Author: Things in the world are like tides and people are like water
The voice was calm, but it revealed a powerful majesty, which seemed different from when communicating in the underworld.
Although the voice was still the same, Xue Cheng always felt that there was a slight difference.
He gathered his thoughts, took out the square of jade and the array diagram from his arms, held them in front of him with both hands, and said respectfully: "I want to ask the Lord of the Underworld for help, and give these two items to... to that one
A being who once traded with me."
At this point, Xue Chengcai paused, remembering that he still didn't know how to call that being, not even a simple code name.
However, the Lord of the Underworld obviously understood what he meant. After a brief pause, he nodded in approval.
The jade stone and the map floated for a while, and then what appeared in front of Xue Cheng's eyes was not the black and white impermanence he had seen before, but a strange existence with a bull's head.
It looked like a huge tauren, but had the shape of a human. After looking at Xue Cheng, the jade and map in his hand disappeared.
"Is this another subordinate whose heart has been revived by the Lord of the Underworld?"
Xue Cheng was pondering such thoughts in his mind, but after a moment he shook his head and did not think about it further.
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In another world, Yu Zhifu stood in front of the cliff, looking at the endless blue sea in front of him.
The waves kept surging, hitting the rocks below. The blue water broke into thousands of water droplets under the impact of the rocks. The top ones turned into pure white mist, spraying on people's faces, making people feel refreshed.
shock.
The water vapor was mixed with the unique fishy smell of the ocean, and mixed with some other flavors.
Yu Zhifu was about to savor it carefully, but suddenly the blue sky and the boundless sea in front of him were shrouded in a layer of faint green mist, and he was stunned.
The Gang Qi mixed with Qi and blood in his body was about to spurt out. The next moment, he relaxed again because he felt a familiar charm from the substance.
A huge tauren, more than three feet tall, walked slowly from the object. The heavy footsteps seemed to resound between heaven and earth, making him feel tremendous pressure.
He was relieved again. He had never seen this inexplicable monster before. When he was about to resist or escape, the object in front of him started to fluctuate.
Shows the scene of Xue Cheng setting down the altar and chanting in a low voice.
"Great Lord of the Underworld, please hand over the items in my hand to the person who traded with me..."
boom!
Just as he was about to take a closer look, the fog in front of him suddenly dissipated. Yu Zhifu looked down and saw a piece of jade and a simple map in his heart.
After a moment of pause, Yu Zhifu played with the jade in his hand, the taste on his face hard to understand.
"It's really the royal secret book. He just took it out like this. Isn't he afraid that I won't fulfill my promise after reading it?"
But after a moment, Yu Zhifu shook his head again, with a wry smile on his face.
Having the Lord of the Underworld as the intermediary in the transaction means that the Lord of the Underworld is the guarantor. Anyone who breaks the contract may be attacked by the Lord of the Underworld.
Thinking of the abilities displayed by the Lord of the Underworld, Yu Zhifu shook his head. No one could bear the consequences of breach of contract.
"It is actually possible to use other means to deliver items through the underworld. In this case, many things will be done more secretly, which is a great thing for me."
Before deciding to do this, Yu Zhifu had already made the corresponding judgment in his mind.
He doesn't want to get involved in royal disputes, but helping a person in the royal family and getting benefits without taking sides is the best thing for him.
Now that there is the Lord of the Underworld as an intermediary, he will not communicate with Xue Cheng from beginning to end, let alone the prince behind Xue Cheng, so this matter can be done boldly.
"The current situation is actually better for me. I don't have to worry about anything, and I can do a lot of things more freely.
"However, we need to be more cautious in terms of manpower arrangements. It is best not to let them see the complete map, but just let many characters set up relevant formations in different locations. I think the other party will also exercise restraint in this regard and will not take the initiative.
Go investigate my people."
To set up a huge magic circle, a huge number of people are needed.
Mobilizing so many people, and then asking them to go to different areas to set up relevant arrays and bases, will leave some traces anyway, and if some people want to investigate, it will be easy to find them.
