The Marquis of Northcloud's Plans (Bonus chapter for "Qingfeng Fu Wo Xin q"'s 100,000-coin donation, 3/3)

Qin Shujian noticed the changes in the Origin Sect disciples' emotions.

He saw it all.

And this was exactly what he needed.

As their cultivation rose, fewer and fewer things in the Origin Sect could satisfy their needs, leaving quite a few of them somewhat complacent.

Now that he had put up eight Dao artifacts,

that was enough to fire up their enthusiasm.

By Qin Shujian's estimate,

if someone tried to gather a million contribution points alone, they could practically forget about it without eight or ten years of effort.

If they had a team,

they could shorten that time somewhat.

But either way,

the eight Dao artifacts could stay listed there for at least a few years, constantly motivating everyone else.

Afterward,

Qin Shujian visited the Liangshan Territory and the Rubble Forest, both of which bordered the Endless Mountains. He erased the Demon-Slaying runes he had previously placed there and laid down an invisible formation instead.

This formation

would only activate when demonic beasts charged out of the Endless Mountains.

Otherwise,

its presence would make no difference in everyday life.

Apart from that, he did nothing else.

The sect grounds should have protective formations, and formations to gather heaven and earth spiritual energy are essential too. But I still need to work those out. There's no rushing it for now!

Standing on Liangshan Summit, Qin Shujian gazed down at everything far below, turning these thoughts over in his mind.

To put it bluntly,

although he was an Array Dao Grandmaster, he was one with next to nothing to his name.

His poverty had nothing to do with money.

It was his own store of knowledge about formations that was lacking.

One could say

that apart from the grandmaster-level God-Slaying Demon-Smiting Myriad Spirits Annihilation Grand Formation, Qin Shujian knew no