Sky-Connecting Instrument

There were originally seven great Cultivation Clan in the Jian Country, but the Yuan Clan Black Cloud Mountain has been removed from the list because of their abduction and killing of Chen Mobai.

However, when Yuan Hongyuan did this, he naturally considered the possibility of failure. Therefore, the core members of the Yuan Clan had long since fled outside the territory of the Divine Wood Sect, leaving behind only most of the cannon fodder.

These cannon fodder were previously forced by the Divine Wood Sect to mine, but now they have been sent to the front lines.

Besides these major Cultivation Clan with Foundation Establishment Cultivator, there are also several second- or third-rate minor families and sects in the Jian Country.

The Divine Wood Sect intends to destroy the Mountain Shaking Peak, so it has been gradually mobilizing the entire sect's strength within its sphere of influence.

They were relatively polite to the major Cultivation Clan, but they showed no mercy to these minor families and sects, directly apportioning the cost of one-tenth of the harvest.

The lower you are, the less options you have.

The Divine Wood Sect plans to send a thousand cultivators as part of its second batch of reinforcements. Of these, the sect has recruited five hundred disciples, while the remaining five hundred will be drawn from outside the sect.

This group consists of Rogue Cultivator, large and small families, and minor sects.

Among them, the recruited Rogue Cultivator have already achieved their goal, and the small families and sects have also obediently sent their own outstanding disciples, hoping to make contributions in this Two Sect War and exchange them for resources from the Divine Wood Sect, or even Foundation Establishment.

Only the six major families, due to their strong sect connections, were able to obtain Foundation Establishment from the Great Merchant Guild, and were therefore less willing to do so.

They only symbolically dispatched ten people to represent obedience to the decree of the Divine Wood Sect.

After receiving the Sect Leader's order, Chen Mobai did not hesitate and took Luo Yixuan to various markets to talk to each family head.

Among them, the Guo Family, because their backing was the Five Elements Sect, although some of their cultivators had already moved away, still felt insecure after Chen Mobai came to urge them, and gritted their teeth to send out ten more people.

Among them, an elder from the Guo Family at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, whose days were numbered, personally led the team, which can be considered as giving Chen Mobai and the Divine Wood Sect enough face.

Chen Mobai was very grateful for this.

The other Jade Pot Fu Family, the Celestial Leader Wang Family, the Azure Swan Liang Family, the Snowpeak Bai Clan, Mirage Wave Luo Family— seemed to have all spoken in advance and agreed to send five more people after Chen Mobai's visit.

"The sect's idea is that the six families should contribute a total of one hundred. The second elder of the Guo Family personally led a team of twenty cultivators. If each of your five families contributes fifteen people, you will still be five short of one hundred. How about each family contributes one more person?"

Chen Mobai summoned the heads of the Six Great Families of Jian Country together and calmly stated his demands.

Although Chu Zuoshu did not make any mandatory requirements, and would not say anything even if a few people were missing, Chen Mobai still tried his best to do his best.

"Even five Qi Cultivation Cultivator couldn't decide the outcome of the battle on the front lines."

Luo Jushan, the head of the Mirage Wave Luo Family, spoke tactfully, implying that Chen Mobai should turn a blind eye and let it go.

"Yes, Commander Chen is renowned far and wide. This time, when he leads the team out of the mountains, the opponents will definitely retreat at the mere sight of him. The people we sent out are just there to make a show of things. It doesn't matter if there are more or less of them."

Wang Gongdao of the Wang Family also spoke up, and the others, including Fu Xiuzuo, echoed him. They were polite to Chen Mobai, but they were not willing to have an extra person.

"In that case, have all the members of your respective families gather at Giant Wood Ridge in half a month. At that time, the person in charge of each family can contact Xuan'er."

After hearing this, Chen Mobai didn't say much, just nodded calmly, and then left with Luo Yixuan.

"Master, these people are really unreasonable. They won't even send one more person..."

On the way back, Luo Yixuan looked somewhat indignant, but Chen Mobai just smiled and shook his head.

"Xuan'er, it's not that they're unwilling. Look, as soon as I came over, they immediately sent five more cultivators. Just as they said, a cultivator at the lower level of Qi Refining can't really decide the outcome of the battle, but they did this just to show that they have some bargaining power in this matter, so they secured this one cultivator as a way to make room for negotiation."

