A faint moon shadow has appeared in the sky, and the demon beasts in the jungle are active, and from time to time you can hear all kinds of birds and beasts roaring.

Ye Ming and the five of them rushed back along the way they came, and on the way they encountered several first-order low-grade demon beasts, and several people cooperated tacitly, killed demons, and walked out of the mountain before dark.

It took the five of them nearly an hour and several Divine Talismans to rush to Qinghefang City, one hundred and sixty miles away.

Qinghefang City is a small square market that is quite famous within a radius of hundreds of miles, there are some mortal settled towns nearby, the population is quite dense, there are two long streets that cross horizontally and vertically in the city, many casual cultivators are also used to come here to set up stalls, and gradually become a small city where low-level immortal cultivators and mortals are mixed.

At night, the streets are still brightly lit, pedestrians are weaving, shouting and shouting, and some mortal vendors usually continue to close their stalls until the beginning of the year in order to make a living.

Ye Ming and the five of them ordered a few snacks at the street stall, and muttered a few words while eating.

After the five of them had eaten and drunk enough, they dispersed, and Ye Ming walked along the street to the center of the street.

Ye Ming walked to a bookstall and saw a figure coming out of a shop out of the corner of his eye, and at the same time, a middle-aged man also walked out of the door, smiling at each other, looking at his expression, he knew that he must have made a lot of profits from this business.

Mei Luo only took a few steps, seemed to notice something, looked slightly in the crowd, but did not find anything, and then relaxed his slightly frowning brows, and silently merged into the crowd and disappeared.

The stall owner who sold the book was a little puzzled, the person who came was fourteen or fifteen years old, dressed in brocade and jade clothes, and had a delicate appearance.

But he still patiently explained: "This book is written by the contemporary Confucian Su Qin Guoxiang in Yujing City, if the son wants to test his fame, he must read this book, maybe he can think about this year's autumn ink paper test questions..."

Ye Ming squatted in front of a small stall, and when Mei Luo walked away, he found that the middle-aged stall owner who was talking to him seemed to have a little unhappy expression on his face.

Ye Ming smiled at the middle-aged stall owner, put down the book he had read casually, looked for it in the stall, picked up a mortal book called "Heavenly Craftsman", and quickly browsed it.

After only reading a page or two, Ye Ming's expression suddenly became a little surprised, and he looked quite surprised.

He asked the stall owner, "Uncle, how do you sell this book?" ”

When the middle-aged stall owner heard Ye Ming ask for the price, he finally showed his signature smile, and said happily: "This book, but the only book I received, the authentic manuscript, I think the son is a person who loves books, and the price is two taels of silver." ”

Ye Ming was a little surprised and said: "Uncle, the book is not bad, but it is more expensive, and you can buy dozens of fine books for two taels of silver!" ”

The stall owner was a little helpless, spread his hands, and said with a wry smile: "I can't help it, this book is written by Mr. Tianmu, he is a long-lived old man, in order to finish writing this book, he worked hard, he had an eye disease two years ago, and now his eyes are no longer able to see, and his body is not as good as day by day, his family put the books he has read on my stall and sells them on consignment, if he changes the money, buy a coffin for him, and get lucky." ”

When Ye Ming heard this, he didn't continue to bargain, took out a cloth bag from his arms, stuffed it into the stall owner's hand, and said in an affirmative tone: "I bought this book, and the extra copper coins must be given to Mr. Tianmu for me." ”

The middle-aged stall owner took the cloth bag, followed the mouth of the bag, and saw that there were two silver ingots inside, and the cloth bag almost fell out of his hand, he looked up and found Ye Ming smiling and shaking his head lightly to himself, Liu Hong's tone was a little choked, and said: "Thank you Gongzi, my name is Liu Hong, I live in Liujiawu, Qinghe Town, and I will definitely deliver the money from selling books for Gongzi." ”

Ye Ming quietly put the "Heavenly Craftsman" into the storage bag on his waist before standing up, and this scene happened to fall in Liu Hong's eyes.

