The Xu family follows Taoism and seeks longevity

"Haizhen Pavilion, yes, that's right here. Come on, Brother Xu, let's go in."

Xu Zhiyu followed Shang Zhao to a large store full of monks and resplendently decorated. After repeated confirmation, the latter confirmed that this was the place.

He glanced around casually, then raised his legs and stepped in. He found that it was more than thirty feet in size. Because the business was so good, no waiters came to greet them immediately. Shang Zhao snorted coldly when he saw this. The pressure of Zifuqi disappeared in a flash.

"Oh, seniors, please calm down. Damn it, junior. I didn't notice that you two were here. Please go to the third floor to talk."

The monk's perception was so sharp that at that time, a foundation-building deacon suddenly appeared in front of them and kept saluting and apologizing.

"Lead the way!" Shang Zhao waved his sleeves in an awesome manner and said with his nostrils pointing to the sky.

His move aroused Xu Zhiyu's confusion, and this scene was also seen by Shang Zhao, who said through a message:

"Brother Xu, do you think what I did just now was too high-profile?"

"A little bit," he said bluntly.

"That's something you don't know, Brother Xu. You were born in the Qin Kingdom, and I was born in the Jin Kingdom. Most of the monks in the country rely on the monsters and elixirs in the Hengduan Mountains to survive, so although there are fights between the monks, they are not that frequent.

But Fujian is different. There are no big mountains here, and there are not many monsters and elixir resources. As a result, the monks here have a very difficult life. They usually fight for some resources, and their atmosphere is very tough. , so it is useless to treat others politely here, otherwise others will think you are weak and can be bullied. Only by showing your cultivation strength that far exceeds that of others, others will fear and respect you. "

"Brother Shang, thank you for clarifying my doubts. I have learned a lesson!" After this incident, he indeed discovered that the customs here are really very different from those in Qin.

Deacon Establishment led them to the third floor and handed them over to the monks of Zifu for reception, then said goodbye and left.

"Fellow Taoists, if you have any needs, you can tell me now!"

The monk who received them was dressed very politely, but his words were not polite at all. He went straight to the topic as soon as he came up. He did not serve them tea, but just sat down to talk among the guests and hosts.

"That's it. I'm going to order a second-order formation. I wonder if your company will accept my business?"

After listening to his words, the Zifu monk sitting opposite him took out a golden book from his storage bag and handed it to him.

"Fellow Taoist, you should take a look at this first. This records all the formations sold by our Sea Formation Pavilion. See if there is anything you need in it. If so, there is no need to order it!"

After saying this, he crossed his arms and watched Xu Zhiyu flip through the golden book with side eyes, his face full of confidence, as if this book contained all the second-level formations in the world of immortality.

"Stone Formation, Wooden Thorn Formation, Fire Formation, Flying Sword Formation"

Needless to say, there are indeed a lot of second-level formations recorded in this booklet. Whether he has seen or heard of it before, there are hundreds of them. .

However, after flipping through all the books, he still didn't find the unique formation he wanted, but he did find some clues.

Looking at the booklet that was handed to them again, the face of the Zifu monk who received them changed for the first time. He was a little careless before, but now he finally became serious.

"I, Uncle Ji, may I ask how you call these two fellow Taoists?"

"Xu Qingsheng!"

"Shang Zhao!"

After asking for his name again, Sven Zifu handed over his hand and said:

"To be honest with you two, I am a third-level mid-level formation mage. I don't know what kind of formation Xu Daoyou wants to order. Now I can submit my request. I also want to hear what kind of formation it is. It's actually There’s nothing recorded in our Hai Zhen Pavilion’s formation book!”

Xu Zhiyu nodded slightly, then said:

"I read in your pavilion's book that there is a formation method that refines the souls of three second-level spiritual beasts, gold, wood, and earth, into the formation flag, and then relies on the innate magical powers of the three monster beasts to attack the enemy. I want to order The formation is similar to this.

It requires second-level monsters with the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, earth, and awakened divine consciousness talents. Their souls are stripped off and then smelted into the formation so that the formation can simulate the spiritual consciousness of the monsters during their lifetime. attack. "

"hiss!"

"hiss!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Boshi, who was sitting opposite him, and Shang Zhao, who was sitting below him, took a breath of cold air at the same time.

"Did I hear you right? Brother Xu, your request is a bit too harsh. It's already hard to find a second-level monster that has awakened its innate magical powers. If you have to specify the awakening of divine consciousness-type innate magical powers, it's even more difficult to find." None, it’s extremely difficult to find one, but you actually want to find five of them at once, it’s as difficult as climbing to the sky, no, even harder than climbing to the sky!”

