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Chapter 401 Nine Palaces Yellow Dragon Formation [Subscribe]

“No wonder, no wonder the Tianjing Sect would not help the Tuyunling Guo family and other immortal cultivation families. It turns out that Tianjing Master is secretly cultivating another group of forces, and there are even two Jindan-stage cultivators!”

On Tuyun Ridge, Zhou Chun looked at the latest information in his hand, and his expression became very strange. He finally solved the doubts that had been puzzling him before.

It has been three months since Master Tianjing returned to Tianjing Sect, and the recent developments in Tianjing Villa have also shocked many cultivators.

After Yu Jinghua, the only Jindan-stage deputy sect leader, escaped with the treasures in the Tianjing Sect's treasury, many people wanted to see the Tianjing Villa and see how Master Tianjing would clean up this mess.

Who would have thought that Master Tianjing had cultivated a group of forces elsewhere, and now he has pulled out two Jindan-stage cultivators, ten Zifu-stage cultivators, sixty to seventy foundation-building cultivators, and thousands of Qi-refining cultivators.

Such a huge force is no less powerful than the previous Tianjing Sect's apparent strength, and it even has one more Jindan-stage cultivator.

With such a huge force at hand, it is no wonder that Master Tianjing was so ambitious to replace Qinglian Temple and make Tianjing Sect the third largest sect in Jingguo.

It's a pity that although Master Tianjing was also a shrewd and calculating person, he still underestimated Master Qingxiao's strength and courage, and ultimately lost everything because of one wrong move.

Now, not only has the Tianjing Sect been disbanded, but these direct subordinates who were previously kept in other countries will also be moved to Jingguo and serve him in the future.

"With this addition and subtraction, Tianjing Villa has filled the gap left by the original Xuanzhu Palace. With Tianjing Zhenren, a Yuanying stage cultivator, Lingzhou's overall strength has become even stronger."

“I just don’t know how Tianjing Villa will be able to support so many foundation-building cultivators and purple mansion cultivators in the future!”

"And Yu Jinghua, who took away the resources of the Tianjing Sect's treasury and escaped, how will Tianjing Master deal with him?"

Zhou Chun looked towards the direction of Tianjing Villa and muttered to himself.

His two doubts were soon answered through the movements of Tianjing Villa.

First, Tianjing Villa continued to retain the management rights of the two major markets in Lingzhou, and confiscated the property of the original Lingzhou immortal cultivation families in the markets, cleared out the clansmen of the immortal cultivation families hiding in the markets, and established a chamber of commerce called "Tianjin Tower".

Therefore, Jiang Chuanxiong, the foundation-building cultivator of the Jiang family who had been closely watched by the Zhou family, was also cleared out, and before he was kicked out, the Zhou family was kindly notified.

When Zhou Chun learned the news, he naturally didn't hesitate. After thanking the people from Tianjing Villa, he sent Zhou Zhengyong with the golden-winged tiger to kill it, thus solving a hidden danger for the family.

Tianjing Villa subsequently carried out reforms, dismissing nearly half of its Qi Refining cultivators, leaving only less than 600 people to maintain the operation of the two markets and Tianjing Villa.

Even more than 20 Foundation Establishment cultivators were dismissed and left to fend for themselves.

In this way, relying on the financial resources from the two markets, plus the high-level spiritual veins of Tianjing Villa, it is enough to retain those Purple Mansion Stage and Golden Core Stage cultivators.

Moreover, according to the promotional slogan of Tianjing Villa, in the future, the "Tianjin Tower" in the market town will have items including third-order magic tools, third-order magic talismans, foundation-building pills, etc. for sale, and will also accept customization of some second-order and third-order magic tools, pills, and formations. It seems that some of their high-level cultivators are proficient in the art of cultivating immortals.

If this is the case, Tianjing Villa's financial situation will not be a big problem.

At the same time, Tianjing Villa announced a wanted notice for Yu Jinghua. Anyone who could provide his exact hiding place would receive a spiritual object that could help open up the Purple Mansion.

Such a huge reward is enough to attract many independent cultivators in the foundation-building stage and immortal cultivation families to contribute to this matter.

"But if Yu Jinghua is not stupid, he must have fled far away and changed his name after hearing about the return of Tianjing Zhenren. If we want to find him, we really need luck!"

Zhou Chun thought to himself that he didn't have much hope of finding Yu Jinghua, this traitorous servant.

The most important thing for the Zhou family at the moment is to build the Tuyunling villa.

In terms of the quality of spiritual veins, Tuyun Ridge is better than Jiufeng Ridge. The location of this place is also excellent. Whether it is to Hongya Market in Lanzhou, the two major markets in Lingzhou, or even the Xianyun Market in Yunzhou, it is not far away. A cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage can arrive there within one day.

If the Zhou family had not been operating in Jiufengling for hundreds of years, Zhou Chun would have wanted to use this place as the Zhou family's mountain gate and headquarters.

