Hermit in the Mountains

A month has passed in a flash.

Deep in the Qinling Mountains, Gu Changsheng sat on a tree branch a hundred meters high, idly watching the battle of monsters several kilometers away.

For a whole month, he still couldn't find a single spiritual energy node.

I almost lost my temper!

He initially thought it was because his luck had turned bad, but upon examining his inner primordial space, he saw that his luck was already showing signs of turning pale purple.

Three small rings of merit hung from the back of Zhenling's head.

There are no problems with luck or merit.

It's only possible that the spiritual energy nodes are hidden deeper and are not easily discovered.

Divine things conceal themselves!

This treasure will be found by the destined one!

Treasures belong to the strong!

He believed he had good luck, but his cultivation level was too low!

Innate-grade rare and precious materials are protected by a great array, and discovering them requires extremely strong perception.

Or perhaps the spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from the protective array happened to be within his perception.

With his expectations raised too high, Gu Changsheng no longer cared about things acquired later in life.

Previously, Earth was like a beginner's period opened up by heaven and earth for all living beings. Natural treasures were stored in the open, and as long as one was willing to look for them, one would eventually find them.

At this point, the beginner phase seems to be over, and we've entered the main storyline, where the difficulty of dungeons has increased by tens or even hundreds of times.

Gu Changsheng was so disheartened that he hadn't been able to adjust his mindset yet.

He could only watch the monsters fight each other, witnessing their most primal battles, and gradually adjust his mindset.

From time to time, I would enter the Spirit Network to see how those cultivators who were still striving for a low-level magic weapon were fighting.

The opportunities of the past few years were rare and hard to come by.

That was a special period of awakening of the origin and perfection of the laws, a special period of transition between the old and new orders.

He was already incredibly fortunate and had extraordinary luck to be able to gather enough innate treasure embryos and innate indestructible primordial energy.

The treasures he possesses would be among the most powerful in the legendary primordial world.

Human greed is insatiable!

Gu Changsheng suddenly sighed, "People never realize how many treasures they have."

He already possesses two innate treasure embryos, and the third embryo has also gathered the innate indestructible source energy.

The desire to always find innate treasures needs to be gradually let go.

Gu Changsheng leaped down from the hundred-meter-high tree branch and landed lightly on the ground.

He did not release his sensory power, using the innate breath concealment technique to hide his aura and figure, just like a hiker walking in the mountains.

I've climbed mountains, scaled trees, waded through rivers, hunted in the wild, and roasted chicken...

They sleep at sunset and go out at sunrise.

Gu Changsheng transformed into a traveler enjoying the scenery, forgetting both the treasure hunt and his cultivation.

He could be considered the number one hiker in the cultivation world, daring to travel through mountains tens of thousands of kilometers deep.

Gu Changsheng walked in the deep mountains for an unknown period of time. One day, the Dao Tree within his body withered and flourished, and his cultivation naturally broke through to a higher level.

A surge of energy erupted from within his body, but it was concealed by the Innate Breath Concealment Technique, preventing even a trace of his aura from leaking out.

The sudden movement pulled Gu Changsheng back from his semi-mortal state.

In a single thought, he understood everything that had happened to him.

He looked up and scanned his surroundings, standing in front of a cave.

Something inside the cave seemed to be attracting him.

With a flick of his sleeve, the vines that were obscuring the entrance to the cave were gently pushed aside.

The passageway was not large, but it was very deep.

Gu Changsheng walked for a long time in the cave passage, and he could clearly feel that he was going down.

He followed his instincts, changing passages more than ten times, until he arrived at a dark cave with no way out.

Gu Changsheng stood inside the cave, looking around, and thought to himself, "This should be the place."

He slowly closed his eyes, and his divine sense and the supernatural powers of the Root of Heaven and Earth spread out to explore every inch of the cave.

"Found you!"

Gu Changsheng suddenly opened his eyes, quickly walked to the northwest corner, and placed his hand on a bare rock.

The next second, he was pulled into a white, misty space.

He was very familiar with this space; it was the space created by the protective formation.

He remained calm and composed, sitting cross-legged and spreading his divine sense to comprehend the formation.

Three minutes later, Gu Changsheng looked bewildered; he had gained no insight whatsoever.

It is a formation, but it is not a formation; it is just a white mist that provides concealment and shielding.

He stood up, dusted off his sleeves, and glanced around, thinking, 'There shouldn't be anyone around.'

With his hands behind his back, he swaggered inside.

