Three days later, Shi Jiu came to a small city on the border between Liaoshui County and Lanhai County.

Shi Jiu was in a very good mood, strolling through the streets with a flow of people, looking left and right and asking, like a tourist who came here for sightseeing.

After a while, I came to a shop that sold the core of the underworld.

Originally, there would be no such shops in such a small city, because most of the people who bought the underworld core were sectarians, and they were basically only in the big city, but this small city is located on the border, and it is close to the Luojia Mountains in the east, and there are more underworld beasts in the Luoga Mountains.

"Guest, what do you need?" The guy in the shop asked earnestly.

"Do you have a fourth-level fire attribute underworld core or an earth-attribute underworld core here?" Shi Jiu asked.

"I'm sorry officer, the highest level in our store is the third-level underworld, and the fourth-level underworld core requires an appointment." The shop guy's face was slightly uncomfortable.

"How do you sell the third-level fire attribute and earth attribute underworld core?" Shi Jiu continued to ask.

In the near future, Shi Jiu plans to arrange a small formation, and he needs to use these two kinds of underworld cores, and it would be best if he could buy them here.

"Guest officer, I have one of the third-level underworld cores of the fire attribute in my store, and the earth attribute is temporarily out of stock." The shopkeeper replied.

"What about the price?"

"Guest officer, the third-level underworld core of the fire attribute is fifty crystals." The shop guy smiled.

"Fifty crystals?" Shi Jiu frowned: "Are you kidding, I only spent one hundred and twenty crystals to buy a fourth-level underworld core in Ghost Fire City, isn't your offer too ruthless?" ”

"Then forty crystals, it can't be lower, otherwise you'll lose money." The shopkeeper quoted another price.

"Thirty crystals, if it's okay, it's a deal, if it doesn't work, forget it." Shi Jiu didn't want to be too troublesome, so he directly quoted the highest price in his heart.

"Thirty is too low, objectively you should add a point." At this price, the store guy disagreed.

"Then forget it." After speaking, Shi Jiu walked directly towards the gate.

"Don't go, guest officer, I can't be the master of this price, why don't I ask the shopkeeper?"

"Then go quickly, my time is precious."

"Okay, guest officer, wait a minute." The shopkeeper ran into the back hall with a cigarette.

After a while, the shopkeeper walked out carefully holding a jade box.

"Guest officer, I have agreed with the shopkeeper, this is the third-level fire attribute underworld core you want." Then the guy gently opened the jade box, revealing a dark red underworld core the size of a pebble inside.

"Well, it's in good condition, it should have just arrived, right?" Shi Jiu only glanced at it a few times before determining the state of the underworld nucleus in front of him.

"The guest officer has good eyesight, this underworld core was just sent from the Luojia Mountains the day before yesterday, it is definitely a good product." The shopkeeper complimented.

"It's thirty wafers, you click on it." Shi Jiu took out the crystal element that he had prepared in advance and put it on the counter.

"The payment is just right, you can collect the core, and welcome the guest officer to come again next time." After counting the number of crystals, the shop guy smiled again.

Shi Jiu put away the jade box and left here.

The next day, Shi Jiu came to a secluded pool.

This is already in Lanhai County, so I don't want anyone to disturb it, so I am far away from the town.

Shi Jiu took out various materials from the Sumeru space, including Celestial Blood Stone, Meteorite Copper, Immortal Beast Bones, and the Fire Attribute Immortal Core that he had just bought yesterday.

Today he plans to arrange a small formation-Spark Burning Plain, which is a formation that is both offensive and defensive, which is recorded in Chang Lin's experience. Because the arrangement is not difficult, there is no need to depict the avenue lines, but there are more materials needed, and the last material was bought in Shi Jiu yesterday, so he used it to practice today.

According to the explanation in Chang Lin's experience, Shi Jiu began to be placed one by one. Ten minutes later, all the items were neatly placed, and all that was left was to inject their own Immortal Yuan to trigger the activation of the formation.

Shi Jiu pressed his left hand on the Underworld Core he had just bought yesterday, and then injected his own Earth Immortal Element. A minute later, the formation reacted, all the materials stood and shook in unison, and then around the third-level fire attribute underworld core, a circle of flames burned fiercely, and the scorching temperature made it impossible for Shi Jiu to get close.

The next moment, Shi Jiu disconnected the input of the Immortal Yuan to the Underworld Core, and the flames slowly extinguished.

"The effect is okay, but it's too slow to be practical at all." Shi Jiu briefly evaluated, and then looked away.

If you want to use it quickly in actual combat, the best way is to carve the corresponding avenue pattern on the formation, open it with spiritual power or passively trigger, or use the formation scroll to engrave the formation in advance, but the formation scroll is expensive and can only engrave small formations, and it is okay to deal with a small number of enemies, but it is not possible to fight in a large area.

"Don't worry, I'm just practicing now, and when my strength is strong, I can try to depict the avenue lines."

Shi Jiu walked in front of the formation he had placed,

"These materials should be used twice." After evaluating the formation materials that had consumed some of the energy, Shi Jiu was quite satisfied, and then recycled the placed formation into the storage spirit ring, and put the storage spirit ring on the middle finger of his left hand.

This is already the territory of Lanhai County, basically no longer have to worry about being discovered by the people of Tonglin Palace, in addition, even if it is seen by the people of Tonglin Palace, the other party may not be able to recognize that the ring he is wearing is the bandit Zhao Dafa.

Next, Shi Jiu hurried after half a day's flying wings, and after half a day, he came to a city called Maple Leaf City.

