Xiuxian: I studied abroad in modern times

Chapter 541 The Electric Revolution, the Base Slaps Its Face

Zheng Fa led a group of high-ranking members of the Nine Mountains Sect to the mortal realm of the Nine Mountains Realm, standing on the clouds and looking down at the continuous mountain range below.

This place is called Qianhua Mountain, the largest mountain range in the Nine Mountains, where birds cannot fly and beasts hide.

Zheng Fa previously said that he would combine the Lingshan Method and the Universe in the Sleeve Divine Power to transform the earth's veins.

This matter is complicated, so he decided to come here and demonstrate it.

"Those nine mountain peaks, according to the 'Treatise on Spiritual Veins' written by Master, are a spiritual vein called the Nine Dragon Vein."

Zheng Fa pointed to several hills to the lower left and said.

Everyone looked in the direction he was pointing, and there were nine mountain peaks, like nine dragon heads clustered together from top to bottom and left to right. The most special thing was that there was a waterfall cascading down from each mountain peak.

Nine waterfalls, like nine jade ribbons, cascade down the giant rocks at the foot of the mountain, their thunderous roar carrying a refreshing coolness.

"A spiritual vein?" Patriarch Jiushan frowned. "But there isn't much spiritual energy here, is there?"

"Because this spiritual vein is incomplete." Zheng Fa pointed to the foot of the mountain and explained, "To form a spiritual vein, it requires the divine power of heaven and earth. If a river or a mountain is not in the right place, it will be difficult to generate spiritual energy."

The elder nodded slightly to the side, seemingly in agreement.

The Nine Mountains Ancestor looked closely and, sure enough, there was a crack at the foot of the mountain. The crack was several feet wide and seven or eight miles long. It was dark inside and bottomless, as if it led straight to the Netherworld.

Even without Zheng Fa's explanation, they could see that the crack had severed the flow of the earth's veins and hindered the generation of spiritual energy.

When everyone looked at the crack again, they felt it was both a pity and an eyesore.

Zheng Fa smiled slightly, stretched out his hand, spread his five fingers, and pressed down.

His sleeves moved without wind, obscuring the sky and the sun, like a giant tent covering the mountain peaks.

hum... hum...

A muffled, loud noise came from the foot of the mountain. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the two sides of the crack were like two large magnets, attracting each other and slowly moving closer until they were pressed tightly together until there was no gap left.

The grass and trees on the mountainside swayed and fell, and the birds and beasts scattered, as if they were terrified by this earth-shattering change.

As the crack closed, the spiritual energy in this area underwent some visible changes—

Mist rises from the mountains and forests, colorful clouds hang high on the peaks, birds sing joyfully, and beasts sleep peacefully.

"Spiritual energy!" Uncle Pang exclaimed softly.

Even though he was already a Nascent Soul cultivator, he couldn't help but feel a sense of awe when faced with such earth-shattering methods. Everyone looked at Zheng Fa with astonishment.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the Nine Mountains Realm isn't lacking in spiritual energy right now; it's because the Nine Mountains Sect occupies a unique cave world.

Moreover, the Nine Mountains Realm has the Heavenly Emperor's body guiding starlight, and the Pure Bamboo can also produce spiritual energy, making its resources extremely abundant.

In the outside world, a spiritual vein rich in spiritual energy can be considered the lifeblood of a sect.

Moreover, given the decline of spiritual energy, the value of this method of creating spiritual veins is self-evident.

Uncle Pang said excitedly, "If that's the case, we can create spiritual veins endlessly just by changing the course of the earth's veins?"

These words filled everyone with anticipation. With spiritual veins everywhere, this kind of battle was something that even a cultivator from the Heavenly River Sect like Xie Qingxue had never fought before, let alone the cultivators of the Nine Mountains Sect!

Zheng Fa was also surprised; he had never had such a dream before.

"Uncle-Master, you overestimate me."

“…Isn’t it possible?”

Uncle Pang's tone was full of disappointment.

“Uncle-Master, the shape of mountains and rivers is only the surface of spiritual veins. The most crucial thing is actually the direction of the underground magnetic field.” Zheng Fa explained in detail, “Just now, when I used the ‘Sleeve Universe’ technique, I was actually adjusting the underground magnetic field.”

The elder suddenly frowned: "This explanation seems somewhat similar to... the human nervous system?"

Everyone was taken aback, and then fell into deep thought.

Nowadays, people are quite familiar with the human nervous system, and even attach great importance to it—on the one hand, it is the foundation of the Yang Shen method, and on the other hand, Gu Chang's previous research on spiritual roots also focused on the human nervous system.

Human nerves, simply put, are the regular movement of electrons in the human body.

Xiao Yuying said with some surprise, "So, the formation of spiritual veins is actually due to the flow of underground magnetic fields?"

"At least the magnetic force plays an important role."

Everyone turned their gaze to their feet. In the course of a few words, the spiritual energy in the mountain became even more abundant, even comparable to the spiritual veins of the Nine Mountains Sect in the past.

This scene made Zheng Fa's explanation somewhat more convincing.

"In other words, this method cannot create spiritual veins, but can only repair or improve some damaged spiritual veins?"

