The martial arts immortals in the modern world.

Chapter 171 Formation
"I have something to take care of. I'll contact you then."

Yaoguang said something hurriedly and left quickly.

Seeing that he seemed to be really busy, Zhao He did not stop him.

The current light...

Especially Yaoguang, who showed strong command ability, was more important than him, the master of the War Hall.

Several meetings were held to discuss how to arrange for him.

Some people think that he should be allowed to continue refining weapons and become a master of refining weapons as soon as possible.

Some people also think that it would be much better for him to go to the front line to coordinate the battle with his talents rather than serve as a master of weapon refining.

The two sides are deadlocked.

But no matter what the arrangement is, the treatment Yaoguang will eventually enjoy...

He is definitely on the same level as people like Zhao Siliang and Xu Qiexing.

……

As soon as he got in the car, he said to Lei Yun, who was taking over the driving task, "Go back, drive steadily, I'll close my eyes and rest."

"Yes."

Lei Yun responded, and the vehicle started quickly, and drove away from the Hall of Heroes under the protection of two other vehicles carrying Qin Yi and others.

……

"It's neither Qi refining nor alchemy..."

Yaoguang's expression was a little complicated.

It was a waste of his previous free time to read so many books and techniques related to alchemy and qigong.

but……

He could also understand this newly appeared branch.

Because, in recent times, the real thoughts he has spent on this seem to be...

It is really above alchemy and qi refining.

"A formation."

Yaoguang said in his heart.

The direction pointed by the sixth branch was actually a [Formation].

Now that we are here, we should make the best of it…

“Although it’s not the [Alchemy] that I want the most, nor the [Qi Refining] that I can’t wait for, but… if used well, the effect is not that bad.”

He thought of Purple Rose's evaluation of his spiritual weapon refining.

The reason why his spiritual weapon was limited to the third and a half generation was, on the one hand, because his cultivation was not enough at that time, and on the other hand...

It's because he has too little understanding of the formation.

Right now, if the formation is upgraded, perhaps it would be possible to refine a fourth-generation, or even a fifth-generation spiritual weapon that has not yet appeared in the world today.

"Originally, I was planning to max out [Weapon Refining] and [Divine Way] first, and then point out 'Talent'."

Yaoguang felt a little regretful.

The sudden attack from the Wuji Star Palace's patrol warship disrupted all his calculations.

Originally, if he could complete the Golden Temple's order for 3,600 flying swords, he would not only be able to improve his [Weapon Refining] to a level above Grandmaster, but even his [Divine Way] could be improved to the Dharmadhatu level.

However, the sanctions and suppression from Wuji Xing Palace made the elders of the Golden Temple, which was already in an unstable internal situation, worry that they would be affected, so they chose to protect themselves.

As a result, his [Weapon Refining] has only reached 81% of the Grandmaster's progress.

The remaining [Shendao] was pushed up to 52% of the Yuanshen realm.

After all, he had only completed half of the order from the Golden Temple.

As for the Golden Temple's breach of contract, he couldn't say anything.

Just like when you open a store to sell goods, and you end up getting into a fight with another group of people, customers will naturally leave in a hurry to avoid getting into trouble.

In this world, even if you want to do business honestly, if the profits you gain are not backed by sufficient strength, others will rob you of them.

"Formation."

Yaoguang glanced at the other branches on the ancient tree.

Weapon refining, Shinto, and martial arts all need to be improved.

Plus the formation...

This time, the gap is too big.

Especially as his cultivation level improved and his influence in the Jiuding Sect became more and more important, the manpower cost of relying on [Merchants] to gain experience continued to increase. If he wanted to fill up a profession...

The amount of spirit stones consumed increased several times.

"In fact, if we think carefully about the situation that Jiuding Sect is facing right now, Formation Master is the most suitable profession."

Yaoguang pondered for a moment.

From Star Lord to Star God, the resources required are enormous.

Unless I am willing to accumulate experience at this level for more than ten years, or even decades, otherwise, if I don’t have enough resources, I can forget about quickly becoming a Star God.

And the Dharma...

Auxiliary occupations.

Not only would it put him directly into the sight of the top circle, but he would also have no ability to protect himself.

The Jiuding Sect's one Jindan alone may not be able to protect him.

On the other hand, the formation master is the secondary profession that can best enhance the foundation of a sect, except for the alchemist.

Not to mention the defensive formation, the offensive formation, and the amplification formation, there is also a crucial formation among them - the spirit gathering formation. Where do the spirit stones in the world today come from?

It is formed by absorbing and condensing the spirit gathering array.

Spiritual power, like dark energy, is everywhere and fills every corner of the world.

Especially at the spiritual power nodes, the spiritual energy is more abundant.

There are array masters who have developed spirit gathering arrays that can draw spiritual energy from the void and spiritual power nodes, and condense spiritual stones for people to practice and use in daily life.

The energy department that all major sects have recruits cultivators who have cultivated their spiritual consciousness, uses their spiritual consciousness to drive formations and condense spirit stones.

The efficiency of a sect in condensing spirit stones depends on various aspects.

For example, the number of spiritual power nodes, the stability of the spiritual power nodes, the number of cultivators who have cultivated spiritual consciousness, the level of formation masters, etc.

But all problems can be summarized into one problem - the formation set up by the formation master.

If the array master is powerful enough and optimizes the array's absorption efficiency, he can completely absorb spiritual energy from the void and get rid of the spiritual power nodes.

Similarly, if the formation master is powerful enough and optimizes the operation of the formation, the work efficiency of one hundred monks is equivalent to that of one thousand people.

