Plucking Flower did not expect that Xiao Chen would ask her master to head to the area outside the Fallen Dragon Territory and entrust her with such a heavy responsibility. Hence, she was still a little hesitant.
"The Giant Rock Valley is the territory under the jurisdiction of the middle-ranked Iron Hoof Division. Our Gu Yuan Tribe also needs a martial artist of the Heavenly Building Realm to keep watch. Shi Ya, Xuesha, and the others have other arrangements. Only your master can do the job."
Xiao Chen noticed Plucking Flower's hesitation. After all, the Plucking Tribe had just merged with the Gu Yuan Tribe not long ago, so it was normal for her to be worried.
"Although our Gu Yuan Tribe is powerful now, the crisis we face is thousands of times stronger. Hence, as long as you are wholeheartedly working for the tribe, I will treat you equally!"
"That's good. There will be less competition in guarding the outer area. Master likes peace and quiet, but she doesn't like to be restricted to the tribe. I will tell her about this."
"Follow me."
Then, Xiao Chen said softly and motioned for the two girls to follow him. They landed on an ancient mountain in the mountain city.
There were six ancient mountains in the mountain city of the Gu Yuan Tribe. One of them was located in the center of the mountain city, and the tribe's main hall was built on top of it. One was a 10,000-year-old lava volcano, one was the encampment of the tribe's Green Feather Soldiers, and one was Herb Mountain.
The remaining ancient mountains were close to each other, forming a small mountain range that covered an area of several dozen miles. The Gu Yuan Tribe's clan treasury was placed under the valley formed by the two ancient mountains.
At this moment, Xiao Chen and the two girls appeared on one of the two ancient mountains, which was the outermost one.
In front of the three of them was a stone box that was one foot square. Inside it was the Upper Profound Level Spirit Gathering Array Disk that Xiao Chen had obtained from Duanmu City.
The Ancient Yuan Tribe was a Fate Tribe, so they were able to bear the burden of top-grade fate and gather the Heaven Earth Essence Qi. After these days of gathering, although the Heaven Earth Essence Qi in these two ancient mountains was not as dense as the central ancient mountain, the Heaven Earth Essence Qi gathered here was still 15 to 16 times denser than in the Great Wilderness.
The effect of this Upper Profound Rank Spirit Gathering Formation was to increase the amount of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi gathered by three times. If it was used here, then the density of the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi on the two ancient mountains would reach a terrifying level of forty to fifty times, comparable to some small Blessed Paradises.
"Big Brother Xiao, is this the Spirit Gathering Array Board you were talking about?"
Mu Qing and Pinghua's eyebrows moved with a trace of curiosity. There were only a few copper and iron discs in the stone box. They were the size of an adult's palm.
There were nine such discs, and one of them was several times the size of the other eight. It was the main disc of this Profound Rank Array Disk.
"That's right, this is the Profound Rank Spirit Gathering Array Disk. It covers an area of more than 30 miles, enough to wrap these two ancient mountains in it. This way, it can form a small Blessed Paradises. The Heaven Earth Yuan Qi gathered may not be enough for Heaven and Earth Realm warriors, but for Blood Refining Realm warriors and warriors who have honed their bones, it is of great benefit!"
For ordinary human combat divisions, they had only heard of the formation and had never seen its true appearance. Only those high-ranked combat divisions might have such an inheritance.
There was also an animal skin scroll in the exchange of the array disk, which explained how to set up the formation. Xiao Chen had already memorized the method in the past three days. He only needed to set it up step by step.
Whoosh!
In the next moment, there was a flash of light and more than ten upper grade Primordial Stones appeared in Xiao Chen's hand. This array disk needed Primordial Stones to supply energy to form a connection with each other.
In addition to the main array disk that needed five upper grade Primordial Stones, the other eight auxiliary array disks needed one upper grade Primordial Stone each. This was the guarantee of the Primordial Stones' operation.
Thirteen upper grade Primordial Stones, if converted to lower grade Primordial Stones, was a total of 130,000. These Primordial Stones could only maintain the operation of the formation for one year. Just one year of this formation was enough to consume the foundation of several low-rank tribes. This was the price of forcibly gathering Heaven Earth Yuan Qi.
In addition to the main array disk, the other eight array disks were based on the eight directions of the Eight Trigrams: Qian, Kun, Kan, Li, Zhen, Gen, Xun, and Dui. Each array disk had an imprint to activate the formation. As long as the imprint on these array disks was activated at the same time, the formation could be set up.
Not long after, several figures appeared on the top of the ancient mountain. It was Ding Shan, Huang Liang, and the others. After a while, after Xiao Chen explained the various matters, they each took a array disk and flew towards the eight directions of the ancient mountain.
"Qian!" "Kun!" "Kan!" "Li!" "Zhen!" "Gen!" "Xun!" "Dui!"
Then, a series of roars sounded around the ancient mountain, which meant that the eight auxiliary array disks were in position.
Buzz!
In the next moment, the main array disk in Xiao Chen's hand constantly emitted waves of fluctuations. There was a trace of visible fluctuations in the entire void, surging in all directions of the ancient mountain.
Swoosh!
In the next moment, the entire main array disk flew up into the void uncontrollably. The entire array disk burst out with a rich light, reflecting the entire ancient mountain into a vast expanse of white.
Buzz! Buzz!
