"Come, Little Silver, follow this old man and take a look at the mine..." Xiao Hua called. Little Silver chirped in reply, then obediently flew into Xiao Hua's hand. Its snow-white little tail curled around Xiao Hua's right thumb as it nestled in his palm, looking thoroughly content.
Following what the two little ones had said, Xiao Hua inspected the entire Qi Stone mine. Then he sat cross-legged in one spot, closed his eyes, and pondered deeply. Before, he had merely wanted to enclose Black Wind Ridge itself within the Duotian Star Array. But after coming out, he had considered enclosing the surrounding region 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 the one hand, with the Qi Stone 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 relied solely on jade talismans. Although those jade talismans could absorb Primordial Qi from the outside world to replenish themselves, if the replenishment rate could not keep up with the rate of destruction, the grand array could still 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 Duotian Star Array would become even more solid—a mutually beneficial arrangement where both sides complemented each other.
Yet Xiao Hua had never built the Duotian Star Array atop a Qi Stone mine before. This was another test of his mastery over arrays.
Still, Xiao Hua had helped the Huang