34: Starting the Formation 34: Starting the Formation Editor: _Lunaelle, The_Dreamweavers In the middle of the night, Peter Brown quietly got out of bed and started running towards the hill.
After achieving the Qi Refining First Layer, Peter moved swiftly like the wind while running, flashing past without even a few barks from dogs being heard.
In no time, he arrived at the foot of the hill.
The task Peter had planned for tonight was to activate the Spiritual Gathering Array.
This was a significant task as only when the formation is activated would the spiritual energy of the entire hill be concentrated.
Ever since the start of the construction, the hill housed people from the construction team and a few others who were hired to guard it.
Quinn Walker and her mother had also moved in.
However, they were only living halfway up the hill; Peter was heading for the top.
Under the moonlight, Peter arrived at the peak.
Several villas had already been constructed here, however, they were all vacant.
Peter carefully observed and confirmed that no one had been here.
Seeing this, Peter was even more confident.
With a flash, Peter entered the villa he had chosen earlier.
This villa, designed and built under Peter’s specific instructions, had a basement secretly built by Denzel Evans.
When he entered the basement, Peter saw that it had been built into several rooms as he had envisioned.
Inspecting the rooms, Peter was quite pleased.
These rooms would serve as his future cultivation or alchemy spaces, constructed exactly to his specifications.
It was now time to activate the Spiritual Gathering Array!
The seventy-two formation eyes around him were all centered around this villa, with the absolute core located in this room.
Peter lifted a tile from the floor and saw that, indeed, Denzel had dug a deep hole beneath it.
However, unlike other holes, this one was surrounded by cement.
‘Good, Denzel has done precisely as I instructed!’
Peter was even more satisfied with Denzel.
This time, Peter did not haphazardly toss the Jade Tablet into the hole.
Instead, he took out many Jade Tablets from a cloth bag he brought and placed them at specific locations in the hole.
After completing this task, he placed an even bigger Jade Tablet in the middle.
This Jade Tablet was unique as it was inscribed with divine texts for Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.
Peter had put in a lot of effort for this Jade Tablet, even consuming several big pieces of jade before he was satisfied with the result.
After this was done, Peter knew that the final step was coming up.
Sitting cross-legged, Peter mobilized all his True Qi, and then moved it to the index finger of his right hand.
A burst of True Qi shot out and hit right at the center of the Jade Tablet.
Just then, a beam of light rose from the hole.
As the light flashed, Peter noticed an energy rushing in from seventy-two locations.
Then, after a flash, the inside of the hole returned to tranquility.
Although it was just a brief flash, even Peter felt an illusion.
However, he knew in his heart that the formation was now activated, and the entire hill had started gathering spiritual energy.
He covered the hole with the tile.
From the outside, it looked as if nothing had been tampered with.
Having completed this task, Peter exited the room and locked the automatic door.
Gazing at the tightly shut door, Peter nodded to himself.
Even if someone were to break in, they would never discover his setup.
Of course, this setup was just a rudimentary Spiritual Gathering Array.
Once he moved in, he would upgrade it to a higher level and add some maze arrays for further protection, ensuring total security.
As he exited the villa, Peter took a deep breath under the moonlight.
At this moment, Peter could clearly feel the change in the hill’s atmosphere.
He was sure that in just a few days, it would transform into a completely different world!
With the Spiritual Gathering Array now activated, Peter was in high spirits.
He did not rush back, instead choosing to wander around the hill, taking in the unfamiliar atmosphere.
As of now, the hill did not hold much vitality.
But soon, it would become a treasure land.
When he passed by the place where medicinal herbs for making wine were planted, Peter shook his head.
These herbs held little value for him.
His next step was to plant more valuable herbs because if he wanted to earn money, he would need good quality herbs.
Thinking about the Spiritual Gathering Array he set up, Peter was pleased.
This array, according to his inheritance, was not an ordinary one.
Its most significant feature was that it could reduce the maturation time of the spirit grass within the formation.
If it could speed up the spirit grass’ maturation time, it should certainly do the same for common medicinal herbs.
Peter even believed that the maturation time of herbs like ginseng could be significantly reduced.
He would know once he started growing the herbs.
Tomorrow, he would set out for the herb market in the nearest province.
He needed to get an idea about herb prices and identify the most valuable ones for planting!
As he was coming down from the hill, Peter suddenly saw someone walking from the village in his direction.
With his enhanced vision, he quickly recognized that it was Helen Baker.
Seeing that the girl was heading in his direction so late, Peter went forward to meet her.
Presumably not expecting to run into anyone so late, Helen stopped in her tracks.
“Where are you heading, Helen?”
Understanding that he had startled Helen, Peter called out from a distance.
“Hehe, yes, it’s me, Peter.”
“You scared the hell out of me!”
Helen patted her chest as she walked over.
“What are you doing?”
Upon hearing his question, Helen sighed and said, “I can’t stay in that house anymore.
I’m moving up to the hill now!”
Only then did Peter notice the huge bundle of luggage on Helen’s back.
“Peter, he’s a pervert!”
Peter asked, “Hasn’t he stopped?”
“Even if he doesn’t rape me, he still spies on me.
When I woke up in the middle of the night, he was standing by the bed, trying to grope me!”
Peter frowned and asked, “How’s the divorce situation?”
“Peter, we didn’t actually marry legally.
My father received 10,000 dollars and handed me over to the Evans family.
Leaving the Evans family doesn’t mean much; at most people will gossip for a while.”
Peter advised, “How about this?
Tomorrow, borrow 11,000 dollars from Quinn.
You can pay it back from your salary.
Pay back the Evans family in front of everyone, with an extra 1,000 dollars as interest.
From then on, you will be free.”
Helen couldn’t help but cry.