Spirit-Gathering Formation!
Although relatively rare, it was not something the others had never seen.
Especially the newly recruited retainers and Guest Elders.
They were experts in their own right, powerful cultivators of the Manifestation Realm and Divine Martial Realm who would hold considerable standing in any sect.
So.
With their experience and discernment, they had naturally seen Spirit-Gathering Formations before.
However—
Spirit-Gathering Formations elsewhere rarely encompassed an entire sect's grounds.
In the vast majority of sects.
Spirit-Gathering Formations covered no more than a small hall or courtyard.
These places.
Served as prized cultivation grounds, admitting a portion of the disciples each month—and not for free, either.
Even some Top-Tier Great Sects.
Those that had laid down Spirit-Gathering Formations encompassing their entire grounds could, at most, increase the concentration of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy by a few tenths.
Something like the Origin Sect's.
Where the concentration of spiritual energy had doubled, was practically unheard of.
Perhaps other sects with an Array Dao Grandmaster in residence could achieve this, but the rest simply lacked the means.
In this.
The Array Dao Grandmaster played the decisive role.
Of course.
Some sects would consider inviting an Array Dao Grandmaster to set up a formation.
But securing the services of such a person came at a steep price.
Besides—
No sect would feel comfortable letting an Array Dao Grandmaster lay formations within its grounds. It was tantamount to introducing an invisible threat; if the other party left behind some hidden trick, it would spell serious trouble.
While everyone else was stunned by the change in Liangshan's spiritual energy.
Qin Shujian did not stop. Instead, he continued inscribing runes in the void.
This time.
What he intended to lay down was no longer a Spirit-Gathering Formation, but a Defensive Formation.
An Array Dao Grandmaster could