Chapter 64 The Celestial Star Array and the Rebirth of the Herb Garden

Lin Yue was lost in thought when Liu Qingyan spoke up: "You have a special Physique and have gained the recognition of the divine armor; you are indeed a talent worth molding. My lineage happens to lack a Disciple skilled in planting Spirit Medicine. Are you willing to take me as your Revered Master?"

In Liu Qingyan's view, Lin Yue had offended Wu Tianli. Without someone to protect him, he would surely face certain death. Only by taking him under her wing could she ensure his safety.

Taking a Revered Master?

Lin Yue was shaken by her words!

If he took this Golden Core Prodigy as his Revered Master, wouldn't his future attempts to raise her favorability and complete the 'conquest' and Dual Cultivation tasks become 'betraying one's Revered Master and destroying the sect'?

But if he didn't agree, how would he have a reason to stay close to her, let alone trigger System rewards?

His brows furrowed into a knot, and he remained silent for a long time.

Seeing his hesitation, Liu Qingyan thought he was afraid of implicating her. She sighed softly: "You needn't worry about Wu Tianli's retaliation. My battle with him today has already made us irreconcilable—his sneak attack failed and he was heavily wounded instead. He will surely find ways to seek revenge in the future. Even if you don't take me as your Revered Master, he won't let either of us go. However, I have historically only accepted female Disciples and never males. For now, you shall serve as my Named Disciple."

As she spoke, she didn't allow Lin Yue to refuse, tossing the Jade Slip of the "Qingling Art" to him: "From this day forth, this East Mountain Medicine Garden and you are both under my protection. Whoever looks for trouble with you is looking for trouble with me. First, Revered Master the 'Qingling Art' thoroughly. If you have any problems with your cultivation in the future, you can come to East Peak to find me at any time."

Lin Yue caught the Jade Slip. As his fingertips touched the cold runes, his heart was filled with both joy and worry—joy that he finally had a legitimate reason to get close to Liu Qingyan, and worry that this status of 'Named Disciple' might become an obstacle to breaking through their relationship in the future.

But looking at Liu Qingyan's brook-no-denial gaze, he ultimately nodded and tucked the Jade Slip into his Storage Pouch.

In the distance, A He, Su Qingyuan, and Luo Ningshuang finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw he was alright.

A He ran over quickly and handed him a bowl of soup: "Husband, you just had a great battle. Drink some soup quickly to replenish your strength."

Su Qingyuan also walked over, looking at the prajna divine armor on him. A flicker of complexity flashed in her eyes—there was shock at the armor's power, but also a few hints of subtle worry.

Luo Ningshuang stood to the side, looking thoughtfully at Liu Qingyan's departing figure, her mind unknown.

Liu Qingyan watched this scene, a faint smile curling at the corner of her mouth. She turned to Ling Wei and said, "Haven't you always wanted to learn how I set up Formations? I shall demonstrate it for you now. How much you can learn will depend entirely on your own luck."

As Liu Qingyan's voice fell, her fingertips had already reached into the Storage Pouch at her waist.

With a light flick of her snowy wrist, over a hundred silver lights suddenly streaked out from the pouch, carving fine arcs in the air before landing steadily around the ridges, rock crevices, and spiritual springs of the East Mountain Medicine Garden—they were actually one hundred and eight pitch-black Formation Flags.

The flags were made of some unknown tanned beast hide, shimmering with dull starlight. Their tips were embedded with small meteoric iron spikes, which spontaneously drew upon the underground Spiritual Veins as they pierced the soil, emitting a faint hum.

The most peculiar part was the rune in the center of the flag. It wasn't the common Spirit Gathering Rune, but a 'Zhou Tian Star Orbit' composed of countless tiny starlike dots. As Liu Qingyan injected her Spiritual Qi, the starlike dots began to flow slowly, as if the entire night sky had been shrunk onto the flag's surface.

"This Formation is named 'Zhou Tian Star Array,' derived from an ancient star Formation. It requires one hundred and eight 'Meteoric Iron Star Flags' as its foundation, corresponding to the one hundred and eight primary stars in the heavens." Liu Qingyan walked slowly among the Formation Flags, her fingertip Spiritual Qi connecting each flag like silver threads. "The Formation is divided into three layers: the outer layer 'Star Shield' can block a full-strength strike from a Golden Core Cultivator; the middle layer 'Star Vortex' can draw in and gather Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi; the inner layer 'Star Nurture' can accelerate the growth of spiritual plants and purify Impurities in the soil."

Before her voice had even faded, she suddenly pointed her fingers like a sword towards the eye of the Formation in the void.

In an instant, all one hundred and eight Formation Flags lit up simultaneously! The pitch-black flags burst with brilliant silver radiance, and the starlight runes detached from the flags, weaving into a massive star net in the air that enveloped the entire East Mountain Medicine Garden.

The underground Spiritual Veins were completely activated. Pale green Spiritual Qi surged from the soil like a tide, rushing up the spikes of the Formation Flags and merging with the silver radiance in the star net. It actually condensed into visible Spiritual Qi mist droplets that pitter-pattered onto the spiritual fields.

The originally wilted Spiritual Grain suddenly unfurled its leaves, glowing with a moist green light. The ice heart grass by the spiritual spring even condensed a thin layer of frost, and the spiritual runes on its leaves became several times clearer.

