At first, all the disciples were naturally shocked, but before long, there were bound to be whispers that I had wasted Kuinyi Stone to create such a face-saving project. After all, this thing was far too heavy, and the amount of Kuinyi Stone it consumed was astonishing. Even though the Kuinyi Stone ore used didn't need to be particularly pure, and could be refined from ore that was merely large enough and contained sixty to seventy percent Kuinyi Stone crystals, its hardness meant that no divine weapon could possibly damage it. Even so, I had raised its refining purity to eighty percent.
Yet even this single one had consumed a third of our ore reserves.
So when everyone saw the three characters "Heaven's Unity" written on it, they took the initiative to ignore them and instead started calculating how much money had been spent on it.
I naturally knew they only thought that way because they didn't understand what this thing was for. Of course, as the master of a sect, it was my duty to stabilize morale and let the disciples cultivate in peace. After all, it wouldn't do to give everyone the impression that I was corrupt.
Thus, I announced the construction of the Heaven-Suppressing Formation. This time, every disciple fell silent. A sect's mountain-gate formation was a symbol of its strength, as well as a mark of its power and defensive capabilities. A powerful mountain-gate formation made the disciples feel incomparably safe, and they would naturally accelerate their cultivation without restraint. Even if they encountered danger outside, they could flee back into the mountain gate. Everyone could understand making the mountain-gate formation sturdier and spending a little more money on it.
The people's morale had stabilized, but the resources being consumed gave me a headache. Kong Lian