Before long, Gu Changsheng appeared in the center of the white mist, and a blank drawing that was neither silk nor paper came into view.

He probed into it with his divine sense and realized that the blank blueprint was a formation diagram in the process of being formed.

The blank array diagram has not yet given rise to an array.

That's why the outside is only covered and shielded by white fog.

The word "chance" is difficult to explain.

When you are not obsessed with finding treasure, treasures will come to you automatically, all depending on the word "fate".

The blank array diagram may have sensed that he was the most suitable master, which is why it guided him here.

Currently on Earth, when it comes to formations, he considers himself second to none.

He has comprehended several innate formations, making him the most suitable person to derive new formations from blank formation diagrams.

He stared at the blank array diagram and a good idea came to him.

If the mountain spirit becomes the spirit of the array, could it transform the Withered and Flourishing Mountain into a blessed land in the middle of the day?

At present, Mount Kurong can be considered a "spiritual mountain", a mountain with intelligence and spiritual energy.

A true paradise on earth is a world unto itself; it exists on Earth, yet it is not on Earth.

With the integration of the innate grand formation, no matter how many times Mount Kuru expands in the future, the formation can expand accordingly.

Now, the formations on Mount Kurong are scattered in different directions.

The formation couldn't cover the entire Kuru Mountain, leaving a lingering sense of insecurity.

I just happened to get a blank array diagram, and since the Kuru Mountain array was destroyed, I can re-deduce a completely new array arrangement.

With Longevity Peak as the central hub of the formation, this is the 'Dao', the 'One', the 'One' that returns to the One;

Tao produces one, one produces two, two produces three, and three produces all things.

Changsheng Peak serves as the center of the formation, overseeing the entire mountain-protecting array;

This leads to the development of Yin and Yang, the Three Powers, the Four Symbols, the Five Elements, the Six Harmonies, the Seven Stars, the Eight Trigrams, the Nine Palaces, the Ten Heavenly Stems, the Twelve Earthly Branches, and the celestial sphere...

Kurong Mountain has evolved into a blessed land with maximum safety.

His cultivation progresses slowly, but as long as there are enough resources, the innate array diagram can be upgraded to a higher grade.

The higher the grade of the innate array diagram, the stronger its power.

The Twelve Capital Heaven Formation in the primordial world was presided over by the twelve Ancestral Witches who had reached the peak of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm. It could summon the phantom of Pangu and was capable of fighting against saints.

The Zhou Tian Star Array has 365 Great Luo Golden Immortals guarding the core of the array, while Donghuang and Taiyi guard the central eye. It can also fight against saints.

The Twelve Capital Heaven Formation and the Zhou Tian Star Formation clashed, and even sages dared not interfere in the war between the witches and demons, demonstrating their heaven-defying power.

He doesn't have top-tier combat power to keep him in check, but he has innate spiritual roots to suppress him, so he won't betray him.

Each innate spiritual root is engraved with array patterns, which complement the array and the two are inseparable.

They put him at ease more than the cultivators who were stationed at the core of the formation.

The more Gu Changsheng thought about it, the more promising it seemed. He sent a wisp of his divine sense into the blank array diagram and refined it, storing it in his cave world.

He used the Earth Escape Technique to leave the underground cave, returned to the surface, and transformed into a streak of light, heading straight for Mount Kuru.

Treasure hunt? What kind of treasure are you looking for?

Only after building his home into an impregnable fortress can he feel safe to wander outside and let the surrounding treasures guide him.

The innate, indestructible primordial energy he possesses is precious, but cultivating a top-tier innate array is more cost-effective than cultivating the Law-Breaking Ruler.

With a spirit of the array diagram and nine innate spiritual roots, an ordinary immortal should be unable to break the array.

During the second expansion of Earth, beings from other worlds at the Golden Core level descended upon it.

A year later, with the third expansion, will Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, and Mahayana cultivators be descended upon?

Two years later, during the fourth expansion, will immortal-level cultivators descend upon us?

The innate grand formation can be used as a brand new trump card, a formation power that can truly be transformed into combat strength, and its deterrent power is more effective than luck or merit.

Just like in modern society, status, fame, wealth, and position do have a deterrent effect, but when faced with someone who doesn't value their life, these superficial things are useless.

Researching rune weapons takes too long; it's better to cultivate innate array diagrams.

Mount Kurong, the Hall of Longevity.

Gu Changsheng discussed the formation deduction with his eldest disciple.