Free Web NovelChapter 465: Chapter 287: Great Five Elements Heavenly Escape Talisman
Outside the Cave Mansion, Yang Jing stood on high ground, a brilliant, bluish-gold light shining from his eyes.
He was using his Grotto Dark Dharma Eye to inspect the layout of the Spirit Veins around his Cave Mansion and the arrangement of their nodes, mapping them out one by one.
His trip to the Central Continent was only a few days away. The Upper Yang Demon Exorcism Formation was only a Tier Two Array, and while it excelled at gathering Yang Qi, its defensive power was lacking. In the future, he planned to hide the Flying Boat carrying his Blood Pool inside the Cave Mansion, so naturally, he needed to add an Absolute Array for its protection.
After he reached the Golden Core realm, the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, upon learning that Yang Jing had no intention of moving his Cave Mansion, immediately expended great effort to use the Qi-guiding Dragon-shaking Array and reroute a Tier Four Spirit Vein to his location.
With this Spirit Vein, it could fully support a Tier Four Grand Array.
Because Purple Cover Mountain, where the Five Elements True Spirit Sect was located, was protected by its own Grand Array, Yang Jing didn’t even consider choosing an array from within the Sect.
After all, when it came to the Array Dao, no matter how meticulously an array was set up, someone familiar with it could study it day and night and inevitably find a flaw.
The Tier Four Arrays circulating within the Sect had long since been thoroughly figured out by its Array Masters; they held no secrets whatsoever.
Within the Sect, although Yang Jing had earned the favor of several Nascent Soul True Monarchs, quite a few people in both the master-disciple faction and the Noble Lineage saw him as a thorn in their side.
He certainly wouldn’t be complacent and bet his life and fortune on his enemies’ carelessness.
Yang Jing had purchased a Nine Palace Locking Array at an auction. It was a Tier Four array from a small sect in the Central Continent. The Five Elements True Spirit Sect had a rule that only defensive arrays could be established at Cave Mansions within the Sect; dangerous arrays and Killing Arrays were forbidden.
The Nine Palace Locking Array was renowned for its defensive power, said to be able to seal off the inside from the outside so completely that even a Nascent Soul cultivator would find it difficult to breach.
Yang Jing had some expertise in the Array Dao himself. After examining the array, he determined that while its reputation was slightly exaggerated, it largely lived up to its name.
He had only purchased the Array Map; he, Iron Head, and Ji Feng had joined forces to refine the Array Artifacts themselves.
"Let’s begin the array formation!"
Yang Jing said to his five disciples. He picked up an iron rod, and with a wave of his hand, it shot out, landing in the various Spirit Vein nodes arranged around the Cave Mansion.
Iron Head nodded. With a shake of his body, his tendons stretched and bones lengthened, his form swelling to over twenty feet tall.
He bent down and, with great effort, lifted a giant bell from the ground, hoisting it onto his shoulder. This was the Nine Palace Bell, the very core of the Nine Palace Locking Array.
When refining this bell, Yang Jing had used all the leftover materials from the True Spirit Flying Boat. He had also purchased many additional high-level, rare Spiritual Materials, striving to make the Nine Palace Bell as perfect as possible.
In the process of refining the thousands of components for the True Spirit Flying Boat, Yang Jing’s and Ji Feng’s Artifact Refining Techniques had reached a state of perfection.
This Nine Palace Bell was quite extraordinary. If Yang Jing hadn’t deliberately avoided gathering Spiritual Qi during its refinement, it might have become a Magical Treasure right then and there.
An Array Artifact gaining a spirit had its pros and cons. The advantage was that the array could be deployed with much greater flexibility, autonomously using various transformations against enemies. The disadvantage was that the Array Artifact would be trapped within the array, unable to move about freely like other Magical Treasures. Over a long period, unforeseen changes could easily occur.
For the sake of stability, Yang Jing naturally chose not to let it ascend into a Magical Treasure.
Hoisting the Giant Bell, Iron Head leaped into the air. He took nine consecutive steps through the sky and flew up to the already-constructed Bell Tower, placing the Nine Palace Bell atop it. The remaining four disciples worked together to bury the Golden Shuttle, Iron Sword, Treasure Umbrella, Steel Fork, Copper Bell, and other Array Artifacts into the Spirit Vein nodes.
Yang Jing flew down, formed a hand seal for a spell, and then pressed his palm against the body of the Nine Palace Bell.
A deep, resonant chime rang out.
DONG!
Thirty-six beams of Spiritual Light shot into the sky, converged, and condensed into the Nine Palace Bell.
HUMMM!
The phantom of a massive copper bell materialized, enveloping the Cave Mansion. Only after the time it takes to drink a cup of tea did it slowly dissipate.
The Array Formation was complete. Yang Jing let out a breath and led his five disciples into his Inner World.
Inside the Inner World, countless components had been assembled into the shape of a Flying Boat. Because the chosen True Spirit Essence Blood was from a Kunpeng, the Flying Boat resembled a great fish, over a hundred feet long, with smooth, flowing lines and a bluish-green hue.
Armor plates, shaped like fish scales and covered in engraved Restrictions, overlaid the Flying Boat. They burst forth with a dazzling radiance when struck by sunlight.
But because it still lacked a Dragon Bone and the Kunpeng True Blood had not yet been refined into it, the entire Flying Boat was suffused with Death Qi, lacking even a shred of Spiritual Essence.
Yang Jing cast a Restriction, and the scales on the Flying Boat’s back opened layer by layer, revealing an entrance.
Because Void Stones were used to bear the Spatial Restrictions, the space inside the Flying Boat was incredibly vast, comparable even to a large-scale flying boat.
Yang Jing’s Blood Pool was located in the most central cabin of the Flying Boat.
The Spirit Pool Yang Jing had chosen was a Spiritual Abyss Pool. He had slightly modified its Restrictions according to the Wondrous Techniques in the Blood Spirit Scripture, renaming it the Blood Abyss Pool.
The entire Blood Pool was thirty feet square, its walls made of White Jade carved with various beast patterns.
Blood that gave off a strange, sweet fragrance filled the pool. Though there was no wind, its surface rippled, shimmering with an enchanting, crimson light.
Having perfected his True Yang Body, Yang Jing’s True Blood was intensely scorching. This pool of blood might seem to be at a normal temperature, but it was actually incredibly hot. Even a Qi Cultivator who fell in would be scalded to death in an instant, and ordinary ghosts and demon fiends wouldn’t dare to get near it.
This entire Blood Pool was like an external Acupoint for Yang Jing. It allowed him to easily mobilize the blood within it, and under the nourishment of Spiritual Qi, its volume would grow at a considerable rate.
