Tianya Pavilion.
“Finally done.” Li Feng let out a long breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and nodded with satisfaction. He had spent an entire day and finally set up ten formations in Tianya Pavilion.
Although these ten formations were the simplest kind and had no offensive power, arranging them had exhausted his divine sense twice. If he did not have the Nourishing Spirit Technique, setting up these ten formations would have taken him at least two days.
“Young Master, are these formations actually useful?” Zhong Shuhui asked with some confusion. She naturally knew what formations were, but she had never seen anyone set one up. Although Li Feng had brought her many surprises during this time, she had never imagined that he could arrange formations.
Li Feng’s high cultivation came from his talent, but arranging formations was different. Formations were not something that could be mastered just with high talent. Cultivation depended on techniques, and there were plenty of cultivation methods available now. But formations were different. Almost no true inheritances of formations existed anymore. Most of the so-called formation masters nowadays were just frauds.
“You will know if they are useful once you try them,” Li Feng said with a smile.
“Try them?” Zhong Shuhui was stunned and looked at Li Feng in puzzlement.
“Yes.” Li Feng nodded and gave Zhong Shuhui a push. Caught off guard, she was immediately pushed into the formation ahead by him.
The moment Zhong Shuhui entered the formation, the alarm in Tianya Pavilion sounded. Hearing the alarm, Li Feng nodded in satisfaction.
He knew that the formations he had set up had no killing power. Even an acquired first-layer martial artist, or even an ordinary person, might be able to break through them after entering. That was why, when arranging these formations, he had installed alarms inside them. As soon as someone intruded into a formation, the alarm would go off. If real enemies invaded later, it would give them time to react.
Now it was clear that his arrangement had succeeded.
Five minutes later, Zhong Shuhui walked out of the formation looking somewhat dishevelled.
“How was it?” Li Feng asked.
“Wind. It felt like I entered a world of wind,” Zhong Shuhui said with shock still in her eyes. “Young Master, although this formation has no harm, it can indeed serve as an early warning. What kind of formation is this?”
“It is a Wind Formation,” Li Feng replied.
“Young Master, you are truly amazing. You even know how to set up formations,” Zhong Shuhui said in admiration. Li Feng now had cultivation close to half-step innate, he could refine pills, and now he could arrange formations. Was there anything in the world he could not do?
“This is nothing. These are just the simplest formations. As long as you persist in cultivating the Nourishing Spirit Technique and open up your sea of consciousness, I believe one day you will also be able to set up these formations,” Li Feng shook his head. There was really nothing worth being proud of here. Anyone with divine sense could learn such simple formations.
If one day he could arrange those complex formations, that would be something to be proud of. For example, the small island where the upcoming Boxing King Tournament would be held. If he could break the array on that island, would he not be able to enter it whenever he wanted? Then the resources on the island would be his to take at any time.
There was also the Earth Martial Realm ruin in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains. If he understood those complex formations, he could explore that Earth Martial Realm ruin.
“Really?” Zhong Shuhui did not know what Li Feng was thinking. Hearing his words, she could not help but feel delighted.
Li Feng nodded.
“That is wonderful.” Joy appeared on Zhong Shuhui’s face. If she could set up these simple formations, it would make things much easier for Eagle Eye’s future development.
“Distribute these jade pendants. Anyone entering or leaving Tianya Pavilion who carries one of these jade pendants will not trigger the formations,” Li Feng said as he took out some jade pendants. These jade pendants were also called formation jade. They served as keys to enter and exit formations. Fortunately, these were the simplest formations. Otherwise, making these formation jades would have been beyond him.
“Understood,” Zhong Shuhui nodded.
After that, Li Feng gave Zhong Shuhui some instructions and left Tianya Pavilion to head to Spirit Crane Garden.
“Young Master…”
As soon as he arrived at Spirit Crane Garden, Xu Jie came forward to greet him.
“No one has come to cause trouble these past few days, right?”
Because Spirit Crane Garden was undergoing renovation, Li Feng had only stationed inner guards there. But now the renovation was basically complete. Next, he would transfer a team from the Black Eagle Battle Squad to station here. Together with Lin Ge, the defensive strength of Spirit Crane Garden would not be inferior to Tianya Pavilion.
However, Li Feng still wanted to add a few formations. With those formations in place, he believed the defensive power of the entire Spirit Crane Garden would double.
“No,” Xu Jie shook her head. Looking at Li Feng, she asked, “Young Master, did you come this time because something is up?”
Li Feng nodded and walked into Spirit Crane Garden.
The first purpose of coming to Spirit Crane Garden this time was to use his divine sense to scan the entire place and check whether, like Tianya Pavilion, it had any secret passages. Spirit Crane Garden would be his home in Tianhai City, so he had to understand every blade of grass and every tree here.
