Seeing the optimistic smiles on his disciples' faces, Ji An said in a deep voice:
"We must speed things up, raise the Spirit Vein as soon as possible, and then build a Teleportation Array."
The sect was in the south of Western Continent, while Harmony Peak lay in its north. Once the two sects were linked, Western Continent could be divided into two parts.
To the west of that line lay the outskirts of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, which would become the main battlefield against demon beasts in the future; to the east lay what had once been the most prosperous region in all of Western Continent, now rapidly recovering.
If the two places could be connected by a Teleportation Array, they could establish a rapid wartime response mechanism.
He briefly described the conflict between the Central Continent cultivation world and the Buddhist cultivators, then said:
"Only after a Teleportation Array is built in the Northern Lands will the sect's control over Western Continent be up to standard. If Buddhist cultivators enter Western Continent, we will discover them at once."
Han Shan sighed softly. "Sect Master Senior Brother has already informed us of the changes taking place in Central Continent. I had thought Western Continent would not be affected for at least another dozen years."
He was somewhat slow to react to such matters. Most of his energy was devoted to cultivation. His world was simple: improve his cultivation, practice spells, tend Spirit Fields—busy, yet fulfilling.
Lin Lan nodded. "We truly have not been vigilant enough about the situation's development. Every quarter, I will send people to transport plant ash made by burning the leaves of high-grade spirit plants to Harmony Peak, increasing the spiritual power and other nutrients in the Spirit Fields.
"The Spirit Fields at all the