Living In Another World With A Farm Chapter 8509: Plan (1)

Laura hadn't instructed them to abandon entirely the custom of employing devoted slaves within the blood sea realm. She understood that Zhao Hai and his companions required such loyal slaves to supply them with faith power. Lamenting the cosmos's condition and sympathizing with humanity's destiny was a luxury for the mighty alone. For the vulnerable, mere existence remained paramount. Zhao Hai and his group now focused solely on enduring.

Yet, Laura and her allies had introduced alterations to this arrangement. Distinct from conventional approaches, they avoided confining devotees below ground, forcing them into idle prayer and faith power donation. Indeed, Laura and the rest had already noted that the faith power these individuals generated was meager. It lacked sufficient strength and purity. Against the faith power Zhao Hai possessed, it paled dramatically.

Zhao Hai typically drew his faith power from two primary origins. One stemmed from the lower realm's sea exploration sect. All members there revered Zhao Hai, furnishing him with abundant faith power. This faith was remarkably pure and voluminous, yet it wasn't Zhao Hai's prime reservoir. His foremost supply had consistently originated from space.

Across the dimension lay myriad worlds, inhabited by innumerable races. Though these races might lag behind Zhao Hai's advancement, they held unwavering belief in him. Their wholehearted devotion granted Zhao Hai a vast quantity of faith power. This form proved even purer, ensuring Zhao Hai never faced a shortage.

Exactly due to this insight, Laura and her team conducted evaluations. Such assessments revealed that the blood sea realm's practice of nurturing faith slaves produced scant faith power. Furthermore, its quality was impure. While usable, its impact fell short of optimal.

Thus, during the vessel's blueprinting by Laura and the others, they incorporated a dedicated area for devotees. Within this zone, believers could reside and practice cultivation akin to ordinary folk, while committing to faith in a figure and attending daily rituals. Through this, they gained the ability to cultivate alongside generating faith power.

Provided these devotees engaged in labor and training, they would evolve into everyday individuals. Laura and the group anticipated that these followers would unlock superior potential eventually. They could transform into genuine cultivators. Zhao Hai would then elevate these individuals progressively, turning them into his aides in reconstructing the blood slaughter sect.

At present, Zhao Hai desperately required additional personnel. Depending merely on external recruitment or assimilating lone cultivators for growth would prove sluggish and hazardous. Conversely, should their faithful slave initiative thrive, it would yield a substantial influx of adherents. Over time, these would emerge as Zhao Hai's steadfast assistants—utterly devoted ones. Hence, Laura crafted an expansive domain for the devoted slaves. Abundant spiritual Qi filled it, surrounded by spiritual plants. Assuming their cultivation methods held merit, they ought to rapidly develop into authentic cultivators, ready to aid Zhao Hai.

The living quarters for Zhao Hai and his allies spanned a vast expanse. Spiritual Qi here flowed even richer. Moreover, facilities for farming, livestock rearing, artifact forging, and pill creation abounded. One could describe this domain as an enormously expansive realm. They could thrive comfortably within. It even resembled a self-contained miniature world.

The vessel's outer form would remain modestly sized and unassuming. Nevertheless, the construction materials and the sheer volume of magical formations embedded would astonish. This necessity explained their reliance on the bronze men. Primarily, these bronze figures would serve as the ship's command hub. Upon Zhao Hai's directive, the vessel would react instantaneously. Additionally, the multitude of formations demanded extensive time for individual etching. Yet, with a bronze man's involvement, it could swiftly fabricate every array via energy conduits. The completed ship would boast tremendous might. The bronze man, in control, could alter the ship's configuration at will—shrinking to commonplace dimensions or expanding massively. Ultimately, this bronze man would rank as Zhao Hai's paramount ally. That stood as the core benefit.

Frankly, Zhao Hai found himself dumbfounded upon viewing Laura's blueprint. He hadn't anticipated such ingenuity from Laura and her circle. Though the concept appeared fantastical, Zhao Hai deemed it highly practical. Success would elevate the bronze man to a superior tier, rendering Zhao Hai and his team overwhelmingly formidable. Above all, they would acquire a supremely potent armament, akin to securing dual enhancements in strength simultaneously. It achieved multiple gains with a single effort.

Zhao Hai raised no opposition to the blueprint. He regarded it as an excellent scheme. While it omitted mechanism arts, Zhao Hai had already converted the divine machinery technique from those arts into runes. These could integrate into the bronze man's frame, further amplifying its battle prowess when implemented.

