118: Chapter 118 Solar Energy Conversion Array

In the past ten years, Wang Bin didn't put all his energy into having children.

He also advanced rapidly on the path of Cultivation, having now successfully Cultivated to Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer, and his Physical Body strength is also close to Perfection, all of which are the results of his day-to-day diligent Cultivation.

However, in terms of Divine Sense Cultivation, he was still slightly lacking. Fortunately, after multiple tests, he finally mastered the Divine Sense secret art: Mental Piercing.

According to the principles Wang Bin had figured out himself, Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivation, as long as there were enough Cultivation resources, was actually relatively easy to Cultivate.

For example, when it comes to Cultivating Spiritual Qi, if the speed of Spiritual Qi accumulation feels too slow, there are various resources sold on the market that can help accelerate Cultivation.

As long as he had enough Spirit Stones, even if he encountered a Bottleneck during Cultivation, he could buy Medicinal Pills specifically used to Breakthrough Bottlenecks to assist him.

As for the Cultivation of Body Refining Cultivation Techniques, it's actually not too difficult. The core is to constantly strengthen one's Physical Body, focusing on both internal and external Cultivation.

Specifically, it involves circulating the Mind-Cultivation Technique while externally striking the Physical Body.

With the Thunder Manipulation Array assisting and specially formulated Body Refining Spirit Liquid, any damage sustained during Body Refining can be repaired at any time.

Although Body Refining consumes a lot of resources, fortunately, these resources can all be bought in the shops of West Sea City.

If he only had the Medicinal Pill formula, that would be troublesome. He would have to search everywhere for Medicinal Materials, and after finally gathering all the Spirit Medicine on the formula, he would then have to find an Alchemist to help prepare it.

The crucial point is that Alchemists also have a success rate in Alchemy, and after all that trouble, it might take twenty years just to gather all the Medicinal Materials.

Du Juan had mentioned that after Cultivating to the Golden Core Realm, some things would be very difficult to acquire, even with money.

When Wang Bin heard this, he could only sigh helplessly, thinking that he wouldn't worry about it too much for now and would deal with it when he reached the Golden Core Realm.

Perhaps it was because Du Juan was currently only in the Foundation Establishment Realm, with limited status and authority, which made it seem difficult to acquire.

What bothered Wang Bin the most in his Cultivation was his Divine Sense.

The Cultivation progress of the Star Observation Art had always been steady and unremarkable.

He could only take two Mind Nourishing Pills per year; taking more would have no effect. He didn't know if it was drug resistance or if his Sea of Consciousness could only absorb that much.

Moreover, the Sea of Consciousness is a very fragile place, and Wang Bin dared not Cultivate it as freely as he did with Body Refining.

After all, if the body gets injured, taking some Medicinal Pills can quickly heal it, but if the Sea of Consciousness gets injured, the trouble would be immense.

In minor cases, it might just be some damage to the Divine Sense; in severe cases, it could lead to memory confusion, disorientation, or even life-threatening situations.

However, Wang Bin estimated that at his current Cultivation speed, his Divine Sense should reach Foundation Establishment Perfection in another ten years.

In these ten years, Wang Bin also did many other things.

He made good use of those two Foundation Establishment Cultivation rooms, which could produce two drops of Spirit Liquid every day. He now had several thousand drops of Spirit Liquid accumulated in his possession.

His few women only used over a hundred drops of this Spirit Liquid for their Cultivation, and another hundred drops were given to Du Xiaoyue to exchange for other Cultivation resources in West Sea City.

The remaining Spirit Liquid, Wang Bin stored away.

Currently, the Family's consumption of Cultivation resources is not significant. Furthermore, he previously obtained the Storage Pouches of two Azure Flame Birds.

The Cultivation resources inside were more than enough for him, who was currently in the Foundation Establishment Stage, so there was no need to sell the Spirit Liquid.

Of the more than one hundred drops of Spirit Liquid given out, half were for Du Juan. Du Juan had already reached the Late Foundation Establishment Stage, and since she Cultivated three Cultivation Techniques simultaneously, her consumption was naturally high.

However, Du Juan had provided significant help to the Family over the years, especially in preparing various Materials needed for the women in the Family to Cultivate Artifact Refining and Formations; she took care of everything.

He also learned about Artifact Refining and Formations while conducting experiments.

He combined his knowledge from his previous life with the Artifact Refining and Formation knowledge he learned in the Cultivation World, often coming up with particularly novel and bold ideas.

In these ten years, relying on his previous life's understanding of solar energy and his study of Formations and Artifact Refining, he self-created a first-Rank composite Formation, which he named the Solar Energy Conversion Formation.

This Solar Energy Conversion Formation can absorb heat from the sun and use this heat to replace Spirit Stones, driving the normal operation of a first-Rank Gathering Spirit Formation.

The purpose of the first-Rank Gathering Spirit Formation is to absorb the Spiritual Qi from the surrounding air and gather it within the Formation.

