After he learnt about the format of the Scarlet Moon Heroes Meet, Lu Tianzi could finally feel that the event was almost upon them.

Along with that came a greater sense of motivation to increase his strength.

Returning to his room, Lu Tianzi did not hesitate before retrieving the formation flags in his spatial ring.

The first thing he needed to do was to set up a concealing formation that could keep out prying eyes.

If it was just a few days ago, he would have been contented with a concealing formation that could stop others' perception for just a split second.

But the current Lu Tianzi was no longer the same as before.

Even though he was still intending to place a simple concealing formation, his current definition of a simple formation had already changed drastically.

Meticulously placing down each flag, it did not take long before Lu Tianzi managed to complete the concealing formation that he had in mind.

With the formation in place, even Origin Core realm martial artists might need quite a bit of time in order to penetrate it with their perception.

That would buy Lu Tianzi more than enough time to slowly prepare himself, hiding whatever he needed to hide!

After activating the concealing formation, Lu Tianzi immediately took out five spatial rings.

These were the spatial rings that he had obtained two days ago from the five members of the Flying Dragon Hall and Wind Leaf Sect.

Now then, time to take a look at his spoils of war!

Lu Tianzi quickly refined the soul marks on the five spatial rings before sinking his perception into each of them.

First was the spatial ring from the member of the Wind Leaf Sect.

The contents were nothing impressive.

There were around twenty low ranked beast cores within the ring, as well as a scythe that was of Primary Essence Condensation rank.

The low ranked beast cores were definitely of use to Lu Tianzi, the more the merrier!

However, the scythe was pretty much useless. Even for the slain martial artist, it was likely to be just a backup weapon.

Oh?

Lu Tianzi retrieved a jade slip from within the spatial ring.

He did not stand on ceremony and immediately went through the contents of the jade slip.

Wind Cutter Scythe Technique?

Contrary to how it sounded, the Wind Cutter Scythe Technique was actually a cultivation technique rather than a combat technique.

In fact, this was the foundational cultivation technique of the Wind Leaf Sect, where the sect itself got its name.

Every core member of the Wind Leaf Sect who was not opposed to the wind element would be allowed to cultivate this Wind Cutter Scythe Technique.

There was only one limitation – anyone who was cultivating the Wind Cutter Scythe Technique would only be able to fully display their battle prowess when armed with a scythe.

That was also why the four members of the Wind Leaf Sect from before had all been using scythes as their main weapon.

It did not take long before Lu Tianzi realised that the quality of this cultivation technique was far beneath that of his Heaven Devouring Divine Art, which was no surprise either. Otherwise, the Wind Leaf Sect would have been an influence with no one to fear within the Scarlet Moon Kingdom.

Even so, Lu Tianzi still briefly went through the contents of the jade slip in order to have a rough understanding of the cultivation technique.

Since it had already fallen into his hands, he might as well just take the opportunity to understand how other cultivation techniques worked.

After successfully improving on the Flowing River Silent Strides, Lu Tianzi's self confidence had risen to an entirely new level.

Perhaps he might even be able to glean some insights and improve on the Heaven Devouring Divine Art?

Of course, that was nothing but wishful thinking on his part.

Not to mention the difference n complexity between cultivation techniques and movement techniques, the Heaven Devouring Divine Art and the Flowing River Silent Strides were basically techniques that were on completely different levels!

At his current level, Lu Tianzi had barely even started on the second level of the Heaven Devouring Divine Art, so how would he be able to find anything to improve on?

Next were the spatial rings of those from the Flying Dragon Hall.

Lu Tianzi could not help but feel his heart palpitate in excitement.

After all, the Flying Dragon Hall was supposed to be a top influence within the Scarlet Moon City.

With how domineeringly they had acted, wouldn't it be an embarrassment if they were poorer than the guy from the Wind Leaf Sect?

The first ring.. forty low ranked beast cores.

A good start!

That was double that of the guy from the Wind Leaf Sect!

The second ring.. thirty low ranked beast cores.

A little disappointing, but still not too bad.

The third ring.. ninety low ranked beast cores!

That was equivalent to all the other three rings added together!

And he had not even gotten to the ring of the Peng guy who had the highest cultivation level among them!

Lu Tianzi gulped down a mouthful of saliva before he sank his perception into the final spatial ring.

As expected of the leader of the group, what Lu Tianzi found within the spatial ring forced him to take a deep breath in order to calm himself down.

Two hundred low ranked beast cores!

The wealth of those guys from the Flying Dragon Hall had truly not betrayed their domineering disposition.

They were indeed far richer than the guy from the Wind Leaf Sect!

Just like that, Lu Tianzi had managed to obtain almost four hundred low ranked beast cores in one fell swoop!

That was about a full month's worth of income for his work at the Heaven Constellations Inscription Tower, and that was provided he worked every single day without fail!

He had really struck it rich this time!

Lu Tianzi quickly transferred all the low ranked beast cores into his spatial ring before continuing to look through the other items.

Similar to the guy from the Wind Leaf Sect, each of these guys from the Flying Dragon Hall were holding onto a jade slip that contained their cultivation techniques.

However, their cultivation techniques were varied.

There was the Flaming Shadow Scripture, the Invincible Meridians Formula, the Heaven's Rage Manual, and finally the Flying Dragon Ascension Art.

Just from the name itself, it was obvious that the Flying Dragon Ascension Art should be the foundational cultivation technique of the Flying Dragon Hall.

Perhaps the reason why the Flying Dragon Hall was so hell bent on finding the missing members was because they were worried that the cultivation technique would be leaked to outsiders?