"There are certain risks, but if you don't want to do it, it will be more troublesome."
Yu Zhifu hesitated.
If the other party really wants to force him into the carriage, as long as this aspect of the situation is investigated, it will be difficult for him to leave.
Now that he can trust the other party, it is because the princes have not yet reached the point where they are in conflict with each other. Once it reaches that point, it will be very troublesome for him to participate in this incident.
"It's embarrassing, but there's nothing we can do about it."
Due to the entanglement, Yu Zhifu still opened the ancient scroll in his hand.
At this point, even if he wanted to give up, there was nothing he could do. All the benefits had been taken away, and he began to hesitate when things got tough. That was impossible.
What caught the eye was the dense array of formations, as well as formations and formations. Just one look at them made Yu Zhifu feel like his scalp was numb. Fortunately, as a martial arts family, these courses also need to be taught.
Normally, many characters in the martial arts academy will be given some basic teaching, but if you want to develop in depth, you must either show your strong talent in this area, or be a disciple of a martial arts family.
Only families like theirs that have been passed down from generation to generation can have complete and systematic teachings.
Even if they do not have strong talents in these areas, they can often become accomplished figures in formations after being taught by top formation masters since they were young.
Yu Zhifu could understand it just by looking at the formation diagram in his hand, but when he took a glance at it, he understood in his heart that the person who wrote this gift diagram was far more accomplished than him in formations, even better than his formation master.
Be awesome.
The complicated pattern would make an ordinary person faint at a glance, and all kinds of professional terminology marks cover the entire ancient scroll.
How to lay out an array, how to use simple materials to replace more precious materials, how to replace a powerful array structure with a small and subtle array...
Just the simplified and optimized structure revealed in this, as well as the idea of exchanging small for big, can show that the opponent is definitely a grandmaster in formations.
From just one glance, Yu Zhifu could understand that the other party had definitely put a lot of thought and energy into this formation diagram.
"It was so thoughtfully considered. There are both original magic circles that require extremely precious materials and items to create, as well as a pared-down and crude version. It can be said to be seamless and flawless."
The materials required for the initial version were all top-notch. Yu Zhifu could understand at a glance that only Daxia's strength and foundation could completely collect them.
That version is the most majestic and magnificent. It contains the copper of Shou Mountain, the essence of the four seas, the mother stone of the water source, and the essence of the Seven Tribulations...
It is obviously to gather the power of endless water to help a dragon overcome the calamity, but the materials used are the most advanced five elements materials. The five elements are mutually reinforcing and restraining each other, and they are endless.
Once this array is deployed, it will increase the holdings of the martial saint to a certain extent, let alone a dragon.
It can be said to be the most arrogant and domineering formation.
This idea is completely full of the tyranny and arrogance of the royal family, and only people from the royal family can write it down.
But Yu Zhifu could only scratch his head after seeing it, because this was really only something the royal family could afford, and ordinary families couldn't use it at all.
Even though the land of Jiangnan is famous for its wealthy people, it is not realistic to collect so much material.
The main reason is that it is not realistic for the Yu family, as their family is not that strong.
"You are worthy of being a royal family, but this is really impossible."
Yu Zhifu could see sweat dripping from his forehead, feeling a little overwhelmed.
Fortunately, the other party was obviously very thoughtful. After the gift picture, there was another simplified version of the magic circle.
Use various simpler and worse materials to arrange the array.
"The concept of replacing the water source mother stone with the water source spirit stone is really ingenious. The conversion of this formation is also amazing. If a top formation master sees it, he will definitely worship it."
Yu Zhifu nodded repeatedly as he watched. He still had certain attainments in formations, so he could see how powerful and special the opponent was.
"Replacing the Seven Tribulations Essence Earth with the Five Elements and Five Colors Earth can still achieve the cycle of mutual generation and restraint of the Five Elements, but the weakening of the Heavenly Tribulation is much worse. Alas, there is nothing we can do about it. Indeed, there is no place to find such top-notch materials. "
The subsequent conversion is also extremely subtle, and there are ways to replace top materials, but inevitably the complexity of politics and law will be much more than before.
