Chapter 125: The Three-Year Covenant
At the same moment, two old men, one gray and one white, slowly stood up from their seats in the audience of the martial arts arena and looked at the young man who walked up to the elegant seat from a distance.
"It's indeed a rune array, that's right. The gray-robed old man said.
"Well, to be able to easily trap a Yuan Dan Realm martial artist, this is at least a second-level or above rune array. The white-robed old man twisted his beard and said with a smile: "I seem to see a sloppy shadow on this young man's body, hehe." ”
"Hey, after you say this, I also think it like, this son has good qualifications, it seems that the old man has picked up a bargain again. The gray-robed old man said with a dissatisfied expression.
"Hehe, I passed by this flea market and watched an interesting game, but it was also a lot of time. The white-robed old man glanced at the young man again and said, "Let's go, we should also leave." This time, Old Man Zhang was so anxious to find us through the network of Wanjin Chamber of Commerce all over the Yuancang Realm, there must be something important. ”
As the two old men spoke, they suddenly disappeared as if they had never appeared here.
On the elegant seat of the martial arts arena, seeing the heavy package in Xu Tianjiu's hand, everyone smiled knowingly. It turned out that Xu Tianjiu had already been optimistic about the young man before the competition began, and his ability to read people was profound, so it was no wonder that he was able to sit in the position of the head of the guard of the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce.
"Sure enough, the hero is a teenager!" Xu Tianjiu put away the package, walked up to the young man, and said admiringly: "It's not early, why don't Brother Yang and Second Master Yang go back to the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce with me?"
It's afternoon, and it's time to settle in.
Yang Rui turned his head to look at Yang Ping beside him, and Yang Ping nodded with a smile. So he returned the salute and said: "Then it is better to be respectful than to obey the order, and everything is subject to the arrangement of Brother Tianjiu." ”
When Xu Tianjiu heard this, he raised his big hand, and saw someone leading more than a hundred riding land beasts to appear at the entrance of the martial arts arena. This is a domesticated low-level alien beast, although its attack power is not strong, it walks like flying, and is very suitable for use as a means of transportation on land.
However, the price of such a convenient means of transportation is also very expensive, and only a wealthy man like the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce can come up with so many horses at once.
It is said that everyone rode the landing beast and walked through the market to the headquarters of the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce. Looking up, there are thousands of mansions. Resplendent. In the middle of the main building is engraved a huge "shell" character, which is the family name of the president of the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce.
"Sure enough, it deserves to be the top chamber of commerce in the Yuancang realm!" Yang Ping looked at this magnificent building complex and couldn't help but sigh, although the Yang family's family business in Jiaocheng is also extremely extensive. But there is no such momentum.
And Yang Rui and Xiao Xuannu are used to seeing each other. The architecture of Beihai City is also special. But compared with the palace of the concubine, it has to be a big difference. The wealth of the Ancient Eight Clans is far from being comparable to that of a small Chamber of Commerce.
There are hundreds of millions of transactions going on here every day, even though it's almost evening. But there is still a rush of people coming and going from building to building. There were those who bought clothing, those who bought weapons, those who searched for medicinal herbs, and those who came to store gold coins and goods.
It is said that the gold coins and goods stored in the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce can be withdrawn from all the branches in the world with credit records, eliminating the toil and danger of long-distance transportation. For a very small number of particularly precious goods, the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce will also provide escort business.
With the resounding name of the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce, at least in the Eastern Continent, very few people dared to provoke his caravan. Because this world-famous chamber of commerce is not only rich, but also has a wide range of friends, whether it is white or black, he has a relationship.
Moreover, the inner library collection of the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce is extremely rich, it is no exaggeration to say that there are flying on the ground in the sky, and there are swimming in the water on the mountain, as small as Yuanli microcrystals, as large as the bones of foreign beasts, animals and plants, there is nothing that the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce can't take out!
Of course, if you can afford the price......
At this time, in the spacious inner courtyard square of the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce, the spiritual power was restless, and the wind was blowing, it was Zhang Lao, Yu Jiu and the other four old men who were beginning to build an extremely complex spatial rune array.