After entering the hall, Li Feng ignored Xu Jie’s surprised gaze, sat on the sofa, and released his divine sense to scan the whole of Spirit Crane Garden.
Xu Jie watched Li Feng curiously. She had never seen him use divine sense before. When Zhong Shuhui had given her the Nourishing Spirit Technique taught by Li Feng, Xu Jie had thought it was some kind of cultivation method. She did not know it was specifically for cultivating divine sense. So now, seeing Li Feng’s actions, she felt very curious.
After some unknown amount of time, Xu Jie saw Li Feng open his eyes. Just as she was about to ask him something, she heard Li Feng say with a grave expression, “Xu Jie, follow me. At the same time, pass down the order. Strengthen the alert in Spirit Crane Garden. Anyone who tries to enter, kill without mercy.”
“Yes.” Xu Jie had never seen such a serious look on Li Feng’s face. She quickly responded, passed the order to increase alertness through her intercom, and then followed Li Feng.
Filled with curiosity, Xu Jie followed Li Feng through twists and turns until they reached a storage room.
“No one has come here before, right?” Li Feng pointed at the storage room and asked.
Xu Jie shook her head.
Li Feng said nothing more. He opened the storage room and walked in. When Lord Wen left Spirit Crane Garden, he had not touched anything here. Li Feng’s renovations had mainly focused on the exterior of Spirit Crane Garden, so the storage room still contained various miscellaneous items.
Li Feng frowned, waved his hand, and swept all those things to one side. Then he said to Xu Jie, “Later, have someone throw all these things away immediately.” After saying that, he walked to a wall and began knocking on it.
“Yes.” Xu Jie nodded. She looked up at Li Feng in confusion, not understanding what he was doing.
Crack!
Boom!
Just as Xu Jie was puzzled, a loud rumbling sound came. A pitch-black opening appeared in the wall ahead.
“Young Master, this…” Xu Jie stared in shock at the dark hole. Did Spirit Crane Garden have some hidden chamber?
“Xu Jie, take people and guard here. I will go in and take a look,” Li Feng said, turning back to her.
“Young Master, let me go instead,” Xu Jie said calmly after regaining her composure.
“You? No. This passage was just discovered by me. There might be unknown dangers. Your strength is too weak. Going in could easily lead to trouble,” Li Feng shook his head and said.
Although Li Feng had suspected that when Lord Wen built Spirit Crane Garden, he might have included a secret passage, when he actually discovered this secret passage, he still felt indescribable shock in his heart. If he did not possess divine sense, he probably would not have noticed this secret passage for a very long time. Then the security of the entire Spirit Crane Garden would have had a massive hidden danger.
Zhong Shuhui was handling the secret passage issue at Tianya Pavilion, and Li Feng felt at ease about that one. After all, no one had used that passage for several years. But this secret passage was different. From Li Feng’s experience, the last time this passage was used was no more than three months ago.
So he had to personally investigate the situation of this secret passage. Xu Jie’s strength was too weak. Going in would not help. Of course, besides Xu Jie, there was another candidate in Spirit Crane Garden: Lin Ge. With Lin Ge’s cultivation, exploring such things would naturally be no problem. But when he scanned with divine sense earlier, he noticed that this secret passage twisted and turned with many branching paths. It made him feel that this passage was not simple. So Li Feng still thought it was better for him to check it himself.
“Young Master, I am not afraid of danger. Back in the army, I handled things far more dangerous than this,” Xu Jie said quickly after a moment of surprise.
“Things in the army are different from this,” Li Feng shook his head. In his previous life he had been a soldier. No one understood military matters better than him. Although Xu Jie’s strength was decent in the army, in front of true martial artists, it was still too weak. Now that Xu Jie was the commander of the inner guards, he did not want her to go and die. Otherwise, would he not have to find another inner guard commander?
“But Young Master…”
Xu Jie wanted to say more, but Li Feng interrupted her. “Enough. I do not want to hear these things now. As the inner guard commander, you only need to follow my orders. Right now, besides carrying out my commands, your job is to cultivate properly. Only when you reach the Innate realm will you be barely able to help me.”
“Young Master, reaching the Innate realm in cultivation takes decades. How could I possibly…” Xu Jie said in shock.
“Hmph. If under my command it takes decades to reach the Innate realm, that would make you a waste. Spend more time asking Lin Lao (Lin Ge) for advice. He is an Innate expert. I believe it will help your cultivation,” Li Feng said gravely.
“Yes.” Xu Jie trembled all over. She never expected Lin Ge to be an Innate realm expert. At the same time, her admiration for Li Feng grew even stronger. To have an Innate expert as a subordinate showed that Li Feng was clearly far more extraordinary than she had imagined.
Li Feng wasted no more time. He took out a headlamp from his spatial ring, put it on his head, and entered the pitch-black hole in the wall.