Even the master of formations has no solution in this regard. A top-notch material can naturally activate the essence of heaven and earth, and in accordance with the rules between heaven and earth, it can carve a lot of formations in a small amount.
When I looked at Yu Zhifu later, he couldn't help but shake his head, feeling that this reduced version of the formation had already been given considerable consideration for him.
It is possible to provide the corresponding materials within his family, and it won't even be too strenuous. However, the number of people setting up the formation will also increase, and a large number of people will be needed.
However, Yu Zhifu himself felt regretful when he saw it. He had seen the deluxe version of the powerful magic circle, but when he looked at this reduced version of the magic circle, not only was the efficiency reduced a lot, but it also required a lot of abilities.
With Zhuyu in front of me, I feel a lot different when I look at this again.
Obviously, these two formations are extremely sophisticated, and the transitions between them are astonishing. Every corner reveals the greatness of this formation master's attainments in formations.
But every part of it can also reveal the helplessness of this formation master. There is obviously a better and more excellent plan, but he has to replace it with a worse plan.
"The heritage of the royal family is so impressive that it's amazing. This is just a prince. I can't imagine how much authority and power the person sitting in that supreme position has."
Yu Zhifu was amazed that the two magic formations went in two different directions, one was an extremely luxurious version, and the other was an extremely simplified version, revealing two completely different styles.
These two points alone can show the accomplishments and skills of the two top formation masters.
"Two formation masters were used for this heavy method. One of them clearly has a royal style. According to my master's teachings, he should be the chief formation master of the royal generation.
"Only his formations can be so natural and without traces. And judging from this record, his formation attainments are obviously more profound than before."
Yu Zhifu was absolutely right about this. The original version of the magic circle laid down by Zhang Mingtu's future brother came from a top priest in the imperial capital.
"As for the subsequent formation master, there seems to be no one in the imperial capital who matches his status and position. He should have been secretly cultivated by that prince, and he should be a top master in the private sector, so he habitually uses more
Poor political formations and magic formations replace top-notch materials."
On this point, Yu Zhifu is not completely wrong, but he is a bit off.
The subsequent formation was entirely Zhang Mingtu's handiwork, but Zhang Mingtu's original style was exactly the same as that of the chief royal priest, whom he learned from.
If you have top-notch materials, don't use inferior ones.
Even if the most advanced materials can only increase the power of the original formation a little, Zhang Mingtu will be willing to pay a greater price to improve it.
The subsequent changes were due to the defeat ten years later. Zhang Mingtu and many stragglers gathered in the mountains and forests. They were very short of materials, materials and materials, and there was no way to use top-notch materials to form formations and cast spells.
Hiding in the mountains and forests every day, with no choice but to use the simplest and poorest quality materials to lay out as powerful a formation as possible.
And a lot of manpower was used, because the most valuable thing at that time was people, and there was nothing we could do.
"But neither method is good enough. There are too many people who need to use it, and the traces are too big."
Yu Zhifu marveled at the royal family's heritage, but was in trouble.
The other party completely considered him, and considered it very carefully. Both methods were very good.
It's a pity that he doesn't really want to choose between the two.
"This prince's strength in this area is so powerful and terrifying. I'm afraid he can really compete with the eldest prince. It would be absolutely terrifying to fall into it."
Yu Zhifu was very embarrassed as he rubbed the ancient scroll in his hand.
At the same time, what shocked him slightly was that at this point, with two plans in mind, the other party actually didn't stop completely and even wrote down a third plan.
"As expected of a member of the royal family, he always has many plans for his actions."
Yu Zhifu looked down with surprise, and then the expression on his face began to change.
His face was uncertain, and he kept clenching and then loosening his hands, showing the changes in his heart.
After a long time, he let out a long sigh.
"As expected of a member of the royal family, he has really taken care of everything."