CHAPTER 352: CHAPTER 72: SPIRITUAL PATTERN REVOLUTION

After Yue Jinghua reached an agreement with Yun Luo, she quickly witnessed the formidable strength of Yunhu Commerce, one of the two major commercial associations in Dragon Battle.

Within just three days of Yun Luo’s secret orchestration, Yunhu Commerce dispatched five Spiritual Pattern Masters.

Five Spiritual Pattern Masters may not seem like a large number, but only those who truly understand the world of Tattoo Masters would know that this was not a small feat.

On the continent, Spiritual Pattern practitioners are categorized into several levels: Spirit Pattern Apprentice, Spiritual Pattern Master, Spiritual Pattern Master, Holy Pattern Master, Holy Rune Master. Known to have reached the level of a Holy Pattern Master on the continent is only Sha Yan alone, and as for Yun Lang’s level of skill in Spiritual Patterns, even Yun Luo is unaware. The outside world can only gauge his skills as being somewhere between a Spiritual Pattern Master and a Holy Pattern Master based on his spontaneous creations over the years.

After discussing for an entire day and night, the five Spiritual Pattern Masters, along with Yun Luo and Yue Jinghua, still could not agree on an appropriate Spiritual Pattern to be engraved onto the foundation stones of the Dragon Bone Great Wall.

In fact, not to mention the five Spiritual Pattern Masters present, no one on the continent had ever thought of using Spiritual Pattern foundation stones to fend off Dark Beasts.

The Dragon Bone Great Wall, which could protect the entire Fengdan County, required a length of ten li as measured by the old butler Batesin’s people. To carve a Spiritual Pattern on every foundation stone would require hundreds of thousands of Spiritual Patterns, a quantity that is clearly impossible to complete.

Therefore, after consultation, Yue Jinghua and Yun Luo preliminarily decided to consider every hundred foundation stones as a unit and to carve one medium-sized Spiritual Pattern on each set of a hundred foundation stones.

This one Spiritual Pattern must possess the following characteristics: durability and sturdiness; on this point, as long as a Xuandan Slot is carved on the foundation stones, it can continuously supply Dark Power to the Spiritual Pattern.

It must be adaptable to long-range attacks mid-journey, which is the difficult part.

Among the Spiritual Patterns Yun Luo is proficient in, there are many that have self-attack capabilities, but there isn’t a single one that can perform medium to long-range attacks, especially from aerial assaults.

"Since there is no corresponding Spiritual Pattern, then we must either create a new one or improve an existing one," Yue Jinghua felt dizzy and overwhelmed by the pile of Spiritual Pattern sketches sprawled out before her.

"Xuan Beast Ridge is home to a multitude of Sky Bird Xuan Beasts. If the Spiritual Pattern cannot defend against aerial ambushes, the wall’s defensive capabilities will be unable to be fully utilized," the oldest Tattoo Master among the five rejected the last Spiritual Pattern, thinking to himself that it’s easy to talk without understanding the difficulties involved. You think developing Spiritual Patterns is that simple.

Although there are several thousands of different Spiritual Patterns known on the continent, most of them are derived from the same source. For example, Fire Attribute Spiritual Patterns mostly revolve around emitting flames, and Water Attribute Spiritual Patterns are generally related to freezing and solidifying.

To develop a new Spiritual Pattern, one would need to be at least at the level of a Spiritual Pattern Master.

To maintain secrecy, Yue Jinghua did not disclose the matter of the Dragon Bone Great Wall to those Tattoo Masters. Listening to the discussion of the Spiritual Pattern Masters, she could tell that they were not putting in their full effort.

"There’s no need to worry about long-range attacks. In another month, Xuanwu Crystal Cannons will be delivered," Yue Jinghua had already sent out a batch of Ice Bamboo, and the Helian Family was very satisfied with the quality of that batch.

"Lord, are you referring to the unique Xuanwu Crystal Cannon of the Ruison Federation?" Since these five Tattoo Masters came from Yunhu Commerce, their knowledge was certainly exceptional. Hearing what Yue Jinghua said, all of their mouths fell open in disbelief.

One of the most famous cannons from the Federation Artillery Camp of the Ruison Federation – the Xuanwu Crystal Cannon.

