Chapter 168: Huge Project (Bonus chapter for Alliance Leader 'Qingzpzpzp600')

In the next few days, the array masters who applied came to Fanghe Peak one after another, including another great array master, Jiang Feihe.

This gentleman is a rare Golden Core expert among array masters. He was warmly welcomed by Tang Song, who claimed that with him coming out of the mountain, he would "have more confidence." So Jiang Feihe was entrusted with an important task, responsible for presiding over the geothermal heat of Stone Valley, and Tang Song assigned eleven array masters to his command, accounting for nearly forty percent of all array masters.

At this point, Stone Valley had a total of twelve array masters, Zhidun Ridge had seven array masters, Horse-Raising Slope had five array masters, and Qionghan Pool had five array masters. As for the geothermal vent on the mid-mountain terrace of Fanghe Peak, it was presided over and used by Tang Song himself. Of course, the candidates were all assigned by him to the other four places first. Besides himself, there was only one errand-running Liu Xiaolou and one Master Long—this gentleman was a weapon refiner invited by Tang Song to check the refining of array plates.

A total of thirty-one array masters and one weapon refiner, three Golden Cores: Tang Song at Golden Core mid-stage, Jiang Feihe at Golden Core early-stage, and Long Zifu, as well as eight Foundation Establishment and twenty Qi Refinement practitioners.

Among the Qi Refinement practitioners, except for Liu Xiaolou, the lowest were all at the seventh level of Qi Refinement. Someone like him at the fifth level of Qi Refinement was unique.

Array masters are a relatively special existence among cultivators. They are proficient in external objects but deficient in themselves, and even more focused on external objects than weapon refiners. Weapon refiners are more adept at combining cultivation and external objects when processing spirit materials and refining magic tools, while array masters are more focused on etching true spirit symbols on materials and laying out mountains, rivers, and seas.

Therefore, the cultivation progress of array masters is usually much slower than other cultivators, and arranging arrays and refining array plates do not have such high requirements for cultivation, so Golden Core array masters can be called masters, and Foundation Establishment late-stage array masters can be called high masters. More of them are Qi Refinement high-stage and Foundation Establishment early and mid-stage, who occupy the mainstream of array masters.

Therefore, even for the array sect within a great sect—Mount Siming—the sect master is only at the Nascent Soul early-stage, and the other elders are all at the Golden Core stage.

Like the mountain-protecting great array of the main peak of the Jin Jin Tingpai, it was presided over and set up by two Golden Core late-stage elders of Mount Siming at the beginning, and it has steadily protected Jinting Mountain for eighty years.

Inviting three Golden Cores to preside over the refining of the great array like the Zhao family, the lineup can already be called luxurious. Just the reward alone is unknown how much it cost, and Liu Xiaolou didn't dare to ask. He didn't even know how many spirit stones he would get as an errand runner in the future. But just looking at the first three batches of materials drafted by Tang Song, the value was probably no less than three thousand spirit stones!

Regarding this, Liu Xiaolou secretly clicked his tongue, sighed "arrogant" twice, and couldn't help but fantasize, if he issued a hero post... forget it, this is the Zhao family of the Jin Jin Tingpai; he would have to be tired of living to issue a hero post, and even if he did, probably no one would dare to take it.

Among all the materials, five metals and eight stones are a complete set of essentials. Not only are they essential, but several large sets have been prepared. For example, basic materials such as gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, cinnabar, realgar, mica, empty green, sulfur, rock salt, orpiment, saltpeter, etc., each kind of gold and stone has at least three to five different subdivisions. This item alone has more than fifty kinds of materials, each weighing from a few catties to dozens of catties. The amount prepared is a hundred times the amount Liu Xiaolou used when refining the Lin Yuan Xuanshi Array back then.

There are also more than ten kinds of spirit materials such as Xuanbird Stone, Nine-Flower Lone Falcon Wings, Owl Eyes, etc., from flying birds, nearly a hundred copies; more than ten kinds of spirit materials such as Dragon-Ox Hooves, Three-Flower Deer Antlers, Xiang-Ape Fur, etc., from beasts, dozens of copies; and dozens of spirit materials such as Jin Ye, Mother-Son Ghost Orchid, Blood Arrow Wood, Lightning-Struck Wood, Purple Sandalwood Heart, etc., from spirit plants, thousands of catties; as well as a large number of poisonous insects and strange snakes...