“After all, human strength has its limits.” Zheng Fa said, waving his hand from left to right in front of him. The map of the Hundred Immortals Alliance reappeared. He pointed to the map and said, “According to Uncle Pang’s research, there are about nineteen places in the former territory of the Hundred Immortals Alliance that can be converted into spiritual veins.”

Nineteen spiritual veins...that's not bad!

Uncle Pang's tone was full of joy.

"It's not just that, is it?" Senior Sister Zhang's expression suddenly became a little strange.

"what?"

"Haori Mountain."

"Haori Mountain?"

"That destroyed spiritual vein."

Everyone blinked, then suddenly realized. Uncle Pang clapped his hands: "That's right! That place is a spiritual vein!"

Previously, when refining the Immortal-Trapping Sword, Haori Mountain wanted to destroy the Hundred Immortals Alliance's spiritual veins, but the Nine Mountains Ancestor took advantage of the situation and blew himself up.

The land bordering Haori Mountain and the Hundred Immortals Alliance is now barren of spiritual energy, with few cultivators left, and it could even be said that Haori Mountain has abandoned it.

For Haorishan, that place is already abandoned, and holding onto it might still be a burden.

However, with the ability to "contain the universe within one's sleeve," the Nine Mountains Sect was able to reconnect the spiritual veins and turn waste into treasure.

Moreover, that region is extremely large, more than twice the size of the current Hundred Immortals Alliance.

"But how can we take control of that place?" the elder asked. "Even if we occupy it, what if Haori Mountain is unwilling to accept it after we repair the spiritual veins?"

The smile on Uncle Pang's face froze.

This is indeed a big problem.

No one present would overestimate Haorishan's integrity.

For a moment, everyone looked rather worried.

"This is the second purpose of sorting out the earth's veins."

But Zheng Fa laughed.

"Do you have any idea?"

"I can only say that I have ideas."

Zheng Fa waved his hand, his sleeves covering another mountain peak. After two incense sticks had burned, he withdrew his supernatural powers.

The rocks on that mountain peak, however, had a faint bluish-black hue.

"Such a rich magnetic field!"

As a Yuan Magnetic Dao Body, Xiao Yuying was extremely sensitive to Yuan Magnetic Dao Bodies, and at this moment she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Even without her saying it, everyone could feel that this once unremarkable hill had now become a giant magnet, radiating immense magnetic force.

"You're thinking……"

Uncle Pang was somewhat bewildered, and the others didn't understand what Zheng Fa was trying to do either.

"I need to adjust the underground magnetic field of the Hundred Immortals Alliance and establish a magnetic field network."

Zheng Fa's eyes shone brightly, and he was even happier than when he said this—in his view, he had finally found a unique path to the electric revolution in Jiushan, no, in Xuanwei.

Although an industrial system was established in the Nine Mountains Realm using external elixirs, to be honest, the cost of external elixirs is not particularly low, and it would be a waste to promote them in the mortal realm.

However, borrowing the Earth's magnetic field is different: According to his research, the Earth's magnetic field may be much stronger than that of modern planets due to spiritual energy.

It was only because the magnetic fields were chaotic and canceled each other out that its power was not revealed.

If it can be utilized, the Nine Mountains Sect will truly usher in an electric revolution and achieve a leap forward!

"The power hidden underground far exceeds ten thousand, no, one hundred million outer cores."

Hearing Zheng Fa say this, the crowd looked at each other, seemingly disbelieving, or rather, not fully understanding what he was going to do.

"You mean... use the power of primordial magnetism to help the Divine Firmament Flying Boat operate?"

Xiao Yuying remained silent for a moment, as if she had finally caught up with Zheng Fa's rhythm.

After all, she has done a lot of research on magnetic fields, so she probably had similar ideas long ago.

"That's one reason!" Zheng Fa laughed. "The underground magnetic field is extremely strong, which will allow the Divine Firmament Flying Boat to travel even faster than before!"

Simply put, by modifying the underground magnetic field, he can establish a magnetic levitation track—further reducing the operating costs of the Divine Sky Flying Boat, increasing its speed, and creating the most suitable public transportation for the Hundred Immortals Alliance in the mortal realm.

Uncle Pang's eyes lit up: "Could this also be used in the sea?"

Zheng Fa nodded slightly, and everyone was greatly encouraged.

Everyone understands that this means the speed of maritime trade routes will increase once again.

Everyone understands the value of maritime trade routes to the Jiushan Sect; even one more trip a month can bring in a considerable amount of wealth.

“But that’s far from all,” Zheng Fa continued, seemingly still unsatisfied.

"That's not all?"

"The power of the primordial magnet can drive the Divine Sky Flying Boat, and it can naturally be used to operate the factory."

The so-called electricity revolution naturally involves a massive transformation across all industries and the entire system.

While traffic improvement is important, it is only the beginning in Zheng Fa's plan.

In his mind, this magnetic network was arguably the most important industrial infrastructure.

"How can it be so precise?"

"Of course, it's not something that can be accomplished overnight, but it's highly feasible."

"You mean, you want to relocate some factories to the Hundred Immortals Alliance in the future?"

