C102
C102
The other city gates of Barren City were opened all day long, and only the north gate would be closed at around 8 pm. This was because they were facing a barren mountain range. Although attacks on the desolate city rarely occurred, there were historical beast tides that had to be guarded against.
At this time, it was almost nine o'clock. The city gate was naturally closed!
"What should we do?" Looking at the closed city gates, Monkey asked.
"Bribe!" Bai Yu Zhe's answer was very simple, it was only two words. At the same time, they also controlled the gnus to slow down and gradually arrived at the city gate!
Although the city gate was closed, there were still guards guarding it. Seeing the people riding in on gnus, they immediately stood in front of the gate to block it. One of the leaders of the horsemen said to Bai Yu Zhe and the others, "Everyone, the north gate is closed tonight.
"Generals, since we're going to the Desolate Mountain Ranges and are going around rather far away from the rest, I hope that you'll all agree to help us!" "This is a little gift from us, we'll just treat it as drinking for the generals!" Luo Ming dismounted and walked in front of the leader, quietly handing him a bag.
The other party frowned slightly, seemingly in a difficult situation. Furthermore, he was a bit hesitant when he reached out his hand to receive it! However, Luo Ming shook his body slightly, and the sound of a heavy collision came from inside instead of the crisp sound of gold coins.
The leader was slightly surprised. He opened it up and took a look. Immediately, his eyes widened and he quickly put it away. He then turned around and waved his hand. The city gate swung open and Bai Yu Zhe took the lead. The group of nineteen people quickly rushed out, bringing up a cloud of smoke and dust.
The high-ranking officer who was guarding the city had a smile on his face. He weighed the bag in his hand and was immediately overjoyed! There were at least seventy to eighty primeval stones inside, this was not a small fortune.
He was just a Heart's Gate martial artist. Although guarding the north gate was often a little tricky, when had he ever seen so many primeval stones? As for releasing a few people, this was not a big deal. This was not the time of war, and there was no order in the city not to open the city gates at night.
Releasing a few martial artists that wanted to train in the Desolate Mountain Ranges was not a big deal!
Bai Yu Zhe and his men did not stop at all even after they left the city. They flew all the way until it was midnight before they arrived at the foot of the barren mountain. Just like last time, he found a remote place to temporarily raise the gnus. Then, he randomly picked a place to start climbing up the mountain!
Bai Yuzhe thought to himself that he should first train in the Desolate Mountain Ranges for a period of time. He should wait until the crown prince, Hong Qinlin, and the princess, Hong Yun'er, returned to the Imperial City before leaving.
As for how to find out whether the Crown Prince and Princess had gone back or not, he could only guess. If he guessed wrongly, his life wouldn't be in danger. At most, he would just change his plans!
In any case, coming to the Desolate Mountain Range to continue their experiential learning was one of their plans.
After entering the mountain, Bai Yu Zhe and the others didn't act rashly. After all, at night, the chances of the fierce beasts appearing were higher. In addition, if one was careless and encountered a group of vicious beasts, it would still pose quite a threat to them.
After reaching a depth of 40 to 50 kilometers, they finally found a seemingly safe place to rest! In these several dozen li, they had killed quite a few vicious beasts. However, their luck was quite good, and no social berserk beasts appeared.
However, it was already dawn. They had only rested for about an hour. For a martial artist, not sleeping all night was actually nothing.
"Boss, are we heading straight for the middle levels?" Seeing the sky brightening up, Tie Ta's face revealed a hint of excitement as he walked up to Bai Yu Zhe's side. To them, the outskirts of the Desolate Mountain Range wasn't really suitable for training.
After all, the chances of encountering a group of vicious beasts were not high. The number of vicious beasts in the outer ring was only around the first or second rank.
"I don't want to go for now. Let's go to the cove we went to last time and train there for a while. We'll think about it later!" Bai Yu Zhe rejected Tie Ta's suggestion and told him of his plans.
"So many primeval stones are for cultivation, not for viewing! Let's first convert these several hundred thousand primeval stones into our own strength! " Bai Yu Zhe said as he got up and continued to walk forward.
It was not that hard to find a direction in the Desolate Mountain Range. After all, there were mountains everywhere, and every mountain was different. After travelling for two or three days in a row, they finally arrived at the cove they had been in before.
This place had already become their foothold in the Desolate Mountain Ranges. In fact, this place was not bad at all. The area was large enough and the spiritual energy was richer than other places. The scenery was good, and there was even water nearby.
