Chapter 126: Ultra-Long-Distance Transmission Formation

Huanhu Dao.

"The formation is complete."

The final spell seal was cast, and Yunhe looked with satisfaction at the medicinal field before him, as well as the "Rain-Nourishing Auspicious Cloud Formation" laid out there.

As the formation activated, a mass of auspicious clouds shimmering with three-colored rosy light condensed above the medicinal field, and then rainwater suffused with spiritual energy poured down.

The medicinal field's soil, already quite fertile from repeated applications of fertilizer made from rotting wood flood dragon blood, now received this spirit-energy-laden rain, giving the spiritual plants planted within the best nourishment and causing them to grow even faster.

"It works far better than whatever 'Little Cloud Rain Technique'."

Yunhe smacked his lips and sighed.

He plucked three snow-white, crystal-clear spiritual fruits from nearby, tossed one into his own mouth, and threw the other two respectively to the Little Fox and the White Ape King.

Crack—

Juicy flesh accompanied by a fresh sweet fragrance and a gentle spiritual energy filled his mouth.

Mmm—

The Little Fox let out a happy cry, wrapping its tail around the spiritual fruit and nibbling at it bit by bit.

Thank you, King.

The White Ape King was not as carefree as the Little Fox; after giving a rather respectful thanks, he wiped himself off, then slowly began to eat.

Monkey, from now on, besides regular fertilizing and activating the formation every three days, each year you will bury a demon beast in the medicinal field to ensure the soil's fertility.

After swallowing the fruit, Yunhe casually wiped his mouth and instructed.

"Yes!" The White Ape King immediately stopped eating the fruit and hastily replied.

By the way, Little Fox, how did catching those earthworms for plowing the soil go?

Upon hearing this, the Little Fox's action also paused, but with its mouth full it quickly chewed, and after swallowing with a 'glug', it then pursed its lips.

Mmm—

A low groan.

The soil in the medicinal field writhed, and seven or eight earthworms for plowing the soil burrowed out.

Seeing this, Yunhe smiled and said, "Not bad."

Hehe.

Having received praise, the Little Fox also laughed along.

With these little creatures around, not only will they not hinder the growth of the spiritual plants, but the speed at which the soil's fertility increases can also be improved, and they themselves can gain quite a few benefits.

Rattle—

Suddenly.

Under dim, dark clouds, a light drizzle drifted down.

Huh?

Noticing the rain, Yunhe narrowed his eyes and lifted his head.

'Here it comes again.'

It's this restless feeling again.

Initially, it attracted who knows how many lake-dwelling demon beasts to rush forward toward an unknown direction, and only a few seemed able to return in the end.

Those who share this feeling naturally also include the demon beasts on Huanhu Dao, as well as those in the waters surrounding Huanhu Dao.

But just as that strange attraction stirred the demon beasts' deepest, most instinctive restlessness, a voice suddenly rang out, covering the entire area.

Ong—!!

A long, turtle-dragon-like moan echoed throughout the Huanhu Dao region.

All the demon beasts, upon hearing this, regained their clarity.

However, after doing all this, Yunhe did not relax his expression; he was simply even more curious.

Just what is it that appears every so often and holds such great allure over the demon beasts?

Mmm-mmm?

The Little Fox let out a soft cry.

It too belongs to the demon beasts unaffected by it.

Faced with the little one's confusion, Yunhe shook his head and said, "I don't know either."

He then added, "Once I've taken care of some things, if it's still not over, I'll go check it out."

The world of cultivation.

As his divine sense strengthened, his proficiency with the dual-mind technique increased, and Yunhe's simultaneous control of two bodies became more adept.

As long as they're not engaged in spell combat, keeping both bodies active at the same time, even maintaining cultivation states simultaneously, is no problem.

This gave his cultivation base's advancement speed a considerable boost.

The "Corpse Soul Classic" is somewhat interesting.

Yunhe set down the Jade Slip, revealing a thoughtful expression.

This Corpse Soul Classic is precisely the cultivation technique practiced by Heimu, and it is also an excellent technique.

The spells and secret arts attached to this technique are not much, but the methods for cultivating, controlling, and restricting corpse puppets are still quite good.

'If it were the Profound Dark True Classic of Venerable Yunmeng, perhaps it would be even more outstanding.'

But that's just a thought; he really wouldn't dare have too much contact with such an old monster, let alone maintain long-term dealings.

