"Come, Little Silver. Follow this old man and take a look at the mine..." Xiao Hua called. Little Silver chirped in reply and obediently flew into Xiao Hua's hand, curling its snowy little tail around Xiao Hua's right thumb and nestling in his palm, looking utterly content.
Following the two little ones' directions, Xiao Hua inspected the entire Qi Stone mine. Then he sat cross-legged in one place, closed his eyes, and pondered deeply. Before, he had only wanted to enclose Black Wind Ridge itself within the Duotian Star Array. But after coming out, he had considered enclosing the surrounding area of Black Wind Ridge as well, making it the foundation of the Creation Sect. Yet upon seeing the Qi Stone mine, Xiao Hua realized that he had to bring this mine within the Duotian Star Array too. On one hand, with the mine inside the array, it could provide the Creation Sect or Jiang Kingdom with an endless supply of Qi Stones. On the other hand, Xiao Hua's original Duotian Star Array had relied solely on jade talismans. Though the jade talismans could absorb Primordial Qi from the outside world to replenish themselves, if their replenishment rate failed to keep pace with the rate of destruction, the grand array could easily be breached. The Five Brocade Cloud Diagram was a classic example. But if the Duotian Star Array were built atop the Qi Stone mine, there would naturally be no fear of lacking Primordial Qi for replenishment. The array would become far sturdier—a mutually beneficial arrangement where the two complemented each other.
Yet Xiao Hua had never built the Duotian Star Array atop a Qi Stone mine before. It was another test of his array mastery.
Still, Xiao Hua had helped the Huang family repair their grand array at