Chapter 46: Preparation
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Zhao Lengfei didn't feel the aura, and he could see that the environment of this library pavilion was better than his own room, and the jade platform under him was not an ordinary thing, it should be of great benefit to cultivation.
At the time when Zhao Lengfei was meditating in the Library Pavilion, in the cave mansion of Qiu Jizi, the master of the outer gate of the Xuanshui Gate, the two masters and the seven elders were discussing something around a large table.
The strange thing is that the faces of these sect masters and elders are not very good-looking, and they all frown, staring intently at the small scroll of jade slips on the table.
Sitting in the first place was of course Qiu Jizi in gold, he looked at the four people on the left, and then at the four people on the right, and saw that no one spoke first, so he patted the table with his hand, and said in a rather angry tone: "You can see the content of this jade slip clearly, when did our outer gate become so closed, those large and small Xiuzhen families can get the news, but our outer gate has nothing to do with it." I have long said that there is a big problem with this apprentice assessment, in the past, in order to maintain a relationship with our Xuanshui Gate, several major Xiuzhen families would occasionally send one or two elite juniors to apprentice, but I have never seen any family send in the heirs of the future patriarch and the future pillars of the family.
If it weren't for the news from the main gate, we would still be in the dark, if this matter was known to the Aoki Palace, the Smoky Mountain Sect, and those Xiuzhen families, it would not be laughed out of the big teeth, Elder Wang, you have always been responsible for collecting all kinds of news in Xuanyin City, and you have done very well in the past, how could there be such a big mistake this time? ”
"Master Qiu, I..." Elder Wang, who was sitting at the top of Qiu Jizi's left hand, frowned, his expression was quite aggrieved, his mouth moved, as if he wanted to refute it, but when the words reached his throat, he swallowed it back again, Elder Wang lowered his head and changed his words: "This matter is indeed caused by my dereliction of duty, I have nothing to say, and I am willing to be punished by the door master." ”
"Master Qiu, you can't blame Elder Wang for this matter, we are also responsible, Elder Wang has been doing his best to be busy with Elder Liu's retreat recently, so he neglected to collect news, if Elder Liu's retreat can impact Yuanying successfully, then the overall strength of our Xuanshui Gate will be greatly increased, and the benefits to our outer sect are also self-evident, far greater than getting this news earlier, and it is not too late to make amends, now we will hurry up and deal with this matter and will not be left behind by other sects." Qi Shan, who was sitting in the first place next to Qiu Jizi's right hand, hurriedly defended Elder Wang.
"I know what you said, and I don't completely blame Elder Wang, every one of you here is the pillar of our outer gate, you should all know the situation of Xuanshuimen in the cultivation realm of Dasheng Country now, our Xuanshuimen has not had a new Yuan Infant Stage monk for two hundred years, and the cultivation masters of the Xinding and Jindan periods have also decreased in recent years, and it is difficult to sit firmly in the position of the four major sects with the current strength of Xuanshuimen alone. This incident made me really feel the decline of our Xuanshuimen's status among the four major factions, if the war is together, with our current strength, Xuanshuimen is in danger.
Although Elder Liu is known as the number one master of the Yuanying Sect, I have been a senior brother with him for hundreds of years, can I not know what his strength is? He has only been in the late stage of Jindan for more than ten years, if it weren't for the fact that Shouyuan is approaching, he would not have chosen to impact Yuanying so early, so even if he gets the full support of the general gate and the other seven gates, there is little hope of impacting Yuanying. If Elder Liu fails to attack Yuanying this time, then our Xuanshui Gate's top-level combat power will be one less, and this loss will be even greater. Qiu Jizi said with some worry and helplessness.
"The master of Qiu Sect does not avoid such worries, as the saying goes, 'Blessings and misfortunes are lurking, and disasters and blessings are relied on', if there is really a large-scale war in the cultivation realm of the Great Sheng Kingdom this time, maybe it is still an opportunity for our Xuanshuimen to develop and grow again? Wasn't the rise of Aoki Palace and Fengqi Pavilion back then all because of the war in the cultivation realm of the Great Sheng Kingdom, I have a way to deal with this crisis, but I don't know if you think it's reasonable or not? Sitting at the end of Qiu Jizi's left hand, Nangong Xiao, the only woman among the nine, spoke.
