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Chapter 14 Spirit Gathering Array

"Then forget it. I'll go find that pseudo-Core Formation senior from earlier. If it's him, he should be able to offer me a high price." Qin Sheng lowered his voice, pretending to look disappointed, and got up to leave.

Seeing that Qin Sheng was not taking the matter seriously, the shopkeeper was surprised but also called out to him with a smile, "Young friend, please calm down. Everything can be discussed."

As he spoke, he looked Qin Sheng up and down again. He saw that the man was wearing a gray leather jacket, a straw hat covering his face, and a mask on his face. He couldn't help but wonder if he had really misjudged him.
He paused for a moment, then changed his words, saying, "Fellow Daoist, how about this? You tell me what you need first, and I'll have someone fetch it for you. After that, you show me the spiritual herbs, and if both of us find them suitable, we can proceed with the transaction."

"Top-tier magic artifacts, Core Formation stage formations, Foundation Establishment stage pill formulas, and Foundation Establishment pills," Qin Sheng stated his needs.

As for cultivation techniques, let's put them aside for now and wait until we reach the Foundation Establishment stage. After all, cultivation techniques sold to the public won't be that powerful.

"Hehe, these things are all quite valuable. It seems you have quite a bit of luck, fellow Daoist." Cao Lu said, "Foundation Establishment Pills, Foundation Establishment stage pill formulas, and top-tier magic artifacts are easy to obtain. Our White Water Pavilion has them. However, we don't have Core Formation stage formations. But don't worry, we Six Linked Halls stand together through thick and thin. I'll contact Lady Ya of 'Jade Ring Residence' for you right away. She is a formation master in our Six Linked Halls. She should have the formations you need."

Next, Manager Cao struck up a conversation with Qin Sheng with unusual enthusiasm, and intentionally or unintentionally tried to inquire about Qin Sheng's lineage and where he obtained the thousand-year-old spiritual herb.

But how could Qin Sheng possibly reveal his secret to others?

He only said that he was a cultivator who had just come from Kui Xing Island, and he remained silent about the origin of the thousand-year-old spiritual herb.

Hearing this, Manager Cao laughed even harder, which made Qin Sheng feel a little creeped out. However, since he had a way to protect himself, he wasn't too afraid. If he showed any weakness, he would only attract the other party's covetousness.

A moment later, a mature and beautiful woman wearing a gold and blue dress walked into the VIP room.

This woman has an hourglass figure that is extremely attractive to men, but her face is cold, making her someone to admire from afar, not to be touched.

"Fellow Daoist Cao, I heard someone wants to buy an array that can withstand Core Formation cultivators? Could it be this fellow Daoist?" The beautiful woman spoke coldly as soon as she entered the room, but her beautiful eyes were fixed on Qin Sheng.

Qin Sheng stood up, cupped his hands, and said, "Greetings, Senior."

"no!"

The beautiful woman spoke coldly, then with a wave of her hand, she took out two sets of array flags, one blue and one red, and placed them in front of Qin Sheng:

"These are two newly refined array formations: the Azure Water Cloud Wave Array and the Heavenly Fire Wildfire Array. The former is primarily defensive; even a cultivator in the early Core Formation stage cannot break through it in one go with their full force. If someone below the Core Formation stage accidentally enters the array, unless they are a master of array formations, they will only be trapped and die inside. In addition, this array also has some of the functions of an illusion array, which can evade the detection of the Core Formation stage's divine sense."

"The latter is primarily for trapping and killing enemies. Once one mistakenly enters it, it will trigger heavenly fire, the power of which is comparable to the inner fire within a cultivator in the early stages of Core Formation."

When it came to her array formations, the beautiful woman seemed to have endless things to say. It was as if she was showing off her masterpiece to the world, and even her originally cold and aloof expression was no longer so unapproachable.

Qin Sheng chuckled inwardly at the woman's actions, realizing she was likely someone with a unique pursuit in the art of formations, unlike the shopkeeper Qin, who seemed like a smiling tiger. After listening to the woman's words, Qin Sheng said seriously, "I'll take both of these formations." He planned to use the Heavenly Fire Wildfire Formation for self-defense and the Azure Water Cloud Wave Formation to protect the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye. Coincidentally, these Core Formation stage formations were sufficient to cover the outer edge of the entire inverted cone-shaped mountain peak.

Seeing that Qin Sheng wanted to buy her two sets of formations, the beautiful woman was not happy at all. Instead, she frowned and said, "Ordinary thousand-year-old spiritual herbs can only be exchanged for one formation at most."

Upon hearing this, Qin Sheng remained silent. With a wave of his hand, a brocade box flew out from his storage soul tool at his waist and floated in front of the beautiful woman.

The beautiful woman and Manager Cao both showed solemn expressions, because even with their divine senses, they could not sense where Qin Sheng had taken this item from.

Seeing the expressions on their faces, Qin Sheng chuckled inwardly. Speaking of which, this soul tool has a unique feature: it can only be opened using soul power. Internal force should also work, since the two are essentially the same thing.

Of course, magic is also possible, but Qin Sheng is just making it sound mysterious to reduce the risk of being targeted!

This is perhaps the limitation of the vast majority of cultivators.

Because they don't specialize in practicing secular martial arts, they naturally can't see through the true nature of storage soul tools.

The beautiful woman and Manager Cao were, after all, cultivators at the late Foundation Establishment stage or higher. After a brief moment of shock, the beautiful woman opened the brocade box, and her beautiful eyes widened instantly, "Crystal Flower!"

Manager Cao, standing nearby, also looked shocked. He knew that the Pure Crystal Flower was a precious spiritual herb with miraculous effects on cultivators who practiced water-attribute or ice-attribute techniques. If it could be refined into pills, it could even help with the formation of the Golden Core. The beautiful lady in front of him, Madam Ya, happened to practice ice-attribute techniques and possessed an extremely rare ice-attribute unique spiritual root. The Pure Crystal Flower was undoubtedly fatally attractive to him.

What puzzled him was how this mere Qi Refining cultivator beside him knew the beautiful woman needed this item. Even among cultivators of the same level, it was difficult to discern the true nature of Madam Ya's techniques without engaging in combat.

Qin Sheng naturally didn't know what kind of cultivation technique Madam Ya had practiced. He only thought that this woman was cold and aloof, giving off an icy feeling. Even if she didn't practice a cold-attribute technique, she should have practiced a similar supernatural power. Or some special reason might have caused her to have such a cold personality.

I was just trying it out. If the other party is unwilling to exchange two sets, then exchanging only one set won't hurt.

Anyway, this Pure Crystal Flower is just a cold-attribute herb that lives near the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass. There are several Pure Crystal Flowers like this, and this one, which is just over a thousand years old, is just the youngest one among them.

Moreover, he left roots behind, which will grow back in a hundred years.

"I wonder if you would be willing to make an exchange, senior?" Qin Sheng asked bluntly.

Lady Ya took a deep breath, her expression somewhat excited, and said, "Of course, this item is of great use to my cultivation technique, but I will never take advantage of you. This is the array plate for the Azure Water Cloud Wave Array and the Heavenly Fire Wildfire Array, along with jade slips that record the setup and usage of the two arrays. Also, there is this Spirit Gathering Array that I researched myself. Although its effect is far inferior to the Spirit Binding Array of the Qingyang Sect, and it cannot guarantee that not a single trace of spiritual energy will leak out like the Spirit Binding Array, it can still gather the fifty percent of the spiritual energy that is emitted on its own."

Upon hearing this, Qin Sheng was overjoyed. If he could use it on the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, wouldn't it increase the growth rate of spiritual herbs?
(End of this chapter)