There was no need to make the formation diagram of the Five Elements Bing Fire Formation. Lin Xiang had previously purchased the formation flag and the formation center in the market.
The higher the quality of the formation flag, the harder it is to break. The higher the quality of the formation eye, the greater the power of the formation.
The centerpiece of the formation he chose this time was a tail feather from the Sky Blue Bird, a high-level fire-attributed demon bird. It was said that the Sky Blue Bird possessed some of the Blue Luan bloodline, and upon reaching adulthood, it would directly reach the Golden Core stage of cultivation.
This tail feather was naturally very expensive, and it cost Lin Xiang 10 medium-grade spirit stones!
Although the exchange rate between medium-grade spirit stones and low-grade spirit stones is 1:100, no one is stupid enough to actually use medium-grade spirit stones to exchange for low-grade spirit stones. Many people would rather pay 120 low-grade spirit stones than use medium-grade spirit stones.
Scarcity makes things valuable, and spirit stones have countless uses in the world of cultivation.
In addition to trading, high-quality spirit stones are also needed for cultivation, breakthroughs, formations, and refining.
The reason why Lin Xiang was willing to pay a high price for this tail feather was actually because the seller himself was not sure whether it was dropped from the Azure Bird. No one had ever seen this kind of monster bird.
Everyone else was worried about being cheated, but only Lin Xiang could confirm its authenticity with the help of the detection technique on the game panel.
Otherwise, the tail feathers of this top-level monster would never be sold easily.
With it as the core of the formation, the power of the Five Elements Bing Fire Formation can be increased by 50%!
As for the formation flags, there is nothing special about them. They are made of ordinary silk and can be used many times.
So the villagers of Xishan Village and the players saw this scene: the sacrificial spirit was running around outside Xishan Village, burying things from time to time.
By this time, many villagers had returned. Although they were afraid when they heard that there was a new spirit to be worshipped, they still couldn't bear to give up their ancestral property.
Without money, it is impossible to survive in Qifeng Town. You need to eat and find a place to live.
They are planning to build a temple for Lin Xiang's statue of the land god so that it will be convenient for them to burn incense and make offerings.
Before this, the old turtle spirit would lie motionless by the pool every day, at most opening its eyes to eat some fruits and vegetables.
"Master Jiling, what is this doing?"
"I don't know, I hope it's not a bad thing."
"Let's go and ask."
The village chief of Xishan Village has settled in Qifeng Town with his family and refuses to return. They are worried that another incident of people being killed during a sacrificial ceremony will occur.
So Shen Huaian, who has always been highly respected, became the acting village chief under the recommendation of the villagers.
Lin Xiang had just placed the formation flags and spirit stones at the designated positions. The coverage area of this formation was not as wide as the Five Elements Wu Earth Formation. It only included Xishan Village and a range of 200 meters outside.
The Wu Earth Array set up in the Huanyu Market has the seeds of the cave to continuously provide spiritual energy, which can bear the heavy responsibility of covering an area of five miles in radius.
Xishan Village does not have the spiritual energy of the cave seeds, nor does it have any spiritual veins, so it can only consume the spiritual energy stored in the spirit stones.
The larger the area covered by the formation, the more spiritual energy is consumed, which is not cost-effective.
After Lin Xiang had risen two levels in the Demon Suppression Tower, his jurisdiction had expanded considerably, drawing ever closer to Xishan Village. Therefore, the Binghuo Formation only needed to hold out for the next few days.
He planned to master at least one of the Five Elements Extinction Divine Light and find a suitable body movement technique so that he could climb a few more levels of the Demon Suppression Tower.
It is too difficult to disguise yourself as a sword cultivator in a top sword cultivation sect!
He has the same feelings towards all kinds of weapons and has no particular preference. Now he has to force himself to make up for it and strive to become a qualified swordsman.
Excellence is too difficult, and at the moment I can only hope to be qualified.
Lin Xiang placed the last formation flag on the ground and set up restrictions to prevent players and villagers from digging out of curiosity.
If there were no restrictions, he had every reason to believe that players would dig deep into the ground to dig these things out.
After all, he was such a player before, and he must be very curious about the behavior of NPCs. He was right to be on guard against fire, theft and players!
The new village chief, Shen Huaian, had never met Lin Xiang before and didn't know what this humanoid sacrificial spirit was all about, or whether he was easy to deal with. But now that he had a new identity and the lifeblood of the entire village depended on him, he had no choice but to ask, "Master Sacrificial Spirit, what are you doing? Do you need any help?"
