The moment the spatial connection array was set up, the mountain peak was instantly eroded and covered by the array. The mountain peak seemed to have vanished suddenly, and the twenty-odd people on it could no longer be seen from the outside. Everything returned to calm!
Inside the formation, Hong and Lei Tai exchanged a glance and stood silently.
The atmosphere was solemn!
The sky was black, lightning raged, and thunder roared incessantly. But the operation of the "Spatial Guidance Array" remained completely unaffected.
It took eighty-one mid-grade crystals as the array base and nine high-grade crystals as the array core to make this array work. It can be seen that this array consumes a lot of resources and can only support one hour.
An hour later, as the life force within the crystal is released in large quantities, the formation will be unable to withstand the pressure and will collapse.
Everyone held their breath and looked up at the sky.
"Boom!" A huge bolt of lightning illuminated the sky for miles around as if it were daytime.
"They're here!" The crowd on the mountain peak perked up.
Above them, the sky trembled, and with a crack, a black crack exploded in the air, releasing an aura of destruction. Everyone's expression changed, and their various defensive magical artifacts began to glow.
Clearly, this aura of destruction made cultivators extremely wary.
"Sizzle!" Only Lei Tai and Hong, two "great masters," remained unmoved. The destructive aura, upon contact with their protective magic, quickly dissipated after consuming a significant amount of their own power.
"Buzz"
The space trembled violently.
Lei Tai's expression hardened for a moment, then quickly returned to its usual indifference.
"Such powerful magic!" The others felt waves of pressure, but Lei Tai and Hong knew it was pressure generated by physical force. The magic could penetrate the "spatial barrier" and be transmitted out. On the other side of this space, there must be a top-level expert forcefully breaking through space, or several "great masters" at least comparable to the Wood Emperor, casting spells together. Each of them was far stronger than him.
"Haha! Is this the outside world?"
The spatial rift suddenly widened, and a powerful voice came from within. Before the voice came out, the rift expanded, and a figure stepped out from within!
"It's Elder Qing!"
The lower-ranking cultivators gasped in surprise, their voices filled with reverence and awe.
"You've all arrived!" A second voice followed shortly after. A middle-aged man of medium height emerged from the crack, glanced briefly at those below, and spoke calmly.
After the two came out, the crack rapidly shrank and then disappeared.
"Greetings, Elder Zong and Elder Qing!" The crowd below bowed deeply.
Even Lei Tai and Hong were no exception.
The medium-sized, taciturn middle-aged man was Elder Zong, while the first one to emerge from the spatial rift was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy named Qing Tong. However, this was not the case. Elder Qing appeared to be fourteen or fifteen years old, but was actually several hundred years old.
"Elder Zong, Elder Qing, this is the outside world, the space where the ancient cultivators once resided!" Lei Tai said respectfully. "You two elders have come from afar, please rest first. I have important matters to report later!"
"Elder Lei, you're too kind. Let's go then!" Elder Zong said calmly.
"The spiritual energy outside is so thin?!"
"What?! There's no ore here?!"
"The medicinal herbs are also extremely scarce?!"
Elder Zong launched his flying artifact, the Black Wind Boat, carrying everyone through the clouds towards the Lei Mansion. Along the way, Elder Qing grew impatient, constantly asking Lei Tai about the outside world. Lei Tai answered truthfully, but this only irritated Elder Qing, and even Elder Zong frowned.
Is this outside world truly the space where ancient cultivators once existed?
“Although we haven’t found any veins of refining materials, a disciple recently discovered a small crystal vein! I’ve personally inspected the vein, and we’re just waiting for Elder Zong and Elder Qing to arrive and oversee its mining! With this small crystal vein, we can initially meet our sect’s daily needs!” Lei Tai said.
"Oh?" Elder Zong nodded. "Since the outside world is so impoverished, how could one find one?"
"Lei Tai, quickly tell me what forces are currently in the outside world!" Elder Qing couldn't help but ask.
With his temperamental nature, Elder Qing was like a mischievous child, never still for a second.
However, those who know him well would not regard him as a rascal, but as a ruthless and bloodthirsty fellow.
Lei Tai nodded and said, "Now the outside world is establishing a firm foothold, with four of the strongest forces: one city, one sect, one prefecture, and one clan! The city refers to the Southwest Textile City, which has five 'Great Master' level cultivators, the leader being the Wood Emperor!"
"The Wood Emperor!" Elder Zong's eyes widened, and he nodded. "With the Wood Emperor's cultivation level, becoming number one in the outside world is entirely achievable!"
"Hehe, but that was in the past. With Elder Zong and myself here, how dare that old man, Emperor Mu, claim to be number one?" Elder Qing said.
Lei Tai and Hong both agreed. They thought to themselves, "The Wood Emperor's cultivation level is already seventy-five! But Elder Zong is seventy-nine, indeed far surpassing the Wood Emperor. Elder Qing's cultivation isn't much worse than the Wood Emperor's, at seventy-four!" "And what about the other sects, prefectures, and clans?" Elder Zong ignored the flattery and continued to ask, but his eyes held arrogance.
"Secondly, there's the Extreme Path Sect, a sect founded by the Extreme Path! Then there's my Lei Mansion, with Hong and me here, barely ranking third. And the sect is the Myriad Suns Sect, led by the Golden Wheel Dharma King!"
