That night.

Shi An was worried in a private room specially arranged by the shopkeeper.

He held the special talisman knife for carving array talismans in his hand, and he gestured back and forth on the one-foot-square stone slab, but he couldn't get off the knife for a long time.

The talisman knife was brought by Shi An after entering the house, and the slate was picked up by him at the door of the house, because he had not carved the formation diagram and the formation talisman before, so he planned to try to carve one on the slate first, but before he got started, he realized that he had overlooked an important problem.

When the shopkeeper knocked on the door and came in, Shi An had already put down the talisman knife and sat at the table with a calm face.

Shopkeeper Yu carefully looked at the young man in front of him, then looked at the stone slab and talisman knife on the table, and after considering the sentence, he hesitated and said: "Mr. Yizhi, I just remembered that you are a cultivator of the second layer of qi refining, I don't know how you carved the formation talisman?" This sentence was stabbing Shi An's sore spot, because it was here that his worries just now also came from.

It is necessary to use aura to carve a formation talisman with a talisman knife, so the formation shop and the talisman field, all those guys who need to use aura need to use aura, the minimum cultivation is also a monk at the fourth or fifth level of the qi refining period. Shi An tried for a long time just now, but he couldn't make a stroke on the formation board.

Seeing that Shi An didn't answer, the shopkeeper Yu said with a slight smugness: "Mr. Yizhi, if you don't have time to help us modify the formation talisman, why don't you instruct the guys, they still do the work, the salary, or four spirit stones a month, do you think it's good?"

Shi Anxin was a little helpless, he couldn't carve it, and instructing the guy was tantamount to drinking to quench his thirst, what should I do? It is better to fool the shopkeeper for the time being, and then think of a way at night, the worst thing is to leave here tomorrow and find a shop to be a buddy.

Therefore, Shi An pretended to be profound: "Oh, what, the shopkeeper wants to regret it? Since I said that I can modify it for you, I have my own way, and today is not early, I also want to rest early, and do what I tell me tomorrow morning. ”

Shopkeeper Yu was a little skeptical, but Shi An had already said this, and he had no choice but to exit the room.

The rune knife is to be driven by aura, but one's own aura cannot be released, and the aura of the spirit stone can replenish itself, but the aura cannot come out when it enters the sea of qi, is there a way to let the aura of the spirit stone directly come in to drive the talisman knife? Shi An kept asking himself this question in his mind, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed out, "Hahahaha, just do it!" He came up with an unprecedented idea. In fact, tonight's idea will become an extremely important formation innovation, which will have epoch-making significance for the development of the formation world in the future.

Then Shi An entered the Dongtian Stone, studied the content of the twenty volumes of "Formation Tips" for a while, and after coming out, he drew with a pen on the paper, and was busy all night.

Early the next morning, Shi An found the shopkeeper Yu and proposed to conduct a test on all the guys, with the purpose of mastering the level of the guys' formation talisman carving. Shopkeeper Yu also felt that this matter was quite fresh, and while there was no work to do in his hands now, the guys were idle, so he let Shi An do it.

There are six guys in the shop who are responsible for carving the formation talisman, standing in the middle of the courtyard, and the shopkeeper briefly introduced, saying that Mr. Yizhi is a powerful formation master apprentice, and the formation shop is to instruct everyone's formation production, today he will test everyone's existing level, and all people will have to completely obey Mr. Yizhi's orders for a while.

Seeing that Shi An is not very old, his cultivation is not high, and his background is not small, the guys can't help but talk about it.

Shi An cleared his throat and said: "Today's test is very simple, it is to see the level of your array talisman carving, and I will send six sample drawings in a while, and each person must complete it according to the sample map in his hand." In the past, you all carved directly on the land where the formation was arranged, and the size was also very huge, but this time it was different, it was to be carved on a small stone slab, consider your micro carving and carving," he said, taking out the stone slab in his hand last night, "Shopkeeper, please divide this stone slab into nine small stone slabs according to the horizontal three vertical three." As he spoke, he handed over the slate. Shopkeeper Yu can't shirk now, so he has to deal with it according to his requirements.