Liu Hong looked panicked, and just when he was at a loss, suddenly a voice came from his ears that only he could hear, "Don't let a third party know about today's events." ”

Liu Hong was stunned, he didn't expect to meet an immortal master, he didn't dare to squeak, silently picked up the books in front of the stall, and when he looked up again, he saw that the young man had passed through the crowd and walked towards the opposite store.

The name of the store is Xujia Shop, Ye Ming entered the store and took a look at the indoor environment, there were two rows of tall shelves in the store, there were not many items, a few low-level talismans, several low-level magic weapons, and a array plate and several array flags.

The front of these items are marked with the price and introduction of the sale, and Ye Ming only released his divine sense to understand the price of the store clearly.

The middle-aged shopkeeper was in a good mood at this time, and he had just brewed a cup of spiritual tea, and before he could take a sip, he saw another young man in a green robe and brocade with six layers of qi training in the store.

He immediately stood up and greeted him with a smile: "This son, next is the shopkeeper Xu Yue, if the son needs anything, he can serve below." ”

Ye Ming said: "Shopkeeper Xu, can your store collect demon beast materials?" ”

Xu Yue heard that it was a demon beast material, and said with a smile: "This store is open for business, how can there be a reason not to accept it, as long as the materials are good, the price is negotiable." ”

Xu Yue saw Ye Ming looking around, comprehended, stretched out his hand and asked, "Childe, please inside." ”

Ye Ming followed Xu Yue to the backyard, and then took out several pieces of materials from the storage bag, along with several medicinal herbs and three first-order elixirs.

Xu Yue was a little surprised when he saw the materials of the Fire Lion Beast, he has been a shopkeeper for thirty years, and he has seen a lot of materials of the Fire Lion Beast, and there are really not a few times that he is of the first order, if he can accept these materials, whether it is used for refining weapons or talismans, in addition to the cost, he can also earn a lot.

He silently estimated it, and smiled at Ye Ming: "First-order high-grade fire lion beast materials are rare, these materials are good, the price is two hundred spirit stones, these nine medicinal materials, only more than twenty years old, one spirit stone each, these three first-order high-grade spirit grasses are about sixty years old, and the price is thirty spirit stones, a total of two hundred and forty spirit stones." ”

Ye Ming was quite satisfied with the price quoted by Xu Yue, and nodded: "Yes, but I want a mid-grade spirit stone." ”

Shopkeeper Xu twisted his chin, his eyes purred, and he nodded: "Just do what Childe said, Childe will wait for a while, and he will come when he goes down." ”

After a while, Shopkeeper Xu went back and forth, handing Ye Ming a small cloth bag.

Ye Ming stretched out his hand to take it and inspect it, there were forty low-rank spirit stones the size of an adult's thumb, and two middle-rank spirit stones that were larger than the low-rank spirit stones.

"It's not bad in numbers." Ye Ming nodded and smiled, he was very satisfied in his heart, the use of spirit stones in the immortal cultivation world is equivalent to silver money in the secular world, spirit stones are not only the universal currency used to trade in the immortal cultivation world, but also for immortal cultivators to absorb the spiritual energy contained in them to cultivate, if they hold spirit stones in their hands to supplement the spiritual power consumed when fighting methods, they can also maintain a longer fighting time; At the same time, the spirit stone is also an excellent spiritual source for refining weapons and maintaining the operation of the formation.

Ye Ming wanted a middle-grade spirit stone, naturally a middle-grade spirit stone was rarer and more valuable, and this process was also equivalent to bargaining in disguise.

Xu Yue saw Ye Ming's satisfied expression and said with a smile: "Gongzi is young, I don't know which outstanding handsome man is actually capable of hunting and killing a first-order high-grade Fire Lion Beast, I don't know if the other materials on the Fire Lion Beast are all there, if they are sold together..."

It was the first time for Ye Ming to get so many spirit stones, and he was in a good mood, but he would not reveal more details because of Xu Fang's compliments.

"In the children of the Xia Ye family, other materials are all in the hands of my parents, I look at your store to sell formations, there are better formations, take me to see." Facing the shopkeeper Xu, Ye Ming's words were seven points true and three points false.

