Chapter 312 : A Pill for a Portal

To secure this Golden Core Formation Pill [a rare and precious pill that aids in the formation of a cultivator's Golden Core], Xavier Xu even mortgaged a significant portion of his clan's income within the Chu Kingdom to the Chen Clan, borrowing a substantial sum of Spirit Stones [minerals that store and radiate spiritual energy, used as currency and for cultivation] from them.

After both clans had purchased their respective Golden Core Formation Pills, Yvonne the Violet Consort personally came to visit.

Arriving at Green Sun Mountain, she received the Golden Core Formation Pill and said with evident delight, "Your Alchemy [the art of refining spiritual pills and elixirs] skill has progressed far beyond expectations."

"Merely the result of practice making perfect," came the reply.

The three of them settled within the grand hall, and Lyra Jiang spoke with calm composure.

After her words, she exchanged a glance with Eldrin Chen and continued, "We wish to exchange this Golden Core Formation Pill for some materials used in artificing."

"Mysterious Iron?"

Yvonne the Violet Consort's eyes flickered slightly, revealing a trace of surprise.

Beside her, Eldrin Chen handed over a list. She took it, glanced at the contents, and stated, "You intend to craft a Teleportation Formation [a magical array capable of instantaneously transporting people or objects across vast distances]."

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The two nodded in understanding. To establish a Teleportation Formation [a magical array that allows instantaneous travel across vast distances], three essential conditions must be met.

The first is a Spirit Vein [a natural conduit of spiritual energy] of at least the Fourth Rank [a grade denoting immense power and quality]. Without a Fourth Rank or higher Spirit Vein to provide the necessary spiritual energy, a Teleportation Formation simply cannot function.

The second is the need for a Fourth Rank Formation Master [a master of magical array creation]. If the skill of the Formation Master [a practitioner who designs and constructs magical formations] is insufficient, it is impossible to construct a Teleportation Formation of this grade.

The third is the Teleportation Array Disk [the core control mechanism of a teleportation array]. It is this crucial Teleportation Array Disk that allows the Teleportation Formation to rend space itself, completing a journey of a million Li-lengths [one Li-length equals five hundred meters] in an instant.

The most vital component of the Teleportation Array Disk is the Void Gem [a rare crystal attuned to the fabric of space]. Without this object, teleportation is fundamentally impossible.

Beyond the Void Gem, forging a Teleportation Array Disk requires a vast quantity of artificing materials.

While the grade of these materials is not exceptionally high—consisting of second-rank Heaven and Earth Treasures [rare materials imbued with natural spiritual power] like Mysterious Iron [a spiritually conductive metal]—the sheer volume required is staggering.

Taking the most voluminous material, Mysterious Iron, as an example, a full one thousand units are needed. At a price of six hundred Spirit Stone [a mineral that stores and radiates spiritual energy, used as currency and for cultivation] per unit, this alone amounts to a cost of six hundred thousand Spirit Stone.

Calculating comprehensively, the cost of a single Formation Plate [the physical disk inscribed with formation runes] soars to one million Spirit Stone. Adding the cost of the Void Gem brings the total for one disk to a staggering three million Spirit Stone.

Furthermore, for a complete Teleportation Formation to operate, a minimum of two Formation Plate are required—one for the origin and one for the destination. This pushes the total cost to an astronomical six million Spirit Stone.

This cost does not even include the price of employing a Fourth Rank Spirit Mountain [a mountain imbued with a powerful spiritual energy vein] or the services of an Artificer [a master craftsman who forges magical tools] and Formation Master [a master of creating and deploying mystical formations]. Such an exorbitant expense would make even a Golden Core Immortal Clan [a powerful clan whose patriarch has attained the Golden Core realm] frown deeply.

However, a Teleportation Formation [a mystical array capable of instantaneously transporting people or objects across vast distances] is a strategic asset of paramount importance, truly worthy of such a monumental investment.

Once these Teleportation Formation are forged, the Heaven's Ruin Alliance will be able to link its several Fourth Rank Spirit Vein [sites of exceptionally potent spiritual energy] into an impregnable fortress. Any enemy attempting to assault a single Spirit Mountain [a mountain rich in spiritual energy] would then have to face the overwhelming majority of the Alliance's high-tier forces.

Only through such means can the Heaven's Ruin Alliance hope to securely hold the Spirit Vein [a natural conduit of spiritual energy within the earth] and resources of these several provinces for the long term.

The sheer volume of materials like Mysterious Iron [a rare, spiritually conductive metal] required to forge the Formation Plate [the core control disk of a complex mystical formation] is staggering. Even the combined territories of the four provinces under the Heaven's Ruin Alliance would struggle to gather such resources swiftly. Therefore, Lyra Jiang proposed to trade that Golden Core Formation Pill [a legendary elixir that aids in the formation of a cultivator's Golden Core] for the materials needed to craft the Teleportation Array Disk [the master control artifact for a teleportation network].

Yvonne the Violet Consort examined the list carefully before nodding. "The quantities specified here are substantial. I will require half a year to assemble everything."

"Agreed."

Lyra Jiang gave a slight nod of assent, and thus the transaction was settled.

After her departure, Lyra Jiang and Eldrin Chen immediately set to work on forging the Teleportation Array Disk.

In preparation for constructing the Teleportation Formation, the Heaven's Ruin Alliance had spent years gathering materials, including a significant stockpile of Mysterious Iron. Their reserves were now sufficient to craft a single Formation Plate.

This massive Formation Plate [a tool used to anchor and control a formation] measured ten Zhang-lengths [one Zhang-length equals three point three three meters] across, forged from the fusion of several thousand pieces of artificing materials. Its construction demanded an immense quantity of resources and was a profoundly time-consuming endeavor.