Buzz! Accompanied by a series of buzzing sounds, the dense Qi of Heaven and Earth within a few dozen miles of the ancient mountain strangely became turbulent. It was as if there was a violent gust of wind, and the dense Qi of Heaven and Earth continuously surged towards Xiao Chen's location.
In the vast white fog.
Xiao Chen's figure had already been submerged in the pervasive white fog. At this moment, everyone had activated the imprints on the array disk. The main array disk had already formed a connection with the eight auxiliary array disks above the Xian Tian eight positions.
"Spirit Gathering Array, rise!"
Suddenly, Xiao Chen let out a roar, and the Battle Qi in his body was poured into the array disk without hesitation. The rolling Battle Qi was like a tide, but the array disk did not reject it, and it absorbed all of Xiao Chen's Battle Qi.
Rumble!
Finally, there was a loud roar. Xiao Chen had poured the last of his Battle Qi into the array disk. Outside the ancient mountain, eight beams of white light shot up into the sky. In the next moment, the main array disk burst out even more coarse white light. The nine light beams blended with each other, and it did not dissipate for a long time. In the void, countless Qi of Heaven and Earth gathered towards the ancient mountain.
"Spirit Gathering Array, done!"
At this moment, the entire ancient mountain seemed to exist in a sea of clouds, looming and covered in white fog. It was like a fairyland in the human world.
"The Qi of Heaven and Earth is 30 times denser than the Qi of Heaven and Earth in the Great Wilderness. It has already surpassed the Qi of Heaven and Earth in the central mountain of the tribe!"
"This Spirit Gathering Array is really a good thing. Even a Blood Refining Realm warrior could obtain ten days' worth of Qi of Heaven and Earth in the outside world."
Although the supply of Battle Qi to the array formation had consumed too much, and everyone's faces were a bit pale, at this moment, there was only the Spirit Gathering Array in their eyes. They were already shocked by the extremely dense Qi of Heaven and Earth in front of them.
"Now that the array has just been set up, the Qi of Heaven and Earth has not completely converged. After 10 days or half a month, the Qi of Heaven and Earth on the ancient mountain will be 40 to 50 times more than the Qi of Heaven and Earth in the Great Wilderness!"
What!
"Clan Head!"
Hearing Xiao Chen's words, the major Ding Shan rubbed his hands together and moved forward. There was even a hint of bashfulness on his face as he said, "Clan Head, the Spirit Gathering Formation covers a radius of fifteen kilometers around the ancient mountain. With such a large area, there are many places to cultivate. How about letting my ten thousand men experience it in advance? It won't take too long, just half a year will do!"
"Ding Shan, if the ten thousand men under your command were to enter the ancient mountain to cultivate, wouldn't our combat masters be forced to eat your dust? Even though this formation is capable of gathering spiritual energy, there is a limit to how much it can hold!"
"If all the Battle Masters occupy it, what about the newly advanced warriors in the tribe?!"
The entire ancient mountain immediately became chaotic. Several Major Captains and the tribe's Elder Immortals began arguing with each other, wishing that they could send all their Battle Masters into the Spirit Gathering Array to cultivate.
"Alright!"
Hearing Xiao Chen's voice, everyone stopped arguing.
"This Spirit Gathering Array can only accommodate a limited number of tribesmen. It can only accommodate about 10,000 people. If all of you enter, won't it cause chaos? Furthermore, this Clan Head built this array to nurture some of the more talented warriors in the tribe. Competition is the motivation. If everyone can come in to cultivate, what's so special about it?!"
"Anyone in the tribe who has contributed to the tribe can enter to cultivate. The length of the cultivation and the location of the cultivation will be determined according to their contributions!"
Hearing this, the Grand Elder said, "This is unfair to the youths who have just reached the Foundation Establishment stage. They are still young and have just become warriors. How can they contribute to the tribe?"
"The youths in the tribe are the future of the tribe. Therefore, the youths who have just reached the Foundation Establishment stage will be given the number of days to cultivate in the array according to their cultivation speed. This will serve as an incentive!"
After pausing for a while, Xiao Chen continued, "The ordinary cultivators of the tribe can enter the Spirit Gathering Formation to cultivate after they have hunted enough food for the tribe or gathered precious herbs or materials. As for how to allocate the rewards for this cultivation day, the elders will discuss it and report it to me after they return."
"Third Elder!"
"Here!"
"The limit of the Spirit Gathering Array is ten thousand people. However, we cannot kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. Thus, this Clan Head has decided to limit the number of cultivators to six thousand. This way, we can ensure that the cultivators who enter have sufficient Essence to cultivate."
"Along the ancient mountain, the concentration of Qi of Heaven and Earth will increase exponentially. Arrange for the tribesmen to open up 3,000 cultivation seats at the foot of the mountain, two cultivation seats at the middle of the mountain, and one thousand cultivation seats at the top."
"This subordinate will immediately arrange for the tribesmen to come and cast the cultivation seats!"
"Alright, Elders and Captains, inform the tribesmen of this news. If they want a good cultivation environment, they have to fight for it. As long as they have great contributions to the tribe, this Clan Head will not be stingy with rewards!"
"Yes!"
After a while, only Xiao Chen, Mu Qing, and Pinghua were left at the top of the ancient mountain. The two women felt the white fog close at hand. This was the sign of the Qi of Heaven and Earth being concentrated to a certain extent. It was about to liquefy. They could not help but close their eyes.
"Ah!"
At this moment, the two women suddenly felt a big hand grab them. They could not help but let out a cry of surprise. The next moment, they felt themselves leaning against a warm chest.