Inviting Guests and New Spiritual Effects

Seeing the notification, Li Yunjing was overjoyed.

He summoned the panel.

[Sect: Luozhen Sect]

[Rank: First-Rank Sect]

[Sect Master: Li Yunjing (Foundation Establishment Early Stage)]

[Disciples: outer disciples*5 (Early Qi Refining*4, Mid-Stage Qi Refining*1), elders*2 (Foundation Establishment Early Stage*2)]

[Reputation: insignificant little sect]

[Resources: Low-Grade Spirit Stones (3,952), Mid-Grade Spirit Stones (2), First-Rank Spirit Rice (130 jin)...]

[Prosperity: twelve]

[Sect buildings: Sect Grand Hall (lv4), spirit fields (lv3), Poultry Coop (lv3), sect master's cave abode (lv3), Patriarch Hall (lv2)...]

The sect's prosperity had risen to twelve.

As for two buildings, the Patriarch Hall and the Poultry Coop,

one of their upgrade conditions, sect prosperity reaching ten, had finally been met.

Suppressing his excitement for the moment,

Li Yunjing turned to Mo Xuan and Shui Yao.

"Junior brother, junior sister, since we plan to hold the Foundation Establishment banquet the day after tomorrow, we need to invite people and buy supplies.

I'll leave the supplies to you and the five disciples.

The five disciples have stayed at the Luozhen Sect for a long time. It's time they went out for some fresh air.

I can handle the invitations."

Mo Xuan nodded. "No problem, senior brother."

Beside him, Shui Yao asked, "Senior brother, who are you planning to invite to the Foundation Establishment banquet?"

Li Yunjing gave it some thought.

First, he would certainly send an invitation to the Immortal Alliance in Xunxian Town.

It was the Luozhen Sect's biggest backer at present.

Next, he would need to send invitations to the other sects and lineages that, like the Luozhen Sect, belonged to the Immortal Alliance.

Lastly, there were individuals and factions on friendly terms with the Luozhen Sect.

Counting them carefully, there actually wouldn't be that many guests.

"Junior brother, junior sister, do you think we should hold a grand open banquet and invite the Rogue Cultivators of Xunxian Town?" Li Yunjing asked.

Mo Xuan and Shui Yao pondered for a moment.

In the end, Mo Xuan looked at Li Yunjing.

"Senior brother, let's forget it. A grand open banquet would cost too much. It would be entirely for show, and there's no need for that."

Shui Yao nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Li Yunjing put the idea aside.

After discussing matters with them for a while, Li Yunjing sent the two of them to prepare for the Foundation Establishment banquet.

Once they had left, Li Yunjing looked at the cultivation room.

[Upgrade conditions: Low-Grade Spirit Stones*120; successfully break through a cultivation realm once inside the cultivation room.]

Mo Xuan and Shui Yao had successfully reached Foundation Establishment in the cultivation room.

That satisfied the cultivation room's upgrade condition.

Li Yunjing could also afford the 120 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

He silently willed it to upgrade.

The next moment, the cultivation room rose from lv3 to lv4.

[Cultivation room (lv4)]

[Lv5 spiritual effects: Spiritual Qi concentration +55%; cultivation speed +55% when cultivating here; risk of Qi Deviation -45%.

An empowerment can be triggered once every ten days: cultivation +10%, with an additional 4% chance of doubling the cultivation gained from the empowerment.

During empowerment, +10% chance to trigger a clear mind, temporarily increasing comprehension by 10% (lasts one day).]

[Upgrade conditions: second-rank Spirit-Concentrating Jade Marrow*3 drops, Low-Grade Spirit Stones*240, trigger empowerment*3 times.]

He glanced at the lv5 spiritual effects. They were pretty good.

There was even a new effect that temporarily increased comprehension.

The upgrade conditions were also reasonable, not hard to meet.

Closing the information panel, Li Yunjing headed to the Patriarch Hall.

The Patriarch Hall's upgrade could not wait.

It was currently only lv2.

At the Patriarch Hall, Li Yunjing took ten wisps of Patriarch Incense Offering from his storage space.

He silently willed it to upgrade.

The ten wisps of incense offering vanished.

The Patriarch Hall successfully upgraded.

[Patriarch Hall (lv3)]

[Lv4 spiritual effects: produces five units of Patriarch Incense Offering per month; after worship, Spiritual Qi absorption speed +40% for fifteen shichen. This effect can take effect once every twenty-six shichen.

During worship, +15% chance to trigger Patriarch's Protection and enter a state of sudden enlightenment.

During worship, 15% chance to trigger Patriarch's Favor and obtain a first-rank spiritual object; +2% chance to obtain a second-rank spiritual object.

5% chance to trigger Patriarch's Blessing, granting all sect disciples cultivation +2%.]

[Upgrade conditions: Crimson Glow Divine Jade*1 piece, sect master's cultivation at Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, five disciples at Mid-Stage Qi Refining.]

