The next morning, Yue Fan finished breakfast, set down his chopsticks, and returned to his room. He took out his practice paper and brush, the image of the Bright Fire Formation still sharp in his mind, and began to meticulously copy it from memory.
The materials were the cheapest available—common ink and paper that held no spiritual energy. The formation he painted was merely a pattern, an inert drawing with no real effect. This practice
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