Dual Cultivation God Returns

Chapter 732: In other words...



The preparations began a bit after the picnic was over.

Wu Long and Lian Zhiqiu first constructed a giant concealing formation, reinforcing the measures that the former initially set up.

And then they gradually added more protective and concealing arrays and formations in the process of constructing the Grand Formation, activating them one by one.

They not only did the work themselves, but also gave out instructions through other members of the Dao Family, as the work was too massive to do with just two people.

Madam Liang's Thousand Eyes Palace, Hua Ziyan's Twin Essence Palace, Luo Mingyu's Divine Enlightenment Palace, and Xue Bing's Frozen Garden Palace joined forces in the construction of the Grand Formation.

On the other hand, Sui Luxiao's Soaring Feather Trading Company's artisan workers started a construction of a fortress, aided by Cao Mei's Liugwei Mercenaries, Cao Xiang's Liugwei Escort Agency, as well as the Brilliant Sun Temple and the War God Palace as muscle force, and in the case of the last one, advisors who were skilled in military fortifications.

For mortals such a massive undertaking would have required years, but for cultivators who could work at the same exact pace without any rest at all, lifting any weight with bare hands with ease, and with the Alchemists of Yu Huan's Mystic Flame Pavilion aiding by almost instantly drying any construction materials necessary to a perfect condition, the fortress grew at a visible pace.

Not to mention that Wu Long himself cleared the construction area using his Earth Rune. The only thing that slowed them down to need a month is because they needed to give time to those working on the Grand Formation to do their work at the same time, since the Formation's integral part would be the fortress itself.

Yu Huan was among the few of Wu Long's Dao Family who did not participate in the overall work, as she was busy refining pills.

To her surprise the ingredients for most of the pills that Wu Long asked for were not that rare, it is the alchemy process that defined the difficulty.

Only two pills required rare ingredients, but they were ones that were in their possession because of Gu Zhen's alchemy ingredient storage.

Of course, this was all only possible because Gong Liwei was in Nine Mortal Realms, so the pills she required were not of too high level.

Cai Yin was meditating with Luo Mingyu, as she received a few new techniques from Wu Long, that would be required of her to use in helping Gong Liwei.

And of course, the person who was going to undergo an emergency procedure, Gong Liwei, was also sitting on a cultivation mat, with golden needles sticking out of 21 of her acupuncture points and meditating as Gong Cui was reading out the instructions written by Wu Long on how the procedure would go and what she needed to do.

From time to time, Wu Long approached, taking a moment away from his work, and carefully removed some needles, inserting new ones in different locations.

Though the needles were so thin she did not feel them at all.

She was also slowly draining her Spiritual Qi reserves.

As Wu Long explained to her, one of the preventive measures to not experience an accident during the process was not having excess Spiritual Qi that would burst if it lost the container that is her cultivation base, but she could not just expel it at a fast pace, since that would create a vacuum-like void that also has certain pressure.

She had to slowly let it out in a continuous and even stream, just a bit faster than her natural rate of replenishing it was. She had to have a bare minimum of Spiritual Qi required for the procedure in her Dantian by the time everything was ready.

In truth, they didn't have to hurry with it.

But as Wu Long said, awakening the Spiritual Land was beneficial for the process, and having a Spiritual Land was a priority that was not really good to delay. Not to mention, Wu Long did not like to really postpone doing things for no reason at all, so they proceeded with preparations for both events at the same time.

After a month, the mountain that from afar looked like a dreary pile of rocks had a brand new fortress on its side.

The fortress seemed to be embedded in the mountain itself, as there were towers and buildings coming out from different sides, with seemingly no outward connections.

However, since the whole mountain range was heavily covered in concealing formations, there were no spectators to marvel at this sight.

The Eternal Duality Valley members, all of them down to Sect Retainers, were summoned for a grand feast as a reward for the hard work, but that was not the only reason, they were here to first receive the baptism of the Arcane Qi.

Even Old Yen and Zhao Biren returned for this occasion, one slipping away without anyone noticing, the other not being noticeable in the first place.

They were all sitting in meditative poses, adjusting their conditions.

At that time, in the heart of the fortress, or rather, in the heart of the mountain, the members who had a picnic assembled once more.

The expressions of the ladies varied from excitement and curiosity Fen Baihu showed at the thought of witnessing the birth of a new Spiritual Land, to the nervousness Gong Liwei had in her eyes, as well as somberness and concentration on most faces.

"Zhiqiu", Wu Long turned to Lian Zhiqiu once again, as she sat at the center of a giant array circle, already in lotus pose, concentrated and making hand seals.

"Yes, I'm ready to activate at any moment", she nodded without opening her eyes or stopping her hands.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The Grand Formation had to be activated at the same time the Dragon Root blossomed into a Dragon Vein.

There were two reasons for that.

First, the Grand Formation was made with the power of Spiritual Land in mind, so without one it would not operate correctly.

Second, to trap all of the Arcane Qi and Spiritual Qi inside, not letting even a small bit seep out. After all, they didn't want to alert anyone about a new Spiritual Land being born here.

Not to mention that even if Wu Long could not use it himself, he had no reason to let some strangers get their hands on what Arcane Qi was leftover after they and the Eternal Duality Valley had their fill. All that was left was to be stored away in case there was a need for it later.

