Chapter 295: A New ... Pavilion?
Benton felt elated at his success in crafting the Shadow qi source. It wasn’t that he had doubts about his ability exactly, but the route to get to that point had been long and difficult. He’d had to raise his craftsmanship level in three major areas all the way to master and acquire various difficult to find, expensive materials.
The harder the goal, the greater the sense of accomplishment when achieved.
More than simply being proud of himself, he was happy for very practical reasons. His ability to craft the sources was integral to his plan to speed his sect’s advancement. And the faster he added more Golden Cores to his sect’s defenses, the safer he’d feel.
Judging from the amount and quality of qi being emitted from the source, Benton estimated that cultivating near it would speed Zou Tian’s cultivation by a factor of anywhere from two point one to two point three Times, the exact rate depending on too many variables to accurately predict. Which was a little bit better than Benton had told the kids.
What he hadn’t told the kids was his true plan.
He grinned. It wasn’t that he believed in protecting the sect’s secrets at all costs or anything like that. Nor was he truly worried that he wouldn’t be able to deliver on his promises. No, the reason for keeping the real details from them was much simpler—he truly looked forward to the looks on their faces when they found out the truth.
That moment would be so much fun!
In reality, he intended to stick the qi sources in a room with an array that made Time run faster inside. The formation he’d designed could accelerate Time by a factor of ten. Thus, one hour passing outside the room would give the person inside ten hours to cultivate. And since the qi source would improve the efficiency of cultivation by approximately an average of two point two Times, an hour outside actually equaled the equivalent of twenty-two hours of progress.
If Benton allowed Zou Tian to stay inside for a full day outside, he’d come out having cultivated a full twenty-two days.
Of course, someone at Zou Tian’s level couldn’t handle sessions anywhere close to that long. He was pushing it going for twelve to fourteen hours straight, and considering the increased qi levels provided by the source, Benton was far more comfortable limiting it to only ten at a Time for all those in the Qi gathering realm.