Chapter 603: Chapter 602: Success
"Crack!"
A crisp sound spread through the room.
Yang Fei’s brow darkened as what he heard seemed not the sound of jade shattering, but his own heart breaking.
Qin Yanyang gently wiped the sweat from Yang Fei’s forehead with a handkerchief, saying softly, "Rest for a while."
Yang Fei, feeling somewhat apologetic, looked at her and said, "Failed again, I..."
"It’s alright, everything is difficult at the beginning. I believe you can do it. Once the first piece succeeds, we’ll find the pattern, and it will be much easier after that." Qin Yanyang spoke gently.
Her voice was tender and affable yet carried a strong belief, as if she could instill supreme confidence in Yang Fei, making him feel as if he could definitely succeed if she said so.
Qin Yanyang clasped his hand, and their True Yuan began to circulate on its own, their hearts seemingly connected as well.
Suddenly, Qin Yanyang said, "What if we try together?"
Yang Fei was stunned.
Qin Yanyang held Yang Fei’s left hand with her right, extended her left hand, took a new piece of jade and placed it on the table, and said, "You engrave the rune with your right hand, and I’ll hold it for you. The True Yuan from both of us combined will be even more substantial."
Yang Fei was moved and said, "Let’s try."
Ten minutes later, the crisp sound of shattering echoed again.
Yang Fei’s face was filled with embarrassment.
Another failure.
Dammit, it had been half a month, and they had lost at least hundreds of pieces of jade without a single success.
Was there an error in the Taoist scriptures or was he simply weak in the Rune Tao, utterly devoid of talent?
Qin Yanyang frowned slightly, staring at the shattered piece of jade, seemingly lost in thought.
Yang Fei coughed lightly and said, "Let’s rest for a while before trying again."
He saw that there were only three pieces of jade left in the room. If these failed, they would have to wait for the next batch of materials to arrive.
Though these shattered jades still held much value, considering what he had wasted over the half month, it amounted to quite a number of small goals.
"I don’t know what happens, but it always fails in the final moment," Yang Fei said regretfully.
He felt his steps were correct, he was indeed earnestly engraving the runes, and the use of True Qi was just right, not a bit more, not a bit less.
But why did it always fail at that final moment of completion?
Why couldn’t the jade withstand the rune...
Wait...
A lightbulb went off in Yang Fei’s mind.
At the same time, Qin Yanyang also spoke up, "Yang Fei, could it be that at the crucial moment, you need to infuse Divine Thought to activate the rune? Otherwise, wouldn’t just a dry rune left on this jade be insufficient to serve as the foundation stone for activating the Gathering Spirit Array?"
Yang Fei’s eyes lit up as if he had been enlightened, nodding, "Exactly, I was just thinking about this question. Why does it always shatter at the last successful moment? Could it be that the jade cannot withstand the power of the rune?"
Qin Yanyang’s eyes sparkled, and she smiled, "Perhaps we’ve found the reason for our failures."
"Shall we give it another try?" Yang Fei asked.
Seeing the sweat on his forehead, Qin Yanyang said with empathy, "There’s no hurry. Let’s rest a bit first."
Yang Fei shook his head and said, "It’s okay, with your help, there’s no issue with True Yuan, and the Divine Soul in my Sea of Consciousness is in its peak state. If with my current Divine Soul Power I can complete this step, and now that we have pinpointed the problem, it will definitely work."
Persuaded by his determination, Qin Yanyang picked up another piece of jade.
Ten minutes later, a complete rune was clearly visible on the surface of the jade.
Once the rune was fully engraved on this piece of jade, the jade came to life.
It radiated a mysterious aura, and all the spiritual power in the room began to converge around it.
"It worked!"
Yang Fei cheered with joy.
Qin Yanyang, feeling the Dao rhyme on this rune jade plate, was also immensely surprised.
"It’s truly magical and mysterious. The mysteries of the universe are indeed boundless. To think that jade, when paired with runes, can produce such an effect!" Qin Yanyang exclaimed in surprise, softly sighing.
