Muster the Entire Lineage to Reshape the Main Peak!
The expansion of Lei's orchard will begin in the spring.
Sun Caiya bore a heavy responsibility and dared not make the slightest mistake, so she drew the planning map of the three mu of land seven times.
It was revised again and again, striving for perfection, and only in the eighth edition was it barely satisfactory.
"Plant the Lightning-Guiding Spirit Wood in the northeast corner, with a spacing of seven feet and three inches, not an inch more, not a millimeter less."
Sun Caiya personally demonstrated and taught the five younger members of the Cheng generation behind her. The oldest was only twelve or thirteen years old, and the youngest was a girl who was only seven or eight years old.
"The roots of the spirit tree prefer moisture but are afraid of wind. The northeast corner is sheltered from the wind and can also trap the Lightning Spirit energy overflowing from the mountain ridge."
As she spoke, she handed the shovel in her hand to the little girl behind her:
"Chengyue, you dig the first hole."
Sun Chengyue took the shovel, didn't say a word, squatted down and started digging.
A twelve-year-old girl with Four Spirit Roots, but mediocre talent in cultivation.
But her hands were very steady. A steady hand is helpful for drawing talismans and cultivating Spirit Plant. While her brothers were still gesturing, she had already dug out a standard planting hole.
For those who Spirit Plant, there are specific techniques for digging cultivation pits, depending on the type of Spirit Plant...
This is especially true for low-level Spirit Plant cultivators, whose actual cultivation level is not strong.
Therefore, these details must be paid attention to when cultivating Spirit Plant Spirit Plant in order to maximize their survival rate.
Sun Caiya glanced at it, a look of delight in her eyes.
But instead of praising it, he simply handed over a piece of Lightning-Guiding Spirit Wood.
Sun Chengyue held the bundle of spirit wood roots in both hands, slightly adjusting the orientation of the roots with her fingers, placing it in the corresponding position.
"The roots point two branches to the east-northeast, is that right, Grandma?"
Sun Caiya was taken aback; she hadn't taught this yet.
The orientation of the roots of the Lightning-Guiding Spirit Wood directly affects its efficiency in absorbing Lightning Spirit energy; this was a detail she had figured out after three days of studying her notes.
How did you know?
Sun Chengyue looked up, her dark eyes shining brightly. "I think the darker side of the roots of these spirit trees is the side that is more sensitive to the energy of Lightning Spirit."
"The dark-colored area faces northeast, directly towards the mountain ridge..."
Sun Caiya stared at her for three breaths, then slapped her on the back of the head:
"You think you're so smart? You'll regret this!"
Although the movements were a bit rough, the smile on his lips was impossible to suppress.
This girl has potential!
What's wrong with Four Spirit Roots?
The path of Spirit Plant doesn't focus on Spirit Root, but rather on the affinity one has for plants. This cannot be taught; it's innate.
If one has enough talent and ability, there may still be an opportunity to Foundation Establishment in the future.
Half a month later, the planting of three acres of Lightning-Guiding Spirit Wood was completed. The survival rate of the area handled by Sun Chengyue was 20% higher than that of the other people, which shows that she has excellent talent!
Sun Caiya kept quiet.
From that day on, the book on the care of Spirit Plant that I always carried with me had an extra reader, and the Lineage's Spirit Plant inheritance also gained a successor.
The sacred tree has been planted; the next step is to Law Artifact.
Sun Tieshan's forge had been burning for three days and three nights.
This taciturn man was never cut out for cultivation from a young age, and now, even in his seventies, his cultivation level is only at the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.
As an elder of the clan.
In order to continue the legacy, he spent more than twenty years, and only then was he able to barely refine a mid-grade magic Law Artifact. This was the end of his life.
Not outstanding, but sufficient for the clan.
In order to provide an environment for the ancestor to cultivate, the clan specially ordered him to refine a batch of special lightning storage Law Artifact, which were shaped like copper pillars and engraved with lightning guide patterns.
The lightning Lightning-Attracting Grand Formation can be temporarily stored within it, and then slowly released to the surrounding Spirit Plant for absorption...
The principle is simple to explain, but incredibly difficult to implement.