For a Gathering Spirit Formation to operate, it must either be built on a Spiritual Vein, relying on the Spiritual Qi within the Spiritual Vein for power;

Or Spirit Stones must be placed in the Formation base, using the Spiritual Qi within the Spirit Stones to activate the Formation.

However, the Solar Energy Conversion Formation invented by Wang Bin is different; it can replace the function of Spirit Stones to drive the Formation's operation.

Although a first-Rank Gathering Spirit Formation only requires nine Low-Grade Spirit Stones as its Formation base, which doesn't seem like a large number, for those Qi Refinement Early Stage Cultivators, these nine Low-Grade Spirit Stones are not a small sum.

Wang Bin carefully studied and analyzed this first-Rank Solar Energy Conversion Formation, and the more he pondered it, the more powerful he felt it was, almost a Heaven-Defying existence.

Although it is only a first-Rank Formation, it breaks the limitations that Spiritual Veins and Spirit Stones impose on Cultivation, which alone makes it Heaven-Defying.

One must know that in the entire Cultivation World, the number of Qi Refinement Cultivators is the largest, more than all other Cultivators combined.

If this first-Rank Solar Energy Conversion Formation could be promoted throughout the entire Cultivation World, then in the future, it would be much easier for Qi Refinement Stage Cultivators to Cultivate, and the number of Foundation Establishment Cultivators could at least double.

Consequently, the number of Golden Core cultivators would certainly also double.

In this way, the overall strength of the entire Cultivation World would be greatly enhanced.

However, this Solar Energy Conversion Formation still has a crucial unresolved issue: it can only operate normally during the day when there is sunlight. At night, without sunlight, it cannot function.

Although there are many stars in the sky at night, the small amount of heat emitted by the stars is simply not enough to power the Gathering Spirit Formation.

So, strictly speaking, this Solar Energy Conversion Formation is currently only half successful.

But he quickly came up with a solution: invent something similar to a “battery.”

How to operate it? Just place a few mirrors around the Solar Energy Conversion Formation to reflect sunlight onto the Formation.

This way, the Solar Energy Conversion Formation will be able to absorb more sunlight and generate more heat.

In addition to ensuring the normal operation of the Gathering Spirit Formation, the excess heat can also be converted into electrical energy and stored in the specially made “battery” within the Formation base.

When night falls and there's no sun, this “battery” can automatically release electricity, continuing to power the Gathering Spirit Formation.

As for occasional rain or cloudy days in the Cultivation World, these are not major problems for Cultivators.

They only need to cast a Spell to disperse the clouds in the sky, allowing the Solar Energy Conversion Formation to continue absorbing sunlight.

This largely solved the issue of continuous operation for the Solar Energy Conversion Formation, instantly breaking the long-standing limitations of Spiritual Veins and Spirit Stones on Cultivation.

Although the structure of this “battery” is quite complex, Wang Bin knew its general principle in his previous life, so while it's somewhat difficult to make in the Cultivation World, it's not entirely without direction.

Even if standard Materials for making batteries cannot be found immediately in the Cultivation World, it's possible to try using other things as substitutes.

According to the Cultivation World's approach, the goal is to refine an Artifact that can store energy and release it when needed. Now, if an Artifact “battery” that meets the requirements can be made, it would be perfect.

Moreover, this Solar Energy Conversion Formation has a very wide range of uses. Regardless of what Formation needs to operate, its energy source basically falls into two categories: either relying on the Spiritual Qi in the Spiritual Vein as energy, or placing Spirit Stones in the Formation base to provide energy.

Now, simply adding a Solar Energy Conversion Formation outside these Formations can replace the functions of Spiritual Veins and Spirit Stones.

Although this Solar Energy Conversion Formation is currently only a first-Rank Formation and can only combine well with other first-Rank Formations at the moment, in principle, it is not impossible to combine it with second-Rank and third-Rank Formations.

It's just that Wang Bin's current Formation Rank is still relatively low, and he cannot achieve such high-Rank combinations yet, but their principles are indeed quite similar.

This “battery”-like Magical Artifact, while it cannot be directly used by Cultivators for Cultivation like Spirit Stones, can replace the function of Spirit Stones in many other aspects.

Moreover, after creating this type of “battery” Magical Artifact, its energy can be obtained through various methods.

Natural energy sources such as solar energy, wind energy, and hydropower can be utilized to store energy in it. In a sense, these energy sources are infinite.

However, Wang Bin also knew in his heart that this was a subversive invention for the Cultivation World.

He couldn't let others know about it yet, as with his current strength, he couldn't guarantee that he could protect it from others' covetousness.

So, he could only use it secretly. If he dared to spread this Solar Energy Conversion Formation now, he would surely die.

The first to try to kill him would likely be the Four Seas Commerce League and those Families in West Sea City who control Spiritual Veins.