Chapter 503: Formation
After completing the initial reinforcement of the array base, Li Yannian began to arrange the basic defense array.
He took out a flag with a complex star pattern embroidered on it. With a gentle wave, the flag fluttered in the wind, emitting a dazzling light.
"Next, we need to arrange a circle of basic defense arrays around the city foundation to prevent monsters or monks with bad intentions from coming to make trouble during the construction of the city wall."
Li Yannian said to the disciples behind him, "You guys, follow me to arrange the 'Four Symbols Locking Spirit Array'."
Several disciples immediately responded, and they each took out a set of array flags and array plates, and followed Li Yannian to start busying themselves on the edge of the city foundation.
They were skilled and coordinated, and soon they inserted the array flags in the predetermined positions, and buried the array plates in the ground.
As the array gradually took shape, an invisible energy wave began to spread around the city foundation. It seemed that there was an invisible barrier in the air, which made people feel an inexplicable sense of oppression.
Ye Changsheng stood in the distance, watching Li Yannian arrange the formation in an orderly manner, and his heart was full of admiration.
He knew that with this layer of defensive formation, at least during the construction of the city wall, they could carry out the construction with peace of mind.
After the basic defensive formation was arranged, Li Yannian cast his eyes on the black inkstone vein in the distance.
He knew that the next step was to start building the city wall.
"Fellow Daoist Ye," Li Yannian turned around and said to Ye Changsheng, "You can start mobilizing manpower to build the city wall. Remember, each section of the city wall must be connected to the formation node we arranged, so that the maximum defensive effect can be achieved."
Ye Changsheng nodded quickly: "Master Li, don't worry, I have arranged it. The 500 foundation-building slaves who mined the black inkstone mine and the 500 slaves who dug the city foundation have now been assembled and can start construction at any time."
Soon, a thousand slaves were brought to the city foundation.
Holding various tools, under the command of the foreman, they began to move black inkstones in an orderly manner and pile up the city wall.
Black inkstone is hard and has a certain degree of spiritual power conductivity, making it an excellent material for building city walls.
The huge black inkstones were laboriously moved to the designated location by the foundation-building slaves using their magic power, and then calibrated and polished by special craftsmen so that they could be tightly spliced together.
At the same time, Li Yannian also arranged a part of the formation masters to follow the team building the city wall.
Whenever a section of the city wall was built, they would take out the monster blood, spiritual ink and various spiritual golds prepared in advance, and carefully carve them on the surface of the city wall according to the specific formation patterns.
Carving formations is a meticulous and tedious job, which requires formation masters to have extremely high concentration and superb skills.
They need to mix various materials in a specific proportion, and then use a special spiritual pen to carve the formation patterns on the hard black inkstone stroke by stroke.
As the formation is completed, a faint aura will be emitted from the surface of the city wall, and a powerful defensive force will be integrated into it.
Li Yannian did not participate in the construction of the city wall. His main energy was placed on the layout of the city defense formation.
This city defense formation is large in scale and complex in function, far exceeding the general family mountain defense formation.
It not only has powerful defense and counterattack capabilities, but also has multiple functions such as forbidden space, divided areas, and restricted flight.
In order to arrange this formation, Li Yannian brought a large amount of precious materials, including some rare refining materials.
He also led a group of experienced refiners to refine various formations and formation flags day and night.
These formations and formation flags are important components of the city defense formation, and their quality is directly related to the power of the formation.
The refining process is very complicated, requiring refiners to accurately control the temperature of the flame and the ratio of various materials.
At the same time, Li Yannian also personally led a group of formation masters to begin arranging more complex formation lines inside the built city wall and in the future city center area.
These lines, like the meridians in the human body, spread throughout the city, connecting the various formation nodes together to form a complete defense system.
This process lasted for a whole year.
During this year, the entire construction site was in a tense and busy state.
The slaves sweated profusely to build the city wall, the formation masters meticulously carved the formation, and the weapon refiners refined the formation day and night.
A year later, a majestic fairy city has taken shape.
The city is a regular square, each side is a hundred miles long, and the towering city wall is towering into the sky, twenty feet high and ten meters wide.
The surface of the city wall is covered with mysterious formation patterns, emitting heart-pounding energy fluctuations.
The sixteen huge city gates are located in the center and on both sides of the four directions. Each city gate is made of solid black inkstone and is also engraved with defensive formations.
And Li Yannian's work is nearing completion.
The main part of the city defense formation has been arranged, and various key formation instruments and formation flags have been placed in the predetermined positions.
The remaining work is to gradually improve the details according to the detailed drawings he drew.
Li Yannian engraved all the design drawings on a special jade slip and handed it to Ye Changsheng.
This jade slip not only contains the detailed layout of the city defense formation, but also includes the future city interior planning map, as well as the construction drawings of various functional buildings.
"Fellow Daoist Ye," Li Yannian looked at the fairy city that had taken shape in front of him with a satisfied smile on his face, "The rest of the work will be left to you.
Follow the instructions on the drawings and gradually improve each detail. I believe that it will not be long before this fairy city can be truly put into use."
Ye Changsheng took the jade slip with both hands and said excitedly: "Thank you, Master Li! Without you, we would never have been able to build such a magnificent fairy city in such a short time."
Li Yannian waved his hand and said with a smile: "This is the responsibility of our spiritual architects. Well, time is running out, and we have to rush to the next place."
He took his disciples and grandchildren and prepared to leave this fairy city that was about to rise. Ye Changsheng personally led everyone and sent them out of the camp.
In order to express his gratitude, Ye Changsheng specially prepared a batch of rare array materials obtained in the Monster Forest and gave them to Li Yannian as a gift.
There are many third-level or even fourth-level treasures among these materials, which are rare treasures for array masters.
Li Yannian was not polite and accepted the gift with a smile.
After seeing off Li Yannian and his party, Ye Changsheng held the heavy jade slip in his hand, his heart full of longing.
