Ren Qing thought for a moment and decided to attempt constructing a secondary small world. In fact the feasibility was still quite high. He planned to refine the mountains, rivers, and streams inside Eternal Space Prison into space-type artifacts. When Ren Qing needed to pull monks from Heaven Above Heaven inside, he would then use Method of Modeling Heaven and Earth to temporarily merge the small world into other internal organs.
This way, Eternal Space Prison would not be exposed. After all Eternal Space Prison itself was composed of spells. No matter how he concealed it, faint traces of aura would inevitably leak out. A Yang Spirit realm might not necessarily detect it, but Ren Qing did not dare guarantee that the Heavenly Aberration realm would be the same.
But space refined through artifacts did not have this problem. If traced to the source, the core was also the Moon Patterns that constituted the artifact spirit.
Ren Qing swept his gaze across Eternal Space Prison, then looked toward the mountain peak beside Wine Lake. Although its size was not as large as the volcano and crystal mountain serving as jailers, its elevation was already outstanding.
He divided the artifact-refining steps into various tasks and posted them onto the notice board of the dream market, then contacted Xiao San'er to take full responsibility.
Afterward Ren Qing went to refine the second Broken Moon Meteor pseudo dragon.
Inside Eternal Space Prison.
Because several hundred tasks suddenly appeared on the notice board, they naturally drew the attention of cultivators. Soon several hundred people gathered in the dream market to watch.
Han Li mixed among the crowd with slightly furrowed brows.
Every time the Restraint Officers' Hall issued large-scale tasks, it meant something capable of changing the situation had occurred, and it would certainly involve a wide scope.
He carefully examined the task contents and discovered that the location was still the stomach- भीतर world, which made him secretly sigh in relief.
Xiao San'er quietly arrived beside Han Li, with Teng Ning following behind.
Han Li glanced at Xiao San'er and could not help asking softly, "Zuosan, the task is really artifact refining?"
"Mm, it's at South Mountain beside Wine Lake. I received advance notice from Senior Ren Qing. The scale of this artifact refining is not small."
Han Li showed a puzzled expression. "Scale?"
Xiao San'er excitedly said, "Han Li, you should be near the threshold of an aberrant transformation, right? Are your cultivation resources sufficient?"
"How could they be sufficient."
Han Li smiled helplessly. He was simultaneously cultivating four techniques: Netherworld Heavenly Insect Method, Shadowless Ghost, The Taotie Method, and Blood Fungus Record.
If he chose to prioritize some, it would be manageable. But with all techniques advancing together, the resources required to reach the Yin Difference realm were an astronomical number.
Xiao San'er invited him, "Come refine artifacts together with us."
"According to Senior Ren Qing, the focus of the Restraint Officers' Hall will next shift to South Mountain, refining the entire mountain peak into an aberrant fetus artifact."
Han Li's pupils widened. Such a scale was indeed somewhat exaggerated, but since it was Ren Qing's plan, it was normal.
Teng Ning nodded slightly toward Han Li. As the leader of the demon-kind tribe, he would cooperate with Xiao San'er to complete the refining of South Mountain.
As for the cultivators recruited through tasks, most were responsible only for non-core work.
"Alright, tell me how it should be done."
Han Li immediately nodded in agreement.
Actually whether Xiao San'er invited him or not, as long as it involved Ren Qing he would not hesitate.
In Han Li's view, Ren Qing was his guide on the path, already equivalent to a master-disciple relationship.
"I'll first contact Senior Jiang Feng. His spell is needed to oversee the overall situation."
Xiao San'er appeared somewhat nervous but soon regained composure. On the way to the dream market he had already sorted out his thoughts.
After Jiang Feng learned the news, he contacted cultivators scattered throughout Eternal Space Prison.
Under his command, more than a thousand cultivators moved in orderly fashion toward South Mountain, while large numbers of strange beasts transported piles of materials.
The giant lizards were put to use again, with a hundred cultivators standing on their backs shouting instructions.
