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

Laura didn't insist that they abandon the custom of employing devoted slaves throughout the blood sea realm entirely. 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 reserved for the mighty. For the vulnerable, mere existence remained paramount. Right now, what Zhao Hai and his group needed most was to endure.

That said, Laura and her allies had introduced modifications to the approach. In contrast to conventional methods, they refrained from confining devotees below ground to idle away in prayer and faith power donation. Actually, Laura and the rest had already noted that the faith power these slaves generated was quite limited. It lacked sufficient potency and clarity. When stacked against Zhao Hai's faith power, it paled dramatically.

Typically, Zhao Hai drew his faith power from two primary origins. One stemmed from the lower realm's sea exploration sect. All members there held unwavering belief in Zhao Hai, granting him substantial faith power. This faith was remarkably clear and voluminous, yet it wasn't his prime wellspring. Throughout, space had served as Zhao Hai's paramount provider of faith power.

Innumerable realms existed within the dimension, inhabited by myriad races. Though these races couldn't match Zhao Hai's advancement, their devotion to him remained steadfast. Their wholehearted trust supplied Zhao Hai with an immense volume of belief power. Moreover, it was exceptionally refined, ensuring Zhao Hai never faced a shortage of such energy.

Thanks to this insight, Laura and her team could draw parallels. Such analysis 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 ship's blueprinting, Laura and the others incorporated a dedicated area for devotees. Within this zone, believers could reside and practice much like ordinary folks, yet they were obligated to uphold faith in a figure and attend dawn and dusk sessions. Through this, they gained the ability to both cultivate and contribute faith power.

Provided these devotees engaged in labor and training, they would evolve into regular individuals. Laura and her group were convinced that such believers held vast promise for the future. They could transform into genuine cultivators. Subsequently, Zhao Hai would elevate them progressively, turning them into his aides in reconstructing the blood slaughter sect.

At present, Zhao Hai desperately required additional personnel. Depending solely on external recruitment or assimilating lone cultivators would prove sluggish and hazardous. Yet, should their faithful slave initiative thrive, they'd acquire a multitude of followers. Gradually, these would emerge as Zhao Hai's steadfast supporters—utterly devoted ones at that. Hence, Laura crafted an expansive domain for the faithful slaves. Abundant spiritual Qi filled it, along with spiritual plants aplenty. Assuming their cultivation methods were adequate, rapid growth into authentic cultivators was likely, enabling swift aid to Zhao Hai.

The area housing Zhao Hai and his allies was vast indeed. Here, spiritual Qi flowed even more plentifully. It featured zones for agriculture, animal husbandry, artifact forging, and pill creation. One could describe this domain as an enormously expansive realm. Comfortable living was assured within. In truth, it resembled a miniature self-contained world.

The vessel's outer shell wouldn't appear overly massive or conspicuous. Still, the construction materials and the sheer quantity of magical formations embedded would astonish. This necessity explained why Laura and the others required the bronze men. Primarily, these bronze figures would function as the ship's command hub. A mere directive from Zhao Hai would prompt instant compliance. Additionally, the abundance of formations demanded time if inscribed manually. With the bronze man's involvement, however, energy conduits could etch every array swiftly. Once completed, the ship's might would be formidable. The bronze man, in control, could alter the vessel's form at will—shrinking to everyday dimensions or expanding enormously. Ultimately, this bronze entity would rank as Zhao Hai's premier ally, which held utmost significance.

Frankly, Zhao Hai stood dumbfounded upon viewing Laura's blueprint. He hadn't anticipated such ingenuity from Laura and her team. Though the concept appeared fantastical, Zhao Hai deemed it entirely practical. Success would elevate the bronze man to a superior level, rendering Zhao Hai and his group immensely formidable. Above all, they'd possess a supremely potent armament, akin to acquiring a top-tier battle asset in one go. Truly, it achieved dual benefits effortlessly.

Zhao Hai offered no resistance to the blueprint. He regarded it as an excellent scheme. While it lacked mechanism arts, Zhao Hai had already converted the divine machinery technique from those arts into runes. These could integrate into the bronze man's form, boosting its battle prowess further when the moment arrived.

