ura of heaven and earth in the valley before gradually growing... With millions of clones, it refines heaven and earth! Hao Ren's method of cultivation is actually similar to the abilities of a Spirit...Chapter 335: I'm the Boss of My Territory~~
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To patrol the fifth layer of heaven overnight is usually accompanied by an aerial inspection over Donghai City's airspace. Hao Ren piloted Little White, swiftly patrolling near the boundary between the first and second layers.
The second, third, and fourth layers are intermediary zones for dragon cultivators and human cultivators, akin to a no-man’s land in war. It wasn’t much of an issue for human cultivators from the fifth layer to patrol this area, but it would be serious overstepping if someone like those two cultivators from Bashi Sect flew low into the first layer; they’d even risk being killed by dragon cultivators on the ground.
It was now around 7 or 8 PM. The sky had darkened, and Hao Ren expanded his divine sense to detect fluctuations in spiritual energy.
The technique for using a divine sense wasn’t yet fully mastered; he could only cover an area of about a hundred meters. Without the cloud layer, it would have been better to just use his eyesight. In comparison, a master like Su Hai could sense every gust of wind or rustle in the grass within a kilometer.
Two cultivators! As Hao Ren was about to conclude his patrol, suddenly two cultivators appeared within his divine sense range.
The two cultivators clearly sensed Hao Ren’s presence before him and were already fleeing far away. However, Little White was too fast; even if they had sensed Hao Ren first, they couldn’t fly as quickly as Little White.
Based on their experience, patrol dragon cultivators at the boundary of the first layer were likely inspectors. These inspectors were elite among dragon cultivators and could be compared to core formation stage cultivators—something that they couldn’t withstand.
Thus, upon sensing a cultivator flying toward them from below the first layer, they immediately split into two directions and fled for their lives.
Hao Ren wouldn't simply let them escape. With a quick flick of his fingers, he launched two basic sword arrays—one composed of golden beams and the other of earth beams—directly at these two cultivators.
Although simple, these sword arrays were fully charged with power.
The white and yellow rays respectively enveloped the backs of the two cultivators.
Puh! Puh!
The two cultivators each dashed forward five or six meters, heavily injured. They immediately sped towards the third layer without daring to look back at their attacker even once.
If they knew that the one attacking them was merely a core formation stage cultivator, they would surely be shocked and upset.
Hao Ren retracted his sword beams, patted Little White’s rear, and continued patrolling. These two cultivators were stronger than the ones Hao Ren had captured last time; if not for their panicked escape, Hao Ren might have struggled against them together.
But it didn’t matter—Little White's evasive speed was comparable to that of core formation stage flight speeds. If they couldn't defeat him, they could only flee, and there was no way they could catch up to Hao Ren. To be honest, the reason those two cultivators earlier were so panicked and terrified was because Little White’s flight speed made them think they had encountered a core formation-stage dragon inspector.
Sensing that the two cultivators had indeed fled back to the area above the Fifth Heavenly Layer, Hao Ren patted Little White’s head. Little White suddenly looked up and flew towards the direction of the Fifth Heavenly Layer.
The Mysterious Peak was still as tranquil as before. With Little White carrying him, they pierced through the thick fog and entered the cave residence once again.
Inside the cave residence, the furniture remained untouched, just as empty as ever.
However, Hao Ren noticed some disorganized footprints on the otherwise smooth floor of the cave residence. In the morning when he left the cave residence, he had used the suction and release force of his Split Light Sword Technique to sprinkle a very thin layer of dust on the ground for monitoring purposes.
The presence of these footprints meant that someone had entered the cave residence while Hao Ren was away. And given the location above the Fifth Heavenly Layer, it could only be cultivators from nearby sects or factions.
When Hao Ren first arrived here, he found it odd that despite the abundant spiritual energy in this valley, no one had set up a cave residence there. He suspected it might be a restricted area behind some sect and thus borrowed an array formation from Zhen Ciming to prepare for setting up his own.
However, it seemed someone else had already discovered Hao Ren’s presence here.
These cultivators only feared the arrays around the cave residence and tried their best to conceal their spiritual energy fluctuations. They never imagined that the owner of this cave residence would use such a mundane anti-theft method.
The shallow footprints made it difficult to determine how many cultivators had visited during the day, but there must have been at least three people.
"Little White, guard this place tonight," Hao Ren said to Little White.
Little White looked at him with a mix of understanding and confusion, chirping softly in response.
Hao Ren wanted to intensify his cultivation efforts without giving up such an ideal spot. He didn’t want to waste time looking for another area rich in spiritual energy either. Especially during the night, randomly roaming around the Fifth Heavenly Layer could easily lead him into some sect’s major array formation.
After clearing off Shi Xuan’s dust, Hao Ren closed his eyes and began cultivating.
Little White lay curled up at the entrance of the cave, cautiously looking left and then right. With its acute sense of smell, it could detect an unfamiliar presence within the cave residence. Even cats didn’t like strangers entering their territory, let alone a spirit beast
Beyond the valley’s periphery, two graceful figures cut through the night.
"Sister, actually Young Master’s physique is quite good."
"Sis, did you really peek while Young Master was bathing"
“Hahaha, what do you think”
"Of course it's a lie! But if there's ever an opportunity in the future, I’d like to bathe and change clothes for Young Master."
Whiz
The moon rises and then slowly sets.