"After everyone gets the slate, don't discuss with each other, don't snoop on others, and carve exactly according to the sample in your hand. Give it to me in a quarter of an hour, and I'll judge the three best for the next round of testing. ”

At this time, the shopkeeper Yu had already divided nine small stone slabs three inches square. Shi An sent six of the slates to six of them, along with six proofs.

Holding the array rune sample diagram in his hand, the guys were dumbfounded, where is this array talisman, it is clearly some strange combination of strokes.

Although I couldn't figure out what was going on, the shopkeeper said something first, and the guys didn't dare to slack off and started to do it. This thing is indeed very new, the formations are carved on the ground, and it is the first time to carve on the stone slab, although it is more spiritual than carving on the ground, but fortunately, it is only some lines, and it is not difficult to carve, so it is not a lot of work to complete.

Shi An carefully checked the slate that he had collected against the sample drawing, "Well, everyone is good, the thickness of the lines is uniform, the depth is the same, the basic skills are very solid, and the shopkeeper is indeed well-trained," while evaluating, he did not forget to flatter the shopkeeper by the way, and pointed to the three people who completed it first and said: "The level of the three of you is a little better than them, but the difference between you is not very good, come, each of you carve another one." As he spoke, he handed them the remaining three stone tablets and three proofs, "This time it will be carved in half an hour." ”

This time, the lines were more complex and much more numerous than before, and it took the three of them half an hour to complete. The three of them handed the carved stone slab to Shi An, and after Shi An commented on it without being salty, he said to the guy with the most complicated carved pattern: "You carved the best, but I don't know if you can carve a formation talisman on the talisman knife?"

Saying that, he handed him the talisman knife and a sample diagram that he fiddled with last night, and said: "This is a bit difficult, and you have carved two array talismans in a row, you should also recover the aura, so let's give it to me this afternoon, if it is the same as the sample diagram, I will give you a spirit stone, but if the carving is broken, you will naturally have to compensate me for a talisman knife." ”

That guy took Shi An's talisman knife and pattern, and saw that the top of the pattern was a complete array talisman, this array talisman he knew, and it was one of the most commonly used array talismans, "Receiving Flow Array Talisman". I secretly said in my heart: What kind of test did you do before, obviously you just found the most capable one to engrave the formation talisman on the talisman knife. I believe that your kid from the second layer of qi refining can guide us in the formation, and it is more reliable to believe that the shopkeeper can have children. Give me a spirit stone? This is a month's income for me, I don't earn it in vain, and what he said in public, forgive him and dare not regret it.

Shi An said to all the guys: "Today's test is over, I just looked at everyone's results, they are very proficient in business, and everyone can handle heavy responsibilities." These three guys, especially the last one, whose results are a little more outstanding, I will ask the shopkeeper to give a certain reward. ”

The guys also understood Shi An's intentions, looked at each other and smiled dumbly, busy all morning just to find someone to do private work for you, and called it "test", although there were complaints in their hearts, it was inconvenient to say more, and they went back to their rooms to rest.

Shopkeeper Yu was a little unhappy, "Mr. Yizhi, you are really a good means, under my banner, and borrow my people to carve the formation talisman on the talisman knife for you? Although I still don't know what the array talisman is engraved on the talisman knife, and what is the use of carving it so small, but after all, let my people engrave it for you, and this trick can only be used once, and when you really need to modify the array talisman, you can't use it again." ”

Shi An smiled: "Don't think of me as bad, I do want to see the level of the guys." It's all good, it's useful, it's useful. After that, he ignored the shopkeeper and muttered straight into his cabin.

"Strange, what the hell is this guy doing? No, I'm going to see what's carved on that talisman knife. Shopkeeper Yu hurried a few steps to chase the "first place".

Shi An tied the door in the house and entered the cave stone directly with the carved nine small stone slabs. On the stone table, the small stone slabs were spliced together in a certain order, and a spirit stone left by Yuan Miaozi was taken out, and placed in a depression in the middle of the small stone slab. At this time, the lines on the slate are brilliant and continue to gather. He immediately took off the spirit stone and put it in his arms, and said to himself: "It seems that there is no problem, it is exactly the same as the design I designed, let's call it 'rune board' in the future, now it is no problem as long as that guy engraves the flow array talisman on the rune knife." ”