The Divine Wood Sect suppressed the Four Kingdoms. Although the Six Great Families of Jian Country also had Foundation Establishment Cultivator, they certainly wouldn't dare to resist. So after the edict was issued, they all obediently sent out their family cultivators.

However, they wanted to highlight their difference from the smaller families and sects below them, so they deliberately omitted one.

This was both to demonstrate its influence to the other cultivation forces in the Jian Country and to show the family members that even when facing the Divine Wood Sect, it had the power to negotiate, thus cultivating a sense of pride among the family's cultivators.

Luo Yixuan finally understood the subtlety of the situation after hearing Chen Mobai's explanation.

"However, they still didn't give you face, Master."

But even after Luo Yixuan understood, she was still somewhat indignant.

"Wen Bai's Little South Mountain Shop was able to spread throughout the Jian Country, which can be considered as their help, so I can't say much. Besides, they at least gave me face in replying to the Sect Leader leader, and they still sent more people."

Chen Mobai had heard his maternal grandfather say since he was a child that the world is not so clear-cut, and that some places and things need to be left with some room for maneuver.

"Master, I understand."

Luo Yixuan was a very clever person, and she understood immediately after Chen Mobai said it.

However, he secretly thought that if he had the chance in the future, he would definitely give these five families a good talking-to on behalf of his master.

Upon returning to Giant Wood Ridge, Chen Mobai naturally went to the Divine Wood Hall to report back to the Sect Leader.

"Yes, you've worked hard. The second batch of cultivators should be able to assemble in about a month. All the elders in the sect can be sent out. Which ones do you need?"

As expected, Chu Zuoshu didn't care how many people the six major Cultivation Clan of the Jian Country sent. He took out a list and showed it to Chen Mobai.

The cultivator army will certainly not send only Chen Mobai, a Foundation Establishment Elder, to hold the line. The Divine Wood Sect is very determined this time, and nearly one-third of the sect's Foundation Establishment Cultivator will be deployed to the front line.

This was Chen Mobai's first time commanding a large army as the main general, and he was still quite excited.

However, his understanding of commanding a large army of cultivators in battle far surpasses that of anyone in the Eastern Wasteland.

Because the Immortal Sect possesses a mature tactical system in this area.

Countless experiences in World Opening War, coupled with various modern Magic Artifact and communication systems, enable the Immortal Sect to overwhelm their opponents in wars, even when their high-end combat power is at a disadvantage, by leveraging their overall strength to achieve victory.

"Are there any Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the Artifact Refining Department, Talisman Department, Array Department, Puppet Department?"

Chen Mobai didn't know much about the Foundation Establishment Cultivator in the sect. Although he knew people like Mu Yuan, Yan Jinye, Yu Lian, he felt reluctant to bring his good friends to the battlefield. So he asked Chu Zuoshu to recommend some he needed.

Although he had not systematically studied war knowledge in the Dao Academy, he knew that communication was paramount in the wars of the Immortal Sect.

Only by ensuring smooth communication between superiors and subordinates can one command the entire army as easily as one's own arm, thereby forming various Battle Formation and creating Forbidden Land areas that even Core Formation Cultivator dare not trespass upon.

Therefore, Chen Mobai's first thought was to create a simple communication phone so that he could contact his cultivator generals at any time.

This requires the help of experts in Puppetry making, Artifact Refining, and Talisman Making to do the hard work.

"These should meet your requirements."

The departments Chen Mobai chose, namely the Puppet Department, were a bit strange, but Chu Zuoshu didn't pay attention to it and pointed to the four people on the list as he had instructed.

Then Chu Zuoshu selected four more, making a total of nine Foundation Establishment Cultivator, including Chen Mobai.

Among them, Mu Yuan and Yu Lian were selected by Chu Zuoshu.

Meng Hong's injuries from his failed Core Formation had almost healed, but he didn't want his disciple to stay by his side any longer, so he sent him away.

With nothing to do, Mu Yuan applied to go to the front lines to hone her skills.

After consulting with Meng Hong, Chu Zuoshu nodded in agreement.

Yu Lian, on the other hand, left a deep impression on Chu Zuoshu.

When Chen Mobai arrived at the Reward Hall Chu Zuoshu, Chu Zuoshu was not yet the Sect Leader. Through the incident with Yu Lian, Chen Mobai was highly regarded by Chu Zuoshu and was Chu Zuoshu Direct Lineage.

