Chapter 1579: Chapter 991 Reaping the Benefits_2

If there were no gains, it would merely be a small waste of time.

For He Song, such endeavors were no different from ventures requiring no capital.

What he needed to expend was nothing more than time and a few rewards.

A trifling cost.

For the current He Song, such things were virtually inconsequential.

However, as time passed, and as He Song continuously acquired numerous Divinity Transformation Materials from the locations of those intelligence personnel–

He Song came to a realization.

The quantity of Divinity Transformation Materials he obtained from these intelligence personnel’s stations was rapidly diminishing.

He was already prepared for this.

In the Cultivation World, the number of Divinity Transformation Materials was not as abundant as cabbages. How could one expect to easily gather a large quantity just by making a random effort?

The previous near-explosion of Divinity Transformation Materials occurred primarily because this was the first time He Song had assigned these intelligence personnel to collect them.

As the readily available Divinity Transformation Materials were all handed over by these intelligence personnel in exchange for rewards,

He Song’s subsequent rate of obtaining Divinity Transformation Materials inevitably slowed down.

Eventually,

it could come to pass that even after several years, he might be unable to acquire a single piece of Divinity Transformation Material.

Of course, for the current He Song, the situation was far from being that dire.

Although the pace at which He Song amassed Divinity Transformation Materials had indeed slowed,

it was not to the point of insignificance.

Still, these Divinity Transformation Materials typically required the intervention of He Song’s Nascent Soul Puppets to retrieve them.

This, in turn, significantly slowed the rate of acquisition.

Of course, He Song did not concern himself overly with this matter.

He merely sought to collect enough Divinity Transformation Materials to refine one or two Taoist Artifacts.

One for crafting an offensive Taoist Artifact and another as a defensive Taoist Artifact.

These two artifacts would suffice to ensure that after he broke through to the Divinity Transformation Realm, he wouldn’t be easily slain by other Divinity Transformation Cultivators.

By then, with the combat power of a Divinity Transformation Cultivator, he could naturally acquire more Divinity Transformation Materials–or even fully crafted Taoist Artifacts–from elsewhere.

Moreover, if two artifacts proved unattainable,

then even one would suffice.

Though one Taoist Artifact wouldn’t augment He Song’s strength as much as two would,

it could still substantially enhance his capabilities.

When confronted with other Divinity Transformation Cultivators, possessing one Taoist Artifact would undoubtedly narrow the gap between them.

Thus, while He Song welcomed any Divinity Transformation Material, he was not particularly eager.

Yet.

As He Song relied on his intelligence personnel to aggressively collect Divinity Transformation Materials,

and as his stockpile of these materials continued to grow with the passage of time,

He Song took the time to dispatch puppets to check the quantity of Mysterious and Yellow Two Qi in the locations where he had set up Two Elements Qi Separation Arrays.

The extraction speed of Mysterious and Yellow Two Qi by the Two Elements Qi Separation Arrays was not particularly fast.

Fortunately, for any Nascent Soul cultivator, neither several years nor even several decades truly constituted significant spans of time.

Thus, although the Two Elements Qi Separation Array’s extraction speed was relatively slow,

over a sufficiently long period, the amount of Mysterious and Yellow Two Qi within the array gradually increased.

Perhaps in a single year, the Two Elements Qi Separation Array could not extract much Mysterious and Yellow Two Qi,

but over ten years, several decades, or even a century,

the quantity of Mysterious and Yellow Two Qi accumulated within just one array would naturally grow more substantial.

This inspection by He Song,

was precisely to assess how long it would take for a single Two Elements Qi Separation Array to gather sufficient Mysterious and Yellow Two Qi to refine a Taoist Artifact.

Following his evaluation, He Song gained a clear understanding of the speed at which one array could extract Mysterious and Yellow Two Qi.

A single Two Elements Qi Separation Array would require several hundred years to amass enough Mysterious and Yellow Two Qi to refine a Taoist Artifact.

However, if He Song were to deploy multiple Two Elements Qi Separation Arrays,

the time required would be drastically reduced, possibly to around one hundred years.

And if He Song were to deploy dozens of Two Elements Qi Separation Arrays,

that timeframe could be further shortened significantly to roughly ten years.

Ten years.

For any cultivator, even a Qi Refining cultivator, this span of time was not overly long.

Let alone for a Nascent Soul cultivator.

To a Nascent Soul cultivator, ten years was barely sufficient to refine a single spirit artifact.

Thus, after determining the extraction speed of one Two Elements Qi Separation Array, He Song immediately devised a plan.

Constructing dozens of Two Elements Qi Separation Arrays would be somewhat excessive.

But constructing several, or around ten, was entirely feasible for He Song.

After all, deploying dozens of Two Elements Qi Separation Arrays would constitute an immense undertaking, and their rate of extracting Earth Vein Qi could easily draw external attention if not carefully managed.

Under such circumstances, He Song might even attract the interest of Divinity Transformation Powers.

To avoid drawing attention to his actions,

He Song naturally could not act so ostentatiously.

Per He Song’s considerations, the number of Two Elements Qi Separation Arrays he deployed must not exceed ten at most.

Moreover, these ten arrays needed to be scattered across various hidden corners of the Cultivation World.

Otherwise, as the Two Elements Qi Separation Arrays continued to extract Earth Vein Qi, the density of Earth Vein Qi in their vicinity would noticeably diminish over time.

If cultivators around the arrays found themselves unable to acquire Mysterious and Yellow Two Qi and began investigating, a major uproar could ensue.

If, however, He Song deployed only a handful of these arrays,

even a sudden drop in Earth Vein Qi across several Immortal Domains would not attract much attention.

Most likely, those who noticed would merely assume an issue with their own Immortal Domain, rather than suspecting a broader connection.

As such, He Song naturally need not worry about drawing the scrutiny of Divinity Transformation Holy Lands.

Deploying several Two Elements Qi Separation Arrays would also suffice to collect enough Mysterious and Yellow Two Qi within roughly a century to refine a Taoist Artifact.

Though this pace was not exceptionally swift, it was far from slow.

In fact, if He Song refrained from dismantling these arrays in the future,

a substantial stockpile of Mysterious and Yellow Two Qi might continue to accumulate over time.

By then,

He Song might even leverage this vast reserve of Mysterious and Yellow Two Qi to reap additional benefits.

With this in mind,

He Song hesitated briefly but ultimately decided to refine four additional sets of Array Disks and Array Banners for the Two Elements Qi Separation Array.

Adding these four setups to the one already in place,

He Song now had a total of five Two Elements Qi Separation Arrays extracting Mysterious and Yellow Two Qi for him.

This should be more than sufficient to meet He Song’s current needs.

After creating these four sets of Array Disks and Banners, He Song swiftly directed puppets to build four new Two Elements Qi Separation Arrays in locations far from Zetian Immortal Domain.

With this task finally complete,

He Song then once again immersed himself in seclusive cultivation, striving to advance his cultivation and deepen his understanding of the Artifact Tao.

The remaining matters,

were almost entirely no longer something he needed to personally manage.

The divine sense he had implanted in the cores of various puppets would handle all preparatory work required for refining Taoist Artifacts.

For the current He Song, whose cultivation had reached late-stage Nascent Soul, multitasking was nothing extraordinary. Each of He Song’s thoughts could independently manage numerous tasks.

Take Mingyue for example.

Under just a single command from He Song, the entire Jubao Pavilion Branch was being managed with flawless efficiency.

Moreover, these thoughts were essentially still He Song himself;

he had simply allocated the bulk of his attention to exploring the profundities of the Artifact Tao,

leaving only a small portion of his attention to oversee affairs through the puppet cores.