Gou Zai Fei Men made up myths

Shen Mo straightened up, rubbed his aching back, and looked at the gentle slope that was otherwise unremarkable except for the lush weeds. A sense of frustration rose in his heart.

Could I have really guessed wrong? Was the sensation from the stone lion just a false alarm caused by a system energy disorder?

Just then, A-Yuan, who had been groping along the edge of the slope, suddenly exclaimed "Eh!"

Shen Mo and Su Xiao immediately looked over.

"Senior Brother Sect Leader, Senior Sister Su, look here..." A-Yuan squatted on the ground, her small hands parting a particularly dense clump of grass roots to reveal a corner of a slightly smooth bluestone slab underneath. "This stone... seems particularly flat, quite different from the ones around it."

Shen Mo and Su Xiao immediately went over. Shen Mo brushed away the surrounding soil and moss with his hand, and a relatively flat bluestone slab, about the size of a tabletop, gradually came into view.

The stone slab was covered in mud, but upon closer inspection, there seemed to be some extremely blurry marks on the edges, almost worn away by time!

"There's something here!" Su Xiao's voice was tinged with excitement.

Shen Mo's heart began to race. He carefully wiped the center of the stone slab with his palm, finding it icy cold to the touch. Suddenly, his fingertips felt a shallow groove!

He quickened his pace, cleaning the mud around the groove. The shape of that groove... seemed somewhat familiar.

After a moment's thought, he suddenly pulled out the sect leader's jade pendant from his pocket and compared it with the outline of the groove.

Perfectly fitted!

The shape of the groove was exactly the same as the sect leader's jade pendant in his hand!

"This...this is..." Su Xiao also saw this scene, and immediately her beautiful eyes widened and she covered her mouth.

A-Yuan also curiously came over to take a look.

Shen Moqiang suppressed his excitement and gestured for Shi Tie, who had rushed over upon hearing the commotion, to be quiet.

Under the tense yet expectant gazes of the four, he carefully placed the sect leader's jade pendant into the groove.

Click.

A soft, almost imperceptible click, as if a long-dormant mechanism had been activated, was all the more distinct on the silent hillside.

The jade pendant was perfectly embedded in the groove!

Time seemed to stand still at that moment, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the jade pendant of the sect leader embedded in the groove.

One breath, two breaths...

Nothing happened.

Shi Tie finally let out a sigh of relief, scratching his head in frustration. "Sect Leader, is this... stuck?"

The light that had just appeared in Su Xiao's eyes dimmed slightly, and A Yuan timidly tugged at Su Xiao's sleeve.

Shen Mo's heart leaped into his throat. Had he made a mistake? Just when he was almost about to give up—

hum...

A deep, resonant hum reverberated from the depths of everyone's feet, as if a colossal beast that had slumbered for millennia had given a lazy yawn.

Immediately afterwards, the seemingly ordinary jade pendant of the sect leader suddenly shone with a warm, cyan light!

The light was not dazzling, but it carried an ancient and magnificent life force, instantly dispelling the surrounding twilight and illuminating the entire gentle slope as if it were daytime!

"It's lit up! It's lit up!" Shi Tie shouted excitedly, his hand trembling as he pointed at the jade pendant.

Su Xiao and A Yuan covered their mouths, their eyes filled with unbelievable surprise.

The changes are far from over!

Centered on the jade pendant, the blurry engravings on the bluestone slab seemed to come alive, lighting up one by one and slowly outlining a complex and mysterious pattern—ultimately forming a miniature spirit-gathering array!

The blue light flowed along the engravings, quickly spreading across the entire stone slab, and then seeped into the ground like a spider web.

Rumble...

A deep rumbling sound came from underground, growing louder and louder. Everyone felt the ground beneath their feet begin to tremble slightly! It was as if something was awakening deep underground.

"Take a few steps back!" Shen Mo forced himself to remain calm and gave the order. The four of them quickly retreated to a safe distance.

The next moment, an astonishing scene unfolded!

In the middle of the gentle slope, from the exceptionally lush grass, pure, visible milky-white columns of air burst forth from the soil like springs, shooting straight up to a height of about ten feet!