Xu Yue heard Ye Ming's refusal, sighed in pity, and then heard that Ye Ming wanted to see the formation, so he took him back to the front hall.

"This is a set of mortal array mist arrays, a total of four array flags, the formation covers a radius of ten zhang, and it can block fierce beasts below the first order." Shopkeeper Xu picked up the array plate on the shelf, handed it to Ye Ming and introduced.

The array plate is a two-inch thick disc, made of blue jade stone, with some silver lines engraved on it, which looks a little cumbersome.

Ye Ming looked at it twice, a little disappointed, and shook his head: "Ordinary beasts can awaken a trace of ferocity if they absorb a little aura, and ordinary innate realm martial artists can hunt and kill, this set of formations is of little use to me, can there be a higher level?" ”

Xu Yue shook his head and explained: "The formation is obscure and difficult to understand, few people specialize, not only to derive the formation pattern, but also to understand some refining methods, the price of the mortal array is at least fifty low-grade spirit stones, even if it is refined, it often does not have much profit, this set of mortal array is also a consignment of a prince in our store just now." Our store is a small business, the flow of people is small, and basically no formation mage is willing to put the formation on consignment in our store. ”

Ye Ming became interested when he heard Xu Yue's words, and asked, "Shopkeeper Xu, do you know how much a decent formation is worth?" ”

Xu Yue nodded and smiled: "I know one or two of this, the price of the first-order lower-grade formation is around two hundred spirit stones, the price of the first-order middle-grade formation is around five hundred spirit stones, and the price of the first-order high-grade formation is eight hundred to one thousand spirit stones." The higher the level of the formation, the more difficult it is to refine successfully, and the higher the price, if you go to the second-order formation, maybe the price will increase several times on the price of the first-order formation! Moreover, there is no market, once this kind of formation is listed, it is not the object of being quickly snapped up by some wealthy sects or families. ”

When Ye Ming heard this, he was secretly surprised, the best middle-level magic weapons were only two or three hundred low-level spirit stones, but the formation was a few points more expensive, and it was so sought-after, he had the heart to explore the way of the formation, and asked: "Can we have a first-order formation for sale in Qinghefang City?" ”

Xu Yue glanced at Ye Ming and said to him: "There is such a shop in Fang City, but I advise Daoist friends not to go. ”

Ye Ming asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Xu Yue replied: "That is the store opened by the Mei family. ”

Ye Ming knew in his heart that he would naturally not go to the Mei family's shop, thanked the shopkeeper Xu, went out of the Xu family's shop, found the other four people, and took advantage of the strong moonlight to return to the family to feel at ease.

When he walked into the small courtyard where he was, Ye Ming felt very tired, he fell asleep on the bed, and slept until three o'clock in the morning, and after getting up, he felt full of energy.

After washing up, Ye Ming went out in the direction of the family library pavilion, since his mana encountered a bottleneck, the place he went to the most was this library pavilion.

"Xuan Ming has seen the second uncle! My grandson came to the library today to learn the skills of formation, and I hope that your old man will give me some advice. ”

"Have you thought about it, there are not many longevity yuan in the Qi training period, and the formation is the most time-consuming skill among the many skills, and it also requires a certain amount of calculating talent, just getting started is prohibitive. Besides, you are already a refiner who can refine low-grade magic weapons, as the saying goes, it is better to learn more than to learn well. "Guarding the library pavilion is Ye Qihang, a white-eyed old man in the middle of the family's foundation building, who stood up from his chair and said to Ye Ming seriously.

"Second uncle, my great-grandfather is already helping his grandson find exercises, and after his grandson changes his exercises, he will be promoted to the later stage of Qi training, and he will go out to practice according to the clan rules. If the grandson has a talent in formation, he will definitely practice diligently. ”

Ye Qihang, the patriarch, is very concerned about the cultivation of the juniors, and often guides the juniors of the family in the library pavilion, and wins the hearts of the juniors of the family, Ye Ming respects him very much, and only by telling the truth about his situation can he move him more.

