Qinglian Mountain Range.
After the Moon Wheel Sect expressed its stance, Zhou Chun's greatest worry was finally alleviated.
So, he was also prepared to start making changes to the Zhou Family from other aspects.
And the first thing to change, without a doubt, was the Zhou Family's Mountain Protection Array.
The "Yimu Panlong Formation," for the current Zhou Family, was clearly far from sufficient.
If Zhou Chun were to hold the Nascent Soul Grand Ceremony, and if any Nascent Soul Stage cultivators came over, they might secretly laugh at the formation.
Furthermore, this formation could not stop the prying eyes of Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, which meant the safety of Zhou Chun's cave dwelling was not ensured, an intolerable situation.
However, relying solely on the Zhou Family's array masters, it was clear they couldn't set up a formation that satisfied Zhou Chun.
The Zhou Family's only Array Master, Zhang Liang, had already entered old age with little lifespan left.
Even if Zhou Chun bestowed a Nascent Soul Spirit Material upon him, he likely wouldn't dare to attempt it.
Thus, he still had to invite outsiders to help with the formation.
With Zhou Chun's current Nascent Soul Stage cultivation level, as long as he's willing to pay a certain price or favor, inviting an Array Grandmaster to help with the formation wasn't impossible.
However, the important matter of the Mountain Protection Array, if handled by outsiders, poses a big issue of trust.
Those Array Grandmasters were either Nascent Soul Stage True Persons or from powerful factions.
Their formations, for themselves, would undoubtedly be undefended.
The Zhou Family inviting them to set up the Mountain Protection Array was akin to giving them the family's key, allowing them unimpeded access.
This was understandably hard for privacy-conscious cultivators to accept.
Thus, setting up a Mountain Protection Array has always been a test of a power's foundation.
The common scenario is seeking out suitable formation diagrams, having one's own Array Master, and inviting an Array Grandmaster to assist in the formation setup.
Though even then the Array Grandmaster may know some weaknesses of the formation, one can conduct targeted monitoring and compensations.
In less common cases, a nearly life-exhausted Array Grandmaster is found, persuaded by irresistible rewards to help with the Mountain Protection Array, ensuring post-setup self-destruction.
This way also ensures no future troubles with the Mountain Protection Array.
If possible, of course, Zhou Chun would choose the second, less common scenario.
However, he knew this heavily depended on opportunity and required sufficient patience.
Currently, he had neither the patience nor the channels to gather and understand which Golden Core stage Array Grandmasters had limited lifespan left.
So he considered the first, common scenario.
Fortunately, the Array Master Zhang Liang still had some lifespan, not yet too old to move. If he could have a chance to work with an Array Grandmaster to set up a millennium-legacy Mountain Protection Array for the Zhou Family before his end, he would surely be very happy.
As for which Array Grandmaster to invite, Zhou Chun quickly made up his mind.
He soon summoned Zhang Liang to the cave and shared his plan.
After speaking, he consulted Zhang Liang, "Elder Zhang, you are the Array Master; you've seen those profound family formation inheritances. Which formation diagram do you think is the most suitable for collaborating on the family's Mountain Protection Array?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Liang showed a thoughtful expression, not answering immediately.
After thinking for a good two quarters of an hour, he slowly said, "Reporting to the True Person, with my ability, overly profound diagrams, even with an Array Grandmaster's assistance, are unlikely to be successful. Considering the geographical and environmental conditions of the Qinglian Mountain Range, there are even fewer diagrams that can meet the True Person's needs. I can only think of three."
He then detailedly introduced the three formation diagrams to Zhou Chun.
After his meticulous explanation and considering the rare spiritual objects needed for these arrays, Zhou Chun didn't take long to decide.
"Then let's choose this 'Heavenly Yi Green Dragon Formation'!"
Zhou Chun quickly mentioned his choice.
The "Heavenly Yi Green Dragon Formation" diagram, inherited from "Xuanfeng Nephew," was an offensive and defensive formation inclined to wood attributes.
Once set up, the formation's range covers 300 to 400 miles, encompassing the essence of the Qinglian Mountain Range. Its power is no less impressive than the previous Mountain Protection Array of the Green Lotus Temple, possibly even stronger.
The major difficulty in setting up this formation was the need for a fifth-level spirit wood as the primary base, complemented by a top-grade wood-attribute magic treasure to suppress the core.
The other required spiritual objects for the formation weren't hard to gather with the Zhou Family's current foundation.
For other Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, finding a fifth-level spirit wood is indeed challenging, and acquiring a top-grade wood-attribute magic treasure is equally difficult.
However, for Zhou Chun, these two tasks were not particularly difficult.
Regarding the fifth-level spirit wood, he could directly transplant the Myriad Year Green Cloud Wood from the "Xuanfeng Nephew" Secret Realm Cave, using it as the primary base.
As for the top-grade wood-attribute magic treasure, it just so happened that the "Green Profound Seal" he once sent to the Sunflame Sect met the requirement perfectly.
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