A small independent cultivator without any sect or school, but made a deal with the Heavenly Dao

Pei Cangli looked at the ring on his hand and asked Cangcang nonchalantly, "Cangcang, when did the prices in the cultivation world become so cheap? One thousand low-grade spirit stones can buy such a good defensive magic weapon?"

"Master, if this can be bought with a thousand low-grade spirit stones, I and Ji Feng are the same. This is clearly the 'Bi Ling Guardian' in the top ten of the spirit weapon rankings. It can protect the master from all harm when danger comes. The meaning of this ring is - I hope it will be like my protection for you, and will always be by your side."

Pei Cangli looked at Si Yunzhou in front of him and suddenly said, "Friend Si, I just drank chicken soup and I feel a little greasy. Could you please help me cook a bowl of porridge?"

Si Yunzhou ran into the kitchen to cook porridge as soon as he heard it. Poor Ji Feng was swept in by Pei Cangli's whip of water spirit power. "Friend Ji, I still have a thousand low-grade spirit stones. Can you please make another trip and buy me a similar defense ring? I want to give it to a friend."

Ji Feng said with a guilty look on his face, "Friend Pei, when I bought this ring, this was the only one left. There are no more."

"Oh, what a coincidence. Then tell me the seller's information and I'll ask who made it. I really like this magic weapon and would like the weapon refiner to make something else for me. Fellow Daoist Ji, this shouldn't be difficult for you, right?"

Pei Cangli looked at Ji Feng's embarrassed expression and asked, "Why? Didn't you buy this ring? Or is there something else going on?"

Ji Feng was really at a loss. "Fellow Daoist Pei, please don't ask me anymore. My senior brother won't let me tell you, so I really can't tell you."

"Okay then, when your senior brother comes in, just stand aside and don't say anything. I won't force you."

Si Yunzhou came in with porridge and saw Ji Feng standing there too. "Didn't I tell you to pack up outside? Why are you here?"

"Friend Si, I have something to do and I asked Friend Ji for help, so I let him in."

Upon hearing this, Si Yunzhou hurriedly said, "Cangli, if you need any help, just come to me." Seeing that Ji Feng's eyes were about to cramp from blinking, Si Yunzhou turned a blind eye.

"That's great, Fellow Daoist Si. This ring has a unique shape and I like it very much. I was thinking of asking Ji Feng to buy me another one as a gift for a friend. Unfortunately, he said he didn't have any. Can Fellow Daoist Si help me?"

Si Yunzhou glared at Ji Feng, who was always causing trouble but not getting anything done. He was still thinking about how to explain it more reasonably when he heard Pei Cangli say, "You can easily give away the top ten Green Spirit Guardians on this list. It seems that your sect must be very wealthy."

Si Yunzhou stood there stupidly, and glared at Ji Feng a few more times. This Ji Feng really couldn't keep a word to himself and just blurted out everything.

Ji Feng felt sad, but he couldn't say it.

"Cangli, I didn't buy this ring. My master gave it to me for self-defense before I left the mountain. I wanted to give it to you when I first met you, but you always looked like you were keeping me at a distance, and I didn't want to owe you a favor. Seeing you get hurt again and again, I just hated myself for not giving it to you earlier. I could only think of a way to collude with Ji Feng and say that I bought it with your spirit stones."

Ji Feng looked at Si Yunzhou with a look of disappointment on his face and said, "I didn't say a word, but you said everything."

Pei Cangli looked puzzled, "So that's how it is."

Si Yunzhou looked horrified and said, "You already knew this, what do you mean now?"

Pei Cangli smiled and said, "It's nothing. I already knew it after you just told me."

"Monsoon!!!" Si Yunzhou shouted through gritted teeth.

"Brother, I didn't say anything. You said it yourself," Ji Feng defended himself while running.

"Did I say that the Jade Spirit Guardian was also mentioned by me? And you said that you didn't say anything, but it was obviously you who said the most important things."

"Brother, this is unfair! I really didn't say anything, and I don't know how she knew it."

After Si Yunzhou pressed Ji Feng to the ground and rubbed him hard, the two were called in by Pei Cangli.

Ji Feng was still muttering quietly beside him, "I don't know why Senior Brother, who is usually quite smart, was fooled by Fellow Daoist Pei?"

After hearing this, Si Yunzhou wanted to drag him out and beat him up again, but he felt that he had not gone too easy on him just now.

Pei Cangli asked directly, "Si Yunzhou, are you interested in learning the formation?"

Si Yunzhou replied, "Of course I am interested, but the formations passed down by my master are not complete, and there is no place to learn them if I want to."

