Chapter 328: Building a Barrier
"Tomorrow morning we will take you somewhere with a better cultivation environment. It will help you start your cultivation journey faster.
Please be at the top of the rooftop of our building at 8:30 am. You can disperse now." As soon as Chu Miao gave the go ahead to leave, everyone ran as if their tails were on fire.
They were all eager to go and put what they had just learnt to the test. Everyone was hopeful that they would be able to sense spiritual energy soon and take the first step into the path of cultivation.
From the stories they had heard about cultivation and immortals, they wondered if they were real. But even if they weren't, at least now they knew that cultivation really existed.
No one doubted Chu Miao because they didn't think that she had so much free time to be toying with them when zombies outside were becoming stronger and they didn't even know what the next disaster would do to humanity.
Therefore, when those who had been found to have spirit roots went back home, no one wasted time and they all locked themselves in their rooms to start meditating.
Even small children like Zhao Ji were not to be outdone. Zhao Lu had also been found with a spirit root even though it wasn't as good as his son's, but he could cultivate too.
Only Lin Wan in their family didn't have any fate with superpowers or cultivation. But she was happy for her husband and son. She would take care of everything else so that the two could concentrate on cultivating and getting stronger.
Zhao Ji still had the dream of protecting his sister Chu Miao in the future, so he was even more diligent than the adults.
Once Chu Miao went back home, she went straight to her bedroom and entered the soul ring.
They were probably going to be gone for a whole month cultivating on the mountain and only those who couldn't cultivate would be left behind.
Of course, together with those professors who have refused to come out no matter what. They had been obsessed with the maggots Chu Miao brought back and even skipped meals because of their research.
So, Chu Miao figured that those staying behind might not be able to fight back in case trouble came looking for them.
She had to prepare some items for their protection in case they ever needed it.
She had thought of setting up an array formation but there people had houses as low as the twelfth floor.
She certainly couldn't block everyone else out. But then she thought that she could set up a barrier on the fourteenth floor and have their people retreat there in case of any danger.
After making a decision, she began looking for the materials she could use to set up a study barrier. If it was just a simple temporary barrier, she could use her spiritual power to set up one.
But that wouldn't last a bombardment of any kind for more than two hours. If they were attacked, then the problem would be big if the barrier broke.
However, if she set up a sturdier barrier, then that problem could be eliminated. Moreover, if the barrier was attacked, even if she was at a critical moment in her cultivation, she would have time to finish what she was doing before coming back to the rescue.
Thus, she was very serious in looking for materials to build the barrier and once they were found, she proceeded to make some passes.
Since the people staying behind don't have an ounce of spiritual energy, they would need something that has spiritual energy to activate the barrier and pass through if they ever needed it.
So, she was going to make some passes made from wood found in the space ring.
Chu Miao spent a whole day and night inside the soul ring finishing up on her tasks before coming out to rest.
Since the time flow in the space ring was different, she still had some time to rest before dawn.
She woke up at 6:00 am and took her materials before going down to set up the barrier on the fourteenth floor.
Yang Leo had been one of the unfortunate ones without a spirit root and was staying behind. His younger sister had a spirit root and could become a cultivator.
After Chu Miao set up the barrier with the help of her boyfriend Ye Xuan, who had been studying array formations, she gave the passes to Yang Leo to distribute.
He knew better than her who were part of their team and who weren't. Thus, such a job was left to him before Chu Miao and her boyfriend went back to her house for breakfast.
Like every morning, breakfast was sumptuous and the family ate heartily.
"Chu Hao, after breakfast go get your grandpa Li's family and bring them here. Aren't we leaving from the roof? They just started cultivating and cannot miss such a good opportunity to improve their cultivation rapidly." Grandpa Chu was still thinking about his old friend even while he was eating.
"I was already planning to do that grandpa. Since they are part of the inner circle, they definitely can't be left out. I'll go after I finish my food." Chu Hao replied and sped up his eating.
"I hope we get a bigger breakthrough this time. Your second Grandpa and I will not be going into the ancient battlefield.
Even though it's tempting to go and explore a place that was frequented by gods, we don't want to become a burden and hold you younglings back.
If you find anything in there that suits grandpa, you can bring it back." Grandpa Chu said again.
The higher his cultivation advanced, the more memories from the ancient era he remembered. He knew that going into such places was dangerous and if they were even a bit slow, death would not be far.
Therefore, he and his long-time friend and Butler had discussed it last night and decided that even though they will go and cultivate outside the ancient battlefield, they will not be joining in the fun when the entrance opens in a month.