Chapter 370 - 208: The Grand Array Ascends
The idea of repairing the Star Shining Celestial Array had formed.
However, before taking action, Liou Yuan had to inform Bu Moying of his thoughts and discuss it with him.
After all, they invited him to repair the array, expecting a complete version of the Star Shining Celestial Array.
If he could only come up with a simplified version, and they were unwilling, he could only give up on it.
Liou Yuan immediately contacted Bu Moying through the disciples guarding the valley, and the latter dropped what he was doing and arrived within a moment.
Repairing the Star Shining Celestial Array is a significant matter; no matter how busy Bu Moying was, he would put everything else aside.
Liou Yuan shared his thoughts with Bu Moying, naturally avoiding any mention of his array inheritance and instead telling him he couldn’t fully repair the Star Shining Celestial Array.
He could only restore about fifty percent of its power to reach the level of a Foundation Establishment Early Stage Array.
Then he left the choice to Bu Moying, allowing him to decide whether to proceed with the repair.
For Bu Moying, Liou Yuan’s ability to repair a Foundation Establishment Array was already a pleasant surprise. Although the power was lacking, it was understandable.
After all, Liou Yuan was still young, and achieving this much was already not easy.
Under the pressure of demon cultivators, Bu Moying made a decisive decision and solemnly bowed to Liou Yuan, saying, "Please, Mr. Liou, repair this array for Qingbao County."
Even if the power of the repaired Star Shining Celestial Array was greatly reduced, it could at least have the power of early-stage Foundation Establishment, enough to withstand demon cultivators in the Qi Cultivation Realm, sparing Qingbao County a lot of trouble.
"Alright!" Having received Bu Moying’s consent, Liou Yuan did not hesitate. After acknowledging it, he handed Bu Moying a list of materials needed for the array repair.
The list included materials required for setting up the Cold River Illusionary Water Array and the Spirit Wood Profound Void Array.
This valley lacked the water flows and the expanse of spirit plants needed for the two arrays, requiring the use of water and wood spiritual objects as formation eyes.
Also needed were the array discs required for engraving the formation. The two Peak Qi Cultivation Arrays did not require very good array discs, but the Star Shining Celestial Array required Foundation Establishment level discs.
There was also the need for Star Stones to operate the array, which went without saying.
Bu Moying took Liou Yuan’s list of materials and by that same evening had collected all the materials and personally delivered them to the back valley.
The materials were piled on the ground, and Liou Yuan sat cross-legged in the valley, diligently studying the Spirit Wood Profound Void Array.
Now, Liou Yuan’s attainment in arrays was entirely different. The originally set time to arrange the Spirit Wood Profound Void Array was ten days, yet Liou Yuan began on the seventh day and succeeded in one go.
Once the Spirit Wood Profound Void Array’s power activated, a rich vitality of vegetation suffused the valley, nurturing the plants within so that every leaf was lush and verdant.
The Spirit Wood Profound Void Array is the only array among the five Peak Qi Cultivation Arrays used to nourish flora, not a means of defense against enemies.
Spirit grasses and spirit medicines nourished by the Spirit Wood Profound Void Array could retain their medicinal properties better and enhance their potency.
Additionally, cultivating the Wood Acupoint Skill within the array resulted in a slight increase in speed.
Liou Yuan, possessing a Three-Star Wood Acupoint, felt the acupoint respond to the array the moment the Spirit Wood Profound Void Array was set, emitting a faint cyan glow.
"This Spirit Wood Profound Void Array is not entirely useless; for cultivators practicing the Wood Acupoint Skill, it does provide some enhancement."
"In the future, when I cultivate the Longevity Scripture, I can set up this Spirit Wood Profound Void Array to aid my cultivation."
Liou Yuan smiled, finally finding an array that could benefit his cultivation.
Not long after enjoying this satisfaction, Liou Yuan again focused his mind and started working on setting up the Cold River Illusionary Water Array.
With the help of water-type spiritual objects, the setup of this array was also very successful.
Another ten days passed, and Liou Yuan’s eyes were bloodshot from intense concentration.
For the first time, he experienced the difficulty of repairing a Foundation Establishment Array.
After a brief half-day rest, Liou Yuan quickly picked up the Foundation Establishment Array Disc and began engraving the simplified Star Shining Celestial Array Disc.
The original array disc had over ten thousand veins, requiring precision to the micron, with no room for error.
Without Divine Sense, engraving it was nearly impossible.
Liou Yuan could only simplify, eliminating unimportant veins, and engraved only the most crucial ones, which still amounted to over a thousand.
Even for a simplified Foundation Establishment Disc, Liou Yuan spent half a month and ruined two Foundation Establishment Array Discs before finally succeeding.
By that time, Liou Yuan had already been in the valley for over a month.
During this time, he was unkempt, his hair disheveled, beard scraggly, and his eyes as red as a rabbit’s.
"This damned array is truly difficult to handle, hardly something an array master of the Qi Cultivation Realm can repair; no wonder the Qingxiao Sect were at a loss."
Liou Yuan rubbed his brow, forcing himself through exhaustion, and picked up the engraved array disc.
After repeatedly checking for mistakes and finding none, he took a deep breath and stepped towards the stone platform.
"Success or failure rests on this one attempt," Liou Yuan murmured, softly placing the array disc onto the recessed area.
Click! A crisp sound echoed as the disc perfectly fit into the stone platform’s recess without leaving a gap.
Standing straight beside the stone platform, Liou Yuan, with eyes full of tension and anticipation, stared intently at the array disc, whispering continuously, "It must succeed; doing this again might drive me mad."