Cultivation: I have an equipment slot

At that time, in order to obtain a fourth-order spiritual vein, the Qingheng Sect did not hesitate to launch a pioneering war, and countless people died in order to obtain a fourth-order spiritual vein.

Now, the other party is giving it to them directly.

Free!
"I am truly so grateful to Senior Brother Huang," Zhang Yan said to Huang Lian again.

"Junior Brother Zhang is joking. It's just a fourth-order spiritual vein anyway." Huang Lian didn't understand why Zhang Yan was so agitated.

"I'm not afraid to tell you this, Senior Brother Huang, but back in the lower realm, my sect launched a war against the demon race for a fourth-order spiritual vein. Countless people died at the time, but we managed to capture one."

Huang Lian: "..."

“Junior Brother Zhang, I never imagined that you came from such a poor background.” He was telling the truth.

I always thought Zhang Yan's background couldn't be any lower.

Then it was discovered.

The other person's background was even lower than he had imagined.

But this is the kind of person who has climbed even higher than him.

can only say.

The opponent's talent is indeed terrifying.

"Let's not talk about it anymore, it's all in the past."

Zhang Yan chuckled and then looked at Huang Jiu.

"I need to know what's currently being grown in the spirit field, and the annual income and expenses of this cave dwelling."

The cave dwelling generates a considerable income each year.

However, there is also a large expense.

Don’t say anything else.

Take Huang Jiu, a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, for example, who works as a steward here.

This would require offering the other party a large sum of spirit stones.

Otherwise, why would anyone work for you?

Although Huang Lian stated that the Huang family could continue to pay these people's wages.

But Zhang Yan refused.

joke.

This was, after all, his cave dwelling.

How could we possibly allow the Huang family to continue paying salaries to others?

If that's the case, should these people listen to him or the Huang family?
Therefore, he could not allow the Huang family to continue paying their salaries.

"Reporting to Master, currently, the cave dwelling earns 1.76 million spirit stones annually, but only spends 1.3 million spirit stones, leaving a surplus of over 400,000 spirit stones each year."

Huang Jiu respectfully addressed Zhang Yan.

"Ok?"

"Is there anything left over?"

Upon hearing the other person's words, Zhang Yan paused for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face.

He had been thinking about it.

If only the compensation wasn't too much.

But unexpectedly, it still made money.

However, it's clear that they didn't earn much.

Or rather, such a large area should be able to generate more profit.

The main reason for this is that this cave dwelling had no owner before.

There is only one butler.

The housekeeper receives a fixed salary.

They might even hack some things out of this place on ordinary days.

So having a surplus of 400,000 is already quite good.

Zhang Yan had no intention of pursuing matters from the past.

After all, it wasn't his before.

"I plan to organize the spirit fields inside the cave properly, then rearrange the array to turn it into a huge spirit plant garden."

Zhang Yan slowly began to speak.

"Give me all the data, I need the details."

"Yes, sir."

Upon hearing Zhang Yan's words, Huang Jiu quickly agreed.

Then the relevant data was found.

"Junior Brother Zhang, do you need my help?"

"If you want to turn it into a spirit plant garden, you'll need an array master, right?"
"Our Huang family also has quite a few array masters," Huang Lian said confidently to Su Jing.

"No need, I'm quite proficient in formations too."

Upon hearing Huang Lian's words, Zhang Yan shook his head in refusal.

He actually knows a little about formations.

"you……"

"Okay, you can come to me if you need anything." Huang Lian didn't doubt Zhang Yan's statement that he also knew a little about formations.

After all, weapon refiners sometimes do need to inscribe formations on magical artifacts.

However, generally speaking, one cannot become an expert in it.

especially.

Zhang Yan, this is a fourth-order spiritual vein.

At the very least, a fourth-order formation is needed to unleash its full potential.

If it's just a third-tier formation, then it's a huge waste.

A cultivator at the early stage of the Golden Core realm.

It can not only refine fourth-tier magic weapons.

They can even create fourth-order formations.

Huang Lian didn't believe it.

A person's energy is limited.

In his view, it was impossible for Zhang Yan to be good at crafting magical artifacts.

You're good at using formations.

How is that possible?

That's simply unrealistic!
however.

Although he thought so, he didn't say it out loud.

After all, it's hard to bear the hardships of life.

On the contrary, he would do his best to help Zhang Yan if he needed it.

but.