The columns of air intertwined and swirled in the air, transforming into a constantly rotating vortex of spiritual energy! The dense, almost impenetrable spiritual energy of heaven and earth instantly spread outwards, causing every pore of the four people to open up and greedily inhale!

This spiritual energy is not only rich, but also carries an indescribable freshness and vitality. When inhaled, it sweeps away the fatigue of the past few days and invigorates the spirit!

"Spiritual...spiritual energy! Such dense spiritual energy!" Su Xiao's voice trembled with excitement as she felt the cultivation technique within her body accelerating. The bottleneck she had been stuck at for so long at the peak of the first level of Qi Refining was actually showing signs of loosening!

Although Shi Tie did not cultivate magic, he felt warm all over and his blood was surging under the spiritual energy. He felt indescribably comfortable and couldn't help but let out a long roar to express the joy in his heart.

A-Yuan squinted her eyes comfortably, her face flushed. She was young and had a pure constitution, making her most sensitive to spiritual energy. She felt as if she were being enveloped by warm spring water.

"It's done! It really is done!" Shen Mo was overjoyed and almost shouted out loud! This was not only completing the system task, but also finding a way out for Qingyun Sect!

Looking at the ever-flowing spiritual energy spring and the steadily operating cyan array on the ground, he instantly understood—this was not a natural spiritual eye, but a sealing spiritual array set up by the ancestor with great supernatural powers!

A small section of the spiritual vein node is sealed here, in case the sect needs it from time to time!

That stone lion is the array's guide! This jade pendant belonging to the sect leader is the key!

[Ding! Stable spiritual energy source detected (Miniature spiritual vein node - activated)! New player tutorial quest "The Foundation of the Sect" completed!]

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The system notification sounded at just the right moment, like heavenly music!

"Activate!" Shen Mo silently chanted in his mind without hesitation.

[New Player Gift Pack Unlocked! Rewards: 100 Low-Grade Spirit Stones! 1 Jade Slip of "Basic Formation Explanation (Beginner's Guide)"! 1 Jade Slip of "Low-Tier Pill Illustrated Manual (Common)"! 1 Pack of "Glimmering Grass" Spirit Seeds! 1 Low-Tier Magic Weapon "Azure Steel Sword"! 10 Karma Points!]

The generous reward made Shen Mo's heart race again!

One hundred spirit stones solved our immediate problem! The array formations and pill recipes are the cornerstones of the sect's development! The spirit seeds can improve the herb garden! And the Azure Steel Sword is perfect for Shi Tie!

The most valuable thing is those 10 causal points, which are the capital for "fabricating myths"!

"Sect Leader! This...this must be the spiritual eye left behind by the Ancestral Master, right?" Su Xiao finally calmed down and looked at Shen Mo with shining eyes, her tone full of awe and worship.

To be able to find and successfully activate such a hidden formation, the sect leader has indeed received the true teachings of the patriarch!

Shen Mo took a deep breath of the rich spiritual energy, suppressing his excitement, and revealed a profound smile: "Indeed. This is a glimmer of hope left to us, the descendants, by our ancestor. To be able to activate it successfully today is truly a sign that Heaven has not forsaken our Qingyun Sect!"

He walked to the center of the array and examined it carefully. He discovered that in the center of the array, below the jade pendant, there was an even smaller groove, which seemed to contain something embedded in it.

He carefully picked up the jade pendant (the array's light dimmed slightly, but the spiritual energy continued to flow out), and brushed away the dirt from the small groove with his hand, revealing three milky-white crystals the size of longan, with a dull color, but containing astonishing spiritual energy!

"This is... a mid-grade spirit stone?!" Su Xiao exclaimed in surprise!

Low-grade spirit stones are common, but mid-grade spirit stones are extremely precious. One mid-grade spirit stone can be exchanged for a hundred low-grade spirit stones, and they are priceless!

These three mid-grade spirit stones are the core energy source that has kept this sealing spirit array intact for thousands of years! Now that the spiritual energy has recovered, they are still slowly releasing energy to support the operation of the array.

The legacy of our ancestors is so profound!