This city, with its one sect, one prefecture, and one clan, is now one of the four most powerful forces in the outside world. The rest are all minor powers. "The Extreme Dao Sect? The Ten Thousand Yang Sect?" The sect elder frowned. He seemed to have never heard of such a sect. However, those who establish sects in the outside world should all be "great masters, level one."
The two elders of the sect, Jidao and Jinlun Fawang, had never heard of them before and could not determine which faction in the cultivation world they represented.
Behind the Lei family mansion lies a powerful force, representing Blackstone City. But who represents Fire Cloud City and Fengdu City?
"Elder Zong, is Emperor Mu a representative of Fire Cloud City?" Lei Tai asked, a thought crossing his mind.
But Elder Zong denied it.
"The Wood Emperor is neither a force supported by Fire Cloud City nor Fengdu City; that much is certain! Most likely, he's a rogue cultivator!" Elder Zong shook his head. The Wood Emperor was originally a rogue cultivator with a cultivation level of seventy-five. It's practically impossible for someone like him to suddenly side with any faction; experts all have dignity. "Hasn't Fengdu City made any moves?"
"Yes! But those they sent out were all junior disciples, the highest of whom was only around level 30, nothing to worry about!" Lei Tai said with a hint of disdain. "Old Ghost Xuan is cunning and shrewd, and he even possesses a treasured heirloom from the plant cultivation world, yet this time he sent out some juniors!"
The "Old Ghost Xuan" refers to the Grand Elder of the Qingxuan Sect in Fengdu City!
"Oh?" Elder Zong nodded slightly, then didn't take Xuan Qingji and the others seriously. In the cultivation world, strength is paramount; they weren't even level forty, and posed no threat to anyone outside.
"That area below is brightly lit and so vast. Is that the city outside?" Elder Qing asked curiously as he noticed a large area of lights suddenly appearing below.
The Black Wind Boat passed through a prefecture-level city where the lights were powered by electricity, making it much more beautiful at night than the cities in the Plant Cultivation Realm.
"What's on display here is something called 'technology.' There are no cultivators here, and the people are pitifully weak!" Lei Tai said.
There was a condescending tone in his voice when he said this, as if everyone in the city was an ant.
"What is technology? Elder Zong and Elder Qing naturally don't understand either. These concepts will be left for us to learn about later."
Just three days after Elder Zong and Elder Qing arrived at Lei Mansion!
Leitai announced that he would establish a "Black Wind City" in the West, beginning to divide the territory and encompass more than a dozen countries, including most of Southeast Asia as his sphere of influence.
Blackwind City, however, is nestled in a mountain range bordering several Southeast Asian countries. A teleportation array has been established within Blackwind City!
This news shocked everyone. Building a city in the outside world? This was a momentous undertaking! A city was a huge target, and could easily disrupt worldly affairs.
Having lived in the mortal world for nearly two years, many people know that the "technology" of the mortal realm isn't entirely useless. It has a system that distinguishes between outer space and the void, and includes "satellites" capable of scanning objects as small as a person from a distance, let alone an entire city.
The area covered by that mesmerizing array of the "Southwest Imitation City" is far smaller than the city area announced by Lei Tai, a ratio of one to twenty.
But the next piece of news was a breath of fresh air! A teleportation array! As long as you have crystals, you can teleport, saving a lot of time!
In the southwestern city of Fangshi, in the small courtyard where Emperor Mu resides.
"This Lei Tai is so rich and powerful, spending so many crystals. How can he still have such a huge amount of money to build a city? Brother, what should we do?" You Lanfu asked anxiously.
The news has spread throughout the entire city. If Blackwind City were to be established, given the city's immense advantages, business in the Southwest Market would be reduced by at least half!
Furthermore, the allure of the teleportation array was irresistible to the cultivators.
"There's no need to build a city, otherwise it would have a huge impact on the outside world. However, we can consider building a teleportation array. With our accumulated resources over the years, building one shouldn't be a problem, and it can solve many issues!" Emperor Mu pondered for a moment before speaking. If they were to build a city, the Southwest Market wouldn't have enough manpower or financial resources. Don't be fooled by the large amount of crystals the Southwest Market is currently earning; building a city isn't something that can be solved simply by piling up stones.
To eliminate the impact on mortal society, a massive covering array needs to be established, which would require an enormous daily consumption of crystals.
Lei Mansion set the precedent, and the Southwest Market began constructing teleportation arrays. Subsequently, the Extreme Dao Sect and the Myriad Yang Sect also announced the establishment of teleportation arrays and divided their respective power zones.
Except for some overseas areas, most of the land area on Earth has been divided up by the four major powers.
For smaller forces to survive, they must attach themselves to the four major powers, as the decree has been issued.
The day before the harvest of the "golden wheat," Zhang Guodong received a message from Xuan Qingbo: "The external forces are now divided into four strongest powers: one city, one sect, one prefecture, and one clan. The land-based regional forces have basically been divided up, including those on other continents. The Northwest City has received a notice from the 'Lei Mansion,' demanding its submission within one month, or its relocation! Junior Brother Zhang, please return to Peach Blossom Abode to discuss countermeasures!"
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