章 19: Formation Mastery

Tatsuya quietly took his time at venturing the whole New Moon City. He discovered different interesting facts that made him quite surprised, as he learned that the four respective major sects had built their own branch within the city, with the exception of the Frozen Cloud Asgard.

(It will only take a few months for Chu Xin to become wide-known within the whole country… Truthfully, with her talent, even the four major sects don't possess the rights to be her home. I already told her to not enroll into the Frozen Cloud Asgard, so she should be fine on her own.)

Tatsuya discovered that the Frozen Cloud Asgard actually makes its disciple use an incomplete technique that would deprive them of their own emotion. He was able to trace it from Xia Qingyue's abrupt change, when he last met her.

(Now that I think about it, when I first met her, she immediately attacked me, eh.)

Tatsuya recalled the scene when he had just waked up, and Xia Qingyue immediately attacked him for some reason. Even, he, himself, didn't know the reason for such atrocity, as he was pretty sure that he hadn't done anything to provoke her at all.

(Heart of Snow Glazed Glass, the key that allowed me to previously enter the Quintessence Realm last time, when I almost completely loss my sense of self.)

At the moment, Tatsuya is walking on a crowded street, packed with different people with different origins. Despite being immersed in his thought, Tatsuya was able to avoid collisions with the crowd. His innate ability, Elemental Sight, was always enabled, allowing him to sense anything.

(I only know that it exists because of my initial contact with it, but I can't sense it through my sight. I wonder if there exists a method to gain such rarity.)

Since the Heart of Snow Glazed Glass doesn't exist within Xia Qingyue's physical information, it could only exist on her quintessential information, in which Tatsuya had no methods of access to. Further imagining it, once he gains access into the Quintessential Dimension, he would be able to fully manipulate his "self."

(Even I can't imagine the result if I ever accessed that Dimension. It would be an understatement to call myself a "God" at that point.)

The moment he gains access into that Dimension, not a single thing would escape his eyes and manipulation. It is like attaining the state of Omniscience whereas everything would be just mere knowledge to him.

(Either way, that state is currently impossible. There's no point in thinking about it now.)

Tatsuya thought that to himself, as he noticed that he was standing before an old-looking store with countless tattered furniture. He elevated his gaze, as he saw the cardboard displaying the store's name.

"Ancient Formation Shop?"

Once that name entered his mind, Tatsuya immediately recalled from his memory the different classification of mastery that exists within this universe. He just stood immobile before the store, while patiently searching his own memories.

"Look, an idiot is standing before that fraudulent shop."

"What a pity, that young man will get scammed."

The onlookers noticed Tatsuya, as they began murmuring to themselves. Tatsuya completely ignored them, as he just immersed himself into his current task. When the onlookers noticed how Tatsuya ignored them, they shook their heads in pity.

(Could this store really possess the knowledge for that mastery?)

Tatsuya finally found that classification he was finding, as he recalled the different information about the mastery over formations. It is an ancient way of controlling the profound energy in the surroundings, through a set of writings engraved on the object or designated place.

Knowing that there was only a small chance that this store really possesses the knowledge needed for such mastery, Tatsuya immediately covered the whole store with his Elemental Sight. Every nook and crooks were analyzed through his sight, as Tatsuya learned that this store is credible and an actual legitimate store.

(Right now, this world is lacking in the field of formation. Finding an actual individual who knows a little bit about formations is like finding a needle on a haystack.)

Usually, Tatsuya wouldn't even pour some of his attention on different kinds of thing, yet the Formation Mastery completely captured his attention. Creating a formation is like programming a CAD, and this is the reason why Tatsuya is currently interested in such thing.

Tatsuya took a step forward, as he ignored the different gazes directed unto him. He slowly and leisurely entered the old-looking store, without minding the attention that he was receiving.

After a few seconds, he had reached the interior of the store, as he was greeted by an old man with decent clothing. He didn't possess any special protruding qualities, as Tatsuya felt surprised.

"Young man, are you interested in buying one of our books about formations?"

"…"

"Seeing that you are not completely convinced, I'm going to show you this book."

"Thank you, but I'm going to take a look myself."

"I-I see…"

The old man felt startled, as he gazed at Tatsuya with different light. He thought that Tatsuya was nothing but a young man interested in formations, but that impression changed. He got the feeling that Tatsuya knew some things about the Formation Mastery.

"Hm…"

Tatsuya stood before a bookshelf, as he slowly grabbed a single book to read. His eyes swiftly read the pages, as his flipping speed completely surpassed the old man's expectation.

