Cultivation begins with harvest.

It has been some time since the appointment with Dongfang Lieming was made. The chill of winter still lingers, but the warmth of spring has already seeped into the courtyard.

"Come here, Jia!"

Chen Guang gave a low shout. It was just a series of practice sessions where slogans were needed to boost morale and maintain focus, but they didn't actually help with casting the formation.

All around were totem poles, each intricately patterned and imbued with spiritual energy. At this moment, rings of green light rapidly formed at their locations and spread outwards at breakneck speed. In the areas where the halos collided, a dark green wooden shell quickly formed—within just five breaths, it went through the process of a vine sprouting, growing, and lignifying, ultimately forming layer upon layer of dark green wooden walls that shone with black light. The wooden walls were outlined with incomplete, circular characters, possessing a defensive capability far exceeding that of ordinary wooden walls.

The wooden armor wall, taller than a person, completely protected Chen Guang behind him. The three-inch-thick wooden armor wall added a lot of sense of security.

With a flick of his magic, more wooden armor walls rose from all directions, even encircling overhead to form a completely enclosed wooden fortress.

One floor, two floors...

The more wooden armor walls he summoned, the faster the next wooden armor wall would appear, and the less mana he would consume. Chen Guang stopped when he had summoned four wooden armor walls in each direction.

"My limit seems to be seven faces in one direction, and four faces simultaneously in all directions. Summoning any more than that, even if I could manage it, my mana would run out."

To craft array flags, one must at least comprehend the armor formation to the point of having ten sides in a single direction or six sides in all directions before being qualified to even consider it. This is no easy or simple goal.

Moreover, this is only a threshold. The spacing between the wooden armor walls is also an important criterion. The smaller the spacing, the more obvious the mutual reinforcement effect between the wooden armor walls will be.

Chen Guang can still control the gap between the first and second sides within five inches, but the gap between the third and fourth sides has reached as much as eight inches. He has completely lost the essence of the "fortress" of the armored formation, and the consumption of mana will only increase.

There is enormous room for improvement!

The wooden armor wall formed by the armored formation looked rather shabby, giving the impression that it could be easily broken. However, Chen Guang pointed his finger, and two inches of flame flew out, hitting the wooden armor wall. The flame went out after a little over a breath, and the burn marks left behind were just some red flame traces, which could not be burned.

It caused damage of nearly an inch. Ignition Finger is a fast attack spell, but its power is not strong. This shows how mediocre the defensive value of a single wooden wall is.

Its biggest advantage right now is that it is only slightly affected by fire attributes.

It cannot summon multiple wooden armor walls to reduce the gaps between walls, so its practical value is quite limited.

"Especially the summoning speed, it's incredibly slow. Even the armored formation can be summoned quickly by a master of formations, forming ten seamless wooden walls. While the defensive improvement of a single wooden wall is limited, the overall defense is increased immeasurably."

The armored formation also has its limits. If it exceeds eleven sides, it will become chaotic, the formation will break, and the formation flags or divination objects will be directly damaged. Eleven sides is a different formation altogether. In fact, ten is a rather elusive number. Most cultivators who can refine the armored formation flags cannot achieve ten wooden armor walls in one direction. Six sides in all directions are actually easier to achieve.

Reaching that level is still a long way off. Chen Guang has only grasped the basic principles and can set up the armored formation.

"It's not impossible to familiarize oneself with a formation and craft its flags within a year."

Chen Guang felt slightly uneasy. The rogue cultivator families were only familiar with a few array formations in their entire lives. Even with the accumulation of their ancestors, they might not be able to master all of them and refine array flags. This shows how difficult it was. Therefore, the array flags sold in those family shops were of a fixed type. If there were more options, they would have to put in a lot of effort.

Chen Guang's advantage lies in having ample time and a spiritual power far exceeding that of cultivators of the same level. If he still cannot refine the simple armor formation flags, then he should really abandon the formation altogether.

At the same time, the intensity of combat tactics training began to increase again. With Wei Donglai and Zhong Qi present, the opportunity to practice combat tactics should also be seized.

Making use of resources, we began to train ourselves extensively. Time flew by in this atmosphere, and before we knew it, it was time for spring plowing.

As Chen Guang was sowing seeds in the spiritual field, he suddenly heard the faint sound of bees and insects flying around. Turning his head, he saw several tiger bees carefully flying on the wall. Perhaps sensing Chen Guang's gaze, they immediately and nervously landed in the yard.

