The sect had fallen into decline, and there was no longer a single spirit stone left in the sect that could be used as an energy source to activate various magic arrays.

Without the protection of a magic array, engaging in real combat could result in accidental injuries and even death.

This is a terrible consequence that no one wants to see.

My fellow students, because of this, we have tried our best to avoid sparring, which has even affected our teaching.

Even when sparring, the senior sisters came up with an alternative: using wooden swords.

While using wooden swords solved the safety issues of sparring, it also significantly reduced the effectiveness of sparring in improving combat experience.

Is the Great Evolution Thunderstorm Sword Technique, unleashed using a level 30 True Immortal weapon, the Pine Breeze Sweeping Bandits Mystic Sword, the same as the Great Evolution Thunderstorm Sword Technique unleashed using a wooden sword?

Naturally, they are different.

Such a competition is clearly discounted and does not closely resemble actual combat.

Therefore, the combat experience it provides is of little effect.

However, this was the best solution the senior female students could think of.

The real problem is that we don't have any spirit stones.

Even now, Senior Sister Qi Xue only has two high-grade spirit stones given to her by Ye Liang. Although the quantity is not large, fortunately, both of these spirit stones are of high quality and contain particularly rich spiritual energy, so they can still be used for now.

Witnessing this reality naturally made Ye Liang secretly plan how to obtain more spirit stones for his senior sister and the sect in the future.

We can't let my senior sister continue to use a shabby wooden sword to replace sparring; it's not good for her future improvement in strength.

Now that the Bixian Sect has started accepting disciples, the number of disciples will gradually increase. The problem of having a magic array that can be activated in the training ground to allow everyone to spar safely will have to be solved sooner or later.

Since it has to be resolved sooner or later, it must be resolved as soon as possible. Ye Liang has never been one to let difficult problems drag on.

Moreover, this was for his senior sister and for the sect, so Ye Liang naturally took it to heart and put his heart into it!

The eldest sister went back to her room to retrieve the second spirit stone that Ye Liang had given her last time. Once retrieved, it could be used as the energy source for the protective array for practicing martial arts. After activating the protective array, all disciples of the entire sect could engage in normal sparring, which could basically guarantee that no one would be accidentally injured during normal sparring.

"Are they about to activate the protective array for the training ground? I've never even seen what it looks like when the protective array for the training ground is activated." As a junior sister, she must have entered the sect later than the two senior sisters. Therefore, after the sect declined, there were many sights that could only be seen when the sect was strong, such as the sight of the protective array for the training ground being activated. She had never even seen it before.

Second Senior Sister Su Qing said expectantly, "I only know that there are various magic arrays in our sect, but our sect hasn't activated these arrays for far too long. That's because we don't have any spirit stones. The two spirit stones we have now were given to us by Junior Brother." The implication was that Second Senior Sister Su Qing had never even seen what a magic array looked like when activated.

"Then we must take a good look today." The junior sister felt extremely sad, but she was even more looking forward to seeing the Bixian Sect open the protective array of the training ground that had been sealed for so long.

"If the protective array had been activated earlier, wouldn't this training ground have been protected from destruction?" Wei Wenshi suddenly thought of this question and brought it up.

Regarding this, Second Senior Sister Su Qing, even though she hadn't witnessed the scene when the training ground's magic array was activated, was able to explain: "First, before Senior Sister tested her moves, she probably didn't know she could destroy the training ground like this. Second, spirit stones are truly too precious. If the training ground is damaged, the craftsmen in Junior Sister's village down the mountain can repair it. They can simply pave the bluestone again. However, our sect only has two spirit stones now, and once they're used up, there won't be any left. So, even if Senior Sister had anticipated that she might damage the training ground, she wouldn't have been willing to use spirit stones for herself. This time, it was for Junior Brother's safety that Senior Sister spared no expense in using spirit stones to activate the magic array."

"I understand. Second Senior Sister is right. Senior Brother's safety is indeed the most important thing." After hearing Second Senior Sister's words, Wei Wenshi immediately understood the reasoning behind it and also fully understood the good intentions of her senior sisters.

"Grandma, have you seen the protective array of this training ground when it's activated?" Seeing her senior sisters discussing the unfamiliar array of the training ground, Song Yuxi, now a disciple of the Bixian Sect, couldn't help but ask with concern. Back when her grandmother was a disciple of the Bixian Sect decades ago, even if the sect had begun to decline, it certainly wouldn't have declined to its current state. Therefore, she was very likely to have activated the array here. So, she asked what the array looked like when it was activated.

Speaking of the past, senior Han Feng was once again filled with emotion.

She sighed, "Speaking of those days, they were certainly unforgettable. I sparred with all of you senior sisters here and received a lot of guidance from you. As for what this formation will look like when it's activated, I won't say. You'll see for yourself when it's activated. That might be better, and it might surprise you even more. Anyway, I'm really looking forward to the formation in this training ground being activated again."

Hearing Han Feng's words of lament, Ye Liang felt even more heartbroken and said, "Don't worry, senior. In the future, our Bixian Sect will definitely have the strength to ensure that all necessary formations can be activated normally. We welcome you, senior, and all the other seniors from the past, to come back to the sect every year. The sect will definitely not let them down and will only get better and better."

"Good, good. As Senior Brother Ye said, as long as I'm not buried, I will definitely come back to the sect every year. It's just that it's hard to leave one's homeland. This sect is where I grew up, it's no different from my home and my hometown. Naturally, I can't let go of my longing for it." Senior Han Feng was once again moved to tears.

At this moment, the eldest sister also brought the spirit stone. Then, she immediately used her movement technique to move lightly over to a magic array control panel next to the training ground. She placed the spirit stone down, and the spirit stone immediately descended into the magic array control panel. Then, a stone mechanism extended out on its own.

The eldest sister gently pushed the stone mechanism with her hand. After the stone mechanism retracted back into the magic array control panel, suddenly, a shimmering light appeared on the training ground surface, which was originally just smooth bluestone with moss growing in the gaps between the bluestone slabs.

In the dim light, mysterious array patterns could be seen, flickering and vaguely appearing on the ground of the training ground.

The magic circle had just been activated, and the faint light flickered a few times, as if the magic circle was somewhat damaged and not very responsive.

After a few flashes, the faint light stabilized, and the array diagram with mysterious patterns appeared clearly before everyone's eyes!

Beneath their feet, the array diagram was not static. Looking down, one could see that the mysterious array patterns within it moved, flickered, and changed like swimming fish; in fact, the entire array diagram itself rotated at a mysterious speed.