Do You Want to Crush the Students into Pancakes?
The Inner Academy of the Jia Nan Academy, a high ground with a wide view.
Huo Yuhao's Divine Sense Clone stood in mid-air, scanning the well-arranged buildings and the iconic Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower below.
An invisible divine consciousness was enveloping the entire Inner Academy, observing the energy flow of this environment.
Within the spiritual world, Huo Yuhao's spiritual projection, the consciousness of the Guardian Mirror, and the "free-range chicken" version of the Ice Flame Phoenix were unusually "sitting" together.
At their center, suspended in the air, is a miniature model of the Inner Academy of the Jia Nan Academy, constructed with divine thought. Inside the model, there are even human models walking around.
The Guardian Mirror picked up a twig from the ground and carefully poked the model of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, its tone tinged with worry. "I say, Huo boy, you're juggling refining artifacts while simultaneously setting up a large-scale Spiritual Formation, really—"
"Is everything alright?"
Having become accustomed to Huo Yuhao's repeated actions, it wasn't questioning Huo Yuhao's ability to concentrate.
Its concern is that for Huo Yuhao now, neither the Spiritual Formation of the Great Thousand World nor the new method of refining Spirit Artifact are things he has never encountered before.
Simultaneously venturing into two unfamiliar and risky fields is something that makes one uneasy.
"Furthermore—" the sphere of light from the Guardian Mirror flickered with anxiety, "Your Battle Qi Continent has nothing! You can't even find the Spirit Gathering Pillar, the material necessary to solidify a large-scale Spiritual Formation!"
"Those alternative formations you used before—I'm really afraid that if you miscalculate and the spirit seal isn't properly secured, you'll blow the entire academy, along with your students, to smithereens!"
The Guardian Mirror manipulated the model of the Jia Nan Academy in front of it, and several spiritual seals appeared within it. It went out of control, and then the entire academy was blown into the sky.
"Chirp!" The Ice Flame Phoenix, which was observing the model with great interest, was enraged. It stretched out its claws and grabbed the orb of consciousness from the Guardian Mirror, flapping its wings repeatedly.
The Guardian Mirror crashed between the ground and its wings, emitting a pitiful scream, "You weakling! Stop right now! If you want to see a model, build it yourself!"
"Haha—" Huo Yuhao quickly put on a warm smile and interjected, "Alright, alright, calm down, it's just a small matter----"
As he spoke, Huo Yuhao immediately rebuilt a model of the Jia Nan Academy.
Given the opportunity, the Guardian Mirror immediately sprang to Huo Yuhao's back, and the image of Ice Flame Phoenix appeared on the sphere, with a sign above its head that read: Noob!
After some reassurance, the three sat down in a row next to the model once more. The Guardian Mirror said seriously, "Young Huo, there's no need to rush the construction of the Spiritual Formation. Why not wait until your other Divine Sense Clone have finished their work before focusing on setting up the Spiritual Formation?"
Huo Yuhao's mental projection was focused, his fingertip tapping the air on the model. "It's alright. After two days of repeated simulations, we have already Simulation the arrangement of the Spiritual Formation hundreds of times in the mental world. The energy flow and the fixed positions of the spirit seals have all been determined."
"As for the substitute for the Spirit Gathering Pillar—" Huo Yuhao pondered for a moment, then continued, "I already have a method; it just depends on whether the weapon forging side can succeed!"
Huo Yuhao paused, a barely perceptible hint of regret flashing in his eyes. "But Mirror, why did you insist on only setting up a level five Spiritual Formation? My original plan was—"
"Level seven, is that it?! Don't even think about it!" The sphere of light from the Guardian Mirror suddenly expanded, its voice rising. "That's right! With your freakish soul control and affinity for energy, the chances of successfully setting up Seventh-Level Spirit Gathering Formation are indeed not small! And then what?!"
It was just about to use this new model to Simulation the results, but when it saw the Ice Flame Phoenix's unfriendly gaze, it stopped and simply said, "Then let that massive surge of Heaven and Earth Origin Qi crush all your students and elders into meat patties?"
"Huh?" Huo Yuhao's mental projection showed obvious surprise for the first time. "Really... like this?"
He was so accustomed to his extreme affinity and control over energy that he completely overlooked the limits of what ordinary cultivators could withstand.
"Of course it will!" the Guardian Mirror roared irritably. "Do you think everyone's like you, treating the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi) like your pets?"
"The energy you drew upon with those 500,000 spirit seals the day before yesterday would have dried up by now if someone else had tried to withstand it!"
The Guardian Mirror bounced and landed on Huo Yuhao's head, its tone extremely firm. "The energy gathered by a level five Spiritual Formation is already the limit that your academy's Da Dou Shi and Dou Ling Students can withstand. Level six can turn them all into wooden puppets, and level seven is simply courting death!"
Huo Yuhao remained silent for a moment, a hint of lingering fear flashing in his eyes, before sincerely saying, "I understand. Thank you for reminding me this time, Mirror."
The sphere of light from the Guardian Mirror smugly shook itself. "That's right! Don't you know who I am? Nobody knows more about building the academy than me!"
At that moment, all of Huo Yuhao's Divine Sense Clone, including his main body which was in seclusion, showed a look of joy as if they had just realized it!
"Success!" Huo Yuhao's mental projection spoke, his voice tinged with excitement. "It's confirmed that the Battle Crystal does indeed possess sufficient stability to fully support complex energy structures. Solidifying the Spirit Seal should be feasible!"
Before he finished speaking, Huo Yuhao's eyes gleamed, and he immediately began the final Simulation on the mental model.
Between the mountains of the Inner Academy and Outer Academy of the Jia Nan Academy.
Huo Yuhao's Divine Sense Clone was taking out the next batch of materials from his storage ring. When several special ores that shimmered with a cold metallic light and contained energy but had no spiritual fluctuations were taken out, Yan Hao couldn't help but widen his eyes.
"Old Huo!" Yan Hao pointed at the few pieces of ore, his voice filled with surprise and incomprehension, "You—you've always emphasized that refining weapons must use materials containing spiritual energy, haven't you? These dead lumps—they can't activate any Spirit Runes at all!"
Huo Yuhao picked up a heavy, incredibly hard, dark gold ore, lightly touching it with his Dou Qi to feel the energy it contained. He calmly explained, "Spiritual materials are good, but their quantity is ultimately limited. Moreover, I've recently discovered a phenomenon. The higher the grade and the more distinct the characteristics of a material, the lower the probability of it developing spirituality. This excludes materials from the bodies of magical beasts."
His gaze swept over the crowd. "However, I don't want weapon crafting to become a skill solely tied to hunting magical beasts."
Seeing the group deep in thought, Huo Yuhao continued, "Excessive pursuit of spirituality and efficiency of Spirit Runes is ultimately unsustainable. If we want our crafted Spirit Artifact to still be helpful in battles against high-level cultivators, we must find other methods."