Looking at the inconspicuous little cube in Li Xingkong's hand, although it was unremarkable and showed no extraordinary features, Tang Cheng's gaze was already drawn to it.
"This is all you've accomplished after all these days? This thing can trigger Spiritual Qi resurgence?"
Tang Cheng examined it closely and concluded that it was just an ordinary piece of jade, although it was indeed very rare to find such a thing on the moon.
"That's right, this thing is called Earth Vein. Once it's placed in its surroundings, it can start to function."
Li Xingkong tossed it in his hand.
Seeing that the source of Spiritual Qi revival was being toyed with so casually by Li Xingkong, Tang Cheng was really afraid that the thing would be damaged.
"What do we need to prepare for this Earth Vein test? I'll go arrange it right away."
This is Spiritual Qi revival! Ever since Li Xingkong mentioned it, Tang Cheng has been itching to get started right away.
"There's nothing to prepare; the only thing to consider is the location where the Earth Vein will be placed."
What need is there for advance preparation? Magic is not such an inconvenient thing.
How large is this Earth Vein area?
Choosing a placement location is relatively simple. Just take into account the coverage area of Earth Vein, the existing base, and the future development direction, and place the Earth Vein in the center of the planning area.
"This single Earth Vein line covers an area roughly equivalent to one city."
When creating it, Li Xingkong also estimated the extent of the Earth Vein. The "city" here does not just refer to the urban area, but to the entire municipal area, which is actually quite large for the Earth Vein.
Developing a city on the moon's surface is not something that can be accomplished in just a few years.
Having obtained the approximate area covered by the Earth Vein energy, Tang Cheng looked at the surrounding terrain map for a while, scanning many places before finally returning his gaze to the mountain where the base was located.
"I think we can deploy them here on Moon-Embracing Mountain first. This is the shelter for our first lunar base, and the subsequent base construction will revolve around it for a considerable period of time. We can deploy them here first."
"Either is fine. Anyway, this first Earth Vein is more for testing purposes, so it's better to place it closer to the target location."
Regarding the location, Li Xingkong said it didn't matter, since he wouldn't need to maintain the ley Earth Vein himself, and it could be placed anywhere; he wasn't particular about it.
"So now..."
Tang Cheng's eager eyes were already starting to gleam with barely suppressed rage; if Li Xingkong hadn't been there, he would have exploded.
"Let's go, let's start the test!"
Li Xingkong was no different. Whether or not he could successfully generate Spiritual Qi was equally important to his cultivation. For such matters, waiting even a moment longer was unbearable.
The two quickly left Moon-Chasing Island and arrived at the Moon-Embracing Mountain near the base.
There was no ceremony or pre-test mobilization meeting. When they arrived at Moon-Embracing Mountain, Li Xingkong raised one hand, and with the activation of his Magic Power, the entire Earth Vein began to slowly absorb the Magic Power.
As it absorbed the Magic Power, the entire Earth Vein levitated from Li Xingkong's hand. Strands of Magic Power transformed into tangible particle beams, resembling colorful ribbons that rotated around the ley Earth Vein.
Within this iridescent spectacle formed by streams of Magic Power, the Earth Vein, starting from various corners, transformed into tiny grains of sand. These grains, carrying Magic Power, flew towards Moon-Embracing Mountain, disappearing after overlapping with the mountain.
In just a short while, the massive Earth Vein in Li Xingkong vanished, and as Li Xingkong stopped supplying his Magic Power, the illusion of Magic Power flow that had appeared around him also disappeared.
"Alright?"
Tang Cheng was somewhat unsure as the scene that had suddenly appeared before him vanished.
After all, from his current perspective, it seems that Li Xingkong didn't do anything; he just showed off.
"Alright, the Earth Vein have been deployed. Now, we just need to wait for them to take effect."
Li Xingkong nodded; the deployment of these Earth Vein was indeed that simple.
However, for him, there was one final step before the Earth Vein could begin to function.
By channeling one's existing Spiritual Qi into the Earth Vein, the earth will use the existing Spiritual Qi as a template to begin mass-producing Spiritual Qi.
It's like gambling, betting that the Earth Vein you created will function properly.
If the Earth Vein circulation fails, he will lose both his wife and his army.
However, Li Xingkong was confident in his skills, had ample theoretical guidance, and had conducted numerous rigorous experiments, so the probability of the Earth Vein malfunctioning was very low.
Li Xingkong channeled the Spiritual Qi that had accompanied him for many years to his chest, and then circulated it throughout his body one last time.
Although this Spiritual Qi is insignificant, it has been the one that has guided me on my path of cultivation to where I am today. It would be impossible for me to feel no attachment to it.
However, if we want to revive Spiritual Qi and achieve mass production of Spiritual Qi, it is an indispensable source of Spiritual Qi, and we can only put it in.
Without much hesitation, it was all or nothing: success or death.
If you want to advance further in your cultivation, this kind of effort is inevitable. Even if you are afraid of failure and hold back your Spiritual Qi Spiritual Qi, it will be of little use to your future cultivation, and your path will still be blocked.
I took the gamble for the sake of my future spiritual practice.
Having made up his mind, Li Xingkong controlled his Spiritual Qi to approach Moon-Embracing Mountain. After the Spiritual Qi approached Moon-Embracing Mountain, the previously dissipated Earth Vein condensed into a phantom image, like a jade disc, quietly floating in front of Li Xingkong, as if waiting for something.
Li Xingkong channeled his Spiritual Qi into the illusory image of the jade wall, and immediately felt himself lose connection with this single source of Spiritual Qi.
This single Spiritual Qi has been dismantled by the Earth Vein, and after the entire Spiritual Qi has been dismantled, the Earth Vein will use it as a template to begin producing new Spiritual Qi.
The jade disc that had absorbed Spiritual Qi energy dissipated, and now there was nothing Li Xingkong could do but wait silently.
After years of cultivation, Li Xingkong had become accustomed to the vision of Spiritual Qi Spiritual Qi and to using it to do things. Losing Spiritual Qi for a moment made him feel as if he were crippled, a feeling even more painful than losing his hands and feet.
He even felt like he was experiencing phantom limbs.
This cultivator is indeed highly dependent on Spiritual Qi. Even he, after only a few minutes away from Spiritual Qi, already felt extremely uncomfortable.
This feeling is indeed quite unpleasant, no wonder that later stages of cultivation would involve further breaking free from Spiritual Qi. If this continues, so-called cultivators would probably all develop a kind of Spiritual Qi addiction.
This is remarkably similar to the mana-addicted elves in Warcraft after the Sunwell was destroyed.
Unfortunately, at this stage, Spiritual Qi is the only way to transcend the ordinary; if you want to cultivate, you can't do without it.