Although she herself was a cultivator, she had been a materialist from a young age, skeptical about the Spirit Gathering Array Yang Fei mentioned. However, given the existence of the Hidden Sect Plane world, she believed in the existence of the rune array formations; otherwise, how were Hidden Sect, Heaven, and Penglai born?
Now that Yang Fei had successfully carved a jade token, it proved the existence of the Array Formation Talisman Tao.
Soon, Yang Fei calmed down from his excitement. He took another piece of jade and continued to engrave runes on it.
This time it took fifteen minutes, and the second jade token was completed.
He had completed it all by himself.
Not only did it consume a large amount of True Yuan, but it also made him feel somewhat weak in his Divine Sense.
After all, using Divine Sense to wrap the runes and combining it with True Yuan to imprint them on the jade, it did consume quite a bit of spiritual power.
Yet Yang Fei was very happy.
At least it proved that he was capable.
Yes, a man must prove himself, especially in front of his wife.
"You should rest a bit. Continue carving the rune jade plates after you’ve recovered," Qin Yanyang said with concern.
This time, Yang Fei did not decline and nodded.
Three days later, seventy-two Array Foundation Stones were successfully completed.
Aside from the Fusang Wood that was still not found, everything needed for the Spirit Gathering Array was assembled.
Meanwhile, at the very center of Yunwu Mountain Valley, a factory building had been constructed.
That was built at the location specified by Yang Fei. After its completion, a large quantity of medicinal herb original liquid was transported there, all placed inside.
That night, Hu Lizhong, Chu Tianshu, and Peng Ling were called over.
"The three of you, take these jade tokens and follow us," Qin Yanyang instructed.
As soon as the three entered the room, they saw the jade tokens for the first time.
Hu Lizhong was incredibly shocked as he touched the jade tokens, marveling, "These originally ordinary pieces of jade have these strange runes left on them, and they seem to have come alive, as if they possess spiritual power. It’s too miraculous!"
Chu Tianshu also reached out to touch the jade tokens, greed even appearing in his eyes.
Because these jade tokens seemed to have a spirit-gathering effect, simply carrying them could benefit one’s cultivation.
That day, Hu Lizhong and Yang Fei made a breakthrough together. Under the strong aura of the Foundation Establishment Realm, Hu Lizhong’s breakthrough to the Innate Realm went unnoticed by others. However, in the following days as Yang Fei and Qin Yanyang kept carving rune jade plates, Chu Tianshu immediately noticed something different about Hu Lizhong upon their meeting and learned that Hu Lizhong had stepped into the Innate Realm, surprising him greatly.
He later learned from Chu Que that Hu Lizhong had revealed Yang Fei possessed a special method that could help Unique Tier individuals step into the Innate Realm. Now with Hu Lizhong’s successful advancement, this rumor was further confirmed.
Chu Tianshu was stunned.
During this period, he had been struggling with what was more important: the interest of his family or his own future prospects.
Currently, he was part of the Military Department. The saying goes, ’the nearer to the water, the earlier to get the moon’. If he could establish a good relationship with Yang Fei and his wife Qin Yanyang, could he not also receive Yang Fei’s help to step into the Innate Realm?
Now, seeing these jade tokens that emitted a spirit-gathering effect, Chu Tianshu’s mind became active. He firmly believed that Yang Fei would have an extraordinary future and, with his help, Qin Yanyang and the entire Qin Family would rise unstoppably.
Moreover, the last time Chu Que came to fight for Yunwu Mountain, the incident ended with the Central Battle Zone withdrawing from this place, which was enough to illustrate Qin Yanyang’s current status.
Key to him was that he was a subordinate of Qin Yanyang and had frequent interactions. He greatly admired Qin Yanyan’s personal charm; despite her young age, she was truly capable, ambitious, and visionary, which was admirable.
"Take these and follow me. Let’s go set up the array!" Yang Fei said.
Hu Lizhong snapped back to reality, hurriedly packed the jade tokens into a bag. Each person took a bag, and they followed Yang Fei and Qin Yanyang towards the valley.