The Great Wild God - Chapter 103
Chapter 103 Spirit Gathering Formation
When night fell, Zhao Tu ran over and reported that their houses in the stronghold had been tidied up.
Chen Xun said, “The Black Python has turned this place into a forbidden area. It’s quite peaceful. I’ll just cultivate here in the future. It’s a tedious affair, and Uncle Nanliao has to take care of it for me …”
Chen Xun was also refining the Void Origin Pearl. He didn’t stop for nine consecutive months before refining a trace of Spiritual Energy. He didn’t know how long Grandpa would need to sit in seclusion before he could refine the Spiritual Energy that matched his Origin Soul.
There were a lot of rogue cultivators pouring into Tianma Lake Stronghold City, and this side was close to Tianma Lake. Even with Daoist Greenwood protecting this side, there was no guarantee that it would be safe.
Once something unexpected happened, Grandpa would be forced to stop cultivating, and months of hard work would be in vain.
Without the protection of powerful sects, it would be really difficult to cultivate.
Chen Xun had already refined a trace of spiritual energy that matched his Origin Soul. With this trace of spiritual energy as a seed, it would be relatively easy to cultivate spiritual energy, and he wasn’t afraid of being interrupted by the outside world.
If he stayed here to cultivate, apart from protecting his grandfather, he could also consult Daoist Greenwood from time to time, so he didn’t want to live in the stronghold anymore.
Apart from the seventy True Yang Origin Cultivation Pills on him, Chen Xun also had a few magic books that he could use to exchange for the medicinal pills he needed for cultivation. With Nanliao, Zongsang, and Zhao Tu taking care of these complicated matters on his behalf, there was nothing to worry about.
Zong Tu had returned. Although many things were kept secret, Nan Liao knew that Chen Xun’s current strength was no weaker than any True Yang Realm ninth layer cultivator.
With Chen Xun cultivating in Stone Ridge and Daoist Greenwood protecting him, the Black Python only needed to deploy some barbarian martial artists to guard the surroundings.
Zhao Tu thought of something and said to Chen Xun, “Young Master, if you want to sell these magic books together, the price will definitely be extremely low. If you can set up a stall in Tianma Lake Stronghold City and sell them one by one, some rogue cultivators who desperately need to increase their strength might be able to pay a high price …”
Chen Xun had chatted with Nan Liao just now, and he also knew about the changes in the situation around Tianma Lake in the past year.
After the Montenegrin Tribe placed the area around Tianma Lake under the joint control of the nine races backed by Su Lingyin, the Guixi Tribe agreed to rent the slope valley on the west coast for a thousand Origin Gathering Pills per year.
Compared to the Gui Xi Tribe’s profits in the past year, the price of a thousand Origin Gathering Pills per year was nothing. However, the Nine Clans could not demand more from the Gui Xi Tribe if they were to compromise.
However, controlling the purchase and supply of cultivation resources and other products in the northern mountain of Python Teeth Ridge and the Lake Wilderness was the greatest interest of Tianma Lake.
With the influx of nearly a thousand rogue cultivators, the amount of medicinal pills consumed each year would exceed 200,000 in terms of Origin Gathering Pills. To be able to monopolize the purchase of medicinal herbs and the supply of medicinal pills, he would have to earn 30,000 to 40,000 Yuan Gathering Pills a year.
In addition to the military armor, low-grade talisman artifacts, heavenly treasures, salt tea, wine, iron, and other products, the future benefits around Tianma Lake would be astonishing.
Dividing a piece of the pie from this was the fundamental interest that the nine races valued and sought at this moment.
At this time, the nine races were planning to build a larger city on the east bank of Wild Horse Stream. The craftsmen were all hired from Azure Water City.