Without a doubt, they have returned to the meteorite. This has been the case for days. With Chen Guang providing nectar and food, the Moonlit Garland in the courtyard, though neither flower nor grass, can still attract the Heavenly Star Tiger Bees. At first, there was only one, but now there are several. In a while, when the flowers bloom everywhere in the land of extreme yang, we may see them frequently coming and going, truly making this place their home.

During this period of testing and getting to know each other, Chen Guang was able to determine which of the Tianxing tiger bees was stronger and more suitable to control the entire colony. This process was slow, but it was progressing steadily, as evidenced by the fact that some of his companions had already ventured out of the meteorite at his call.

Unlike other insect colonies, bee colonies do not require harsh control. Moreover, the docile tiger bee, with its gentle nature, can be easily trained to maintain basic order and behavioral logic.

In a corner of the courtyard, amidst the variegated wood shrouded in miasma, as a large amount of wood essence was poured in, the hatching process was accelerated. One after another, the purple spiders hatched, while others gradually lost their vitality and became dead eggs. In the end, Chen Guang harvested eleven ordinary purple spiders and one special purple spider that had already hatched.

These eleven purple spiders were much more obedient overall. Although they preferred to stay in the miasma environment, they would obey Chen Guang's command to enter the orchid sac with just one instruction. The special purple spiders, although still obedient due to the influence of the Black Rainbow Guard, could also be felt to have some resistance and were more individualistic.

While planting new spiritual plants for the new season, Chen Guang was also busy preparing for battle. The days were peaceful, but one day after the beginning of spring, something happened in the spiritual field of the Void Flower Tree. The Thousand Needle Wrens let out a series of sharp cries, which made Chen Guang's heart skip a beat. He hurriedly rushed to the spiritual field of the Void Flower Tree.

The illusory flower tree has slender and few leaves, yet they are quite suitable for its surroundings. Two thousand needlebirds anxiously flutter about on one of the illusory flower trees, constantly changing positions, their eyes fixed on the location of the flower buds.

The nearly transparent flower bud was difficult to see, and it was also wrapped by the few leaves on a branch. Without hesitation, Chen Guang activated his Clear Vision and immediately saw a red dot moving nervously up and down inside the transparent bud of the Void Flower Tree. It was very likely a ferocious insect with traces of the Dao of the Universe, obviously affected by the pressure from the two Thousand Needle Wrens, and was fleeing in great tension. At the same time, wherever it passed, the intact aura of the Void Flower Tree bud immediately began to break, most likely because it was being eaten!

A clear and discerning eye can see changes in the flow of energy, but it cannot see through things, so it can only guess.

The Thousand Needle Wren, bound by Chen Guang's orders, dared not harm the flower buds of the False Flower Tree. Although it discovered the ferocious insect, it had no way to bite it.

Chen Guang quickly scanned his surroundings and immediately spotted four similarly damaged buds of the False Flower Tree, one of which was practically on its last legs.

Distressed!

One mu of spiritual field can only support fifteen illusory flower trees. Each illusory flower tree typically has only two flower buds, and even those with three buds have only four. Now, four flower buds have been directly damaged, and one of them is already dead. How could Chen Guang not be heartbroken?

Despite our best efforts, we still couldn't prevent it.

Chen Guang's aura became sharp. The spirit field array of the Qingheng Sect not only does not hinder some individuals, but also "guides" them. Otherwise, a ferocious insect would not have happened to travel such a long distance from outside the array to this branch building and appear in Chen Guang's spirit field.

The attracted ferocious insects will not wander aimlessly; they will be targeted and guided to a fixed location, demonstrating that they are well-prepared and have a clear objective.

In order to simulate the proactive willingness of spirit plant masters to face various difficulties, the spirit farmers of Qingheng Sect are never short of challenges with the help of formations. Although they do not have to fight against natural disasters, they can experience most of the problems that a spirit plant would encounter under normal circumstances. Instead, the spirit farmers of Qingheng Sect will not make their cultivation of the spirit plant path seem shallow because of the sufficiently comfortable and advanced cultivation environment.

Outside the sect, the Qingheng Sect's spiritual farmers are admired by independent cultivators for their solid foundation and ability to contain or even solve problems on their own before seeking help. This is completely different from the independent cultivators' own spiritual farmers who are helpless and wait for assistance when faced with unexpected situations.

Normally, Chen Guang would feel proud and even have a fleeting sense of superiority because of such a design, but now he couldn't help but complain about why the formation had such a "loophole".

This is a virgin flowering tree that only produces 24 flowers per acre. After it blooms, you have to pay for at least 15 flowers every year. Because of this incident, it's already on the red line.