From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 157 Arrangement
After a full day, Xu Fugui finally refined the Spirit Gathering Array Plate.

He opened his eyes and saw Xu Xiaohou and Xu Zhongche standing beside him.

"This spirit-gathering array came just in time."

Xu Fugui had no idea where Jie Xiu had obtained the array plate.

The spirit-gathering array set up using this array plate can concentrate the spiritual energy of the spiritual veins within a certain range, which is very useful for the spiritual veins that suddenly appear in Hundred Valleys Mountain.

"Grandpa~~"

Seeing that he had finally regained consciousness, Xu Zhongche happily recounted their findings: "We've finished counting the resources; a total of 782 spirit stones and over 120 spirit plants..."

Xu Fugui was thinking that with the spiritual vein in Baihe Mountain, and the resources allocated to everyone, their Xu family would become a true Qi Refining cultivator family, embarking on the path of family cultivation.

"I have another piece of good news for you, this is..."

He was holding the array plate in his hand, and just as he was about to introduce it, Xu Xiaoniu strode in from outside.

"Father, something terrible has happened!"

"how?"

"The Lan family of Qingqiu Mountain was wiped out. We don't know what happened that night, but it caused the earth veins within a thousand miles to tremble, and many spiritual veins changed."

The spiritual veins of Qingqiu Mountain have been downgraded, with their spiritual energy concentration reduced to only about 30% of that of a first-tier spiritual vein, rendering them practically useless.

I heard that the spiritual vein grade of Kunxu Mountain has slightly decreased, while the spiritual vein grade of Yunze Mountain, which is further away, has slightly increased.

The sudden appearance of a spiritual vein in our Baihe Mountain was caused by the tremors of the earth's veins.

"On the night the Lan family was wiped out, a major event also occurred on Cangwu Mountain. The Lü family was exterminated by the Pei family. All the Qi Refining clan members died, and almost all the direct descendants were wiped out. There may only be some collateral branches of the clan remaining elsewhere."

Magistrate Jiang now occupies Cangwu Mountain, and his children are all still alive. It is said that they will all change their surname to Jiang.

I also heard that the Lü family lost their spirit-gathering array, but the spiritual vein of Cangwu Mountain was upgraded due to the earthquake, and it is still a first-order spiritual vein.

......"

The series of news surprised Xu Fugui.

So many things happened overnight?
The Lan family, a Foundation Establishment clan that had occupied Qingqiu Mountain and enjoyed glory for countless years, vanished without a trace.

There are certainly still many members of the Lan family alive, but no one can predict when they will rise again to prominence, or when they will decline and gradually disappear into the river of time.

The rise and fall of the Lan family had nothing to do with the Xu family; they were merely witnesses. However, the grudges and entanglements among the Qi-refining families in Tonggu County were closely related to the Xu family.

"The Lü family's spirit-gathering array is lost?"

Xu Fugui looked at the array plate in his hand. This array plate could only set up a spirit-gathering array of a fixed size, with a very small range, roughly a square area with sides of half a mile, about the size of a hundred acres of farmland.

He had never been to Cangwu Mountain, but he knew that the Lü family manor on Cangwu Mountain was also a hundred acres in size.

"This array plate belonged to the Lü family? And then it was stolen by the bandits?"

He guessed so.

After a moment of contemplation, he suddenly spoke: "You haven't spread the news of the spiritual vein appearing in Hundred Valleys Mountain, have you?"

"No, I never left."

Xu Xiaohou and Xu Zhongche shook their heads; neither of them had ever left the core area of ​​Baihe Mountain.

Xu Xiaoniu also shook his head: "I went out to gather information, but I didn't tell anyone. The spiritual vein just happened to appear in the core area where outsiders are not allowed to enter. Apart from the cultivator who passed by that night, no outsiders should know about it."

By the way, Siyun and Wu'an came by during that time, but they didn't draw in spiritual energy and couldn't sense any spiritual energy.

The Hundred Valleys Mountain range is vast, but the spiritual veins that appear there are not extensive, and they happen to be located in the core area. Ordinary people cannot sense the spiritual energy and can only passively have their bodies nourished by it.

"That's good. Now call them both and Zhonghuai over to make sure the news of the spiritual vein appearing in Baihe Mountain doesn't get out."

Xu Fugui had a plan in mind.

