Big Data Cultivation-Chapter 642 - A Different Spirit Gathering Array

Chapter 642: Chapter 642: A Different Spirit Gathering Array (Second Update)

Chapter 642: Chapter 642: A Different Spirit Gathering Array (Second Update)

This small patch of concrete was only about one hundred square meters in area, yet it hosted eight people.

Sister Hong was the only one of Feng Jun’s six disciples absent; the other three present were Gu Jiahui, Zhuang Zesheng, and Xu Leigang’s second brother.

Xu Leigang had specially requested that Feng Jun allow his second brother to enter the Spirit Gathering Array. He argued that if Yuan Zihao, merely his sister’s father-in-law, could enjoy peaceful cultivation in the bamboo forest, then he should also fight for a chance for his second brother.

After the Yuan Family returned to the capital, they did not spread tales of the miraculous Luohua Manor everywhere, but the Xu Family’s siblings were mostly aware that Zhengyang possessed a magical bamboo forest.

Xu Leigang then made a request to Feng Jun: My second brother has been working hard all year round and is in a sub-healthy state; he needs some time to recuperate. The key is… he has also heard about this place. Li Ting and Yuan Youwei can come; it’d be embarrassing if he couldn’t.

Well then, come, Feng Jun did not mind at all, as he was not a petty person. It was just a bit of spiritual energy, after all, as long as there was ample reason and it didn’t cause him extra hassle.

However, Elder Guo and his son were unaware of the details and only saw that there were so many people. Five of them were sitting in meditation cultivating, and three were reading books, among whom, Xu Leigang’s second brother was seen last yesterday, surprisingly sitting there reading a book and drinking tea.

Guo Haiyun asked in a lowered voice, “Sister Hong, could we also borrow this precious place for a moment of cultivation?”

He was significantly older than Sister Hong, but since even Xu Leigang called this woman Sister Hong, he took it as a term of respect.

Sister Hong smiled, “A brief period of cultivation is certainly possible, but after you cultivate here and then go back home to cultivate, you might become restless and impatient… without comparison, there is no harm.”

Elder Guo and his son could truly understand her words and couldn’t help but hesitate for a moment, knowing as martial cultivators that cultivating in environments with differing spiritual energies would yield vastly different results.

Not to mention others, even the elderly practicing Tai Chi during morning exercises in parks knew to choose a place rich in vital energy.

Elder Guo’s eyes rotated as he whispered, “Haiyun, don’t you feel that the temperature here is several degrees higher than outside? I don’t feel cold at all.”

“At least seven or eight degrees higher,” Guo Haiyun quietly replied. Being in the prime of his life, his perception was somewhat stronger than his father’s, “Otherwise, how could these bamboos grow so well?”

“So much higher?” Elder Guo was a bit doubtful, feeling that it seemed exaggerated.

“That much,” Guo Haiyun said with certainty, nodding, “The humidity here is high, so the actual feeling on your skin might not seem too high, but in reality, it isn’t low. Look at those reading and drinking tea; they don’t feel cold either.”

Elder Guo looked around, “This is a valley, which tends to retain heat.”

“Dad,” Guo Haiyun glanced at him with some irritation, “Hot air rises!”

Elder Guo also glanced back, “So hot air that rises can’t be trapped by the Spirit Gathering Array?”

“Alright, you’re right,” Guo Haiyun conceded. He did not argue further with his father but took another look around instead, “This Spirit Gathering Array is indeed different from the one in Maoshan. The concentration area for spiritual energy is much larger.”

His remark was spot on, as mentioned earlier, Feng Jun had also realized this point.

Compared to the Spirit Gathering Array of Luohua Manor, the Maoshan one covered a considerably large area, but the spiritual energy within was tiered, with a dense area of only about ten square meters, just enough for a cultivator at the Qi Refining Initial Stage.

Further out, the area where a cultivator beyond the mortal realm could practice wasn’t large, and much of it was even improper for cultivating beyond the mortal realm.

Yet such a density of spiritual energy was comparable to common places in the Mobile Phone Plane, making it a dream cultivation haven for Earth Plane martial artists.

And beyond that area, there was still some spiritual energy, unmatched by other places in the Earth Realm.

Feng Jun had concluded that this was due to the decline of the spiritual energy in the Earth Realm, hence the development of a Spirit Gathering Array with unique plane characteristics, aimed at allocating spiritual energy as efficiently as possible. At the same time, the consumption of Spirit Stones needed to operate the Array could be lowered even more.

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But how could Elder Guo and his son have imagined all of this? Initially, they thought the Spirit Gathering Array here was not much different from Maoshan’s—regarding the bamboo forest’s anomaly, who knew if the owners had a unique Dharma?

Only after they entered the Spirit Gathering Array did they realize the abundance of spiritual energy here, at least equivalent to the concentration of Maoshan’s core area, yet the area was ten times larger.

Before their visit to Maoshan, Elder Guo and his son had never experienced a Spirit Gathering Array, but they had roughly heard of the principle behind it. Guo Haiyun couldn’t help but sigh, “The total amount of spiritual energy here certainly far exceeds Jintan Huayang Celestial Part.”

Elder Guo’s expression was a bit peculiar, not because he disagreed with his son’s opinion, but because he thought of something else, “The consumption of Spirit Stones here must also far exceed Maoshan… the rumor is true, Luohua Manor really isn’t lacking in Spirit Stones.”