Before Ji Boshi expressed his position, Shang Zhao said first that he couldn't be blamed for grabbing the words, he was really surprised by his request.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, with all due respect, although the formation you want is not of high grade, I can definitely arrange it, but as Daoist friend Shang said, it is very difficult to find the second-level monster souls that have awakened their innate magical powers. In fact, it is very difficult to find them. Let me tell you, even our entire Yang Jiu Palace may not be able to gather the five-element monster souls you mentioned, so this deal cannot be concluded!"

Although he had considered the scarcity of second-level monster souls before coming here, he didn't expect to get stuck on this step in the end. But now that the matter was over, he could only prepare to stand up and leave.

But unexpectedly, Ji Boshi raised his hand to signal them to calm down, then took out a jade bottle from the storage bag, and then took off the sealing charm from the mouth of the bottle.

The moment the bottle was opened, a burst of fire rushed out and began to run around the room, trying to escape. However, how could Ji Boshi be unprepared? With just a slight tap of his finger, the fire stopped motionless. , and then under the guidance of his magic power, he slowly came to the front of Xu Zhiyu.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, please see, what was in the jade bottle just now is the soul of a second-level low-grade fire-feathered crow. Not only that, it also awakened the innate magical power of spiritual attack. This thing is from the sect that I spent a lot of contribution points on. What I got through the door has been used for research.

To be honest, I have always been interested in the research of spiritual attack formations. However, maybe my talent for formations is not outstanding, and I have not developed any skills for many years. It will be useless for this divine soul to follow me. It's of use, and Brother Xu happens to be in urgent need of it, so I plan to resell it to Brother Xu. "

The moment the fire flew out of the bottle, Xu Zhiyu had already figured out through his spiritual consciousness that this was a monster soul that had awakened its spiritual consciousness to attack, but he was a little hesitant about whether to spend a large sum of spiritual stones to buy it.

If you buy this kind of fire-attributed monster soul now, you cannot stop collecting other kinds of souls, otherwise all your efforts will be wasted. But as mentioned before, it is very difficult to collect all five kinds of souls with all attributes. It was too big, and he was really afraid that he would end up in vain.

The other two people naturally saw his entanglement, but Shang Zhao couldn't persuade him to do this. Although he brought Xu Zhiyu here, the two of them had just met, and it was difficult to even count them as friends, so he Obviously there's nothing I can do to persuade you.

However, Ji Boshi didn't have so many worries. He said bluntly:

"Fellow Daoist Xu may not know that there are no less than 10,000 monks in our Yangjiu Palace, and formation masters account for 80% of them. Among them, there are not a few who are interested in the consciousness formation. So if you really want to collect five kinds of souls, then you might as well Go to my sect's city, where you can post a reward. If the brothers in our sect see it, they might be willing to trade with fellow Taoists.

In addition, our Qianyangfang City is the largest market in Fujian. There are all kinds of spiritual objects in it, and there are four or five stores that specialize in selling all kinds of monsters and spirits. After the transaction between us is completed, Taoist friends may wish to go around. Turn around, maybe you will gain something. Although we are far away from the Hengduan Mountains and there are not so many monsters in the mountains, we are close to the sea. There are still many monks who form groups to hunt the monsters in the sea. There may be some among them. The spirit of the monster needed by teammates. "You have worked really hard to make this deal happen. He thought to himself when he looked at the eloquent Uncle Ji, but he had to admit that these words really moved him.

"Okay, I wonder how much you pay for the soul of the second-level low-grade Fire Feather Crow? If the price is reasonable, I will buy it."

"Two thousand middle-grade spiritual stones."

"It seems that Taoist friend is not sincere in selling. In this case, Xu left."

"Wait a minute, fellow Taoist. If you think the price is too high, you can make a counter-offer. Don't leave in a hurry!"

"You can make a counter-offer, right? Then I'll offer five hundred middle-grade spiritual stones."

"Fellow Taoist, you are too cruel. You don't know the rarity of this thing. So, let me take a step back and give you 1,800 mid-grade spiritual stones."

"No matter how rare it is, it is only in the second-level category. What you want is the price of a third-level spiritual item. I will give in. Eight hundred middle-grade spiritual stones, not even one more will suffice."

"Fifteen hundred medium-grade spiritual stones. I won't sell any less."

The two argued for a long time, and finally the deal was completed for 1,200 pieces of medium-grade spiritual stones.

Then he didn't stay long, said goodbye and left Haizhen Pavilion, and then, accompanied by Shang Zhao, began to visit the large spiritual items selling shops in Qianyangfang City.

"Are there any second-level monster souls that have awakened their divine consciousness and attack talents?" He asked in the largest Wanbao Tower in Fang City.

"no!"

"Are there any second-level demonic beast souls that have awakened their divine consciousness attack talents?" He continued to ask in a large store in Fang City that specialized in selling sea beasts.

