Free Web NovelChapter 367: Chapter 133: Sixty Years in the Mountains, Demon Country Revealed
"For the forging of any flying sword, one must first inscribe these two formations, then apply ample amounts of gold and ice crystal to successfully mold the sword embryo."
"Three black and white points aligned, that is the Stacked Soldiers Array.
The function of the Stacked Soldiers Array should be very clear to you.
However, the limit of a Stacked Soldiers Array is a dozen or so; to be safe, it is nine.
Therefore, the flying swords of the peak masters in the sect all transform one sword into nine.
My own Hundred Beasts Sword, stacked a hundred swords, has ten complete Stacked Soldiers Arrays inscribed on it.
However, if you wish to suppress the three points, you still need some secrets."
With that, Jin Tianchan lowered his voice, whispering, "In daily practice, the three points of the array pattern are usually scattered. If you want them to align in a straight line, you need to acquire a Thought Stone during the formation process.
Then refine this Thought Stone to temporarily gain the power of a dual spiritual root, thus quickly suppressing the three points and forming the Stacked Soldiers Array."
Li Xuan nodded his head.
Jin Tianchan continued, "If you wish to inscribe multiple layers of the Stacked Soldiers Array, you must pay attention to the overall layout, ensuring that it is not dense here and sparse there. Otherwise, the flying sword is prone to breaking."
Having said this, he took out paper and pen and began to draw sketches.
After explaining these, Jin Tianchan took out a scroll and handed it to Li Xuan, saying, "The sect’s grand formation is different. This is the formation diagram of the Lingyi Sect."
Li Xuan accepted the diagram, unfurled it, and couldn’t help but feel a tremor of awe.
The drawing was like a sand table atlas, depicting the entire Lingyi Sect with utmost clarity, and revealing clusters of dim blue luster within the formation diagram.
The most intense of the dim blue luster was at the core of the five peaks’ main peak, diminishing in color as it extended outward, until it was quite faint at the edges of the five peaks, and even weaker, pale blue at the ten towns.
Jin Tianchan said, "With this formation diagram, the Lingyi Sect stands invincible. Even demons surpassing me dare not invade the sect.
And these blue hues... signify the spiritual mineral deposits."
Having said that, he pointed to the central location of the five peaks, "Only a minimal amount of Tier Four spiritual mineral deposits will be produced here, and those have already been fully mined to forge a soldier-casting furnace."
Li Xuan suddenly remarked, "Master, are you... making posthumous arrangements?"
Jin Tianchan smiled and said, "You brought me the Thought Stone, giving me a chance to attempt a breakthrough, and I am already content.
However, breakthroughs are never guaranteed, and as I approach my life’s end, should I fail, dying halfway, all these would have no successor.
Therefore, before the breakthrough, I must convey all posthumous matters."
Li Xuan was somewhat silent.
The Lingyi Sect was not where he intended to "retire."
He still had explorations outside to pursue.
As for those inherited array patterns, he could toy with them briefly but had no intent to take them away. Understand that these patterns encompass the entire basis of the Lingyi Sect’s flying swords.
Without these patterns, there is no Lingyi Sect.
Certainly, possessing these things would be somewhat beneficial to him. But without them, the Lingyi Sect would be entirely gone.
Without the Lingyi Sect, "Xiongshan Town" would also vanish, and the Li family’s cultivator clan would disappear too.
At this moment, Li Xuan gazed at the old man speaking steadily, appearing to entrust posthumous matters, and made a decision: ’If Master breaks through, I will return it to him.
If he does not succeed, I shall find my foster mother and let her take on this sect leader’s role.
Now is not the time to refuse; rather, it’s good to let Master break through with peace of mind and no worries.’
As for why not to give it to his own family.
Insufficient prestige and strength would only lead to unrest.
Jin Tianchan continued talking to him, "Forging requires five basic elements.
The sustained forging by a blacksmith, typically those who have chosen the strength path among the demons in this sect.
Spiritual Spring, for quenching.
Spiritual Fire, needing the chopping of spiritual wood, which must be from the land of spiritual mineral deposits.
The furnace, only high-tier minerals can be used to forge flying swords of a lower tier, thus before the appearance of the soldier-casting furnace made with Tier Four minerals, our Lingyi Sect had few flying swords.
Inscribe the array, only those who master the array patterns can do so.
In addition, the Divine Weapon Stone can be added, in conjunction with the Spirit Absorption Array to increase the flying sword’s power..."
Patiently, Jin Tianchan explained the most core knowledge of the sect leader, and Li Xuan understood each part.
Subsequently, Jin Tianchan gathered the prominent figures of the five peaks and ten towns, publicly pointing to Li Xuan, "Very soon I will be in seclusion to breakthrough. If any mishap occurs, the future sect leader of Lingyi Sect will be Li Xuan.
As the Peak Master of Feiguang Peak, my secluded disciple, a member of the Hua family of the ten towns, and the Patriarch of the Li family in Xiongshan Town, his strength and character are evident to all.
This position is his rightful due!"
Among the five peaks and ten towns, no one raised objections; they had long tacitly acknowledged this matter.
As long as Li Xuan was present, no one would, or dare, entertain thoughts about the leader’s position of Lingyi Sect, for all would comply meekly.
The more they understood Li Xuan, the more they revered him.
This reverence surpassed even the old sect leader Jin Tianchan.
Because Li Xuan was shrouded in a dense aura of mystery.
He appeared amiable, humble, yet even as he stood before you, speaking with a smile, you instinctively sensed you knew nothing about him...
He was like an iceberg in the deep sea, and what you saw was just the tip above the water.
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The old sect leader had made all the preparations and then went into seclusion for a breakthrough.
Taking advantage of this period, Li Xuan spent time with his wife and daughter, trying to cultivate roses to see if any offspring would come about, meanwhile pondering the power he controlled.
First, the transformation of flesh and blood, the most commonly used "function."