In addition, no matter how violent the spiritual power node is, as long as the formation is good enough, it can absorb enough spiritual energy from it to form a spiritual stone.

From this point, we can see the importance of the formation master.

The Jiuding Sect is not good at formations and has no outstanding formation masters, so they can only work hard on their staff.

However, even though the total working population of the Jiuding Sect's Energy Hall is close to 5000 million, the Jiuding Sect's annual total output value of spirit stones is still only around 1 million, and the per capita spirit stone production is less than spirit stone.

These 5000 million spirit stones are used to nourish the golden elixir, which is at least tens of millions. The daily consumption and cultivation of many great cultivators is another huge expense, plus the construction of infrastructure...

Even the most important department, the Conquest Hall, can only get around tens of millions of spirit stones a year.

There was a serious shortage of spirit stones, so the Jiuding Sect turned its attention to the spiritual power nodes of the East China Sea Islands and the Shiwan Mountains.

There are 14 spiritual power nodes in the East China Sea Islands and as many as 22 spiritual power nodes in the Shiwandashan Mountains.

By regaining these two territories, Jiuding Sect has greatly increased its revenue, and the output of spirit stones is expected to rise to 8000 million.

"Formation..."

Yaoguang pondered in his heart.

The place with the most spiritual power nodes in the world today is the Golden Temple.

As many as 311.

However, even though they have 311 spiritual power nodes, their spiritual stone production is only around 2 million.

In contrast, the Taiyin Sect has only 71 spiritual power nodes, but its output of spiritual stones is not much inferior to that of the Golden Temple.

Of course, when it comes to spirit stone production, the highest output is naturally from Wuji Xing Palace.

The entire Wuji Star Palace occupies 246 spiritual power nodes, and the output of spiritual stones reaches an unprecedented 8 million, accounting for 27.11% of the total spiritual stones in Cangwu!

It is precisely because of such an astonishing spirit stone production capacity, coupled with the fact that they do business all over the world and can continuously earn or even rob spirit stones from other sects, that they can support the Wuji Xing Palace's double-digit sky patrol fleet and establish their supreme reputation as the world's largest sect.

"The formations in this world are extremely advanced. Through formations, not only can the celestial phenomena be controlled to ensure that the development of a city is smooth and without any disasters, but the cultivation environment of an area can also be improved. Some formations are also significantly helpful in cultivation. Although they cannot be compared with elixirs,... the range of effect of formations is large..."

High-level formations are often regarded as the most important national weapon.

"It can be done."

Yaoguang pondered: "I want to know... are the spirit stones condensed by the spirit gathering array... considered as income? In other words, if I help Jiuding Sect set up spirit gathering arrays everywhere and make sure I take a portion of the profits, can I increase my merchant experience?"

If possible……

The speed at which he earned spirit stones was undoubtedly equivalent to going directly from doing business to printing money, climbing to a higher level.

By that time, even if he no longer had orders for flying swords to earn spirit stones, he could still max out [Weapon Refining], [Divine Way], and [Martial Arts] at a very fast speed.

With this thought in mind, his gaze once again fell on the [Weapon Refining] profession.

The 81% progress not only allowed him to refine a top-grade treasure-level flying sword, but even a third-generation and a half treasure-level flying sword.

That is, when the Yuanshen realm has the upper hand, the power of the fourth generation flying sword can be exerted.

"The patrol warship is powerful and has a big target. Once it invades the territory of another sect, the Jindan will also take action. On the contrary, it is a fight between small groups of cultivators. The Jindan has no way to start... because it is not worth it."

The golden elixir killed a large team of cultivators, and the number of spirit stones consumed by the operation of the golden elixir reached millions.

After all the calculations, it would probably require a profit of tens of millions of spirit stones to be worthwhile.

Not to mention that frequent attacks will affect the state of the golden elixir.

Under such circumstances, in the past hundred years, there has been no news of a Jindan taking action against a small team of large cultivators.

Therefore, if the sword-cultivating teams of the Jiuding Sect could also be equipped with third-generation and a half flying swords and operate in various places as a team, the deterrent power of the Jiuding Sect would definitely be raised to a higher level.

"First, use the treasure to obtain a certain amount of income from the Jiuding Sect and upgrade the formation. When we can arrange and optimize a better spirit gathering formation, we will improve the spirit gathering formation of the 43 spirit nodes in the sect on a large scale..."

Yaoguang made a decision.

The information obtained through "high-dimensional cognition" has always been extremely comprehensive.

If everything goes well, once all the spirit gathering arrays of Jiuding Sect are optimized, not only will the output of spirit stones reach a level comparable to that of the six major immortal sects, but...

The efficiency of the formation has caught up with that of the Taiyin Sect, so doubling the output of each spiritual power node is no problem.

After deciding on the plan, the vehicle arrived at Zixiaoyuan.

However, just as Yaoguang got out of the car, Qin Yi came forward in surprise, his eyes showing a complicated expression: "The Wuji Xing Palace's patrol warships... are probably going to withdraw from the East China Sea."

"Ok?"

Yao Guang frowned: "What happened?"

"Just now, the Sun and Moon Peak spiritual power node, which has a level 7 spiritual gathering formation set up outside the Wuji Xinggong sect and produces 1000 million spiritual stones a year, suffered a devastating blow from a great magician of the Liusha Sect when the formation was closed..."

Qin Yi took a deep breath: "The Sun and Moon Peak collapsed, and the super-large energy facilities built on the mountain were completely destroyed. More than 100,000 cultivators who cultivated their spiritual consciousness died."

(End of this chapter)