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Liu Canghai was straightforward, requesting Xunuo to create a powerful magic array. He briefly explained the mission directions of the other members involved in this operation.
Preparations for this operation had already begun. Liu Canghai was responsible for procuring a powerful magic array. After several unsuccessful attempts, he learned about Xunuo's admission into the Magic Circle Masters Guild. He then met with the others to discuss and agreed to allow Xunuo to join them. This meant that Liu Canghai and Xunuo would be working together on the task of obtaining a powerful magic array.
Another member from the Thunder Hall, a branch disciple of the Nangong Family, infiltrated the Nangong Family to seek the Thunderbolt Child. The Nangong Family was renowned for their Thunder Law. Although their descendants had seen a decline in mastering the Thunder Law, they innovatively refined it into thunderbolt artifacts. While these were consumables, their power was significantly greater, allowing the Nangong Family to thrive despite the decline of their traditional techniques. The most famous of these artifacts was the Thunderbolt Child.
This thunderbolt utilized the Heavenly Tribulation's lightning and was combined with the Nangong Family's Transcendence Thunder Technique. Through secret methods, these two attributes of Thunder Law were fused, unleashing immense power capable of inflicting substantial damage on Rotating Illumination Period Practitioners.
The remaining five cultivators split into two teams. One team infiltrated Cloud City, navigating among various factions and the Merchant Alliance to gather information about the auction's specific timing and the true origin of the Foundation Pill. The other team traveled between several major cultivation sects to directly investigate the source of the Foundation Pill.
The Foundation Pill auctioned at Cloud City came from which cultivation sect remained a top secret within Cloud City’s auction house. In fact, even when there would be an auction for Foundation Pills was also confidential. However, it was not hosted by a single merchant association but rather by several Merchant Alliances collectively. Thus, once this secret leaked, it became unavoidable and untraceable. Only a few elders from the Merchant Alliance knew about the true origin of the Foundation Pill, and this secret was absolutely not meant to be disclosed.
Unpredictably, there had been instances in Cloud City's history where top secrets regarding Foundation Pill auctions were leaked. There was even one occasion where perpetrators succeeded in their schemes. Therefore, every auction for Foundation Pills at Cloud City was treated with extreme caution and tension.
The auctioning of Foundation Pills differed greatly from other items or elixirs. The Cloud City auction had seen countless high-end items sold, including sacred medicines for Golden Core Stage cultivators.
What made Foundation Pills unique was their overwhelming demand among cultivators while their actual availability on the market was scarce. Each auction for Foundation Pills saw countless cultivators vying for just one pill.
Those who could obtain a Foundation Pill were either from powerful cultivator families or wealthy clans. Among loose cultivators, only those who dominated their regions had the capability to compete financially with them.
Moreover, winning a bid for a Foundation Pill posed as much difficulty as taking it out of Cloud City itself. The former tested financial strength while the latter tested one's capabilities. After each auction, dark currents surged outside Cloud City with hidden dangers lurking everywhere. There was even one cultivation sect that faced annihilation due to being pursued by thousands of loose cultivators over a single Foundation Pill.
There had also been instances where a loose cultivator directly consumed a Foundation Pill right at the auction site, causing an immediate breakthrough to Foundation Establishment Stage. This particular loose cultivator possessed immense power; as soon as he began cultivating, he attracted tribulation clouds, shocking everyone present at the auction.
Although the Heavenly Tribulation at Foundation Establishment Stage was not as severe as that of Golden Core Stage, it could certainly devastate the auction and harm all cultivators present. The elders overseeing the auction quickly worked together to relocate him to an isolated space so he could safely endure his tribulation. Learning from this experience, they decided that henceforth, Foundation Pills would only be redeemed after auctions concluded.
For most loose cultivators, winning a bid for a Foundation Pill felt like chasing an impossible dream compared to resorting to violence or robbery for one. Thus, before each Foundation Pill auction, loose cultivators gradually gathered in Cloud City as various factions stirred and rumors spread like wildfire.
Liu Canghai's companions aimed to sift through all kinds of information to identify what was useful and credible before sending another team member out to verify it.
After Liu Canghai finished outlining the situation, he began discussing magic arrays with Xunuo. Xunuo could only smile wryly; he knew Liu Canghai was also financially challenged. With both their resources combined, procuring a powerful magic array would require selling kidneys—so they could only rely on crafting one themselves.
Xunuo was familiar with and had all materials for creating a powerful magic array known as the Heaven and Earth Four Killing Formation. Over this past year of crafting arrays during his downtime, he had devised significant improvements for it. However, implementing these improvements would require extensive preparation work.
The Heaven and Earth Four Killing Formation was a mature array, and the process of refining it was quite complicated. Modifying one part required a complete adjustment of the entire array's runes and materials.
Xunuo's improvement of the Heaven and Earth Four Killing Formation was based on the original array, the Reversed Five Elements Four Kill Formation. This way, there would be no conflict in the principles of the formation; it was just a matter of whether the modifications would yield an enhancement. Additionally, he had to consider the materials he currently had on hand.
Xunuo aimed to restore some of the power of the Reversed Five Elements Four Kill Formation in his modified version of the Heaven and Earth Four Killing Formation. However, he couldn't afford to experiment repeatedly with different materials to see which ones would meet his requirements while also being cost-effective. The simplest solution was to use the materials from the Reversed Five Elements Four Kill Formation for this modification. Xunuo wasn't very confident about whether his improvements would succeed.
