Han Lang had personally finalized the locations of the four feng shui pillars with Zhao Tong, so he easily arrived at the western pillar.
Looking up, the feng shui pillar was indeed exactly as Zhao Tong had described.
It stood about three meters tall. Although it was a meter higher than the surrounding fence, its style perfectly matched the fence. As long as one wasn't deliberately looking for flaws, there was no sense of abruptness.
Moreover, the pillar was vividly carved with a black dragon coiled around the stone, its feet treading on auspicious clouds. The dragon’s head faced the sky, giving the impression of soaring through the clouds and letting out a long, sky-piercing roar!
“I didn’t expect this. Zhao Tong is quite the designer! Heh heh…”
Han Lang smiled slightly and, without hesitation, leaped into the air.
Then, he reached out and grabbed the stone pillar, suspending himself diagonally.
After locating the tiny keyhole hidden at the back of the dragon’s head, he willed his divine sense, and the two key pieces appeared in his palm.
He unlocked it, carefully removed the upper half of the dragon’s head, then took out a thousand-year-old evergreen tree from the three-story pagoda and meticulously transplanted it into the soil at the center of the stone pillar.
Having done this, Han Lang followed the memories of the Otherworldy Medicine Venerable, forming a strange hand seal with one hand while rapidly reciting obscure incantations. With a flick of his finger, he cast the array talismans for the Spirit Gathering Array and the Qiankun Killing Array onto the thousand-year-old evergreen tree.
Finally, he reinserted the dragon’s head exactly as it was.
A faint mechanical whirring sound was heard, followed by a “click.” The dragon’s head automatically locked in place. If he hadn’t known beforehand that it could be separated, no one would have noticed anything unusual.
“Done!”
Han Lang leaped down, clapping his hands with satisfaction. “Next one!”
There was no pause in his actions.
In about fifteen minutes, Han Lang had transplanted the four thousand-year-old evergreen trees into the four stone pillars, following the same pattern.
Next, he returned to the King’s Pavilion. While Luo Jiaying and Zhao Tong were still touring the villa, he quickly uncovered the upper body of the immortal child.
As the core of the array, its operation method naturally differed from the four stone pillars.
Most importantly, to enhance the power of these two arrays, Han Lang needed to transplant the small spiritual脉 he had obtained from Shennong Bay beneath the ten-thousand-year-old evergreen tree.
This way, the ten-thousand-year-old evergreen tree could not only absorb spiritual energy from the spiritual脉 but also mutually depend on and nourish it.
This would increase the power of the arrays and also allow the spiritual脉 to grow stronger over time.
In a cycle like this, as time passed, the arrays’ power would increase, and the spiritual energy concentration of the entire villa complex would become richer.
Of course,
The nourishment and growth of the spiritual脉 required a long time. If Han Lang’s cultivation did not break through and his lifespan was not extended, it was highly likely that he would not be able to enjoy the benefits of this spiritual脉 until his death.
Therefore, Han Lang had no illusions from the start that the spiritual脉 would become powerful enough to support cultivators’ practice!
However, to put it another way,
With the enhancement of the spiritual脉 and the Spirit Gathering Array, the cultivation environment of the villa complex would, at the very least, be much more favorable than the outside.
At least for cultivators before the Foundation Establishment stage, long-term persistence would yield visible progress!
“No matter what, let’s transplant it first!”
He gently placed the spherical spiritual脉 onto the soil in the immortal child’s chest and abdomen. Then, he unleashed his divine consciousness, meticulously controlling the spiritual energy in his palm, and pressed the spiritual脉 bit by bit deeper into the soil.
It must be mentioned here that although the spiritual脉 in Han Lang’s hand was spherical, spiritual脉 were formless.
Just as a container filled with stones could still accommodate sand and water, it coexisted with the soil!
The reason Han Lang was so careful was that this spiritual脉 was too small and its substance was still relatively fragile.
If the external spiritual energy pushed too forcefully, it could cause irreversible damage to the spiritual脉 itself, and in severe cases, even lead to a spiritual energy explosion.
With Han Lang’s current meager cultivation, at such close proximity, he would be completely unable to withstand the spiritual energy explosion generated by a spiritual脉 of this magnitude!
The consequence would be severe injury at best, and complete annihilation at worst!
“Phew~” Han Lang let out a long sigh. “Finally done!”
After about two minutes of high-intensity operation, Han Lang finally managed to embed the spiritual脉 at a depth of two to three meters from the ground.
This depth not only allowed for mutual nourishment between the spiritual脉 and the ten-thousand-year-old evergreen tree but also enabled the spiritual脉 to have greater contact with the earth’s energy, which was simply perfect!
The subsequent operations were no different from those on the four stone pillars, except that a ten-thousand-year-old evergreen tree was transplanted here.
With practiced ease, Han Lang completed the transplantation in a flash!
“Next, I just need to apply the key components of the array to this core, and everything will be complete!”
At this moment, Han Lang could not hide his joy. His hands continuously drew strange symbols in the air, and he muttered incantations.
Before long, the most crucial talismans for the Spirit Gathering Array and the Qiankun Killing Array were imprinted by him onto the ten-thousand-year-old evergreen tree.
Then, he pointed his finger, and a surge of spiritual energy erupted, activating the talismans on the ten-thousand-year-old evergreen tree, causing them to emit faint humming sounds.
Until the talismans were fully activated, drawing upon the vigorous spiritual energy of the ten-thousand-year-old evergreen tree, a thin pillar of spiritual energy, imperceptible to ordinary people, shot straight into the sky.
Like a brilliant firework, it exploded in the air!
For a moment,
The thousand-year-old evergreen trees in the four stone pillars of the villa complex seemed to tremble in response, echoing the ten-thousand-year-old evergreen tree before Han Lang.
After a while,
Han Lang felt the spiritual energy around him gradually becoming denser. His eyes filled with joy, and he involuntarily looked up at the sky.
Although there was nothing there, he knew that the entire villa complex was now enveloped in a spiritual energy shield resembling a dome.
“It’s done!”
Han Lang had already felt the Spirit Gathering Array. Now, he was eager to test the power of the Qiankun Killing Array.
He gradually mobilized the spiritual energy within his body, and the surrounding air slowly began to press in on him, as if trying to push him away.
As he mobilized more spiritual energy, the surrounding pressure intensified.
He had no doubt that if he mobilized his spiritual energy with full force, he would at least break a few bones, if not die directly!
Han Lang dared not test it further and quickly dispersed his spiritual energy, returning to his normal state.
The surrounding pressure immediately vanished.
“As expected of the most common mountain-guarding array on the Lichuan Continent, its power is sufficient!”
Just as he was putting the upper half of the immortal child back in place, Luo Jiaying and Zhao Tong walked out of the villa with confused expressions.
“Brother Han Lang, what did you do? Why does the air here feel fresher?”
Zhao Tong chimed in, “Yes! Suddenly I feel refreshed. If Miss Luo hadn’t raised the question, I would have thought I was hallucinating!”
Han Lang naturally wouldn’t tell them that it was because he had set up arrays. He just replied with a smile, “It seems that fortune teller didn’t lie to me. These feng shui discs can indeed make the villa complex more comfortable!”
Luo Jiaying and Zhao Tong were both shocked by his words.
As materialists, how could they have imagined that feng shui could actually have such miraculous effects?
Zhao Tong exclaimed, “No way? This is too magical!”
Han Lang followed up with a chuckle, “That’s why China’s thousands of years of culture are so profound! Haha…”