105 pieces of jade bricks floated quietly in mid-air, emitting a faint white light that looked mysterious and extraordinary.
Leo stretched out his left hand and caught one of the jade bricks.
Then he activated his Spiritual Power and used his right index finger to draw runes on the jade brick.
As soon as the rune was completed, the white jade brick suddenly burst into a bright white light.
In an instant, the light disappeared, leaving behind a pale red rune mark on the surface of the jade brick that looked extremely profound and mysterious.
Leo waved his left hand and pressed down again. The jade brick with runes engraved on it turned into a beam of white light falling into one corner of the square.
Immediately after that, it sank completely into the ground without any trace left behind.
Without any pause in between actions, Leo grabbed another piece of jade brick and repeated what he had just done before throwing it to another corner of the square like he did with previous ones.
“What is the honored guest doing, my lord?”
“I can’t fully understand, but I feel like he’s using Spirit Jade to set up a formation.”
“After the Spirit Jade was thrown down, it disappeared. Could this be the legendary immortal technique?”
The disciples exclaimed and discussed in awe.
Leo’s movements were seamless and graceful, giving off a sense of elegance that made it hard to look away.
As time passed, one piece of jade brick after another was engraved with runes by Leo and embedded in different positions in the courtyard.
After ten minutes, Leo had embedded all one hundred smaller jade bricks into the ground of the courtyard.
In the sky, there were still five larger jade bricks remaining.
Leo took a deep breath. The continuous process of inscribing runes had consumed a considerable amount of his Spiritual Power and mental strength.
The next step was to inscribe the array symbols, but it would be more complex than before.
These five large jade bricks would serve as the foundation of the Gathering Spirit Formation.
After a short rest, Leo waved his right hand, and one of the large jade bricks flew before him, standing upright for easy inscription of the array symbols.
The first symbol to be inscribed was the “Gold Spirit Formation Talisman!”
Gathering his Spiritual Power at the tip of his right finger, Leo moved his hand across the surface of the jade brick, creating intricate and profound golden patterns that eventually formed a peculiar golden design.
To set up the Gathering Spirit Formation, one needed to attract and condense the five major elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth from the natural world. By utilizing the spiritual energy of the mountains and the earth, the formation would absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, thus achieving its purpose of gathering.
After completing the inscription of the Gold Spirit Formation Talisman, Leo waved his hand, and the large jade brick flew towards the northern direction of the courtyard, sinking into the ground and disappearing.
With another wave of his hand, the second large jade brick flew over. Just like before, Leo inscribed the Wood Spirit Formation Talisman onto it.
The jade brick inscribed with the Wood Spirit Formation Talisman was then embedded in the southern direction of the courtyard.
Next was the Water Spirit Formation Talisman, which was embedded in the western direction, followed by the Fire Spirit Formation Talisman in the eastern direction.
Finally, the Earth Spirit Formation Talisman was embedded in the center of the courtyard.
After completing the formation, Leo took a deep breath. His gaze suddenly became sharp, and he shouted, “Gathering Spirit Formation, activate!”
His Spiritual Power surged out of his body, transforming into one hundred and five glowing lights resembling fireflies, which entered the one hundred and five jade bricks beneath the courtyard.
“A hum…”
A sound, like that of a bronze bell, resounded across the courtyard. One hundred and five white columns of light shot up from different positions, converging at the same height as Leo in the sky above the courtyard.
The columns of light then spread, connecting with each other to form a complete hemisphere-shaped barrier.
From a distance, it looked as if a gigantic translucent white bowl had been inverted onto the courtyard.
As the barrier slowly dissipated, the spiritual energy of the surrounding heaven and earth began to converge towards the courtyard…
“What’s going on? Why do I feel that the circulation of my inner power has suddenly become much smoother?!” exclaimed a disciple on the courtyard.
“Me too! The flow of inner power in my body is so smooth now. The air has also suddenly become fresher. Taking a breath feels so refreshing!” another disciple exclaimed in surprise.
“Huh? I’ve been stuck in the peak realm of a Great Martial Artist for over a year, but suddenly I feel the barrier loosening!”
“I won’t talk to you guys anymore. I’m going to sit down and break through to the Warrior General Realm of the next stage!” Another disciple exclaimed in astonishment.
Not only these disciples, but also the Iron Sword Sect disciples on the square and elders like Theodore and Ocean Source, felt the changes on the square.
The smooth circulation of inner energy makes cultivation more efficient. When the circulation of inner energy in the Great Circulation Cycle speeds up, it means that the cultivation speed is also accelerated.
Soon, more disciples felt their promotion barriers loosening and sat down one after another, beginning to break through their own promotion barriers.
Among the five to six hundred disciples, there were more than thirty disciples who were stuck on the edge of promotion, and they all sat down at once.
“Boom!”
Two minutes later, the first breakthrough aura erupted. The first disciple who sat down successfully broke through to the next stage, the Warrior General Realm.
Before long, one after another, breakthrough auras erupted from those disciples.
Among the more than thirty disciples, in the end, twenty of them successfully broke through the promotion barriers.
“Haha, I broke through! I reached the Warrior General Realm of the next stage!” The first disciple who broke through couldn’t hide his joy and excitement as he exclaimed.
“Congratulations! I also broke through to the higher stage of the Great Martial Artist realm! It’s so amazing. I’ve never had such an easy breakthrough before. I think it won’t be long before I catch up to you.” Another disciple’s face was also filled with joy.
“You won’t catch up to me. If we can continue cultivating here, I’m afraid I will break through again soon!” The first disciple who broke through was full of confidence.
For a while, excited voices resounded one after another on the square.
The disciples who were not currently facing promotion barriers looked on with envy at those who broke through.
They could also feel the specialness of this place. Just standing here, their inner energy was circulating.
Seeing one disciple after another breaking through, Theodore, Ocean Source, and the others were excited, their faces turning red.
Serene Dark and Hellfire, who had returned after collecting Spirit Medicine, witnessed the spectacle of the disciples breaking through one after another, standing there dumbfounded.
The breakthroughs of so many disciples proved that Leo’s claim of creating a formation to increase cultivation speed fivefold was not empty words.
Leo in mid-air had a slightly pale complexion and descended from the sky.
Setting up such a large Gathering Spirit Formation for the first time was not easy for him. It had consumed a considerable amount of mental and Spiritual Power.
But then again, the Gathering Spirit Formation Leo set up on the square was not considered a true large-scale formation. After all, his current cultivation realm was only at the higher stage of a Great Spirit Master.