Pei Cangli looked at Ji Feng again, "Ji Feng, what about you? Are you interested?"

Ji Feng scratched his head and said, "Forget it. Formation masters are all talented players. I'd better improve my skills and practice my sword."

"I have a jade slip here, which contains some basic knowledge of formations and some ancient formations. We can discuss it together." Pei Cangli handed Si Yunzhou a jade slip.

"Fellow Daoist Pei, you really are a hidden talent. Not only do you know about Biling Guardian, you even understand the practice of formations." Ji Feng said with envy.

Si Yunzhou patted Ji Feng on the shoulder and said, "Ji Feng, Cangli let you know her secret because she trusts you. You must not let her down."

Pei Cangli smiled and said nothing. After explaining the basic situation to Si Yunzhou, the two began to practice the formation. Ji Feng also went outside to practice sword.

The two of them entered the jade slip with their spiritual consciousness, and saw a shadow appear, and then said: "After understanding the basic situation, I will explain the knowledge of the formation to you until you fully master it."

There are six types of arrays: killing array, defense array, trap array, illusion array, concealment array and compound array. Today we will explain the method of setting up the spirit gathering array, as well as the construction and use of array plates and array flags.

The Spirit Gathering Formation is the most common formation used in the practice of Taoism. Although it belongs to the category of defensive formations, its defensive effect is not as good as other defensive formations of the same level. Its main function is to gather spiritual energy in the air for the people in the formation to practice.

The eye of the formation is the most important. Once it is destroyed, the entire formation will not work. In addition, the coverage of the formation is related to the location of the nodes when the formation is set up.

The layout of the spirit gathering array is relatively simple, generally using low-grade magic tools or spirit stones as the array center, and there are three array nodes.

After arranging the array eye, first use spiritual power to draw various array spiritual patterns between each node to connect each node to each other, and then use the same method to carve array spiritual patterns between each node and the array eye to connect the node with the array eye.

After drawing, place a spirit stone on each node, and the formation can be activated. The spirit stones that can be placed on the nodes are of three types: low-grade, medium-grade, and high-grade.

After explaining the spirit gathering array, he began to talk about the structure of the array plate and array flags.

The array plates are all made of purple flame stone, and then various array patterns are accurately drawn on it with a carving knife made of purple gold ore. There cannot be any mistakes in the drawing process, otherwise the entire array plate will be scrapped.

The flag of the formation is made of a mixture of monster fur and a small amount of purple flame stone. Through a special refining method, the purple flame stone is integrated into the monster fur, making the flag less likely to be damaged.

The spiritual patterns of the formation on the flag need to be carved by the cultivator using his own spiritual power, and there must be no mistakes and the spiritual power cannot be interrupted, otherwise the flag will be scrapped. Therefore, it is more difficult to carve the formation flag.

The flagpole is made of black gold wood that is more than a hundred years old. Because it is not afraid of being burned by underground fire, it is most suitable when it is melted again with the flag.

Pei Cangli and Si Yunzhou listened to the explanation attentively, nodding slightly from time to time, and their understanding of the formation became more and more profound. After finishing these, the two of them were almost exhausted and had to withdraw to rest.

Si Yunzhou became more and more curious about Pei Cangli. She was at the peak of Qi Refining, but her spiritual sense could be comparable to his. Moreover, he had been training his spiritual sense since he was a child, and it was no longer comparable to that of ordinary foundation-building cultivators. However, Cangli could still keep up with him.

The two of them took a break and continued to study the contents of the jade slips, and silently practiced the knowledge of the formation in their minds. Sometimes they closed their eyes and thought, and sometimes they made light gestures with their fingers, as if they were outlining those mysterious formation patterns in the air.

Back in his room, Si Yunzhou practiced hard day and night. He didn't want to be outdone by Cangli. In the empty courtyard, he kept trying to set up the spirit gathering array. He failed again and again. The spirit patterns between the array center and the nodes could not be perfectly connected, resulting in the inability to activate the array.

Pei Cangli practiced hard day and night and never got discouraged after failure. After each failure, she would carefully review and summarize the mistakes.

After several days and nights of hard work, Pei Cangli finally successfully set up a first-order spirit gathering array on a starry night. When the array was activated, the surrounding spiritual energy quickly gathered and formed a spiritual energy vortex visible to the naked eye.

At the same time, in the next room, a formation was also successfully activated. Pei Cangli stood in the formation, feeling the rich spiritual energy, with a gratified smile on her face. She knew that Si Yunzhou had also succeeded.