Chapter 366
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Chapter 366: How Ordinary Is Ordinary
The establishment of the Hidden Spirit Academy not only added Xu Yuexian, who lost her freedom, but also slightly increased Grape’s daily computing power, perhaps just a drop in the bucket.
As a large number of beasts emerged from the newly appeared natural passage between the two realms, the Steel Wall had just been completed.
A hundred-meter-long light curtain displayed an instant projection of the entire Ten Thousand-Mile Giant Lake and its surrounding area.
"The preliminary setup is mostly done; now we just need to strengthen our defenses and prepare to receive the commoners protected by other sects from the Lin Sen Fairy City area," Xu Fan said, stroking his chin.
In the light curtain, three-fifths of the area was marked in light red, filled with dense red dots, each representing a beast detected by Grape.
Outside the Steel Wall, at least tens of millions of red dots were lingering, occasionally launching attacks on the wall.
Xu Fan observed the attacks on the Steel Wall and stroked his chin, saying, "It seems we don’t have enough battle puppets."
"Even though the average fighting strength of the enemy is at the Nascent Soul stage,"
"Grape, speed up the production of Transformation Stage puppets and set up ten more production lines."
"Don’t skimp on computing power; I’ll add more servers for you," Xu Fan said.
"Understood."
"By the way, Brother Ning should be arriving soon," Xu Fan said with a smile.
At that moment, Ning Dao was staring in shock at the Steel Wall, murmuring, "In such a short time, you’ve sealed off the entire Ten Thousand-Mile Giant Lake and its shores!"
Just a few months ago, when Xu Fan told him about the plan to protect commoners, the Steel Wall had already begun construction.
Ning Dao hadn’t expected such a grand and sturdy defense to be built in just a few months.
At the Hidden Spirit Sect, Xu Fan welcomed Ning Dao.
"Brother Ning, speak freely; there’s no need for formalities between us," Xu Fan said, as if he had anticipated his arrival.
"Grand Elder, yesterday the beast race wiped out three small sects within the Lin Sen Fairy City area, slaughtering over three hundred million commoners," Ning Dao said through gritted teeth.
"Even if I send those puppets and Celestial Watchers to those sects, it would be futile. The only ones who can defend against the beasts now are you at the Hidden Spirit Sect."
"I understand, Brother Ning. Let’s relocate the commoners from those sects inside the Steel Wall. Grape will handle the arrangements," Xu Fan said, having considered these factors when building the Steel Wall.
"Also, I want to move Lin Sen Fairy City in front of the Steel Wall. My Elder Council will fund it, and we’ll extend the Steel Wall another ten thousand miles inland," Ning Dao said.
"Can the fairy city be moved?" Xu Fan asked, as he hadn’t noticed such a function in the formation on Lin Sen Fairy City’s walls.
"I will ask the respected elder of the Elder Council to use a celestial tool to move Lin Sen Fairy City."
"In the future, the outer defense line will be jointly protected by the Hidden Spirit Sect and the Elder Council’s Lin Sen Fairy City," Ning Dao said.
Xu Fan’s eyes lit up; this proposal seemed promising.
A giant light curtain appeared before the two, and Xu Fan drew a red line outside the Steel Wall, enclosing the inner Steel Wall.
"With this, my sect’s reserve of spirit iron won’t be enough," Xu Fan said.
"Spirit iron? Just tell me how much you need; I’ll cover it all," Ning Dao replied, thinking it was some rare material.
"Brother Ning, this isn’t just a matter of tens of thousands of pounds," Xu Fan said.
"The Elder Council has no limit on the allocation of basic spirit ores like spirit iron, as long as it’s used reasonably," Ning Dao explained; this was why he felt confident taking on the responsibility when he heard about spirit iron.
"Is fire spirit copper, hundred-resilience steel, fallen iron, and wood spirit carbon also unlimited?" Xu Fan immediately thought of many other materials.
Ning Dao couldn’t help but admire the Elder Council that controlled the entire central continent; they were truly filthy rich.
“Fallen iron can only be the lowest quality; the others have no limits,” Ning Dao thought for a moment and said. This basic level of spirit ore was something he wouldn’t have even glanced at before.
“But there needs to be a reasonable justification for use. After a large quantity is used, the headquarters will send someone to inspect.”
“Ha, that’s easy enough.”
“Grape, prepare a detailed usage plan for Brother Ning. Our upgraded Steel Wall is about to become a reality,” Xu Fan said, his voice tinged with excitement.
Before long, a puppet delivered a jade slip to Ning Dao.
“Wow, this plan is incredibly detailed! You even included the construction method for the Steel Wall—impressive!”
Ning Dao said as he pulled out a small array disk and set up a miniature teleportation formation, placing the jade slip on top.
“Once Brother Ning’s spirit ore arrives, my tens of millions of tool puppets can go full throttle again,” Xu Fan said with a grin.
Just then, Ning Dao’s Communication Artifact buzzed.
“The headquarters has approved. We’ll get the spirit ore in full supply, but Lin Sen Fairy City must ensure the normal lives of at least four billion commoners,” Ning Dao said, frowning. The Elder Council’s standard was three billion commoners per fairy city.
“It’s tight, but using that small world on the Ten Thousand-Mile Giant Lake will just cover it,” Xu Fan replied.
“There’s also a small world within Lin Sen Fairy City, which used to be filled with spirit trees. We can use that too,” Ning Dao added.
“Then we’re all set,” Xu Fan said with a smile.
Half a month later, an invincible respected elder from the Elder Council used a celestial tool to move the entire Lin Sen Fairy City, placing it three thousand kilometers outside the Steel Wall.
Countless cultivators poured out from the fairy city, beginning to clear the surrounding beast race.
At the same time, tens of millions of construction puppets started working from both ends, building toward the designated center point.
Thousands of spell puppets combined their powers to create a deep pit, a hundred meters deep and ten thousand meters long. Giant puppets then poured the prepared spirit iron steel water into the pit.
Once the deep pit was filled with steel water, giant puppets placed pre-made Steel Wall modules, already etched with formations, on top of the pit. The modules fused seamlessly with the formation’s power.
Surrounding the construction puppets were battle puppets standing guard, occasionally clashing with the beast race that came to cause trouble.
In just one day, the Steel Wall extended five thousand kilometers on both sides.
Ning Dao watched the puppets build the Steel Wall, his jaw nearly hitting the ground.
“Incredible!” He hadn’t expected these puppets to be so versatile beyond combat.
“Are all these puppets controlled by Grape?” Ning Dao asked.
“Yes, this group of puppets is controlled by Grape’s clone,” Xu Fan replied, controlling the puppets. His true form couldn’t come out; it had to be either a clone or a puppet.
“The Steel Wall is expected to be completed within a month. By then, ordinary beast races won’t stand a chance against it,” Xu Fan said confidently.
“How ordinary are we talking?” Ning Dao asked curiously.
“Void Refinement stage beasts, since there aren’t many Core Formation stage beasts, and Overcoming Tribulations stage ones won’t dare to show up. As for Great Ascension stage beast kings, there’s no need—we can deal with them directly,” Xu Fan said with a smirk.
