Chapter 513 - 483: Repairing the Teleportation Array

Chapter 513: Chapter 483: Repairing the Teleportation Array

When he and Mo Baichuan had explored the underwater ruins, Li Yuan had sensed the faint fluctuations of a Teleportation Array at the very end before leaving.

He had kept that teleportation node in mind, but with Mo Baichuan present at the time, it hadn’t been convenient to investigate alone.

Now, the sea region for his current cleanup mission was conveniently near the ruins, making this the perfect opportunity to finally investigate.

After traveling at high speed across the seabed for nearly an hour, the terrain ahead began to look familiar to Li Yuan.

The Reef Group.

The water-pressure traps and spatial-rift defense system he had set up during his last visit were still operational, but because Li Yuan had already undone the Restriction at the ruin’s entrance once, the defenses were considerably weaker than when he had first arrived.

Li Yuan followed the safe route from memory, passed through the trapped area, and arrived before the stone gate at the entrance to the ruins.

The stone gate was closed, the Restriction sealing it once more. But Li Yuan had already figured out the underlying logic of the Array Pattern the last time he broke it, and undoing it again took only a few moments.

The stone gate slid open without a sound.

The corridor was dim and silent. Murals and inscriptions remained quietly etched upon the walls. The air was filled with stale Spiritual Qi and the faint, salty smell of the sea.

Li Yuan did not linger in the corridor. He walked straight to a fork in the path and turned into the third passage.

The third passage was narrower than the one leading to the Side Palace on the left, and the carvings on its rock walls were even more ancient. The deeper he went, the higher the concentration of Spiritual Qi in the air became, suffused with an exceptionally pure Water Element attribute.

At the end of the passage was a small stone chamber.

In the very center of the stone chamber, a circular Teleportation Array occupied most of the floor. The Array Base was paved with some kind of dark blue ore, its surface covered with countless, densely packed Space Runes. The base was encircled by six waist-high Jade Pillars. A Spirit Stone was embedded in the top of each pillar, but most were either shattered or depleted of Spiritual Power. Only two still emitted an extremely faint glow.

A Teleportation Array.

But it was in terrible condition.

Li Yuan crouched at the edge of the Teleportation Array and extended his Spiritual Power into the Array Base.

His Array Network Overview activated automatically.

The Teleportation Array’s entire structure rapidly unfolded in his senses. It was a standard spatial Teleportation Array, at least Tier Three Top Grade, and built with exceptionally fine materials. The dark blue ore in the Array Base was an extremely rare deep-sea Void Stone, and the craftsmanship of the Space Rune engravings was astonishingly precise.

But the damage was just as severe.

Forcibly activating it in its current state would either lead to a failed teleportation or cause the spatial tunnel to collapse mid-transit. The consequences would be disastrous.

’I may not be afraid of spatial damage, but I’d hate to end up in some completely random location.’

Li Yuan stood up and surveyed the stone chamber.

Aside from the Teleportation Array itself, the chamber’s four walls were carved with auxiliary Array Patterns, mainly to stabilize spatial fluctuations during operation. The condition of these auxiliary patterns was slightly better than the array itself, but many areas still needed repairs.

Some runes weren’t completely destroyed, but were simply inoperable because their Spiritual Power circuits were broken. As long as the breaks were mended and they were re-infused with Spiritual Power, these runes could be restored.

The only parts that needed to be completely replaced were two of the Jade Pillars and a small section of ore at the edge of the Array Base.

The repairs weren’t overly difficult, but they would require specific spatial materials.

Void Stone, Void Stone, Void Crystal, and Profound Void Sand for welding the Spiritual Power circuits.

After compiling a mental list of the required materials, Li Yuan left the stone chamber.

He passed through the ruin’s corridors, resealed the Restriction on the stone gate, then shot out from the Reef Group and headed toward the nearest Alliance island marketplace.

Four hours later, Li Yuan arrived at a medium-sized trading marketplace the Alliance had established on an island in the outer sea.

The marketplace was built on a low-lying volcanic island. It wasn’t large, but it had a comprehensive selection of goods.

Li Yuan headed straight for a shop that sold Array materials.

The Celestial Peak Sect had previously purchased a massive amount of spatial materials when they built the ultra-long-distance Teleportation Array on the outskirts of the Kunpeng region. After the project was completed, merchants bought up the leftover scraps and excess inventory, which then flowed into the various marketplaces.

