C20 Scrolls One(1)
After spending nearly half a month in this underground plaza, Shih Wen had successfully condensed all 108 metal-attribute mini formations. To avoid thinning the metal walls, he spent his time within the tunnels, 'nibbling' away at the space there to minimize damage to both the tunnels and the plaza. Once he finished with the metal formations, Shih Wen attempted to condense the wood-attribute mini formations, but found he couldn't meld them into the transparent light ball.
It was apparent that this issue was tied to Shih Wen's own attributes. Still, the special energy could circulate within, albeit in very limited amounts. Observing the energy cycle at a rate of 200 times per second, Shih Wen watched the special energy transition from a golden hue to a vibrant emerald, indicating a shift from metal to wood attribute. This revealed that special energy could automatically adapt to the attribute of the mini formation. While both energies were special, their applications were worlds apart. Luckily, Shih Wen's focus was on the metal attribute and Spiritual Force Runes, so the shortcomings of the wood attribute and its corresponding runes didn't concern him.
A wood-attribute mini formation could hold only ten units of special energy, which had now fully converted to the wood attribute, leaving its metal state behind. This unexpected transformation was clear when Shih Wen reviewed the wood formation's parameters: cm--003, 200s, 11200. This meant that the wood-attribute special energy still cycled at two hundred times per second, but required twelve hundred cycles to condense a single unit of spiritual force—significantly less efficient than the golden-haloed metal formations.
Despite its inferiority to the metal formations, the wood formation's rate of condensing and accumulating spiritual force far surpassed Shih Wen's own cultivation speed. That was his primary concern. Constructing a wood-attribute mini formation didn't require much time, and the benefits were substantial, allowing direct access to wood-attribute spiritual force, which was much more efficient than converting non-attributed spiritual force.
Shih Wen routinely checked the array of parameters in his mind, knowing their utmost importance. For instance, his physical strength value was a mere 170 upon first arriving in this world.
Shih Wen's physical strength had soared to 1620, bolstered by the addition of 1080 points from the 108 metal attribute mini formations, with his base strength at 540. His stamina had more than tripled from what it once was.
This remarkable increase was the result of diligent cultivation and consuming copious amounts of Gold Spirit Fruit. Conversely, taking a Super-grade Spiritual Force Pill had no discernible effect, akin to a stone lost at sea—a concern for Shih Wen, as each blank panel he established drained 100 points of his strength. Thankfully, he could recover that within half a day.
Shih Wen was not one to create blank panels without reason. Yet, he was taken aback when he noticed an unexpected boost of 100 points, raising his physical strength to 1720.
Upon inspecting the wooden attribute mini formation on the transparent light ball, he noted a parameter: a 100-point increase in physical strength. Although he couldn't refine the wooden attribute mini formations, Shih Wen realized they could still amplify his strength tenfold. He decided to extract all 128 wooden attribute mini formations. Doing so could potentially skyrocket his physical strength by 12,800 points, multiplying it seven or eight times over.
The best part was that extracting them required no refinement, saving far more time than processing the metal attribute mini formations. Even if he couldn't condense the wooden attribute mini formations into his Natal mini formation, Shih Wen resolved to retrieve them all.
This strategy would allow him to understand the intricacies and capabilities of each mini formation.
Amidst this task, the 108 metal attribute mini formations on the light ball underwent a transformation, driven by a synergy of special energy and the most unassuming formation rune panels.
Gradually, the panels fused, culminating in a colossal, complete hexagram.
At that moment, a special energy coursed through the Hexagram Formation, establishing an even more impeccable cycle and commencing the absorption of metal. Numerous connections emerged within the vast Hexagram Formation.
These links unified the disparate metal attribute mini formations, creating an even more massive metal attribute mini formation.
The rare metals "devoured" amounted to a staggering thousand tons, with auxiliary ordinary metals and non-metals topping ten thousand tons.
This was beyond Shih Wen's expectations, the ratio between them greatly exceeding his initial estimates. Luckily, Shih Wen's location was a geomantic gem, essentially a rich vein of metallic ore.
This enabled Shih Wen to effortlessly absorb vast quantities of ordinary metals and non-metals without compromising the main passageway.
Only after consuming twenty secret chambers composed entirely of rare metals did his need for them become satiated.
Shih Wen gazed upon the massive metal-attribute Hexagram Formation within the transparent light ball, encircled by a distinctive golden aura. Above were 108 moons, each moon's spiritual force equal to that of ten minor stars—indicating an immense reserve of spiritual force within the 108 moons below.
If each moon equated to ten stars, it implied that Shih Wen could swiftly create 1080 mini formations. Despite the internal mini formations also being enveloped in golden halos, the stars had vanished, coalescing outside into moons, thus removing any individual constraints.
Take, for instance, Shih Wen's rapid assembly of the mini formation CJ-005; he could produce 1080 units in no time, with the quantity no longer bound by the constraints of CJ-005. As a result, Shih Wen could truly appreciate the advantages this colossal Hexagram Formation offered him.
Yet, this was merely the first of many benefits to come for Shih Wen.