"Okay, well, since that's the case, I'm also relieved, instead of putting this initial solution of the formation in the clan and covering the dust, it's better for you to try it, if it can be done, it can be regarded as a home, you can take it to study!" The white light flashed on the storage bag hanging on Ye Qihang's waist, and a thin book appeared in his hand.

The thin book was light and silky in texture, Ye Ming didn't look at it immediately, put it in the storage bag, saluted Ye Qihang, and continued to ask: "Listen to the meaning of your old man's words, the first solution of this formation has not been studied by the clansmen?" ”

"Ming'er, among the hundred arts of cultivating immortals, several formations are the most difficult to learn, our Ye family has not produced a formation mage so far, the family has no formation inheritance, no one teaches the formation, if you want to get started, you have to rely on your own exploration! Our Ye family is not as good as those who have been inherited for thousands of years, the background is still not enough, there is no legendary array treasure like the Yan Array Plate to derive the formation diagram, it is difficult to rely on self-study alone! Hearing the second uncle's sigh, Ye Ming was speechless for a while.

After a while, he seemed to remember something, and immediately retorted: "Second Uncle, isn't Sixth Uncle a formation mage?" ”

Ye Qihang said with a smile: "Yuan Rui is a monk halfway, and that kid's level can be regarded as a formation mage?" It's just that if you refine two mist arrays, you can be considered a formation mage? This kind of formation that even low-level demon beasts can enter and exit at will can be regarded as a sub-formation, and he can only be regarded as a formation apprentice who has just entered the product at most. ”

Ye Ming had an idea, and said with a smile: "Second uncle, my grandson wants to see how effective this Library Pavilion formation is. ”

Ye Qihang was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed and said, "Okay, you come with me... Look, this array is the six-link water curtain array, which is a first-order high-grade defensive formation that the clan has spent a lot of money to buy, which can defend against the attack of the peak monk of the qi training period for half an hour, and it can also be protected for a moment with a casual blow from the initial realm of foundation building. The two walked outside the library pavilion, and Ye Qihang casually pinched a seal and entered a corner of the library pavilion.

I saw that a layer of light blue semicircular light curtain flashed outside the attic in an instant, and dozens of obscure blue runes circulated on the light curtain from time to time.

Ye Ming's curiosity was aroused, he walked quickly to the light curtain, lightly pressed his fingers on the blue light curtain, and used a trace of strength slightly, and suddenly felt a trace of rebound power from the light curtain from his fingertips.

"Try it with your strongest blow." Ye Qihang shouted.

After Ye Ming heard the words of the second uncle, he did not hesitate, took out the Yellow Dragon Seal, slowly injected mana, and the spiritual light gathered on the seal button became brighter and brighter, and then the entire seal body rose into the air, crossed the top of the library pavilion, and became the size of a hut.

"Fall!"

Ye Mingqing snorted, made a sword finger with two fingers of his right hand, pointed at the Yellow Dragon Seal, and pressed it down quickly, and the huge Yellow Dragon Seal instantly crashed into the blue light curtain.

Ye Qihang, who was on the side, saw that Ye Ming was controlling the Yellow Great Seal with all his might, causing such an astonishing momentum, and his face showed a hint of surprise.

He swiped it around his waist, and a small blue flag the size of a palm appeared in his hand, on which several pale blue water patterns were drawn.

I saw a flash of blue light on the small flag, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a ruler long, Ye Qihang held the small flag and waved, and several strands of blue light silk threads disappeared into the light curtain in front of him at a thunderous speed from the water pattern on the array flag.

At this moment, Ye Qihang had just strengthened the defensive power of the formation, and the Yellow Dragon Seal also collided with the blue light curtain.

"Boom!"

I heard a loud noise, and the sand and stones outside the library were flying, and the low shrubs within three feet were all lodging outward, and some even had a trace of floating soil, revealing some rhizomes, and only scattered leaves on them.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Ye Ming looked a little embarrassed, and said to Ye Qihang: "Second uncle, do you think your grandson has gotten away?" ”

"Hahaha! Out of the way! Not bad, that's good! Ye Qihang looked Ye Ming up and down, as if he wanted to re-examine this junior Junyan.

After a moment, he seemed to feel something, and looked up at the sky.