5. Ancestor's bad habits
A burst of sunlight forced Lan to cover his eyes with the blanket. 'How the hell did sunlight come inside a closed room?' He was both angry and curious about the reason. After lazily searching the whole room, he noticed some designs carved on the roof of his bedroom.
'Is this a legendary formation?' His drowsiness vanished like a gust of wind; he was very interested in formations from novels of his previous life. 'No, I don't like puzzles and all; I hate them. But formations are different. You just have to pay somebody to carve them on your things, and Tadaa~ you get an awesome trinket without effort. But I was only familiar with those things from light novels and never saw a real one. I need help with that.'
"System, come out."
He found himself in the shady shop again, facing the robot. He shouted, "System, search for something that will make me awesome in formations."
< Searching for Query – Formation Knowledge >
"Huh? System, what the hell is that carved on my roof? Search for that."
< Searching for Query – Spirit Arts >
"So, it is called Spirit Arts. Fancy name! Why are there only books? Give me ready-made stuff! Like one 'we install once and never worry again' type."
< Searching for Query – Spiritual Diagrams > Small Shield – FP 500: Defensive Diagram for a smaller area. Restriction: Blocks only 8 attacks below the user's Cultivation Rank. Single use. Big Shield – FP 1000: Defensive Diagram for a larger area. Restriction: Blocks only 20 attacks below the user's Cultivation Rank. Needs recharging after use. Killing Diagram – FP 15,000: Kills everyone within the selected area. Restrictions: 2 hours per person to set up the Diagram. Limited to anyone below the user's Rank of Cultivation. Trap Them All – FP 15,000: Traps everyone within the selected area. Restrictions: 2 hours per person to set up the Diagram. Limited to anyone below the user's Rank of Cultivation. Mirror World – FP 32,000: User can travel anywhere within the selected area using mirrors. Restrictions: Time required to travel increases as TIME = Selected Area X Distance between Mirrors X Minute. Units in meters. Magician's Court – FP 45,000: Comes with a Child and Mother Spiritual Diagrams. Summons everyone given the Child Spiritual Diagram to the Mother Spiritual Diagram. Restrictions: Mother Diagram cannot be moved once placed. Each summon takes 30 minutes. Cooldown - 12 hours. (Other Diagrams) (Other Diagrams) God's Domain – FP 999,999: Deploys a defensive barrier covering the selected area. The barrier will block anyone from God Rank and below from entering against the user's will. The user can kill anyone in the barrier below God Rank if desired. Requirement: God Rank Level 9 Cultivation. User must always be present in the deployed area.> Lan was disappointed seeing all those restrictions. All the powers were so nerfed that even Lan was unwilling to buy them. 'Even simple Trapping Spirit Art takes a freaking 2 hours per person to set up. If my target brings extra sidekicks, it won't work. Even the Small Shield is single-use. And System, why are there only 1,342 Spirit Arts? Shouldn't there be plenty of them?' < Query Acknowledged > < Spirit Arts known by a million or more people will be shown in the system shop along with ones personally experienced by the host > 'This is pretty harsh, System!' Lan shouted a few times to release his frustrations. 'If these Spirit Arts are known by that many people, everyone will notice it right away when I deploy it, won't they?' He figured that the system didn't want him to rely on Spirit Arts, or generally, Spirit Arts were that restricted. 'I believe it to be the former. Why? Because I want to!' But as smart as he was, he found a way through this. He bought all the books on Spirit Arts. 'If you want me to bend by having a small door, I will just break the walls and enter.' That was something Lan followed wholeheartedly. 'Books make a man. No! I will not be the man. I am the Great Ancestor with plenty of promising youths in my family who need this type of knowledge. I will make them study this so they will have a good future. It's all for them. No! This was not about when they joined in hooting against me, not at all.' While planning all that, he finished his daily routines. He still did not have a solution to solve Situ family's problem. To solve it, he needed more data, so today he planned to assess the actual situation in Black Cloud City. To know the real thing, he had to go incognito. Incognito was the keyword here. For a long time, he dreamed of doing something like this, so today he was excited. Before that, he had to find out about all the members of the family. 'Know yourself, then your enemy, and you will be unstoppable.' So, he used his old tactics and bought plenty of hidden cameras. They were very cost-efficient and wireless, with batteries that could keep them running for months without worry. Lan never found such batteries back on Earth; their life was too good. He bought big screens and fixed them to the walls. He bought a big antenna with a wireless hub. After going through the setup guide, he fixed the antenna and distributor near his building with the help of a big 500 m long metal pillar. His newfound increased physical strength left him grinning like a fool, resulting in weird glances from patrolling guards. After all that work, he was left with a room adorned with LCD screens and a rumbling generator in the backyard. Satisfied with his arrangement, Lan nodded to himself. Now, he just had to fix all the hidden cameras everywhere. His setup allowed him to place wireless cameras anywhere within a 15 km radius according to the manual. He planned to do this today.