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Chapter 848: Chapter 854: Departure
Da Qing could refine a formation set without spending any Spirit Stones to test his new ideas and progress in the Array Tao – naturally, he had no objections.
The only issue was that the Li family needed Fengwu to deliver the formation to the family within three months, and it could only be a defensive array.
It was only when Cheng Sheng and Cheng Shuo came to visit that Fengwu learned the reason behind the Li family’s request.
"Fourth Order Secret Realm?"
Fengwu suddenly realized that they had discovered a treasure land; no wonder they were so hurried and had various conditions.
However, pioneering a secret realm was also beneficial for her—if she could find suitable Fifth-order Spiritual Objects, Jiang Fengwu wouldn’t have to travel far and wide.
It should be noted that Jiang Fengwu also had contracts with three Spirit Beasts, and currently, they were all just Fourth Rank; without resolving their bloodline issues, even the threshold of Fifth Order was out of sight.
"I have agreed to the task of refining the formation and will deliver it on time."
With that settled, another matter had to be postponed.
That was to organize and summarize the insights and realizations from her Divinity Transformation breakthrough—to further enhance the Li family’s meager foundation in this area.
Even if she didn’t consider the Li family, she had to plan for the twin children, Cheng Sheng and Cheng Shuo.
Having perused the family’s provided Spiritual Item Catalogue, it didn’t take long for Fengwu to decide on which type of formation to refine.
Speaking of defense, the strongest naturally lay in the virtue-bearing earth, and the formation she was going to refine was the Earth Spirit Suppressing Primordial Great Array.
This was a Fourth-order Great Array that could draw in the earth energy to strengthen its own defenses; as long as enough Spiritual Energy was provided, breaching it would be extremely difficult!
And what was most abundant in the Secret Realm was the dense Spiritual Energy.
Fengwu’s breakthrough in Divinity Transformation was not just a leap in cultivation; she also made significant progress in the Array Tao, evidenced by her ability to set up formations in The Void.
The Earth Spirit Great Array, the first formation she refined after her breakthrough, held significant meaning, and naturally, she gave it her all.
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As everyone eagerly awaited, time swiftly passed, and soon it was the day for the Li family to head into the Secret Realm.
Led by more than a dozen Nascent Souls, including Cheng Sheng and Cheng Shuo, the Li family assembled nearly a hundred Golden Cores, over five hundred Foundation Establishment, and two to three hundred Qi Cultivators, with plans to send even more family members into the secret realm later.
The role of the Qi Cultivation Realm family members was not to pioneer; their cultivation and strength were too low—relying on them might end up being more of a hindrance than a help.
But their presence was irreplaceable; the camp set up at that time required a lot of manpower to maintain, wounded family members needed care after battles, etc. In these trivial but crucial matters, they were the best candidates.
Apart from the large number of cultivators going into battle, there were even more various Spiritual Objects!
It should be understood that to smoothly pioneer and quickly develop the Secret Realm, the Li family had started accumulating and sealing Spiritual Objects years ago.
As for how much, if a cultivator opened their Spiritual Eye and looked at the fleet, they might be dazzled by the brilliant treasure light.
"Depart!"
Cheng Sheng, the highest in cultivation, was the commander of this operation and ordered in a deep voice.
Several Cloud Whale Spirit Ships ascended and headed towards the Boundless Sea in the east.
"Hopefully, this operation will succeed in one fell swoop, and we’ll smoothly take over the Secret Realm," Li Mingzi murmured while looking at the distant fleet, expressing his hopes.
"It will definitely succeed! The clan has put in so much effort, how could it possibly fail?" the Internal Affairs Elder beside him spoke confidently.
Li Zhirui, Jiang Fengwu, and Da Qing, all three at the Divine Transformation stage, didn’t show themselves, staying invisible within the clouds, watching the distant crowd.
"If it weren’t for the laws restricting the Secret Realm, why would we need to make such a big fuss?" Da Qing sighed.
To prepare the Spiritual Objects, the development pace of the Li family had been slowed down over the past few years, not to mention the inevitable casualties arising during the pioneering process.
Their task was to clear the Devil Race from the Secret Realm to create a safe environment for subsequent developments, and staying enclosed in their base was not an option.
And this process would undoubtedly involve casualties.
"They must face this; it is also the burden provided to them by the clan," Li Zhirui was rather philosophical about the casualties.
"But we should still minimize casualties as much as possible, since every clan member’s life is precious."
Despite the Li family now having over ten thousand cultivators, this number was not particularly large. Some Nascent Soul powers with longer histories had just as many members.
Therefore, Li Mingzi and a group of Elders, based on the intelligence and information collected from their last venture into the Secret Realm, devised a meticulous plan.
All fighting clan members were divided into three teams, each team having several Nascent Souls, and only one team would mobilize at a time, also taking a Fifth-order puppet with them.
The base would be guarded by another team and an additional Fifth-order puppet to prevent the Devil Race’s army from gathering for an attack.
As for the remaining team, they had just returned from an outing and were in the base recovering and healing; in emergency situations, they too would serve as the defensive force at the base.
After all, during the previous encounter, the Devil Race had assembled a large army and launched an attack on the base, which completely overwhelmed their defenses, forcing a hasty retreat from the Secret Realm. No one could guarantee they wouldn’t repeat the same tactics, thus the need for dual security at the base.
"Fengwu, here are my cultivation epiphanies and some insights on refining Primal Qi," Li Zhirui said, holding onto the documents he hadn’t distracted Jiang Fengwu with earlier due to her busy schedule crafting formations.
"Also, opening a Spirit Realm would expedite cultivation, and if you plant a large quantity of the same type of Spiritual Objects, enhancing the Laws, it can further speed up the cultivation process."
Saying this, Li Zhirui frowned and added, "The Fengshui Laws you cultivate might find it tough to locate a Fengshui Spiritual Plant capable of opening a Spirit Realm."
As for some low-rank Fengshui Spirit Objects, although rare, they could completely be purchased with more Spirit Stones.
After hearing what Li Zhirui had to say, Jiang Fengwu also pondered over this issue. Though she had only recently broken through, she already had a profound understanding of the slow pace of cultivation at the Divinity Transformation Realm!
With her current pace of cultivation, even with the Chaos Primordial Qi provided by Li Zhirui and smooth progress, it would still take five to six hundred years to reach Divine Transformation Completion Stage.
By then, Jiang Fengwu would no longer be young!
If she encountered problems like bottlenecks during this period, it would further extend the time, reducing the years Jiang Fengwu had till she aged.
"High-rank Fengshui Spiritual Plants..." Jiang Fengwu felt a deep sense of frustration in her heart. Obtaining a high-rank Spiritual Plant was already challenging, let alone one specific to her cultivation needs?
Li Zhirui was able to obtain the Dust Cleansing Green Willow purely due to the fortunes of the war between two realms; otherwise, he might still be unable to open the Purification Spirit Realm or discover that aggregating a large amount of similar Laws could lead to the emergence of Primal Qi, this hidden secret.
