Making Preparations

It was just a pity that there were only four seeds; otherwise, the speed of solving their food and clothing problem could be much faster. Blame him for doing too little farm work and not knowing to save seeds when farming, sigh.

Arriving in front of Liao Pantu's room and seeing the tightly closed door, Lin Xiao raised his hand and knocked politely.

Liao Pantu's somewhat hoarse voice came from inside:

"Enter."

Before Lin Xiao could push the door, it opened automatically from the inside.

At a glance, Lin Xiao saw Liao Pantu sitting upright in a wooden armchair that was as pitch-black as jade. In front of him was a round table of the same material, on which rested a jade candle lamp and a set of white jade tea utensils that looked extremely precious, thin, and fragile.

At this moment, Liao Pantu was meticulously brewing tea.

Lin Xiao was a bit puzzled. Could soul bodies still drink tea?

He turned his eyes and saw that the four walls of the room, which were originally dirt walls, had already been painted with a layer of off-white paint. Various decorative calligraphy and paintings hung on them. Behind the room stood a folding screen, embroidered with some unknown silk thread that shimmered with flowing dark light under the candlelight.

Looking at the well-arranged and even somewhat luxurious interior, Lin Xiao was momentarily speechless.

Where did he get all these things?

As expected of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Even if he lived in a small dirt hut in the mountains, he had to make sure the interior decoration was well done.

If Liao Pantu knew his thoughts, he would probably scoff: What do these things count for? He still had many good things. It was just a pity that those things were in other parts of his soul body; otherwise, he would definitely take them out to blind the eyes of these country youths and broaden their horizons properly.

Seeing the stunned Lin Xiao, Liao Pantu poured the brewed tea into the white jade cup in front of him, placed it opposite himself, and said:

"What brings you to find this old man late at night?"

Hearing his words, Lin Xiao finally remembered the purpose of his trip. He sat in the seat where Liao Pantu had placed the teacup, thanked him, and then stated his intentions:

"I wonder if Senior knows the drawing methods for the array diagrams of the Spirit Gathering Array and the Concealment Array that can hide one's cultivation?"

Hearing this, Liao Pantu took a careful sip of his brewed tea and nodded in satisfaction:

"I know."

Saying that, he didn't even ask what Lin Xiao needed them for. With a raise of his hand, he directly tossed two blueprints to Lin Xiao.

"These are things I drew for fun in my early years. Take them and comprehend them yourself."

Lin Xiao took the blueprints, asked clearly which one was the Spirit Gathering Array and which was the Concealment Array, and looking at Senior Liao's relaxed appearance, decided not to disturb him further. He said:

"Thank you, Senior. Then this junior will take his leave first. Enjoy your tea."

Liao Pantu didn't bother to reply, only nodding and waving a hand at him, his eyes half-closed as he sipped from his teacup in great enjoyment.

Bidding farewell to Liao Pantu, Lin Xiao took the blueprints and first ran to the ten-mile peach blossom tree to pluck two peach blossoms and a few peach leaves.

Then he entered the sect hall, walked to the straw mat he usually frequented, and sat down.

Lin Xiao looked at the two blueprints. He first took out paper mulberry bark and pine soot ink, used the Item Synthesizer to duplicate these two blueprints several times, and only then opened the Item Synthesizer.

First, Lin Xiao planned to try synthesizing the Spirit Gathering Array.

He placed a peach blossom, the Spirit Gathering Array blueprint, and a spirit stone inside.

Item synthesis beginning, please wait a moment.

Lin Xiao waited with great anticipation.

Before long, the system prompt sounded.

Synthesis successful. The item has been issued to the private vault, please check it, host.

Lin Xiao immediately opened his private vault to check.

He saw that at the very end of the private vault lay a tender pink peach blossom.

Its name was Peach Blossom Spirit Gathering Array.

He decisively activated the appraisal function on this Peach Blossom Spirit Gathering Array.

Peach Blossom Spirit Gathering Array: A very small micro-level spirit gathering array. To use it, one simply needs to place it properly and inject a breath of spiritual energy to activate it.

Its effect is almost indistinguishable from a basic-tier spirit gathering array, but this array can only be used within a one-meter radius. When in use, the array releases the fragrance of peach blossoms, allowing the user to revel in the sweet scent, which will not linger on the body. Note: The effects of this array cannot be stacked.

To think it was a mini spirit gathering array!

Lin Xiao felt pretty good about it.

This way, the activation of the array wouldn't be easily discovered by others, which was perfect for them to cultivate while traveling outside.

He immediately followed the same method and synthesized a second Peach Blossom Spirit Gathering Array.

Next was the Concealment Array.

Thinking that arrays all needed to be activated, Lin Xiao felt a bit conflicted.

He first took out a peach leaf, the Concealment Array blueprint, and a spirit stone, placing them into the Item Synthesizer. Then he frowned in thought, pulled out another spirit stone and tossed it in, silently chanting in his heart: It must be a concealment dharma artifact that can stay constantly active, dharma artifact, dharma artifact!

Following the system's chime:

Synthesis successful. The item has been issued to the private vault, please check it, host.

Lin Xiao finally stopped his internal prayers and opened the private vault with bated breath.

At the end of the private vault lay an emerald green peach leaf.

Lin Xiao took a deep breath and then used the appraisal function on it.

Absolute Concealment Peach Leaf Pendant: Can conceal the cultivation base of the person carrying it from the outside world. If placed into a storage space, it will become ineffective.

The system really did love him.

Lin Xiao took this Absolute Concealment Peach Leaf Pendant and the nearby Peach Blossom Spirit Gathering Array out of the private vault together, holding them in his hands to examine.

He had to admit, products from the system were indeed of high quality.

The appearance of the peach blossom and peach leaf didn't seem to have changed, but the texture in his hands was completely different from before.

Leaving aside other things, compared to before, when holding these two items, Lin Xiao found that their weight had increased significantly.

Looking closer at their texture, both had a jade-like feel without actually being jade.

Furthermore, a small hole had been thoughtfully opened at the base of the flower and the petiole of the leaf, making it convenient to thread a string through.

Lin Xiao was extremely satisfied with these two synthesized items.

With these two items prepared, plus the sect's uniform, this could be considered taking care of both cultivation and defense.

Next, he was only missing one thing...

A weapon!

Speaking of which, Lin Xiao suddenly remembered that he had previously created a Cloud Sword Art.

He already had a sword art!

How could he not have a handy sword?

He hadn't yet had the chance to test the power of this sword art. Although he had automatically learned this set of sword arts and could feel its formidable power, he hadn't actually used or tested it after all, and still didn't know the true extent of its might.

Therefore, Lin Xiao thought for a moment, then ran back under the ten-mile peach blossom tree and snapped off three branches.

Looking at the massive peach tree swaying in the moonlight, he thought, such a big peach tree probably wouldn't go bald from him plucking it...

Returning to the sect hall, Lin Xiao opened the Item Synthesizer filled with excitement.

He didn't have any handy materials on hand right now, so he planned to make do with synthesizing a peach branch and a spirit stone just to see.

After all, let alone any high-level artifact forging materials from the cultivation world, he didn't even have iron right now.

A pound of iron in the town was outrageously expensive, and there were many restrictions on buying ironwares. Want to buy iron blocks directly? Don't even think about it; people simply wouldn't sell them to him.

Unless he was bold enough to take the farm tools from home.