Giving Jun Changxiao ten thousand natural spirit stones to ensure safety in the Planar Battlefield—this made Xingyun Continent martial artists feel their intelligence had been insulted. They nearly organized a group trip to Tiegu Mountain to curse him out.
The Grand Priest at the altar had already started cursing.
Matters regarding the Planar Battlefield had always been suppressed to prevent the world from knowing, yet this bastard fellow actually used the projection array formation to announce it to the entire world!
Actually, speaking of it wasn’t necessarily bad—at least it let future generations understand this was Xingyun Continent’s calamity, stimulating them to work harder and grow stronger.
But!
Even if announcing it to the entire continent, it wasn’t his place to do so!
“Grand Priest.”
An elder said angrily: “This trip to the Planar Battlefield is truly our continent’s great calamity, yet that Jun Changxiao publicly scammed money—this is absolutely unforgivable!”
“Grease the wheels, spend money to ward off disaster?” Another person nearby sneered: “Has this fellow’s brain gone bad!”
The Grand Priest said: “Experts from all directions aren’t three-year-old children. How could they believe what this boy says?”
Indeed, no one believed Jun Changxiao.
Not even Mu Changhong, who had a good relationship with him.
At this very moment, he had already arrived at the Eternal Ages Sect, sitting in the cafeteria eating delicious delicacies. After a while, he said with a worried expression: “Sect Master Jun, with the great disaster at hand, what exactly are you trying to do?”
“City Lord Mu.”
Jun Changxiao said seriously: “We previously discussed—what if spending some money could buy safety in the Planar Battlefield?”
“We did discuss it,” Mu Changhong said.
Jun Changxiao said: “This time, this lord is giving all the continent’s experts an opportunity. Since they don’t agree, there’s nothing to be done.”
“…”
Mu Changhong collapsed: “Sect Master Jun, if it really could ward off disaster through spending, no one would care about ten thousand natural spirit stones, but… giving the money to you is a bit ridiculous.”
“Come, drink.”
Jun Changxiao raised his cup.
Some things were useless to explain. If he hadn’t relied on the battlefield transmission gate to sneak in early, even he might not believe it himself.
Forget it, forget it.
In twenty days, after you enter the Planar Battlefield, you’ll understand.
“City Lord Mu.”
Jun Changxiao drank a cup of wine and said: “Our relationship is good, and your daughter is an inner disciple of my Eternal Ages Sect. Entering the Planar Battlefield, I definitely won’t charge any fees.”
“…” Mu Changhong was speechless.
This fellow spoke as if the Planar Battlefield belonged to his family.
…
Twenty days—neither short nor long. Jun Changxiao began pondering how to make the experts from all directions willingly hand over their money after entering the Planar Battlefield.
“Sect Master!”
While contemplating, Zhen Dejun walked in excitedly: “The Ultimate Chapter’s Super Transmission Array has made progress!”
Jun Changxiao was overjoyed: “This is excellent news!”
The Wondrous Gate Thirty-Two Arrays Ultimate Chapter contained an array formation called the Super Transmission Array, which functioned to transmit from one location to another.
However, it was rather high-level.
Ever since clearing the Ten Directions Fatal Tower, Zhen Dejun and Shangguan Xinyao had begun researching it. Only today had they made progress.
…
Array Formation Peak, back courtyard.
A flowing light array formation shimmered with radiance.
“Sect Master.”
Zhen Dejun pointed at it: “This is the Super Transmission Array.”
“A bit small,” Jun Changxiao said.
Zhen Dejun shook his head helplessly: “Just this one small array formation—Xinyao and I researched it for over half a year, conducting no fewer than a hundred tests.”
“Where is the other point?” Jun Changxiao asked.
The Super Transmission Array had to be set up in two places simultaneously to achieve transmission from Point A to Point B, then back from Point B to Point A.
Zhen Dejun said: “It’s installed outside Qingyang City.”
“Only two hundred-some li?”
“Correct.”
“That’s a bit short.”
“…”
Zhen Dejun’s mouth twitched.
He and Xinyao being able to research this was already quite an achievement, yet the Sect Master was actually complaining!
Jun Changxiao had asked them to research the Super Transmission Array hoping to eventually establish transmission points in various provinces for convenient disciple movement or intelligence transmission.
A transmission distance of two hundred-some li, while quite good, was truly too short for a large world like Xingyun Continent!
“No rush, no rush.”
Jun Changxiao consoled himself: “Research has just begun. The technology isn’t yet mature.”