After Yu Lian the Foundation Establishment, he was sent to guard the mine at Lone Soul Ridge for three years.

Chu Zuoshu wanted to completely incorporate it into the Divine Wood Sect, so he sent Chen Mobai to the front lines to see some blood, preferably to kill as many cultivators as possible who could Mountain Shaking Peak. With merit, he could be promoted in the future, and there would be no gossip within the sect.

Besides these two, there were also Chen Zhenwu and Liang Lingzhen, the two Inspector Envoy of the Reward Hall.

Among them, Chen Zhenwu is one of the rotating elders of the Spirit Treasure Pavilion. He was the one who received Chen Mobai when he exchanged for Green Wood Sha last time.

Liang Lingzhen was born into the Liang family of Jian Country Azure Swan Liang Family.

Both of them were colleagues who had fought alongside Chu Zuoshu on the front lines with Chen Mobai last time. They had a certain understanding with each other and could be considered to be from the same faction.

Chen Mobai could at least command the people Chu Zuoshu.

In a team, if only half of the people are obedient, the rest will also follow the crowd.

"How is the Puppetry making by Old Ancestor Fu coming along?"

After discussing the matter of the cultivator army, Chen Mobai inquired about the Purple Sun Puppet from Chu Zuoshu.

If Fu Zongjue can master this, then the Divine Wood Sect will have an absolute advantage in high-level combat power.

"I don't know about this either, but An Jinghui has been traveling around collecting various materials throughout the year, so he should be working on it intensively."

An Jinghui, the Minister of the Puppet Department, was also a disciple of Fu Zongjue and had received the true teachings of the ancestor's Puppetry Technique. Chu Zuoshu, the Chu Zuoshu Sect Leader, made a rough deduction based on his judgment of An Jinghui's whereabouts.

The two chatted for a while longer, and one by one, the Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the sects they had chosen arrived.

First came Mu Yuan, then Chen Zhenwu and Liang Lingzhen. Yu Lian is still guarding the mine at Lone Soul Ridge. After the imperial edict is issued, it will probably take a few more days before he can return to Giant Wood Ridge.

The remaining four people are Yuan Feihu the Artifact Refining Department, Hong Lingqin from the Talisman Department, Zuo Hongqiu the Array Department, Su Wanshi from the Puppet Department. All of them were selected according to Chen Mobai's requirements.

"That's how it is. Although Junior Brother Chen is young, in the Eastern Wasteland, people are always judged by their cultivation level. He will lead the expedition this time."

As the Chu Zuoshu Sect Leader, Chu Zuoshu spoke first, which can be seen as him supporting Chen Mobai.

Most of the people present were convinced of Chen Mobai's abilities, knowing that he had broken through to the mid -Foundation Establishment two years earlier and had even mastered the Sword Fiend technique, making him a peerless genius who surpassed them in both cultivation and combat power.

In the Eastern Wasteland, whoever is stronger calls the shots.

Aside from Yuan Feihu and Hong Lingqin, who were focused on their cultivation, they spent their days practicing on their own spiritual mountain and were not good at socializing. Therefore, they were quite skeptical of the overly young Chen Mobai.

"Junior Brother Chen, why don't you say a few words?"

After Chu Zuoshu finished speaking, he handed the stage to Chen Mobai, who nodded and took out a Blueprints from his storage bag.

This is the oldest model of mobile phone he modified for the Immortal Sect. It uses a spherical magical Magic Artifact as the Star Core and can support real-time calls for about fifty mobile phones.

"This magical Magic Artifact is called the Sky-Connecting Instrument. It is one of the things I recently acquired in the Divine Tree Secret Realm. Its function is to allow communication anytime and anywhere within a certain range."

"The great battles between sects are clashes between Battle Formation Battle Formation. The more cultivators there are, the greater the power of the Battle Formation formation. However, the more people there are, the more complex the communication becomes. When information is relayed from top to bottom, there will inevitably be some misunderstandings, which will hinder the operation of the Battle Formation and prevent it from exerting its full power. In ancient times, the Longevity Sect was known as the number one sect because it possessed a magical Magic Artifact called the Sky-Connecting Instrument."

"The principle behind this thing is very simple, but it requires the cooperation of experts in Artifact Refining, Puppetry Talisman Making, and puppet making to create it. The Sect Leader chose our senior brothers and sisters, which shows his trust in you and his hope that you can create it in the shortest possible time."

