NOVPUBRecently, Tian Zhe followed the national exploration team to the Arctic to extract fresh combustible ice, leaving Yang Genshuo alone in the manor. Lin Yue came to work during the day and went down the mountain to return home at night.
"You should also be cautious not to be captured by anyone. The current internet is quite terrifying."
"Cultivate during the day, carve the mountain at night..."
Yang Genshuo took out a [Spiritual Construction Pickaxe] and tried it on the mountain top.
Bang!
With one swing, spiritual power entered it, and a square crack slightly appeared on the stone beneath his feet.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
After smashing four times, the crack grew larger, and finally, with a snap, it completely detached from the mountain.
"Ha!"
Yang Genshuo, with a combination of physical strength and spiritual energy plus the suction power of the [Spiritual Construction Pickaxe], lifted the entire piece of stone that had been knocked down.
A neat square block of stone.
"..."
"Why did I put so much effort into getting such a neat block of spiritual construction?"
"Crazy!"
This method was commonly used by Spiritual Building Masters, digging up spirit veins to make building blocks for others’ houses or cultivation rooms.
"I don’t need this lousy rock... Just do it more violently."
Yang Genshuo searched through his storage ring for treasures the Yang Family had offered him over the years and picked out a High Grade Magic Artifact named [Green Vine Spear].
"This will do, even though it’s just a High Grade Magic Artifact, it’s an overkill for excavation. Wood overpowers earth, and this spear can also change in length, thickness, and hardness, which is perfect for my mountain digging."
He examined the Micro Spirit Vein in his storage ring for a moment, firmly memorized its dimensions, then went down the mountain... not taking the winding road or the footpath.
He just flipped down.
And hung on a bent tree on the mountain cliff.
He took out the [Green Vine Spear] and carved a line on the mountain wall the same size as the Micro Spirit Vein.
"Hmm, dig into it in this shape; digging about 100 meters should be enough."
The Micro Spirit Vein was not big.
Yang Genshuo believed he would have it done in some time.
"Just consider it consolidating my realm."
Yang Genshuo turned and twisted, jumping back from the cliff edge to the manor on the mountain top, his movements more exaggerated than those in martial arts novels.
"Although Qi Refinement Realm doesn’t allow for flying, I can still emit Qi externally. With various magic artifacts, I can briefly take to the air, and with my martial cultivator foundation, cliffs are as flat as plains to me."
"Cultivating immortality... is really awesome!"
Yang Genshuo felt that the reason why today’s immortal fantasy TV shows aren’t good... is that they haven’t hired real Cultivators like him; the shows completely lack the essence of immortality.
It led to absurd plots like, ’I’m being chased by the Dou Emperor, but I’m not panicking at all, because... the Dou Emperor’s horse is not as fast as mine!’
"Nowadays, immortal fantasy dramas are too absurd."
"We Cultivators have numerous methods, just a few talismans and a couple of magic treasures are enough to resolve some naive situations."
Digging the mountain was a matter of time, Yang Genshuo just needed to take it slow.
"But before that... for safety reasons, it’s better to first use an illusion array to surround the mountain, to prevent it from being monitored by satellites every day."
The mountain top was too conspicuous, no shelter at all, the view extremely clear. If someone really used satellites to focus on his manor, everything would be clearly visible.
Today’s technology was not like ten years ago, producing only a blurred mosaic, but now it’s real high-definition filming.
Usually, Yang Genshuo only displayed Immortal Law in the practice room and studios.
"A Second Grade illusion array doesn’t need many functions, just preventing photography is sufficient."
Now, being in the Qi Refinement Realm, he was capable of setting up a Second Grade illusion array, enough to cover his small mountain top.
"I’ll set it up today."
Yang Genshuo took out a set named [Green Shadow Mysterious Formation] illusion array from his storage ring, positioned the Array Flags and Array Eye properly, and finally activated the array with the Array Plate.
Whir!
A faint mist rose, enveloping the Jiuhua Mountain peak.
From the outside, one could only see trees on Jiuhua Mountain; even the manor was gone.
Yang Genshuo stepped out of the array and looked around...
"This won’t do, making such a huge manor vanish is even more exaggerated than digging the mountain..."
"I guess by the next day, a lot of people would come to make short videos."
"Need to change it..."
Yang Genshuo manipulated the Array Plate, continuously adjusting the illusion, allowing the manor to appear but still covered in a thin layer of mist, visible but not clear.
"Hmm... this will do, just a big fog on the mountain."
Additionally, the array could also hide the spiritual glow, preventing some unusual phenomena from being exposed, adding another layer of security.
"Being in the Qi Refinement Realm... better to play it safe and not attract too much attention from powerful figures."
The contact with Li Chenfeng and providing Elder Xue with elixirs to extend his life was Yang Genshuo’s first step in interacting with the authorities. So far, the relationship between both... seems alright, mutually beneficial.
Li Chenfeng could use the resources within the system to get him some things that ordinary people would find difficult to obtain.
This was crucial for him as Yang Genshuo did not want to become an enemy of his own country; he just didn’t want the state to discover too soon that he was a Cultivator.
Once his cultivation reached a profound level, not even nuclear bombs could harm him, then revealing his identity would not matter.
"From what I see... even at the Golden Core Stage, facing heavy firepower would still be risky; definitely can’t withstand a nuclear bomb, only at the Nascent Soul Stage."
Days of promotion and enlightenment concluded a week ago.
Because Yang Genshuo feared accidents, he had specifically adjusted the game speed to match real time, meaning, the Yang Family had just finished their ancestral worship a week ago.
Today, just so happens to be the time for the Cloud Hidden Spirit Sect’s offering ship to collect the tributes from the Danai Dynasty.