These materials were of little use to ordinary Cultivators, but for Li Yuan, they were exactly what he needed.

Void Stone, Void Stone, and Void Crystal—he found all three core materials in the very first shop. The quantities weren’t large, but they were sufficient.

In a corner of the second shop, he found a small bag of Profound Void Sand. The quality was average, but it was good enough for the Spiritual Power circuit welding.

In addition, Li Yuan purchased two quality Jade Pillar blanks and a batch of replacement Spirit Stones.

The total cost for all his purchases came to nearly two hundred Mid-grade Spirit Stones.

Li Yuan didn’t linger in the marketplace. As soon as he had everything, he immediately departed for the underwater ruins.

He once again passed through the defensive perimeter of the Reef Group, undid the Restriction on the stone gate, and returned to the stone chamber at the end of the third passage.

The Teleportation Array lay silently on the ground, its dark blue Array Base shimmering with a cold luster in the faint Spiritual Light.

Li Yuan took out the materials he had purchased one by one, arranging them around the Teleportation Array.

The repair work began with the two most severely damaged Jade Pillars.

Li Yuan pulled out the shattered old Jade Pillars. Using Artifact Refining techniques, he quickly shaped the new pillar blanks into the exact specifications of the originals. His Array Pattern Engraving and Insight into Artifact Principles traits activated simultaneously. His carving tool traced precise Space Runes across the surface of the Jade Pillars, each incision’s depth and angle a perfect match for the runes on the originals.

Once the two new Jade Pillars were embedded in the Array Base, Li Yuan began to repair the damaged ore at its edge.

His Tier Three mastery in the Array Dao, combined with his full suite of permanent Array-type traits, made the repair work incredibly efficient.

Four hours later, the final Spiritual Power circuit node was welded shut.

Li Yuan stood, took two steps back, and inspected the repaired Teleportation Array.

The six Jade Pillars were intact, and all the Spirit Stones had been replaced. The Space Runes on the Array Base’s surface were whole again, and the Spiritual Power circuits flowed freely. The auxiliary Array Patterns on the chamber walls had also been mended, leaving them in far better condition than before.

Li Yuan poured his Spiritual Power into the Array Base.

The Teleportation Array slowly began to glow.

A dark blue light spread outward from the center of the Array Base, and the Spirit Stones atop the six Jade Pillars simultaneously blossomed with a soft blue glow. Driven by the Spiritual Power, the Space Runes activated in sequence, and the entire Teleportation Array emitted a deep, low hum.

The humming lasted for a few moments before fading into silence. The Teleportation Array had entered a stable standby mode.

The repairs were a success.

Li Yuan sat cross-legged beside the Teleportation Array and formed a hand seal for a spell.

Heavenly Divination Skill.

A sliver of his lifespan was drawn out, instantly balancing his Heavenly Derivation deficit.

A perceptive pulse from his sea of consciousness merged into the void.

Li Yuan silently asked in his mind: ’What are the short-term prospects, good or bad, of activating this Teleportation Array?’

The permanent effect of his Heavenly Insight trait kicked in. The feedback returned faster than ever, and the clarity of his perception increased by a notch.

The image that appeared in his sea of consciousness was no longer a blurry gray fog, but an expanse of profound, dark blue. Faint points of light twinkled within the blue, like stars slumbering in the deep sea.

There was no sign of danger.

The image’s overall tone was cool but peaceful; it lacked the ominous dark red that signified peril or the pitch-black that foretold a fatal calamity. The points of light flickered at a steady, even frequency, suggesting the environment on the other end was quiescent but safe.

Li Yuan released the spell and stood up.

He walked to the center of the Teleportation Array, his feet landing on the core anchor point of the Array Base.

He poured in his Spiritual Power.

The Teleportation Array roared to life.

The Spirit Stones on the six Jade Pillars simultaneously erupted with a blinding blue light, and the Space Runes began to revolve rapidly around the core anchor. An extremely powerful spatial fluctuation completely enveloped Li Yuan’s body.

His vision vanished in a violent distortion.

Light, sound, temperature—all of his senses were temporarily stripped away during the transit.

The transit through the spatial tunnel was short, far from the lengthy duration of an inter-provincial teleportation, lasting only a dozen or so seconds.

The light faded, and he once again felt solid ground beneath his feet.

Li Yuan opened his eyes.