Chapter 3690: Carving the Array Plate

After they left, Ye Bufan told Luo Bingyan to Cultivate nearby, while he took out the other two treasures he had obtained at the auction.

Upon opening the Wall-into-Steel Diagram, a rich, ancient aura immediately enveloped Ye Bufan.

Although it was his second time seeing this Formation Diagram, he couldn't help but feel shocked. This was definitely a good item passed down from ancient times, no wonder it wasn't even in the Ancient Medical Sect's Legacy.

Flipping through the Formation Diagram and studying the Formation arrangements within, he became even more astonished; this Formation was simply profound to the extreme.

No wonder the auction price was so low; the small scope of its use was one reason, and another was certainly that ordinary Immortal Array Masters couldn't thoroughly study it.

Even with his extraordinary Formation attainments, it took him a full two days to completely comprehend the Wall-into-Steel Formation.

"It's finally done!"

Having learned this Formation, Ye Bufan was filled with excitement, though there were still some minor issues.

The range of this Formation was relatively small, making it difficult to lure the Eastern Heaven Immortal King into it after setting it up.

That old fox was inherently suspicious and extremely cunning; it wouldn't be easy to deceive him.

"It seems I need to engrave a Formation Plate!"

Ye Bufan made up his mind. A Formation Plate was something refined by an Immortal Array Master, a core tool used for setting up Formations, and could also be understood as a Formation Master's Magic Treasure.

Through preliminary engraving, the Formation could be set within the Formation Plate, and then activated when used, which would greatly reduce the time needed for setting up the Formation.

However, while this sounded easy, creating it was as difficult as ascending to the heavens.

First, one needed sufficiently profound Formation attainments; among Eight Rank Immortal Array Masters, those capable of engraving a Formation Plate were one in ten thousand.

Additionally, the Materials for refining a Formation Plate were extremely precious and generally difficult to gather. The higher the Rank of the Formation to be engraved, the rarer the Immortal Materials required.

Ye Bufan had only recently had a bountiful harvest, accumulating countless Artifact Refining Materials in his hands, which gave him the confidence to engrave a Formation Plate.

After making his decision, he set up a Restriction in the room, and prepared all the Materials needed for engraving the Formation Plate, placing them beside him.

Making the blank for the Formation Plate was relatively simpler. About fifteen minutes later, a black blank appeared in mid-air.

Next was engraving the Formation. Ye Bufan carefully went over the Wall-into-Steel Formation in his mind once more.

After confirming there were no omissions, he grabbed the Dragon Tooth to use as an engraving knife and slowly began engraving the Formation Plate onto the blank.

This time, it took a very long time. A full half-day passed before the Formation Plate for the Wall-into-Steel Formation was finally completed.

"Let's see how it works."

Ye Bufan suppressed his excitement and struck a magical incantation onto the Formation Plate. Immediately, the surrounding space trembled for a moment, then returned to calm.

"This…"

He scanned his surroundings with his Divine Sense and found that everything was calm, as if nothing had happened.

What's going on? Did the Formation fail, or was the Formation Plate I made no good?

Ye Bufan carefully checked again, confirming there were no discrepancies with what the Formation Diagram described.

Could it be that the Formation succeeded, but with my current Cultivation and Divine Sense, I simply couldn't detect it?

With doubt in his heart, he woke up Little Dot.

He didn't have a spatial Magic Treasure, so he could only let this Little fellow try it in place of a Space Blade.

"Boss, why did you call me?"

Little Dot rubbed its eyes. Most of the time, it was in a deep sleep, and it was a bit displeased after being woken up.

"You try it, see if you can bite open the space here!"

"You disturbed my sleep for such a small matter…"

The Little fellow said as it opened its mouth and directly bit into the space beside it.

With its current strength, although it was far from comparable to an adult World-Destroying Heavenly Glutton, it could easily break through ordinary space. Otherwise, it wouldn't have returned to Earth from the Space Turbulence in the first place.

But unexpectedly, after this bite, a miserable cry immediately rang out.

"Ouch, my teeth! What kind of damn space is this? Why is it so hard?"

The Little fellow instantly sobered up, raised its paw to cover its mouth, and looked at the surrounding space in shock.

"Hahaha, it seems my Formation has finally succeeded."

Ye Bufan burst into laughter. Since even Little Dot couldn't break through this space, it meant the opponent's Space Blade would also be ineffective. This Wall-into-Steel was indeed formidable.

After the excitement, he put Little Dot away, then took out the Void Realm Iron Mother.

The Nine Heavens was currently a Medium Grade Immortal Artifact, and its speed was acceptable in the Lower Heaven Region, but it would definitely be insufficient when encountering strong individuals in the Middle Heaven Region.

Now that he had the Void Realm Iron Mother, he also took out a dozen other Artifact Refining Materials he had collected before and began to refine it anew.

About an hour later, the melted Nine Heavens slowly began to take shape. Compared to before, its shape was a bit larger, and its color had turned completely black.

It floated quietly in mid-air, yet it gave people a feeling that it could break through the Void Realm and depart at any moment.

Ye Bufan nodded with satisfaction. The current Nine Heavens was already a High Grade flying Immortal Artifact, and he believed its speed would increase by countless times.

He checked the time; three days had passed in a flash, and Luo Bingyan had also finished her Cultivation.

Ye Bufan put away the Nine Heavens, removed the Restriction, and the two walked out of the room hand in hand.

Outside the door, Ling Jianyi, Ling Jianfei, and Ling Jiansi were already respectfully waiting there, their faces all beaming with excitement.

Today was the day of the Hundred Sects Tournament token competition among the Four Great Sects. In the past, this time was extremely difficult, as going meant certain failure, only serving as targets and stepping stones for others.

But this time was completely different. Ye Bufan's arrival brought them infinite hope, and now, the three of them were filled with the belief of certain victory.

"Greetings, Supreme Sect Leader!"

Upon seeing Ye Bufan and Luo Bingyan, they immediately bowed respectfully, their voices resounding.

And just then, dozens more people walked over. The leader was none other than Sect Master Ling Jianfeng, followed by the Core Disciples of the Lingyun Sword Sect.

"Master, I brought people to cheer for you."

Today was the day of the Four Great Sects Grand Competition. Normally, as the Sect Master, he should go and watch the battle.

This time was a special situation; after so many years, they finally saw hope of winning. He naturally wanted to bring people to cheer them on and also share in the joy of victory.

Behind him, the many Disciples looked at Ye Bufan with eyes full of admiration and enthusiasm.

Ye Bufan nodded slightly: "You take them there; we'll go ahead."

After speaking, he enveloped Ling Jianyi and the others, soaring into the air and flying directly westward.

Not far out, he brought everyone onto the Nine Heavens, which streaked across the sky like a blur, speeding forward.

The main reason he went ahead was to test the Nine Heavens. Its current speed, compared to before, had increased by more than tenfold, astonishingly fast.

Ling Jianyi and the others were also startled, their eyes wide.

"This… this is actually a High Grade flying Spiritual Artifact."

They didn't know that the Nine Heavens had just been refined by Ye Bufan; they were simply shocked that the Supreme Sect Leader possessed such a treasure.

"Alright, quickly point the way."

Ye Bufan only knew the general direction of the Four Great Sects Grand Competition; Ling Jianyi still needed to lead the way for the specifics.

After adjusting the direction, the Nine Heavens was like a startled swan, disappearing into the heavens and earth in the blink of an eye.

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