Chapter 130: Setting Up the Spirit Gathering Array

Five jades for the array meant it definitely wouldn’t be a Low-Grade Spirit Gathering Array. What made Zhou Yu feel fortunate was that when the Radio was first turned on and he obtained the Spirit Gathering Array, Uncle-Master Wu had explained the setup method in great detail. He remembered it clearly.

According to this method, placing these five jades in the correct spots wouldn’t be a problem, and the range could be tested out. The biggest issue was that he couldn’t control Spiritual Power yet.

Zhou Yu held the five jades in his hand, feeling a gentle aura radiating from them. There was Spiritual Energy drifting within these jades, making them quite beautiful.

There were still some mysterious patterns carved on them. He opened his mobile phone and compared them to the patterns on the previous Spirit Gathering Array. Sure enough, the patterns had changed a bit.

Then, Zhou Yu opened his notebook and drew all the patterns from the five jades into the computer.

If he couldn’t set up this Spirit Gathering Array successfully tomorrow, he’d try to copy these patterns and see if the activation requirements would be lower.

Coincidentally, the advanced Engraving Machine he bought was scheduled to arrive tomorrow. Those cheap jades he bought could serve as test subjects for a trial run.

Most importantly, he needed to find a way to control Spiritual Power. Otherwise, even if the copy succeeded, the effect would be worlds apart from the real Spirit Gathering Array.

Zhou Yu placed the five jades under his pillow and lay down. He remembered when he first got those four Low-Grade Immortal Stones from the Radio, he also put them under his pillow. The next morning, he felt refreshed and clear-headed.

After all, they were Immortal Stones filled with Spiritual Energy. Unknowingly, they could affect a person’s body.

Lying on the pillow, Zhou Yu soon felt a comforting sensation and slowly fell asleep.

In his dream, he dreamed again of entering the Immortal World and even saw Fairy Suxin with his own eyes. But when he woke up the next day, he knew that dream was just a dream.

Daytime thoughts become nighttime dreams. He had looked at Fairy Suxin’s portrait last night, something he had long been looking forward to. The portrait’s image of Fairy Suxin, ethereal and otherworldly, was deeply etched in his mind.

After getting up, Zhou Yu saw Fairy Suxin’s portrait on the table and couldn’t help shaking his head with emotion. The Fairy Suxin in his dream was also imagined based on this portrait.

If the Radio opened to Fairy Suxin’s frequency again next time, he would send over some things that could help her. Because he clearly knew that beneath her ethereal appearance, this fairy harbored a past hidden deep in her heart.

Zhou Yu walked to the living room door and saw Xiaobai, already awake from its nest, staring at the Spirit Beast Meat tightly wrapped in plastic on the table.

At that moment, a strange expression crossed his face. He had left Xiaobai in the living room yesterday. When cutting the meat, Xiaobai was drawn to it too, but for safety reasons, he didn’t feed the meat to the animals that night.

Afterwards, Zhou Yu didn’t move Xiaobai out, letting it stay by the side of the living room. Now, after a whole night, Xiaobai hadn’t secretly eaten any meat, which he hadn’t expected.

It seemed the Spirit Beast Pills had successfully helped Xiaobai’s intelligence suppress its inner instincts. He rubbed Xiaobai’s head again and opened the living room door.

When Zhou Yu saw the scene outside, he burst out laughing. The animals outside looked like they were queuing up for a meal. At the front were Huzi, Dabao, Xiaobao, and the Golden Eagle. Behind them were Gan Gan and Cui Cui.

As for the two Demolition Chickens, he stood on tiptoe and looked outside. Those two were leisurely strolling in the yard.

Zhou Yu couldn’t help but smile. “Alright, I’ll stew the meat for you now.” He also wanted to taste how the Spirit Beast that ran on the ground compared to Wind Eagle Meat.

Then, using the Green Radiance Flying Sword, he cut a few pieces from the Spirit Beast Meat in the living room, washed them, and put them in a pot to stew over high heat.

After waiting by the pot for half an hour, Zhou Yu checked inside and couldn’t help but wryly smile. Sure enough, it was tougher to cut than the Wind Roc. This pot of meat would need at least two hours of stewing.

If it were bones, he estimated it would take at least six hours or more. But the longer the stewing, the more nutrients the meat likely contained.

Seeing this, Zhou Yu closed the kitchen door and took out a Bone Blood Pill. Although Elder Zheng of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect said one could only take one Bone Blood Pill every two days, that was only relative to the Qi Refining realm.

And he was very likely already at the Foundation Building stage, so naturally, he wouldn’t be bound by that restriction. Although his body had become stronger after Foundation Building, the Bone Blood Pill could still have some effect. He shouldn’t waste it.