On the ground several hundred demon-kind transformed into grotesque monstrous forms and roared as they ran toward South Mountain, led by Hu Wen and Zhang Yi.
Mastering the Restraint Officer method required enduring immense pressure. In essence they were a group of madmen.
To them, daily farming and patrol duties were far too boring. How could that compare to refining a thousand-meter giant artifact?
Xiao San'er had already arrived at the mountain peak riding a flying sword and was observing South Mountain, envisioning how best to refine it.
A moment later he said solemnly to the eyeball in his palm, "Senior Jiang Feng, notify the cultivators to fill all mountain caves and fissures."
The eyeball opened its mouth and replied, "Alright, but should we contact the Yin Difference realm?"
"Not for now. Several seniors are in seclusion, better not disturb them. Besides, we already have more than enough manpower."
After Xiao San'er spoke, he suddenly saw Han Li at the base of the mountain gesturing and added with a strange expression, "Senior Jiang Feng, let Han Li locate the cave fissures."
He could not help curiously looking toward the base of the mountain. With Han Li's low-profile personality, the fact he was willing to act meant he was truly short on money.
Han Li stood motionless with eyes closed while surrounding cultivators occasionally cast puzzled looks.
In fact he was not on the verge of aberrant transformation as Zhou Zuosan thought, because a few days earlier one of his techniques had already completed an aberrant transformation.
That technique was not Shadowless Ghost nor Blood Fungus Record, but Spirit of the Hill from The Taotie Method.
Han Li's flesh began collapsing, turning into crimson lime dust that drifted outward, ultimately forming a humanoid sandstorm.
This aberrant transformation was called "Crushed Stone", allowing him to turn the mountain composing his body into powder.
Due to Blood Fungus Record, every drop of Han Li's blood was like a dantian, capable of containing the rocks forming the Spirit of the Hill body.
Han Li transformed into a sandstorm that enveloped South Mountain, driving out the wild beasts along the way.
Seeing this, Jiang Feng smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Now the Ghost Envoy realm rising within the Restraint Officers' Hall was increasing more and more. Someone like Han Li had even already touched aberrant transformation, while Jiang Feng himself was still stuck at the second aberrant transformation.
Before Jiang Feng could sigh for long, Han Li had already marked all fissures and caves.
He quickly signaled earthwork-type cultivators to enter and conduct a complete "purge" of South Mountain, establishing the prerequisite for refining the artifact.
Numerous cultivators poured mud and water into fissures and caves, or manipulated vegetation to uproot trees across the mountain, leaving large open areas.
Next came the work of artifact refiners.
They used the solubility of liquids, mixing various materials into the mud so they permeated the soil, refining South Mountain from the outside inward.
Rock walls constantly emitted faint light before quickly dimming again.
Tons of materials were transported to South Mountain. From a god's-eye perspective, the Restraint Officers' Hall resembled an orderly colony of ants.
After experiencing battles large and small, the Restraint Officers' Hall was becoming stronger and more comprehensive.
Ren Qing spent two days refining the Broken Moon Meteor pseudo dragon. After thinking for a moment, he chose not to aberrate this artifact soul into an Indestructible Golden Body.
Under current circumstances, an ordinary Broken Moon Meteor pseudo dragon was sufficient.
He then looked toward Eternal Space Prison and discovered that South Mountain had already taken shape as a prototype, demonstrating the efficiency of the Restraint Officers' Hall.
Ren Qing immediately activated Method of Modeling Heaven and Earth.
He extended the index finger of his right hand. Flesh and skin gradually turned to stone, and South Mountain manifested through the divine ability, resembling the Buddha's Five Finger Mountain.
The cultivators became fleas and ants on the index finger, looking up at the sky-supporting giant Ren Qing.
Ren Qing smiled and used consciousness to control materials, assisting the Restraint Officers' Hall in refining South Mountain.
He could sense that after South Mountain merged into his index finger, although the volume of the refining materials had not essentially changed, mistakes became noticeably less likely.
Especially when refining Ksitigarbha's rib bone into South Mountain, it succeeded in a single attempt.