The two of them mobilized over a dozen Third Rank [a realm of cultivation power] Artificer [a master craftsman who creates magical tools and treasures] from the Heaven's Ruin Alliance to assist in smelting the materials and crafting this Formation Plate. They toiled for the better part of a year before finally completing the construction of this grand Formation Plate.

Subsequently, Lyra Jiang integrated the Void Gem [a rare gemstone attuned to spatial energies] into its core and inscribed it with an exceedingly complex web of formation runes. Only then was this grand Formation [a structured arrangement of energy channels and runes for a specific purpose, like defense or teleportation] successfully deployed.

After the materials from the Violet Abyss Sect arrived, it took another year of scrounging and piecing things together to finally forge three of these Formation Plate.

Eldrin Chen and Lyra Jiang traversed nearly a million Li-lengths [one Li-length equals five hundred meters], journeying to install two of the Teleportation Formation [a magical formation that allows instantaneous travel across vast distances] at Green Sun Mountain and Heaven's Ruin Lake. At long last, the network of Teleportation Formation was fully established.

"It is finally complete," he said, a wave of relief washing over him. This chapter is provided by audio-novel.com (official site). Support the original.

Heaven's Ruin Province, Heaven's Ruin Lake.

Gazing upon the shimmering arch of the Teleportation Formation before him, Eldrin Chen could not suppress a smile of profound satisfaction.

The Teleportation Formation they had crafted possessed a maximum range of three million Li-lengths. Furthermore, each individual formation node was capable of linking with up to three other such nodes.

For now, only Heaven's Ruin Lake and Green Sun Mountain were interconnected. However, once a Formation Plate was established at Spirit Isle Lake [a lake renowned for its many spirit-rich islands], instantaneous travel between all three Teleportation Formation would become possible.

Moreover, this type of Teleportation Formation [a magical array capable of instantaneously transporting individuals across vast distances] can transport nine cultivators at once. Powered by a Fourth Rank Spirit Vein [a powerful natural concentration of spiritual energy], it can be activated three times within a single day.

This means that, in a short period, twenty-seven high-level powerhouses can be deployed, a force sufficient to decisively alter the tide of battle at a critical moment.

Beside him, Lyra Jiang also offered a slight smile and said, "This Formation [a structured arrangement of magical energy for a specific purpose] consumes a significant amount of spiritual energy. For the first ten activations within a month, it draws upon the ambient, diffused energy of the Spirit Vein [a natural concentration of spiritual energy within the earth], which has little impact on the vein's core density."

"After those ten uses, it begins to deplete the vein's stored reserves. From that point onward, each activation will require an infusion of ten thousand Spirit Stone [a mineral that stores and radiates spiritual energy, used as currency and for cultivation] to replenish the spirit pool."

"Furthermore, only cultivators at the Foundation Establishment [the second major stage of cultivation, where one solidifies their spiritual foundation] realm or above can withstand the energies of the Teleportation Formation. A Qi Refinement Cultivator [a cultivator in the first major stage, focused on refining their vital energy] attempting to use it would likely perish, their internal organs shattered by the strain."

The other Purple Mansion [the third major stage of cultivation, where one opens a spiritual mansion within their dantian] cultivators of the Heaven's Ruin Alliance nodded in agreement. Given the immense spiritual energy cost, using the formation to transport low-level cultivators would be a wasteful endeavor.

According to the policies established by Eldrin Chen and Lyra Jiang, the use of the Teleportation Formation would henceforth be governed by strict regulations.

Unless it was an urgent military matter, even Foundation Establishment Cultivator wishing to use the formation would need to apply in advance, pay a fee in Spirit Stone, and wait until a full group of nine individuals was assembled.

Only the Purple Mansion Cultivator within the Heaven's Ruin Alliance would have the privilege to request and activate the formation at any time.

Although its use came with restrictions, the ability to instantly traverse a million Li-lengths [one Li-length equals five hundred meters], bypassing the time and dangers of crossing such vast territories, remained a formidable and valuable asset.

Mentioning the limitations of the Teleportation Formation [a magical formation that allows for near-instantaneous travel between two fixed points], Eldrin Chen furrowed his brow and said thoughtfully, "The Teleportation Formation is only suitable for mid to high-level cultivators. Qi Refinement Cultivators [practitioners at the initial stage of cultivation] still have to travel on foot."

"The territory of our Heaven's Ruin Alliance has grown vast indeed," he continued. "Especially Heaven's Ruin Province, which requires a great many hands for its development. If we force Qi Refinement Cultivators to travel by foot, a single journey could consume years of their time."

Upon hearing this, everyone present frowned. With Heaven's Ruin Province included, the lands under the Heaven's Ruin Alliance now spanned nearly a million Li-length [one Li-length equals five hundred meters] of mountains and rivers.

For low-level cultivators, this domain was simply too vast. The Heaven's Ruin Province in particular still harbored many remnants of Demonic Beast [monstrous creatures infused with demonic energy] hordes, posing no small danger for Qi Refinement Cultivators attempting to traverse it.

Yet, this was an untapped land of treasures. Countless Spirit Mountain [mountains rich with spiritual energy] lay scattered across it, along with hidden Earth Vein [subterranean currents of elemental earth energy] and mineral veins, all demanding a significant workforce to exploit.

Without one or two centuries of transformation, this land would remain uninhabitable for mortals. Therefore, cultivators needed to be drawn from the lands of the Green Sun and Border Three Provinces. Dive deeper into the Dao at audio—novel.com.