Digging up spiritual roots and seizing blood? You scumbags, wait and tremble.

A few people only felt the scene in front of their eyes shaking a few times, and when they opened their eyes to see clearly, the scenery was different.

Not far away stood several excited old men, staring intently at the teleportation array.

Seeing them appear, several old men surrounded them at once, so fast that they had no time to react.

Zhong Ran and Mu Jinning were both secretly shocked. These old men were definitely not at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. They were most likely already at the Spirit Transformation stage.

Wasn't it said that the most people in the Western Region were at the Nascent Soul stage? Why were there so many of them at once? Could it be because this was the Formation Master Guild?

"Senior Xu? Senior Wu? Senior Fang? Why are you here?"

When Sun Qiuling saw those people, his eyes widened and he quickly clasped his hands together in salute.

The old men didn't even look at him, but surrounded Zhong Ran and the others.

"Little girl, you are Zhong Ran, right? You are sixteen years old this year, and you can break the fourth-level trap?"

"Little girl, go and try my fifth-order trap."

"Little girl, who is your master? Otherwise, you can become my disciple. I still need a closed disciple."

"Old Chen, get out of here! Do you have any shame? You already accepted a closed disciple two years ago."

The old men were arguing, but their bright eyes were fixed on her.

Zhong Ran was frightened by these old men. Her guess was right. These people were at least in the Spirit Transformation Stage.

Normally, a Nascent Soul cultivator cannot set up a fifth-order formation.

Sun Qiuling followed beside them with a wry smile. While they were arguing, he quietly explained, "Your story has spread to all the branches. These seniors are from the recent Eastern Region. I've met them several times before."

Zhong Ran was stunned and whispered, "You mean, maybe the seniors from the Central Region will come over too?"

Sun Qiuling said softly: "I'm not sure now, but the possibility is still very high."

After a pause, he used his spiritual energy to remind her.

"Girl, not all members of the Formation Master Guild are willing to see a genius like you. If a strong person from another state comes, you must be careful and cautious."

Zhong Ran was shocked. She had never intended to be so famous.

"How to say?"

Sun Qiuling explained, "The guilds in each state are actually competing with each other. Everyone wants to get more resources."

"Every ten years, the major guilds will go to Fengzhou's main guild to compete. The guild with the most powerful genius will be allocated more resources."

Zhong Ran understood that in the world of cultivation, what matters is always the scramble for resources.

"Um, seniors, we have something urgent to do. Can we use the inter-domain teleportation array?"

Her timid voice brought several old men back to their senses from their quarrel, and they stared at her one by one.

"Little girl, you want to use the inter-domain teleportation array? Where are you going? We will go with you."

Zhong Ran was startled and said quickly, "That's not necessary. We just need to take care of a small matter. We won't bother you seniors."

"No trouble, no trouble. Anyway, I'm very free recently and I just want to go for a walk."

Old Man Fang smiled kindly: "Xiao Ran, where do you want to go? Tell me, and I will go with you."

Old Man Wu also said, "That's right, Xiao Ran, just tell us where you want to go. We have nothing to do anyway, so why not take a walk around?"

The others couldn't wait to speak, wishing they could take her in as their disciple right away.

Zhong Ran was confused. She just wanted to go back to the Northern Territory to see her parents and take revenge. With these old men following her, how could she still do her job properly?

Moreover, she will have to look for resources everywhere and find a way to fully activate her divine body so that she can be promoted.

Thinking of this, she took out a torn book on formations and said to the old men, "Seniors, this is an ancient book I accidentally found, but I can't understand it..."

Old man Chen reached out and took it, then looked through it carefully and found that this ancient book was at least tens of thousands of years old.

"This is a secret book. Many of the items in it are lost formations. Although some of them are damaged, they are still of great value to us."

The other old men quickly took it and looked through it, nodding as well.

"Xiao Ran, can you sell this secret book to us? We will give you 100 million high-grade spirit stones."

Zhong Ran: ...

So, did she sell the last formation plate too cheaply?

“Xiao Ran, I’ll give you 120 million high-grade spirit stones, sell it to me.”

"Xiao Ran, I'll give you 120 million high-grade spirit stones, plus a few fifth-order formation plates. You can choose whatever you want. How about that?"

The other old men also raised the price, wanting to get this ancient book.

Mu Jinning said lightly, "How about this, there's only one copy of this ancient book. Selling it to anyone would hurt feelings. Why don't you all work together and pool 200 million high-grade spirit stones. Then you can make copies and study each other. Is that feasible?"

Zhong Ran didn't say anything. It has to be said that Mu Jinning can be quite mean-spirited sometimes.

Judging from what they said, 120 million high-grade spirit stones were already the limit, but he asked them to collect 200 million high-grade spirit stones.

This is a top-grade spirit stone, not a mid-grade spirit stone.

This price is already outrageous, and he can make it even more outrageous.

The old men glared at each other, then gathered together to discuss in a low voice and opened the ancient books again to check.

"Senior, how about we go back inside and sit down and study carefully?"

Sun Qiuling understood their feelings, but at the same time he was secretly surprised that this girl really had some good stuff.

But think about it, the branch can only take out those spirit stones, and they are of medium quality.

He couldn't take out many high-quality spirit stones.

The old men did not object and followed them into a large room.

They were still huddled together whispering, but Zhong Ran and the others took the opportunity to look around.

At this time, a middle-aged man appeared with two old men.

"President Li." Sun Qiuling stood up and greeted President Li, and at the same time introduced Zhong Ran and Mu Jinning to them.

President Li looked at Zhong Ran and Mu Jinning with a smile: "Are you two not frightened by the seniors?"

He couldn't stop these seniors from doing anything. After they came, he heard that they hadn't arrived yet, so he stayed at the teleportation array.

Zhong Ran didn't know what to say, she was really scared.

"Xiao Ran, we agree to your request. It's 200 million high-grade spirit stones. We won't bully you. We'll also give you a few fifth-level formation plates. How about that?"

Zhong Ran didn't expect that these old men were so cute.

"In that case, thank you all, seniors."

After a pause, she asked cautiously, "Can you give me spirit stones or a crystal card?"

Several old men were stunned for a moment, their faces a little embarrassed, then they whispered to each other, and finally gathered 130 million high-grade spirit stones for her.

The remaining 70 million will be transferred to the crystal card first, and she will withdraw it later from the Formation Master Guild in the Eastern Region.

Zhong Ran was very satisfied with this arrangement. She had originally planned to go to the Eastern Region after the affairs in the Northern Region were settled.

Seeing that these old men were a bunch of idiots, she didn't mind moving around more often so that she could form her own protective relationship with them in the future.