Lightning is extremely powerful; most materials simply cannot withstand it, and even the slightest deviation can cause the furnace to explode.
Sun Tieshan tried more than ten different ratios of spirit metal and ruined more than twenty spirit copper pillars before he finally got the hang of it...
"Mixed with 30% iron wire sand, 20% black iron concentrate, and coated with a layer of gold and copper ingots..."
He stared at the glowing red copper pillar in the furnace, using one hand to manipulate the wind magic to heat the various spiritual materials in the cauldron, allowing them to fully fuse together.
Once the spiritual materials had liquefied, Sun Tieshan flicked his finger, and a ball of molten gold fell onto the casting table, where he used a golden hammer to shape it...
Each strike infuses the object with Spiritual Qi energy.
Sun Tieshan then controlled the Spiritual Qi to carve a layer of patterns on the surface of the bronze pillar, requiring him to multitask!
Its difficulty in crafting artifacts is second only to the art of formations among the four great immortal arts.
The hammering continued, and the unique patterns began to extend inward little by little until the patterns took shape and intersected and connected...
The moment the final hammer blow struck, an extremely faint humming sound emanated from inside the bronze pillar, as if something was awakening!
At this moment, veins bulged on Sun Tieshan's forehead, and the muscles in his arms were stretched to their limit.
"Clang--!"
The bronze pillar trembled, and the dark patterns on its surface lit up, forming lightning-guiding patterns that emitted a strange, pale golden light.
Mid-grade magic Law Artifact: Thunder-Storing Pillar, complete!
After catching his breath, Sun Tieshan affixed a thunder talisman.
The talisman lit up for a moment, then emitted a steady glow.
The lightning storage device is operating normally and meets the requirements!
Sun Tieshan showed no change in expression; he simply placed the Thunder-Storing Pillar on the shelf behind him, where eleven finished products were already displayed.
Today is the twelfth.
A total of thirty-six poles are needed, to be placed at various locations on the main peak...
After meditating and regulating his breathing for a moment, Sun Tieshan once again opened the furnace to forge weapons. Countless spiritual materials flew into the furnace, and wind magic continued to heat it...
Then, keep hammering!
A few days later, the Law Artifact and spirit wood arrived one after another.
Next up is the second-tier Lightning-Attracting Grand Formation.
Sun Lin stood atop the main peak, before him lay a diagram about ten feet wide, a lightning-attracting formation of immense scale.
Array flags, array plates, eye-suppressing stones, array bases, spirit-guiding pillars connecting to Spirit Vein...
There are over a thousand parts, and there are seven Jade Slip for assembling the array alone. Although it is a bit complicated, it saves the array master the time of making a trip.
According to records, both Qi Refining and Minor Refining cultivators can assemble the equipment.
Sun Lin reviewed the layout three times before finally deciding on the formation.
"The array's core is located at the very center of the mountaintop, embedded in the second branch node of the main peak's Spirit Vein, and then conducted using twelve lightning-storing copper pillars..."
Gradually, Sun Lin conceived a finished product image in his mind.
"The coverage area needs to be expanded to the entire Hongtian City..."
"The lightning was first drawn in by the grand formation, then gathered and filtered a second time by the spirit wood and the lightning-attracting copper pillar, ultimately transforming into the purest Lightning Spirit energy, which was then poured into the herb garden."
"For Spirit Plant, it's a hundred times gentler than being struck by lightning directly."
Sun Lin had a plan in mind, and then he put it into practice.
The setup alone took half a year.
As he gradually and meticulously comprehended the secrets, in this state of complete focus, Sun Lin unknowingly broke through from the Qi Refining Sixth Layer to the seventh level.
But he himself didn't pay much attention to it, as all his attention was focused on the formation.
The world of array formations is far more vast than that of talisman formations.
A symbol is a dot, an array is a surface.
The talisman requires precision; not a single stroke can be off by the millimeter.
The formation emphasizes the overall situation, and must take into account the flow of Spiritual Qi, the texture of the earth's veins, and the four elements of feng shui of the entire area.
Sun Lin dug deeper and deeper, finding increasing joy in the process.
He discovered that his study of formations seemed to be more profound and thorough than his study of talismans...