After some thought, Xunuo decided to prepare for two scenarios: first, he would conduct a trial modification. If it failed and he couldn't produce a satisfactory formation, he would simply refine a standard Heaven and Earth Four Killing Formation. This required preparing two sets of materials for the Heaven and Earth Four Killing Formation. Fortunately, Xunuo had just received a bag of spirit stones as a reward from the Magic Circle Masters Guild, so he felt that he wouldn't be too constrained in terms of resources.
Xunuo shared his plans with Liu Canghai and provided him with a list of materials. He took out the bag of spirit stones, glanced at it, and handed it to Liu Canghai. "Please gather all these materials during this time, Dao Brother Liu. This bag of spirit stones should be sufficient. I will carefully ponder over this modified formation before proceeding with its refinement."
Liu Canghai understood the power of the Heaven and Earth Four Killing Formation and quickly agreed, assuring Xunuo that he could focus on his studies while leaving the errands to him.
In truth, while Xunuo was contemplating and refining the modified formation, his primary goal was to seize the time to cultivate his Dan Jue. The frequent refinements in recent times had given Xunuo a new understanding of his Divine Sense.
Xunuo felt that with his current Mind Power, even refining an unmodified Heaven and Earth Four Killing Formation would be challenging; he couldn't guarantee that he could successfully produce it.
After advancing to Fifth-Level Array Master, Xunuo had asked Qin Yuping if he could use a Geothermal Chamber that enhanced Divine Sense. The answer was affirmative, but he would need to sign up and wait in line for access. When he inquired about how long that might take, he learned it could be over two years.
As a Fifth-Level Array Master, there was only one Geothermal Chamber available for enhancing Divine Sense, and everyone who wanted to use it had to sign up for their turn.
This did not include Sixth-Level Array Masters or above; if they were using their designated Geothermal Chambers and space was tight, they could push ahead in line for priority access.
Thus, two years was merely a conservative estimate; Xunuo silently abandoned this option.
However, Xunuo's Dan Jue was also on the verge of breaking through. In recent years, he had focused primarily on his magical power and spells, causing his Divine Sense to progress slowly. Yet this had allowed his Dan Jue to reach its peak state at this level. Therefore, advancing his Dan Jue became more realistic than entering a Geothermal Chamber that enhanced Divine Sense.
Entering his cave, Xunuo began operating his Dan Jue in preparation for breaking through the bottleneck. The Dan Jue consisted of three layers; each layer had five stages aimed at enhancing Mind Power. Currently, Xunuo was at the peak of the fourth stage; overcoming this hurdle would allow him to complete the first layer of Dan Jue cultivation.
Xunuo's practice of Elixir Formula had been sporadic at best. He usually only engaged in intensive study when circumstances forced him to do so temporarily. Under normal circumstances, he would never dedicate time specifically to practicing Elixir Formula because improving his magical realm naturally enhanced his Divine Sense.
Xunuo knew that fundamentally improving his realm was essential; this was foundational in establishing himself within the cultivation world. Moreover, since Xunuo's Divine Sense already surpassed others at his level, there was no need for him to expend extra effort in that area. However, at present, Xunuo found himself entering a phase where stronger Mind Power was increasingly necessary. He felt helplessly trapped in this chaotic cycle.
Fortunately for now, since Xunuo could not make further progress in magical realm or spells and had no better options available, he could focus on cultivating Elixir Formula without distractions.
Xunuo was quite confident in his cultivation compared to Dan Jue. He had spent a hundred times more effort on the Huayang Classic than Dan Jue, supported by countless elixirs. However, in terms of progress, he was far behind Dan Jue.
In less than ten days of practicing the Elixir Formula, Xunuo sensed the signs of Dan Jue's breakthrough.
The breakthrough manifested within the Sea of Consciousness, where dark clouds piled up like ominous storm clouds, compressing the space of the Sea of Consciousness to a mere reach. A point of light at the center of the Sea of Consciousness flickered uncertainly, caught between excitement and trepidation. The Killing Blade loomed over that point of light like a formidable opponent, crackling with sparks and electricity.
In the next moment, the dark clouds roiled violently, thunder and lightning striking towards that point of light. Yet, without exception, the raging lightning was deflected by the Killing Blade.
The furious lightning, unable to strike that point of light, displayed an exceptionally angry demeanor. Strikes of lightning connected heaven and earth, crashing into the waters below the Sea of Consciousness. Instantly, the Sea of Consciousness boiled as its waters evaporated and rose, bizarrely condensing towards that point of light at its center.
Nourished by the Sea of Consciousness, the point of light gradually grew brighter. This brilliance illuminated the dark clouds above the Sea of Consciousness, provoking their extreme displeasure. At the same time, a sizzling sound erupted as the dark clouds adjacent to that point of light visibly dissolved and poured down heavy rain.
The rain fell into the Sea of Consciousness below and was quickly evaporated again, nourishing that point of light at its center. The light shone even more brilliantly, melting away the dark clouds above. The rain produced from the dissolving clouds fell in torrents.
Gradually, the brilliance at the center of the Sea of Consciousness became dazzling and slowly ascended towards the dark clouds.
At one moment, the Killing Blade suddenly withdrew, allowing lightning to rain down indiscriminately.
At this time, that point of light seemed unafraid of the thunderous strikes. Although it swayed slightly and appeared to shrink under the bombardment, its condensed brilliance became even more radiant, almost piercing through the dark clouds that dominated this realm.
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