In all honesty, this idea sparked excitement in Zhao Hai. He eagerly anticipated the formidable entity they'd forge if the endeavor triumphed. Such an asset would prove crucial for them, granting freedom to traverse the blood sea realm unhindered.

Zhao Hai's assurance stemmed from a potent addition in the blueprint by Laura and her group. It involved the yin-yang Lightning Pool, which Zhao Hai had long since grasped. On this occasion, they intended to infuse the simplified heaven and earth runes—manifested in the Buddha statue's palms post-Zhao Hai's island mastery—into the yin-yang Lightning Pool. This enhancement would amplify the pool's strength immensely, establishing 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 permeating the blood slaughter sect, including the swirling eddies born from death Qi and killing Qi. Through this, he'd cleanse and purify the blood slaughter sect's domain.

Meanwhile, the bronze man could intake death Qi and killing Qi, transforming them into its own fuel. Concurrently, it might deploy death Qi and killing Qi for assaults. The sheer ferocity of such strikes? Merely envisioning it instilled dread.

Nevertheless, Zhao Hai furrowed his brow upon reviewing this aspect. He conceded the notion's brilliance and cleverness. Yet, a flaw persisted. The bronze statue couldn't maximally harness death Qi and killing Qi. True, the yin-yang Lightning Pool served as its energy heart, capable of transmuting death Qi and killing Qi into usable power. Reverting that power into death Qi and killing Qi for offensive purposes, however, posed challenges.

Zhao Hai conveyed these concerns to Laura and her allies. Following deliberation, they devised a straightforward solution: embed the blood lotus within the yin-yang lightning pond to govern it. But another issue arose. The blood lotus formed part of Zhao Hai's very being—his life-bound magical treasure. Integrating it into the yin-yang lightning pond would allow command. Beyond managing the pools, the blood lotus could dominate the bronze men. Did the yin soul within the bronze men retain any necessity?

Reaching this conclusion, Laura and her team swiftly revised their strategy. They embraced a more audacious vision: fuse the blood lotus straight into the bronze man's frame, permitting it to assimilate the yin spirit's essence. Thus, the blood lotus would seize direct oversight of the bronze man. Additionally, they could leverage the blood lotus's inner realm directly inside the bronze man. This simplified crafting the internal space within the bronze man. Moreover, the bronze man would evolve into Zhao Hai's life-bound magical weapon. As an extension of Zhao Hai's form, this treasure could double as a standard magic tool. He wielded the sinister Wind Ghost flag and the soft sword freely, though the God-slaying saber eluded him. After all, it was merely his life-bound artifact. Activating the God-slaying saber demanded Zhao Hai's bloody God-slaying mantra. Even so, this outcome was impressively favorable.

Upon examining Laura's revised proposal, Zhao Hai found himself at a loss for words. Ultimately, he endorsed it, drawn by its allure. Should it prevail, Zhao Hai would gain a tremendously potent tool, elevating his strength substantially.

With preparations complete, Zhao Hai and his companions launched into action without delay. Their initial task was straightforward: etch the yin-yang Lightning Pool and heaven and earth runes onto the bronze statue's body, then merge the blood lotus within. These phases must overlap. Triumph here would enable the bronze statue to self-integrate remaining materials, formations, and runes—far quicker than manual effort.

To safeguard the refinement's outcome, Zhao Hai transported the bronze statue and blood lotus into the boundless space. He then initiated the opening phase: merging the dark spirit from the bronze statue into the lotus. Though the dark spirit possessed partial awareness, it remained incomplete—like a mechanical entity. Endowed with superior processing, it executed directives flawlessly. Yet, mimicking human traits proved impossible. Thus, Zhao Hai bore no mental qualms during this refinement.

The extraction of the dark spirit occurred rapidly, as Zhao Hai had originally crafted it—no opposition arose. It was then fused into the blood lotus. This step's purpose lay in the dark spirit's prolonged stewardship of the bronze man. It knew every formation intimately. Upon assimilation by the blood lotus, command protocols for all bronze man formations would transfer, yielding full comprehension of its state. Furthermore, the dark spirit's extended presence had attuned the bronze man's arrays to its aura. Post-refinement, the blood lotus would inherit a hint of that aura, facilitating array control and the bronze man's management. This also smoothed subsequent procedures.