"I'm also too worried about the situation of my sect to make a little messy, if Elder Nangong has a good plan, hurry up and say it, the old man will listen to it." Master Qiu's eyes suddenly lit up, Nangong Xiao not only cultivated to a high level, but also had an extremely intelligent mind, and she had made suggestions for the development of the outer gate over the years, which can be called the think tank of the outer gate.
"That's right, you should know that the major events that can subvert the entire Dasheng Kingdom's cultivation realm have happened several times in the history of our Dasheng Kingdom, and the rise and fall of the major cultivation sects often take these major events as a turning point, although our Xuanshui Sect has been weak for a long time, but after all, we are a great sect that has been inherited for thousands of years, and the thickness of the foundation is still above the Aoki Palace and Fengqi Pavilion, we only need to ......." Elder Nangong said slowly.
The matter of the secret meeting of several sect masters and elders in the middle of the night, the others in the outer gate did not know at all, and no one knew what the war was in their mouths, and everything in the outer gate seemed to be no different from usual.
About four or five hours, Zhao Lengfei withdrew from his cultivation state, except for physical and mental exhaustion, he still didn't feel anything, after coming down from the jade platform to move his hands and feet, he walked upstairs.
Zhao Lengfei had seen the things on the second and third floors a little in the afternoon, and the second floor was full of chronicles about various anecdotes and strange things, as well as books that recorded history and introduced literature, all of which were used to open the eyes of young disciples and grow knowledge.
The third layer is mainly placed in the secular world of martial arts cheats, whether it is learning swordsmanship, swordsmanship, guns and sticks, or cultivating light skills, external skills and internal strength, from the primary to the top level, but there are too many things inside, and it is quite troublesome to choose the martial arts that suit you, and it is not something that can be found in a while.
The fourth layer is a collection of books on various dust-level exercises and mortal and dust-level spells, as well as some books related to talismans, alchemy, tools and formations, these things are prohibited and protected, unlike the books on the second and third floors that are directly placed on the shelves, Zhao Lengfei has the identity jade plate of the Hunting Pavilion, and he can take out any book in it to view.
There are only a very small number of paper books on the fifth layer, most of them are jade slips, each jade slip and each book have a very strong prohibition protection, many jade slips can not be taken out even if Zhao Lengfei has a jade plate, only the consuls and deacons who manage the Gongfa Pavilion can, the jade slips need to have true qi before they can be consulted, and now Zhao Lengfei will not use the jade slips, and he will not touch those jade slips.
He went to the fourth layer, and Deacon Lu knew about the aura he hadn't sensed, and told him which books on the fourth floor might be helpful to him, so Zhao Lengfei wanted to see if the fourth floor could find books on how to sense the aura of heaven and earth.
According to the records of the Gongfa Pavilion, there are more than 20,000 books on the four floors, of which there are hundreds of dust-level exercises alone, about 4,000 books, of which about 400 have been borrowed.
The remaining more than 16,000 books are divided into seven categories, including talisman making, alchemy, instrument making, and formation, and nineteen sub-categories, these books have been sorted out by Deacon Lu, and the catalog has been arranged, and it is more convenient for Zhao Lengfei to find it, otherwise God knows when he will find it.
Because he failed to sense the aura, Zhao Lengfei didn't check all the books related to the true qi and true yuan mana, he only found books that were useful for beginners, and it took nearly two hours for Zhao Lengfei to find a total of three, one is to introduce the formation book "Eight Simple Formations" that mortals can use, the other is to introduce the book "Twelve Paper Talismans" that mortals make and use talismans, and there is a low-level exercise "Aura Mantra" of the dust level.
Zhao Lengfei was very interested in a kind of spirit release array recorded in the "Eight Simple Formations" that could release the spiritual energy of the spirit stone, since Han Qi said that the richer the spiritual energy, the easier it was to sense the spiritual energy, then if he was in this formation, the time it took to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth would definitely be shortened.