From the time he arrived in Beihai City to the present, it only took one day to gather all the manpower and material resources needed for the space rune array, and such an efficiency may only be able to be done by a few countries and chambers of commerce in this world.
I saw that Zhang Lao and the other four old men were standing in a corner each, their fingers linked, unfolding the karmic fire, and constantly turning those materials into different runes, and the runes swam to form a group of rings that followed one after another, and hundreds of different rings interlocked, gradually forming a large array.
And Yu Jiu stood aside, pressing the list in his hand with a well-dressed middle-aged man, and commanding dozens of domestic servants to supplement materials in the big array. After about an hour, the great array finally took shape.
"Knot!"
The five people in the field sealed at the same time, and with a loud shout, the last rune was urged into the rune array at the same time. I saw that the space in the center of the egg-shaped array began to distort and deform, from light blue to light purple, and gradually turned into a hollow alternating blue and purple!
At the same time, because of the formation of the circle, all the energy was blocked in the circle, and it was the original restless aura and the storm that blew suddenly stopped, and everything in the entire square returned to normal except for the circle that was constantly rotating.
Zhang Lao and the other five people did not relax at this time, seeing the space formed, suddenly the handprint changed again, and there were words in their mouths, one by one they lit up those interlocking rune circles, and the machine was just right at that time, as if it had been rehearsed countless times in advance.
When the last ring was lit, the five of them spat out a mouthful of essence blood at the same time, and made a rune with the karmic fire in the place where they were standing, and then they all exited the range of the rune circle. They glanced at each other, each breathed a sigh of relief, and walked towards Yu Jiu and the middle-aged man.
The four old men who set up the formation with Zhang Lao are all top Fu Array masters, the gold-robed Jiaye, the silver-robed Mo Li, the white-robed Feng Zhong and the gray robe Suoli, respectively, are from different continents, and they are old friends who have known Zhang Lao for many years.
Since the last war, these people have lived in seclusion and have struggled to get together. If it weren't for the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce following Zhang Lao's instructions. If you use a lot of manpower and material resources, you will really not be able to find it all for a while.
Among them, the white-robed Fengzhong comes from an ancient sect in the south of the Eastern Continent, and is also the teacher of Shizen, and he is the only one who is relatively easy to find. It was when he went to the port to meet Sori before, and he happened to watch the duel between Yang Rui and Wu Youdao together.
"Ha Luha, being able to see the top five rune array masters in the Yuancang Realm forming a formation together, Bei Mou is really an eye-opener today!" The middle-aged man took the lead in stepping forward, bowed down, and said with a smile.
"Hehe, it's thanks to President Pei's generosity. Help!" Zhang Lao returned the salute. He picked up the gourd from his waist and poured it, and said with a smile.
The well-dressed middle-aged man turned out to be Bei Yuanting, the current president of the Wanjin Chamber of Commerce. He has a hand in both vitality cultivation and business management, but he can't have both fish and bear's paws, for the business of the Chamber of Commerce. The Yuanli realm has always stayed at the peak of the Yuandan realm.
"What are you talking about, old Zhang! If it's not you. Can our Wanjin Chamber of Commerce have today?" Bei Yuanting shook his head. said with a smile: "If Zhang Lao needs it, our Bei family will have to help even if the family is bankrupt, this article has been written into the family rules since my grandfather's generation!"
"Don't mention those old things...... "Zhang Lao waved his hand and said: "In short, I really thank you Bei family this time." ”
"When did Sloppy Zhang start to learn to be polite?" said the gray-robed Sori with a straight face.
"Hey, hey. Sori, you're still the same, why don't you keep a straight face after so long. Zhang Lao said with a smile.
"Hey, you're embarrassed to say that we made an appointment to compete on the Templar Hill last time, who didn't show up the last?" said the gray-clothed old man with a dissatisfied expression.
"Well, that ......" Zhang Lao tilted his neck and thought about it, and said: "It seems that there is such a thing, so many years have passed, and I can't remember it clearly." ”
"Ha Luha, it's not easy for everyone to get together today, don't mention those troubles. At this time, the white-robed old man walked between the two and came up to play a round.