The barrel is 50 times the caliber in length, with a maximum range of 18 li. With the use of special Dark Crystal Bombs, it can even reach a range of 30 li. To put it simply, one Xuanwu Crystal Cannon is capable of rivaling a Ninth Rank Sky Bird Xuan Beast or a Ninth Rank Peak Land Profound Beast.

Put simply, now that Yue Jinghua possesses the Xuanwu Crystal Cannon, she could, if willing to spend the money, directly obliterate the Lord Mansion of Bailu County from within Fengdan County.

The most extraordinary thing is that even in the Ruison Federation itself, only ten Xuanwu Crystal Cannons are produced in one year, and not every year at that.

Once Yue Jinghua intentionally made a display of this fact, it immediately changed the minds of several Tattoo Masters.

The five Tattoo Masters were dispatched by the Family Head to Fengdan County and initially, they had little interest in both the remote Fengdan County and its young and excessively enthusiastic Lord, naturally paying no great attention to the study of Spiritual Patterns.

However, witnessing a young Lord who somehow obtained a significant item like the Xuanwu Crystal Cannon, none dared to belittle the situation any longer. After exchanging glances with each other, they immediately resumed contemplating the Spiritual Pattern Sketch.

After another two hours, the leading Spiritual Pattern Master made up his mind, "Lord, after repeated discussions, we have devised a special Spiritual Pattern that might be suitable for the defenses of Fengdan County."

The Spiritual Patterns conceived by the several Spiritual Pattern Masters are known as "Lotus Fall," a Fire Attribute Spiritual Pattern that has been applied on the battlefield in the past.

Embedding Dark Power of the Fire Attribute into Spiritual Patterns in the form of blossoming lotuses, once enemies intrude, the Spiritual Patterns would bloom into Fire Lotuses, breaking the pattern to attack the invaders.

"The maximum range of Lotus Fall can reach one mile, lying between short and long range, making it best suited for engraving on foundation stones. Moreover, foundation stones engraved with lotuses are quite aesthetically pleasing, serving as a scenic spot in Fengdan County in ordinary years," agreed all the Spiritual Pattern Masters, considering Lotus Fall the most fitting Spiritual Pattern.

Looking at the sketched Spiritual Pattern of Lotus Fall drawn up astoundingly, Yue Jinghua did not immediately agree. She had witnessed the Xuan Beast Tide, understanding that in the face of overwhelming numbers of Xuan Beasts surging like a tide, ordinary Lotus Fall was far from sufficient to withstand the attacks from both land and air Xuan Beasts.

Unable to reach a conclusion after a while, Yue Jinghua dismissed the Tattoo Masters and was left alone, lost in thought over the Spiritual Pattern Sketch.

The sketch of Lotus Fall was made by Yun Luo, whose ink and wash painting skills were quite exceptional—an ordinary Lotus Spiritual Pattern was depicted vividly and delicately.

However, in Yue Jinghua’s eyes, she always felt that something was lacking in this Spiritual Pattern.

"Hiss---" Yue Jinghua paused, her fingertips gesturing.

"Ow ow, this is also a lotus? Ugly to death, compared to the Green Lotus, it’s who knows how many times inferior," complained the Gold Eater Worm, which had been sullen for several days over the zebra pattern incident, not willing to be left out and scoffed upon seeing the Spiritual Patterns resembling lotuses.

This Fat Worm naturally looked down on others, as from birth, whether people or landscapes seen were either beautiful women and handsome men, or spiritual flowers and spiritual wood, looking down upon everything.

Yue Jinghua’s Chaos Green Lotus was born from the Dun Qinglian Fire, its posture as graceful as both lotus and fire, sometimes elegantly blooming and other times shyly budding.

"Green Lotus?" Yue Jinghua immediately summoned the Chaos Green Lotus Fire and within the green flames, the form of a lotus flower changed constantly.

Her gaze shifted between the Spiritual Pattern Sketch and the Green Lotus, and with a sudden slap on the table, she startled the Fat Worm half to death.

"Ow ow, you ugly brute, what are you doing? You’ve scared my little heart into thumping wildly," berated the Fat Worm, but without waiting for it to finish complaining, Yue Jinghua picked up a brush and with swift strokes, drew a completely new Spiritual Pattern.