The location for these five Doorway Affairs explorations was also random.
On the map, Lu Ping didn’t look much.
The five explorations soon yielded results.
[Doorway Affairs: Near Dan Cloud Mountain in Jiangzhou County of Chu Kingdom, loose cultivators have been attacking passing caravans, causing local unrest. Please send disciples to clear out those loose cultivators.]
[Combat Power: Sixth-Layer Qi Cultivation to First-Layer Foundation Establishment]
[Status: Active around Dan Cloud Mountain for a long term]
[Completion Reward: Reputation 1220, Seven-Colored Treasure Bracelet ×1]
[Doorway Affairs: In Lushan County, the Patriarch of the Zhang Family is worried about foreign invasion during their Foundation Establishment and wants to seek protection from a powerful faction. You can try to assist and provide short-term protection for the Zhang Family.]
[Combat Power: Unknown]
[Status: The Patriarch of the Zhang Family will enter secluded cultivation in a month]
[Completion Reward: Reputation 800, Wind Escape Technique ×1]
[Doorway Affairs: The Clan Protection Array of the Li Family in Bright Moon County often encounters invasions by poisonous insects, causing gradual damage. They are seeking cultivators to clear out these insects.]
[Quantity: 13,000 to 27,000]
[Combat Power: First-Layer Qi Cultivation to Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation]
[Status: Still attacking the Li Family’s Clan Protection Array, the insect swarm will breed in half a month]
[Completion Reward: Reputation 530, Spirit Gathering Rock ×10]
[Doorway Affairs: More than ten Qi Cultivators mysteriously disappeared after attending the Chu River Cultivator Auction Conference. Please send disciples to find the missing cultivators and investigate the cause.]
[Combat Power: Unknown]
[Status: Only need to investigate the cause of the cultivators’ disappearance and find the missing cultivators]
[Completion Reward: Reputation 590, Three-star Random Talent ×1]
[Doorway Affairs: A group of Tier One Demon Beasts has flooded into Guangde County, destroying buildings and harming mortals. Please dispatch disciples to eliminate these demon beasts.]
[Combat Power: Third-Layer Qi Cultivation to Eighth-Layer Qi Cultivation]
[Status: Already spread throughout Guangde County, needs to be cleared one by one]
[Completion Reward: Reputation 910, Little Faceless Sword Technique ×1]
The above are the Doorway Affairs tasks that Lu Ping has just explored.
Among them, one appeared with a Foundation Establishment level loose cultivator opponent, which is somewhat tricky for the disciples of Cyan Mountain Sect.
So, for this task, Foundation Establishment cultivators need to be dispatched to complete it, and therefore, it will not be posted in the Merit Hall for now.
As the overall strength of the Cyan Mountain Sect grows stronger, Lu Ping discovered that tasks requiring the clearing of Foundation Establishment Stage opponents are also becoming more common in the Doorway Affairs.
In the future, such Foundation Establishment level opponents will gradually increase.
Time flies, and more than five months have passed in the blink of an eye.
In the Back Mountain Forbidden Area, within the Cultivation Cave Mansion, Lu Changfeng has been in secluded cultivation with no movement.
From time to time, Lu Ping went to peek.
On this day, a dialog box from the system appeared in front of Lu Ping.
[Ding, the Three-star Special Building Spirit Gathering Pool construction is complete, please go to check it]
The Special Building Spirit Gathering Pool...
Seeing this prompt, Lu Ping recalled that in the Cyan Lotus Peak, within the Back Mountain Forbidden Area, there was a system building under construction.
This building was exchanged in the Mall half a year ago, and the system began constructing it automatically afterward.
Calculating the time, it has taken exactly half a year to build.
The construction time for the Spirit Gathering Pool is indeed half a year.
Controlling his consciousness body, Lu Ping left the Cave Mansion, drifting towards where the Spirit Gathering Pool is located.
Though called a Spirit Gathering Pool, it is actually a sunken Cultivation Field, about the size of a martial arts arena.
According to the Spirit Gathering Pool’s effects, entering the pool for cultivation can double the cultivation efficiency, and it can only be used by one person at a time for a set period.
It should be noted that the pool’s effect is limited to cultivators below the Golden Core Stage.
The specific effect is something Lu Ping can’t experience.
Being a consciousness body himself, he currently has no way to cultivate.
He needs to call someone to try it out.
After a moment of thought, Lu Ping summoned Lu Yuanshan.
"Yuanshan, come to the new building at the Back Mountain Forbidden Area."
Soon after sending the message, Lu Yuanshan arrived.
Seeing the newly appeared Spirit Gathering Pool, he only gave it a couple of glances, without much surprise in his heart.
In his view, this must have been something his father created.
When the building was under construction, Lu Yuanshan had noticed it but never asked Lu Ping what was being built.
Now that it’s completed, he was indeed very curious.
"Father, you called me here for..."
Lu Yuanshan opened his mouth and asked, guessing it might be related to the building in front of him.
Lu Ping didn’t hide anything and told Lu Yuanshan about the effects of the Spirit Gathering Pool.
After listening, Lu Yuanshan’s face showed a look of incredulity.
"Father, you mean just by entering this Spirit Gathering Pool for cultivation, you can gain a miraculous effect of doubling cultivation speed, equivalent to one quarter of an hour of cultivation being worth two!"
Lu Yuanshan carefully observed the Spirit Gathering Pool, noticing at its center stood a gigantic bronze statue, magnificent and high towered.
The statue was clad in Profound Armor and holding a Divine Halberd, projecting the image of a vigorous man, tall and mighty, vividly lifelike, as if an ancient Martial God pointing his halberd to conquer the world.
It was undoubtedly eye-catching.
But beyond the fine craftsmanship of the statue, there seemed to be nothing extraordinary?
"You should just try it yourself to see the specific effect!"
Lu Yuanshan nodded and stepped into the Spirit Gathering Pool.
As soon as he stepped in, he felt enveloped by a new realm.
A sense of renewal emanated from all around, as if this place and the outside world did not belong to the same world.
The Spiritual Qi within was considerably dense, visible to the naked eye.
Feeling the unusualness of the Spirit Gathering Pool, Lu Yuanshan became very interested and sat cross-legged, entering into a cultivation state.
He had a strong premonition that cultivation here might really achieve the effect of doing more with less.
He began circulating his technique, the Purple Mansion Wood Spirit Heart Scripture, mobilizing the spiritual power within his dantian, commencing the circulation through his body.
The spiritual power inside his body seemed to speed up, rapidly flowing through all major meridians!
"Such a fast circulation speed!"
With merely a preliminary circulation, Lu Yuanshan sensed something amiss.
Once he began circulating his cultivation technique, the energy within instantaneously flowed throughout his body, completing one full circulation in just three breaths!
Three breaths for an entire cycle!
"How is this possible?!"
Lu Yuanshan was a little surprised: "It’s even stronger than the acceleration effect of the Cultivation Cave Mansion."
Calculated, his speed of circulation just now was approximately onefold of his usual speed!
Just like his father said, a quarter hour of cultivation can be equivalent to two ordinary quarters!
His father’s means are truly becoming more and more miraculous.
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"Products of the system are always outstanding."
This Spirit Gathering Pool, looking across the entire Chu Kingdom, other sects truly don’t have it; only the Cyan Mountain Sect does.
"Yes, Father. You’re amazing."