The nine races were doing their best to manage the Tianma Lake Stronghold City. Chen Xun thought to himself that although Zhao Tu’s cultivation was low, he had the talent to manage it. He restrained him in the stronghold. He really wronged him and said,
“That’s good too. Go to Tianma Lake Stronghold City to buy land and build a shop. Please take care of everything. These books will be your capital …”
He also thought that it would not be easy to sell the book at such a high price. If he wanted to display Zhao Tu’s ability to lay eggs, he couldn’t let Zhao Tu find the hen himself. Chen Xun took out another bottle of True Yang Yuan Cultivation Pills for Zhao Tu and told him to go to Tianma Lake Stronghold City to manage it well.
Thinking about it, it was no wonder a cultivator with an extremely strong cultivation base wanted to run a faction.
Cultivation was a treasure trove for Dharma Couples.
Cultivation methods depended on luck, and whether or not one had Dao Friends depended on charm. When it came to wealth and land, one had to rely on influence to manage it.
Although robbing a family was easy to get rich, it was not a long-term plan.
Chen Xun thought to himself that his luck was extremely good. However, he used all of his strength to enter the Lake Wasteland to collect medicinal herbs and refine the Origin Gathering Pill. With his own strength, being able to refine one or two hundred Origin Gathering Pills a year was already astonishing.
Right now, Su Lingyin had only promised to support the nine races. She didn’t even need to directly intervene. In the future, the nine races would hand over ten to twenty percent of their income every year, and the income would probably be ten to a hundred times his.
His cultivation consumed far more resources than ordinary people, and he needed to have a long-term plan.
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Nan Liao, Zhao Tu, and the others retreated. Zong Ya, Zong Ling, and Nan Xi formed houses on the stone ridge. Chen Xun and Daoist Greenwood sat by the waterfall and asked for advice on cultivation.
It was dusk, and the heavens and earth were dim. Only then did Chen Xun notice that Grandpa was sitting cross-legged underwater. Apart from the spiritual light leaking out of the profound talisman armor, there were also faint spiritual profound auras gathering around him, like a vortex …
Seeing Chen Xun looking at the vortex of spiritual energy gathered around the sect map with a puzzled expression, Daoist Cyanwood smiled and said, “I’ll show off my tricks and set up a Spirit Gathering Formation for the sect map to make up for the consumption of medicinal pills. If you want to learn it, I can teach you …”
Only then did Chen Xun notice that behind Grandpa, there was a copper plate revealing a corner. The vortex of spiritual energy was gathered on this copper plate.
Multiple profound talismans needed to be connected by magic formations before they could be superimposed. However, not everyone could easily learn array techniques.
Chen Xun did not expect that Daoist Greenwood would not be able to advance into the Reincarnation Realm, yet his knowledge was so extensive.
No one knew when Grandpa would be able to refine a trace of Spiritual Energy.
Maybe three or five years, maybe ten or eight years.
During this process, Grandpa had to continuously release his Qi, Blood, Divine Radiance, and Spiritual Sense to cultivate in the Soul Sea.
Even if he consumed one Essence Gathering Pill every two to three days, it would still be a huge sum after three to five years.
The Spirit Gathering Formation set up by Daoist Azurewood was no longer effective. After three to five years, it was unknown how many pills it could save the Black Python.
After hearing the name of the Spirit Gathering Formation, Chen Xun knew that this formation had the same origin as Su Tang’s Spirit Gathering Formation. If he could learn to cultivate the Origin Subduing Technique, the efficiency of absorbing spiritual energy from heaven and earth would be doubled.
Su Tang had said that the Origin Subduing Technique was not a secret technique. It could be said that it was a basic technique that disciples of the Learning Palace had to learn in order to enter the sect. All the guest academies of the various mansions have imparted the Origin Subduing Technique. It is not comparable to the Dragon Binding Technique, but it is not a disciple of the Learning Palace. If you want to learn the Origin Subduing Technique, you need three to five thousand talisman coins to exchange for cultivation techniques.
Hearing that Daoist Greenwood wanted to teach him the Spirit Gathering Formation, Chen Xun didn’t learn it. He said, “Chen Xun hasn’t had the chance to join someone else’s sect yet. Senior, please accept Chen Xun as your disciple.”