"I'm setting up a formation for your Xishan Village. If any demons or monsters invade, they will be burned by the formation. No matter whether it's night or day, as long as you are within the area covered by this formation, you will be safe."
Lin Xiang clapped his hands and pointed at the nearby area. "Once I activate the formation, you'll be able to see the details. Try to enter and exit along the main road. The rest of the place is not a safe zone."
The low-level formation's friend-or-foe identification wasn't strong enough, and he didn't want the players and villagers to be attacked by the formation.
Shen Huaian was surprised and happy.
Although I don’t know the specific use of the formation, just listening to the description of the sacrificial spirit makes me feel more secure.
Lin Xiang took him all the way back to the village, and then placed the sky blue bird's tail feather next to his statue, and also used restrictions to hide and reinforce it.
This tail feather is more valuable than the entire formation, and the future expansion of the Binghuo formation will depend on it.
The surrounding villagers all stood at a distance, somewhat reserved towards the sacrificial spirit, not quite used to this new one. Even though he had saved their lives before, they still had a natural sense of awe towards him.
Lin Xiang placed the eye of the formation, then activated the Five Elements Fire Formation. Red lights converged from all directions towards the tail feathers of the Sky Blue Bird.
The entire Xishan Village and the surrounding area of several hundred meters were shrouded in a faint red light. The fire-attributed spiritual energy in the air was being absorbed by the formation flags and the formation eye, and disappeared after a while.
"It looks like the sacrificial spirit is setting up the formation."
"How come this sacrificial spirit knows everything? It seems quite powerful."
"Does anyone know what kind of formation this is? What is its use?"
"Or ask the sacrificial spirit."
"I seriously suspect there's something wrong with this sacrificial spirit. It's too powerful."
At this time, there were only a few scattered patrol members in Xishan Village, and the rest of the players were doing tasks in Dongshan Village and Huanyu Market or were offline to rest.
Many players have to go to work or school during the day, and the highest number of online users in any game is created at night, and "Ascension" is no exception.
What's more, there are special factors such as a 16-hour game time limit per day for ascension and the gray fog at night causing monsters and demons to run rampant. If you want to fight monsters and level up without going far, you have to be online at night.
Faced with the shared doubts of the villagers and players, Lin Xiang didn't want to answer them one by one. Instead, he soared into the air and hovered in the air, exhaling from his Dantian. With his own loudspeaker, he said, "We have just established the Five Elements Bing Fire Formation, which can protect your lives and safety. Whether it is night or day, any evil spirit that dares to step into the formation area will be burned to ashes..."
"So powerful?"
"Will we be burned?"
"It would be bad if we were hurt by mistake."
"Is it really that powerful? I don't believe it!"
The players were whispering to each other, and everyone was still somewhat skeptical about this formation.
Lin Xiang also understood the villagers' concerns. "Please rest assured, ordinary villagers and livestock can enter and exit freely. The rest of you need to follow a specific road. I've already provided the directions. Even if you can't remember them, you can refer to the signs. Don't try to find them casually, otherwise you will trigger the formation."
If stubborn players want to face the death penalty, then go for it.
That's all he can do anyway.
Shen Huaian immediately took the lead and knelt down, shouting loudly: “Thank you, Master Ji Ling!”
The other villagers also reacted immediately, kneeling on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Thank you, Lord Jiling, for your mercy."
"Thank you, Master Ji Ling, for keeping us safe!"
Those who have not lived on this land all their lives cannot understand the villagers' feelings at this moment.
The lives of their entire family are tied to the sacrificial spirits. Without the sacrificial spirits, the entire village will be dead silent.
When the old sacrificial spirit was killed, the sacrificial spirit of Dongshan Village dared to come here at the risk of its own life. This was truly a life-saving grace, and no gratitude would be too much!
The simple people really have no way to express the gratitude in their hearts.
Lin Xiang knew how they felt. If he accepted everything, it would only make them have wild thoughts.
"If you want to thank me, just burn some incense to the statue occasionally. If you encounter any crisis, burn incense and pray in front of the statue, and I will respond."
After saying this, his figure disappeared into the air, as if everything just now was just an illusion.
But the villagers and players all knew that this was definitely not fake.
Recently they have been afraid to sleep at night, for fear that demons or evil spirits will break into the village. Everyone sleeps in their clothes, ready to get up and escape at any time.
This kind of tense nerves is unbearable for both adults and children.
"Can a statue alone really protect us?"