He soon realized that he seemed to have been proven wrong.

Because Zhang Yan really knows how to set up formations.

And their skill level is quite high!

Watching him purchase various materials needed for formations from the market.

Huang Lian did not anticipate the seriousness of the problem at first.

But when Zhang Yan began making arrangements, he was shocked to discover something.

Zhang Yan actually intended to set up a fourth-order formation.

"Fuck!"

"You actually know how to set up a fourth-order formation?"

He asked Zhang Yan with some disbelief.

"Yes."

Didn't I already say that?
I also know a little bit about formations.

Zhang Yan chuckled and spoke.

"This is more than just knowing a little bit!"

Huang Lian was almost in tears.

Does "knowing a little bit" mean you can set up a fourth-order formation?

To know.

The difficulty of forming formations is no less than that of crafting weapons!

It might even be more difficult than crafting weapons.

Because the formation is more complex.

It's not just about spiritual veins; sometimes you also have to consider the terrain, celestial phenomena, and even the stars.

very complicated.

But even so.

Zhang Yan is also capable of setting up fourth-order formations.

At this moment, Huang Lian didn't know what to say.

"Is this what genius is?"

Huang Lian was quite severely affected.

He originally thought that Zhang Yan's talent in weapon crafting was already impressive enough.

I never expected him to be so skilled in formations.

Is there anything he can't do?!

Could Zhang Yan also be skilled in alchemy?

Do you know how to make talismans?
Could he really be an all-rounder?

For an instant.

An absurd idea even popped into Huang Lian's mind.

He felt that Zhang Yan might be a multi-talented individual.
But soon.

He shook his head again.

impossible.

This is absolutely impossible.

If someone is truly a genius and all-rounder, that would be an exaggeration.

Where in this world can you find someone like that?
"What genius? Senior Brother Huang, you're really overthinking it. You know I come from a small town. We were poor back then, so we had to rely on ourselves for everything. That's how I learned some formations."

Zhang Yan explained something to Huang Lian. However...

Faced with Zhang Yan's explanation.

Huang Lian didn't want to listen at all.

He felt that Zhang Yan was just showing off.

A blatant display of wealth.

How can there be such a thing?
That's a joke.

You think you can set up a fourth-order formation just by learning a little?
How could one reach such a level in the art of formations without years of dedicated study?

"You must have studied array formations quite a bit in private!" Huang Lian gritted his teeth, suddenly feeling a sense of crisis.

This Zhang Yan.

It's so curly.

He treated Zhang Yan like a brother, but Zhang Yan actually wanted to kill him.

It’s really too much!
And he understood it too.

Formations are indeed beneficial to the art of weapon crafting.

After all, weapon crafting also requires inscribing formations.

Especially those high-level magic treasures, which often have arrays engraved on them.

However, generally speaking, these formations need to be inscribed by a formation master.

Few weapon refiners will inscribe the artifacts themselves.

After all, it is extremely difficult to be proficient in both weapon crafting and formations at the same time.

But it is undeniable.

If a weapon refiner is truly proficient in both weapon refining and formations, then his competitiveness will be extremely high.

After all, how can one person be more professional than two people to find a magic weapon?

Moreover, only a weapon refiner can best unleash the power of their magical artifact.

"I've made up my mind. I will study formations diligently in the future and become a talent who combines both weapon crafting and formation techniques!"

Huang Lian made a decision to himself in his heart.

He can no longer afford to slack off.

Otherwise, the gap between me and Zhang Yan will only widen in the future.

At that point, he won't even be able to curry favor with Zhang Yan.

After all, when the gap between two people is too large, even if Zhang Yan doesn't forget him, he'd be too embarrassed to approach him.

Or.

Even if Zhang Yan remembers his favor, how long can their relationship last if he can't offer Zhang Yan any benefits?

Human relationships will eventually run out.

Only mutual benefit can keep people together forever.

Zhang Yan naturally had no idea what Huang Lian was thinking.

He was carefully working on a fourth-order magic array.

seriously.

The fourth-order magic array is really not very useful, but fortunately, he has an equipment slot.

Although the Divine Weapon Pavilion is the domain of weapon refiners.

However, there are also quite a few array masters.

I bought some second-hand array plates.

That would be enough for him to build his own array.

Don't ask him why he wants to buy a formation plate, instead of just paying to find a formation master.

The answer is no.

