Three days later, Xue Li was accompanied by dozens of craftsmen from Yunjian Pavilion and hundreds of laborers recruited nearby.
After learning about Feng Shao's plan, Lin Fengtian felt that as a father-in-law, he should also give more support. Although Yunjian Pavilion is the weakest and the least well-established of the five top forces, it is the richest. The other four combined are not as financially capable as Yunjian Pavilion. Supporting just a few dozen craftsmen and hundreds of laborers is naturally a piece of cake.
Following closely behind, there were also a considerable amount of various metals, stones, etc. Moreover, Lin Fengtian also said that if it was not enough, he could ask for more at any time.
But everything still had to follow the old rules, that is, credit was allowed, discounts were allowed, but free of charge was not.
Feng Shao couldn't help but sigh. Regardless of his father-in-law's cultivation level, this businessman's way of doing things was quite unconventional.
In fact, Lin Fengtian originally wanted to train Feng Shao to be his successor. With Feng Shao's ability, since he could gradually develop a second-rate sect into a second-rate sect, he should also be able to manage a top-level force. Therefore, Lin Fengtian had high hopes for Feng Shao.
To this end, he even planned Feng Shao's training plan.
The first step was to let Feng Shao be the head of the Yunjian Pavilion. He even decided on a name for the branch hall: “Fengyun Hall”.
The second step was to make public the engagement of Feng Shao and Lin Xiaoran, and at the same time announce that Feng Shao would be appointed as the deputy leader of Yunjian Pavilion, gradually transferring the management power to Feng Shao.
The third step is that after Feng Shao and Lin Xiaoran get married, all power of the entire Yunjian Pavilion will be handed over to Feng Shao, and Lin Fengtian himself will serve as the signboard of Yunjian Pavilion to intimidate other forces.
The fourth step is that when Feng Shao reaches the level of Crossing Tribulation, or is able to compete with the powerful ones in Crossing Tribulation, he will directly give up the position of Pavilion Master to Feng Shao. As for Lin Fengtian himself, he will live in seclusion with his beloved wife Xiao Ruoyao, enjoying a leisurely and beautiful retirement life. At that time, don't bother him if there is something, and don't bother him even more if there is nothing.
The above plan can be called the "Feng Shao Training Plan" or the "Lin Fengtian Retirement Plan".
However, what Lin Fengtian did not expect was that Feng Shao actually wanted to work alone. His decision meant that Lin Fengtian's retirement plan was ruined. Therefore, when offering help to Feng Shao, he specifically reminded him that it was not free. Perhaps there was some resentment in Lin Fengtian's heart!
As for why Lin Fengtian never considered letting Lin Xiaoran take over the position of Pavilion Master?
Xiao Ruoyao, who knows her daughter best, hit the nail on the head:
"Ran'er may become an unrivaled strongman in the future, or even a famous tribulation-crossing master. But she can't even manage herself, how can she manage such a huge Yunjian Pavilion?"
Lin Fengtian's idea was even simpler and more direct:
"Don't leave the troublesome things to your daughter. Let your son-in-law do it! As long as my daughter is worry-free, that's all!"
Feng Shao naturally didn't understand what his father-in-law and mother-in-law were thinking. Although these things cost money, being able to get a discount was already a very good treatment. If he asked for more, it would be a bit too much.
Xue Li added three upright gears to the new drill, forming a triangle around the drill in the middle. While improving efficiency, it also optimized stability, allowing Feng Shao to reduce the loss of mental power when operating it. In addition, it has the feature of being able to be enlarged or reduced. At the smallest, it can be reduced to the size of a fist, so it can be carried with you even if it is not placed in a storage ring...
All in all, the new drill was much more advanced than the old one, and it greatly improved Feng Shao's work efficiency. In just seven days, Feng Shao used the new drill to drill more than 400 meters underground.
But after 400 meters, the progress of the work slowed down again. This was because the depth was very close to the natural spiritual energy vein, and it would be a disaster if the natural spiritual energy was drilled out rashly.
So we need to be more cautious in our next work.
By surveying the underground environment, Feng Shao gradually found out the depth of the natural spiritual energy vein. After carefully digging more than 20 meters deep, Feng Shao finally realized that there was a powerful upward force underneath that could break through the rock layer at any time.
Feng Shao immediately understood that if he dug deeper, natural spiritual energy might gush out.
Feng Shao first put away the drill bit, and then began to hammer steel nails into the rock. These steel nails were as thick as an index finger and nearly ten meters long. As the steel nails were hammered into the rock, the rock became more and more unstable and began to vibrate irregularly, and the frequency of the vibrations became higher and higher.
When he felt that it was almost time, Feng Shao summoned the Seven Profound Evil-Suppressing Seal, and then smashed it down with all his strength!
The above work can be simply summarized as "first use a small hammer to pick the seam, and then use a big hammer to finish it"!