It's finally reached lv3... Li Yunjing thought to himself.

[Lv3 spiritual effects: produces three units of Patriarch Incense Offering per month; after worship, Spiritual Qi absorption speed +30% for fourteen shichen. This effect can take effect once every twenty-eight shichen.

During worship, +10% chance to trigger Patriarch's Protection and enter a state of sudden enlightenment.

During worship, 10% chance to trigger Patriarch's Favor and obtain a first-rank spiritual object.]

With the Patriarch Hall upgraded to lv3,

each act of worship had a 10% chance of yielding a first-rank spiritual object.

Although the chance seemed low,

as long as he worshipped for long enough,

Li Yunjing refused to believe he wouldn't receive the Patriarch's Favor.

After upgrading the Patriarch Hall, Li Yunjing headed to the Poultry Coop.

The Poultry Coop's upgrade conditions were sect prosperity of ten and a piece of three-hundred-year-old Morning Sun Spirit Wood.

Li Yunjing had bought the three-hundred-year-old Morning Sun Spirit Wood long ago.

He had bought it with the Spirit Stones earned from selling spirit chicken eggs.

He took a piece of Morning Sun Spirit Wood from his Storage Bag.

Li Yunjing silently willed it to upgrade.

[Poultry Coop (lv4)]

[Lv5 spiritual effects: daily spirit egg production*10; +80% chance to double daily spirit egg production; +60% chance to produce high-quality spirit eggs; poultry accumulate cultivation 45% faster in the Chicken Coop; growth speed +30%.

Poultry meat is enhanced and gains a detoxifying effect, capable of neutralizing first-rank toxins and slightly relieving the effects of second-rank toxins.

Daily +30% chance to drop first-rank materials (feathers, golden fertilizer); +15% chance to drop second-rank materials (feathers).

[Upgrade conditions: increase the number of spirit poultry species to five, Phoenix Marrow*1 piece.]

The Poultry Coop's lv5 effects included a new drop.

But what was golden fertilizer?

Li Yunjing was somewhat puzzled.

Judging by the name, was it some kind of fertilizer?

Spirit poultry could drop fertilizer?

It suddenly dawned on Li Yunjing.

Oh, so that was...

It made sense, actually.

He just didn't know what this golden fertilizer did exactly.

After upgrading the buildings, Li Yunjing planned to get back to what he had been doing.

First, he would go to the Immortal Alliance in Xunxian Town to report the matter of Seven Ingenuities Mountain and invite people while he was there.

Having made his decision, Li Yunjing acted with a thought.

A dazzling beam of spiritual light flew out of the Sect Grand Hall.

It shot straight into the heavens.

Then it burst like a firework.

Immediately afterward, beams of light descended from the sky.

They resembled cascading waterfalls.

At the same time, the mountain gate also radiated light,

like a lighthouse in the dark of night.

A circular dome of light formed, enveloping the entire Serene Valley.

This was one of the Sect Grand Hall's effects: a sect-protecting grand formation.

It could withstand Qi Refining cultivators.

It was ineffective against Foundation Establishment cultivators.

But for now, it was enough.

After all, around Xunxian Town, Qi Refining cultivators were common, while Foundation Establishment cultivators were not.

With the sect-protecting grand formation in place,

Li Yunjing thought of the Seventy-Two Sword Killing Formation that Mo Xuan and Shui Yao had obtained earlier.

The grand formation could be simplified into a first-rank or second-rank grand formation.

The Luozhen Sect now had a defensive sect-protecting grand formation.

But defense alone wasn't enough. It would be better if it could attack while defending.

The mountain gate could also annihilate enemies,

but what if they didn't come through it?

Besides entering the Luozhen Sect through the mountain gate,

they could also descend directly from the sky.

Serene Valley was a valley, not a cave.

Li Yunjing wanted to set up a second-rank Seventy-Two Sword Killing Formation for defense.

If second rank wouldn't work, first rank would do.

"I need to find a formation master," Li Yunjing said, rubbing his temples.

Setting up a formation was no simple task.

It also required a professional.

The problem was that Li Yunjing didn't want outsiders examining the Seventy-Two Sword Killing Formation diagram.

Who knew whether an outsider might leak it?

Once someone obtained the diagram, they could easily break the Seventy-Two Sword Killing Formation.

If that happened, what would be the point of Li Yunjing setting it up?

Therefore, to find a formation master, he had to either find one he could trust or train one himself.

Li Yunjing didn't know any formation masters he could trust, so he could only do it himself.

"Forget it. You can never have too many skills. I might as well step onto the battlefield myself."

Li Yunjing let out a heavy breath.

In that case, he might as well learn to set up formations himself.

With the sect buildings there, Li Yunjing wasn't afraid he wouldn't be able to learn.

He would first learn to set up formations himself as a stopgap, then gradually train a formation master of the Luozhen Sect's own...