Cultivation Starts from Farming

Xu Ping's fingertips brushed over the Storage Ring, and seven green jade Array Plates carved with ancient seals floated up.

"Array, activate!"

Xu Ping erupted in a thunderous shout, the sound waves rolling and making the surrounding air buzz loudly.

With this command.

The seven Array Plates instantly transformed into seven beams of light as fast as lightning, shooting towards the main peak of Thousand Leaves Mountain, and in the blink of an eye, they merged into it.

Immediately after, the ground released a deep rumbling, as if awakening a slumbering giant beast.

Seven towering columns of light entwined with the ethereal shadow of green dragons rose from the ground, with each column manifesting a towering Celestial Spirit tree.

The Water Lake Rat observing from afar suddenly felt an overwhelming majesty descend upon it, almost forcing it to kneel.

As the anomaly subsided, Xu Ping's temples were already covered with fine wood chips, a backlash from overextending his Divine Sense to manipulate the Wood Attribute Spiritual Qi.

But he had no time to adjust his breath at this moment.

His fingertips rapidly moved to form a Spell, and seventy-two third-level Dragon Piles suddenly erupted with hundreds of feet of green light, coalescing into a semi-transparent barrier enveloping the mountain.

Upon closer inspection, the surface of that barrier had countless tiny drifting petals and leaves circulating along a Taiji path.

Each petal concealed vast and powerful Wood Attribute Spiritual Qi, as if ready to burst forth at any moment.

"The Myriad Manifestations Wood Spirit Array... it's finally set up!!"

Xu Ping gazed at the fruits of his labor, feeling a sea of emotions, so excited that he couldn't help but break into a brilliant smile.

This formation, which took over half a year of his hard work, carried all his hopes.

Now that it's finally accomplished, how could he not feel elated?

After all, this meant that from this moment on, Thousand Leaves Mountain had finally become an impregnable place for cultivation.

Considering the hard work of the past half year, he felt it was all worth it at this moment.

...

Xu Ping took a deep breath, suppressing the sea of excitement within him.

It's not yet time to relax. Although the Array is complete, the real effectiveness still needs to be tested.

Xu Ping flipped his palm, and the Magical Treasure Wooden Sword appeared in his hand.

The blade emitted a warm luster, hinting at its lively spirit.

With a flick of his wrist, a sky-reaching sword light suddenly burst forth.

This sword light, like a living white dragon, whistled as it slashed fiercely towards the Myriad Manifestations Wood Spirit Array.

In an instant, the entire Thousand Leaves Mountain was illuminated by this dazzling sword light, so bright it hurt one's eyes.

However, when the fierce sword light hit the Myriad Manifestations Wood Spirit Array, it seemed to collide with an invisible wall.

It only stirred a weak ripple, with the Array itself unmoved.

"The defensive power is pretty good!"

Xu Ping felt a joy in his heart and murmured to himself.

But he did not rejoice too much, as he had not put his all into that strike.

This time, Xu Ping decided to give it his all.

Holding the sword with one hand, standing firmly with both feet, his Mana surged around him like raging tides.

"Slash!"

Xu Ping shouted, his arm muscles tightened, using all his strength to swing the wooden sword fiercely.

In an instant!

A brilliant sword light shot out from the tip of the sword, like a flash of white rainbow, striking the Myriad Manifestations Wood Spirit Array with overwhelming force.

Boom!

With an earth-shattering thunderous sound, a powerful Mana wave swept across the entire Thousand Leaves Mountain.

This wave, like a raging storm, shook the trees on the mountain violently, leaves fluttering down.

The intense impact caused cracks to appear on the ground, and rocks to scatter everywhere.

Under this fierce attack, the Myriad Manifestations Wood Spirit Array finally reacted.

The surface of the Array surged with layers of ripples that continued to spread as if a pebble had been thrown into a calm lake.

Yet, remarkably, despite such a powerful attack, the Myriad Manifestations Wood Spirit Array only rippled.

And the brilliant sword light had shattered into spots of spiritual light, dissipating like scattered stars.

"This is truly impregnable!"

Xu Ping looked at this scene, unable to suppress his joy, and laughed heartily at the sky.

The Myriad Manifestations Wood Spirit Array's defensive power was truly beyond imagination!

His recent full-force sword, while not matching the full power of a Middle Stage of Golden Core Cultivator's strike.

But compared to an average Early-Stage Golden Core Cultivator, it was much stronger.

Yet even so, it only made the Myriad Manifestations Wood Spirit Array ripple slightly.

Moreover, this was without someone specifically guarding it.

If someone guarded the formation in an actual battle, with his control over the Array and his own strength, its defensive power would surely rise to a new level.

By then, even Late-Stage Golden Core Cultivators would find it hard to break through the formation easily.

As a result, unless the One Qi Alliance and the Six Demon Countries Alliance launched a war of annihilation, Thousand Leaves Mountain could be at ease.

With this in mind, Xu Ping thought to himself that once the situation became clearer and stabilized, he could focus on disbanding his cultivation and starting anew.

...

Once his emotions calmed somewhat, Xu Ping turned and headed toward the cultivation chamber.

The Myriad Manifestations Wood Spirit Array's defensive power under his full attack had left him very satisfied.

However, this Array, which cost so much of his effort, was not only for defense.

Next, he intended to thoroughly test the Array's Spirit Gathering effect.