Road to Be the God

Chapter 34 The Level-three Capability

Ge Zheng was convinced. If Lin Tian's potent soul power was impressive enough to shock Ge Zheng, the imprinting method with five fingers that Lin Tian displayed afterward just truly convinced him. Now, not only Ge Zheng but also all the other people in the Guild were immersed in the energy-gathering formation pattern imprinted by Lin Tian.

"It has been really imprinted."

"It will even take a level-two formation master plenty of effort to imprint this formation pattern but he..."

Someone muttered.

Many people felt their faces were hot. When Lin Tian came here for the formation master certification for the first time, everyone laughed at him, believing that he was messing around. However, now, the man who they thought came here to mess around succeeded in imprinting the energy-gathering formation pattern.

And it was perfectly done!

Pu Shi was rather shocked but shortly, he burst out laughing.

"How about that, old chap?"

Pu Shi stared at Ge Zheng with a teasing look.

Ge Zheng smiled in frustration and kept shaking his head, "I lost. Completely."

The whole process of the energy-gathering formation pattern imprinting was done by Lin Tian at one fling, which was not sloppy at all. His ease and casual style just took Ge Zheng's breath away in astonishment. Ge Zheng took three steps backward and amidst everyone's astonishment, he bowed to Lin Tian surprisingly.

Under the black robe, Lin Tian was slightly touched.

The maid shouted in shock, "Elder Ge!"

Ge Zheng was the elder of the Formation Masters' Guild, who held an exalted position. Now, he was saluting a 16-year-old young man!

Lin Tian shook his head, took a step forward and said, "Enough. Don't do this. You are a senior."

Lin Tian didn't like Ge Zheng at first but gradually, he also found that what Pu Shi said about Ge Zheng outside the Guild was right. Ge Zheng was a bit staid and stubborn only. Actually, he was not a bad man, which could be told from his current act. Previously, he probably really thought that Lin Tian was here to mess around. After all, in normal cases, he was too young to be a formation master.

"I was wrong indeed. It has nothing to do with age! I must apologize to you for what I did before!" Ge Zheng snorted and insisted on saluting him.

Under the black robe, Lin Tian was somewhat speechless. This old man was really stubborn.

"Old chap, do you think you can end this with an apology? What about the Longstalk Condorvine?" Pu Shi leaned over and stared at Ge Zheng with narrowed eyes, asking, "Would you go back on your words?"

Ge Zheng flew into a rage, "Pu Shi, I may make some stupid mistakes sometimes but I'm never a contemptible man!"

Out of anger, the old man rushed into the depths of the Guild and came out with a jade bottle. There was a special plant blooming in the jade bottle. The plant looked peculiar with three leaves.

"Take it!"

Ge Zheng swung his hand and threw the jade bottle to Lin Tian.

Catching the jade bottle thrown by Ge Zheng, Lin Tian was a bit embarrassed, "This is..."

"Never mind. Just keep it. This old man has money." Pu Shi said.

Lin Tian thought about it. Since Ge Zheng was a level-two formation master and the elder of the Formation Masters' Guild, he wouldn't be short of money.

Lin Tian looked at Ge Zheng and said with a grin, "Thank you, Elder Ge."

He would enter the seventh layer of body cultivation soon. By then, he had to forge his internal organs. With the help of the Longstalk Condorvine, he would be able to cultivate even faster and achieve a better effect of body forging.

"Since I lost the bet, it shall be yours. No need to thank me." Ge Zheng snorted.

Under the black robe, Lin Tian wanted to laugh. He could figure that the old man must feel unhappy now.

Pu Shi directly burst into laughter, not caring about Ge Zheng's slightly disgruntled facial expression at all.

Afterward, Pu Shi looked at Lin Tian and his face became stern, "Lad, when you imprinted the energy-gathering formation pattern just now, is the imprinting hand gesture you adopted the legendary Divine Flash of Five Dragons?"

As Pu Shi mentioned the name, Ge Zheng also looked serious and stared at Lin Tian.

Under the black robe, Lin Tian was slightly dazed and then nodded his head, "Yes, it is."

He didn't understand why Pu Shi deemed the hand gesture legendary but the imprinting hand gesture he adopted was called Divine Flash of Five Dragons indeed, which he gained from the information in his mind.

Pu Shi and Ge Zheng looked each other in the eye and both gasped in admiration.

They had been certain that what Lin Tian used was the legendary imprinting method but when they heard him acknowledge it, they still felt quite shocked.

"Divine Flash of Five Dragons is the legendary imprinting divine method. I didn't expect that I could actually see it with my own eyes," Pu Shi muttered.

Ge Zheng smiled bitterly and stared at Pu Shi, saying, "Now I do believe that you can never be his teacher. You don't deserve to."

Pu Shi didn't mind Ge Zheng's sarcasm at all.

"I've told you. I'm not qualified to be his teacher," Pu Shi shook his head and said to Ge Zheng, "Well, old chap. You must be aware of what kind of level my friend should be. Take out the emblem."

Ge Zheng nodded, "It has been prepared when I fetched the Longstalk Condorvine."