Therefore, in order not to waste such a sacred place, he specially invited a Purple Mansion Stage formation master from the You family to tailor a formation for this place.

On this day, accompanied by Zhou Xindie, the formation master of the You family came to Zhou Chun with the exploration results.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, after an on-site survey by You, I discovered that the ground energy beneath Tuyun Ridge is quite deep, which is suitable for setting up a large earth formation with a defense focus. You has three options for you to choose from."

The formation master of the You family has only reached the initial stage of Purple Mansion, and he has white hair, and it seems that he will not live long.

This person is somewhat similar to Zhou family's deceased second elder Zhou Chongshan. Both of them are cultivators who have been obsessed with the art of formations throughout their lives. Their success in opening up the Purple Mansion was the result of the You family's strong support.

This time, in order to invite him to help the Zhou family set up the formation, Zhou Chun also invested a lot of money, using some advanced formation inheritance that the Zhou family had obtained over the years as an exchange.

Moreover, this transaction only requires them to help set up the formation, and all related materials have to be prepared by the Zhou family themselves.

After hearing what the other party said, Zhou Chun's eyes flickered slightly, and he responded, "Oh, Zhou will take a look first."

Then he took the information prepared by the You family formation master and started to check it.

The three options prepared by the You family's formation master all have their own merits.

The power of two of these formations is not much different from the "Five-Directions Miro Formation" on the Zhou family's Jiufeng Ridge, but they focus more on defense and have stronger defensive capabilities.

The remaining formation is extraordinary. It is a forbidden formation that can withstand the attacks of Jindan stage cultivators.

However, the arrangement of the forbidden formation not only requires extremely high attainments in formation from the formation master himself, but also the various materials needed to arrange the formation are also extremely expensive.

After Zhou Chun finished reading it, he immediately had an idea in his mind.

He put down the information, looked at the You family formation master with a sharp gaze and asked, "Is this [Nine Palaces Yellow Dragon Formation] really as Daoist You said, once it is successfully arranged, even a Jindan stage cultivator will find it difficult to break through?"

Upon hearing this, the You family array master said proudly, "It's not just the Jindan stage cultivators who are difficult to break through. If Fellow Daoist Zhou can really find the right size [Yellow Dragon Stone] to refine nine array discs, slowly accumulate strength, and wait until the power of this array is fully released, ordinary Jindan early stage cultivators who don't know the details of the array in advance may also be severely damaged!" Hearing his answer, Zhou Chun immediately said, "[Yellow Dragon Stone] is a magical material for refining magic weapons. The amount of [Yellow Dragon Stone] that Fellow Daoist You needs is too large. I'm afraid that the Zhou family will not be able to collect this thing in a short time. Can we use alternative materials as a transition first? After the Zhou family has collected a sufficient number of [Yellow Dragon Stones], we can ask Fellow Daoist You to refine it into array discs to complete the formation!"

Although he did not understand formations himself, Zhou Chun also knew that the materials used to set up most formations were not unique, but could be replaced by other materials.

However, if alternative materials are used, the power of the formation will be greatly weakened.

However, if he could temporarily use other materials to replace the magical spiritual material [Yellow Dragon Stone] and let the [Nine Palaces Yellow Dragon Formation] start working first, he would naturally have the confidence to slowly collect materials and set up a genuine formation.

"Of course we can use alternative materials, but in that case, not only will the power of the [Nine Palaces Yellow Dragon Formation] be only about 30% of the original version, but the protection range of the formation will also be greatly reduced, and it can only protect an area of ​​​​more than ten miles. It is worse than the [Five Directions Mi Luo Formation] of your Zhou family's Jiufengling."

"And if you use alternative materials, once the formation is attacked by a strong enemy, even if the formation is not broken, many formation flags and formation plates may be damaged. At that time, you will have to prepare new materials to refine these."

The tone of the You family's formation master clearly showed that he was not optimistic about the usefulness of the simplified version of the formation.

After hearing what he said, Zhou Chun became more determined and immediately shook his head and said, "That's okay. As long as it doesn't involve magical materials, my Zhou family can always find substitutes for other materials."

"Well, since you insist on this, Mr. Zhou, then I naturally have no objection."

The You Family's formation master said, "But I have to tell you one thing. Currently, I am the only one in the You Family who has fully comprehended and is able to set up the Nine Palaces Yellow Dragon Formation. I only have about fifty years left to live. If you cannot find enough Yellow Dragon Stones within this period of time, then you will have to find someone else to set up another formation!"

"It's enough. Fifty years is more than enough!"

Zhou Chun nodded, his tone revealing strong confidence.

This made the You family's formation master look at him a few more times, and then he whispered softly: "It is said that your Zhou family has made great fortunes in recent years. It seems to be true!"

