Chapter 641: Chapter 248: Formation Enters the Dantian (Part 6)
Soon, his gaze was drawn to a neatly arranged pile of bronze fragments.
These bronze fragments were gradually collected by Shen Wen’an over the years.
He once speculated that these bronze fragments belonged to the same artifact, but due to the lack of many parts, he couldn’t piece together the artifact’s exact form.
Shen Xiubai carefully picked up the fragments, examining the patterns on them, his eyes gleaming with a sharp light.
With his understanding of the Array Dao, he quickly discovered that the array patterns on these fragments belonged to the same era as those on the copper pot, which could condense spiritual liquid!
More importantly, the surface array patterns of the two had many similarities.
Shen Xiubai immediately placed the bronze fragments from the antique shelf together with the copper pot and began his in-depth study.
This research lasted for over a month.
When he finally laid down the last piece of bronze fragment, an array of ancient and mysterious formation patterns flashed through his clear eyes.
Shen Xiubai exhaled long and deep, then got up and began rummaging through the various antique shelves.
Eventually, his gaze landed on a cyan jade box.
This jade box was a wedding gift from the elder with a conical hat during Shen You’s grand marriage.
Inside was something called "Essence of Spirit Jade," a wondrous item capable of repairing celestial wounds of the Immortal Embryo.
Holding the jade box, Shen Xiubai opened it slowly, revealing a jelly-like object emanating a faint glow.
Gazing at the Essence of Spirit Jade within the cyan jade box, Shen Xiubai pondered for a moment, then formed formulas controlling the jelly-like jade essence to float mid-air.
Subsequently, array patterns were continuously sent from his hands, embedding themselves into the jade essence.
As more array patterns were infused, the piece of jade essence also began to emit a stronger glow.
Seeing this, a glimmer of joy crossed Shen Xiubai’s eyes, and he immediately ceased his hand movements.
"This item is quite peculiar. If it can be perfectly refined into the dantian, it can serve as an array base material, bearing the operation of the formation."
"Let’s give it a try!"
Having made a decision, Shen Xiubai controlled the jelly-like jade essence to his lips.
After a slight hesitation, he directly swallowed the jade essence.
This "Essence of Spirit Jade" truly lives up to its reputation for repairing celestial wounds of the Immortal Embryo; once swallowed, it flowed through his meridians, surging toward his dantian.
Through divine sense introspection, seeing the jelly-like jade essence appear in the dantian, Shen Xiubai was instantly thrilled.
The fact that the Essence of Spirit Jade could inscribe array patterns had just been verified by him.
Now that this thing had successfully reached his dantian, it meant he could attempt to set up the newly comprehended Spirit Gathering Array!
Suppressing his heart’s excitement, Shen Xiubai immersed all his consciousness into the dantian, maneuvering the jade essence into various forms within the dantian, ultimately shaping it into a disc akin to the size of an array plate.
Once the shape of the jade plate was set with a bit of spiritual power, Shen Xiubai immediately began inscribing the Spirit Gathering Array patterns on it.
Time passed unknowingly, and as the array patterns on the jade plate gradually got completed, the entire jade plate began emitting a dazzling glow.
When the last array pattern was perfectly inscribed, the jade plate held by spiritual power suddenly surged with powerful energy and began to rotate slowly.
Shen Xiubai could distinctly feel a slight suction from the rotating jade plate gradually absorbing a bit of spiritual power from his dantian.
After absorbing this spiritual power, numerous complex patterns surfaced on the plate’s surface.
As these complex patterns lit up, the spiritual qi in the surrounding air was incessantly gathered without him needing to guide it with a cultivation technique.
Once the air’s spiritual qi entered his body, it began to circulate slowly following a fixed circulation route.
Feeling all this, Shen Xiubai suddenly opened his eyes, his expression filled with joy!
"It worked!"
"It finally worked!"
After years of time and countless hardships and efforts, he had finally succeeded in setting up the Spirit Gathering Array within his dantian!
Now, even with the lowest quality spirit root, having a Spirit Gathering Array constantly gathering spiritual qi from the air, operating independently within his body, would be enough to quickly elevate his realm.
Suppressing the overwhelming joy inside, Shen Xiubai once again submerged his divine sense into the dantian, meticulously studying the jade essence inscribed with the Spirit Gathering Array. Moments later—
"It’s still not perfect."
"This object cannot transform along with my cultivation advancement."
"Nor can it perfectly integrate into the dantian, always equivalent to an external object..."
"If these two problems could be solved, great-grandfather’s idea of using the Five Elements Array to substitute for the Five Elements Innate Spiritual Qi, allowing cultivators with no spiritual root to easily break through to Fetal Breathing, would be realized."
Shen Xiubai muttered in a deep voice.
The Essence of Spirit Jade had entered the dantian through the meridians on its own, without being refined.
Under such circumstances, when his cultivation reached the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, trying to break through to the Realm of Great Perfection might face obstacles.
It’s like a bottle that contains something else inside; even if it’s filled with water, it’s not truly perfect.
Unless this object could become part of the bottle.
However, this poses another dilemma.
The Essence of Spirit Jade is not a magical artifact; there is no concept of refinement.
"How should this be resolved?"
Upon pondering this, the joy in Shen Xiubai’s heart dissipated quite a bit.
After long contemplation, he could only temporarily suppress this thorny problem, planning to research it gradually in the future.
For now, the immediate priority was to ascertain what he had just absorbed.
Armed with the jade box, Shen Xiubai went to the second floor of the Black Water Pavilion.
"Great-grandfather."
After greeting Shen Yuan respectfully, he placed the jade box on the desk before him.
"Great-grandfather, Xiubai wishes to know what the item inside this cyan jade box is."
Shen Yuan picked up the jade box, glanced at it, pondered briefly, and recalled it was brought over by Shen Wen’an at the time.
"This item is called ’Essence of Spirit Jade,’ used to repair celestial wounds of the Immortal Embryo."
"The content inside this..."
It repairs celestial wounds of the Immortal Embryo!?
Upon hearing this, Shen Xiubai felt rather guilty.
He wasn’t a completely ignorant junior cultivator and had some understanding of celestial wounds of the Immortal Embryo.
The value of Essence of Spirit Jade, capable of repairing celestial wounds of the Immortal Embryo, goes without saying.
"Forgive me, great-grandfather, for my reckless boldness. I’ve already used up this ’Essence of Spirit Jade’..."
Upon hearing this, Shen Yuan was somewhat puzzled.
Shen Xiubai’s current realm was merely in the Qi Cultivation Third Layer, not even coagulating an Immortal Embryo; what was the purpose of using this ’Essence of Spirit Jade’?
"Great-grandfather, please observe Xiubai’s dantian."
Shen Xiubai extended his hand.
Observing, Shen Yuan grasped his wrist with his palm, slowly directing his divine sense into Xiubai’s dantian.
Instantly, he saw the array plate formed by the Essence of Spirit Jade.
Feeling the array on the plate slowly circulating, with the surrounding air’s spiritual qi continuously being absorbed into his dantian by the array, Shen Yuan was quite astonished.
Did this young one truly inscribe an array inside his dantian?
