Chapter 376: Swapping formations with formations, accompanied by corals
"Brother Zhang, does he also study the Tao of Battle?"
??Chen Liang had a strange look in his eyes and said in disbelief.
??"How can this be?
??The methods of formation and weapon refining are all-encompassing and profound. It would take countless years for others to even have a superficial understanding of it. Zhang’s qualifications are mediocre, but he has both security and ability.”
??Xie Duanyang laughed dumbly, took out several flags of different colors from his storage bag, and lined them up on the table with jade slips.
??“It’s just that we two brothers once fought with several enemies together with our friends.
??After a fierce battle, he was lucky enough to win, and his friend received spiritual stones and several magic weapons.
??But this set of 'Liuhe Yin and Yang Formation' fell into the hands of a certain family, and later they deliberately found a way to control it.
??It’s just that this formation requires six people to maximize its power, but Brother Zhang only had two.
??Just exchange it for a while..."
??The "Four Seas Return Formation" and the "Liuhe Yin and Yang Formation" sound like great names, but in fact they can only be said to be average. They can be regarded as a few formations that are widely circulated in the cultivation world.
??However, one has a considerable increase in power in rivers, lakes and seaside, while the other is more universal.
??"Returning from the Four Seas" damaged the pole formation flag, and the value naturally dropped sharply.
??Although the "Liuhe Yin-Yang Formation" only needs six monks to activate it, the weakest ones can form two pairs, which is undoubtedly more suitable for eight people.
??"Brother Chen!"
??Before Chen Liang opened his mouth, a female cultivator in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment hurriedly spoke, urging him to agree.
??The Sihai Formation is not shared by eight people, but is a property passed down from their parents.
??After all, apart from Chen Liang, she was the one who suffered the biggest loss during this demon hunting trip.
??Under normal circumstances, the other seven people would have to provide her with part of the spiritual stones.
??But even so, it will take a lot of effort and time to repair and refine it again.
??But now that she has the opportunity to change to a more powerful formation flag, she strongly agrees.
??Seeing her enthusiastic expression, Chen Liang sighed secretly.
??Although he still has some thoughts, he also knows that if he doesn't agree at this time, the team may be divided immediately, and it will be difficult for him, the leader, to continue.
??When the formation flag was destroyed, he and Lao Dao had the greatest responsibility as the presiding officers, and they were unwilling to spend too many spiritual stones to compensate.
??So I had to calm down and collect the formation flag with a few companions and hand it over to Xie Duanyang.
??The "Liuhe Yin and Yang Formation" was directly transferred to the female cultivator, and the command talisman was carefully put away by her.
??After one operation, except for Chen Liang, their losses on this trip were basically made up for most, and the female cultivator even made a slight profit.
??The atmosphere in the cabin suddenly became harmonious.
??The eight of them were bold enough to invite Xie Duanyang to share some practice experiences.
?? They said they were communicating with each other, but in fact, the main reason was to hear the experiences and experiences of this old fake elixir who had been cultivating for a long time.
??However, Xie Duanyang is not without success. The water method practiced by half of them happens to be the aspect in which he is least proficient.
??Moreover, there are some subtle differences between overseas cultivation and inland China.
??The eight people have never been ashore and have no ideas, but they have deep experience.
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??After the rain, the sky clears up, and the sun shines brightly again.
??"Zhang has something to do, so I won't send you far away.
??He went to visit his father-in-law and enjoy the scenery of the Three Islands..."
??Xie Duanyang stood on the bow of the boat and said goodbye to several people.
??Although the other party tried his best to invite me to the island as a guest, how could I agree?
??There were still more than 200 miles away, so we dropped them off and excused ourselves from going to survey the land and select a location.
??Seeing the spirit boat getting smaller and smaller in the field of vision, and finally shrinking to a black spot, Xie Duanyang smiled softly and returned to the cabin with the armored corpse and the net bag.
??Changed the route on the Water Essence Stone, ordered the Armored Corpse to take charge, and used full escape speed while sitting opposite the sea clam.
