the granary of Qingge City.
The formation seemed ordinary, but it showed amazing power. Li Shabai used a painting to recreate the battle situation at that time.
"The key to this formation lies in the position of the Confucian scholars. Gongsun Wen led a hundred Confucian scholars into the granary. Seventy-two Confucian students participated in the formation. Gongsun Wen did not form an formation. Three Confucian students stood aside and watched. There was no formation.
Formation, the remaining Confucian scholars have been killed,
These three Confucian scholars are very strange. They have neither fought against General Ji Qi nor have any other use. They are not used in formation, probably because they are redundant. The number of seventy-two is very crucial to this formation.
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Li Shabai took out his writing brush and sketched a few strokes in the "ceremony array": "In the ceremony array, there are eighteen people in the palace, three in the front of the array, nine in the array, and three in the end. The array is not neat.
The three people in the front row, one in front and two behind, are one step apart from each other; the nine people in the second row, four in front and five behind, are half a step apart from each other; the five people in the back row, two in front and three behind, are two steps apart from each other."
Li Shabai accurately drew every detail of the formation's position, while Xu Zhiqiong calculated carefully on the side.
"Think of these thin lines as qi movement!" Li Shabai used a fine pen to outline some lines and speculated on the direction of qi movement that night. After repeated deductions by Xu Zhiqiong, he finally found the optimal solution.
The Qi movement starts from the first person in front of the formation, moves to the end of the formation, passes through the third person in the formation, to the second person at the end of the formation, then back to the fifth person in the formation, and then to the second person in front of the formation, and so on.
The qi machines are constantly superimposed in the formation, and the qi machines of the eighteen people are almost completely superimposed together.
It doesn't sound like a big deal, but isn't it just about pooling everyone's strength together?
But this is really an amazing formation!
It is a great method to completely concentrate the power.
It is very difficult for a person to concentrate all the energy in his body to exert force in the same direction.
It is extremely difficult to get a group of people to concentrate all their energy and exert force in the same direction.
Because everyone has a different grasp of the strength and direction of Qi movement. Without the assistance of formations, two cultivators release Qi movement together, seemingly in the same direction, but in fact, the difference between each other is different.
The assistance will not exceed 20%.
Xu Zhiqiong had received simple formation training when he was in the academy. Ten cultivators of the Killing Dao gathered their strength in an excellent formation. The final energy gathered was equivalent to the power of five cultivators.
Ten cultivators, in exchange for the power of five cultivators, seem to be losing money, but in fact they are making a huge profit. This means that the power of these five people is concentrated on one person, and it also means that this set of magic array can be used in
To some extent, it competes with high-quality cultivators.
What if the power of ten people is almost completely concentrated together?
What if nearly 90% of the power is exerted?
That means a qualitative change. This array is equivalent to creating a "virtual high-quality product".
Li Shabai said: "As long as each of these eighteen people's cultivation level reaches the seventh level, their combined strength can be comparable to that of the fourth level. If ten of them have cultivation levels of the sixth level, the power of the magic circle can be equal to that of the fourth level.
Three products are equivalent,
Of course, this does not mean that if these Confucian scholars form a magic circle, they will be able to tie with the third-level cultivator. A third-level cultivator will not give them the opportunity to form an array. Even if they form a magic circle, they will be beaten by the third-level cultivator.
Those who destroy it.”
Xu Zhiqiong said: "But they still defeated Ji Qi last night. Although Ji Qi is not a third-grade general, he is the number one general in the north. If the battle situation is dominant, he will never be easily reversed."
Li Shabai said: "That's because the Xingguan helped last night. The power of the magic circle, coupled with Gongsun Wen's own strength, and the Xingguan's secret action, completely suppressed General Ji Qi's techniques, causing the entire army to lose the battle.
As a result, the battle collapsed, but fortunately the star king did not dare to use all his strength, otherwise General Ji Qi and his soldiers would never have survived."
What an exquisite array!
This array found a way out for Xu Zhiqiong!
Go to Haoran Academy to impress people!
Eighteen people came!
