After dealing with the array symbols, Zhao Hai finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then, he formed hand seals, and a fiery red protective shield appeared on the castle in the next moment.

The castle deity stared at the protective shield, his eyes gleaming. Zhao Hai then spoke up, "My lord, if you wish to expand the castle now, you may begin. By the way, please give me the jade stones you have prepared."

The castle nodded, and the next moment he moved his hand, and pieces of yellow jade appeared in front of him. These jade pieces were all very well made, all square, one meter square.

Then the castle deity looked at Zhao Hai and asked, "How is it? Is it enough?"

Zhao Hai smiled slightly and said, "That's enough. I'll start refining the array talismans now. You can order the castle to be built, sir." After saying that, Zhao Hai moved his hand, and the jade stones flew up and landed to the side.

The castle deity glanced at Zhao Hai, then said, "Alright, then it's up to you." After saying that, the castle deity immediately turned to the castle and shouted, "Everyone, begin the operation and expand the castle according to our original plan."

Countless people flew out of the castle immediately. After they flew out, they immediately took out stones from the castle and piled them up outside the castle. After piling up the stones, they cast a spell on them, and the stones merged with the stones that made up the castle's foundation. The people worked very fast, expanding the castle around its foundation. In no time, they had expanded the castle's foundation by a whole circle.

After the castle foundation was expanded, they took out bags of soil and spread them on the stones. After that, they took out stones and spread them on the soil. In this way, the foundation of the entire castle was completed. The foundation of the castle did not look very thick. Two layers of stones and one layer of soil, together only about ten feet thick.

After the foundation was prepared, the people began to build the city wall. They took out new stones and started building the city wall at the edge of the foundation. The city wall was built very high, about ten zhang high, and a rampart was built outside the city wall.

While those people were expanding the castle, Zhao Hai also made his move. With a flick of his hand, a magic circle appeared before him, immediately illuminating with a red light. Then, with another flick of his hand, a piece of jade fell into the circle, instantly transforming into a yellow liquid. With another flick of his hand, the liquid became a rune, which then fell to the side. Zhao Hai then placed another piece of jade into the magic circle, which again dissolved and transformed into a rune.

In this way, Zhao Hai transformed the jade stones into runes one by one. After he had turned all the jade stones into runes, he breathed a sigh of relief. Then he turned his head and looked around, only to find that the castle was almost finished being expanded.

Zhao Hai stood there watching, and the castle deity also saw Zhao Hai and the runes. When he saw the runes, his eyes flashed again. Last time, when that person helped him build the magic array, he didn't refine the runes in front of him. Watching Zhao Hai refine the runes just now, he couldn't help but feel impressed. Zhao Hai's micro-manipulation of spiritual energy was indeed remarkable. Most importantly, Zhao Hai didn't covet anything from him. He said he needed a certain amount of jade to refine the runes, and he really used that amount of jade to refine the runes. This was truly rare.

However, the castle god did not speak. He only glanced at Zhao Hai before turning to look at the people below, all of whom were his followers. By this time, the followers had already completed the expansion of the castle.

After the believers finished expanding the castle, the castle deity turned to Zhao Hai and said, "Sir, now we can begin."

Zhao Hai nodded, then with a flick of his hand, a magic array flew directly overhead. Countless yellow lines appeared on the array, falling onto the expanded area outside the castle. After the lines landed, the castle ground was breached. Once the ground was open, Zhao Hai retracted the yellow lines with a thought. He then pointed to the array symbols, which immediately flew up. With a flick of his hand, the symbols began to align in the air. Zhao Hai adjusted their positions while observing them, and after a while, he stopped. He then pointed to the castle ground, and beams of yellow light immediately flew out from the inner castle where the magic array had been built. However, only the yellow light appeared; the buried array symbols did not emerge. Zhao Hai glanced at the positions of the yellow lights, then adjusted the positions of the array symbols. After the array symbols were in place, Zhao Hai stretched out his hand and pressed down. The array symbols then fell from the sky, landing precisely where he had broken open the ground earlier, one symbol after another.

