Chapter 108: Transaction and Black-haired Hound (44)

Chen An learned from the formation information that flooded into his mind that the Taiyin Shuiyuan Formation was a defensive formation that could not be broken without the joint efforts of five or more late Jindan stage cultivators.

"That's not bad. At least the safety of Yunwu Mountain is guaranteed." Chen An nodded.

Not only that, even when he was receiving Jindan cultivators on weekdays, without him releasing the formation, others would not be able to peek into the real situation inside the spiritual field.

Chen An did not hesitate and dismantled all the previous second-level formations. He worked hard for several days and set up the Taiyin Water Element Formation.

As for the second-level phantom light killing array, it can be reserved for use in the Black Wind Market or the Cloud Valley.

"Wow!"

The moment the spirit stone was placed in and the formation was activated, a layer of emerald green water curtain suddenly enveloped the entire Yunwu Mountain.

Chen An had an idea and hid the light curtain, maintaining the operation of the formation with the minimum consumption.

After returning to the cave, he selected a few materials from the ones that had accumulated in his storage bag over the years and, relying on his mastery of the Taiyin Water Element Formation, he refined a few jade tokens for the formation.

He then handed it to Chen Wen and asked him to distribute it to several people in the Chen family who were building their foundation.

The defensive formation is different from the previous illusion formation and killing formation. As long as you are not afraid of death, you can enter the latter two at will, but for the defensive formation, you cannot enter without the corresponding means or directly break through.

In a blink of an eye, half a year passed, and Chen Anlei was still practicing in the cave.

On this day, two guests visited Yunwu Mountain.

When Chen An saw that it was Master Qingshan and Master Jinguang who arrived in a slightly embarrassed manner, he immediately welcomed them to the attic on the top of the mountain.

"My two fellow Taoists, I only have a pot of rough tea. I hope you won't mind." Chen An said happily.

"We are all practitioners and have been fasting for a long time. Why would we care about the desire for food?" Jin Guang Zhenren said hurriedly.

The three of them drank a few cups of tea and exchanged a few subtle words.

Taoist Qingshan looked a little gloomy, and asked, "Fellow Daoist Chen, when did a market appear in the south of Yunwu Mountain?"

In the past one or two years, he and Jin Guang Zhenren went into the Black Wind Mountains in order to obtain the spiritual objects they each wanted. It took them a long time to track down and hunt down a third-level primary demon beast.

I never thought that as soon as I arrived at Yunwu Mountain, I saw a market town rising from the ground in the south.

This kind of thing would obviously affect the revenue of Qingyun Market. As a Jindan cultivator of Qingyun Sect, he would be somewhat unhappy.

Chen An said calmly, "Don't worry, Daoist Fellow Qingshan. My market is far away from Qingyun Sect, so the impact on your market will not be too great."

After he finished speaking, he mobilized his divine consciousness and transmitted a message to the other party: "I will give you two more drops of Yuanshuilu later."

True Man Qingshan was startled for a moment, then his gloomy expression disappeared and he said with a smile: "Fellow Daoist Chen is right. As Jindan cultivators, you and I should not worry about such matters. Just let our Foundation Establishment cultivators take care of them."

Jin Guang Zhenren, who was standing next to them, noticed the secret between the two but did not reveal it.

He reached for the storage bag at his waist and released a bloody corpse of a bear-like monster that was three or four feet long. A mountain of flesh suddenly appeared here, making the small room seem a little crowded.

"This is the third-level monster that Daoist Qingshan and I hunted. The flesh and blood have been delivered. I wonder if you know about the Golden Crow Grass..."

Chen An smelled the blood in the room, but he didn't feel disgusted. He walked forward to take a look and found that the monster's inner elixir, bear gall, and claws had all been taken away. Even the bear skin had been stripped off, leaving only flesh and blood.

"How about ten 30-year-old Golden Crow grasses?"

"can."

Master Qingshan said hurriedly: "We will share the monster equally. Please exchange my share for Yuanshuilu."

Chen An nodded slightly and gave five Golden Crow Grasses to Master Jin Guang, and gave a storage bag to Master Qing Shan instead.

The other party checked the storage bag and showed a satisfied look.

But Master Jin Guang did not say anything. He understood that the two of them were not only involved in this transaction, but also in the matter of the Black Wind Market.

