Chapter 1087 - 1187: First Exploration Beyond the Wall

The Chaos Treasure Lotus directly transformed the negative qi that seeped in from knocking on the door.

Then Ye Tianfan allowed the Chaos Treasure Lotus to envelop everyone, forming a large energy barrier over their heads.

Once the Taichu Celestial saw the barrier was formed, those negative qi were directly converted into their original spiritual power as they passed through it.

Everyone inside the barrier felt the concentration of spiritual power rising, marveling at the magical treasure's wonders.

Moreover, this energy shield covered the inner walls, directly blocking the erosion of negative qi. Not a trace of negative qi could fully enter the inner walls or the cultivation world; it was directly transformed by this energy shield.

"Well, let's set off!" Seeing the barrier could completely block the erosion of negative qi, the Taichu Celestial spoke to everyone, actually addressing Ye Tianfan!

After that, the Taichu Celestial stepped out towards the outer walls, with Ye Tianfan following closely, while the energy shield overhead moved along with them.

In no time, everyone arrived outside the walls. The Taichu Celestial signaled the Wall Guardian Elder to close the wall gate; otherwise, once they left, the negative qi would continue to erode the inner walls.

Since they established their base relying on this wall, they didn't intend to station people guarding it. By closing the wall gate, they demonstrated their determination to fight without considering a retreat, always expanding their territory.

Once everyone was completely outside the walls and the gate closed, Ye Tianfan immediately expanded the energy shield over their heads tenfold. He did this because he felt the spiritual power inside the energy shield becoming increasingly dense, almost visible to the naked eye, so he expanded it to dilute the space.

Ye Tianfan knew it wouldn't take long before the expanded energy shield was filled with spiritual power. Very possibly, it might not even take a day, and by then they could expand the scope further; but their task was to eliminate enemies in the distance between the pre-expansion and post-expansion positions, then expand their defense circle to the newly expanded area.

Since Ye Tianfan was currently near the wall gate, despite the encircling shield being expanded tenfold, it was still relatively small. Hence, there were no significant enemies within the circle—only some menacing-looking carnivorous plants.

Expanding the energy shield so substantially didn't make Ye Tianfan feel any discomfort, since it could replenish spiritual power anytime while spiritual power was abundantly dense inside. Additionally, the energy shield could absorb external negative qi to maintain its status, so Ye Tianfan didn't consume much spiritual power. Moreover, as he wasn't constantly monitoring the shield's activities, his mental expenditure wasn't high either. Ye Tianfan calculated he could still expand the energy shield a hundredfold.

However, Ye Tianfan didn't need to expand it that much. Once their array is established, he could retract the Chaos Treasure Lotus and establish its energy shield at the array's edges again. Of course, it could also be directly moved to the array's border without retracting, then the group would proceed to establish an array within the Chaos Treasure Lotus's range, allowing the new array to merge with the previous one, forming a larger space, and gradually, their occupied space would expand, with more territory outside the walls belonging to them cultivators.

Once the first stage of war ends, it will be time for them to divide territories—then everything will be discussed further. During the next stage, when cultivators can freely enter, the Taichu Sect won't allow everyone to use the Chaos Treasure Lotus anymore. By then, it's time for everyone to occupy their respective territories; once occupied, they would find ways to purify the negative qi on their own.

It can be said that apart from the Taichu Sect achieving rapid purification, only the Shanshan Sect could purify slowly. Other sects attempting to purify the negative qi are almost delusional, so some disputes will only arise in the next stage of war, not in this stage.

"Though the range covered by the Chaos Treasure Lotus is still somewhat narrow, it's enough for us to set up camp. Now let's set up arrays within the covered area and clear all the dangerous plants. Subsequently, we'll transform this land into our initial base, which will also be our final stronghold," the Taichu Celestial gazed at everyone and said.

Finally, upon hearing the Taichu Celestial's words, everyone began working busily. Those unskilled in arrays started removing the dangerous plants, while those proficient or studying arrays began discussing how to establish the most suitable array within the space.

The array they would set up must not only have strong defensive capabilities but also be able to withstand negative qi, since the range covered by the Chaos Treasure Lotus would shift position and not always be here. Arrays set up here and in the future must possess defense against negative qi and hinder external entry.

Though these functions might seem simple, accomplishing them was quite challenging, given that external creatures possessed powerful strengths and the corruption from negative qi was severe too. Thus, the array they had to build needed to be robust and highly resilient. Additionally, there must be dedicated individuals stationed here to mend the array. Even if repair is futile, they only need to buy some time until reinforcements arrive.

While others were busy, Ye Tianfan wasn't idle either. Although he had to continuously control the Chaos Treasure Lotus, it required minimal manipulation—just maintaining its active status, so Ye Tianfan joined the others to eliminate the dangerous-looking plants.

Thankfully, only plants grew here, without those creatures outside the walls. Otherwise, Ye Tianfan and his team would surely suffer losses here first, since they were unclear about the strength of outside creatures.

Ye Tianfan had to admire the previous race guarding the gate within the walls for thousands of years. Although they were no longer here due to certain reasons and had been formally taken over by the cultivation world, their devotion over millennia was undeniable.