Although his muttering was so low, Zhou Chun could hear it, but even if he did, he acted as if he didn't hear it and smiled without saying anything.

The development of the Zhou family over the years has been witnessed by all. No matter how hard they try to hide it, it is impossible to ignore it.

However, the Zhou family is no longer a soft persimmon. Even if some people are curious about where the Zhou family made their fortune, they dare not delve too deeply into it.

The Qinglian Temple knew that the Zhou family had a deal with the Longyuanze Scaled Frog alien race, and also knew that the Zhou family had obtained a [Tuyuan Crystal Jade] mine. In addition, the Zhou family did not even have a Jindan stage cultivator, so they would not care too much.

Anyway, no matter what outsiders speculate, as long as the Zhou family does not respond and acts cautiously, this discussion will not be able to shake the foundation of the Zhou family.

After finalizing the layout of the mountain protection formation, Zhou Chun immediately mobilized the Zhou family's manpower and arranged for the elders to personally travel to the major markets in Jingguo and surrounding neighboring countries to purchase relevant materials.

In fact, another reason why Zhou Chun decided to choose the [Nine Palaces Yellow Dragon Formation] was that a lot of [Earth Yuan Crystal Jade] was needed to set up the formation, and the Zhou family happened to have a lot of this in stock.

The supply agreement between the Zhou family and Qinglian Temple's Jindan-stage cultivator Shan Yangzi had ended three years ago, and Shan Yangzi no longer needed this kind of spiritual object.

Therefore, the [Earth Yuan Crystal Jade] ore mined subsequently is still stored in the Zhou family treasury.

It comes in handy now.

However, these [Earth Yuan Crystal Jade] ores are the last ores. The mineral veins in Yangguo have almost been mined out. Lin Wan'er is still staying in Yangguo purely because she is reluctant to leave the Hongyu Peak stronghold that she has worked so hard to build.

After all, that stronghold can now provide several thousand spirit coins in income every year.

Zhou Chun and the Zhou family had no objection to this. As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows. Although the Yang State’s stronghold is far away, it may still be useful in the future, so it would be good to keep it.

Time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye, another two years have passed.

During the past two years, the Zhou family's Tuyunling villa has been basically completed, the simplified version of the mountain protection formation [Nine Palaces Yellow Dragon Formation] has been officially put into use, and the various buildings inside have also been built. Some monsters raised in the Jiufengling Mountain Gate have also been moved here, which has reduced a lot of burden on the Jiufengling Mountain Gate.

Zhou Mingde and Zhou Chun also moved to Tuyunling to practice, and only Zhou Daoyi continued to stay at the gate of Jiufengling to take care of the green dragon in the dragon's nest.

At this time, Zhou Chun finally had a formal cave dwelling.

His cave is located at the spiritual eye of the Tuyunling spiritual vein, which is in a better location than Zhou Mingde's cave. It is a valley on the mountain covering an area of ​​more than 20 acres.

This valley is protected by the power of the [Nine Palaces Yellow Dragon Formation]. Looking from the outside, one can only see a yellow mist.

In fact, the fog did not exist, but the naked eye and spiritual consciousness were deceived by the illusion.

This is the power of the forbidden formation. Every forbidden formation, no matter whether its focus is on attack or defense, will have various uses such as transformation, confinement, and movement, and its function is very comprehensive.

The valley is rich in spiritual energy, which is very suitable for the Golden-Armored Rock Turtle to practice. It directly dug a big hole in the corner of the valley. Normally, it likes to lie in the big hole, cover itself with mud, and slowly absorb earth spiritual power to improve its cultivation.

Zhou Chun was also very attentive to his first cave dwelling. Not only did he build his own residence, he also built residences for his spirit pets and spirit insects.

For example, Mu Mei’s residence is a thousand-year-old spiritual pine tree, which Zhou Chun exchanged with a certain family using a thousand-year-old spiritual medicine. The other family agreed to this exchange only because they were interested in making friends with the Zhou family.

Of course, when Zhou Chun exchanged it, he definitely wouldn't say that it was used to nourish the wood spirit, he just said that the core of the mountain protection formation needed such a spiritual tree to suppress it.

Others such as "Black Armor Golden Feather" and "Flying Fire Scorpion" also have their own special insect rooms.

As for the Silver Electric Thunder Python Baibai and the Golden Winged Tiger, they naturally also have residences in their own favorite styles.

On this day, Zhou Chun was practicing in the cave when he suddenly felt that the formation outside the valley was activated. He scanned with his spiritual sense and found that the person who came was Zhou Daoyi who was guarding the gate of Jiufengling Mountain.

"Zhengchun, Hongyu has already come out of confinement."

As soon as Zhou Daoyi entered Zhou Chun's cave, he explained his purpose to him with a smile.

I just realized that I have reached chapter 400 without realizing it! The word count is almost 1.6 million, it’s going so fast!
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