This matter had nothing to do with him, so he didn't ask any more questions.

After a moment's silence, Jin Guang Zhenren looked at Chen An and said, "Fellow Daoist Chen, on our way back, we found a third-order primary powerful demon ape, but we just killed this bear monster and it consumed a lot of energy, so we didn't hunt it down."

"After we have rested, fellow Daoist, are you interested in going with us? We will share the benefits equally!"

Chen An did not agree, thinking that the powerful demon ape had a strong body and was relatively difficult to deal with among the third-level primary monsters. It was far beyond the ability of an ordinary cultivator in the early Jindan stage to deal with.

True Man Qingshan has just advanced to the middle stage of Jindan. If the two of them join forces, they can hunt him down, but it will be a bit difficult. It would be safer to add Chen An.

However, there are not only third-level monsters in the Black Wind Mountains. If they are unlucky and encounter a fourth-level monster, all three of them will be doomed.

Considering the pros and cons, Chen An refused and said, "I am only at the second level of Jindan, and my strength is not good enough. If I go, I will only hinder the two Taoist friends. I'd better stay in Yunwu Mountain and wait for the two of you to return triumphantly."

When Master Qingshan heard the word "lack of strength", the corner of his mouth twitched. The scene where Chen An killed Duan Tianya and the Five Demons was still vivid in his mind.

But Chen An refused outright, so they couldn't force him to invite him.

Not long after, the two said goodbye and left, probably to prepare for the next monster hunt.

After seeing the other party off, Chen An went straight to the spiritual field.

Coming to the Fantasy Demon Grass in the fourth-level spiritual field, a few years have passed, and the Fantasy Demon Grass seeds have only slightly sprouted under the nourishment of dozens of kilograms of flesh and blood, and have not even broken through the soil.

Judging from its appearance, it will take at least five or six years for it to grow out of the soil, and it will probably take a hundred years to mature.

Chen An immediately cast a spell to loosen the soil beneath his feet and placed the flesh and blood of the third-level monster under the seeds of the phantom monster grass.

He had just restored the soil in the spiritual field when he discovered that the seeds of the phantom demon grass had begun to slowly absorb the flesh and blood of the demon beast below.

"Absorb it slowly first, and come back to ripen it after a while." Chen An returned to the cave and no longer paid attention to the spiritual field.

As drops of Yuanshuilu were consumed, Chen An's cultivation level slowly increased.

Another two years passed, and the Yuanshui Lu in Chen An's hand had been used up a year ago.

At that time, his cultivation was about to break through. Relying on the rich spiritual energy in the cave that was comparable to a fourth-level spiritual vein, Chen An spent another year practicing hard and naturally broke through to the third level of Jindan.

During this period, under the nourishment of the art of calling the wind and rain, although the pool water was not as good as the third-level spiritual water, the effect was also good.

After these years of cultivation using the Soul-Snatching Technique, it is already twenty years old.

Even without the third-level spiritual water, the eleven lotus seeds in the pond would mature in two or three years.

Over the past two years, through Chen Wen, Chen An also learned about the development of the Black Wind Market during this period.

It was just as expected, as the cultivators came in and out of Yunwu Mountain, the news that a Black Wind Market had opened near Yunwu Valley gradually spread.

In addition, there are Jindan cultivators in Yunwu Mountain, so it naturally attracts a lot of cultivators, not just independent cultivators and cultivators from other families, but even some disciples of Qingyun Sect. After hunting monsters, they will stop at Black Wind Mountain to deal with the monsters, elixirs and other materials in their hands.

It was beyond Chen An's expectation that it could attract the monks from the sect to come and go.

However, the scale of the Black Wind Market is limited, and it can only accommodate about 10,000 cultivators at most. Compared with the 100,000 people in the Qingyun Sect, it is naturally much smaller.

Considering the current strength and number of clansmen of the Chen family, they can only operate on such a large scale.

At the beginning of the operation of the market, it has not yet recovered its investment, but judging from the trend, it should be able to recover its investment in ten to eight years.

With the support of Yunwu Valley's production, which has increased significantly, the Chen family's income is not affected.

Previously, Chen An also asked Chen Wen to give the replaced Phantom Light Killing Array to Chen Qing. It should be no problem to use it to protect the market town.

But what surprised Chen An was that not long after he broke through the third level of Jindan, Chen Qing asked Chen Wen to bring him another pound of third-level spiritual water.

