CHAPTER 86: CHAPTER 86: FORMING AN ARRAY WITH A SINGLE THOUGHT

"Sect Leader, what are we doing?"

Master Qingxuan asked boldly.

"Tomorrow’s first round of assessment, the Heaven Ascending Road." Chen Lan said with a light smile.

He had just come up with the assessment plan, intending to design a celestial road for all who wish to join the sect to test, examining their willpower.

Those who successfully reach the top of the celestial road can become registered disciples.

He designed the disciple positions as registered disciples, outer sect disciples, inner sect disciples, and true disciples.

The last one requires selection by the elders, and as for the elders, they are yet to be decided.

After Chen Lan briefly explained his train of thought, Master Qingxuan quickly understood.

"I see, indeed worthy of being the Sect Leader, your thoughts are truly comprehensive." Master Qingxuan cupped his fist and said.

"Well, you handle it yourself, tomorrow there should be many people coming over."

"Do we have standards for accepting students?"

"What are the standards of your Cyan Profound Sect?"

"Check spirit root, bone age, root bone meridian to see if they possess cultivation qualifications, and then arrange some assessments for them, the better the performance, the better the treatment and benefits they can receive."

"Pretty much, just follow what you think." Chen Lan said casually.

He wanted to be a hands-off manager, just watching the people below do the work.

"Understood, I will definitely do my utmost, and will not disappoint the Sect Leader."

"Hmm."

Chen Lan nodded and stopped paying attention to Master Qingxuan, but instead took a step forward.

Master Qingxuan was slightly startled, but instantly, his pupils contracted violently!

Only to see an array rapidly bloom under Chen Lan’s feet, spreading out until it enveloped the entire Xiao Yao Sect!

"This... this is the Sect Protection Array!" Master Qingxuan exclaimed in terror as he looked at the runes and Daoist rhythm on the array.

He had deployed the Sect Protection Array before, so he naturally recognized the runes and Daoist rhythm within it, along with that familiar aura.

It was indeed the Sect Protection Array, he would not mistake it.

However, this Sect Protection Array’s runes were more profound and intricate, much more precise, compared to the rubbish array he deployed, it was stronger by a hundred times!

In his view, this Sect Protection Array could at least withstand a True Immortal’s strike!

But this was not what surprised and shocked him the most.

What shocked him was, did the Sect Leader just think of it and form an array?

Without any sign, one step out, and it had already become an extremely powerful Sect Protection Array.

If it were him, he would need to purchase a large number of spirit stones, then find a suitable place to place the spirit stones, finally find a suitable place as the array nucleus, and then exert all efforts to condense a Sect Protection Array.

This complicated process would take at least several days to accomplish.

Yet, with just a thought, the Sect Leader could form an array, this is at least what a Ninth Grade Array Daoist could achieve, or an innate array genius.

Not only that, the Sect Leader also improved the Sect Protection Array, making it stronger, this kind of talent to improve arrays, perhaps only those geniuses or Ninth Grade Array Daoists could achieve it.

The Sect Leader must be one of these two, or even a combination of both!

"Yes, the Sect Protection Array, give it all your strength to attack it." Chen Lan nodded, smiling lightly.

Master Qingxuan was startled but immediately followed suit, drawing his sword and attacking a spot with all his might.

A sharp sword qi whistled away.

Bang!

The sword qi struck the array barrier solidly.

But it seemed to have no effect, like a drop of water falling into the vast sea, unable to stir any waves.

Seeing this, Master Qingxuan’s eyes widened in shock, "I gave it my all, yet no reaction at all!"

He was at the Mahayana Stage now, yet no reaction, surely a formation laid by a Supreme Emperor, too powerful.

This could probably withstand a full strike from an Emperor.

The disciples below all witnessed this, although they did not know the Sect Leader was a Supreme Emperor, they were astonished when they saw Master Qingxuan’s full strike on the barrier yield no reaction.

"How powerful is the Sect Protection Array, Master Qingxuan is already at the Mahayana Stage, yet no reaction, it’s unimaginable how formidable it is."

"What is the realm of the Sect Leader, can’t see through it, it feels very strong, so strong I can’t even imagine the realm."

"The runes of this Sect Protection Array are so exquisite, unlike the ones Master Qingxuan laid before, this one is a bit more formidable, is it possible the Sect Leader is an array master, could it be Grade Seven?"

"Really? Master Qingxuan seemed to be only a Grade Two Array Daoist, already very powerful, array expertise is too difficult to learn, without talent it’s impossible."

In the Cyan Heaven Immortal Realm, Array Daoists are classified from Grade One, the lowest, to Grade Nine, the highest, and professions like Alchemy, Talisman Master, and Artifact Refiner are also divided into nine grades.

Ninth Grade masters, out of hundreds of millions, might only see the birth of one!

Therefore, Chen Lan’s move showing the style of a Grade Six or above Array Daoist left them astonished.

However, this was far from over.

Standing in the void, Chen Lan took another step, and another array rapidly formed and spread beneath his feet!

When the array enveloped Xiao Yao Sect, the spiritual qi within a million-mile radius was sucked over as if by a vacuum cleaner, pouring into Xiao Yao Sect.

In an instant, the purity of the surrounding spiritual qi increased more than tenfold, and just a casual intake yielded pure spiritual qi that couldn’t be obtained before!

Bang bang bang!

Once the spiritual qi became purer, the disciples’ intake immediately loosened their internal realms, resulting in consecutive breakthroughs.

A cacophony of breakthrough sounds echoed below as thousands simultaneously advanced in small realms, with some even breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

This included several former elders at the Golden Core Stage, reaching the pinnacle of the Golden Core, suddenly looking radiant, like different people with much more spirit.

This is the magic of the Spirit Gathering Array, drawing in heaven and earth’s spiritual qi for use, many sects utilize the Spirit Gathering Array.

Master Qingxuan beside was no longer surprised, as if accustomed to it.

Since the Sect Leader could deploy such a powerful Sect Protection Array, then the Spirit Gathering Array was nothing to him.

Subsequently, Chen Lan continued to deploy arrays, such as the Illusion Array, causing outsiders to get lost and fall into illusions if they entered.

Then there was the Teleportation Array, for disciples’ use, allowing them to teleport freely to the ground below.

Various arrays, with a mere thought from Chen Lan, were swiftly deployed.

The initial shock among the crowd slowly turned to calmness, having accepted that their Sect Leader was an array master.

Meanwhile, within Huaxia beneath the sect, many people sensed the change in heaven and earth’s spiritual qi.

"What’s going on, why is there so much less spiritual qi?"

"Not right, I feel the spiritual qi has greatly thinned, who did this?"

"Who’s deploying a Spirit Gathering Array, and its power is unreasonably strong."

"Who on earth, this is way too heartless, the spiritual qi thinned by two-thirds, it would take at least one or two months to recover to such purity, is this cutting off everyone’s path?"

"That won’t happen, around a week, this world is different from ours, the spiritual qi here is extremely abundant, it’ll replenish quickly."

Chen Lan’s Spirit Gathering Array thinned the heaven and earth’s spiritual qi by two-thirds,

prompting much discussion and countless complaints.