Xiuxian: I use magnetic fields to prove my truth

Chapter 120: Thousands of Miles of Sound Transmission
Therefore, every sect will try to optimize its talismans whenever possible.

Optimized talismans are always more competitive.

However, optimization is not exactly a complete creation.

Even after Zhou Qing optimized the talisman, he did not gain full ownership of it.

Mu Zhuosha once told him that there was another form of cooperation between sect array masters and sects: instead of handing over the arrays, they would retain ownership, create arrays and hand them over to the sect for sale, and then discuss and split the profits themselves.

Simply optimizing the talisman to a certain extent is definitely not something that can be done in this way.

Zhou Qing was considering whether he could completely rewrite these talismans to greatly enhance their functions, at which point he could claim the talismans as his own without any problem.

Over the next two weeks, Zhou Qing tried to modify several of them, but most were unsatisfactory. Removing the excess from the original talisman array was not too difficult, but completely rewriting it and enhancing its functions required considerable effort.

However, Zhou Qing was not in a hurry. If this matter were easy to accomplish, it wouldn't be up to him to do it.

Half a month has passed, and it's time to collect the benefits again.

His welfare benefits were quite substantial, and he always collected them personally from the miscellaneous affairs hall. If he didn't collect them personally, Lu Qiushui would deliver them to him.

Zhou Qing didn't want his martial uncle to come here every time.

He went straight to the miscellaneous affairs hall and met Lu Qiushui in the cashier's room.

Lu Qiushui handed him eighty-two mid-grade spirit stones and then said, "Your Zhou Qing Foundation has run into some trouble, are you aware of that?"

Zhou Qing shook his head and said, "What trouble?"

Lu Qiushui said, "The shopkeepers below said that the array diagrams are not selling well. After deducting costs, they still have a quota to hand over to the sect every month. In addition, they have to spend hundreds of spirit stones every month to maintain the shops. The pressure is too great. Therefore, they applied to change the additional two spirit stones per month to one."

Zhou Qing said, "I have little experience, so don't try to fool me. As far as I know, the Anti-Qing Restoration Formation is an extremely sought-after item in the cultivation world. The three shopkeepers back then were very confident that it would be a hot seller once it was put on sale."

"It's only been two months and they're already complaining about being broke. That's a bit much."

Lu Qiushui laughed and said, "I know the reason behind it. I thought you knew it too, but you had a different way of dealing with it, which is why you handed over the formation so readily. I didn't expect you to be unaware of the inside story."

Zhou Qing asked in confusion, "What's the inside story?"

Lu Qiushui said, "Let me keep you in suspense for now. Why don't you talk to Hu Guan of Nanwanbao City first and see how he responds?"

Zhou Qing asked, "Has Hu Guan returned to the sect?"

Lu Qiushui said, "Of course, the sect, the shops, and the affiliated families have arrays for communication at any time. Come with me."

As she spoke, she led Zhou Qing toward the tower of the Spirit Realm's main body.

The two arrived at the second floor of the tower, which was a large, empty room with many complex runes engraved on the shiny black floor.

Zhou Qing reached out and touched it, and was surprised to find that the floor was made entirely of soft black jade.

Depending on its quality, a piece of soft black jade the size of a palm is usually worth two to three mid-grade spirit stones.

Such a large piece of soft black jade is truly priceless.

Lu Qiushui explained, "To maintain a sphere of influence, convenient communication is essential. Otherwise, if a shop thousands of miles away is looted by bandits, and the sect only receives the news half a year later, wouldn't it be too late?"

"Therefore, the timely communication array was the first array developed by all the major sects."

Lu Qiushui was about to explain when she saw Zhou Qing intently observing the formation on the ground. She then remembered that this junior apprentice was also a formation master, so she stopped talking and let Zhou Qing observe further. After observing for a while, Zhou Qing gradually began to marvel at the ingenuity of the formation.

This formation is actually a composite formation. It is not very complicated in itself. The most complicated one is a Grade 1 formation with 42 runes. There are also eight other formations with varying numbers of runes, ranging from a few to a dozen or twenty.

Zhou Qing quickly recognized that the other formations were all supplementary formations, their purpose being to enhance or direct the formations, while the Earth-grade formation was the core.

His current magnetic field ability is not enough to simulate a Grade Earth array, but based on his understanding of runes, he guesses that this Grade Earth array is designed to generate a very special spiritual energy fluctuation. This spiritual energy fluctuation can be condensed and does not disperse, and can spread over long distances without affecting other things.

Zhou Qing hurriedly said, "Uncle-Master, please activate the formation."

Lu Qiushui nodded and placed two mid-grade spirit stones at the core of the spirit energy array.

The spiritual energy was extracted, activating the formation.

A faint white light emanated from the array, filling the entire room.

Lu Qiushui said, "You should be very familiar with the Spirit Gathering Realm."

“The Spirit Realm can only transmit information between the three mountains of the Qingyun Sect, but this formation can transmit information hundreds or even thousands of miles away.”

“Within the Qingyun Sect’s territory, each affiliated family has such an array. Sect messages will be transmitted among these affiliated families in turn until they reach their intended destination.”

I understand, it's a cell tower.

Zhou Qing asked, "How far is it from here to Nanwanbao City?"

Lu Qiushui said, "It's about 80,000 li, far beyond the range of a sect's strength. However, Qingyun Sect has established friendly relations with many sects along this route, so sects can use their grand formations to transmit information. In return, we will not refuse when they need to transmit messages."

"Of course, this method is not feasible if it involves important and confidential information, and in that case we can only send a special person."

This message is quite troublesome to pass on.

Zhou Qing asked, "How long does it take to send a message from here to Nanwanbao City?"

Lu Qiushui said, "They can receive the message in half an hour."

Zhou Qing did some calculations and found that the transmission speed was at most less than a hundred times the speed of sound.

His earlier idea was indeed correct; the spread of spiritual energy fluctuations was indeed rather slow.

Zhou Qing nodded and said, "Please pass on the message, Uncle-Master, and ask him why the Zhou Qing Fund has been reduced."

Lu Qiushui cast a spell, and the array emitted a faint light that flickered. Then she said, "To Hu Guan of Nanwanbao City, Zhou Qing asks you why you reduced Zhou Qing's fund."

The shopkeepers of Sanwan City are the leaders of all the shops in the Qingyun Sect. These three must be the ones to take the lead in this matter, so we can only negotiate with them.

As soon as Lu Qiushui finished speaking, the array's faint light suddenly condensed into many characters, which were exactly the words she had just spoken. Then the characters flashed and disappeared.

What followed was a long wait.

It would take Nan Wanbao City 15 minutes to receive the message, and their reply would take another 15 minutes.

For those in the cultivation world, this was already a mythical speed, but for Zhou Qing, who knew another method of communication, it was an unbearably long journey.

(End of this chapter)