Transmigrated into a Grandpa, Embracing the Laid-Back Life

Chapter 399: Not Following the Rules

“Did you try not to repair it?” Elder Qingquan asked.

“Yes.” Su Ming nodded.

“I understand that if one forcefully follows the logic in The True Meaning of Basic Rune Deconstruction to fix it, it will only collapse instantly.”

There was a rigor in Su Ming’s tone, the precision of a science student.

“So, I tried not to repair it. I tried to understand it. To understand why it became this way. To understand how those deformed spiritual energy circuits managed to maintain balance amid chaos.”

Elder Qingquan put down his teacup.

He looked at Su Ming and leaned forward slightly.

“And then?”

Those two words were asked very softly, but they carried the weight of a thousand pounds.

Su Ming swallowed.“Then I found that although that ruined formation’s logic is extremely chaotic, seemingly without any order… even within the chaos, there are patterns.”

Su Ming stretched out his right hand and drew an empty circle in the air above the stone table.

“Like a person going mad. The way he goes mad, the trajectories his limbs trace, are still traceable.”

Su Ming threw out his core piece of evidence.

“At Iron Wall Pass, I spent half a month. I stayed by the Formation Hub and recorded the patterns in which one hundred and eight formations’ spiritual energy dissipated and were damaged when hit by beasts.”

In Su Ming’s mind flashed the ledgers full of dense data he had written.

“I decomposed, compared, and summarized those one hundred and eight patterns. I discovered that some of the self-protective reactions the Iron Wall Pass formation displayed as it neared collapse…”

Su Ming stared fixedly into Elder Qingquan’s eyes.

“Match some of the malformed changes in that jade slip’s ruined formation!”

The courtyard fell into a corpse-like silence again.

The wind rustled through the bamboo groves.

Lin Yu in the Consciousness Sea held his breath. He knew that Su Ming’s words had already touched the most essential laws of formation Dao.

This was not merely solving a problem.

This was dissecting heaven and earth.

Elder Qingquan was silent.

He simply

purple

passed, breath

did not avert his gaze.

full ten breaths, Elder Qingquan suddenly

out and picked

teacup

tea poured from the

in the cup, stirring small

poured a cup of tea for Su

when he first met the elder. It was also the first tangible act of recognition Elder Qingquan had shown Su Ming since he passed through the

“Drink.”

Qingquan set down the teapot. His voice softened

steaming

stone in his

he had

not refuse. He cupped both

was somewhat hot, but he

blew away the steam, and took

first, but once swallowed it transformed into a sweet, warming stream. That warmth did not sink into the Dantian; it shot straight into the Consciousness

preparing to

definitely not ordinary

Su Ming set down the

Qingquan looked at him, and the admiration in

“What you just said.”

rubbed the edge of the

those who come before me boastfully claiming, ‘I have

was a clarity in Elder Qingquan’s voice that came from years of

the worst

Qingquan pointed at Su

but knowing the reason

a formation is the goal. Find the way out, break

snorted coldly, his tone laced with disdain for the mundane formation

formation was never the goal. Understanding formation principles, understanding the rules by which heaven-and-earth spiritual energy circulates, that is the true

at Su Ming

of the formation diagram and seek the patterns of how it went mad. That shows your understanding of formation Dao has truly entered

offering very high

already touched that

hurriedly rose, cupped his fist with

for your guidance,

without Elder Qingquan’s test, he would not have pondered the underlying logic behind these formations

Qingquan waved his