It must be said that even if it is not used to suppress the soul body, if it is only used to hit people, the Seven Mysterious Evil Seal is also extremely powerful. As Feng Shao smashed down with this seal, the rock layer that was already full of cracks was instantly shattered. Under the impact of the air pressure below, the rock layer suddenly turned into countless broken stones, which shot upward! And along with the broken stones, there was also a surging airflow like a raging wave!
If one is not prepared in advance, the force of the rubble alone is enough to turn a Xiantian cultivator into a sieve, and a Jindan cultivator will inevitably be seriously injured. But Feng Shao had anticipated this and summoned the Golden Crow Sword in advance, using it to protect his entire body. At the moment the rubble broke, Feng Shao immediately summoned a steel plate with a diameter of half a meter and activated the magic array on the steel plate.
This steel plate is about one foot thick, but weighs ten tons, which shows how dense it is. After being activated, the steel plate instantly expanded, and in an instant, it blocked the drill hole tightly. Then, eight steel nails shot out from the edge of the steel plate and nailed firmly into the rock wall. The steel nails were more than one meter long, and in an instant, they fixed the shaky steel plate in place, and the surging airflow suddenly dissipated without a trace.
Feng Shao waited for a while, and seeing that the steel plate remained motionless and as steady as a rock, he wiped the sweat off his face and breathed a sigh of relief.
Great, the hardest step has been completed, the next step is easy.
This steel plate is actually a magical tool. Its function at the beginning is to block the air vents, and its function afterwards is to perform the first round of pressure relief. Therefore, in addition to the current steel plate form, the steel plate also has a cone form. After activating this form, the steel plate will become a hollow cone with air vents all over the cone, which can guide a part of the natural spiritual energy and complete the first round of pressure relief.
However, before activating this form, the pipes must be installed first.
In the next few days, Feng Shao turned into a hard worker, constantly installing steel pipes into the drilled holes. This job was not too difficult. When Feng Shao was tired, he could hand it over to others. Therefore, a considerable part of these tasks were completed by disciples from Taiwei Sect and Jiuyou Holy Land. Among these people, Zuo Linglan and Lu Qingyuan did the most.
The laying of the pipeline also needs to take into account its future use. For this purpose, Feng Shao dug a horizontal tunnel about 30 meters underground and led the pipeline under the river to the other side of the river, which was where Feng Shao planned to build the city.
But before building the city, a defensive formation must be set up first. The defensive formation Feng Shao used was the famous "Positive and Negative Twenty-Eight Constellations Formation" of the Qiankun Palace.
The orthodox twenty-eight constellations formation usually has thirty-one nodes. The twenty-eight nodes on the periphery are arranged according to the directions of the Azure Dragon in the east, the White Tiger in the west, the Vermillion Bird in the south, and the Black Tortoise in the north. The three central nodes are arranged according to the directions of the three constellations of Taiwei, Ziwei, and Tianshi, serving as the center of the formation to control the entire formation. This formation is in line with the celestial phenomena, lacks in attack, but has more than enough defense, making it very suitable as a formation to protect the city or the sect.
However, the Twenty-Eight Constellations Formation is considered a super-luxury version among all the city-protecting and sect-protecting formations, and most sects and cities simply cannot afford it. When Feng Shao designed the sect-protecting formation for the Taiwei Sect, he did not use the Twenty-Eight Constellations Formation, but the Five Elements Birth and Death Formation.
The biggest feature of the Five Elements Birth and Death Formation is that it is endless, has no blind spots in defense, and can deal with attacks of various attributes. In addition to the complicated layout, the only weakness is that the defense is slightly weak. Of course, this is compared with the Twenty-Eight Constellations Formation. If we only look at its loss, the cost performance of the Five Elements Birth and Death Formation is definitely extremely high.
The consumption of the orthodox Twenty-Eight Constellations Array is already extremely terrifying, and the consumption of the Qiankun Palace's secret positive and negative Twenty-Eight Constellations Array is twice as much.
In simple terms, this positive and negative twenty-eight constellations formation is based on the orthodox formation, and is arranged in reverse. Under normal circumstances, the city defense formation can activate the positive formation or the negative formation alone, and its power is already quite good. When the positive and negative formations are activated at the same time, they can echo each other from east to west, and from north to south, and add many changes, making it difficult for those who break the formation to start. If you break the formation rashly, you may even suffer a counterattack from the formation and die on the spot.
This is already a large formation that combines offense and defense. It's hard to say in the upper domain, but at least in Dongzhou, it's unique.
But such a powerful city defense formation would certainly cause a lot of damage. To be frank, even the three holy places would have to invest a whole year's income to activate such a formation. Yunjian Pavilion did have the financial resources, but they would not just sit there and invest so many resources in the mountain defense formation.
Then why did Feng Shao dare to use this formation?
The reason is very simple. Other families cannot afford it because spirit stones are really expensive. But Feng Shao is different. He does not use spirit stones, but a constant supply of natural spiritual energy!
With the natural spiritual energy vein as a backing, what can't a mere city defense formation support? Not to mention a city defense formation, even if there are a hundred more, there is enough spiritual energy!
In that case, don't be stingy and use the best!