Moreover, if we invite a formation master to set up the formation, what if the formation master leaves behind some hidden tricks?
This is commonplace in the cultivation world; don't become one of these array masters.

In fact, they are really bad.

And beyond that.

Spend the same amount of money.

Zhang Yan is not only good at setting up formations.

You can also learn this related knowledge, so why not?
in this way.

Zhang Yan spent a full half month finally setting up a formation.

Fourth-order grand formation.

It is mainly a formation targeting the Spirit Plant Garden.

You can create an environment that your spirit plants like.

It can even control the concentration and type of spiritual energy.

It can be said to be very suitable.

"Not bad."

Zhang Yan was very satisfied with the formation he had set up.

"Master, someone is requesting an audience outside the cave." That was at that moment.

Huang Jiu suddenly came over and spoke to Zhang Yan.

"Um?"

"Someone is requesting an audience?"

"Who?"

Zhang Yan asked with some curiosity.

He has no friends in the Heavenly Fire World.

There were only those people from the Central Plains.

But they all had Zhang Yan's contact information, so if they wanted to see him, they wouldn't have Huang Jiu inform them.

Therefore, these people must be people Zhang Yan doesn't know.

"a lot of."

“Most of them are from families in the Upper Realm,” Huang Jiu said quickly, without hiding anything.

"What do they want from me?"

"Let them in."

Zhang Yan had some doubts, but he still had Huang Jiu take them to the reception room.

"They've finally arrived." At this moment, Huang Lian couldn't help but sigh and say.

"Ok?"

"Does Senior Brother Huang know who it is?"

Zhang Yan looked at Huang Lian with some surprise.

Judging from the other person's tone, he clearly knew who they were.

"know."

"They're nothing more than families from the upper realm, or some small sects, or forces from various mountains. They're coming to you to curry favor with you," Huang Lian said seriously. "Just like when I gave you things, these people are the same."

"It's just a pity they arrived too late."

"I've already taken the position of the number one lackey." He said this with a smug look on his face.

Zhang Yan: "..."

"Senior Brother Huang is joking again. You're not some lackey; you're my senior brother!"

Dear senior brother!

Zhang Yan spoke seriously.

"Hey, whether it's a close senior brother or a lackey, it's all the same." Huang Lian didn't care about any of that.

He doesn't care about saving face at all now.

If he cared, he wouldn't have come to give Zhang Yan a gift so quickly.

“Let’s go, Junior Brother Zhang, I’ll take you to see these guys and see what gifts they gave us.”

Huang Lian led Zhang Yan familiarly toward the reception room.

"Okay, let's go take a look."

Upon hearing Huang Lian's words, Zhang Yan also showed a smile.

Then I followed him to the reception room.

When they arrived.

The reception room was found to be full of people.

A rough count.

There were nearly twenty of them.

These twenty people were clearly not together; each of them represented a faction or a family.

The leader was a young girl.

Although the girl looked young, her cultivation level was already at the Dharma Aspect Realm.

I don't know how many years old it is.

"This must be Junior Brother Zhang Yan. He is indeed a handsome and talented man."

The girl spoke first after seeing Zhang Yan.

"I wonder what this senior sister is like..."

Zhang Yan is currently learning weapon crafting from the Crimson Heavenly Lord, so it's not wrong for cultivators in the Dharma Aspect Realm to call him junior brother.

"I am Lin Qingyue, a disciple of the Blazing Flame Heavenly Lord lineage," Lin Qingyue said to Zhang Yan with a smile.

She then began introducing other people to Zhang Yan.

The leaders among them were all disciples of various Heavenly Lords, some even members of the Heavenly Lords' families.

And just as Huang Lian said.

These people came to find Zhang Yan for no other reason than this.

They came to deliver gifts.

"We heard that Junior Brother Zhang is learning weapon crafting from Lord Chi Lian, and he has a bright future ahead of him. So we discussed it and decided to give Junior Brother Zhang some congratulatory gifts."

Although Lin Qingyue was at the Dharma Aspect Realm cultivation level.

However, he was very polite when speaking to Zhang Yan.

"Senior Sister Lin is too kind."

"Sigh, we didn't know what Junior Brother liked at first, but we just heard that he's planning to build himself a spirit plant garden, so we thought we'd just send him some rather unique spirit plants, hoping he'll like them." As she spoke, she took out a storage bag and handed it over. (End of Chapter)