As long as everyone's cultivation level is guaranteed to be above the seventh level, and ten people's cultivation level reaches the sixth level, a "virtual third level" Confucian cultivator can be created through the formation.
This "Virtual Third Grade" can use innocent skills to help Xu Zhiqiong expel the fear in his soul!
Xu Zhiqiong rushed all the way to Haoran Academy. When he found Zuo Chuxian and explained his purpose, Zuo Chuxian was in trouble.
"If it were before, ten sixth-grades would be easy to say, but now..."
Before the Battle of the Southern Expedition, Haoran Academy indeed had no shortage of high-quality scholars.
But during the Battle of the Southern Expedition, they fought against the Blood Evil Sect and the Nufu Sect. Under the command of Liang Xianchun, almost all the high-quality cultivators in Haoran Academy were killed.
Counting all the great Confucians in the academy, Zuo Chuxian's old friends, and Zuo Chuxian himself, there are only seven Confucian scholars of sixth rank and above who can be found in the capital.
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The difference of three seems a bit much.
But Zuo Chuxian is fourth grade, and there are two fifth grades below him. Can it make up for the gap between these three people?
It's difficult.
Within a formation, an individual with outstanding strength will not have much effect on improving the overall formation. On the contrary, it may cause disharmony in the formation.
What if Zuo Chuxian was allowed to stand outside the formation, like Gongsun Wen, and be a power adder and coordinator?
The idea is good, but in that case, there will only be six cultivators of the sixth grade and above, and the strength of the formation itself will have a big problem.
Even if there is one more, another sixth grade, Xu Zhiqiong can still adjust the formation through calculations and make the formation work.
But this person is really nowhere to be found.
Zuo Chuxian cupped his fists and said, "Don't be anxious, Lord Yun. Zuo will go find his old friends again and wait for news about Zuo!"
Xu Zhiqiong cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Dean Zuo."
On the way back to the Marquis Mansion, Xu Zhiqiong was in a very bad mood.
At the beginning, in the capital, apart from Taoist cultivators, the largest number were Confucianists.
Now, even ten sixth grades cannot be found. How could Confucianism fall into such a situation?
There are two reasons for this. On the one hand, it comes from the royal family. The first culprit is undoubtedly Emperor Zhaoxing.
Confucian cultivators with bones and cultivation were either expelled or killed. He also did a lot of bad things like leading Prince Mao Cha to ruin Haoran Academy.
The second biggest culprit was naturally Liang Xianchun. During the Southern Expedition, she lost a large number of elites from Haoran Academy just because she commanded Hutu.
The third biggest culprit is Xu Zhiqiong.
Xu Zhiqiong's destruction of Confucianism was mainly concentrated in Nufu Society. The Confucian practitioners who did harm and evil in Nufu Society were killed by Xu Zhiqiong to pieces.
After killing the Nufu Society and then the Sheng'en Pavilion, the few Confucian scholars who survived either left far away or hid in the capital and languished.
Xu Zhiqiong's promotion to the sixth rank was filled with Confucian tears.
If I were given another chance, what choice would I make?
I will kill harder!
Xu Zhiqiong has no regrets. It is unnatural for such a beast to stay for a moment longer.
On the street ahead, a group of people were running in all directions, and they didn't know why.
This ear has always been dysfunctional, but it makes Xu Zhiqiong very angry.
At the intersection of the street, a handsome young woman was asking for directions:
"Brother, do you know where Liang Yuyang lives?"
The elder brother blinked and said, "We usually don't call them that..."
"Are you calling him the second in charge?"
"He, we call him the official family..."
After saying that, the elder brother ran away.
Liu Jiaqi asked someone else: "Sister, do you know where Liang Yuyang, the second head of the Dengzhai Village, lives?"
The woman blinked her eyes and said, "What kind of lantern village are you talking about?"
"It's the famous Zhangdeng Village. The first boss is named Xu Zhiqiong and the second boss is named Liang Yuyang. They are both good guys who do all kinds of evil!"
The woman ran away after hearing this.
