Transmigrated into a Grandpa, Embracing the Laid-Back Life

Chapter 387: The White Jade Slip

“Did you come up with this?” Xuanheng asked.

“Your disciple figured it out while repairing those scrapped formation plates in the Repair Hall.”

Su Ming kept his expression unchanged as he redirected the credit toward “practice makes perfect.” “Back then, the materials were poor, and spirit stones were scarce. Going head-on wasn’t an option, so I had to find ways to cut corners—letting the formations borrow power on their own.”

“Cut corners…”

Xuanheng savored those two words, and the corner of his mouth—rarely ever seen to move—curved into an extremely faint arc.

“The great path is simple, and all paths lead to the same destination.”

Xuanheng gave a slight nod, no longer concealing the admiration in his eyes. “So many people spend their entire lives studying formations, always focused on thickening the formation walls, compacting the spiritual energy, yet they forget the original purpose of a formation—to borrow the power of heaven and earth. These two words of yours, ‘cut corners,’ actually align with a trace of the Dao’s essence.”

Inside the ring, Lin Yu clicked his tongue twice. “See? That’s the art of language. What was originally a miserly tactic from the ‘Way of Survival’—saving on spiritual energy and money—once someone reinterprets it, it instantly becomes grand and elevated.”

Su Ming replied in his mind, “The Master taught well.”

Xuanheng withdrew his hand, and the air currents in the great hall returned to stillness.Without a single superfluous word, Xuanheng looked calmly at Su Ming and directly asked, “Earlier, at Spirit Beast Peak, you repaired the incubation formation at the Cold Pool. Its formation cores were one earthly fire and one profound ice—water and fire clashing. The previous Formation Master used the ‘Suppress’ principle to forcefully restrain them. Why did it keep failing?”

This question cut straight to the core of how Su Ming had resolved Lei Hu’s dilemma.

Su Ming pondered for a moment, organizing his words, then replied, “In answer, Master, blocking is not as good as guiding. The forces of earthly fire and profound ice are both grand powers of heaven and earth. Forcibly suppressing them only allows them to accumulate greater strength. When they erupt, the backlash is even more violent. What your disciple did back then was merely borrowing the concept of Taiji’s two polarities.”

“Your disciple arranged eighteen formation flags at the nodes of the earth veins and the Cold Pool, drawing the earthly fire energy to flow clockwise, forming the Yang fish; and drawing the profound ice energy to flow counterclockwise, condensing into the Yin fish. The two connected head to tail, each supporting the other, creating a dynamic equilibrium. Thus, instead of clashing, they nurtured each other and stabilized the formation.”

this, Xuanheng’s face still showed no expression. He simply posed a second

‘Big Dipper Seven Stars Demon Sealing,’ but after ten thousand years of repairs, it’s become chaotic and mixed.

far broader and far

brow

his eyes, and in his mind, the vast and complex formation diagram emerged. Countless nodes, countless flows of spiritual energy, countless new and

it were before, he might have started from the most severely damaged nodes, patching them

the Border Defense True Seal, and a

Master, your disciple would not start from any specific node.” Su

brow twitched

would

“Standards?”

spend three months recording the wear rate of all the formation’s runes, the spiritual energy transmission efficiency, and the

create a ‘Standardized Maintenance Manual.’ All common faults would be classified into different levels, each with a corresponding repair plan, and specify the material standards

Masters to waste their mental energy.

but from… making sure everyone

were the experience he had summarized from the Repair Hall and Iron Wall Pass, carrying

listened quietly, without

Su Ming had finished did he slowly speak, posing a

But its flaws are also obvious—it’s easily interfered with, and the transmission

Su Ming’s heart tightened.

to the core weakness

a moment, as if

and said frankly, “In answer,

of surprise finally

not avoid his gaze and continued to explain, “Your disciple’s ‘Spirit Response Spider Web’ is essentially a shortcut. It uses the finest vibrations transmitted through the earth, like tapping on the surface of water and relying on ripples to convey information. This method works within a small range, but once the scope expands to the entire Cloud Hidden Sect mountain range, the terrain, earth veins, and the spiritual energy