CULTIVATE WITH ME
Chapter 14: Post Eclipse (3) Demonic Alter Ego (1)

Tactical Formation

A cultivation derived science born from the hands of a warlord in the past. A science of spreading qi to control other qi. Simple and very useful, especially with the existence of 3 types of formations that can overlap, increasingly making the science of tactical formation a special science.

Jie Mei mastered one of them, a tactical formation that could strengthen or weaken the qi of oneself as well as others.

To activate the tactical formation was quite easy. Practitioners need a flag/dagger/spear/sword totaling 8 pieces to form an Octagram formation. Jie Mei herself used the flag she had deliberately brought from home.

"i'll turn on the formation, stay in front of me Xiao Shan. "

Although Jie Mei could do her but her speed in activating the formation was still too slow so it was prone to being attacked by enemies. The time it took Jie Mei about 5 seconds to deploy the flag and 5 seconds to activate the qi area.

While inside Jie Mei's qi area, Xiao Shan felt heat on his body which meant his qi did not match Jie Mei's qi.

What other phenomenon is that? It is called Resonance Qi. Older people did not give a cool name to every cultivation phenomenon that existed.

A qi resonance is an event in which the qi of two people attract each other or reject each other. Take for example the moment when the Eclipse phenomenon Xiao Shan and Qin Yuan shared the qi armor. Qin Yuan's Qi did not feel hot in Xiao Shan's body nor vice versa. Indicating that their qi attracts each other, their easy language qi matches.

That way they can do a combination of fire tornadoes.

While with Jie Mei, Xiao Shan would not be able to perform such a combination stance.

"already active, can you feel your qi weakening? "

"somewhat, I guess." said Xiao Shan hesitantly.

"what kind of answer is that...? " (in Jie Mei's heart)

"start with the other elemental moves of Xiao Shan. Try your lightning first" said his grandfather.

Xiao Shan nodded. He never let out another bolt of lightning after training that day.

Late in the evening, Qin Yuan's son was led home by their older brother.

Xiao Shan was trying to be careful because the electrical element was the strongest element of the 5 basic elements.

Somehow his legs trembled as he was about to issue a variation in electric stance.

"i'll give you advice for a rookie lightning controller like you. Your body will indeed tremble when it takes it out, it's a normal symptom. The most important and most difficult thing is when you carve that lightning bolt. "

"do not be my lightning bolt in your hand but manifest it in the air that is before you. Like these. "

"the earth level, the thunderbolt butterfly. "

Jie Mei makes a very beautiful yet deadly blue butterfly. The butterfly did not appear in his hand but in the air located at the tip of his index finger.

"how to? " ask Xiao Shan.

"focus your qi into the out-of-reach area. You need a hand movement to do it. "

Keywords to bring out the moves add up again.

Imagine the attack form - Focus on a specific body part - Body movement to support - Realize the stance.

Xiao Shan did not want to imitate Jie Mei's so he made a rotten shape on the tip of his palm.

"great! "

Jie Mei forbade Xiao Shan from touching the bow. But because Xiao Shan was wayward and confident he still touched her. Strangely it did not happen what Jie Mei had imagined.

"how can.. your lightning doesn't explode? " ask Jie Mei in astonishment.

Jie Mei turned to her butterfly. After flying high enough the butterfly instantly exploded into a small explosion.

"Hmm there seems to be a reason why my bow didn't explode. "

"Because I don't want him to explode.

Xiao Shan did not quite realize the imagination with just a bow, he also made his rope and arrows, then gallantly aimed towards the sky.

As the lightning arrows shot out from the Jie Mei qi area the arrows instantly exploded and produced a lightning strike that pointed towards the clouds.

A large hole was seen in the middle of the clouds and the sun's orange rays.

Jie Mei was stunned to see it. He was pessimistic about teaching Xiao Shan the lightning element. If the spirit of the rangers kept forcing him he would rather teach tactical formations.

"it happened again" Qin Yuan said inwardly.

"the master felt small before Xiao Shan. "he firmly told the spirit of the forest guard.

Jie Mei walked over to Xiao Shan who was still playing the lightning bow in her hand.

"Xiao Shan, can I check your qi flow? " Jie Mei asked permission politely to the great cultivator in front of her.

"please leave Mei. By the way I can call you Mei right. "

Mei checked the flow of Xiao Shan's qi. The flow of his qi shrank as it should due to the tactical formation that Mei made. But why the power of its destruction could be that big.

Mei did not give up on teaching Xiao Shan. The first lesson of lightning control science was well received by Xiao Shan, which was not to bring up lightning in the palm because it was very dangerous.

Xiao Shan was also able to carve lightning as Jie Mei expected when she heard he was a genius.

Xiao Shan realized that as well. She believed Mei could teach her.

Xiao Shan turned his head back and forth in search of Qin Ahri's whereabouts.

"master Qin Ahri went where? " ask Xiao Shan.

"he's gone home. I told him to. You just focus on training with your childhood friend. "cried Qin Yuan from a distance.

Next Mei took Xiao Shan away to the top of a nearby mountain. It is easy to pass through forests, hills, and valleys with the help of the guardian spirits of the forest and the sacred beasts that always accompany it.