??One night passed, and this evil spirit became a little lower.
??As if aware of the critical moment, the natural demonic energy outside the body of the sea oyster slowly shrinks and changes, accumulating strength.
??After he felt that the clam bead was taken out, his aura suddenly became stronger and stronger, and he had a desperate posture.
??Holding the clam bead in his left palm, Xie Duanyang smiled silently and circulated his magic power.
??The right hand penetrates the demonic energy and presses it on the clam shell, and uses the powerful spiritual consciousness to use the "Hundred Insects Channeling Technique" secretly taught by the Yuling Sect to communicate.
??He was not a true descendant of the Yuling Sect, and the inheritance he received was missing a lot. However, he met another opportunity later, and successively acquired Mulanzu's beast-controlling spiritual skills, as well as the inheritance of Tiancanke.
??Especially the latter two, who advocate primitive natural communication, are different from the methods of those above and below the Yuling Sect, and complement each other.
??If nothing else, I consider myself to be in no way inferior to Yuling Sect’s magic in communicating with monsters.
??Although Mucuna has limited innate spiritual intelligence, he has lived for thousands of years, and is only one step away from the completion of elixir. He also has the intelligence of an eight or nine-year-old child, so he is not completely unable to communicate.
??As he entered the idea, the demonic energy outside the mussel's body also fluctuated and gradually stabilized and relaxed.
??Considering that the time was almost there, Xie Duanyang retracted his palm.
??A green gourd jumped out of the storage bag on the waist and hung in the air.
??Flick the gourd wall with your fingers, forcing out drops of green water.
??No need to express anything, the mussel began to sway with excitement, conveying a sense of longing in his thoughts.
?? Instead of hanging it, Xie Duanyang controlled the water droplets to slowly fly towards it.
??The two clam shells opened wide, sucking the water droplets into their belly, and then quickly closed them, and the evil spirit such as ink was also absorbed into the body.
??After a while, the sea clam's energy became lively, which was very different from its original sluggishness.
??No more pops out as expected, so Xie Duanyang gently shook the other skin bag on his waist.
??The golden-backed demon mantis made a circle in the air and landed steadily on the clam shell.
??Although the realm of cultivation has not changed significantly and is still at the early stage of pill formation, it has obviously made considerable progress after years of meditating on the "Seven Kills of the White Tiger".
??When the two mantis knives were rubbed together, a fierce murderous aura suddenly emerged.
??Xie Duanyang has been in Jinguang Temple for these years, and it is inconvenient to let him out. He only occasionally lets him breathe after leaving Mingzhou. At this time, the golden-backed demon mantis is also in a happy mood, humming endlessly.
??But the mussel underneath him was trembling.
??The level of coercion among monsters and beasts is still higher than that of human monks, not to mention that the monster mantis is an ancient insect with much stronger bloodline than it, not to mention its killing power.
??Seeing that it was frightened enough, Xie Duanyang put away the demonic mantis that had not enjoyed enough freedom, and used the "Hundred Insects Psychic Technique" again to communicate.
??Not long after this time, the sea clam opened its shell again and revealed the inside.
??Xie Duanyang pointed his fingers together into a sword and drew a line in his left palm.
??Use blood directly as ink and draw the talisman in the air.
??In just a moment, a strange blood talisman was drawn on its own, and it was guided by it to fall into the belly of the clam and blend into it.
??Feeling the weak connection between himself and the sea clam, Xie Duanyang nodded with satisfaction.
??It was not in vain that I first used the essence of true water to seduce him, then released the golden-backed demon mantis to threaten him, and finally subdued it.
??If I had known this, I would have prepared some things in advance too much.
??I am about to put it into the spirit beast bag and use secret techniques to slowly refine its demonic energy to strengthen the connection.
??His movements suddenly stopped and his eyebrows were raised, but it was this clam that conveyed several thoughts and images to him.
??“Well, in this case, I might as well make one more trip.”
??After Xie Duanyang thought about it for a while, he returned to the Shuijing Stone, changed the course, and personally took charge of the helm.