"I heard from Wang Minghai in Dongshan Village that this sacrificial spirit is the village's land god and is much more reliable than the other sacrificial spirits."
"So he's the Earth God. He doesn't look like that at all. He looks more like Wenquxing."
"If it's the God of Land, we should build a temple for him. We can't let his statue be blown by the wind and rain."
"No wonder. I hope he can bless us with a good harvest."
…
After Lin Xiang set up the Five Elements Fire Formation, the number of spirit stones in the package became much less.
He himself did not spend much resources, all of which were used to make initial investments for the development of Dongshan Village and Xishan Village.
If you want to build a market from scratch, it will be impossible to run it without investing enough spirit stones.
He did not go back to Dongshan Village directly, but came to the edge of his jurisdiction.
This place is 15 miles away from the land temple in Dongshan Village and has touched the abandoned land of Xishan Village.
"Every level up expands one mile. This makes calculations quite convenient."
He had figured out the pattern of changes in the area under his jurisdiction. This time the expansion would also include more areas of Longxi River and Shiwandashan.
After all, a circle with a radius of 15 kilometers is very large, which is 94 square kilometers!
This area is actually not small for a village. It is so large that it is completely sufficient for development.
But Lin Xiang was not willing to be the land of a village. He hoped to expand the area and develop Dongshan Village into a big city of cultivation!
Now that we have the land, we just lack manpower.
On the one hand, it can accept the third batch of beta test players, and on the other hand, it can take over some refugees affected by the war.
Xishan Village is not the only village where sacrificial spirits were killed. In the area under the jurisdiction of Qifeng Town alone, the daily lives of many villagers have been affected.
I don’t know how many ordinary people died in the gray fog at night.
If he had managed to survive by chance due to the shock of the remaining aura of the sacrificial spirit, he would probably be in a panic trying to escape now.
Lin Xiang couldn't say that he could save everyone, but he hoped that the people coming towards him could have a way to survive.
So the players who were waiting for dark suddenly received a task to guide refugees.
If they encountered fleeing civilians while fighting demons and monsters in the dark, they would rescue them and lead them here.
So many new forces must play an important role!
Players basically have a sense of justice. Most people enter the game wanting to be a chivalrous cultivator rather than someone who brings disaster to their neighborhood.
Therefore, after Lin Xiang issued the task, they rushed out without much thought, hoping to save the people who were about to be swallowed by the gray fog.
People like me may be just passers-by in the game, but these ordinary people are not just a bunch of data, but living beings!
Lin Xiang himself returned to the land temple. He looked at the pond that had already taken shape and threw the low-grade green lotus seeds he had bought into the pond. While performing the Small Cloud and Rain Technique, he selected suitable beta test players on the game's official website.
The first internal test recruited 5 players, the second recruited 100, and he hopes to recruit more people for the third test.
Because of the killing of the sacrificial spirit in Xishan Village, the people on both sides were terrified, and the incense and sacrifices to him increased a lot, multiplied. Now he has 832 incense points and has enough surplus food in his hands.
A portion of these incense points needs to be reserved for yourself to transfer between vests, another portion is used to perform skills, and the rest can all be used to recruit players.
The war is approaching, and he hopes to allow players to participate as an unexpected factor, so this time the target is set at 500 people!
"Ascension" is now the most popular game on Blue Star, no doubt about it.
Every video edited by the beta testers will cause a lot of discussion, and there are even many people outside helping to analyze the game plot to help the beta testers cope with it better.
For example, how to complete tasks, how to upgrade faster, become stronger, how to match skills, etc., it is equivalent to having countless think tanks working together.
They don’t have the chance to play games for the time being and can only enjoy the viewing experience.
The number of applicants for the third internal test has exceeded three million. Lin Xiang simply chose a random draw. As long as you are over eighteen years old, you have a chance to be selected.
Soon, five hundred names stood out.
After Lin Xiang published the list on the official website, he began to concentrate on making clay figures.
This time he did not mold it directly, but tried to leave only the gold attribute spiritual energy in the clay figure, and only the wood attribute spiritual energy in the clay figure, and specially molded 5 clay figures for each attribute spiritual root.
That is to say, among the 500 beta test players, 25 of them are very likely to have single-element spiritual roots from the very beginning!
To be fair, the remaining 475 players were randomly dealt with by Lin Xiang. He didn't know what spiritual roots these players would have, which was like not knowing the identity of one's parents when one was reincarnated.
"With so many players here, the market will definitely be bustling. We'll need to set up a law enforcement agency to maintain order!"
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