Chapter 385: Expanding the Array

Soon, Lin Feng steered the Scorching Sun Mirror and departed from the Far North. Darkness once again spread across the entire region, and howling winds and frost blanketed the black soil and crags once more.

"Should I continue patrolling the various parts of the human world, or should I return directly?"

Standing atop the Scorching Sun Mirror, Lin Feng looked at the sky shrouded in darkness and pondered this. However, simply drifting around the human world with the Scorching Sun Mirror for no reason was not his style.

"Clone!"

After a moment of hesitation, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven avatar appeared once more. Lin Feng glanced at the clone, who immediately understood, then steered the Scorching Sun Mirror and began to head into the distance.

"Next, I should refine the other Scorching Sun Mirrors as soon as possible!"

Watching the sun in the sky gradually recede, Lin Feng leaped several times in the direction of Jiangzhou and vanished.

When he reappeared, he had already returned to Xinglong Ridge in Jiangzhou, while simultaneously, the main Scorching Sun Mirror began its patrol across the human world.

"Master, I have successfully obtained the dragon vein tomb soil!"

Just as Lin Feng returned to Xinglong Ridge, Shuzhuan Gui appeared before him and reported.

"Mm, how much did you get?"

Lin Feng was not surprised that it had returned successfully; after all, it was merely an imperial tomb, and even if there were Guiyi inside, they could not be stronger than a Calamity Ghost.

"Master, it is all here. Please, take a look!"

Shuzhuan Gui waved a hand, and a large pile of black soil appeared beside it. Lin Feng roughly estimated there were nearly a hundred shi, enough to supply five Guiyi.

"Mm, not bad!"

Lin Feng put the dragon vein tomb soil away, praised Shuzhuan Gui, and then signaled for it to follow him.

"Although the situation in the Yinjian has stabilized quite a bit, a greater storm will sweep toward us sooner or later. Therefore, I intend to expand outward from the military camp as the center."

"These marked locations are the mines we hold in our hands. We will use them as pivot points to build new camps."

"These places don't need to be built too large, but they must be sturdy enough to support the main camp and each other."

"It would be best if they could form a complete grand array, connecting the entire area together..."

Lin Feng pointed at the map of the Yinjian and explained his thoughts to Shuzhuan Gui. The Yinjian was indeed dangerous, but its potential was immense.

If they could seize the initiative in the Yinjian during the power struggle against those old antiques or the fellows from Tianwai Tian, those enemies would not be able to spare much energy to deal with the human world.

This could be considered an alternative form of "besieging Wei to save Zhao," though achieving this level of success would not be easy.

"Master, if it is an array, I do know of one that can be dispersed over a large area."

Hearing Lin Feng's plan, Shuzhuan Gui suddenly reminded him. Compared to what Lin Feng kept in his memory, Shuzhuan Gui possessed a vast amount of knowledge, like a library.

"Tell me about it."

Lin Feng nodded and signaled for it to continue.

"Yes. Master, do you know of the Ghost Prisons and Ghost-Suppressing Graveyards that the Great Xia scattered across every city?"

As Shuzhuan Gui spoke, it took out a book, flipped it open, and the contents were soon presented before Lin Feng.

"This was meticulously arranged by the Three Sages of Great Xia back then to suppress the fortune of the entire Great Xia. The purpose was to utilize the power of the majority of Guiyi to sustain them, while they, in turn, could use this array to force the Guiyi into a state of deathly silence."

"The entire massive array achieved the effect of borrowing strength to strike. The more Guiyi they imprisoned, the stronger their power became, and the harder it was for the imprisoned Guiyi to escape."

Shuzhuan Gui found that section and explained it carefully to Lin Feng.

"Mm, it looks good, but I'm afraid it's still a bit weak for use in the Yinjian."

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes and pondered. It had to be said that the coverage area of this array was indeed large enough; after all, it was an array capable of controlling the fifty prefectures of Great Xia at the time.

If not for the passage of time and the decline of the Three Sages themselves, who were targeted by the Incense Master, anyone else trying to stir up trouble within Great Xia would likely have been suppressed quickly.

"However, there is no problem with borrowing the foundation of this array. The final connection point can be changed from a sage to a divine statue, and then the divine statue can transfer the power to the Zhiren army or other Guiyi."

"Ghost Prisons, chains, divine statues, graveyards... I can manufacture all of these with my current abilities."

"Shuzhuan Gui, improve this array. Redraw a set of arrays according to my requirements just now!"

After some thought, Lin Feng felt the new plan was feasible and immediately set Shuzhuan Gui to work.

Shuzhuan Gui had sufficient knowledge reserves, but its thinking ability was still lacking. While it drew the array, Lin Feng also provided guidance on some content.

Eventually, a massive array capable of covering a range of several thousand li took shape. The entire array looked somewhat like a spider web; every node represented a core, and every connecting line was a power transmission route.

Through this array, they could expand in all directions with the military camp as the core, and the wider the expansion, the stronger the overall defensive power would become!

"Hoo~ Very good! Very good!"

"If we can spread this entire array across the Yinjian, we will directly occupy a portion of it, and all the mines and resource zones will be included within it!"

"The power boost brought by such a vast area would be enough that even if those sources of disaster came in person, they might not be able to shake it!"

The Ghost Prisons of Great Xia could at most suppress some fierce ghosts or a few extreme disaster ghosts, but once Lin Feng took action, the vast number of Guiyi in the Yinjian would become the foundation of the entire array!

No need to forge them into ghost soldiers, no need for extra processing, and no need to do anything else. As long as the captured Guiyi were locked into the Ghost Prisons, it could begin to operate. It had to be said that this method was indeed quite excellent.

"Congratulations, Master!"

Seeing Lin Feng in high spirits, Shuzhuan Gui immediately offered its congratulations, though Lin Feng was not particularly moved by this.

"However, we cannot be happy too early. These places are full of dead zones, and dealing with those old antiques will not be an easy matter."

"For now, you handle the matters in the human world. I still need to manufacture more Scorching Sun Mirrors, and I also need to divide my attention to the arrangements in the Yinjian."

Picking up the array blueprint, Lin Feng shook his head slightly. The idea was good, but realizing it would not be an easy task.

"The remaining cavalry troops are to return to the Yinjian immediately, and then prepare to expand outward!"

Of course, even if it was difficult, it had to be done. The current situation was like sailing against the current; if one did not advance, one would retreat. There was no such thing as being content with the status quo. ===== CHAPTER 386 =====