Upon hearing Harleen’s words, Billy choked.
“Honey, what are you thinking!” Billy’s mouth twitched. “Can’t you have a little faith in me?”
“Why didn’t you tell me when you went to see her?” Harleen glared at Billy.
“At that time, it was a special situation!” Billy kissed her forehead. “I promise there won’t be a next time.”
“Stop it!” Harleen pouted. “How did you answer me last time?”
“Uh… I really didn’t know Rose was taking me to see her,” Billy replied. “Honey, don’t be angry. You’re really overthinking.”
“Hmph!” Harleen pouted again. “This is the last time. If there’s a next time, I won’t talk to you again!”
“I promise there won’t be!” Billy smiled. “Honey, you look cute when you’re jealous.”
“I’m not jealous!” Harleen rolled her eyes at him. “You can like whoever you want, I don’t care!”
“Really?” Billy smiled again.
“If you dare!” Harleen glared at him fiercely.
“If you make another mistake, I’ll tell Mom immediately and let her educate you!”
“Haha, just kidding!” Billy laughed. “Honey, it’s late, let’s go to bed.”
While speaking, he embraced his beloved.
“I’m still angry, stay away from me…” Harleen spoke.
But before she could finish her sentence, Billy covered her mouth.
…
For the next month, nothing particularly special happened.
Stephanie Stuart and Edie Fennimore were still busy with Marquise Thompson building the city walls.
Although the construction of the city walls was vast, fortunately, there were many workers, and in three or four months, the outline of the city walls had been formed.
The construction inside the city had also begun according to the plan, and it was expected that the two major projects would be completed soon.
During this time, Casey, Harleen, and the others either secluded themselves for cultivation or helped Stephanie Stuart and Edie Fennimore with their work.
It is worth mentioning that Billy, who had already stepped halfway into the eighth-rank Divine Realm, successfully broke through to the eighth-rank Divine Realm after refining five or six high-level beast cores from the Forbidden Phantom Valley.
All these high-level beast cores were brought back from the Forbidden Phantom Valley, including three ninth-rank beast cores.
With such high-level beast cores, it was not difficult for Billy to break through a level.
In addition, during this month, Billy not only practiced martial arts but also studied the “Five Element Gathering Spirit Array” extensively.
With the diagram given by Siena Morris and the Essence Array Collection obtained from the Forbidden Phantom Valley, after more than a month of experimentation, he finally understood the essence of the Gathering Spirit Array.
Then, with Ivy’s help, the two spent nearly ten days.
After continuous attempts, they finally set up a stable “Five Element Gathering Spirit Array”.
As the name suggests, the Five Element Gathering Spirit Array gathers the essence of heaven and earth based on the principle of the interaction between the five elements of ‘metal, wood, water, fire, and earth’, thereby enhancing the speed of martial practitioners’ cultivation.
To activate the Five Element Gathering Spirit Array, spirit stones are needed as a catalyst, and the higher the grade, the better the effect.
On this morning, including Stephanie Stuart, Edie Fennimore, and Sol Stuart, everyone came to the Gathering Spirit Array located on the west side of the estate.
“Billy, are you sure this Gathering Spirit Array can enhance the speed of cultivation?” Edie Fennimore asked Billy.
“You’ll know when you try it!” Billy smiled.
After speaking, he looked at Ivy and said, “Ivy, activate the array!”
“Okay!” Ivy nodded and walked to the core of the array with forty to fifty top-grade spirit stones.
The core of the Gathering Spirit Array was a miniature array, which automatically refined the spirit stones to allow the spiritual energy within them to flow into the Gathering Spirit Array.
Then, Ivy sequentially input the spirit stones into the miniature array.
To everyone’s surprise, in no time, those spirit stones began to visibly deplete at a speed that could be seen with the naked eye, just like when everyone was refining spirit stones during cultivation.
And what shocked everyone even more was that as the Gathering Spirit Array started up, everyone could feel that the concentration of spiritual energy in this void was significantly higher than in other parts of the manor.
It was as if some magical force was absorbing the spiritual energy between heaven and earth and continuously pouring it into the Gathering Spirit Array.
“It’s ready!” At the same time, Billy looked at Stephanie Stuart and smiled, “Mom, take everyone in and try it out!”
“Alright!” Stephanie Stuart nodded and led everyone into the Gathering Spirit Array.
Hiss!
As soon as they entered, they couldn’t help but let out a sigh of amazement.
The concentration of spiritual energy here was several times denser than outside the array!
With each breath, pure spiritual energy penetrated into their hearts and spread throughout their bodies, giving them a refreshing feeling.
Everyone had previous experience with the Ink Pool and Spirit Pool, so they knew very well what this meant. Practicing in such an environment would definitely speed up their progress several times over.
“Young Master, this Gathering Spirit Array is truly priceless!” Sol Stuart couldn’t help but exclaim.
“Tsk tsk, if I could practice in this environment every day, I could break through to the half-step Sacred Realm in just a month or two!” Azure Dragon said with some exaggeration.
Although his words were a bit exaggerated, it wasn’t impossible.
Given the conditions, with a few months of time, their cultivation would definitely skyrocket.
“Billy, maintaining this array must consume a lot of spirit stones, right?” Stephanie Stuart asked Billy.
“Indeed!” Billy nodded, “The amount of spirit stones consumed by the Gathering Spirit Array depends on several factors.”
“Firstly, it depends on the proficiency of the person who sets up the array. The higher the proficiency, the fewer spirit stones it consumes.”
“My martial cultivation and the ability of the array, compared to this high-level Gathering Spirit Array, are still a bit weak.”
“Also, the number of people practicing in the array affects the consumption of spirit stones.”
“For example, for the current Gathering Spirit Array, if all of you practice inside for a day, it will roughly consume fifty premium spirit stones.”
“Fifty premium spirit stones?” Edie Fennimore was slightly stunned, “That’s already quite good!”
Fifty premium spirit stones per day might sound like a lot, but compared to what they gained, it was negligible.
Practicing in this environment for a day was equivalent to practicing outside for four or five days.
With so many people practicing at the same time, consuming only fifty premium spirit stones per day was already very little!
You see, for the current group, even if someone consumed all fifty premium spirit stones, the effect would not be as good as practicing in this Gathering Spirit Array for half a day.
“When Billy’s cultivation breaks through to the Sacred Realm, the consumption of spirit stones will be even less,” Ivy added.
“And by then, practicing in this array for a day will at least be equivalent to ten days outside!”