After Chen Mobai finished speaking, everyone present looked somewhat bewildered.

In the Sky River Realm, cultivators naturally know that the Battle Formation they form are incredibly powerful, but they usually achieve their best by relying on long-term training and practicing the same cultivation method together.

This communication was, in their view, a secondary issue.

After all, the battlefield is only so big, and the speed of Spiritual Sense communication between Foundation Establishment Cultivator is not slow.

The key to a powerful Battle Formation lies in intensifying the training of Rogue Cultivator and disciples from aristocratic families, and uniting them from their disorganized state.

"Junior Brother Chen, what is the effective coverage area of this Sky-Connecting Instrument?"

On the contrary, Chu Zuoshu Sect Leader, saw the vast future of this Magic Artifact and his eyes lit up after hearing Chen Mobai's introduction.

"If the completed Sky-Connecting Instrument is fully functional, it should be able to provide signal coverage within a radius of 100 miles."

That is, the area equivalent to that of Divine Wood City, which is more than enough to cover the entire battlefield.

"It's a pity, it would be great if it could cover the entire Giant Wood Ridge."

Chu Zuoshu shook his head regretfully. Because Giant Wood Ridge covers a vast area and the disciples of the sect are scattered in various Spirit Vein, if he wanted to summon a Foundation Establishment Elder, it would take most of a day by the time the Message Talisman was sent and the elder received it before coming over.

Sometimes, if an elder is in seclusion, the Message Talisman will get stuck at the door and won't come back, wasting who knows how much time.

If we had this Sky-Connecting Instrument, and gave every Foundation Establishment Cultivator in the sect a cell phone, then at least instant communication would be possible.

If there is no reply, it means he is in seclusion, and Chu Zuoshu doesn't need to wait any longer.

"Why not just get more Sky-Connecting Instrument?"

Chen Mobai made a suggestion that caught Chu Zuoshu's eye, but the latter was unaware that Chen Mobai was also thinking of building a satellite in the sky above the Eastern Wasteland to connect the entire Divine Wood Sect's sphere of influence and achieve real-time communication.

Unfortunately, the satellite Blueprints on the Immortal Sect's side are at least Fourth Grade, and even if they can be downloaded, Chen Mobai can't understand them.

"Junior Brother Chen, could you guide them to create one first, and I'd like to see how it turns out?"

Chu Zuoshu also became interested and personally summoned Luo Xueer, the Hall Master of the Reward Hall, to prepare two sets of materials needed to refine the Sky-Connecting Instrument in the name of the sect.

This Sky-Connecting Instrument is a relatively simple Second Tier Magic Tool among the Immortal Sect. Although Chen Mobai is not Artifact Refiner, he knows the principles behind it.

Although the Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the Divine Wood Sect did not Daoyuan, they were capable of doing the work. Under Chen Mobai's guidance, Yuan Feihu of the Artifact Refining Department forged pieces of metal into rectangular shells.

Chen Mobai also took out his Talisman Brush and Talisman Paper, and personally drew two sets of Message Talisman, Same-Seal Talisman, and Character-Sound Conversion Talisman.

The "Message Talisman" is the most commonly used communication Talisman by the Divine Wood Sect and even the entire Eastern Wasteland, used to record written content.

"Same-Seal Talisman" is a type of Talisman that replicates patterns and markings; it was originally used for copying books.

The "Character-Sound Conversion Talisman" is a kind of unorthodox Talisman that can convert written words into spoken words and then convert spoken words back into written words. It was originally created by a deaf and blind Talisman Master couple for communication purposes.

These three Talisman can be used to build the most basic functions of a mobile phone.

Then Chen Mobai took out several rectangular pieces of Green Sun Spirit Wood that could be held in one hand and made them into a very simple Sound-Vibration Writing Puppet. He then wrapped it in a metal shell and stuffed it with three kinds of Talisman that he had drawn himself. A simple mobile phone was thus completed.

"Sect Leader, please take this."

Chen Mobai handed one of the Green Sun Spirit Wood phones to Chu Zuoshu, who looked at the three buttons on it with a puzzled expression.

"I'll go outside the hall. Once the blue button lights up, Sect Leader, press it to connect..."