At the top of the rocky mountain Jie Mei asked Xiao Shan to pit his lightning arrows against the original lightning that was behind the clouds.

"the reason..? " (Xiao Shan)

"mountain level move, lightning lion roar! "

BLAAR...!!!!

Jie Mei let out a high-level stance. A lightning spear that made a hole in the lightning clouds in the night sky.

Replace the gawking Xiao Shan now. Xiao Shan asked if all the cultivators of the mountain level could do the same.

"i don't know for sure, but it's possible" Mei replied hesitantly.

Xiao Shan nodded, "strange. If they can pull out this kind of great style why don't I see a single explosion on the battlefield against Centaur yesterday? Though their commander's cultivation level was his Horizon, and it was much higher than Mei who was only a 1-star Mountain Range."

Xiao Shan raised his head again towards the vast clouds. Then he realized the reason the cultivators did not use a monstrous stance. Because they don't want to hurt each other.

"it should be that those cultivators do not stand on equal footing on the battlefield in order to be able to pull out such a powerful stance." Xiao Shan said to Jie Mei.

"want how else. They were tasked with saving the townspeople not for the war to run out like it did yesterday. "

Jie Mei knew the tragedy that befell Yin city from her father's informant.

Jie Mei allowed Xiao Shan to take out her nurse. Not wanting to lose to Mei, Xiao Shan also said the name of the nurse as well.

Xiao Shan said inwardly "May pulled out a spear, then I will take out something else. "

Bzzt bzzzt bzzztt

The eerie electric sound to some people was heard growing louder. Xiao Shan carved his lightning element qi into his most favored weapon. It was a combination of a spear and an axe.

"go my Harlberd..!!! "

Yes it is Halberd.

Xiao threw his Halberd with all his might.

Like two magnetic poles of Halberd and a cloud of lightning pulling each other. Until Halberd reached the center of the thundercloud. 

Soon enough a sizable explosion occurred and broke up the thundercloud.

DAARR....!!!!

It did not stop there, after a big enough explosion there was another huge explosion in the sky due to the mixing of 2 different types of electricity.

BBLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARR...................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

An extremely loud explosion was heard throughout the entire continent. The sky was torn and broken. The thunderstorms destroyed the mountain legs. The forest guard spirit did not believe his own eyes. While Jie Mei hugged Xiao Shan in fear.

The violent thunderstorm lasted for several seconds, no one counted how long it had been, as everyone living nearby cried out in fear.

After the storm stopped, the forest at the foot of the mountain disappeared.

Xiao Shan was unable to control himself when his Alter Ego made him struggle. In his delusions, Xiao Shan saw the skin on the left side of his body turning pale like the state of the Alter Ego's skin.

Alter Ego played the sound of hysterical cries and human fear of the great calamity that Xiao Shan had created.

"it seems you're having fun. Who is unhappy has this much power" said Alter Ego.

"fuck, why don't you just leave my body!! You just messed things up...!!!"

His alter ego disappeared again and Xiao Shan was aware of his delusion. Xiao Shan was not surprised when he saw Jie Mei hiding behind his grandfather.

With a tensed look Xiao Shan lowered his gaze slightly down and saw the impact of his strength.

"Xiao Shan. "call his grandfather.

"yes cake." Xiao Shan replied lethargicly.

"you're amazing... You're like a god incarnation. "

"i'm confused how to train you. The thickness of qi is still thin as the other earth levels. But the moves you put out just now are already equivalent to a low-level sky cultivator. "

The spirit rangers did not give up on training Xiao Shan. The forest guard spirit asked Jie Mei the same thing but was rejected by the girl.

"i don't want to teach people who are much stronger than me. I better teach him to use tactical formations to better control his strength. " Jie Mei was resolute this time. If not firmly he will continue to be trapped with the monster.

Xiao Shan agreed, he was excited to learn the science of tactical formations, who knew that this science could help him control his strength.

However before returning to practice Xiao Shan had to face the harsh reality that he had destroyed countless private properties. Including many people were in severe shock because of the incident. Some even went crazy and died of a heart attack.

The spirit of the forest guard knew all the events through his extremely sharp hearing.

"your thunderstorm scared a lot of people, 5 elderly people died on the spot" said the forest guard spirit without thinking about how Xiao Shan was feeling.

Xiao Shan's gaze seemed blank upon hearing the bad news. The forest guard spirit continued to speak "I am the one who proposes this exercise. So it's also my responsibility, let's go home and rest tonight. "

The spirit rangers brought Xiao Shan home to the Qin family residence. The spirit rangers promised to explain what happened tomorrow. Jie Mei was escorted to her temporary inn at Qin Yuan's neighbor's house.

***

Elsewhere, precisely in the military tent, the army of cultivators who had gone through the great battle were about to return to their hometown, Yang city. That's when their horse screamed.

A huge explosion appeared in the sky accompanied by a thunderstorm that struck where. No one was injured in the army of cultivators. Commander Zhao, however, gets a new mission to investigate the origin of the explosion. 

This order came from concubine An Yanrou. The mother of the child that Xiao Shan had beaten in the past.

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