"Alright, let's start with you first", Wu Long nodded seeing that, and turned to Gong Liwei, who took a deep breath and gave a nod as well.

Wu Long used hand seals, and the last golden needle that was in the back of her neck glowed, flying out of her body.

At the same time Luo Mingyu expanded her Dao Intent, and Cai Yin started making hand seals, her Soul Power wrapping around Gong Liwei in elaborate patterns.

The latter took one alchemy pill after another as they floated up to her mouth, sent by Yu Huan herself, while making her own set of hand seals.

Wu Long sat behind her, placing both hands on her back, seemingly aiding her and guiding her through the process.

The atmosphere was filled with tension, but apart from others helping her, it seemed to resemble a normal Core Reformation.

The difference was that it was quick. The few minutes of buildup that she was going through now were only preparatory, and the process had to be over in an instant.

As Gong Liwei was making all the manipulations of Spiritual Qi leading up to the moment of truth, Wu Long left one hand on her back, and closed his eyes, concentrating as well. Raising his other hand with an open palm, a golden energy stream started forming a small ball, similar to an Alchemy Pill.

Those who did not need to concentrate on their tasks almost gasped seeing that, instantly recognizing what it was.

'Y-Yang Qi?!?!?!', Fen Baihu almost shouted out loud, and had to forcefully stop herself from doing it, 'I-Is that how he is going to awaken a Spiritual Land?!?!'

A light smirk appeared on Wu Long's lips as even with closed eyes he could picture everyone's

reaction.

It was indeed a ball of Yang Qi in its purest energy form, and this ball was going to contain most of what Yang Qi he stored over all this time.

Since he always had much more than his women could handle, even with the Frozen Garden Palace added, he was accumulating quite a bit that he could not find any use for. Having unused Yang Qi was as bad as having unused Yin Qi, so he used Chaos Refining Body Tempering Art to separately seal away the unused portion of his Yang Qi every day ever since he started cultivating his Yang Root, making room for new and fresh Yang Qi. Thus, this tiny ball had a varied quality of Yang Qi, from the time he just started really cultivating again in Qi Gathering Realm to now, but the sheer amount of it was obscene. And to top it off he also added most of what Yang Qi he had now.

And then, the moment, Gong Liwei's body shook and glowing cracks spread all over it, time seemed to slow down, as everyone around became still.

But it was simply his perception of time.

His mind was so fast that even his own body's speed which was considered inconceivable at his cultivation, and unrivaled among almost everyone here, except for Fen Baihu and Yuanfen, seemed extremely slow.

Wu Long slammed the small shining ball of golden energy into the ground, sending it deep

underneath.

The surroundings shook, and the world started moving around him again, and a pure, incredibly powerful energy poured from deep beneath them, as the array circle that Lian Zhiqiu sat in the center of, glowed brighter, and the Grand Formation activated.

At this moment, the Arcane Qi that burst out like a fountain filled the surroundings, and actively burrowed in the bodies of everyone in the vicinity.

One didn't really need to make effort to absorb it, it was actually harder to evade doing so.

The cracks that appeared on Gong Liwei's body instantly healed back, as she gasped for breaths and then immediately coughed, leaning a bit forth and supporting herself with both

hands.

"Sister", Gong Cui ran up to Gong Liwei, and the two sisters looked at each other, hugging with a mix of joyous emotions, both having tears in their eyes.

A bit later,

Once the Arcane Qi started saturating the inside of the Grand Formation and it became

apparent that no one had any room for it anymore, Wu Long used a technique familiar to Hua

Ziyan and Xue Bing, while Fen Baihu's jaw dropped.

"I-is that Silver Tail Whale's... no, it's similar though..." Fen Baihu spoke as her shock

subsided.

"You're going to make many enemies just by having such a technique", Ye Ling sighed.

She knew about it from Hua Ziyan's account of their time in the Blue Moon Secret Realm, but still could not help making that comment, since Silver Tail Whales were almost universally considered a hazard exactly because of it.

Meanwhile, seeing the Celestial Fox's reaction, Hua Ziyan and Xue Bing turned to each other with meaningful gazes, and the former giggled into one hand while the latter wryly smiled.

Both wondering what her face would be like if Fen Baihu saw that Great Celestial Whale World Devouring Technique.

"Rather than that, what's with that method of awakening the Spiritual Land?", the Mythical Beast's focus shifted back to what interested her the most.

The ears of those around also pricked up at that question. "Haha, it's not widely known, but a Dragon Root is a Yin entity, while a Dragon Vein is not, even if a Dragon Vein produces Yin Qi", he chuckled, "Over time, a Dragon Root naturally absorbs natural Yang Qi of the world, and when it is finally saturated, it finally turns into a

Dragon Vein. I just sped up that process, along with using a special technique and the Spirit God Sovereign's Mark" "Ah, I forgot you were 'THE' Spirit Lord", Fen Baihu chuckled. "Uh...", Wu Long's expression slightly soured, "I prefer you don't call me that..."

"So...", at that time Hua Ziyan had a thinking expression, and Wu Long felt a strange premonition looking at that face, while she continued, "... in other words, you just impregnated a Spiritual Land?"

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The room suddenly became completely silent, as everyone froze in their spots.