45: Chapter 45 The Great Protector, the Nation-Protecting Spirit Gathering Array!

With a clatter.

A pile of things appeared before Feng Yifan.

It really was a huge pile.

Because it contained not just all kinds of seeds.

But also tree saplings of various sizes, flowers, plants... and even a tabby cat!

"...I can understand everything else, but why is there a cat here!" He looked at the cat, and the cat looked at him.

Then the cat came over and rubbed against him.

"Meow~"

"...Stop meowing, you little brat! Who's your dad!" Feng Yifan was dumbfounded.

He had never imagined he would become a father out of the blue, let alone become a father to a cat!

[Congratulations, Your Majesty.]

[Your Divine Servant Zhang Qianlv has obtained Qi Refining spiritual materials...]

[Your Majesty will receive a tenfold return: Lingyun Flower*3, Luosheng...]

He was so shocked that he didn't even have the mood to listen to the System's list of spiritual materials.

He just waited.

Waited until, with another clatter.

Before his eyes, there was another huge pile!

Medicinal herbs, stones, Alchemy furnaces... and a puppy?

"...Heh heh." Feng Yifan let out a cold laugh.

Watching as the cat and dog started fighting.

He didn't intervene.

"Excellent."

He tucked his front paws under himself and settled on the altar table.

"Now let me see."

"What other surprises do you have, that I don't know about!"

[Congratulations, Your Majesty.]

[Expanding Territory! The current ruled territory is: A hundred li radius around Little Yao Mountain!]

[Congratulations, Your Majesty.]

[Ruled followers +36, believers exceed one hundred! The Nation-Protecting Spirit Gathering Array can be laid down. Your Majesty can arrange it according to the array diagram.]

A phantom image of an array diagram appeared before Feng Yifan.

Like the so-called Langhuan Well and boundary stele before, it was a phantom.

It needed to be constructed in reality first, then it could be manifested, or bestowed, or more bluntly, 'bound'.

That's how Feng Yifan understood it, anyway.

After binding, the completed structure in reality would gain some miraculous effects.

For example, the boundary stele.

With just a tiny infusion of mana, it could raise a protective barrier of light, dispersing and isolating Yin, Sha, and foul energies.

This allowed all living things within the light barrier to remain uncontaminated, and to thrive by relying on the spiritual energy that was not blocked out.

The Langhuan Well had a similar effect, but it targeted water sources.

Moreover, it could also gather earth vein spiritual energy.

Spiritual energy was beneficial to almost all existences in heaven and earth, except for demons.

Drinking its water long-term brought only benefits, no harm.

It wasn't for no reason that the Li Clan could Cultivate martial arts without any recuperation after both reclaiming land and digging canals, and could also withstand Feng Yifan's mana blessings.

They just might not have realized it themselves.

"They probably do." Feng Yifan couldn't help but say.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have deliberately separated it and dug another well for the commoners who came to help to drink from.

Instructor Liu and Teacher Li's family, who were invited, had the privilege of drinking from the sweet water well from the start.

He suspected this was also a consideration for why these two stayed.

Overall, although the title 'Nation-Protecting Divine Artifact' was a bit exaggerated, it was still somewhat interesting.

So, this Nation-Protecting Spirit Gathering Array was also something to look forward to.

However, he strongly suspected the System was toying with him.

"Come here."

Feng Yifan beckoned with his tail towards the still-fighting cat and dog.

"Meow~"

"Woof~"

The two jumped over, fawningly rubbing against him.

"Heh heh, pretending to be pitiful is useless." Feng Yifan pressed down on both with one paw. "Did you come from my inner treasury?"

"Meow!"

"Woof woof!"

The cat and dog blinked their eyes at him, not speaking.

But it was obvious that was the case.

"I knew it!" Feng Yifan looked at these two little things.

The kitten was about the size of his paw, the puppy a bit larger than the kitten.

"A guard dog general to watch the house, and a cat guard to catch rats and thieves?" He couldn't help but twitch his whiskers.

Careless!

The inner treasury opened.

He started putting things away inside.

Suddenly, a thought arose: would this treasury attract rats? Would it be robbed?

Then it naturally followed: if possible, it should have a security System.

If Feng Yifan had known that as soon as the thought arose, the System would really assign him such a security System, he would have considered it more carefully!

"With these two little things, a rat could probably carry them away, right?" He laughed.

When people are helpless, they really choose to just laugh it off. Tiger demons are the same.

But he soon realized he was wrong again.

Two powerful auras emanated from under his paw, very strong auras.

"...Well, well?" Feng Yifan blinked.

He couldn't discern the cultivation level these two auras represented.

But he was certain they were several Realms higher than his current cultivation.

Then he couldn't help but laugh and scold: "Why didn't you come a bit later? It would be even better if you came after I was beaten to death!"

Last time with the Monster Rat King, if not for Zhang Qianlv's targeted solution, he might have been gnawed on by rats.

The cat and dog looked at him, squirmed out from under his paw, and continued rubbing against him.

The intention to curry favor was very obvious.

"Forget it. If the inner treasury isn't opened, you can't come out either."

Feng Yifan shook his head, didn't bother with them, and let them be.

Then he started organizing the things before him into the inner treasury.

Things released from the inner treasury were connected to his will.

So, from the start, he guessed these two 'great' Dharma Protectors didn't come from Li Linfeng or Zhang Qianlv.

Moreover, he actually vaguely knew many things the System hadn't explicitly told him.

For example, the tenfold reward of cultivation resources did not include living creatures or the flesh and blood of living beings.

Although in the cultivation world, for Cultivators, Spirit Beasts that can be controlled, contracted servants...

Or rather, all Cultivators themselves, to some degree, could actually be considered a type of cultivation resource.

Because some have special Physiques and can be used as furnaces for dual cultivation.

Others can have their Spiritual Roots or spiritual bones plundered.

Theoretically speaking, all Cultivators, whether human or demon, can be considered spiritual materials.

They can be used for cultivation, for refining artifacts, treasures, or pills.

This was the conclusion Feng Yifan drew based on his understanding of the cultivation world.

But clearly, when Li Linfeng killed a demon beast, no flesh and blood reward appeared here.

So, this confirmed his feeling was not wrong.

"...So unfortunately, no tenfold beast cores." He couldn't help but click his tongue.

If there aren't any, then there aren't.

A tiger should be content, right?

Besides, what's here is enough.

How much is enough?

"Any more?" After putting everything away, Feng Yifan couldn't help but ask again.

The System didn't respond.

No prompt sound appeared either.

"Heh, seems there isn't any more." He sneered. "From now on, send these rewards directly to my inner treasury. What kind of emperor does this kind of work himself!"

Of course, saying 'himself' isn't accurate, because he doesn't have hands, only paws.

Actually, he didn't even move his paws; he just swept his spiritual sense and stored the items in the treasury.

It's just that Feng Yifan is a bit obsessive-compulsive and has to categorize them.

Which is very annoying.

After finishing this, he didn't start cultivating immediately.

Instead, he got up and jumped off the altar table.

He left the temple and went down the mountain.

He had to go see why the territory had increased.