Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 164: Tremor
Collaborating with them means that the development of events will be completely out of control, as there are too many factors to consider. Liu Yu disliked this feeling of helplessness.
Last time, he had spent over twenty thousand spiritual stones to purchase talisman treasures, which was already quite noticeable.
Just like that, half a month passed, and it was once again Liu Yu's group's turn to be on duty.
There were a total of eleven foundation establishment cultivators stationed at Bing Character No. 6 Spiritual Herb Garden. Liu Yu's team had six foundation establishment cultivators, while Li Bùtóng's group had five.
Due to the previous attack, this time, two foundation establishment cultivators were assigned to guard the southern side of the formation, which faced Moonlit City, namely Liu Yu and Ding Hui, to ensure complete safety.
"Alright, this is the arrangement," Yan Hongyu said as she assigned the responsibilities to everyone, and then they dispersed to their respective positions.
"If the strength of the enemy cultivators exceeds too much, no matter how we set up, it will be futile," Liu Yu thought to himself as he walked with Ding Hui towards the southern side of the formation.
In the current situation, manpower was needed in every area; sending four people to the spiritual herb garden was already about the limit, and it was unlikely that there would be any reinforcements.
After several previous attacks and tests, the enemy faction had nearly figured out the strength of the spiritual herb garden. If they found out that there were no reinforcements, the next attack would likely come with overwhelming force, like a mountain pressing down.
The three qi refinement stage disciples under Liu Yu's command were still the same; there was no need to waste words. After giving them the usual admonishments, he let them go.
"Yes!"
The tense and heavy atmosphere of the spiritual herb garden could naturally be felt by the qi refinement stage disciples. Each of them had a grave expression, clearly worried, as in such a situation where they could lose their lives at any moment, who would dare to be careless?
The enemy cultivators showed no mercy!
There were still two lookout towers, each manned by one person, while another person patrolled back and forth. After arranging these, Liu Yu personally checked to confirm everything was in order before he and Ding Hui entered their own wooden cabins.
A new wooden cabin had been built just ten zhang away from the previous wooden cabin between the two lookout towers. For cultivators, such a small wooden cabin could be completed in less than half a moment, and just right for one person.
Once inside, Liu Yu took out his cultivation technique and secret methods to comprehend them, flipping through Qingyang Skill, the art of spirit preservation, and the concealment technique in turn.
Although the concealment technique only had three levels, and he had already cultivated it to the third level, he was still far from achieving great perfection, and there was plenty of room for improvement. Although he no longer had as much time for comprehension and practice as before, he had not let it go.
Liu Yu's current focus was on the fifth level of Qingyang Skill, the cultivation method for the mid foundation establishment stage, and the comprehension of the golden core chapter of the art of spirit preservation.
The progress on the former was slow but steady, and he was confident that he could fully comprehend it in three to five years. The latter, however, was cryptic and difficult to understand, with some knowledge he had never heard of, making progress feel almost nonexistent, and complete comprehension was still a distant goal.
Due to the changing situation, Liu Yu was worried that the enemy cultivators might directly breach the formation in their next attack, so he did not plan to sit in meditation to improve his cultivation or practice the art of spirit preservation. It should be noted that channeling power at a critical moment could not be done at will; it required time, and if that moment came, time would be the most precious resource.