The several spirit runes recorded in the "Twelve Paper Runes" can enhance the five senses of mortals, which is of great benefit to the induction of aura, whether it is the placement of the formation or the drawing of several spirit runes, as long as the materials are sufficient, ordinary people can also do it, so Zhao Lengfei was moved.
The low-level Dust Rank Exercise "Aura Mantra" is a relatively rare auxiliary exercise that can be practiced with other exercises, which can enhance the cultivator's five senses and divine sense, so that those who have just begun to cultivate the truth are more sensitive to the aura of heaven and earth, and have no effect on the cultivator's cultivation speed and the power of using Dao techniques and spells.
"Reiki Mantra" has very strict requirements for the strength of the cultivator's innate primordial spirit, and the person who needs to practice this exercise is under the age of ten, very few people meet the requirements of this exercise, and even if it does, few people are willing to spend time practicing this chicken-like auxiliary exercise, Zhao Lengfei's age is up to the mark, he still doesn't know much about the primordial spirit, and he doesn't know if he meets the requirements, but the effect of this exercise is very suitable for him now, so he took this exercise and prepared to give it a try.
The rest of the time, after Zhao Lengfei memorized the production materials introduced in the "Eight Simple Formations" and "Twelve Paper Talismans", he began to study the "Reiki Mantra", which has a lot more mantras about sensing the aura of heaven and earth than "Shui Yuan Gong" and "Fluctuating Heart Formula", and there is a lot of information about the Yuan Shen, Divine Sense, and Inner Vision.
Early in the morning, Deacon Lu and several low-level disciples came to the Gongfa Pavilion on time, and Zhao Lengfei left the Gongfa Pavilion after registering the three books he had taken with Deacon Lu.
Zhao Lengfei did not go back to his residence directly, but went to the central square where the entrance ceremony was held at the outer gate, he had long heard that the disciples in the door could trade things there in the morning, and he hoped that there he could buy materials for placing the Spirit Liberation Formation and making several talismans.
It took more than half an hour, Zhao Lengfei came to the central square, it was still very early, and many disciples in the square began to place their things, most of them spread a small blanket on the ground in front of them, and put the things they wanted to trade, and then took a futon or cushion and sat cross-legged, waiting for others to exchange, only a few disciples set up a table frame, they stood behind the table and put the things they wanted to trade on the table rack.
Zhao Lengfei took a general look, there were nearly one hundred and ten stalls in the entire square, five or six hundred people, most of them were low-level disciples and service disciples, and there were only a dozen people wearing high-level disciple clothes.
There are all kinds of things placed on the stalls that spread the blankets, it is possible to walk through five or six stalls in a row and not see the same things, but these stalls are very deserted in front of them, most of the disciples sweep the things on them, few people stop to look at those things and bargain, it is estimated that the things sold are relatively unpopular, no wonder the owners of these stalls will sit and wait for customers, see some stall owners meditating with their eyes closed, it is estimated that they will not open once for ten days and a half months.
It seems that these stalls are selling sought-after goods, and there are too many people standing in front of the stalls, which affects Zhao Lengfei's sight, and he didn't deliberately come over to look, so he doesn't know what those stalls sell. Most of the things here are traded in gold and silver, a few are traded in primordial spirit stones, and some are traded in barter.
Zhao Lengfei is not good at bargaining when buying things, not because he can't estimate or can't say, but because he has also had the experience of setting up a stall to sell things, and knows the hard work of setting up a stall, so he can buy things at a stall without bargaining.
Fortunately, the things he wants to buy are all popular commodities with names and surnames, and he knows the range of market prices.
After an hour, Zhao Lengfei stopped in front of a stall in the northwest corner of the square, and the goods placed on the blanket by the stall owner were stacks of yellow paper, several talisman pens, and some small bottles and cans, which were filled with materials for drawing spirit runes, and Zhao Lengfei was very interested in these things.