??When he was with Chen Liang and others earlier, he deliberately slowed down the speed of the boat and only traveled more than 500 miles in one night.
??Now the mana is fully activated, and the speed has more than doubled.
??In just two hours, we were back to the place where everyone formed an array to capture the clams last night.
??The surroundings are calm and the sea is indistinguishable from each other as far as the eye can see, with no obvious reference points.
??If it weren’t for his powerful spiritual consciousness and the ability of the water essence stone to record, it might be difficult to determine where it is.
??Sacrifice a piece of "Incarnation Talisman", place your mind on it, Xie Duanyang shakes the spirit beast bag to release the sea clam.
??“Go and bring the things back.”
??Re-entering the water, the sea clam happily circled around the ship, spitting out a series of bubbles, and then disappeared.
??Xie Duanyang sat on the bow of the boat, closed his eyes, and the transformed White Tiger Taoist soldier followed closely behind him and submerged into the sea.
?? He was not kept waiting too long, but within two quarters of an hour, he saw the sea surface suddenly rippling and shaking.
When he went down, the White Tiger Taoist soldiers were empty-handed. When they came out, they had a bunch of corals on their shoulders and a handful of spiritual herbs in their left hands.
??The coral is black-green in color, as thick as a bucket, about ten feet tall, and has an impressive aura.
??Obviously it is not a vulgar product, but an iron coral.
??The two are rooted in a spiritual vein at the bottom of the sea and are born together.
??Iron coral is originally a spiritual creature in the sea. Over thousands of years, it has been refined and infiltrated by spiritual energy and sea clam demonic energy. It is made of excellent material and has long since grown into a rare treasure.
??Used to refine the weapon, it is no less inferior to the pair of clam shells.
??If it can grow to the realm of transformation, it can easily sacrifice two objects into a portable divine weapon, which will have unexpected power.
??But now, he has benefited himself all the same.
??In comparison, the quality of the elixir is much worse, although it can be considered that it grows with the two.
??But there are no very rare varieties, and the medicine is not very old, most probably around one or two hundred years.
??After all, although sea oysters cannot make elixirs, they also know that swallowing medicinal herbs can increase their own magic power. It is impossible to wait for them to grow for thousands of years before swallowing them.
??Fortunately, these are just extra tips, which is a small fortune after all.
??Put away the talisman and sea clam, Xie Duanyang cast several spells on the coral, shrunk it to about a foot, and carefully put it into a jade box for preservation.
??He deliberately attached himself to the talisman in order to avoid being cut off roughly. He thought that after returning, he could transplant it to a suitable place and continue to grow.
?? Put the golden scale boat together into the storage bag, touch his face with his palm, and Xie Duanyang transformed into a new look.
??After doing this, he felt that nothing was left out, so he took out a piece of "Fire Cloud Wing" and put it on his body, injecting mana into it.
??You can see the flames flowing, the cloak swelling in the wind, and finally transforming into something like wings.
??When his wings flapped, he saw a flash of fire.
??When it appeared again, it was already dozens of feet away.
??If you are an ordinary foundation-building monk, the speed of transporting this thing is fast enough, but it is definitely not a pleasure, but rather a torture.
??However, Xie Duanyang's physical body was so powerful that he was completely unaware of this and pushed it to its limit.
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??Half a month later.
??“This is it.
??Although there may not be a better place, there are few places as quiet as this place.”
??Looking at the crater with billowing black smoke in front of him, which filled the surrounding sky with black and red, Xie Duanyang pressed down the light and nodded with satisfaction.
??It took him half a day to conduct a rough inspection of the island, which covers an area of 60 to 70 miles.
??Although the spiritual veins here cannot be said to be very good, they are by no means inferior and can barely be considered to be of medium quality.
??It’s just distributed evenly and widely, with no special node points.
??But as long as the spiritual eye bead is there, it is enough to provide what you need.
??Especially within a radius of hundreds of miles, there are at most a few uninhabited islands. Unlike the three purple smoke islands nearby like the Flame Mountain, monks often come and go to practice magic.