A Way

Bai Yuan raised a hand, and a disk appeared out of thin air. The array disk was square overall, covered in mysterious patterns.

Holding the array disk, Bai Yuan also received some information about it from the system.

[Five Elements Array Disk, can activate the Five Elements Primordial Great Formation by infusing it with spiritual power. The power the formation can unleash is determined by the amount of spiritual power injected by the user. At maximum, it can contend against a True Immortal.]

The Five Elements Array Disk was of extremely high quality. As long as one activated one ten-thousandth of its power, one could run rampant across the Douluo Continent. Yet after reading its information, Bai Yuan's expression darkened slightly.

The power the formation could unleash was determined by the amount of spiritual power injected by the user?

With the spiritual power of the two Foundation Establishment Initial cultivators here, how much of the Five Elements Array Disk's power could they activate?

Bai Yuan estimated that, at best, it would only reach the Golden Core Initial stage, perhaps even merely Foundation Establishment Perfected. It was far from enough to ensure their safety, let alone establish a shelter for his disciples.

Bai Yuan calmed himself. At the same time, the other three items from the Current Most Needed Treasure Chest appeared out of thin air.

They were three Crystal Stones. Each was a highly regular diamond shape, somewhat slender, crystal-clear, and seemingly molded from the very same template.

The difference was their colors. They were black for water, white for metal, and crimson for fire.

"The array bases of the Five Elements Great Formation." Bai Yuan murmured as some inexplicable information surfaced in his mind.

With the Five Elements Array Disk as the core and Five Elements Array Bases placed in the five directions of heaven and earth, one could set up an extraordinarily crude, half-step version of the Five Elements Primordial Great Formation: the Five Elements Array.

Once the formation was successfully set up, all Soul Power within its range would be transformed into pure spiritual power, to be controlled by the holder of the Five Elements Array Disk.

The area covered by the formation would be the quadrilateral enclosed by the Metal, Wood, Water, and Fire Array Bases.

As for the Earth Array Base, it would be located at the center.

East wood, west metal, north water, south fire, center earth.

Yet Bai Yuan was not happy at all right now.

Because he only had three of the five Array Bases. This was the limit of the Current Most Needed Treasure Chest; it could open at most four types of items.

"Do I have to keep completing tasks?" Bai Yuan murmured inwardly as he opened the Attribute Panel.

[Host: Bai Yuan]

[Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Initial]

[Items: Five Elements Array Disk, Five Elements Array Metal Array Base, Water Array Base, Fire Array Base.]

[Special: Intermediate Alchemist, Intermediate Array Master, Beginner Artifact Craftsman, Beginner Talisman Master]

[Number of Disciples: 7]

[Bound Disciples: Bai Yu, Wang Qiuer, Mu Junwu (Current binding limit: 3) (After binding a disciple, whenever that disciple advances, the host will advance by the same amount.)]

[Master Virtue Points: 7300]

[Shop: Click to open]

[Current Task One: Refine a Natal Spirit Tool. Reward: Intermediate Artifact Refiner, one thousand Master Virtue Points]

[Current Task Two: Breakthrough to Golden Core Stage. Reward: Bound Disciple limit *7, one hundred thousand Master Virtue Points.]

[Current Task Three: Take twenty-one disciples (seven already accepted). Reward: Current Most Needed Treasure Chest, one hundred thousand Master Virtue Points.]

Looking at the number of disciples required at the bottom, which had tripled, Bai Yuan did not know what to say for a moment.

"Master, what's wrong?" Bai Yu suddenly asked.

Aside from the family that had just joined them, everyone else showed worried expressions as well.

Bai Yuan's expression returned to calm in an instant. "I'll study this array disk first."

Holding the Five Elements Array Disk, Bai Yuan sat cross-legged on the ground. Using his knowledge as an Intermediate Array Master, he began examining this extremely ancient array disk, which had been made from some unknown wood.

The array patterns on the disk seemed endless. Just studying them carefully gave Bai Yuan the despairing feeling of a mortal gazing up at a vast starry sky.

"No, I don't need to completely understand this formation. I only need to know how to use it. I only need to find a way," Bai Yuan whispered inwardly.

It was as if he had sunk into it. He seemed to see the evolution of the world and glimpse the true essence of the Five Elements.

Unconsciously, Bai Yuan, both a cultivator and an array master, became completely immersed in it.

He forgot the world. He forgot the passage of time.

As he immersed himself in the formation and experienced its mysteries, he did not know whether an instant had passed or countless eons. Then, a flash of joy suddenly appeared on Bai Yuan's face.

"I found it. I found a way." Bai Yuan opened his eyes to find that the sky had changed completely and the world was shrouded in a thin mist.

Clearly, if these phenomena were not man-made, then it was now morning. He just did not know whether it was the next morning or several days later.

"Master, you're awake?" Bai Yu, who had been sitting on the ground consolidating her cultivation, opened her eyes. Her wine-red eyes brimmed with joy as she looked at Bai Yuan.

Wang Qiuer, who had been cultivating alongside Bai Yu, immediately stood up and ran over. "Master Father, you're awake?"

Bai Yuan nodded gently, then patted Wang Qiuer's head. "How long was I out? Are those Titled Douluo and Fierce Beasts outside still fighting?"

Bai Yu pondered for a moment. "It's the second day. I don't know whether those Titled Douluo and Fierce Beasts fought or not, but I didn't hear any movement at all yesterday."

Rather than feeling pleased, Bai Yuan grew more worried upon hearing that. Bai Yu had not heard any movement for an entire day, so they had most likely finished fighting.

If the humans had won, they would continue hunting Bai Yuan. If the Fierce Beasts had won, they would conduct a thorough search through the Star Dou Great Forest.

All to find Wang Qiuer.

After thinking for a moment, Bai Yuan knew he had to hurry. He looked up and said, "Junwu, your master needs your help with something."

"Please speak, Master. This disciple would not refuse even death," Mu Junwu replied firmly.

Bai Yuan said, "I'm about to set up a formation, and I need you to become the Wood Array Base. Once you become an Array Base, you won't be able to move until your master finds a substitute. Are you willing?"

Mu Junwu answered without hesitation, "This disciple is a tree to begin with. Only thanks to Master's favor was I able to gain Spiritual Intelligence. Now I merely have to stand here for a while. Naturally, this disciple is willing."

Bai Yuan smiled. "Junwu, serving as the formation's Array Base does not only have drawbacks. You will also enjoy more pure Spiritual Qi because of it. Cultivate well here from now on. Once your master obtains a substitute, I'll take you to see all the mountains and rivers of the world."

"This disciple thanks Master." Mu Junwu was very respectful, or perhaps she was simply imitating the other disciples.

Bai Yuan raised the array disk with one hand. Mu Junwu immediately felt a peculiar force envelop her. To her, that force was both restraint and protection.

However, Mu Junwu did not mind. She was a tree by nature and had grown on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest without moving for over a hundred years. This was nothing.

"It's time to set down the other Array Bases." Bai Yuan looked at the three Crystal Stones that had automatically floated into the air and muttered to himself.

At the same time, the Fierce Beasts and Titled Douluo, who had already stopped fighting and were preparing to go their separate ways, all noticed the anomaly here.

They all turned their gazes toward it.