Liu Xiaolou ran back and forth between several geothermal vents, delivering the spirit material lists drafted by Tang Song, adjusting the shortages and surpluses of each place, and sometimes also going to the foot of Fanghe Peak to urge the Zhao family to prepare materials quickly.

Just preparing materials and refining materials took a month and a half, keeping him so busy that his feet didn't touch the ground.

Looking back at the scene when he refined the array plate, and then looking at it now, they are completely two concepts.

It was also in this month and a half that Liu Xiaolou finally witnessed Tang Song's majesty. This old man, who had always maintained a kind face, finally roared when interviewing the newly recruited array masters twice, and dismissed these two array masters one by one.

Therefore, on the mid-mountain terrace, it was still just Tang Song and Liu Xiaolou, plus a Master Long who refined weapons. Some spirit materials with higher difficulty were refined by Master Long personally, using the geothermal heat of the mid-mountain terrace.

Liu Xiaolou also saw that Tang Song was getting angry, more because the pressure on him was gradually increasing, so he also took the initiative to step forward and ask if there was anything he could help with.

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Facing one list after another in front of him, Tang Song kept shaking his head: "Everyone thinks they can be an array master? They learned a little fur and dare to come and refine array plates? It's truly unreasonable! Fanghe Peak Great Array, five sets of sub-arrays, twenty-eight sets of micro-arrays, refining one piece wrong will destroy hundreds of spirit stones worth of materials. How dare I use the two people just now?"

Liu Xiaolou said: "However, we have never had anyone refining array plates on our mid-mountain terrace. Will it affect the refining progress of the entire array?"

Tang Song sighed: "At most, it will be delayed by a month. There is no other way." After thinking for a while, he said: "Still need to adjust."

He moved a pile of papers on the table back and forth, muttering in his mouth: "Change it, start from the Northern Xuan Water, let Diao Daoyi start, refine the Gen Eight Palace, Jiang Feihe is responsible for the Dui Two Palace and Zhen Three Palace, Xing Bujiu's side... how many openings are there in the Horse-Raising Slope fire vent?"

Liu Xiaolou said: "Three."

Tang Song hesitated: "Then transfer Fu Conglin from Jiang Feihe's side to Horse-Raising Slope, Xing Bujiu presides over the refining of the Kun Two Palace..."

Liu Xiaolou reminded him: "Tang Master, you said the day before yesterday that Xing Bujiu is good at water-system array plates, and the Kun Two Palace belongs to Earth."

Tang Song patted the back of his head: "Almost forgot, Liu Xiaolou reminded me well, very good. The Kun Two Palace is still handed over to Diao Daoyi of Zhidun Ridge, and Xing Bujiu refines the Kan One. Northern Xuan Water emphasizes water, Xing Bujiu needs to add a burden here, and the Qian Six Palace is also handed over to him..."

After a re-allocation, the Northern Xuan Water sub-array finally entered the formal refining stage.

On this day, Liu Xiaolou went to Zhidun Ridge to deliver a message, handing over a true spirit symbol adjusted by Tang Song after observing the terrain and Feng Shui again to Diao Daoyi.

Diao Daoyi took it and looked at it, closed his eyes for a long time, and asked: "The Heart Palace God Gate turns northwest, is it because of the strong wind last night?"

Liu Xiaolou replied: "It should be so. The crosswind was strong last night, and Tang Master observed the Qi on the mountain terrace for a long time, then wrote this symbol by hand and asked Junior to hand it to you."

Diao Daoyi nodded: "Understood."

Such adjustments are frequent, and Liu Xiaolou has done it more than once, so he said no more. Just after going down Zhidun Ridge, he saw Liu Daoran following behind him, covering up, hesitant, so he stopped and waited for him: "Brother Daoran?"

Liu Daoran looked behind him, saw no one noticed, came to Liu Xiaolou's side and poured out his bitterness: "Brother, I have an ungracious request, I wonder if Brother can help?"

Liu Xiaolou said: "Brother Daoran, please speak."

Liu Daoran asked: "Can you tell Master Tang to transfer me away from Zhidun Ridge?"

Liu Xiaolou couldn't help but be surprised: "Brother Daoran, what do you mean?"

Liu Daoran sighed: "This Master Diao, sigh... a few days ago, because of the refining of gold leaf, I had a dispute with him. It was because my words were too straightforward, which annoyed him... In short, I can't stay here anymore."

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