"Yes, we're much older than all the people in this room combined, and we don't have to argue about those false names anymore. The golden-robed old man said with a smile on his side.
And the silver-robed Mo Li was smiling silently on the side, silently watching the old friends arguing and shouting.
I saw that the gray-robed old man didn't listen to persuasion, waved his hand and said: "No, no, I'm not willing to defeat a sloppy Zhang completely, why don't we compete here, what's the matter?"
As soon as these words came out, the surrounding servants immediately retreated, and Pei Yuanting's face also had a bitter word written on it. I didn't expect those old people who became famous in their early years to get together, just like a group of children arguing, if they really fight, this Beihai City must not be destroyed.
The old man in white saw it in his eyes, and suddenly turned his head to Elder Zhang and asked, "Sloppy Zhang, today at noon, I met a martial arts fight with Sori in the flea market, and the black-clothed young man who gathered his qi realm defeated a martial artist of the Yuan Dan realm with his powerful body and talisman array. That young man, I look quite like you, I wonder if it's your disciple?"
"Huh, is the sloppy Zhang also a disciple of the Eight Classics?" the golden-robed old man over there asked teasingly.
"Ahem...... Sort of......" Zhang Lao coughed dryly, knocked his head and said, a gleam flashed in his eyes.
"Then I have a way to judge the level of our respective talisman attainments without us having to do it ourselves. The white-robed old man stroked his beard and said.
"Say it quickly!" said the gray-robed old man, with his hand in his hand.
The white-robed old man nodded and said with a smile, "There is a master who produces high disciples, why don't you let our disciples have a competition?"
When the gray old man heard this, his eyes rolled, and he clapped his hands and said: "Okay, this proposal is good, but since it is a competition, it has to be comprehensively evaluated, and it just so happens that I also have a good apprentice, do you dare to compare if you are sloppy?"
"This ...... My little apprentice has only been in contact with the talisman array for more than half a year, and it seems that he has suffered a little bit in the competition. Old man Zhang was extremely slippery, teasing and refusing to agree, and said: "And the Nine Hell Mountain Range's Reverse Scale Demon Sword is about to be born, this will not be a good time to compete." ”
"It's not that hard. The white-robed old man said: "In three years, the Hundred Gates Competition of the Ancient Emperor Domain will open again, and when the time comes, we will let the disciples participate, and then we can have a competition on the Holy Hall Mountain!"
"Hey, this dare is good!" The gray-robed old man nodded constantly when he heard this, and said to Zhang Lao with a smile: "Sloppy Zhang, you have no excuse to shirk this time, three years is enough time for you to train!"
"Well, I think that's a good idea, too. At this time, the golden-robed old man also said: "It is just right for them to experience more in actual combat." What do you say, Mo Li?"
As he spoke, he looked at the silver-robed old man who had been silent, smiled and nodded when he saw him, and then turned his head to look at Zhang Lao.
Seeing this, Zhang Lao only shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Okay, if my little apprentice is willing to participate, then we will compete again, hehe." ”
"So, let's get down to business. At this time, the silver-robed old man, who had been silent, finally stepped forward and said, "Sloppy, you have added so many runes to break curses and seals in this passage, are you going to that place?"
Everyone restrained their smiles when they heard this, and looked at Zhang Lao with a stern face.
Zhang Lao looked around, sighed and said, "Yes, the destination this time is indeed the Necromantic Swamp on the Fire Demon Island, the legendary place where the dead can be summoned. ”
When everyone heard this, their expressions changed, and the gray-robed old man's body couldn't help but tremble slightly.
"Why do you want to go to that kind of place? There is no tolerance for the Three Realms to be free from yin and yang, but a place of nine deaths and one life. Moreover, summoning the dead is dangerous in itself, and it will be eroded by that world. The white-robed old man asked solemnly.
"Well, something happened that was different from what was prophesied. Zhang Lao said slowly: "So I have to go there myself and ask that old friend again." ”
"Who are you talking about?" asked the gray-robed old man.
A trace of loneliness flashed in Zhang Lao's eyes, he turned his head to look at the spatial portal, let out a long breath, and said, "Yes, it's that person." ”
(If you want to know what happens next, and listen to the next breakdown.) (To be continued......)