Chapter 199: Chapter 146 The Big Dipper
Seven Star Island, Li Shiming was one hundred percent sure that he had never heard of this island from any materials or from the lips of cultivators.
He looked towards Yin Shilan and saw the color of astonishment and doubt in her eyes, knowing that she might have some understanding of this island.
“Lan’er, what place is Seven Star Island?” he asked softly.
Yin Shilan glanced at Junior Master Zhuge with a questioning look in her eyes.
“No worries, since we are bringing him there, naturally there’s no need to keep it a secret from him!” Junior Master Zhuge said with a smile.
“Seven Star Island is the first line of defense jointly set up by the seven great sects in the sea, intended to prevent sea beasts with Golden Core strength from approaching the seven great sects!” Yin Shilan explained to Li Shiming.
Li Shiming had not anticipated that the seven great sects would actually be in a cooperative relationship.
According to what he knew, Sky Sea Sect and Xuanming Sect were sworn enemies, and the relations between Sky Sea Sect and Holy Ice Sect were similarly not that great, while the other sects were beyond his reach due to his status.
But it seemed that the seven great sects, which appeared unrelated, had formed a defense line on Seven Star Island. Was it solely to prevent Golden Core sea beasts?
Of course, these matters were still too far removed from him. As a minor Qi Refining cultivator, if it weren’t for his decent ability in formations, he likely wouldn’t be able to become involved in such matters at all.
The Flying Boat slowed down and Li Shiming saw Seven Star Island, which was composed of seven connected small islands.
From the sky, the seven connected small islands formed the Beidou Seven Stars Formation, although it was unclear whether this formation was natural or deliberately created.
He also came to understand his task. The seven connected small islands had been slashed by some powerful existence, leaving five deep sword scars.
The five sword scars, visible from the sky, would be shockingly evident from the ground.
The Flying Boat descended, and Li Shiming tensed his entire body as he felt seven terrifying auras sweep over the Flying Boat.
“Golden Core, seven Golden Core Elders!” he nearly leapt up in shock.
Ordinarily, it was difficult to even see one Golden Core Elder, and yet here there were as many as seven.
The Flying Boat landed on one of the islands, and Junior Master Zhuge put away the Flying Boat.
“Zhuge Xuan pays respects to Elder Gu!” He bowed respectfully towards a cave dwelling and spoke.
“You’ve come quite promptly, go and repair the formation first!” an aged voice sounded.
“Yes!” Zhuge Xuan responded with a bow, then turned to Li Shiming and Yin Shilan, “Your task is to repair the formation on this island. If there is anything you cannot resolve, leave it there for me to handle!”
Li Shiming looked around, connecting what he saw with the scene from the sky. Two sword scars had slashed across the island, causing severe damage, which likely couldn’t be fixed in a short time.
“Here are the materials needed. Don’t concern yourself with the consumption of materials. Just focus on repairing this place as quickly as possible!” Zhuge Xuan took out two storage bags and handed them over with these instructions.
Li Shiming took one of the storage bags and probed it with Spiritual Power, finding it had a volume of twenty cubic meters, filled with various precious Array Formation materials.
Just the Array Formation materials in this storage bag alone were worth at least a million Spirit Stones.
He considered himself wealthy, with an estate worth over two million Spirit Stones, but this was still the first time he had seen so many valuable Array Formation materials together.
Adding the materials in Yin Shilan’s storage bag, this amounted to two million Spirit Stones. Not to mention, the materials Zhuge Xuan needed were even more precious, their value likely far surpassing what was in their bags.
This was only the repair of one island. All seven small islands had suffered varying degrees of damage, and just the repair of Seven Star Island’s formations was astronomical for an ordinary cultivator.
Li Shiming and Yin Shilan were accustomed to working together. They moved in unison, while Zhuge Xuan acted alone.
Li Shiming and Yin Shilan arrived beside a sword scar, three meters deep, over five meters wide, with a length impossible to gauge as the sword scar went straight through the island.
Using his Spiritual Thought, Li Shiming sensed that the energy inside the sword scar must have been cleared, otherwise just the residual energy within the scar would be a massively troublesome matter.
With the aid of Spiritual Thought, he began the repair work.
The arrangement here was based on the Beidou Seven Stars Formation as the main body, combined with a variety of other formations to form an extremely strong defensive array.
Since he was seated at one of the nodes and the Beidou Seven Stars Formation was damaged, he could only make preliminary judgments; the actual power of the formation was unknown.
However, for him, no matter how complex a formation was, it was composed of many smaller nodes, and his task was to repair these smaller nodes.
The Array Formation materials from the storage bag were taken out. According to Li Shiming’s instructions, Yin Shilan crafted the necessary Array Formation Objects.
Li Shiming had a deeper understanding of formations than Yin Shilan, and their cooperation had formed a pattern of one leading and the other following in countless tasks before.
Yin Shilan’s Spiritual Power was more profound; assisting Li Shiming and swiftly crafting the required Array Formation Objects for repairs. Li Shiming was responsible for drawing the missing or damaged Formation patterns, supplementing the Formation nodes.
Their repair work progressed steadily, and they encountered none of the troubles Zhuge Xuan mentioned.
Perhaps the Formation here was extremely complex, but as long as Li Shiming was not asked to re-arrange it and only to perform repairs, his analytical and calculation abilities, coupled with the assistance of IBMz15, were incredibly efficient.
As Li Shiming and Yin Shilan worked together on the Formation repair, other Array Masters also began similar work on the remaining small islands.