Their voices were very low, but Sister Hong was right beside them and heard everything clearly.

However, she did not express any opinion and just looked on indifferently, much like Jia Baoyu watching Granny Liu while she praised how wealthy Jia Mansion was and the extraordinariness of the Grand View Garden.

Guo Haiyun also knew that he and his father had become the butt of jokes, but he truly didn’t feel even a hint of grievance.

——When the difference between people is small, emotions like anger and jealousy arise, but when the disparity is so great that it’s an all-round crush, you really don’t even have the thought to make comparisons.

He looked around nonchalantly and then turned to ask Sister Hong, “Sister Hong, may I ask where the Spirit Stones for the Spirit Gathering Array are?”

Sister Hong gave a slight smile, “We are not using a Gathering Spirit Array Plate, take a closer look, where do you see an Array Plate?”

Guo Haiyun was truly unreserved and immediately started looking around.

Before coming here, he and his father had left their mobile phones in the villa—the manor did not allow them to take pictures. Now he wanted to take a closer look, just in case he could learn something; that would be a windfall.

But no matter how he looked, he really couldn’t make out any traces of a Formation, let alone see an Array Plate.

——Some things did look somewhat peculiar, but he couldn’t be sure if they were part of the Formation.

Elder Guo also looked around, but simultaneously, he couldn’t suppress the shock in his heart, “Are you saying that this Formation was constructed single-handedly by Senior Feng?”

“Of course,” Sister Hong replied proudly, considering how comfortably Little Junjun had served her last night, almost making her feel like she could fly to the heavens, she didn’t skimp on her praise for him, “A year ago, this place was a barren wasteland. It only developed this appearance after his arrival.”

Elder Guo’s eyes shifted, “Legend has it that where heaven and earth favor, an Earth Vein will emerge; could it be…”

“You are thinking too much,” Sister Hong coldly interrupted him. She didn’t believe in the existence of Earth Veins at all, or to be precise, she might believe in the concept of Earth Veins, but she definitely didn’t believe that the changes here were caused by one.

She knew very well that before coming to Luohua Manor, Feng Jun had originally chosen Peach Blossom Valley, and there had been unusual occurrences there as well.

However, there was no need to go into such details. She simply stated, “The capabilities of Master Feng are beyond your imagination. All I can say is… Elder Guo, you really have found the right person.”

Elder Guo’s face changed colors multiple times, but he didn’t speak again. A person who could arrange a Formation without using an Array Plate would absolutely be acclaimed as an Array Master among the current Daoist Sects of Huaxia.

And not only was the Luohua Manor Formation artificially constructed, but the Spirit Gathering Array also did not show any Spirit Stones powering the Formation, which meant that finding the right person was an understatement—it was likely that not a second person in Huaxia could be found.

The father and son duo had no mood to say anything more. After exchanging a glance, they spoke in unison, “Why not… cultivate for a while?”

This one session of cultivation passed by in a few hours, and then they were startled by the reactions of others—people were going back for lunch.

“Lunch?” Guo Haiyun’s expression was rather odd as he spoke with heartfelt distress, “With such abundant Spiritual Energy, such rare cultivation conditions, and they actually want to go… eat lunch? This is a crime!”

“Calm down, son,” Elder Guo coughed lightly, “What we consider rare might just be an everyday occurrence to others. After all, people are not to be compared; all roads lead to Rome, but some people are born in Rome.”

This trendy phrase was corny in Wudang, so much so that even many of the old school folks could sigh it out.

For many Martial Cultivators, joining Wudang from a young age was almost equivalent to being “born in Rome”.

But at this moment, the Guo family father and son felt like, if it was about the Cultivation Path, entering Luohua Manor would mean truly being “born in Rome”.

Guo Haiyun was still somewhat reluctant to leave, but in the end, he was called away by his own father.

Once out of the Spirit Gathering Array, Guo Haiyun, who had been cultivating, had taken off his coat earlier and now merely draped it over his shoulders. Feeling the cold air outside, he couldn’t help but shiver, and it seemed as if he finally came to his senses, “Goodness, this Spirit Gathering Array is bewitching.”

“It’s not bewitching, we’re just inexperienced,” Elder Guo couldn’t help but sigh, “Others are able to get up for lunch because we can’t bear to leave. Who’s to blame for that? Sigh.”

Guo Haiyun rarely saw his father so disheartened and couldn’t help but speak words of comfort, “Once we find Weiyu’s Secret Treasure, things should get a lot better. Don’t take it too hard, dad.”

Elder Guo sighed softly, thinking to himself that I’m just worried the entire secret treasure wouldn’t measure up to their Spirit Gathering Array.

They hadn’t walked far when Guo Haiyun’s feet involuntarily halted, and he looked to the side—on the satellite map, that area was engulfed in white mist from dawn to dusk.

They had passed by this place when they arrived, but it was early then, and with the manor close to a large river, white mist was everywhere. Although this area looked unusual, it didn’t stand out at the time.

Now it was noon, with the sun shining brightly, and the white fog here seemed even denser, sticking out in every way possible.

“This must also be a Formation,” Guo Haiyun stopped, pointing at the white mist, “It’s a pity that I don’t know what kind of Formation it is.”