The stall owner was a middle-aged low-level disciple with a shrewd look, and when he looked at Zhao Lengfei's high-level disciple's clothing and age, he immediately thought of who the young man in front of him was, and hurriedly stood up from the futon and said, "This junior brother, what do you want to do." ”
Although the status of low-level disciples is not as good as that of high-level disciples, the title is still calculated according to the morning and evening of entry and age, and all low-level disciples who have no special relationship are commensurate with senior brothers.
"I want to find some materials for drawing spirit runes, but I don't want to visit too many places, please introduce me to the things you have on the stall, and I'll see how many of them I need."
"Hehe, junior brother, you have found the right person, senior brother Huang Liang, I have been in the Fu Pavilion for twenty years, and the materials for making this talisman are all in addition to the Fu Pavilion, and I guarantee that the things here are cheaper than what you buy in the Fu Pavilion. First of all, let's talk about this yellow paper, I have a total of three kinds, this is the yellow paper made of birch bark, is a common material for making dust level spirit runes, one hundred pieces of only two silver, this is the yellow paper made of Ruixin grass, is the best material for making dust level spirit runes, one hundred pieces of only five taels of silver, this is the yellow paper made of Pu Lingmu, is a common material for making mortal level spirit runes, one or two silver ten. The stall owner surnamed Huang said while handing stacks of yellow paper to Zhao Lengfei to look at.
"Oh, it's not bad, it's pretty complete." Zhao Lengfei said quietly, according to the production method in "Twelve Paper Talismans", Zhao Lengfei can use the yellow paper made of birch bark grass, if the rune paper made of Ruixin grass will have a better effect, and the success rate of production is also higher, and the yellow paper made of Pu Lingmu is too wasteful.
"This is a wolf pen suitable for making dust-level spirit runes, and the materials used for the production are the wolf tail whiskers and ink bamboo of the earth-Xuan wolf, a beast unique to the Sanyuan Mountain Range, as long as twenty taels of silver."
"This is mud gold, this is male essence, this is big green paste, this is a bottle of aged cinnabar for two taels of silver, these are the blood of first-order spirit beasts of various attributes, this thing is more expensive, a bottle costs ten taels of silver." Huang Liang vigorously sold to Zhao Lengfei.
"Profiteers." Zhao Lengfei secretly said in his heart, although he didn't know how much these things were worth, but he was obviously told by the stall owner surnamed Huang that it was a lot more expensive.
"Senior Brother Huang, I'm curious, there don't seem to be many places where silver is used in the outer gate, why do most things be traded in silver instead of spirit stones."
"Senior brother has just started, so naturally I don't know this, in fact, most of the things traded here are purchased from ordinary people in Xuanyin City, so of course they use gold and silver, and our low-level disciples and service disciples have families in Xuanyin City, so we often earn gold and silver here to spend on our families. Spirit stones are too precious, few of the things sold here are worth a piece of original spirit stones, even if there are, few people are willing to buy spirit stones, our low-level disciples can earn two original spirit stones in a quarter, it is already very good, cultivation is not enough, how can we be willing to exchange things. ”
"Oh, then I want a hundred pieces of Ruixin grass yellow paper, a box of cinnabar, a box of mud gold, a box of male essence, and these three bottles of first-order spirit beast blood, Senior Brother Huang calculates how much money, buy so many things from you, how can I get a discount, the price is not too high."
"Senior brother, don't worry, I'll give you a twenty percent discount, it's definitely the lowest price in this outer door, but junior brother, why don't you use a pen, the effect of drawing spirit runes with an ordinary pen is far worse."
"No, I feel like your pen is still a little worse, I have a better one." Zhao Lengfei This is not bragging, every pen in his father's study back then was much stronger than the wolf pen on this stall, and many of them were made of spirit animal hair. He brought the best one with him, which was a superb treasured brush with the beard of the second-order spirit beast devouring spirit rat and a thousand-year-old black cloud sandalwood as a rod, Zhao Lengfei estimated that there was no problem in drawing mortal-level spirit runes with it, and it was not a problem to use the dust-level spirit runes.
"In that case, then I won't persuade you, senior brother, after discounting these things you want, a total of thirty-two taels of silver will be discounted, and the eight coins of silver will also be erased, and the junior brother will pay me thirty-two taels of silver." Huang Liang packed his things and looked at Zhao Lengfei expectantly.