Named after the maple trees that fill the city, the castle is not large, a little larger than the previous frontier towns. In Maple Leaf City, Shi Jiu got on the Red Sky Carriage to Lanming City, and after another three days of journey, he finally arrived on the evening of the fourth day.

Shi Jiu did not go to Fengbaozhai as soon as possible, but chose the inn he had stayed in before, planning to meet Jin Yun'er the next afternoon.

In the restaurant, Shi Jiu drank alone and listened to the conversation at the tables around him.

"Recently, the atmosphere in the city is a bit different than before, especially the Shuntian Dart Bureau, the Fire Fist Gate and the Water Heaven Pavilion, these three factions have always been strong in the city, basically they can be seen anywhere in Lanming City, and now there are very few disciples of these three factions walking around the city, what's wrong?" Someone at the table asked suspiciously.

"Most of them are related to the Ghost Fire Sect, the Peerless Palace, etc." Someone replied.

"Ghost Fire Sect? Peerless Palace? They are not the forces of my Lanhai County, although they are strong, they can't control us here, right? The previous man continued.

"Why, don't you know about the big thing that happened in Liaoshui County a few days ago?"

"I just came back from the south, and I don't know what you said, what's wrong?" The man then asked.

"No wonder, it's okay to tell you, you invited this meal today." The second person said.

"Okay, I'll please, say it quickly!" The inquirer urged eagerly.

"A few days ago, the Ghost Fire Sect Master was promoted to the Soul Realm, and the Supreme Elder of the Peerless Palace and the Tonglin Hall went to attack and kill, but the two sides failed to get any benefits, and then there was news that the Ghost Fire Sect and the Mixed Yuan Palace formed an alliance, which also forced the Peerless Palace and the Tonglin Hall to form an alliance. Now both sides are courting the sects of the surrounding counties to join their respective alliances. ”

"In this way, it's really big news, but why doesn't the Fire Fist Sect and Shui Tiange let the disciples of the sect move around?"

"Do you need to ask? Naturally, I don't want the alliance between the two parties, and I don't want to restrain my disciples not to be high-profile in the near future. ”

"I see, I thought the personality of the Fire Fist Gate had changed."

"Okay, the thing has been told to you, this meal you please."

"Okay, I'll please, come, and drink."

……

"Shuntian Dart Bureau, Fire Fist Gate wants to stay out of the matter? It's hard. Hearing the discussion and chatter at the adjacent table, Shi Jiu also roughly knew the situation in Lanming City now.

The alliance between the Ghost Fire Sect and the Mixed Yuan Palace has also begun to affect Lanhai County, and the situation will be even more complicated in the future.

Shuntian Dart Bureau, Fire Fist Gate, and Shuitian Pavilion are the three strongest forces in Lanhai County, and they will definitely be attracted by the alliance of the two gangs, now is the time for the three of them to be entangled, it is not good to offend either side, and it is no wonder that they are low-key and do not go out now.

At the same time, Lan Ming City, Fire Fist Gate.

"Third Elder, why are you back? How are they now, my father? Huomeng asked with some eagerness.

Since learning about the alliance between the Ghost Fire Sect and the Mixed Yuan Palace and the battle of the Soul Realm that took place in Liaoshui County a few days ago, Huomeng and the people left behind in the gate were a little depressed.

"The master of the sect and the great elder are all right, and they will start preparing for the tribulation in the next few days." The three elders relieved Huo Mengfang.

"And I came back this time because of the alliance of the Ghost Fire Sect, and a few days ago, the Peerless Palace, Tonglin Palace's sneak attack on the Ghost Fire Sect, you should also know, right?" The Third Elder then asked.

"I already know that I and the few elders left behind have restrained the insiders from walking around outside for a while now, and try to keep a low profile." Huomeng replied.

"Meng'er, you did a good job, and that's what the master asked me to come back for. Next, the two sides will inevitably woo all forces to join their alliance. The Third Elder nodded in satisfaction.

"So what do we do?"

"The door master said, if those two parties come to woo, we will try not to offend them, the specific words of the door master have already taught me, everything will be planned after the door master successfully survives the heavenly tribulation and enters the soul realm." Speaking of this, the Third Elder's face showed a hint of excitement.

"Elder, my father should be very sure that he will survive the Heavenly Tribulation, right?" Seeing the third elder's excited expression, Huo Meng asked in a hurry.

"More than sixty percent sure, except for the crystal of Shura, our preparation this time is very sufficient, in addition, a few years ago, the sect master went to Yongyan City to spend a lot of money to buy a Xuanpin pill - Juyuan Dan, which can be taken at the most critical moment of the tribulation to increase the success rate." The Third Elder said excitedly.

"Ju Yuan Dan? My father didn't even tell me, really! Although there were some complaints, Huomeng was still excited.

It was a Xuanpin elixir, although it was a low-level Xuanpin, but it was also rare but not sought-after, at least it would not be sold in Lanhai County and other nearby counties.

"At that time, in addition to the sect master, only the Great Elder and the Second Elder knew about Ju Yuan Dan, because Ju Yuan Dan was too precious, and the fewer people knew about it, the better." The Third Elder further explained.

"Don't worry, Third Elder, I understand this truth. Then you're going to stay in the door, right? Huomeng nodded, and then asked.

"Well, I will stay in the door to prevent the two parties of the Ghost Fire Sect from coming, and the other thing is to restrain the disciples under the sect not to cause trouble, and they must keep a low profile." The three elders commanded.

"Yes, Elder."