The Eternal Saint of Alchemy

The Linju tribe did not add any text description to the boundary marker. In his inspection record, Master Cheng wrote: "The Linju tribe may be screening new varieties of cooperative materials, which needs further verification."

On a late autumn night, the charcoal fire in the main house and the spiritual energy emanating from the gaps in the array room intersected, forming a horizontal dividing line. The halo of light flowed slowly with the room's breathing.

Bai Ye sat in the hall, flipping through the previous season's data on the Silver Frost Sword, while Xiao Fan sat in front of him, holding a short staff and making adjustments to it.

The two stood an arm's length apart, each busy with their own things, exchanging a few words occasionally, followed by the sound of a roaring fire.

By late autumn, the Twin Realms Platform had integrated the technologies of weapons and spiritual materials.

Rock-skin components, forest dwelling plant fibers, and wind-blown vine seedlings form a stable circulation channel between the anvil collection and the anvil rift valley.

The longbow, jointly crafted by the three major factions, has undergone several rounds of testing and optimization. The design blueprints and material list have been completed and delivered to the respective factions.

According to the woman surnamed Shi, the mining and processing of sand dunes was stable in late autumn, and the transportation routes for components and plant materials had been fully adapted to the seasonal changes.

After the third harvest of the Windvines planted, the stock of Rust Rift vines has exceeded the reserve targets set in advance for this year.

Thanks to stable supplies from all sides, Shuangjietai was able to equip four battalions for the first time.

By late autumn, the Dual Realms Platform and the three parties had finalized a cooperation framework to develop weapon forging into a complete technology chain that transcends races and systems.

Xiao Fan categorized and archived the results of the collaboration over the past year: In terms of weaponry, the research and development and testing of the longbow were completed, and general improvements were made to the forging process.

In the field of pharmacy, basic data and cultivation directions for multiple plant fibers have been initially accumulated; while in the field of magic, the stability and longevity of forged products are improved by optimizing the spiritual medium and component materials.

The establishment of the four-party cooperation framework not only involves the division of labor among humans, forest dwellers, and rock-skinned people in terms of technology, but also begins to gradually integrate the daily operations of the Iron Anvil tribe into routine nodes such as material collection, material transfer, and process verification.

Inside the array chamber, the red crystal on the short staff and the silver patterns on the Silverfrost Sword generated spiritual energy fluctuations for the first time after the longbow was finalized. The two different waveforms perfectly overlapped in a short period of time.

In late autumn, Elan did not take anything to the border as usual, but stood at the edge of the forest waiting for Xiao Fan's arrival.

When Xiao Fan led the Golden Mane Rhinoceros from the Earth's Core to this location, the ground in front of Elan was already covered with dense branches. These branches formed a complex pattern, with lines extending outwards from the center, and each line ending in a small leaf.

Elan pointed to the pattern and said, "This is the Forest Dweller's Life Sensing Array. It uses the roots of living plants as a medium of spiritual energy and can continuously monitor the spiritual energy status and the activities of living beings within the array's range."

Elan crouched down and gently stroked the leaf with his fingers, saying, "We have been experimenting with this method in the forest for hundreds of years, and it is very effective for plant growth."

"If you set up the Wind Vine root system array in the open area between Rust Rift and Anvil Town, the distribution of spiritual energy in this area will be continuously monitored. This is far more comprehensive than your current periodic patrols, and it's almost real-time."

Xiao Fan squatted down and carefully examined the structure and layout of the array. The core design was very simple: several main roots served as the perception center, and multiple branches extended the perception range.

If the Linju tribe is willing to share this method, then the early warning system of the Twin Realms Platform can break through the fixed range of the array flags and extend to the area where the Gale Vine grows.

Xiao Fan and Elan finalized the layout plan for the first batch of life-sensing arrays.

Centered on the Rust Rift Collection Point, a connected root network is laid underground in the Wind Vine planting area to gather the sensing signals into the Dual-Boundary Sensing Chamber, enabling real-time reception and identification of continuous spiritual energy data of the crop area.

When the Linju tribe set up the grand formation, they had already communicated with the Shuangjietai and preserved the living stems of some special varieties they had cultivated to transmit signals.

Before winter arrived, the first batch of magic arrays had been set up and put into use, and for the first time, array masters transmitted data on spiritual energy fluctuations from the Rust Rift.

On the day the first snow of winter fell, stonemasons from the Rock Skin tribe arrived at the Anvil Market and brought back several uniquely shaped stone components. Each piece was covered with intricate patterns that followed the natural grain of the stone.

"This is the Earth Vein Resonance Stone of the Rock Skin Clan. When buried at a certain depth underground, it can resonate with the natural rock strata, making the flow of spiritual energy in the surrounding area more stable, and also reducing the fluctuations in spiritual energy caused by seasonal temperature differences."

Xiao Fan took the resonance stone back to the array room and conducted a comprehensive spiritual energy test.

When the resonant stone comes into contact with the psionic pulse generated by the short staff, it produces a continuous low-frequency resonance, the frequency of which is very close to the backup frequency of the dual-level network.

If it is buried under important nodes of the pipeline, the stability of the pipeline network operation under extreme weather conditions can be greatly improved.

After assessing the location and construction difficulty of the resonant stone installation, Master Cheng selected the middle section of the pipeline between the anvil and the double-boundary platform as a pilot project, combining the laying technology of the rock skin group with the personnel and equipment of the double-boundary platform.

The Rock Skin Clan craftsmen completed the pilot installation work, and the array room conducted subsequent data collection and evaluation.

After a month of pilot operation, the fluctuation of spiritual energy at the node has been reduced by nearly half compared to before, and the stability of pipeline transportation between the Iron Anvil Collection and the Twin Boundary Platform has also been significantly improved.

After confirming the test data in the array room, Xiao Fan added the resonant stone to the list of regular maintenance materials for the Dual Boundary Platform pipeline network and planned to expand it to all pipeline nodes in the direction of the Iron Rust Rift after the spring.

As winter approached, the array masters received several continuous signals from the life-sensing array. Any abnormal fluctuations in spiritual energy within the signal coverage area were immediately recorded.

Bai Ye checked the life sensor data on the Silver Frost Sword and found that the data for the Iron Rust Rift had shown slight fluctuations.

The fluctuations were very small, unlike normal changes, but rather regular, as if someone had used the same method to touch the edge of the formation at the same time.

Bai Ye compared several sets of waveforms and found that they came from different eras, but had striking similarities.