“Walk straight in?”
“Correct.”
“Swoosh!”
Jun Changxiao stepped forward into it, then his body became ethereal before vanishing into thin air with a “whoosh.”
…
Outside Qingyang City, in the wilderness.
A young couple was on a date when suddenly flowing light flickered beside them, startling them both into retreat.
“Step!”
Jun Changxiao walked out from the light curtain. He extended his spiritual sense to confirm he was already within Qingyang City territory, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.
“Jun… Sect Master Jun!” The couple’s eyes gradually widened!
They were in an extremely secluded location, yet the Eternal Ages Sect Master suddenly appeared out of thin air—this was simply too bizarre!
“Pardon the interruption.”
Jun Dog Sheng smiled: “Please continue, you two.”
He stepped back, re-entered the flowing light array formation, and was transmitted back to the Eternal Ages Sect.
“Whoosh!”
The array formation barrier quickly disappeared, hiding in the darkness once more.
The young couple had completely lost their romantic mood. They looked at each other, then said with faces full of terror: “We… we saw a ghost!”
…
“Excellent.”
After returning to the Eternal Ages Sect, Jun Changxiao nodded with satisfaction.
This kind of instant transmission across several hundred li was obviously much faster than flying. Whether used for operations or support, it was quite good and could definitely be popularized on a large scale.
“Elder Zhen.”
Jun Changxiao asked: “Can this array formation be deployed on a large scale?”
Short distance didn’t matter—it could be completely set up in a fixed range with array formations at Points A, B, and C for sequential transmission.
“It can.”
“However…”
Zhen Dejun paused briefly: “The Super Transmission Array’s array core uses spirit stones as its power source. Just now when the Sect Master made one round trip, two of the ten artificial spirit stones installed inside were completely depleted.”
“Really?”
Jun Changxiao said in surprise: “Transmission consumes spirit stones?”
Zhen Dejun said: “Based on Xinyao’s and my current understanding of the Super Transmission Array, transmitting one person requires consuming one artificial spirit stone.”
Jun Changxiao was speechless.
He had been thinking that after full coverage, disciples could easily traverse back and forth between provinces. Now one person required one stone—if tens of thousands made multiple round trips…
No matter how wealthy, they couldn’t afford to burn through resources like that!
The system said: “This kind of spatial array formation—without energy to drive it, how could it possibly transmit people?”
“True enough,” Jun Changxiao said.
Zhen Dejun said: “If natural spirit stones are used as array cores, the transmission count would dramatically increase.”
Jun Changxiao’s eyes rolled back.
He also knew natural spirit stones would work better, but these things were precious! Using them for transmission would absolutely be wasteful extravagance!
“Ah.”
Jun Changxiao rubbed his temples: “The Super Transmission Array must be popularized since the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. So this time at the Planar Battlefield, I must ruthlessly fleece those experts.”
“Right.”
“Super Transmission Arrays can be set up at the Xingyun Continent base.”
“If they don’t pay, I’ll transmit them all outside the base, preferably to places where planar martial artists frequently appear.”
System: “…”
The host had a belly full of wicked schemes!
…
Days passed one by one. The clouds and mist gathered in Xingyun Continent’s heavens transformed from ethereal to substantial. Until seven days remained, they formed into a very large, very tall gate.
Sitting outside the great hall, Jun Changxiao looked up: “For experts from all directions, this is a gate to hell.”
The gate stood tall in the heavens. Xingyun Continent’s desolate, tragic atmosphere grew even more intense. The experts selected for the first batch to enter had successively emerged from seclusion, mentally prepared to face death.
On the Earth Spirit Instrument within the altar, time mercilessly decreased until it completely reached zero. Then the gate suspended in the heavens, condensed from clouds and mist, began to solidify, presenting itself as a bronze gate carved with various patterns.
“Whoosh! Whoosh!”
Ancient, desolate aura swept across the continent!
“The Battlefield Gate opens today!”
“Xingyun Continent’s martial cultivators must enter within one day, or face the Upper Realm’s most severe sanctions.”
A desolate voice suddenly rang out,震慑 the hearts of the continent’s living beings.
“Creak!”
As the words gradually faded, the two tightly closed doors were pushed open by some force. An even more intense desolate aura roared out, and flowing light gradually gathered into a vortex shape.
“This day has finally arrived!”
“This day has finally arrived!”
The same words, spoken from the mouths of the Grand Priest and Young Master Yuan, carried completely different implications.