Then, Ge Zheng took out a formation master emblem from his pocket.

Seeing the emblem, quite some people had glistening eyes with an awed look. The emblem was a symbol of the formation master. He who could wear the emblem was absolutely a competent man. The people here all dreamed of wearing an emblem like this.

Pu Shi glanced at the emblem Ge Zheng showed and knitted his brows, "Old chap, this is a level-two emblem. Do you think he is only level-two?"

"Of course I know. Given his capability, he should be level-three." Ge Zheng gave a bitter smile again, "But we are not qualified to issue the emblems above level-two. Only the Formation Masters' Guild in the imperial city can."

Pu Shi was dazed at first and then took a tumble.

"You are right. I forgot it." Pu Shi took the level-two formation master emblem from Ge Zheng and passed it to Lin Tian. Then, he said, "Lad, you've heard him. Go to the Formation Masters' Guild in the imperial city if you have a chance."

"Thank you, Mr. Pu."

Lin Tian took the level-two formation master emblem and put it away.

"Okay. This is over. I've got what I need. I'm going back now." Pu Shi smiled and then looked at Lin Tian, "What about you? Anything else? If no, go out with me then."

"No." Lin Tian answered.

With a faint smile, Pu Shi said goodbye to Ge Zheng and then walked out with Lin Tian.

In the Guild, all the people watched the two of them leaving with awe. Especially, they stared at Lin Tian wearing the black robe, their eyes full of reverence. A 16-year-old formation master, whose formation harnessing skills were even higher than Pu Shi's and Ge Zheng's, must be stunningly accomplished in the future.

"Hold up!" At the moment, a voice came.

Pu Shi and Lin Tian stopped and looked back.

"Old chap, what's up?" Pu Shi asked.

It was Ge Zheng who asked them to stop.

Ge Zheng stared at Lin Tian and felt a bit embarrassed, faltering, "Well, well..."

"Yes?" Under the black robe, Lin Tian felt a bit confused.

Pu Shi stared at Ge Zheng. He was taken aback and then seemed to think of something. Instantly, he squinted his eyes, "Old chap, just cut to the chase. If you don't say it now, we will leave then."

Ge Zheng slightly blushed and gazed at Lin Tian, saying, "Well, Black Robe, right? Are... you interested in joining our Formation Masters' Guild?"

Under the black robe, Lin Tian was slightly perplexed, "Join you? Didn't I?"

In his eyes, since he got certified in the Formation Masters' Guild, he must be a member of the Guild.

"It was a level assessment. It is one thing that you passed the test but whether you join the Formation Masters' Guild is another. Let me put it this way. Some people are formation masters. They get certified but they don't belong to the Formation Masters' Guild, because they don't choose to join the Guild. Of course, there are very few of them. Most of the formation masters will choose to join the Formation Masters' Guild after being certified." Pu Shi explained.

Pu Shi was not surprised that Lin Tian had excellent formation harnessing skills but lacked basic knowledge of formation masters. Instead, he attached more importance to Lin Tian. In his eyes, Lin Tian's teacher must be that kind of secluded master with top skills, who only taught his disciple the formation harnessing techniques and ignored those unnecessary things. Therefore, Lin Tian knew little about the Formation Masters' Guild.

Lin Tian thought about it and then asked Ge Zheng, "Compared with the formation masters who haven't joined the Guild, can those who do enjoy any benefits?"

Ge Zheng got delighted instantly.

"The formation masters who join the Formation Masters' Guild can obtain points by completing the formation master tasks posted by the Guild and the points can be used to exchange for some special materials. These special materials are very important for formation imprinting but they cannot be bought with money. Besides, the formation masters who join the Guild can get a considerable sum of spiritual coins every month and some other rights," Ge Zheng said quickly, "Of course, apart from the first benefit I mentioned, the other benefits are related to the formation master's level and status."

Under the black robe, Lin Tian was slightly intrigued.

He didn't care much about the spiritual coins to get per month but the special materials were quite intriguing to him. These, by absorbing the knowledge about the formation patterns in his mind, he knew that some special materials could be hardly gained with money. If he joined the Formation Masters' Guild, this problem seemed solvable.

He thought it over and asked, "After I join you, what do I need to do? Any restraints on my freedom?"

"You don't need to do anything special. Moreover, anyone who joins the Formation Masters' Guild is free. Regarding this, you can be completely assured." Ge Zheng hastened to say.

Lin Tian was slightly surprised. Was it really that simple?

Pu Shi bantered, "Actually, this old chap holds an ulterior motive. If he can get such a talent formation master as you to join the Guild, it will be greatly beneficial for the Guild's development. For example, some difficult formation master tasks can be quickly and well completed with the help of a strong formation master. Therefore, if he can succeed in recruit you, the superior Formation Masters' Guild will grant some rewards. Among the rewards, he surely doesn't want the money. What he wants are advanced formation patterns. He is addicted to formations."

"..."

Lin Tian was lost for words.

As his true aim was laid bare by Pu Shi, Ge Zheng blushed with embarrassment.