Without the Spirit Gathering Array, he wouldn't have kept the secret of the spiritual vein; instead, he would have had Xu Xiaoniu proactively inform Pei Wanchang and pay the mountain occupation tax to the Forest Supervisor.

But now with the Spirit Gathering Array, the spiritual energy will be controlled within the range of the array and will not dissipate.

The spirit-gathering array acts like a shield, even gathering spiritual energy in the air, ensuring that cultivators who accidentally fly by cannot detect the spiritual vein. Xu Fugui wasn't only concerned about the annual mountain-occupying tax of several dozen spirit stones; he had many other reasons for keeping this secret:
He didn't want Jiang Hao to discover that the Lü family's spirit-gathering array had appeared in Baihe Mountain, nor did he want the Pei family or Jiang Hao to notice that the Xu family possessed a spiritual land.

Although Xu Xiaoniu is a celestial official, his cultivation level is relatively low, and the Xu family behind him is not a family that cultivates immortality. On the surface, he poses no threat to the Pei family.

If the Pei family discovers that the Xu family is so powerful, they will inevitably harbor resentment.

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After a while, Xu Xiaoyun, Xu Xiaoan, and Xu Zhonghuai arrived.

"This is?"

Although Xu Zhonghuai mainly cultivates martial arts, he has drawn qi into his body and opened up his dantian, making him a cultivator at the first level of qi cultivation.

"Why is the concentration of spiritual energy here several times higher than outside?" he wondered.

Reiki?

Xu Xiaoyun and Xu Xiaoan were both mortals. They only felt that the air around them was fresh, and they felt inexplicably refreshed and light-hearted.

Underground cave.

The three learned the reason why a spiritual vein appeared in Baihe Mountain.

"Next, I'll tell you something, another secret of my Xu family."

Xu Fugui took out the array plate: "This object I refined is shaped like an array plate. It is a spirit-gathering array plate, which should be the array plate lost by the Lü family."

I will set up a spirit-gathering array to create a spiritual land equivalent to a first-order spiritual vein. In the future, members of our Xu family can cultivate within the range of the spirit-gathering array.

But this secret cannot be revealed, for many reasons…

More and more secrets about the Xu family are being revealed.

As night fell, Xu Fugui led everyone to set up a spirit-gathering array.

The array plate is only the core of the spirit gathering array; to set up a complete spirit gathering array, you also need "array objects".

The so-called "array elements" are the individual array nodes that make up a large array.

Xu Fugui refined the array plate, his mind filled with information about the various array elements needed to set up the Spirit Gathering Array and their placement. This information came from the array plate itself; he was merely imitating it, not understanding the underlying principles.

The principles of array formations are profound and cannot be grasped simply by refining a first-order array plate.

Xu Fugui walked to the area where the spiritual vein was located, selected the most suitable area for setting up the array, buried the array plate in the ground, and buried several spirit stones around the array plate.

"Da Niu, go and move a rock that is one to two zhang high and place it here."

"Liu Zi, go and dig up a pine or willow tree and transplant it here. A small sapling will do."

According to the requirements of the Spirit Gathering Array, trees that are at least eighty years old are needed. Fortunately, Xu Fugui has the "Spirit Farmer's Qi Cultivation Technique" which can help plants grow.

Rocks, large trees, and other formations were arranged in a specific layout, with spirit stones buried in various locations.

Centered on the location where the array plate was buried, a formation faintly formed around it.

After working all night, the spirit-gathering array was completed.

Xu Fugui walked to the array plate and, with a thought, exclaimed, "Activate!"

The array objects and spirit stones in various locations formed an array formation, connected with the array plate, thus forming a first-order spirit gathering array.

Within a radius of several miles, the spiritual energy emanating from the underground spiritual veins converged towards the Spirit Gathering Array, eventually gathering the spiritual energy within its range.

"The spiritual energy ranges from two zhang underground to three zhang above ground. We will dig an underground secret chamber within the spirit-gathering array for cultivation, leaving no trace on the surface so that no one will notice anything unusual."

This is Xu Fugui's plan.

There were no buildings on the ground, only the appearance of an ordinary mountain forest with weeds and trees. The array objects were all stones and large trees, which served as excellent camouflage, and from the surface, it was impossible to tell that there was a spirit-gathering array here.

"From now on, I can also pursue the path of cultivation."

Xu Zhongche no longer needs to worry about a lack of spirit stone resources.

(End of this chapter)