Senior Sister Zhang saw through Zheng Faqian's hidden meaning and asked.

“Yes, especially some factories that don’t require cultivators.” Zheng Fa nodded slightly. “The Nine Mountains Realm will become more pure, used for cultivating talent, researching Daoist techniques, and establishing major industries.”

Senior Sister Zhang and the others looked somewhat enlightened.

They roughly understood Zheng Fa's idea: it was a transfer of industries, and also a strategic shift within the Nine Mountains Sect.

In short, Jiushanjie will not seek to control all industries, but will focus on key areas and industrial upgrading.

The Hundred Immortals Alliance will undertake some basic industries.

"This will alleviate the production pressure within the Nine Mountains Realm. On the other hand, it will also make the Nine Mountains Realm and the mortal world of the Hundred Immortals Alliance more prosperous."

Uncle Pang opened his mouth: "...I don't know why you care about them so much."

Zheng Fa smiled slightly, but offered no explanation.

To put it bluntly, if the changes are limited to within the Nine Mountains Sect, then what's the difference between his Nine Mountains Sect and other sects in Xuanwei?

“But how can we guarantee the safety of the Hundred Immortals Alliance in this way?” Xie Qingxue was not convinced and instead said with a look of disapproval, “With such a large investment, how can we defend ourselves if we are attacked?”

Upon hearing this, everyone realized what was happening and exchanged glances.

Such a mysterious situation is far from peaceful, and is becoming increasingly so.

The better the Hundred Immortals Alliance is built, the more places the Nine Mountains Sect will have to defend; in other words, the more weaknesses it will have.

The reason why the major immortal sects don't care about mortals is probably because they can't afford to.

"This is my third idea for metamagnetic networks, for military applications."

"military?"

Zheng Fa stretched out his palm and gently stroked the map in front of him. Not only did spider web-like curves appear on the mountains and rivers of the Hundred Immortals Alliance, but also densely packed dots of light appeared.

"This is……"

"I plan to establish individual magnetic nodes to allow the disciples of Jiushan to enhance their thunder magic."

"Enhance lightning magic?"

Xie Qingxue murmured, staring at those nodes.

“Yes, using the power of the primordial magnetism to operate various thunder techniques.” Zheng Fa lightly tapped one of the light spots, which then enlarged, revealing dazzling runes.

“Heavenly Tribulation Thunder Talisman, Twenty-Four Solar Terms Thunder Talisman…” Xiao Yuying, with her sharp eyes, immediately recognized some of the talisman diagrams. She seemed to understand something. “You want the disciples of Jiushan to use the underground magnetic field to cast thunder spells?”

"Exactly, and much more than that."

Zheng Fa looked at the symbols on the map, his eyes also showing some excitement: "This is the inspiration I found from the Zhenhai Seal."

Xiao Yuying was puzzled again: "The Sea-Suppressing Seal?"

"I'm thinking that in the future, our disciples who are sent to the Hundred Immortals Alliance will be given magical artifacts to control these nodes, in order to govern the Hundred Immortals Alliance."

"It does indeed resemble a mortal's seal."

"Using these magical treasures, the disciples of the Nine Mountains Sect will be able to mobilize the surrounding magnetic energy."

Zheng Fa nodded slightly and began to explain his ideas:
"He can use the twenty-four solar term thunder to help with farming."

"It can also use the power of the primordial magnetic field to protect the people."

"More importantly, these nodes can also be seen as spiritual energy detectors with a very wide range."

Xiao Yuying understood: "Used to detect external enemies?"

"Exactly."

To put it simply, it's radar.

After Zheng Fa finished speaking, everyone fell silent, as if digesting these wildly imaginative ideas.

Zheng Fa's idea was clear: with the help of the Yuan Magnetic Network, the Nine Mountains disciples sent out would have an unprecedented leap in their ability to govern the lands under their jurisdiction.

After a long pause, Uncle Pang finally spoke, "You... are you using this vast land as a magic weapon to refine?"

"That's not wrong."

"No, this is more like a grand formation. Transportation, production, governance, defense—the uses of this formation are far too extensive." The elder sighed softly. "It's almost as powerful as the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation. If this concept could truly be realized, what would my Nine Mountains Sect be like..."

He hadn't finished speaking, but the faces of Uncle Pang and the others were full of imagination.

Xie Qingxue shook her head: "What does it look like? It's probably a sacred place that Xuanwei has never seen before, an impregnable fortress..."

The elder said with relief, "In this way, as long as we occupy Haori Mountain's territory, we can firmly control it by modifying the earth's veins. It will be difficult for Haori Mountain to take it back."

"Take it back? Even if he doesn't come, I'll go."

"Where?"

"I want to build this grand formation at the entrance of Haori Mountain."

Upon hearing this, the old man slowly opened his mouth wide and looked at Zheng Fa: "Cultivate...cultivate all the way to the gate of Haori Mountain?"

"hold head high."

Everyone was speechless, only silently feeling sorry for Hao Rishan.

This tactic is also recorded in the Thirty-Six Stratagems, and is called "The Great Base's Face-Calling".

(End of this chapter)