Then again, the reason no longer mattered to him.

Lu Tianzi was certainly not going to stop himself from going through the cultivation techniques just because of that. Anyway, it was not as though the other party was going to believe him even if he said that he did not go through the contents in the jade slips.

Without hesitation, Lu Tianzi started to browse through the cultivation techniques.

After all, knowledge was power.

The more technqiues he was exposed to, the stronger his foundation about the world of cultivation would be.

As long as Lu Tianzi was not foolish enough to start practising multiple cultivation techniques all at once, there would not be a problem with just trying to understand how they worked.

Other than that, there were some recovery pills and miscellaneous items such as food or clothes within the spatial rings.

Lu Tianzi did not stand on ceremony, taking everything that he needed.

After which, Lu Tianzi began to rearrange the formation flags in the room.

There was not much time left before the start of the Scarlet Moon Heroes Meet, and he could already feel himself nearing the boundary of the Intermediate Essence Condensation realm for his Slaughter Essence system.

With the sudden influx of low ranked beast cores in his possession, it was about time for him to make a push towards another breakthrough!

The rearranged formation flags quickly formed up into an energy gathering formation.

This time, Lu Tianzi did not settle for a simple arrangement.

In order to aid his breakthrough, he aimed for a complex energy gathering formation with the highest effectiveness possible!

Unfortunately, his stash of one hundred and eight formation flags was not as much as it sounded.

Even though he was able to arrange the formation that he had in mind, the number of flags remaining was ultimately insufficient to complete another concealing formation on top of the energy gathing formation.

But that mattered little.

He was only going to shoot for a breakthrough in his cultivation level. Even if others noticed it, so be it. There was nothing that he had to hide anyway.

In any case, his cultivation level would be free for everyone to see once the Scarlet Moon Heroes Meet started.

Lu Tianzi placed the two hundred low ranked beast cores around him.

He had no worries about others questioning him for his wealth. This huge amount of low ranked beast cores in his possession could easily be attributed to his work at the Heaven Constellations Inscription Tower.

Of course, he had long since used up every single low ranked beast core that he had previously earned, but nobody needed to know that.

After meditating for a few minutes so as to condition himself to his peak state, Lu Tianzi decisively activated the energy gathering formation.

A dim glow was emitted from the ground, forming an emblem of light that connected each of the formation flags.

These formation flags truly lived up to their names of being top grade.

Personally made by Formation Master Beimu herself, they further amplified the strength of the energy gathering formation, causing its effectiveness to far exceed what it was originally capable of!

The World Origin Energy in the surroundings was immediately triggered, sucked violently towards the core of the formation like a huge vortex.

In City Lord Nanlan's residence, every martial artist immediately tilted their heads up to look at the skies.

They could feel the World Origin Energy in their surroundings churning wildly, gathering in the skies directly above the residence.

It was obvious that this was caused by an energy gathering formation.

However, just what was with the scale of this formation?

The area of effect of the energy gathering formation encompassed the entire residence, and even further beyond!

This meant that not just the martial artists within the residence were alerted. Even martial artists who were staying in the neighbouring residences were looking up in alarm.

And it was not just about its area of effect either.

The rate at which World Origin Energy was being gathered was also far beyond the norm!

With the activation of this energy gathering formation, City Lord Nanlan's residence instantly became the core of World Origin Energy within the area.

Taking Lu Tianzi's room as the eye of the energy vortex, everyone in close proximity would receive huge benefits in terms of cultivation as well!

"What is happening?" City Lord Nanlan questioned a servant in confusion.

As far as he knew, there were no such large scale energy gathering formations placed within his residence. This could only mean that a neighouring residence was responsible for this.

For it to occur in such close proximity and on such a large scale, such that even his entire residence was encompassed in its area of effect, it would be embarrassing if City Lord Nanlan were to be in the dark as to who actually activated the energy gathering formation.

Even if he was unable to get in contact with the person responsible for setting up such a powerful formation; at the very least, he had to learn of the identity of the person who controlled it!

"We have no idea, Master. This is the first time this has happened," the servant nervously answered.

"Then what are you waiting for? Go find out where is the source of this energy gathering formation!" City Lord Nanlan snapped.

However, even before he finished his sentence, the World Origin Energy that had been gathered in the air suddenly dispersed, as though the energy gathering formation had never been activated in the first place.

"Hmm?" City Lord Nanlan raised an eyebrow in response.

Just what was going on?

Due to such a quick deactivation of the energy gathering formation, it was simply impossible even if they wanted to unilaterally track down the source of the formation.

Unless they wanted to ask their neighbours one by one, they would have no choice but to wait until the next activation of the formation before they could pin down the exact source of the formation.

But in the first place, why would the other party only activate the formation for just a couple of moments?

Did something go wrong with the formation?

Or did the other party really only require the formation to be activated for that short amount of time?

City Lord Nanlan might not know the answer, but Lu Tianzi did.

The answer was the former.

Lu Tianzi bit his lips in dissatisfaction as he promptly deactivated the energy gathering formation.

In the end, it seemed that a single night was still insufficient for him to fully grasp the concepts pertaining to the art of formations.

Somehow or rather, the effectiveness of the energy gathering formation had been much weaker than what should have been theoretically possible.

Using such an incomplete formation while aiming for a breakthrough would be a waste of his precious cultivation resources!

There was no other choice. When he visits his teacher Formation Master Beimu tomorrow, he would definitely have to clarify about what exactly went wrong here!