Chapter 283: Building Up the Island
If there was one thing Li Lang knew cultivators excelled at, it was building stuff. Throughout his journey in the cultivation world, he had seen countless times where experts would simply wave their hands to erect an entirely new structure in the blink of an eye. Structures that would otherwise take mortals months to years to build. What made that possible were formation masters. Li Lang would know, considering he had been brushing up on his formation mastery.
Formations basically borrowed the power of the ley lines to cast powerful Qi arts. It just so happens that techniques with an affinity with the earth element worked best, allowing formation masters to seemingly create a building overnight. Still, that didn’t mean everyone who dabbled in the craft could do it. It required a certain level of skill and cultivation, which Li Lang didn’t have.
As a result, the group had to rely on good ol’ manpower, which cultivators had plenty of. There was no need for heavy machinery when someone in the Foundation Establishment Realm could simply lift up hundreds of tons worth of construction material.
Li Lang’s group happened to have almost a dozen of them. The students hadn’t been wasting time while they stayed in the Crucible. More and more of those who only had grade one aptitude succeeded in breaking through one after the other.
However, all of their training was put on pause when Li Lang had everyone work on building their new home.
They were all quite confused at first when Li Lang kept removing all the sand that made up the island, only to replace it with other materials, but they soon realized he was doing so because his ambitions were not small. He had been testing the stability of the foundation.
“You guys are back already?” Li Lang muttered as he nonchalantly had the Crucible summon colossal rocks, which could only be said to be huge chunks of mountains. “Did you find the materials I asked for?”
“Umm, I think so,” Long Yi replied. “We poured some vinegar on some rocks that appeared like the sample you gave us, and it fizzled. Does it really matter, though? The stuff has barely any traces of Qi at all. I don’t think it even qualifies as Mortal-grade material.”
“That’s fine. Formations can tap into the ley lines to enhance the materials later. Or did you think the sects and organizations all have large swaths of forest to provide high-quality lumber for all their buildings?”
“Okay, okay. I’ll leave it all up to you and just do what you say,” Long Yi said as he rolled his eyes.