"Next, we will divide our training time into two stages. The first stage is to cultivate source energy during the day and perceive cultivation methods and moves at night!" The other stage was the opposite. Those who comprehended cultivation methods and moves were responsible for being vigilant! Later, I will place a ten primeval stone array in this cove to help you increase your source energy! "Remember this. If you feel that you are on the verge of a breakthrough, try to delay it as long as possible so that your foundation can be stronger!" After they arrived and tidied up the place a bit, Bai Yu Zhe spoke.
Then, he continuously took out a large amount of primeval stones from his storage, starting to lay down the array inside the cove. To an alchemist, the study of formations was a necessity. The higher the rank of an alchemist, the higher the rank of the formation.
Bai Yu Zhe's understanding of formations could be considered to be at the top of the entire Maze River Continent. The formation he was about to set up this time was called the Nine Elements Spirit Convergence Array. The formation was just like its name, quickly gathering the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth for its own cultivation. Of course, one could also refine pills or forges or the like.
No one in the wasteland region would be able to understand this formation. In reality, one would only be able to grasp a basic level of this formation after reaching the level of a fifth rank alchemist. The setting up of the Nine Elements Spirit Convergence Array could be big or small. The largest one required 810,000 primeval stones to set up. Once that formation was successfully set up, the density of spiritual energy within would far exceed one's imagination.
The smallest one could be arranged with eighty-one primeval stones, which, when compared to the rest, would allow the spiritual energy of the world to be dense by 30 to 50%.
But this time, Bai Yu Zhe planned on using 8100 primeval stones for everyone to set up the array and the ten array formations would use 80,000 primeval stones! If this kind of array was set up, it should be able to increase the spiritual energy by three times and last about a month.
In a month's time, he had spent 81,000 primeval stones. In the wastelands, no one dared to imagine this.
The rows of primeval stones continued to be arranged one by one. Bai Yu Zhe's expression was focused and his gaze concentrated. The position that each person was placed, no one dared to make the slightest mistake. The first formation took more than half a day.
Also, after the formation was laid, Bai Yuzhe's face was pale and his face was full of sweat. It was evident that setting up such a formation was truly not easy at all. Especially since his cultivation level was still low and he had not set up a formation for a long time, he was somewhat unfamiliar with it.
At this moment, the formation that he had just set up was emitting a bright white light. The surrounding spiritual energy was constantly gathering towards him and then merging into the formation! The blazing white light covered the entire formation.
The eighteen blood guards looked at the Nine Elements Spirit Convergence Array. All of them were shocked, but at the same time, their hearts were filled with yearning! There was no need to enter. Just by thinking about it, one could tell that the speed of one's cultivation in that place was at a thousand miles per day!
After Bai Yu Zhe greeted the 18 blood guards, he stepped into the array formation. He had to recover as soon as possible. It would take a lot of time to set up ten formations. The reason why he didn't expand the formation and instead wanted to shrink it down to only one person was because the effect would be even better. Furthermore, if there was no one else around, they would try their best to prevent any interference.
When he stepped inside, Bai Yu Zhe suddenly felt as if his entire body was surrounded by a sea of spirit energy. All of the pores on his body opened up and the spirit energy directly drilled into his pores!
In this kind of array, even if one did not cultivate, the Origin Energy in the body would slowly increase.
Within the Nine Essence Spirit Convergence Array, Bai Yu Zhe was quite satisfied after sensing the aura. He sat down cross-legged and began to cultivate while recovering the energy he had just consumed.
Following Bai Yu Zhe's circulation technique, it was as if tentacles extended from his entire body. Visible Spiritual Energy continued to enter his body and quickly recovered the consumption from before. Even the Origin Energy within his body was rapidly increasing.
In just half an hour, Bai Yu Zhe felt as if all the energy that he had consumed had been completely restored. Even his mental strength had been restored to full and he was brimming with energy! However, he didn't stop because he felt that he was about to break through into the middle stage of the Spirit Point realm and enter the late stage!
It had already been quite some time since he had reached the middle stage of the Spirit Point Realm. He had been accumulating and compressing his Origin Energy to the maximum extent possible before making a breakthrough!
As time passed, Bai Yu Zhe felt the source energy in his body surging like a great river. Even the hidden tendons and veins created by the Dragon Breaks the Nine Heavens Tactic were now completely filled with source energy. The time to breakthrough was ripe!
Immediately after, Bai Yu Zhe circulated his Origin Energy, and it fiercely shook within his body. The Origin Energy instantly opened up in his veins …