"This... the Spiritual Qi concentration has increased at least tenfold!" Ling Wei leaned close to the edge of the Formation. Just as her fingertips touched the glow of the star net, she was gently pushed away by a mild force. Her eyes were full of shock. "And the defensive power of this Star Shield... I'm afraid Wu Tianli's Golden Core Sword Qi wouldn't even be able to break the Formation's surface!"

Liu Qingyan withdrew her Spiritual Qi. The light of the star net gradually softened but continued to operate slowly. "Once this Formation is complete, the maturation speed of the plants in the Medicine Garden will be ten times faster than before, and the plantable area can also be expanded tenfold—from the Spiritual Grain Area to the barren slopes of the back mountain, anything within the Formation can be planted with Spirit Medicine."

Lin Yue stood by the spiritual spring, looking at the scene of swirling Spiritual Qi within the Formation, his heart already churning with waves of astonishment.

He looked down at his palm. Deep within his Sea of Consciousness, the Hongmeng Space actually resonated faintly with the star net in the Formation, and the Spiritual Qi concentration within the space also rose by a few points—this Zhou Tian Star Array could actually nourish the Hongmeng Space in return!

"Thank you, Revered Master!" Lin Yue hurried to bow in salute, already making plans in his mind. Now that he had the protection of the Formation and the support of Liu Qingyan, it was the perfect time to renovate the Medicine Garden.

Liu Qingyan waved her hand, her gaze sweeping over the Spiritual Grain still growing in the Medicine Garden. She said plainly, "Though Spiritual Grain can fill the belly, it has no great value. Since you have A He to help you, why not plant some rare Spirit Medicine to raise the value of the Medicine Garden as soon as possible?" Having said that, she looked at Ling Wei again. "Since you understand Formations, stay here to help him monitor the flow of the Formation runes. If there are any abnormalities, send word to me at any time."

Ling Wei hurriedly agreed, though her eyes were still glued to the Formation Flags, clearly still pondering the mysteries of the Formation.

After Liu Qingyan left, Lin Yue immediately gathered the three women: "Starting now, we are going to renovate the Medicine Garden!" Lin Yue pointed at the fields of Spiritual Grain, his tone carries a hint of excitement. "First, harvest all this Spiritual Grain to make room for rare Spirit Medicine—I'll handle the seedlings with A He."

Su Qingyuan gripped her sword hilt: "I'll handle the pests and drive away harmful beasts."

Luo Ningshuang also nodded: "I can refine some Growth-Accelerating Pills to assist the Spirit Medicine's growth."

A He's eyes lit up even more: "Husband, I can sense the needs of the spiritual plants. I'll help you when we Cultivate the seedlings!"

No sooner said than done.

Lin Yue took the lead with a sickle. The strength of the Wanjun Overlord Body allowed him to harvest the Spiritual Grain at an astonishing speed. A spiritual sickle danced in his hand, leaving afterimages as swathes of Spiritual Grain fell, soon piling up into a small mountain.

A He followed behind, her fingertips glowing with pale green spiritual light as she stripped the remaining Spiritual Grain roots from the soil. She also purified the Impurities in the soil along the way—this was a clever use of her "Universal Symbiosis" talent, making the soil more suitable for the growth of rare Spirit Medicine.

Su Qingyuan patrolled the Medicine Garden with her broken sword, using the Sword Intent of her Innate Sword Body to drive away and kill various pests and harmful beasts, making them dare not approach. Luo Ningshuang was busy in the Pill Refining Room, and the scent of Growth-Accelerating Pills wafting from the Pill Furnace blended with the Spiritual Qi in the Formation, filling the entire Medicine Garden with a faint medicinal fragrance.

Once all the Spiritual Grain was harvested, Lin Yue immediately activated the Hongmeng Space.

A pale gray spiritual light flickered in his palm as countless seedlings already cultivated within the space floated out from the depths of his Sea of Consciousness—there were white-leaved marrow cleansing flowers, frost-covered ice heart grass, purple-glowing purple pill ginseng, and several extremely rare Nine-Leaf Mysterious Ginseng, all high-quality seedlings that had been matured at six times the speed within the Hongmeng Space.

"A He, it's your turn." Lin Yue handed her a marrow cleansing flower seedling.

A He immediately sat cross-legged, her fingertips pressed against the base of the seedling.

Her Azure Vine Mysterious Water Spiritual Root operated at full power, and pale green spiritual light seeped into the seedling through her fingertips. The marrow cleansing flower, originally only a finger high, grew at a visible rate, its roots spreading rapidly through the soil to connect with the underground Spiritual Veins.

Even more miraculously, she could sense the seedling's needs through "Universal Symbiosis," occasionally drawing a wisp of spiritual spring water to irrigate it or using spiritual light to brush away fine dust from the leaves.

"The marrow cleansing flower likes shade, so it should be planted on the north side of the spiritual spring; ice heart grass needs cold Spiritual Qi, so it must be close to the Star Flags at the Formation's eye; purple pill ginseng needs deep soil..." A He muttered softly as she planted, as if talking to the spiritual plants.

Lin Yue followed behind her, using his Ten Thousand Jun Force to level the ground, ensuring every seedling could take root in the place where the Spiritual Veins were most abundant.

The acceleration effect of the Hongmeng Space and A He's Spiritual Root talent complemented each other.

Spirit Medicine that would originally take several years to mature was now growing at a visible speed under the dual effects of the Formation's Spiritual Qi and the space's acceleration.