"You guys are late. We had some before, but they were bought by someone last month. By the way, our store cooperates with those demon hunting teams that often go to sea. If you Taoist friends really need it, you can stay with us. Place a reward and pay a sum of spirit stones, and the hunting team will pay special attention to this kind of monster and collect the soul for you."

"I wonder how many spiritual stones I have to hand over?"

"Not expensive, three thousand middle-grade spiritual stones!"

"Well, see you later, fellow Taoist!"

In this way, they spent several days and visited more than a hundred large stores, but still could not find the second kind of monster soul. This made Xu Zhiyu a little frustrated and doubtful about whether he could continue to practice the "Forging God Art".

After looking at Shang Zhao, who had been traveling with him for several days, he took the initiative and said:

"Brother Shang, I have really troubled you these days. I asked you to accompany me around. I don't know where there is a restaurant nearby. Let's go have a drink."

"Brother Xu, are you not looking for the spirit of the monster beast?"

"Let's go have a drink first. The soul of the monster cannot be found in a short time. We will go to Daoist Fellow Ji later to inquire."

"Okay, I happen to know a restaurant that is owned by the Qianyang Sect. The spiritual wine there is particularly good. I have never forgotten it since I drank it."

The two of them went to a place called Le Xianju together, found an elegant private room, ordered a few pots of the signature spirit wine and started drinking together.

When the wine was half full, Xu Zhiyu poured the wine and asked:

"By the way, Brother Shang, I haven't had time to ask you why you came to Fujian this time. You have been running around with me these days, so don't delay your affairs."

"That won't happen. I came to Fujian this time on my father's orders to open up trade routes. As you can see, the seafood and spiritual things here are relatively cheap. If we can find a stable demon hunting team as a partner, I believe you can make a lot of money by transporting the seafood resources here back to our Kingdom of Jin for sale." Shang Zhao replied, and it didn't look like he was lying.

"This is not easy. I heard that the demon hunting teams here have fixed long-term cooperative relationships with the shops in Fangshi. Trying to poach people from them is not only difficult, but also dangerous."

Afraid that his newly acquainted Taoist friend would do something stupid, he reminded him that even a powerful dragon could not suppress a local snake, let alone a newcomer who only had the cultivation level of Zifu. In this huge Qianyangfang City, Zifu The monks simply don’t need too much.

"Don't worry, Brother Xu, I'm not that stupid! My idea is to form a deep-sea monster hunting team by myself, then gather the team members to hunt the monsters myself, and then resell the obtained resources to Shanxi through my family. If I go abroad, I think I can make good profits."

"This is a good idea. You can give it a try! I have also discovered these days that there are many idle monks here. Even the Zifu monks have many setting up stalls in the casual cultivation area. Brother Shang, you can try to recruit them when the time comes. Get rid of them and join your demon hunting team."

The two of them were drinking while discussing the construction of the demon hunting team. Originally, Shang Zhao was planning to recruit him into the demon hunting team, but he declined because he still had his own affairs to be busy with, but he did not invite him to join the demon hunting team. To put it bluntly, I just said that when I have time, I will definitely go to sea with him.

After a hearty drunken session, Xu Zhiyu calmed down, said goodbye to Shang Zhao, and then went to Hai Zhen Pavilion again to find Ji Boshi.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, how was your harvest?"

"You have done me a disservice. I have searched all over the city, but I still can't find a demonic beast spirit that meets the requirements." He feigned anger.

"Don't be anxious. It's useless for you to be anxious about this matter. A senior brother came to the sect two days ago. I asked him specifically. He told me that he happened to know that a senior uncle of our sect had three kinds of demons that met the requirements. Beast Soul, after my repeated requests, he specially left a jade slip for communication and told you in detail. If fellow Taoist wants to buy it, I will give this jade slip as a gift, and you can take it and find it. My uncle is fine, as long as the price is fair, he will definitely buy it."

"I wonder where your friend's uncle is now? Is he far from here?"

To be honest, he was a little tempted, but he had to ask clearly about the distance. If it was too far, he would not be willing to go.

"Not far away, Weihaifang City, where my uncle is located, is only 120,000 to 30,000 miles away from here. Taoist friends can reach it in about ten days. That Chufang City is the property of my Yangjiugong. My uncle led a group of The disciples within the sect are responsible for management.”

"Well then thank you Daoist Fellow Ji, I am willing to go."

After taking the jade slip from Ji Boshi and thanking him, he embarked on his journey.

Looking at Xu Zhiyu disappearing on the street, Ji Boshi stood behind the window of the reception room on the third floor and whispered:

"Fellow Daoist Xu, take care, I hope you return safely!"

It turns out that everything was a conspiracy. Xu Zhiyu fell into a trap specially designed for him, and then fell into it unknowingly. (End of chapter)