Ren Qing did not plan to refine South Mountain into a particularly superior artifact. Being usable at this stage was sufficient, otherwise the workload would be enormous.
He then began drawing Moon Patterns, giving another lesson to the artifact refiners of the Restraint Officers' Hall.
Everyone withdrew from the range of South Mountain. More than a thousand cultivators watched from afar as Moon Patterns gradually formed, fascinated and amazed by the mystery of the aberrant fetus artifact refining method.
Ren Qing successively fused aberrant fetuses of the Martial Practitioner realm and Half-Corpse realm into South Mountain.
Inside, a space of several hundred square meters immediately formed.
The interior space was flesh above and below, with blood vessels and veins covering the surface.
He canceled Method of Modeling Heaven and Earth, then moved South Mountain to a corner of Eternal Space Prison to prevent cultivators from accidentally entering it.
The Buddhist dream seed entered the South Mountain small world, emitting faint Buddhist qi.
The flesh instantly turned into glazed crystal, completely lacking the eerie nature of the Restraint Officer method. Instead it resembled the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.
After retrieving the Buddhist dream seed, the South Mountain small world returned to its original state.
Ren Qing nodded in satisfaction and again used Method of Modeling Heaven and Earth, merging the South Mountain small world with his heart. As expected, it completely blocked the aura from Eternal Space Prison.
Meanwhile the heart transformed into a mountain peak yet still maintained the function of pumping blood.
He felt somewhat stirred. Once the stomach-within world reached the realm of Multitude Yang Immortal, Method of Modeling Heaven and Earth might no longer be limited to temporary manifestation.
Ren Qing could completely refine permanently existing small worlds.
For example, an immortal realm containing Nether Yuan specifically for disciples of Daoist temples to cultivate.
After all if Eternal Space Prison contained overly dense Nether Yuan, it would affect the living beings inside, causing half-insect aberrations.
Otherwise Ren Qing would not have refrained from refining a Pseudo Spirit Vein after obtaining the formula for activating Heavenly Dao insect eggs.
At that time Eternal Space Prison would serve as the mortal realm, and cultivators of any system would "ascend" to corresponding small worlds for further cultivation.
After confirming the South Mountain small world had no problems, Ren Qing randomly pulled the consciousness of several hyenas inside and used the Mirror Immortal's ability to manifest food.
The hyenas did not notice they were inside a dream and happily devoured the food.
Ren Qing raised an eyebrow and immediately used Three Inches Human Realm to obtain lifespan from the hyenas, but they moved away from the food.
It seemed the hyenas could instinctively sense something wrong and suppress their desire.
Ren Qing began reducing the lifespan obtained from the transaction. Only when it was reduced to the level of half a breath did some hyenas resume devouring the food.
He felt slightly disappointed. He had thought he discovered a shortcut to extend lifespan, but using beasts as harvestable "leeks" was clearly time-consuming and labor-intensive.
Fortunately monks of Heaven Above Heaven possessed thousand-year lifespans, certainly not just a few breaths.
Ren Qing pulled No-Thought's consciousness into the South Mountain small world, symbolically stole one breath of lifespan, then returned it to his body.
"Damn, it actually works."
His face flushed red as he continued refining Broken Moon Meteor pseudo dragons, his heart pounding. He planned to first spread split personality disorder among the several hundred thousand monks.
Ren Qing seemed able to see endless lifespan about to pour in.
He knew he was like a gambler sitting at the gambling table. Even if he possessed the ability to always win, he still had to restrain his greed.
Heaven Above Heaven could not allow him to harvest endlessly. The safest method was to withdraw immediately once enough lifespan had been obtained.
Of course, the definition of "enough" was somewhat subtle.
One thousand four hundred years would allow Eternal Space Prison to advance to the Yang Spirit realm. If two thousand more years were added it could break through to Multitude Yang Immortal. If lifespan continued to extend by three or four thousand years, even the No-Eye Method could reach the Yang Spirit realm.
And if he possessed five thousand years, he could even advance to become a No-Birth Immortal.