One morning three years later, one morning in the streets of Kaiyuan City was talking about one thing, that is, the reopening of the "Square Inch Pavilion".

"This is the third expansion of Fangcun Pavilion, tsk, a new level a year, it's really amazing!"

"A few happy and a few sad, look at what the original big formation shops have been squeezed into?"

"It's no wonder that Fang Cun Pavilion, the formations of those shops are not on the same level as Fang Cun Pavilion, the spirit stones cost a lot, and the functions are not as many as others, even the same formation, the effect is also worlds apart, so spending a few more spirit stones is also worth it!"

"That is, the speed of people's formations is still extremely fast, and other people's formations have to be carved and scratched for several days, and people's squares and inches are snapped a few times, and they are finished in less than an hour. ”

"There is no other shop to find out the secret of Fang Cun Pavilion's fortune?"

"How could no one have asked. However, the news that Tan heard was that the rise of Fang Cun Pavilion was all due to the formation mage of his family, who was less than twenty years old. ”

"I've heard that rumor too, but would you believe that a guy who is only at the second level of Qi refining will be a formation mage? A person who can't even use a talisman sword will become a formation mage? This is definitely a rumor spread by Fang Cun Pavilion. ”

"I've also heard that some shops are looking for outsiders to go to their homes to entrust the formation, hoping to see what is special after the layout is completed. Guess what, the man finally removed all the spirit stones of the formation, and he could only see that the entire formation was arranged with stone slabs and stone bars, but what was carved on many stone slabs was not clear at all. The slate was then examined, and the results were the same as the usual slate. It seems that this square inch pavilion is definitely not that simple. ”

"Well, there are more and more functions so that the monks who didn't use the formation also start to use the formation, and even the monks around Kaiyuan City have come over to let the Fang Cun Pavilion set up the formation, that Fang Cun Pavilion is not a refusal to come, there are three people who don't accept, first, the distance is more than a hundred miles from Kaiyuan City, second, the price is less than two water spirit stones, and third, the big family formation and the sect formation do not accept the work. ”

"Cow, that's amazing. ”

At this time, Shopkeeper Yu was meditating in the newly built spacious cultivation room, and the past three years had been so comfortable that he could definitely be called a shopkeeper, and he could also devote more time to cultivation. There is a special running hall for the reception of customers, a bookkeeper for collection, and a special guy for the array. Shi An's arrival not only corrected the original mistakes in their formation, improved efficiency, and added many functions that he had not heard or thought of before, but more importantly, Shi An changed the work process.

Now there are no idlers in the shop at all. In the past, there was little business, and it was good for each guy to be able to do two orders a month, and one business would last for seven or eight days, and the rest of the time would be idle, either cultivating or farting and chatting, and he could earn a spirit stone in a month. Now they can't be idle at all, not only because the business volume is full every day, even if they don't stop carving the slate, they often can't keep up with the progress, but also because their income is directly related to the number of carved slates, and the huge income tempts them to carve tirelessly.

Although he is much more tired than before, his income is far more than in the past, and this year, each guy's monthly income is at least fifteen spirit stones, which is almost catching up with the total profit of the shopkeeper in the past month. So in the next step, Shopkeeper Yu plans to poach a few more expert-level guys from other formation shops, so as to ensure that the business volume of Fang Cun Pavilion continues to rise. I haven't dared to announce this news yet, because once it is announced, I am afraid that the threshold will be flattened. It is worth mentioning that under the virtuous cycle of the rapid growth of the number of business in Fangcun Pavilion and the steady increase in the income of the guys, Kaiyuan City, which originally had only one stonemason, has now also emerged nearly ten stonemason shops, specializing in the production of stone slabs for the use of Fangcun Pavilion.

In the past three years, Shi An's monthly income has also increased month by month, from one water spirit stone per month for the first two months, to the current level of twenty-six per month, although he took away about half of the income of Fang Cun Pavilion, but for the shopkeeper, this price is definitely worth it, after all, his current income in one month is about the same as the income in the original two years, and he has also changed from the original small boss to the big shopkeeper who is now known to everyone in Kaiyuan City.

The only thing that made him unhappy was that Shi An was too cautious and kept himself from accessing the core technology. In the past three years, whether it is a formation talisman with new functions, or a formation talisman that all the formation shops in Kaiyuan City will make mistakes, he has personally completed it by hiding in the hut, and all the stone slabs where he carved the array talisman are always covered with a halo, and it is impossible to see what the engraved array talisman looks like.

Over time, the shopkeeper Yu figured it out, Mr. Yizhi's scheming is much stronger than them, it is better to make friends everywhere than to design everywhere, you and I are willing to develop for a long time, I believe that in two more years, when Shi An leaves Fangcun Pavilion, there will be no other formations in Kaiyuan City.

Shi An was also very busy every day, with the help of that original talisman knife and talisman board, in addition to completing the required array talisman every day, he studied the content of the last ten volumes of the "Formation Essentials", which was much more difficult than the first twenty volumes, and he could only barely understand and remember most of the content in this part in the past three years. Under the continuous daily nourishment of the futon and the unremitting cultivation of the "Great Yan Decision", the divine consciousness has grown a lot, and compared with Shi An's first entry into the Cave Heavenly Stone, it is no longer the same.

