Chapter 388: Are You Not Convinced?

Roughly two and a half years ago, the most efficient Formation Masters had already completed the construction of the Lock Spirit Arrays in their responsible areas.

Some chose to rest.

Others, for the sake of the competition points, went to support areas where the Formations were not yet finished.

However, for highly confidential locations like the Five Elements Great Cave Heaven, these young Formation Masters were still not qualified to enter.

Li Fan only had the honor of coming here thanks to his relationship with Chief Lu and the sudden mutation in the Tianling State Void Realm.

Who would have thought that after two years, the place Li Fan had to meticulously plan to reach had become accessible to anyone who simply applied?

"Isn't this Fellow Daoist Li Fan? I've heard much about you!"

A young Formation Master named Xiang Liu greeted Li Fan warmly.

"Ever since two years ago, when your ranking surged and you consistently placed in the top three, it caused quite a stir and much discussion."

"While everyone knows of your deeds, when it comes to sheer desperation and effort, there truly are many Fellow Daoists who are by no means inferior to you."

"At that time, everyone speculated that you must be responsible for constructing a Formation in some extremely important cave heaven."

"As expected!"

Xiang Liu looked at Li Fan with great emotion, but there was no jealousy in his eyes.

Meanwhile, another Formation Master named Gu Youguang could not hide the envy in his eyes: "I assume you have a deep background, Fellow Daoist, to have the chance to come to such a critical location."

"The points earned within this Five Elements Cave Heaven are more than three times those of the ordinary outside world!"

Li Fan coughed lightly, putting on an extremely weak appearance: "Hehe, you've misunderstood, Fellow Daoist. My arrival here was also a coincidence, merely riding on the coattails of Senior Huangfu Song."

"Besides, my time is almost up, and I will be passing away soon. What use are these so-called points and rankings to me?"

"No matter where I am, it makes little difference to me."

"As long as I am continuing the construction of the Tianxuan Locking Spirit Array."

Upon hearing this, Xiang Liu and Gu Youguang both put away their playful expressions and became incredibly serious.

"Your actions are truly admirable, Fellow Daoist."

"This is also why, although there are various speculations outside about you being ranked second, not many people are dissatisfied."

Li Fan hadn't expected the point bonus within the Five Elements Cave Heaven to be so high.

Coupled with his non-stop, diligent work over the past two years.

He had actually managed to rank second on the competition's Golden List.

"Who is first?" Li Fan couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Who else could it be? Isn't it that Guo the Bastard?" Gu Youguang said with disdain and great contempt.

"Brother Gu, watch your words…" Xiang Liu glanced at Gu Youguang, then explained: "The one currently sitting firmly in first place is the one who was originally at the very bottom of the list, Fellow Daoist Guo Yezhong." Xiang Liu said somewhat helplessly.

"Guo Yezhong…" Li Fan's eyes flickered slightly as he asked knowingly: "How did this person counterattack from last place to first? And judging by Brother Gu's tone…"

Before Xiang Liu could explain, Gu Youguang cut in: "What other ability does he have? He just relied on good luck. It's said that after the battle of Tianling State, he was the first to propose the idea of the Tianxuan Locking Spirit Array. Therefore, for every Lock Spirit Array established, he gets a share of the credit. He receives a significant amount of points as a reward."

"And as more and more Formations are built now, naturally, no one can surpass him."

Gu Youguang said quite indignantly: "Actually, that wouldn't be much. After all, he did contribute to the birth of the Formation. What truly caused public anger is that he relies on the advantage he has already gained to win while lying down, even unwilling to put in another ounce of effort. He treats the hard work of all the Fellow Daoists as a plaything, trampling on the meaning of our desperate efforts…"

Seeing Gu Youguang getting more and more carried away, Xiang Liu quickly interrupted him: "Actually, Fellow Daoist Guo is quite decent, a natural genius. It's said that he didn't just propose the idea of the Lock Spirit Array, but personally designed and created its prototype."

"Furthermore, the reason he had zero points before was just because he was delayed by some urgent matters. It wasn't intentional…"

Gu Youguang snorted coldly: "What 'it's said'? Who would believe that! I also heard it's all because he has a good father!"

"When some Fellow Daoists went to reason with him, not only did he show no remorse, he actually had the nerve to ask righteously, 'What, are you not convinced?'"

"Truly shameless to the extreme. Thinking that I once studied alongside such a person makes me feel disgusted!"

Seeing Gu Youguang's face full of resentment, Xiang Liu couldn't help but smile bitterly, shaking his head repeatedly and no longer trying to persuade him.

"Guo Yezhong." Li Fan recalled the scene of meeting this person in the Cosmos Abode. "I really did misjudge him…"

In the subsequent catching up, the person was not mentioned again.

They only reminisced about the years they spent studying together, and Li Fan asked about what they had seen and heard in the outside world.

After some chatting, seeing that it was about time.

The two joined the construction of the Formation in the Water Cave Heaven.

The Formation skills of Xiang Liu and Gu Youguang were not inferior to Li Fan's.

With their assistance, progress accelerated greatly.

Moreover, many Cultivators from the Garrison Academy had come to support them.

They all carried a glass-bottle-shaped Magic Treasure that could release [Dichromatic Glazed Light] from within.

This kind of profound light had a purifying function of returning to the source and was exceptionally effective against the Fusion monsters within the Five Elements Cave Heaven.

Without external threats, the overall construction progress of the Tianxuan Locking Spirit Array grew day by day.

Only four months later, it reached 99% progress.

At the same time, the process of the Five Elements United was about to reach its final stage.

The inverted giant tree in the sky already had countless branches deeply inserted into the azure waters.

Curiously, when the Water and Wood elements first made slight contact, mutated monsters were constantly produced.

Now that the true Fusion of Wood and Water attributes was arriving, those bizarre creations actually stopped appearing.

However, as Li Fan looked at the green branches stained by the blue water, fragmented human figures suddenly flickered before his eyes again.

"Fellow Daoist Li Fan, it's time to evacuate."

Xiang Liu saw Li Fan lost in thought and spoke up to remind him.

Li Fan nodded slightly, deployed the Duntian Shuttle, and headed toward the giant crossing dust boat that had reappeared in the sky.

The subsequent work would not require them, the Formation Masters.

As countless Cultivators returned to the crossing dust boat, several pitch-black figures flew against the crowd toward the various Formation nodes built earlier.

They would use [eternal calamity refined gold] to protect the key structures of the Lock Spirit Array.

Once everything was in place and the Tianxuan Mirror was installed, the Lock Spirit Array covering the Five Elements Great Cave Heaven would be considered completely finished.

"I hope there won't be any more mishaps," Li Fan thought to himself as he returned to the crossing dust boat.

"Master, what do you think this cave heaven will look like after the Five Elements United?" the curious voice of a young child rang in his ears.