Once the array symbols were in place, Zhao Hai swiftly formed hand seals, which struck the ground. The next moment, all the array symbols in the castle lit up with a yellow light. Then, the yellow light intertwined in the air, forming a large net. This net then fell into the ground and disappeared.

After the large net disappeared, Zhao Hai finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then, with a wave of his hand, the magic array that had previously broken the ground reappeared. Yellow light flashed, and all the broken ground was restored, as if nothing had happened.

After completing these steps, Zhao Hai moved his hand, and the next moment, some array symbols he had previously retrieved from the inner city flew directly to Zhao Hai. With another movement, a magic array appeared, and the array symbols fell directly into it. Then, red light flashed within the array, and the array symbols quickly turned into liquid. Zhao Hai looked at the liquid and then cast a series of spells into it. As he moved, the liquid began to slowly deform, eventually transforming into the shape of a compass. Zhao Hai then closed the magic array, and the compass slowly cooled down.

After the compass had completely cooled down, Zhao Hai waved his hand, and the compass landed directly in his hand. Zhao Hai glanced at the compass, quite satisfied. Then, with another flick of his wrist, a jade slip appeared in his hand. He then scanned the jade slip with his spiritual energy, directly inputting information into it. After a while, he withdrew his spiritual energy. Having done all this, Zhao Hai handed the jade slip and the compass to the castle deity. He said to the castle deity, "My lord, the magic array has been set up. This compass is the control center of the magic array. The control method is in this jade slip. Please take a look, my lord."

The castle deity nodded, then took the compass and the jade slip. He immediately scanned the jade slip with his spiritual power and quickly read its contents. After reading it, he picked up the jade slip again and activated it. He then tapped the jade slip a few times, and the next moment, a red shield enveloped the castle. But that wasn't all. Inside the red shield, there was also a yellow shield. At the same time, magic arrays appeared on all the horses' faces. This was very strange. Zhao Hai hadn't set up any magic arrays on the horses, yet they had indeed appeared. The castle deity could clearly sense that the magic arrays on the horses could release spells, and they were spells with both earth and fire attributes. The fire spells were mainly used for offense, while the earth spells were mainly used for defense. When necessary, another shield could be released on the horses to protect the castle.

After understanding the magic arrays in the castle, the castle god breathed a sigh of relief. Then he turned to Zhao Hai and said, "Good, very good, you did a good job."

Zhao Hai smiled slightly and said, "You're too kind, sir."

Just as the castle deity was about to speak, he suddenly turned his head and looked in one direction, where a large magical artifact was flying towards him. This large magical artifact looked very peculiar; it was actually a huge human skeleton.

Upon seeing the enormous human skeleton, a cold glint flashed in the castle god's eyes. He then turned to Zhao Hai and said, "The person who set up the magic array for me has arrived. The one who set it up is a follower of a creator god. The scheme against me before was instigated by that creator god. I don't want you to get involved in this. If they find out that you helped me rebuild the magic array, he will definitely retaliate. So leave immediately; this matter has nothing to do with you." With that, the castle god flicked his hand, tossing a spatial bag directly to Zhao Hai. He continued, "In this spatial bag are some materials I collected, all of them metallic. I don't need them now, so consider them your payment. Also, here is my contact information. Keep it safe; I will contact you again." With that, he flicked his hand, and a ball of black light landed directly on Zhao Hai's fingernail.

Zhao Hai accepted the spatial bag, then bowed to the castle deity and said, "Thank you, sir. We'll be going now. I've already written the method for upgrading the magic array in the jade slip. Even if you don't come to me in the future, you can find someone else to help upgrade the castle's magic array. As long as you upgrade according to the array diagram, there won't be any problems. We'll be going now." The castle deity nodded, and Zhao Hai pulled Song Lin, and the two of them left directly.

After the two left, the castle god watched the approaching skeleton, his eyes flashing with cold light. He took a deep breath, then glanced at the expanded castle, a hint of mockery in his eyes. He stood there quietly, watching the skeleton grow closer. He was waiting for it to arrive; he wanted to see how the skeleton would react to the expansion and upgrade of his castle. However, he wouldn't openly confront that god today; doing so now would do him no good. (End of Chapter)

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