Standing in the yard, facing the morning sun, Zhou Yu slowly swallowed a Bone Blood Pill. Feeling the warmth brought by the Elixir, he began to throw punches.

Facing the sun, practicing his punches, and with the warmth surging inside, he seemed to feel a special power within his body. As he punched, it absorbed this warmth.

Could this be Spiritual Power? A strange expression appeared on his face. He didn’t stop punching, but after the warmth faded, that special power also vanished.

Zhou Yu tried pointing his finger at a nearby stone, but his finger still didn’t glow with any light.

He shook his head. Although he had reached the Foundation Building Realm, his mind hadn’t been tempered through cultivation yet. Not being able to sense Spiritual Power might be quite normal.

But he felt no regret. Because of the Bone Blood Pill, he had found a way to sense Spiritual Power daily. He still had over a dozen Bone Blood Pills left. After finishing them, he might very well be able to sense Spiritual Power. He didn’t aim to control it fully, but at least to be able to release it, rather than relying on luck like now.

After finishing his punches, Zhou Yu went to check on the Spirit Beast Meat in the kitchen. It needed about another hour.

Just as he was about to return to his room to get the five jades and try setting up the Spirit Gathering Array, the two Demolition Chickens trotted up to him. They clucked twice, then pecked at a nearby stone with their beaks. Instantly, two small holes appeared in the hard stone.

“Stop pecking, you two Demolition Chickens. Wait, I’ll get some jades for you to eat.” Seeing this, Zhou Yu quickly stopped them. Luckily, Xiaobai and the Golden Eagle could keep them in check. Otherwise, these two would be completely lawless.

Zhou Yu took out that bag of jades, then also took out the five Immortal Stones he got from the Immortal World.

After walking into the yard, he tightly guarded the small bag with the five Immortal Stones. He randomly took two jades from the bag and tossed them to the chickens.

The two Demolition Chickens happily ate them. Zhou Yu put the jade bag back in his room. He took the five Immortal Stones from the bag, went to a large empty area, and started digging holes.

This time, he first tested an area five times larger than the Low-Grade Spirit Gathering Array. In his opinion, if this really was a Mid-grade Spirit Gathering Array, this range should be the limit.

After digging the holes, Zhou Yu carefully placed the five jades inside. Meanwhile, the two Demolition Chickens finished the ordinary jades. When they passed by him, they showed no reaction at all.

This made him look at the jades in his hand with a strange expression. Normally, these jades were very likely Mid-grade Immortal Stones. The two Demolition Chickens should have been strongly attracted to them.

He didn’t believe these two Demolition Chickens had the intelligence of Xiaobai or Huzi. Because here, beyond intelligence, he had developed very close bonds with these animals.

Zhou Yu thought carefully. With Uncle-Master Wu’s personality, he naturally wouldn’t give him fake Immortal Stones. So the only possibility was that these two Demolition Chickens couldn’t eat high-grade Immortal Stones or jades.

Thinking this, he first put away the five jades. He took out a jade worth over a thousand from his room and fed it to the two Demolition Chickens. They ate it just as happily.

Then, Zhou Yu took out a jade worth over ten thousand from his room. Gritting his teeth at the pain, he threw it to the two Demolition Chickens. This time, the two chickens, who had been happily eating jades before, sniffed this jade and simply walked away, ignoring it.

Sure enough, just as he thought, these two Demolition Chickens only ate low-grade Immortal Stones, or perhaps Immortal Stones on the verge of breaking down. That explained why they had charged madly at the Shanzhai No. 2 Array and the Main Spirit Gathering Array yesterday.

Because the jades or Immortal Stones in those two Formations were on the verge of breaking down, containing very little Spiritual Energy. Just like these jades worth a few hundred or a thousand, they also contained very little Spiritual Energy. Perhaps this had something to do with their bodily functions.

Thinking about it, it made sense. If these two Demolition Chickens ate high-quality Immortal Stones in the Immortal World, they would definitely look down on the jades on Earth. Probably at the Divine Chef Villa, they ate Immortal Stone waste.

Although very puzzled, this also put Zhou Yu at ease. They didn’t eat jades worth over ten thousand, and they didn’t eat Immortal Stones filled with Spiritual Energy either. This saved him from worrying about the Spirit Gathering Array being demolished at any time.

Understanding this, Zhou Yu continued setting up the Spirit Gathering Array. He placed the five Immortal Stones into the five dug holes, then stood in the center, looking at his finger, ready to test the power of blood.

After shouting a mantra, he lightly cut his finger with a knife. It was just an ordinary knife. He didn’t dare use the Green Radiance Flying Sword—one slash from that wouldn’t just make a small cut; it would split his finger in two.