As for Keshab, he was secretly strengthening the array power all over the clan, he had taken almost all of the raw materials required for the array from the clan leaving the other array masters in dismay. But no one could complain, when they went to confront Punya about the missing resources, he just replied that the supreme elder was experimenting on some new arrays and if they wanted materials they could always ask him. The elders and deacons just sighed and went their way. Every decade or so, Keshab would use almost all of the materials for the array to experiment with new types of arrays or strengthen the already existing ones.
This had continued for almost half a century but no one in the clan had the guts to stop them. They had thought of questioning him previously but they didn’t have guts and now nearly half a century later they formed the habit of enduring it. And it wasn’t like he was using those resources for himself. Whatever he makes will ultimately be useful for the clan, well sometimes. Sometimes he just fools around and engraves precious arrays and materials on some common items to make them appear novel. One time he made a bubble gun that sprays bubbles. He used precious materials to create a small machine that blows different colored bubbles when injected with spirit energy and was later found playing with the younger generation.
The other members of the clan could just watch the supreme elder using precious materials to make a children’s toy. Even Punya couldn’t do anything about it, when Keshab took those resources he could just shake his head and sigh. But this time around Keshab was not playing with those resources, he was truly invested in protecting his clan. He knew about the severity of this situation. It wasn’t the enemy in the front you have to be afraid of but the enemy in the dark and the most frustrating thing was that no one knew who their enemy would be. If push comes to shove the bigger clans and the royal family could just destroy their tiny city and make them scapegoats just to preserve their own forces. He was utilizing the inheritance to the max. He had upgraded almost all the arrays on the clan to the top tier second grade. Even the mountain protecting array, the main defensive array of the clan was upgraded to the top tier.
Except for the spirit energy gathering array almost every array was upgraded secretly. He even went above and beyond to engrave illusion and concealment array to hide those upgrades. He had used killing arrays and defense arrays on numerous locations and had secretly engraved the tokens of clan members. He had added another array secretly called the blood recognition array and modified it so that it could only be carried by the one it had been bound to initially and it would disintegrate with the death of the owner. He also wanted to add more arrays to the tokens but the tokens were made of low quality materials so the blood recognition array was already the limit. There were many low tier talismans in the clan now for some simple offense and defense, as for more the clan couldn’t afford that as there were very few second grade talisman masters. But with the upgrades Keshab had made in these weeks, it would be hard for anyone under the golden core formation realm to escape unscathed.
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He had secretly added arrays to anything that seemed spiritual making the mountain protecting array of the clan a compound array. Individually the small arrays all over the clan amounted to nothing but when activated along with the mountain protecting array, the small arrays will make a compound array and connect with each other multiplying their functions. These small arrays were capable of exhibiting more power than their tier. But no one in the clan knew about this, they only thought the supreme elder was messing around again and would stop when he had his fill. With all these arrays, Keshab was becoming more and more adept. The time taken to engrave an array had decreased dramatically.
His speed has increased by almost double what it was a month ago. This wasn’t only because of his talent but also the technique and new ways he had learned from the inheritance. Although most of the inheritance was unorthodox, whatever it contained was genuinely top tier. He had learned a lot of techniques and blueprints of the arrays. Although most materials were impossible to find in the present world, some of them were simplified and could be used in conjunction with other arrays thus drastically increasing their power. Even if the individual arrays were not strong, the compound arrays made from them were truly strong, far surpassing their tier. These days Keshab was engraving these types of arrays. Although individually it may not seem much when activating with the mountain protecting array of the clan, the power it could burst out with would surely surprise his enemies.
Inside the clan, even the golden core formation realm cultivator may not come out unscathed. And that was not all he was confident he could breakthrough to the third grade in a year or two. At that time, even without the golden core formation realm cultivator present, the Rijal clan would become the undisputed ruler of the Lunaris city. It would then be easier to develop relationships with other clans of the second tier cities and earn more resources for the clan. Just a favor from a golden core family was enough to deter malicious intentions and protect the clan for a century or two. Even in the turmoil, the value of the Rijal clan will skyrocket because offending any auxiliary profession master would result in undesired and unknown consequences if they couldn’t kill the profession master.
Even if they were second grade professionals they could create a huge amount of trouble. Every field in the clan had seen improvement and every improvement seemed satisfactory. Even if the inheritance didn’t provide suitable knowledge, the reference it provided boosted the already existing knowledge present in the clan. Like the beast taming inheritance and weapon inheritance, although they wouldn’t provide direct help to the clan, they could improve the already existing methods. This was why the third elder kept cursing while forging the halberd but didn’t stop once and finished happily. Although he knew he wouldn’t forge another halberd, he was happy to forge the short sabers for the clan members and he was getting good at it.