Eat, eat, eat in the primordial world

Stopping this trend won't be easy; only swift and decisive action will suffice. Jiang Yuan has two options: one is to use a secret technique to prevent the Xuanhuangji seeds from growing after leaving the human race.

Secondly, severe penalties will be imposed: anyone found stealing the seeds of millet will be fined ten times the amount.

Both methods are good. The former can solve the problem of the stolen Xuanhuangji seeds at the source. They cannot grow after leaving the human race, so what is the point of continuing to steal them?

The latter aims to deter, not primarily to prevent theft, but to enhance the prestige of humanity. It seeks to instill a sense of awe in visiting outsiders, thereby encouraging them to consciously abide by human rules.

The idea was good, but problems arose during its implementation.

The former, preventing the Xuanhuangji seeds from growing after leaving the human race, is not difficult and can be easily accomplished. However, the latter, capturing the thieves who stole the Xuanhuangji seeds, is much more difficult.

There are so many supernatural abilities related to theft in the primordial world, they come in all shapes and sizes, making them impossible to guard against. Even if Jiang Yuan had people watching Xuanhuang Ji every day, or even if he were to personally keep an eye on him, he probably wouldn't catch many people.

"If only there were surveillance cameras in the prehistoric world."

After inspecting the Jitian fields, Jiang Yuan sighed helplessly.

Surveillance is a wonderful thing. If surveillance cameras are deployed all over the human territory, it can not only completely eliminate theft, but also greatly reduce the occurrence of such incidents.

Unfortunately, such a wonderful thing didn't exist in the Primordial World. No, it's not that the Primordial World didn't have it; it did exist there. It's just that Jiang Yuan didn't have it.

The Dao Ancestor possessed a top-tier innate spiritual treasure called the Haotian Realm, which had the ability to monitor the heavens and earth and could see every corner of the world.

The Queen Mother of the West also possesses a top-tier innate spiritual treasure called Kunlun Realm, which allows her to observe the past and future.

Both of these treasures are surveillance devices for the primordial world. If one can possess them, one can know what is happening in the world without ever leaving home.

Catching a few thieves is an easy task.

It's a pity that, although the treasure is wonderful, it's not something Jiang Yuan can obtain.

"It's time to put the research on weapon crafting techniques on the agenda."

After thinking it over, Jiang Yuan realized that he had to rely on himself. The lack of surveillance wasn't a problem; he could refine it himself.

With his supreme wisdom and the insignificant help of the Creation Jade Disc, if he can't make the Haotian Mirror and Kunlun Mirror, surely he can at least forge a replica.

I don't ask for them to have strong attack power, I only ask that they can monitor all the magical energy fluctuations within the human territory, and not let go of even the slightest one.

Cultivators possess supernatural abilities; they can manipulate objects remotely and create deceptions that are indistinguishable from reality. Therefore, simply monitoring them is ineffective; it is necessary to monitor the fluctuations in their magical power.

Regardless of your cultivation level, as long as you use supernatural powers, your magical power will fluctuate. The only difference is that the higher your cultivation level, the smaller the fluctuation, to the point of being negligible.

Even the smallest amount exists.

"You're monitoring everyone's magical energy fluctuations, right?"

Suddenly, Jiang Yuan's mind opened up, and he knew which direction to research next, as well as the key points of refining the monitoring magic weapon.

"This batch of Xuanhuang millet will be ripe soon. Be careful during your patrols. If anyone tries to steal it, stop them if you can. If you can't, then let them be."

"I have used the power of the Holy Mother to imbue all the Xuanhuangji seeds with divine power. From now on, no seed that is not given by my human race will be able to take root and sprout."

"Even if the foreign tribes steal it back, it won't be of much use; they'll soon realize that."

Having figured out the plan, Jiang Yuan lost interest in continuing his inspection tour. He hurriedly gave his students a few instructions and then went back to his seclusion.

During this period of seclusion, he aims to research and develop a method for refining magical artifacts. With this method, the human race will be able to refine magical treasures, enabling not only surveillance but also the agricultural tools he previously wanted to refine.

In some ways, the art of weapon crafting is the most suitable method for the human race. This is because humans excel in creativity, and the art of weapon crafting can maximize this advantage.

Through the art of crafting, humans can turn their ideas into reality and create various powerful magical artifacts.

The art of weapon crafting is a high-tech skill belonging to the human race!

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Inside the sacred temple, Jiang Yuan once again entered a state of enlightenment, his merits burning fiercely within him, and the Jade Disc of Creation shining brightly, granting Jiang Yuan the perspective of a Great Luo Immortal.

This time, he was studying the principles of array formations.

As the saying goes, "Without formations, nothing can be accomplished; to forge a weapon, one must first understand the principles of formations."

A master of array formations is not necessarily a master of weapon crafting, but a master of weapon crafting is always a master of array formations. This is because magical artifacts themselves are products of array formations.

Formations are the manifestation of the laws governing the Great Dao. Once formed, they can mobilize the power of heaven and earth and make it work for one's own purposes.

A magic weapon is an object on which an array is inscribed. As long as the object is not destroyed and the array can still operate successfully, then the object becomes a magic weapon.

The principle of weapon crafting is that simple: by inscribing the corresponding array on the weapon being crafted, you can obtain the magic weapon you want.

There is a principle here: the stronger the formation, the higher the requirements for the object that supports it.

This is why powerful magical artifacts often require top-tier materials to forge. If the materials are inadequate, they cannot withstand the power of the formation, and the artifact will be ruined halfway through forging.

Of course, it's not that no one can forge top-tier magical artifacts from scrap materials, but those who can do so are extremely rare, equivalent to great masters in the art of artifact crafting.

Jiang Yuan certainly couldn't do that, nor did he need to. His current pursuit in weapon crafting was practicality, not power. Moreover, the weapons he crafted were not innate, but acquired.

These two factors combined caused the difficulty of his creation method to drop significantly.

It took about a hundred years, or ten thousand years for others, with the help of historical records, for Jiang Yuan to successfully create the method and end his seclusion.

"A Detailed Explanation of the Fundamentals of Formation" and "A Detailed Explanation of the Fundamentals of Weaponry" are the results of Jiang Yuan's seclusion and creation of new techniques.

While they are called foundational texts, the foundations of the primordial world are different from the standards of later generations. Both of these texts are genuine methods of the Great Luo.

After the former's cultivation reaches its peak, it can set up an innate formation powerful enough to trap a Grand Luo Golden Immortal. After the latter's cultivation reaches its peak, it can refine a top-tier acquired spiritual treasure with power equivalent to that of a Grand Luo Golden Immortal.

Like cultivators, formations and magical artifacts also have levels.

The levels of formations are relatively simple, divided into six levels, from low to high: low-level formation, intermediate formation, advanced formation, innate formation, top-level formation, and supreme formation.

Among these, low-level formations correspond to cultivation levels below Celestial Immortal, mid-level formations correspond to Celestial Immortals, high-level formations correspond to Taiyi Golden Immortals, and innate formations correspond to Daluo Golden Immortals.

Top-tier formations correspond to Quasi-Saints, while supreme formations correspond to Saints, also known as Primordial Golden Immortals.