Nearly half a year later, north of Mount Wu, the King of Pingqiu's mansion had taken on an entirely new look. More than three times its original size, it stood on its old site like a castle in the mountains.
Li Chen had personally improved Guan Qingshan's design, reshaping its structure through the three-dimensional forms of the rune script Dao. He had successfully built spirit canals within the mountain, using the natural terrain to establish a spirit-gathering grand array.
Not only did this finally give the mansion the true functions of a Mountain Gate Grand Formation, it also successfully expanded the communication array behind the mountain, making Li Chen's contact with the Puppet World Heavenly Net more convenient.
A sizable underground palace was also taking shape beneath the array's nexus. Li Chen had not entrusted this work to Guan Qingshan and the others, instead secretly deploying the Worker Bee Puppets he carried with him to build it. Although progress lagged far behind the construction aboveground, dispensing with much of the decoration and fine craftsmanship meant it was now nearing completion as well.
Li Chen planned to build a teleportation array here that could transport supplies. Its construction specifications and safety standards were lower than those required for living creatures, so the available manpower and resources should just barely suffice.
During this time, Li Chen also sent his subordinates and members of the Demon Race out to prospect and mine, opening new sources of income while cutting expenses.
"Once the teleportation array is complete, we can try transporting supplies. I deliberately placed it underground because I want to establish an underground fortress without gods or ghosts catching wind of it, making it a solid backbone for the branch base in the Demon Kingdom."
"The key is getting a Heavenly Pivot Subunit