Truthfully, this realization stirred excitement in Zhao Hai. He eagerly anticipated the formidable entity they might forge if the initiative prevailed. Such an asset would prove crucial for them. Equipped with it, they could traverse the blood sea realm freely.

Zhao Hai's assurance stemmed from an extraordinarily potent feature Laura and the others integrated into the design. It involved the yin-yang Lightning Pool, which Zhao Hai had long mastered. Now, they intended to infuse simplified heaven and earth runes—manifested in the Buddha statue's grasp post-Zhao Hai's island mastery—into the yin-yang Lightning Pool. This enhancement would vastly empower the pool, positioning it as the bronze statue's energy nucleus.

With the yin-yang Lightning Pool as the bronze statue's power core, Zhao Hai could harness it to draw in all death Qi pervading the blood slaughter sect, plus the energy swirls born from death Qi and killing Qi. Thereby, he could cleanse and purify the blood slaughter sect's domain.

Meanwhile, the bronze man could internalize the death Qi and killing Qi, transmuting them into its own vitality. Concurrently, it could weaponize this death Qi and killing Qi for assaults. The sheer ferocity of such strikes? Merely envisioning it instilled dread.

Still, Zhao Hai furrowed his brow upon this revelation. He conceded the notion's brilliance and cleverness. Yet, a flaw persisted. The bronze statue couldn't maximally harness the death Qi and killing Qi. Though the yin-yang Lightning Pool acted as its energy heart, converting death Qi and killing Qi into usable power proved feasible; reversing that to unleash death Qi and killing Qi against foes remained challenging.

Zhao Hai conveyed these concerns to Laura and the group. Following deliberation, they devised a straightforward solution. They could embed the blood lotus within the yin-yang lightning pond, allowing the blood lotus to govern it. But another issue arose. The blood lotus constituted part of Zhao Hai's form—his innate magical treasure. Inserting it into the yin-yang lightning pond would enable control. Beyond dominating the pools, the blood lotus could also command the bronze men. Did the yin soul within the bronze men retain necessity?

Reaching this conclusion, Laura and the others swiftly revised their strategy. They embraced a more audacious approach: fuse the blood lotus directly into the bronze man's structure, permitting the blood lotus to assimilate the yin spirit's essence. Thus, the blood lotus could directly dominate the bronze man. Additionally, they could leverage the blood lotus's inner dimension straightaway within the bronze man's frame. This would streamline refining the internal space in the bronze man's body. Furthermore, the bronze man would evolve into Zhao Hai's innate magical weapon. As an extension of Zhao Hai's being, this treasure could function dually as a magical artifact. He could wield the sinister Wind Ghost flag and the soft sword, though not the God-slaying saber. After all, it remained merely his innate tool. Activating the God-slaying saber demanded Zhao Hai's bloody God-slaying mantra. Even so, this setup proved immensely valuable.

Upon reviewing Laura's revised blueprint, Zhao Hai found himself at a loss for words. Ultimately, he endorsed it, drawn by its allure. Should they achieve success, Zhao Hai would gain a tremendously potent armament, elevating his own capabilities dramatically.

With preparations complete, Zhao Hai and his team commenced operations without delay. Their initial task proved straightforward. They needed merely to etch the yin-yang Lightning Pool and heaven and earth runes onto the bronze statue's form, then integrate the blood lotus. These three phases must occur concurrently. Success here would allow subsequent materials, formations, and runes to self-integrate into the bronze statue. This method would outpace manual efforts significantly.

To safeguard the refinement's triumph, Zhao Hai transported the bronze statue and blood lotus into the boundless space. He then initiated the opening phase: merging the dark spirit housed in the bronze statue into the lotus. Though the dark spirit within the bronze statue exhibited partial awareness, it remained incomplete—like a mechanical entity. It possessed formidable processing capabilities, executing directives flawlessly. Yet, mimicking human traits lay beyond it. Thus, Zhao Hai experienced no mental hesitation in this refinement.

The extraction of the dark spirit proceeded rapidly, as Zhao Hai himself had forged it. Resistance proved absent, and it swiftly melded into the blood lotus. This choice stemmed from the dark spirit's prolonged oversight of the bronze man. It knew intimately every formation within the bronze man's structure. Upon the blood lotus's absorption, it would inherit command protocols for all those formations, gaining full insight into the bronze man's state. Moreover, the yin spirit's extended tenure inside the bronze man had acclimated the internal arrays to its presence. Post-refinement, the blood lotus would inherit a hint of that yin spirit aura, facilitating smoother array control over the bronze man. This would also ease subsequent procedures.