Ninth Layer of Qi Refinement
With the Two Aspects Life and Death Formation in hand, and thinking of that Evil Qi, Lin Xiao felt a little more confident.
He was eager to see how effective the formation was, but seeing the hundred Spirit Stone, he could only hesitate.
But then Lin Xiao thought again. Although he couldn't just throw in a hundred Spirit Stone at will, he could try connecting the array plate nodes. Once he had some familiarity with it, he wouldn't be at a loss when he actually used it.
So he placed the Two Aspects Life and Death Formation Disk on the ground and began to input his own Spiritual Power to connect the nodes on it.
You won't know until you try it, and you'll be amazed!
As soon as Lin Xiao's Spiritual Power entered the array plate, he discovered that there were actually 108 nodes inside!
Goodness!
When he began to try to connect to the first node, he felt his Spiritual Power flowing into the node like a trickle. He wanted to increase the flow of Spiritual Power, but he felt a stagnation that prevented him from increasing the flow.
However, Lin Xiao could sense that if his cultivation level improved further, this feeling of stagnation would lessen considerably.
In other words, the higher one's cultivation level, the faster one can activate a node.
After a while, Lin Xiao's Spiritual Power finally connected the first node and began to enter the next node.
This is only the first one!
This array plate has 108 nodes!
In other words, with his current cultivation level, it would take him almost an hour to activate this array plate!
Lin Xiao thought to himself, "That was close."
Luckily, he tried it first; otherwise, if he had discovered the problem when he actually needed to use it, he would have been mortified.
However, after being surprised by the activation time required for this array, Lin Xiao felt more confident in its power.
Activating it alone would take him an hour, and after activation, he would need to invest one hundred Spirit Stone. With such extensive preparations, its power must be considerable!
Satisfied, Lin Xiao stopped and stored the array plate in his private treasury.
Now that he knew the details, Lin Xiao decided to stop there.
An hour is wasted; you might as well meditate.
So Lin Xiao quietly entered the cultivation room and began meditating and cultivating with everyone else inside.
Time flies.
As the sun was about to disappear below the horizon, the system's voice rang in Lin Xiao's mind.
[Ding--Congratulations, host, you have advanced to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refinement]
He was already at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer and was about to enter the Ninth Layer of Qi Refinement. On the evening of the first day after leaving the secret realm, he successfully stepped into the Ninth Layer of Qi Refinement.
Next!
That's Foundation Establishment!
Lin Xiao was very much looking forward to it.
At this moment, everyone in the cultivation room also emerged from their meditation state.
When Lin Xiao and Sun Yigao brought Senior Liao over before, it was still cultivation time, so everyone held back their many questions and curiosities for the time being.
Now that their cultivation was over, everyone swarmed around them, asking about the details of their journey to the secret realm. Even Yang Jinshu was no exception, though she remained a little reserved and stood on the periphery of the crowd.
Only Liao Pantu among the crowd, noticed that Lin Xiao had been promoted.
He was quite surprised by Lin Xiao's cultivation speed.
Lin Xiao was addressing the lively crowd at that moment:
"Everyone, don't get too excited yet. We'll tell you about our secret realm another time! We have an important place to go right now! Come on, everyone, follow me, I'll show you something good."
With that, Lin Xiao waved his hand and led everyone out of the cultivation room. The dozen or so people ran excitedly toward the small hill near the sect!
From a distance, everyone could see eleven houses standing on the mountain.
When they arrived at the foot of the mountain and heard Lin Xiao say that the property was for everyone to live in within the sect, everyone erupted in excitement!
Especially teenagers.
They actually have their own house now!
This isn't at home with family; it's a completely private little space all to myself!
For teenagers, having their own private space is such a wonderful thing!
Then Lin Xiao waved his hand again and said:
"You can choose for yourselves!"
After that, everyone rushed up the mountain with great enthusiasm, and the first person to arrive got a room and ran inside.
Only Lin Yun, Yang Jinshu, and Sun Yigao stood properly beside Lin Xiao.
Jiang Youfu's voice could be faintly heard coming from the mountaintop:
"No, no, this room has to be reserved for Brother Xiao-- "
Then, several people were seen running out of the topmost room, playfully scrambling for food in other rooms.
It's not that they necessarily want a particular room, they just want to fight over who gets to play.
After everyone had finished making a fuss, the houses had been basically allocated.
The group then returned home under the moonlight.
Liao Pantu became the first resident of this dormitory for gatekeepers.
Xiaoluan looked at his half-black, half-white face and felt a little scared. She didn't choose to live with him and instead ran back to the thatched hut at the entrance of the mountain path to continue hiding there.
Back home, Lin Xiao brought up the matter of cultivation with Lin Dayou again at the dinner table.
"Dad, look, even Aunt Yang went. How can you, a grown man, be so spineless!"
Lin Dayou felt a sharp throbbing in his temple, and it took him a great deal of effort to suppress his urge to slap Lin Xiao. He took a big bite of his steamed bun, glared at Lin Xiao, and said:
"I've gone up the mountain to cultivate, so what about our land? Huh? You silly kid, it's easy for you to talk when you're not the one suffering!"
Lin Xiao immediately said:
"I'll do it, I'll do it! It's just weeding, fertilizing, and watering, right? I can do it!"
Lin Dayou snorted:
"You? I'm afraid you'll kill all my good seedlings!"
Lin Yun, who was standing to the side, immediately said:
"Father, I'm going too. I'll keep an eye on Erlang!"
Seeing his elder brother's cooperation, Lin Xiao immediately nodded:
"That's right, that's right! With my brother with me, look, with just those two plots of land, it won't take me long at all to use Law Technique, right? After my brother and I finish, we'll go up the mountain to cultivate. It'll be no trouble at all!"
After thinking it over, Lin Dayou finally agreed.
The next day, when Lin Dayou went up the mountain, he was surprised to see houses on a hilltop next to the sect's main hall, and he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
Just a month ago, this kid asked me to build him a house.
They've now managed to build houses covering an entire mountaintop on their own.
For a moment, Lin Dayou felt a strong urge to go to the Grave Mountain to share with his wife the joy he finally understood in his father.
Lin Dayou went up the mountain to cultivate, and unsurprisingly, he was handed over to Sun Yigao.
Now he is learning the "Peach Blossom Spring Myriad Void Instruction" with Lin Lei and Sun Yigao, while also recognizing characters.
Although Sun Yigao has now switched to practicing the "Original Essence Heart Sutra," he did practice the "Peach Blossom Spring Myriad Void Instruction" for a period of time before.