Chapter 2227 - 1931:

Chapter 2227: Chapter 1931:

Song Yun shrugged: "In today’s society, using a gun is far more powerful than using a sword. If you need someone with combat ability to protect you, why choose me?"

Wang Ling smiled awkwardly and said: "I don’t really know why. Perhaps it’s because you know my father, so I trust you more. After all, I don’t completely trust the others in the team."

"Hehe." Song Yun chuckled: "How can you be sure that I’m trustworthy?"

"You donated four hundred million Huaxia Coins to impoverished areas with just a single word. I think you’re a good person."

Wang Ling looked at Song Yun, her beautiful eyes inadvertently flashing with a hint of admiration.

"I’ve checked the pictures. This Nephrite Jade Mine is rich in reserves and highly valuable. You bought the land for ten million, and could at least earn billions. Money doesn’t matter to me, but if you want me to join, you’ll need to show something, right?"

Song Yun’s lips curled into a mischievous grin, and he deliberately eyed Wang Ling.

Wang Ling bit her lip and said: "Apart from myself, you can ask for anything else."

"I want this flower."

Song Yun raised his hand and pointed at the laptop screen, his finger pressing down on the keyboard, stopping the automatic slideshow.

Wang Ling looked at the screen to see a small purple flower between the cracks of the rocks in the mine, its details indistinct.

She looked puzzled at Song Yun and asked: "Why do you want this flower?"

Song Yun chuckled: "I just think it’s pretty and I want it. For you, this shouldn’t be too unreasonable."

Indeed, it was not only reasonable but hardly a condition.

"Alright, you join my team, and the flower is yours."

Wang Ling was still perplexed, but she didn’t ask more questions. In her view, capable people often have quirks.

Perhaps collecting flowers was Song Yun’s peculiarity.

Song Yun asked: "Do you know the exact location of this flower?"

"Let me check first." Wang Ling sat directly in front of the screen, her body tightly against Song Yun’s, though she didn’t notice this detail, focusing her eyes on the display. She said: "This place is extremely hard to find, but I have some impression of it. The purple hue of the flower stands out in the dark mine. I remember seeing this flower, and I remember its location."

Song Yun nodded and said: "When we get to Hetian, I’ll help you investigate. You guide me to dig up this flower."

"Agreed."

Wang Ling felt slightly excited as Song Yun accepted.

Song Yun asked again: "By the way, when do we depart?"

Wang Ling replied: "I’ve almost finished preparing. In three days, all eight team members will be here, and then we’ll head out to Hetian."

Wang Ling planned to start mining Nephrite Jade, so she needed to quickly figure out the cause of previous incidents.

"Okay, see you then."

Song Yun left his phone number with Wang Ling and turned to leave the room.

Once the door was closed, Wang Ling stared at the flower on the screen, pondering: "What is special about this flower? Why does he want it?"

Out of curiosity, Wang Ling searched online for a long time but found nothing related to that flower.

"An undiscovered species? Is he a botanist?"

Wang Ling shook her head, thinking her ideas were too absurd.

...

"Nine-Orifice Purple Luo Flower, I never expected to find clues so quickly."

Song Yun left the Imperial Court Hotel, sitting in his newly bought Ferrari, unable to hide his excitement.

The flower he just saw in the picture was one of the spirit grasses he had been searching for to awaken Su Zining’s Divine Sense.

If it weren’t for this Nine-Orifice Purple Luo Flower, he wouldn’t be bothering to travel to Hetian.

Now, his mindset had shifted from when he had just returned to Yanjing.

Back then, he only wanted leisure and fun, but now he wanted to become stronger and explore the mysteries of the world.

Thus, cultivation had become unavoidable. 𝘧𝓇ℯℴ𝓂

Of course, the whole Azure Dragon Villa was now enveloped in a thick atmosphere of cultivation, with everyone growing in strength.

Moreover, everyone enjoyed this state, and harmony filled the air.

Wang Liangwei was very efficient, and when Song Yun returned to Azure Dragon Villa, all the jade was delivered, directly placed in the yard under Xia Tian’s direction.

Since Azure Dragon was still unconscious, Xia Tian temporarily delegated tasks to her subordinates, spending most of her time at Azure Dragon Villa to oversee everything.

As Song Yun stepped into the courtyard, everyone was curiously observing the jade.

Seeing him return, Gu Meng asked: "Star Lord, what are you doing with so much jade?"

Since they were all insiders, Song Yun didn’t hide anything, straightforwardly saying: "Setting up an array."

Upon hearing this, the Nine Stars members’ eyes lit up.

They knew Song Yun was well-versed in arrays, as he had set up Spirit Gathering Arrays at the villa, making the place rich with Spiritual Energy, thus speeding their training beyond anywhere else.

Now he was about to set up more arrays, stirring their curiosity.

However, what connection did arrays have with jade?

Juan Mao asked: "Boss, if you’re setting up arrays, why buy so much jade?"

Song Yun explained: "The arrays you know are mere Fengshui Formations, akin to Small Gathering Spirit Array, and part of Fengshui arrays. True arrays, like the Nine Palace Illusion Array Little Yun and I encountered outside Taoyuan, require jade or other objects imbued with Spiritual Energy as array plates."

Everyone had never heard of this, and they were all astonished, growing their respect and admiration for Song Yun.

They realized that their gap with Song Yun was beyond realm and strength; it spanned other fields as well.

"I’m going to make array plates, and once the Spirit Gathering Array is set up, your cultivation speed will increase."

After speaking, Song Yun carried all the jade into his room.

A total of eight pieces of jade, he used the Black Light Severing Sword to cut them down to identical jade tiles, similar in size to Mahjong but only two millimeters thick, creating over six hundred tiles.

Then, he began crafting the array plates based on the array inscriptions recorded in "Yin Xi’s Manual."

Making array plates involves releasing True Qi to carve array inscriptions on the jade tiles.

The manual states that Spirit Gathering Array is the simplest Spiritual Energy assembling array, far inferior to Nine Dragon Gathering Spirit Array, Heavenly Spirit Fire Array, Six Harmonies Spirit Opening Array, and others. Thus, its array plates are simple to make.

Yet, when Song Yun started crafting, he discovered ’simple’ was relative.

Perhaps easy for Master Hao Lan, but not for him.

After two days, over two hundred jade tiles were ruined before he successfully carved the first array inscription, creating the first array plate.

The entire Spirit Gathering Array requires thirty-six array plates, lacking quite a few.

However, he noticed carving inscriptions helped condense True Qi, with some auxiliary benefits for cultivation.

Since his return from the Daxia Ruins, he had already reached the peak of sss-level, and two days of plate making brought him close to a breakthrough.

When he completed the second plate, his True Qi became uncontrollably active.

He felt as though True Qi was condensing, readying to transform.

"I’m on the verge of a breakthrough!"

Song Yun realized he might be breaking through to Foundation Establishment.

He promptly set the jade aside, sat cross-legged, and began cultivating.

Unbeknownst to him, the night passed.

When Song Yun opened his eyes, a spark of brilliance flashed through them, his strength vastly increased.

"Still a little short, but reaching Half-step Foundation Establishment is good. As soon as I take Elixir Pills, I’ll advance to Foundation Establishment, allowing me to learn a technique from ’Yin Xi’s Manual.’ When facing formidable opponents, I can break through during battle, holding a trump card."

Song Yun exited the room, drove the Ferrari, and headed to the Imperial Court Hotel to find Wang Ling.