Liu Jiaqi felt that her expression was still unclear, so she asked another person: "My father-in-law, do you know where Liang Yuyang, the fierce bandit in the north, lives?"
"What kind of bandits are you talking about in the north?" The old man's face turned pale.
"He's a ruthless bandit! A ruthless bandit who burns, kills, loots, and commits all kinds of evil!"
"What do you think the gangster's name was?"
"Liang Yuyang!"
The old man rolled his eyes and almost lost his breath.
Xu Zhiqiong stepped forward and covered Liu Jiaqi's mouth, dragging her into a restaurant and into a private room.
"Liang Yuyang, the second head of the Dengzhai Village, robbed civilian girls by force!"
"Shut up!" Xu Zhiqiong said angrily, "Liu Creditor, you have been the leader of Moli Village for a year. Don't you understand the basic rules?"
This woman is none other than Liu Jiaqi, the owner of Moli Village in Yongzhou.
When Yongzhou fell, Liu Jiaqi led a group of refugees to occupy the natural danger and built Moli Village.
But Moli Village was unable to hold on. Later, with the help of Tao Huayuan, they successively subdued Zhang Shen, a hidden swordsman, and Yuan Weiji, who was laughing in all directions, and became the largest group of grass bandits in Yongzhou.
This group of grassroots bandits eventually became one of the main forces used by the prince to capture Yunan Province, and the refugees from Moli Village also became the first batch of propagandists stationed in Yunan Province.
Now that the war is over, Emperor Changle has granted officials to Liu Jiaqi, Zhang Shen, and Yuan Weiji, allowing them to take up their posts in Beijing.
Liu Jiaqi looked at the restaurant, smiled and said to Xu Zhiqiong: "Liang Er is in charge, is this small building in your village? Is there a young lady? Ask two of them to come out and accompany you with the wine!"
Xu Zhiqiong said angrily: "What's a copycat? What's a little lady? You're asking all over the street about Zhangdengzhai. Is this appropriate?"
This is the capital, you know? Even if it's not the capital, even if you go to a county town, you can't blatantly inquire about some gangsters! Don't you even understand this?"
Liu Jiaqi smiled and said: "Of course I understand this, but why did you lie to me in the first place? You also said Zhang Deng Village, it is clearly Zhang Deng Yamen!
You also said that Liang Er is in charge, that is clearly Liang Daguan’s family! I am here today, but I want to embarrass you."
Xu Zhiqiong curled his lips and said, "It was a last resort."
Liu Jiaqi widened her eyes and said, "Why don't you recognize it? Liang Yuyang lied to others! Liang Yuyang robbed a civilian girl and then lied to her!"
Xu Zhiqiong stepped forward and covered her mouth again. This girl was really bad at it.
"What are you doing in the capital?"
"Be an official!" Liu Jiaqi took out the edict and gave Xu Zhiqiong a look.
Xu Zhiqiong saw the name of the Tibetan Sword Master Zhang Shen in the edict, and hurriedly asked: "The leader of the village is here too?"
Zhang Shen is a sixth-level practitioner of Confucianism.
Liu Jiaqi said: "He is here, but neither he nor Yuan Weiji is willing to enter the city."
Xu Zhiqiong said in surprise: "How can you take office if you don't want to go to the city? Aren't they here to be officials?"
Liu Jiaqi said: "They don't want to be officials, and they have said that they don't know what the official family is thinking. If they enter the capital, they are afraid that they will be blamed for their crimes, and they will be held accountable for their crimes when they fell into the grass."
This kind of thing happens frequently in history books, but Xu Zhiqiong knew that Emperor Changle would not do this.
Liu Jiaqi continued: "Actually, I don't want to enter the city, and I don't want to be an official. Since the emperor has said hello, let's go for a walk outside the city, which will give the emperor face, but I want to see Sister Tao, but I don't want to be an official." I know where he lives, and I only know that you and Liang Daguan's family are the most famous, so I want to find you first."
Xu Zhiqiong smiled and said: "You have found the right person. I will follow you out of the city now and invite the other two village leaders in. You will be the official. I will make sure you do it steadily."