For the past month, Tang Song had devoted most of his energy to refining the formation core. The formation disk in his hands was the heart of the entire mountain-protecting grand formation and had to be refined together with Elder Zhao. Every control hub within it required Elder Zhao's personal involvement, and some even had to be completed independently under Tang Song's guidance.
During the refining process, it was inconvenient to remain fixed at any one earthfire source. He had constantly rushed back and forth between Crane Releasing Peak and Jinting Mountain, using his Golden Core cultivation's ultimate art—the Dragon Scale Pill Fire. Having reached late Golden Core, how could a Formation Master dare call himself a master if he did not understand at least one fire art?
But refining this way was indeed exhausting, and it consumed an enormous amount of true essence. After a month, Tang Song's face was flushed red, his inner fire running far too strong!
By controlling the formation core, Elder Zhao could oversee all five sets of subsidiary formations, twenty-eight minor formations, and over a hundred formation disks. Part of that control authority also had to be transferable, allowing several senior elders of the Zhao clan to operate certain effects of the formations. It could be called exceedingly complicated.
Once the formation core was complete, Tang Song immediately summoned Liu Xiaolou and had him run between Yangmapo, Zhidun Ridge, Stone Valley, and Qionghanchi, compiling the refining progress at the earthfire vents in each location, including Banshanping, of course.
However, Banshanping was not a primary refining site, and he had its progress entirely under control, so he mainly ran between the other four locations. After several days, his legs were practically worn out from running.
"Jiang Feihe has completed Qianyi Palace, Dui Two Palace, and