“No, no, no. I can teach you the Spirit Gathering Formation. Forget about accepting disciples,” Daoist Azurewood shook his head. “You can understand the Spirit Cultivation Technique. I really don’t have anything to teach you …”
Seeing that Daoist Greenwood refused to accept him as his disciple, Chen Xun no longer insisted. He asked, “Is it possible that no one outside the sect can comprehend the fusion of Qi, Blood, Divine Radiance, and Spiritual Sense into Spiritual Energy?”
“I have also seen a few records of this method in some ancient books. However, in the past thousand years, I have not heard of anyone using this method to cultivate spiritual power, so no one dares to try it easily.” Daoist Greenwood said.
Chen Xun also thought that cultivators’ lifespans were limited. Not only would this method consume a huge amount of medicinal pills, it would also take several years to try it out.
Grandpa dared to take a risk, but he was a good example.
Moreover, without the support of the sect, even if they had the courage to try, ordinary rogue cultivators would not have this resource, and it was impossible for them to sit in the wilderness for several years without scrambling for it.
If someone or a beast came to disturb them and interrupted them, months or years of hard work might end halfway.
“If this method is feasible, I will also cultivate in seclusion,” Daoist Azurewood said. “At this point, I still have to thank you. Otherwise, I would never dare to try this method. I still have a few years left to spare for Qianlan, Zuoqiu, and the others. Passing the Spirit Gathering Subduing Elemental Array to you is really not a big deal …”
Dao has no size, practicality comes first.
Grandpa Zongtu and Daoist Greenwood needed to have a breakthrough method before their lifespan approached, and Chen Xun needed to learn profound cultivation formations that could absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to cultivate.
The first step in imparting the Spirit Gathering Formation was to draw talismans.
Azure Wood Daoist did not have any talisman paper, cinnabar, and other items that could draw profound talismans. He still needed to ask Nan Liao and the others to help him prepare them tomorrow, so he could only let it go tonight.
Daoist Greenwood immediately explained to Chen Xun the main points of the Spirit Gathering Formation.
Only then did Chen Xun realize that Daoist Greenwood had saved a wandering cultivator from the Cloud Continent when he was traveling in the Cloud Continent in his early years. He had learned all of the profound arts such as the Origin Subduing Technique, the Great Roc Secret Fist, and so on from that wandering cultivator.
However, at that time, he was already over 40 years old, so he missed the best opportunity to cultivate the Origin Subduing Technique. He could only cultivate and swallow the spiritual energy of heaven and earth on the full moon night when the Lunar New Year profound energy was the densest.
Daoist Azurewood had learned many things in his life. He had only created the Spirit Gathering Formation in recent years. It was only in these two years that he successfully refined it. The main thing was to use the formation to gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so that he could cultivate the Origin Subduing Technique every day and night and guide the Lunar Profound Qi into his body …
Daoist Greenwood could be said to have already taken half a step into the Reincarnation Realm, but there was only the last layer of thin flesh barrier that he could not break through.
Cultivating spiritual energy could be said to be Daoist Greenwood’s last chance.
However, Daoist Greenwood had to see that Zong Tu had succeeded in cultivating spiritual energy before he would take the risk to try. Otherwise, he would rather use the last few years of his lifespan to leave something for the Qianlan, Zuoqiu, and other juniors.
The Spirit Gathering Origin Formation could be said to be something that Daoist Greenwood had learned throughout his life, involving talisman making, magic formations, artifact forging, and other techniques.
Only then did Chen Xun realize that Daoist Greenwood had said that he wanted to teach him the Spirit Gathering Origin Subduing Array. He really wanted to teach him everything he had learned in his entire life.
Even though Daoist Greenwood insisted on refusing to accept him as his disciple, Chen Xun still respectfully bowed to Daoist Greenwood before he left.