The Spirit Gathering Array used during the Qi Refining Period was a mid-level low-level formation, and with the help of the "Formation Essentials", Shi An also took the time to complete it. The array diagram used is an octagonal array, and the array flags are all made of ordinary materials, and there are many in the Fangcun Pavilion, and he has already prepared them all; there are sixty-four array talismans, and there are nine spirit source slots, one is to use the lower grade spirit stone to drive the formation, and the other eight can use the lower grade spirit stone or attribute spirit stone, which is used to provide the compressed spiritual mist in the array, and this formation almost occupies thirty percent of the ground of the stone chamber in the cave stone. In the other corner of the stone room, there were three hundred and twenty water spirit stones, forty-eight low-grade spirit stones, and one hundred and ten stone slabs that had not yet been used that Shi An had accumulated in the past three years.

"The number of Water Spirit Stones is still far behind," Shi Anxin said, "Judging from the number of Water Spirit Stones used in the first layer, it will take one thousand and twenty-four to ascend to the consummation stage, and at the current rate of earning Spirit Stones, it will take nearly two years." Now the first layer of "Great Yan Decision" will soon be completed, if nothing else, I should be able to start cultivating the second layer in half a year, and when I reach the realm of transferring things, even if I don't have spiritual power, I can drive things to protect myself. Two years later, I left Kaiyuan City, as long as I found a secluded place to scatter my exercises, I could cultivate until the foundation building period. ”

Early in the morning, Shi An came to the lobby to check on the trading status as usual, so as to arrange his work and cultivation time.

Shopkeeper Yu was also in the lobby at this time, and said to Shi An anxiously: "Mr. Yizhi, you didn't rest in the room last night?"

Shi An spent the night in the Dongtian Stone every night, for safety, the people in this shop knew that he had a large number of water spirit stones in his hands, and there might be a red-eyed guy who secretly had a black hand, although he had set up a simple "Upside-Down Five Elements Array" outside the room, but he always felt that it was safest to hide in the Dongtian Stone. Second, it is more free in the stone room, and it is very convenient to read books, cultivate divine sense, or make formations. However, in the past three years, the shopkeeper and the other guys have not disturbed him at night, so no one knows that Shi An did not rest in the hut at night.

"What, there's something urgent?" Shi An didn't answer him, but asked rhetorically.

"Yesterday afternoon, a big customer from out of town came, and he was anxious for us to repair the circle for him, but he didn't find you. Shopkeeper Yu said.

"Do you meet the conditions of our three non-picks?" Shi Andao.

These three conditions were thought up by Shi An, and if he didn't go to a place more than a hundred miles away, it was for the sake of safety; if he didn't do anything about the formation with a price less than two water spirit stones, it was for the sake of improving the efficiency of his income; because Shi An didn't want to be too ostentatious and attract the attention of more people with higher cultivation.

"None of them match, but we can't push them off. Shopkeeper Yu said with some hesitation.

"What kind of customer is it?"

"It's Hall Master Zhan, the apprentice of Elder Luo of Wu Luobao. ”

"It's a certain house. Just as Shi An was about to ask a detailed question, a sturdy man in the middle stage of foundation building walked in from the door of the lobby, approached Shi An and asked, "Old man Yu, are you not mistaken, this hairy boy on the second floor of qi refining is the Mr. Yizhi you said?"

"Exactly, I was talking to Shopkeeper Yu about yesterday. Without waiting for Shopkeeper Shi to speak, Shi An answered.

"It's really unseemly, you happen to be there, so I'll tell you directly. Recently, I Wu Luobao is preparing to expand the effect of the mountain protection array, and there are still a few special formations, and when I came to Kaiyuan City, I realized that in the past few years, Fang Cun Pavilion has become the boss of the formation industry here, so I came to find it. I heard the shopkeeper say that it is all up to you to get to where you are today, so I want to invite you out of the mountain. Don't worry, Wu Luobao can't treat you badly, when do you think we will leave?"

"Why does your sect want to expand the mountain protection array, is there a war?" Shi An didn't answer.

"This is none of your business, can you leave now?" Hall Master Zhan was a little impatient.

"Hall Master Zhan, do you know that there are three people in the Fang Cun Pavilion who don't pick them up?"

"I don't care if he doesn't take it, you dare not take other people's work, do you dare to take Wu Luobao's work? Either follow me or give me your life!" said Hall Master Zhan arrogantly.

Shi An was about to answer, "Mr. Yizhi," the shopkeeper Yu pulled him aside and whispered, "My arms can't twist my thighs, I'm afraid I'll have to make an exception this time, so if not, you can run with him." Besides, Wu Luobao has spirit stones, even if you ask for one hundred and eighty medium-grade spirit stones, it is enough to cover the income of our Fangcun Pavilion for a year or two, so please go for a trip. ”

Shi Anxin was annoyed, although he was in short supply of spirit stones, he didn't want to earn Wu Luobao at all. Not only because Wu Luobao has his own enemy, Sun Lang, but also Luo Jue and others, who hurt his ancestor, even if he is just a disciple of the Four Elephants, he will not help people who are not in harmony with the sect.

It turned out that he was still counting on the shopkeeper to help him support himself and talk, although he couldn't change the final result, but at least he could strengthen his courage and warm his heart, but he didn't expect him to help the surnamed Zhan lobby about himself. couldn't help but scold: "The surname Yu, you are unkind, and don't blame me for being unjust." ”

"Okay, Hall Master Zhan, I'll prepare for it today and leave early tomorrow morning. After thinking for a moment, Shi An asked rather cautiously: "There is one more thing to ask for, how is your sect's disciple Sun Lang doing now?"

"Oh, you know?" said Hall Master Zhan was a little puzzled.

"I had a few interactions when I was in the secular world. Shi An replied nonchalantly.