Chapter 287: Chapter 137: The Array Rises, Rest in Peace (Part 2)
Ma Tiansheng had long guessed this point and couldn’t help but grumble.
"Are you blaming me for this?
Wasn’t I just trying to help you?"
Li Pengfei snorted coldly.
"I dare not.
But if you really wanted to help me, then you shouldn’t have taken those two thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones from me a few days ago.
Now that nothing has been settled, you’ve already collected the Spirit Stones.
I’ve run out of Lower-Grade Spirit Stones and don’t even have a place to stay.
So, you need to return those Spirit Stones to me."
Thinking about the two thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stones he gave a few days ago, Ma Tiansheng felt a pang in his heart and quickly added.
"I can return them to you, but unfortunately, I spent them a few days ago."
Upon hearing this, Li Pengfei’s expression froze, but he still said this.
"I don’t care; you need to return those Spirit Stones, or I’ll just stay at your house.
Besides, don’t say I didn’t warn you, this Zhou Changwang isn’t someone to mess with.
When you first introduced me here, wasn’t it because of that Spiritual Spring? After I rented it, I directly diverted that Spiritual Spring.
Now that the Spirit Land has been taken over, it probably won’t be long before they discover the diversion of the Spiritual Spring. By then, they will definitely redirect it back..."
Ma Tiansheng said with some schadenfreude.
"Hmph! He wouldn’t dare!"
Li Pengfei’s face immediately turned gloomy.
This was the issue that had always worried him, and it was also the reason why he was willing to stand up for Ma Tiansheng this time and go to see Zhou Changwang.
He just wanted to see if the other party was as easy to handle as Ma Tiansheng.
Unfortunately.
He was interrupted by Ma Tiansheng... Besides, judging by the other’s demeanor at the time, he didn’t seem like someone who could be easily dealt with.
...
"Fellow Daoist Chen, we’ll be relying on you next."
Not long after Li Pengfei and the others left, Array Master Chen Yuanfang arrived.
Zhou Changwang quickly welcomed him in.
Chen Yuanfang appeared to be a middle-aged man, tall with disheveled hair, looking somewhat unkempt. However, his eyes were bright and he exuded a bit of confidence. He smiled and said, "It’s no trouble at all; I’ve been paid in Spirit Stones."
"By the way, were those arrays at the entrance set up by you?"
Seeing Zhou Changwang nod, he praised, "Indeed, they have quite the Spiritual Nature.
Most who study arrays only follow the diagram without considering the terrain or the flow of Spiritual Qi and Spirit Veins, merely forming arrays as instructed by the map.
These are what we call ’surface’ arrays, limited in duration, with actual power only being less than half of the array itself.
To put it bluntly, such array masters haven’t even stepped into the door of array formation.
But Fellow Daoist Zhou’s arrays, while inevitably a bit mechanical, are combined with the terrain and direction of the Spirit Veins.
Even if the position differs from the array map, it prioritizes the flow of Earth Qi.
One could say that you have truly stepped into the realm of arrays and truly understand them."
"You’re too kind, Fellow Daoist Chen.
I only know a little about the basics."
Zhou Changwang replied modestly.
"I’m not just being polite.
What’s key is that Fellow Daoist Zhou is also a Spirit Plant Master, which truly surprises me."
As he spoke, Chen Yuanfang also looked at the few Spirit Fields.
Each Spirit Plant was thriving, and there were many of them. All nine acres of the Spirit Field were fully planted, which was not something an average Spirit Plant Master could achieve.
At least, it would take decades of farming experience.
"Fellow Daoist Chen misunderstands.
These were all done by my predecessors.
I have only just taken over this Spirit Land.
You could say I’ve taken a bit of advantage."
Zhou Changwang said with a smile.
"Indeed."
Hearing this, Chen Yuanfang put away his surprise and did not forget his purpose for coming here. He quickly began to move around the Spirit Land, conducting inspections.
He used the Qi Observation Technique, thoroughly examining nearly every corner.
It wasn’t until an hour later that he stopped.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou’s Spirit Land is indeed excellent.
The Spirit Vein Grade is only at the Initial Second Grade Level, but the Spiritual Qi is abundant and nodes are densely distributed. In terms of Spiritual Qi richness, it’s comparable to a Second-Grade Middle-Tier Spirit Vein.
However, if I’m not mistaken, there should be a Spiritual Spring here with Earth Qi rising and rich Water Spiritual Qi. With the nourishment and irrigation of the Spiritual Spring, this Spirit Land has been revitalized, and its potential has been stimulated by the Spirit Water soaring.
Over time, the Spirit Land even has the potential to be promoted to a Second-Grade Middle-Tier Spirit Land.
But for some reason, the Spiritual Spring has been diverted, and the Earth Qi is leaking, causing the Spirit Land Grade to be unstable and at risk of slowly declining."
After a brief pause, Chen Yuanfang suddenly spoke.
"Hmm?
Spiritual Spring?
Earth Qi leakage? Spirit Vein Grade decline?"
Zhou Changwang’s expression changed, and he immediately thought of the dried-up storage pond beside the courtyard.
Above the pond, there was indeed a channel extending upward.
He had originally planned to trace it upstream when he had the time to see what caused the spring to stop flowing, leaving his pond dry.
He never thought it would be a Spiritual Spring.
Moreover, from what Array Master Chen suggested, the Spiritual Spring hadn’t dried up but was ’diverted.’ Most importantly, the diversion of the Spiritual Spring could impact the grade of his Spirit Land’s Spirit Vein...
Zhou Changwang couldn’t sit still any longer. He hurried along the original spring path, reaching the uppermost Spirit Field, then looked toward a five-zhang-high boulder above the Spirit Field. With a light leap, he stepped and vaulted up.
He didn’t walk far.
Not far from the boulder, he found a Concealing Array.
