I have the face of a great demon.

Liu Xingchen was flipping through one book after another in the library.

His eyes scanned rapidly between each line of text, searching for clues about the millennia-old stalactite liquid.

After months of tireless effort, he finally found a record of the millennia-old stalactite liquid in a previous person's notes.

The jade slip describes how, over thousands of years, the liquid from the stalactites accumulated in the deep mountains and ancient caves, allowing the spiritual energy of the entire mountain to slowly permeate and condense, eventually dripping out from the stalactites under specific conditions.

Each drop of the liquid stone is a concentrated essence of heaven and earth, containing powerful spiritual energy.

Liu Xingchen was engrossed in reading it. He discovered that the book not only recorded the formation process of the millennium-old stalactite liquid, but also mentioned an array that could accelerate the flow of the millennium-old stalactite liquid.

This formation cleverly arranges spirit stones and array eyes to guide the stalactites to draw upon the spiritual energy gathered in the mountain peaks, thereby accelerating the dripping speed of the molten stone.

Liu Xingchen felt a surge of excitement. If he could successfully set up this formation, the spirit ghost would be in luck.

In order to set up this formation, he began to collect the materials needed for its arrangement.

First, he needs nine high-quality, top-grade spirit stones.

He certainly didn't have any of those spirit stones; the monthly stipend from the Heavenly River Sect only included low-grade spirit stones.

Even inner disciples don't have something as precious as a top-grade spirit stone.

However, he didn't have it, but Ye Sisi did.

There are many high-grade spirit stones in the Wuhua Sect's treasury, and Ye Sisi has already collected them all.

Liu Xingchen then approached Ye Sisi, told her about setting up the formation, and asked her for some high-grade spirit stones.

Ye Sisi readily agreed: "No problem, Xingchen, your business is my business. Here are the spirit stones you wanted, take them."

"Thank you!" Liu Xingchen said gratefully. With these spirit stones, the formation could be set up.

He had all the other materials; everything was ready.

Then, he spent several days wandering around the cave, examining every stalactite and understanding its orientation.

This is in order to find a suitable core for the formation.

After several days of investigation, Liu Xingchen finally began to set up the formation.

After collecting all the materials, Liu Xingchen excitedly arrived at the cave with spirit stones and other auxiliary materials.

The air inside the cave was fresh and moist, and the surrounding stone walls were covered with glistening water droplets, which accentuated the beauty of the stalactites.

He selected the location of the main array eye below the stalactite and began to set up the array.

Liu Xingchen arranged nine array eyes according to specific directions, and then placed spirit stones in the array eyes one by one.

Each time he placed a spirit stone, he would softly recite the array incantation, sensing the flow and changes of spiritual energy.

As the spirit stones are placed, the flow of spiritual energy within the rocks above the stalactites is subtly changing.

Once the last spirit stone was placed, the flow of spiritual energy ultimately directed towards the largest stalactite.

"Spiritual Mountain Gathering Array, activate!"

Liu Xingchen's voice was firm and powerful. As the formation was activated, the surrounding spiritual energy began to gather rapidly and surge towards the stalactites.

The surface of the stalactites shimmered with a faint light, as if responding to the call of the formation.

Liu Xingchen felt a surge of excitement. He knew that he had finally succeeded in setting up the formation.

If all goes well, the molten stalactite liquid will continue to drip, bringing abundant resources to his spirit.

Currently, only one drop of liquid from the millennia-old stalactites drips daily. After being accelerated by the array, this droplet is believed to increase several times over.

After arranging everything, Liu Xingchen went back to rest, while Xiucai stood excitedly by the stalactite, waiting for the liquid from the stalactite to drip down.

The next day, as soon as Liu Xingchen woke up, the scholar excitedly told him that a total of 8 drops of liquid from the thousand-year-old stalactite had dripped yesterday.

Liu Xingchen was very satisfied with this speed.

Previously, one drop of stalactite liquid was collected every fifteen days, with one drop kept for the Spirit Marrow Jade Lotus to keep it alive, and the remaining fourteen drops going to the scholar.

Although it wasn't a small amount, the scholar still felt somewhat unsatisfied, thinking that he could only have a full meal once every fifteen days.

Now, the scholar can consume eight drops of stalactite liquid daily, as long as he leaves one drop for the Spirit Marrow Jade Lotus on the fifteenth day.

With so much stalactite liquid, the scholar's cultivation level increased rapidly every day.

The scholar's increased cultivation level provided even greater assistance to Liu Xingchen, whose cultivation level was also improving at a terrifyingly rapid pace.

Seeing Liu Xingchen and Tie Zhu's cultivation levels rise rapidly like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, Ye Sisi was filled with jealousy.

She had worked so hard to cultivate for so many years, yet she couldn't even match the results of two people cultivating for a few months. It was truly enviable.

They may have enjoyed their cultivation, but the Tianhe Sect has more than just their herb garden with thousand-year-old stalactite liquid. Their actions have caused misery for others.

Elder Gan, the head steward of the Spirit Herb Garden, recently received reports from several herb gardens that the production of the Millennium Stalactite Liquid has suddenly decreased, with no drops produced for several days, and the Spirit Marrow Jade Lotus is almost withered and dying.

The reports unanimously mentioned a disturbing phenomenon—the production of stalactite liquid, which had been produced for thousands of years, suddenly plummeted, with not a single drop appearing for several days. This put the spiritual jade lotuses, which depended on the stalactite liquid for nourishment, in grave danger, and they could wither at any moment.

Elder Gan immediately went to the various spirit herb gardens within the sect to conduct on-site inspections.

In the following days, he barely slept, staying day and night in the cave in the herb garden, carefully observing the production of those thousand-year-old stalactite liquids.

Time passed second by second, and Elder Gan's brows furrowed more and more tightly.

He witnessed the stalactite liquid dry up; the stalactite liquid that used to drip continuously now seemed to be under a spell, refusing to drop a single drop.

His mood grew increasingly heavy; this unusual depletion was undoubtedly a disaster for the herb garden.

Finally, after guarding the place for several days and nights, his patience and perseverance paid off.

On the morning of the fifteenth day, a drop of liquid stalactite slowly condensed from the tip of a stalactite and dripped down.

A hint of surprise flashed in Elder Gan's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by deep worry.

He counted the days and found that it had been a full fifteen days before he finally received this precious drop of stalactite liquid.

Such a yield is barely enough to keep the Spirit Essence Jade Lotus alive; it is simply unable to grow.

Elder Gan took a deep breath and quickly came up with a solution.

He checked all the herb gardens that had reported this problem and found that only one garden had not reported it, which was the one that Liu Xingchen and his team were guarding.

This is strange. There are eight spiritual herbs in the sect with thousand-year-old stalactite caves, all of which grow spiritual jade lotus. Everyone's stalactite liquid production has run into problems. Could it be that their herb gardens have not encountered the problem of stalactite liquid depletion?

Elder Gan was puzzled and immediately went to the herb garden to find out what was going on.