After giving a brief introduction to the phone's call-answering function, Chen Mobai landed outside the Divine Wood Hall, even moving quite a distance away to make sure that no one inside the temple could hear him before he began making a call.

The three Talisman inside were activated instantly. His words were transformed into text through the Character-Sound Conversion Talisman, and then the writing Puppetry began to write the text into the Message Talisman. Subsequently, the Same-Seal Talisman synchronized these text contents to Chu Zuoshu's mobile phone, and then the reverse process was carried out on Chu Zuoshu's mobile phone to convert those texts into speech.

And so, Chen Mobai's words rang on Green Sun Spirit Wood's phone.

Everyone in the Divine Wood Hall was shocked by this incredible scene.

With just three first-tier Talisman and a small Puppetry, they actually managed to create an effect similar to Third Grade Image Transmission Talisman!

The Image Transmission Talisman was the Talisman used by Chu Zuoshu to report to the two ancestors, causing them to manifest their phantom images. It contains a wisp of the Spiritual Sense of Core Formation Cultivator and can only be possessed by Direct Lineage descendants.

"Junior Brother Chen, quick, give me another set of mobile phone Talisman."

After Chen Mobai returned, Chu Zuoshu was still playing with his phone, but unfortunately, after one call, the three Talisman had turned to ashes, and he needed to put three more in before he could make another call.

For Chen Mobai, creating first-order Talisman was as simple as writing.

He completed the work in one go, and his fluent brushstrokes and techniques left Hong Lingqin of the Talisman Department Making Department in awe.

"I never expected Junior Brother Chen to be so skilled in Talisman Making making."

Talisman Master can roughly tell the level of someone just by looking at their technique. Hong Lingqin felt that she was inferior to them and finally understood why the Sect Leader had chosen this young man as the commander.

"The direct connection distance between these mobile phones cannot exceed one kilometer, but if Sky-Connecting Instrument is added as a relay, it can be extended to a radius of hundreds of miles."

After Chen Mobai explained, Chu Zuoshu finally understood why he wanted to refine the Sky-Connecting Instrument.

"Cooperate fully and strive to produce a Sky-Connecting Instrument before the second batch of cultivators sets off."

Chu Zuoshu gave the order to Luo Xueer, who immediately nodded in agreement.

Yuan Feihu and Hong Lingqin, who had previously had some doubts about Chen Mobai, now showed admiration after this incident.

The working principle of the Sky-Connecting Instrument is very simple. Once Shi Qing, even without Chen Mobai, the three Foundation Establishment Cultivator could easily complete it.

With the full power of the sect activated, even moving mountains was a piece of cake. Three days later, the first Sky-Connecting Instrument was completed.

After reviewing the document, Chen Mobai offered several suggestions for revision.

While the Artifact Refining Department was busily reforging the second Sky-Connecting Instrument, Yu Lian also returned to Giant Wood Ridge.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Chen."

After Yu Lian returned, he went to Chen Mobai's place first.

"Yes, the sect is about to engage in a decisive battle with the Mountain Shaking Peak. You and I will be heading to the border battlefield as part of the second batch of support cultivators. You should prepare yourself well."

"Yes, Senior Brother!"

Yu Lian was a man of few words. After listening, he nodded, asked about the departure time, and then disappeared into the courtyard.

Half a month passed quickly.

"Ming'er, you'll have to work hard at home. Your teacher is taking Xuan'er out to make a name for herself."

At the foot of Little South Mountain, after Chen Mobai and his two apprentices finished sowing the last acre of land, he patted Zhuo Ming's head, which was covered by a straw hat, and said something.

"Master, I want to go with you next time."

Zhuo Ming, however, suddenly and unusually volunteered to fight.

"Everyone has their strengths; it would be a waste for you to go to the battlefield."

Chen Mobai shook his head. He knew that since Zhuo Ming became his disciple, she had never been on the battlefield because she was protected, and there were some rumors and gossip about her within the sect.

However, he believed that Zhuo Ming, who was farming in the rear, was far more useful than any of the sect's True Disciple on the battlefield.

"Don't worry, senior sister, I'll kill a few more cultivators, including yours."

Luo Yixuan, who was standing to the side, said something that left Chen Mobai speechless.

"They're gone."

Crimson Cloud Mist Silk carried the master and disciple into the air. Zhuo Ming watched their departing figures and secretly resolved to cultivate diligently so that one day she could also go to the battlefield with her master.