'However, it should be sufficient enough; combined with the Myriad Insects and Myriad Worms Art, it might actually be able to animate that Heavenly Capital Insect Corpse.'

His pupils flickered slightly.

He also didn't know if it was just an illusion.

Since last time he ate that 'Three Calamity Bodhi Seed', in some aspects Yunhe felt his thoughts seemed more lively.

Of course, it could also be a benefit brought by the enhancement of divine sense from the 'Myriad Insects and Thousand Gu Technique'.

Hmm.

A muffled grunt.

Yunhe put away the Jade Slip without changing his expression and looked at Liu Tianhong, who was slowly regaining consciousness.

Upon waking, Liu Tianhong's expression changed; she immediately assumed a defensive stance, only to freeze upon seeing Yunhe, then let out a long breath.

Senior Sister, you're awake.

What happened to me?

Liu Tianhong slowly came to her senses, then realized she seemed to have inadvertently fallen into a trap, though she wasn't sure where the trap came from or how she had managed to survive.

Afterward, Yunhe simply gave a brief rundown of what had happened.

Of course, he omitted and skipped most of it, only saying that he had fought Black Wood and finally rescued Liu Tianhong from the enemy's hands.

After hearing it, although Liu Tianhong had some doubts, she was after all the one who had held them back, so she didn't ask further, instead expressing her heartfelt thanks to Yunhe.

Yunhe said with a smile.

We are fellow sect cultivators; we should help each other, Senior Sister need not be so polite.

He then added jokingly,

If Senior Sister truly wishes to thank me, you might instead offer some pointers on artifact refinement; I've racked my brains but still can't make any progress in the Way of Artifacts.

Who would have thought Liu Tianhong would take it seriously, nodding earnestly.

Good!

He immediately took out a Jade Slip from his storage bag.

It's not that Senior Sister is hoarding secrets; the sect's rules forbid transmitting refinement methods externally, and even fellow disciples cannot casually pass them on. However, this is Senior Sister's years of refinement experience and her researched insights, which I believe could offer some inspiration to Junior Brother.

Seeing this, Yunhe was momentarily stunned, then smiled and waved his hand, saying:

Senior Sister, Junior Brother was just joking.

But seeing Liu Tianhong's serious expression and sincere attitude, Yunhe pursed his lips and still accepted the Jade Slip.

In that case, Junior Brother would be disrespectful to decline.

After he put away the Jade Slip, Liu Tianhong nodded satisfactorily.

The guilt in her heart finally dissipated somewhat.

Afterward, the two rested and adjusted for a while.

Once they had mostly recovered, they continued searching the area.

Upon seeing that the previous cave had completely collapsed, the two concluded that the demonic cultivator must have finished his goal and left.

Although they hadn't managed to deal with a few demonic cultivators, they had caused no adverse effect on the Qingyu Domain or the Qingzong Sect, so the two decided to return.

Of course, Liu Tianhong didn't know that the so-called demonic cultivators, even the ancient monsters who had slept for hundreds of years, had already been dealt with by Yunhe.

Upon returning to the Fan City area of the Qingyu Domain, the communication stone frog resumed its link with Chi Yihong.

At the same time, the two also learned.

Chi Yihong determined that the Fan family of Fan City indeed had ties with demonic cultivators.

The Fan family has been struck from the records of Fan City!

Fan City is now overseen by another cultivator clan, the Xu family.

Their swift and decisive actions have greatly shaken all cultivator clans within the Qingyu Domain.

This was also Yunhe's first witnessing of the Qingzong Sect's iron-blooded methods toward cultivator families in the domain.

He also witnessed the strength of Chi Yihong, the Deputy Chief of the Sect's Law Enforcement Pavilion.

Although Chi Yihong inevitably mobilized the remaining cultivator clans of Fan City during the process, the fact that, relying solely on his position as Deputy Chief of the Law Enforcement Pavilion and arriving alone, he could wipe out a cultivator clan with a hundred-year heritage shows his ability.

And when Chi Yihong learned from Yunhe's words that the demonic cultivators had left, especially inferring from Yunhe's account of their fight and his description of the opponent that it was the Corpse Sect's Black Wood, he also showed no reaction.

He immediately decided to return to the sect to turn in the mission.

However, Yunhe expressed his wish to stay two more days to gather and supplement some supplies; the two had no objections, merely urging Yunhe to return quickly before they themselves headed back to the sect.

After they left, Yunhe then sought out the Shen siblings again.