"This price is quite fair, if it is in the Fu Pavilion, it will cost almost thirty-five taels of silver." Zhao Lengfei secretly said in his heart, he took out an ingot of fifty taels of silver from the storage bag and handed it to Huang Liang.
When Huang Liang saw the silver of the white flowers, he immediately smiled from ear to ear, and said while making change: "Senior brother is worthy of being a person who can become a high-level disciple, he is generous, what else does the junior brother need, I am the most familiar here, I know who sells everything, I can help you recommend, help you purchase no problem, guarantee the lowest price, and then the junior brother only needs to pay me some errand money." ”
Zhao Lengfei saw Huang Liang's mouth tilted to his ears happily, and said with a smile: "I also need a one-foot-long, three-inch-wide and high-sized formation with eight stone strips, five half-foot Qiankun wood, a fixed array compass, five spirit stone inlay talismans, a four-foot-long and wide first-order spirit beast skin blanket, and a medium-sized first-order spirit beast feather futon, I don't know if Senior Brother Huang knows where these things are sold." ”
"Senior brother, are you really going to buy these things? These things are very valuable, and they are not cheaper than the talisman materials you just bought, I estimate that the first four items cannot be taken without three hundred taels of silver, and the last two are to spend spirit stones, junior brother, you have only entered the outer door, and you are willing to take out six or seven original spirit stones? Huang Liang was taken aback and said.
"Almost, senior brother knows where it is sold? Why don't my brother take me to see it, I won't let my brother help me in vain. ”
"That's good, I can also see that my junior brother is a cheerful person, but junior brother, you have to promise me one thing."
"What's the matter, senior brother, but it doesn't hurt to say it."
Huang Liang looked left and right, and saw that no one was paying attention to his conversation with Zhao Lengfei, and whispered: "Just pretend that I buy these things when you buy them, you just watch from a distance, if you think the price I cut is right, make a gesture to tell me, you must not let others know that you are buying these things." ”
Why is that? Could it be that the stall owners here like to cheat their lives? Zhao Lengfei asked with some puzzlement.
"Of course it's not the reason, if you really want to know the reason, senior brother can also tell you, but if I tell the truth, don't take it to heart."
"Senior brother, but it doesn't hurt to say."
"Here's the thing, the junior brother must also know that Ling Zun's name is quite famous in my Dasheng country, and most of our low-level and service disciples who were born in Xuanyin City have also heard of Ling Zun's name, as early as a week before the junior disciple entered, there were rumors in the outer gate that the junior brother would rely on the relationship of Ling Zun to worship the Xuanshui Gate, since the entrance ceremony announced the junior brother's root bone qualification, many people believe that the junior brother is the Xuanshui Gate that entered the relationship between the younger brother.
Senior brother, I don't mean to belittle my junior brother, and I have never doubted the strength of my junior brother, but some young and vigorous low-level and service disciples in the outer sect don't think so, they think that they are better qualified than junior disciples, and they are more qualified to become high-level disciples than junior disciples, so they have a great prejudice against junior disciples, if junior disciples make deals with these disciples, it is inevitable that they will not secretly make a mistake. To tell you the truth, if it weren't for Senior Brother, I am too old and have broken off the idea of cultivating the truth, I am afraid that I would be a little jealous of you. ”
"I can't imagine that there is such a thing, I really don't know how those rumors came out, thank you brother for reminding me." Zhao Lengfei raised his eyebrows and said, Huang Liang's words reminded him of Yan Tu's actions against him during the assessment, listening to Han Qi's meaning Yan Tu who was hired by someone Hua Lingshi, he thought that he had no intersection with the outer disciples before, and he couldn't figure out who would be so hollow out to deal with him.
With Huang Liang's help, Zhao Lengfei spent an hour and finally bought all the things he needed with three hundred and twenty taels of silver and six original spirit stones, and he was very grateful to Huang Liang for telling him those things, so he generously gave Huang Liang twenty taels of silver as a reward.
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