"Could it be that someone has discovered a third-level spiritual spring in the Cloudy Mountains?"

As for Black Wind Mountain, Chen An did not make any association with it. After all, its potential was limited and it was impossible for it to produce a third-level spiritual spring.

After thinking for a moment, Chen An did not call Chen Wen, but decided to go and see it himself. Chen An, who had never been to the market, was still quite curious about it.

He immediately left Yunwu Mountain, restrained his aura to the Qi Refining Stage, and headed straight for the Black Wind Market.

The market town is protected by a second-level formation, but for Chen An, it is useless. In terms of his mastery of the Phantom Light Killing Formation, no one can compare to him.

The internal layout of the city is relatively simple, with not many streets, but the population is relatively dense.

The cultivators coming and going are basically in the Qi training stage. Many of them gather in the middle square to set up stalls, and the sounds of shouting and hawking can be heard constantly.

It was Chen An’s first time to visit the market and he was very curious.

I walked towards the stall involuntarily, squeezed into the crowd and started strolling.

But it didn't take long before Chen An felt that this place was too noisy and he was a bit bored. Except for those with higher cultivation levels, the people here also sold things used by cultivators. For other things, there was not much difference between them and ordinary people. They still bargained, and some even cheated.

Chen An shook his head, completely losing interest. He swept his spiritual sense around and headed towards Chen Baoge.

You can tell at first glance that the name belongs to the Chen family. Chen is the family surname and also means display. It is a good name.

"Wang!"

At a stall, a pure black canine monster cub, whose fur had just grown out, barked a few times at Chen Annai. Its big dark eyes showed a bit of longing, and it looked quite spiritual.

The middle-aged stall owner reacted quickly and hurriedly stopped Chen An, saying, "Fellow Daoist, please stay. I see that you have a good temperament and are definitely not an ordinary cultivator. This black-haired young beast is quite intelligent. It roared at you just now, and it must be choosing its own master. Don't miss this opportunity to own a second-level spiritual beast!"

Chen An blinked his eyes. The black-haired hound can indeed grow into a primary second-level beast after it reaches adulthood, and its combat power is quite good. However, the only drawback is that this beast is extremely picky about food and will not eat any spiritual medicine other than those that are of a certain age. This also leads to the fact that the number of black-haired hounds is relatively small.

If you really want to cultivate it, the cost will be several times that of an ordinary second-level monster, but after adulthood, its combat power is only slightly stronger than that of an ordinary second-level monster. It can be said that the cost-effectiveness is extremely low.

With the spiritual stones needed to cultivate the black-haired hyena, several second-level spiritual beasts can be cultivated. Therefore, except for special uses, few families or sects raise this kind of spiritual beast.

Canine monsters have a keen sense of smell. Chen An estimated that the reason why the monster yelled at him was probably because it smelled the scent of the magic grass on him.

Although he could cultivate it, there was no use in buying it.

"I don't."

As soon as he said this, an idea flashed through Chen An's mind. In the future, he wanted to cultivate a 500-year-old magic grass to attract fourth-level monsters to attack the rear of the Jiyin Sect, thereby destroying its invasion of the six regions of the Far East.

But one thing is that during the cultivation process, it is very likely that the fourth-level monster will be attracted directly to Yunwu Mountain. If this happens, everything will be ruined.

The Taiyin Water Element Formation can block the release of medicinal properties, but after its age reaches a certain level, there is a possibility that some leakage may occur. Although it is very weak, some powerful fourth-level monsters may be able to sense something.

Human monks are insensitive to the smell of the magic grass, but canine monsters have extremely sensitive sense of smell, so they can be used for experiments.

"How many spirit stones?" Chen An suddenly became interested and asked.

The stall owner immediately smiled happily and said, "Not expensive, 800 spirit stones!"

The price was a bit high, and Chen An, proud of his status as a Jindan cultivator, couldn't bring himself to bargain with a Qi training cultivator for a few spirit stones.

So he gave the spirit stone, picked up the black-haired dog, came to Chen Bao Pavilion, and went straight to Chen Qing who was busy.

　The first order of 900 chapters is owing for 9 chapters, and one chapter has been added, so there are still 8 chapters owing.

　　The two additional chapters are both over 3,000 words long, which is sincere enough.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)