The Fifth Heaven welcomes its dawn and morning. Hao Ren exhales a breath of turbid air, feeling the rapidly rotating dragon丹 (keep as "dragon丹" or translate if necessary), and opens three new acupoints!
Blade Acupoint!
The amount of spiritual energy that can be stored in one's body increases exponentially!
In Dragon training, the further one progresses, the more difficult it becomes. The harder it is to open a new acupoint as you progress, which means that to cultivate to the乾坤 (Heaven and Earth) level, one must rely on "mysterious crystals."所謂神秘晶體，就像是靈氣的中轉站，儲存足夠的靈氣再衝擊龍丹，形成新的突破。
Opening five acupoints in two days is something Hao Ren had never dared to imagine before. This valley is definitely Hao Ren's blessed land, and he absolutely won't let it go!
Hao Ren stomps his feet on the ground and suddenly rushes out of the cave residence. A white energy sword naturally forms under his feet, carrying him for a patrol around the edge of the valley.
Controlling with qi and flying with a sword is extremely wasteful in terms of spiritual energy, but Hao Ren has just broken through, and the concentration of qi in his blood is at its peak. He doesn't care about this small amount of spiritual energy at all.
The entire valley is slightly round-shaped, like a cracked egg with an exit in one direction. If placed in ancient times, it would have been extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack.
However, in the Fifth Heaven, cultivators can fly freely, so this terrain doesn't have any special features except for its ability to accumulate nearby spiritual energy like a funnel, creating dense fog that makes the concentration of qi here far higher than in the surrounding areas.
Hao Ren understands the characteristics of the terrain and takes out the array formation Zhen Cunming gave him. He places the compass representing the array eye inside his cave residence and evenly distributes the knife flags around the valley.
The steps for setting up this array formation are clearly marked on the inner lid of the box, so Hao Ren just needs to follow them step by step.
72 flags, perfectly matching the "72 Earth煞 (Evil Stars)" numbers. If this array formation is controlled skillfully, it can transform into various formations such as "wind, fog, rain, water, light, flow, scenery, and stone."
However, Hao Ren currently sets up the most basic application using the original source of "72 Earth煞 (Evil Stars)," the North Star Cluster. Without active control, it can achieve effects like moving stars and changing constellations.
Cultivators approaching the valley will not be able to enter unless they are in the Core Formation stage and can break through the array formation with brute force; otherwise, no matter how they move or fly, they cannot enter the interior of the valley.
As the last flag falls into the mud, the fog in the valley instantly becomes denser. The visibility around the valley immediately drops by four to five times.
Hao Ren flies out of the valley and attempts to re-enter it. However, as he rushes inside with an energy sword underfoot, looking up, he finds himself already on the other side of the valley.
Change direction and try again. The mist goes in, then out, still outside the valley.
It’s as if this valley doesn’t exist at all!
Hao Ren marvels at the ingenuity of the array formation and pulls a pendant-like small star from his Spatial Pocket Dimension. This is the "heart" of the array formation, made with deep-sea mysterious crystal. It has a sky-blue hue.
After Hao Ren channels some spiritual energy into it, the tiny crystal emits a pale blue glow. He then rides on an air sword and breaks through the mist to enter the heart of the valley!
"Great!" Hao Ren couldn’t help but praise it.
This young man Zhen Cunming acts like he’s worth 258,000 yuan (a Chinese slang for a lot of money), but what he gives indeed is valuable. And according to Zhen Cunming, this array formation given to Hao Ren is still just the “entry-level” one!
Back in Ran Manor, Xiao Bai was lazy and looked dazedly at Hao Ren.
From the center of the array formation, he could see Hao Ren flying around outside the valley.
The brown compass was placed on a stone table inside his cave residence. The compass seemed to be made from wood but felt heavier than metal upon touch.
This compass is also crafted with deep-sea mysterious crystal, and it has various symbols carved in concentric circles.
Hao Ren put the blue little star in his palm into the small hole at the center of the compass where it fit perfectly. With an array heart now placed at the eye of the array formation, control over the entire valley’s large formation could be gained actively.
The inner and outer circles of the compass are rotatable and produce different changes based on their positions. Hao Ren is only trying out one basic change right now: rotating both circles back to their original position.
After injecting a moderate amount of spiritual energy, the thick fog in the valley immediately dissipated. This step was temporarily disabling the array formation!
With two circles turned to other positions, Hao Ren removed the array heart from within and plucked a golden hair from Xiao Bai’s paw, stringing it into a simple bracelet.
The sudden loss of a single hair caused Xiao Bai to howl in distress as he looked at Hao Ren with sorrowful eyes.
Hao Ren smiled at him; who knew that Xiao Bai's golden fur was stronger than ordinary red strings, and water- and fire-proof. This way, it would never fall off when tied around his wrist.
"Let’s go back to class." Patting Xiao Bai on the butt, he lifted him up from the floor before heading towards the cave entrance.
Xiao Bai wiggled his bottom and rubbed against Hao Ren's leg. With a boom, it transformed into a snow lion.
With such a "North Star Cluster Formation" for protection, who would dare to sneak into Mysterious Peak Smiling easily, Hao Ren sat on Xiao Bai’s back, soothingly patting its round head.Formula" is one of the most orthodox and powerful water cultivation techniques; thus, he wasn't surprised at all.However, after a second's flicker, 160 black sword beams turned into white!Black! White...