The old man stared at Tatsuya with widened eyes, as his impression of Tatsuya faltered. He thought that this young man before himself must be pretending.

(How audacious! This old man sells real books about the Formation Mastery, yet this youth pretends to read it. He's not even skimming it at all! He's just pretending…)

The old man thought to himself, as he felt depressed. It was the first time that he had judged someone wrongly. At first, he thought that Tatsuya really know the Formation Mastery, yet looking at it now, that is not the case.

The old man didn't know that Tatsuya didn't even needed to read or skim the book, as his sight could allow him to completely memorize every single thing about the book, without even reading it!

Tatsuya only pretended to do this, as to not incite suspicions from the old man. However, looking at the current situation, it rather failed quickly.

"Old man, how much for these books?"

"10,000 purple profound coins for every single book!"

"…"

The old man looked at Tatsuya strangely, as he felt complicated about Tatsuya's indifference. The old man asked himself, just how shameless must this young man be, to actually pretend that he will buy the book.

"Well, I'll be leaving."

"Thank you for your patronage!"

The old man cooly sent Tatsuya off, as the young man's figure vanished beyond the store's door. The old man's expression quickly distorted into displeasure, as he recalled Tatsuya's shameless behavior which really made him felt angry. However, knowing that Tatsuya is still a customer, he had tried to maintain a warm expression this whole time.

"Yes, leave, and don't go back again!"

The old man whispered to himself, as he gazed at the door with his pair of disgusted eyes. He then turned his eyes unto the books compiled on the bookshelves, as he felt pained that the current era had already forgotten the godliness of Formation Mastery…

…

(He had about 10,000 books in that place, yet only six books contained the real essence of the Formation Mastery…)

Tatsuya thought to himself, as in that short amount of time, he had already managed to analyze the contents of the different books that exist within the old-looking store. Unfortunately, he only found six useful books that could allow him to try Formation Mastery.

(Either way, I am quite surprised that the basic fundamental knowledge of the Formation Mastery already way surpasses the entirety of CAD's capability…)

The potential of Formation Mastery surpassed Tatsuya's expectation, as he realized that the Formation Mastery could allow him to implant different formations into his clothes, shoes, and even create his own spatial ring.

For a person to successfully create a formation diagram, he must at the least possess the basic fundamental knowledge of Formation Mastery. Now that Tatsuya already have some knowledge about the basics of the Formation Mastery, he could use his knowledge about the CAD, as a substitute for the advance knowledge for the Formation Mastery.

After all, everything beyond the basics, originated from the basics. That fact cannot be changed, as Tatsuya knew that, with the basic knowledge, he could just skip the other things using his knowledge about CAD. After all, despite the difference, they are quite similar in fundamental level.

Tatsuya let out a thin smile, as a sense of curiosity and excitement sprouted within his heart. His interest of things that had similarities with CAD, had awakened with the existence of Formation Mastery. He walked forward, as he planned to check into an inn.

He was also already done in analyzing the molecular structure of a Spirit Profound Realm cultivator a while ago, as he had met two of such cultivator.

(For now, I'll study the Formation Mastery, before going into the Heavenly Sword Mountain Range.)

Tatsuya thought to himself, as he walked towards the inn leisurely. Except from his looks, he only appeared as an ordinary young man. Tatsuya always controlled his profound energy from leaking out, which resulted into everyone concluding that he is a cripple.

They didn't knew that his current cultivation base had already reached the 1st stage of True Profound Realm. Chu Xin had already surpassed him, as he felt that obsessing over one's cultivation realm won't do him any good. After all, with his current prowess, he could decimate a Sky Profound Realm with his Baryon Lance.

He had also resolved the fact that someone could ambush him, with the existence of his Elemental Sight that keeps him always guarded and aware from any harmful existence around him. Obviously, he could also sense the gaze that was directed at him, this whole time.

It was a gaze filled with malicious intent, but sensing that it was nothing but a thug. Tatsuya completely lose his interest, and just ignored the individual.

(Eh?)

Suddenly, Tatsuya sensed the gaze vanish into nothingness, as he swiftly turned his head towards the direction where the malicious individual once hid. He saw nothing out of ordinary, but he had sensed a strong fluctuation of profound energy.

Using his Elemental Sight, Tatsuya quickly traced the source of that fluctuation, as he soon felt startled by the result of his task. It was actually a young man wearing womanly clothes.

(I better not get involved with such people.)

Tatsuya cut off his link to that source of that fluctuation of energy, as he focused into his thought once again. Now, no one harmful had entered his senses, as he peacefully reached the inn without any troubles…