This person's grasp of formations is not weak; he instantly found the weakness of the 'Little Sumeru Thunder Formation'.

Shen Xingshu helped repair the formation while muttering softly.

Then I'll just add a small illusionary formation on top of this to conceal it.

Actually, the formation isn't badly damaged; Yunhe could fix it himself, but he came to gather some information.

Money, money

Shen Mu, who could barely speak clearly, brought over a large piece of demonic beast meat.

Seeing his simple smile and oil stains around his mouth, Yunhe dared not show any contempt.

Thank you, Brother Shen.

He took the demonic beast meat.

He took a bite as if nothing were unusual.

By the way, Daoist Shen, do you know about teleportation formations?

Yunhe, having opened up the conversation, asked casually.

Teleportation formation?

Shen Xingshu, who was adjusting the formation flags and implements, also didn't show much concern, merely saying:

Who studying formations doesn't know about teleportation formations? However, setting up a teleportation formation is quite special; it requires not only a solid grasp of formation arts but also a certain 'spatial' talent. Especially when laying out the formation, one must be at a special spatial node for it to possibly succeed.

Although it sounded like idle chatter, it seemed she had some knowledge of teleportation formations.

Have you, Daoist Shen, ever seen an octagonal teleportation formation? Yunhe took another bite of the demonic beast meat, chewing as he asked.

"An octagon?"

Shen Xingrui's movement finally stalled, and they turned their head toward Yunhe with some surprise.

"Have you seen it, Fellow Daoist Qian?"

Yunhe laughed and shrugged.

"It's impossible; I only saw it once while reading the classics, so I'm just a bit curious."

Hearing this, Shen Xingrui did not suspect him, continued repairing the formation, and said:

"Ordinary transmission arrays are hexagonal, with transmission distances ranging from about 100,000 to 1,000,000 li; the exact distance depends on the array master's ability. Meanwhile, an octagonal transmission array is an ultra-long-distance transmission array."

"Ultra-long-distance transmission array?"

"Most are ancient transmission arrays; they could only be set up when the space of the ancient cultivation world was not as stable as it is now. I don't know how far they could actually transmit." Shen Xingrui seemed somewhat regretful and sighing.

Afterward, as if thinking of something, she added:

"However, when using these ultra-long-distance transmission arrays, one must have something called a 'Great Displacement Token' to protect the user from being torn apart by overly distant space."

Great Displacement Token?

Yunhe narrowed his eyes without changing his expression.

"Looks like it can't be used."

He sighed inwardly.

But Shen Xingrui then said:

"However, the term 'Great Displacement Token' is what we in the Eastern Border cultivation world call it; due to differences in lineage across the vast cultivation world, the names and methods of many things naturally vary, especially the older they are, the less uniform they are, but their functions are the same."

Upon hearing this, Yunhe's heart stirred.

"Could it be that 'Cloud Middle Feather' is something similar to the 'Great Displacement Token' in the Upper Cloud Realm?"

He could not be certain.

But he quickly changed the subject, saying:

"I've also heard that some formations can even be stacked upon each other."

"Fellow Daoist Qian, you do have some understanding of formations." Shen Xingrui glanced at him in surprise again.

"Mastering one principle leads to understanding all; one should also study some formation arts, so as not to be too passive when trapped in a formation." Yunhe said with a smile.

This time, Venerable Yun Ming gave him a wake‑up call.

If he were to fall into a formation like Venerable Yun Ming did, what should he do?

"That's right. However, what you referred to as 'stacked formations' is a rare formation inheritance; I don't know much about it either."

After chatting a while longer, once Shen Xingrui finished repairing the formation, Yunhe bade farewell and left.

He bought many items and materials at the market.

The main items were auxiliary materials for reforging the Heavenly Capital Gu Corpse, as well as materials for cultivating corpse gu, which were not hard to find.

That is, the Heavenly Capital Gu Corpse has already been forged into shape; otherwise, attempting to refine a corpse comparable to an early Golden Core cultivator would require materials Yunhe dare not even imagine.

After also buying plenty of fruit at the mortal market, he finally returned to the Qingzong Sect.

He completed the mission.

He then returned to his own cave dwelling.

One the one hand, he attempted to refine and cultivate corpse gu.

On the other hand, he devoted more energy to the Demon Beast Body.

Meanwhile, in the Demon Beast World.

The rain that had fallen for three days showed no sign of clearing up; instead, it showed a trend of growing more intense.

In the end, Yunhe decided to go and see.

(End of chapter)