Kitazawa.
Longze Lake, waters on the north side, Kuji Island.
Kurongfang, Zuiyunxuan, first-class cave area.
The gray formation light curtain covering Cave No. 12 trembled slightly, and immediately opened a gap half a foot high. An energetic old man with white beard and hair quickly walked out of it, and a feminine young man in black robe , and the boy in yellow followed.
The cracks above the formation light curtain quickly closed.
The energetic old man with white beard and hair turned back and looked at the feminine young man in black robe. He coughed lightly and said in a deep voice: "Ahem! I wonder what you think of this cave? If you are willing to pay for five years at a time, As for the rent, this old man can make the decision. If I charge five less middle-grade spiritual stones from fellow Taoists, I only need ninety middle-grade spiritual stones!"
The feminine young man in black robe was naturally Gu Qing, who had slightly changed his appearance. Hearing the old man's words, he suppressed the slight restlessness in his heart about not finding the cause of the tremor of the dark sphere transformed into the space of the stone monument, and showed some hesitation on his face. said:
"Although I like the location and the size of this cave, there are really many problems with this cave, and the five-year rent for this cave, even if my fellow Taoist is willing to accept five less medium-grade spiritual stones, It’s still ninety pieces of middle-grade spiritual stones, and it’s not easy to get them together at a certain time.”
The taciturn young man in yellow nodded in agreement after hearing Gu Qing's words, and looked at the old man with white beard and hair.
In the heart of the taciturn young man, he was still somewhat curious about the first-class cave area of Zuiyunxuan, which had stood in Kurongfang for many years.
He has been doing this job of guiding people for several years. In the past, he often brought monks to the third-class cave area and second-class cave area of Zuiyunxuan to rent caves. However, he never visited the first-class cave area once. , this time he had the opportunity to visit a cave in the first-class cave area, but his heart was full of disappointment, and he shook his head secretly:
'It's simply a trap for spiritual stones! This Broken Cave Mansion actually requires twenty middle-grade spiritual stones every year? Why not grab it! In my opinion, this black-robed senior will still rent Cave No. 33 in the second-class cave area, unless this black-robed senior is a fool...
The old man with white beard and hair, after hearing Gu Qing's words, secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, but said with a serious look on his face: "Fellow Taoist, although this cave seems to have many problems on the surface, they are just small problems, and it is not necessary to solve them. What a difficult thing! Let’s do this. If fellow Taoist can rent this cave for five years, I, Zuiyunxuan, am willing to accept three less middle-grade spiritual stones from fellow Taoist, and I can also give you two as beautiful as flowers and jade with spiritual roots. slave girl!"
Gu Qing's eyes seemed to light up and he was a little moved.
His eyes showed a bit of thought, he pondered for a moment, and then said to the old man with white hair and beard: "I am Lin Changqing, a casual cultivator who has been traveling in the mainland for many years. What do you call this Taoist friend?"
When the old man with white hair and beard heard that Gu Qing called himself a casual cultivator, his eyes flickered, he looked at Gu Qing deeply, then stroked his beard and smiled, and said: "It turns out to be Lin Changqing, fellow Taoist Lin! The old man Zheng Haoran is the three shopkeepers of Zuiyunxuan. One of them is from the Zheng family that has lived in Kurongfang for generations."
Gu Qing gently nodded, cupped his fists and said, "Friend Daoist Zheng! Forget about the beautiful maidservant, Lin is a small casual cultivator, and he doesn't want to delay others! Let's do it this way, Lin is willing to rent this cave for five days for seventy middle-grade spiritual stones. Year, I wonder what you think of Zheng Daoyou?"
Zheng Haoran suddenly looked embarrassed: "Oh, this price is really low! Although I am one of the shopkeepers of Zuiyunxuan, but for seventy middle-grade spiritual stones, renting out a first-class cave is probably too expensive. If you want to be criticized by others, if those Taoist friends who rent a first-class cave with a hundred middle-grade spiritual stones find out, I'm afraid they will break the old man's head!"
Said.
In Gu Qing's ears, Zheng Haoran's voice came.
"Fellow Daoist Lin, seventy middle-grade spiritual stones means seventy middle-grade spiritual stones! Let's sign the lease right away, but I have a small condition. Fellow Daoist Lin needs to declare to the outside world that we will rent this cave for five years. Years, it cost eighty-five middle-grade spiritual stones."
Gu Qing raised his eyebrows when he heard the message.
He already understood what Zheng Haoran meant. He glanced at the few monks watching in the distance, then returned his gaze calmly, and said: "This matter is indeed a bit difficult for Fellow Daoist Zheng! So good, Lin will follow Fellow Daoist Zheng Let's talk about it in detail,
Young man, please wait for a while in front of the cave here. Lin will go and return. "
Said.
Gu Qing was already looking at the taciturn young man.
The taciturn young man nodded silently.
Then Zheng Haoran took Gu Qing out of the green mountains and all the way to the back hall of Zuiyunxuan shop.
In the back hall, Zheng Haoran came behind a counter. He pinched his fingers and shot out a gray light, which fell on the stone wall behind the counter. In the first row of the stone tablet, the twelfth grid lit up slightly. , turned into a layer of light gray mist, and quickly condensed into a formation token.
This array of edict cards is different from the one that Zheng Haoran took out. It is much more delicate. It is about the size of a palm and is made of purple gold. It is engraved with two lines of small black characters with iron paintings and silver hooks.
Zheng Haoran took the token in his hand and said: "This is the area of the first-class cave. It controls the formation that covers the No. 12 cave. If you take this token, you can completely control it." Waiting for the cave area, there is the Qiandui Snow Array covering the twelfth cave. This sub-array is extremely secretive and safe. Even seniors in the Dan Formation Realm cannot spy on or enter Qiandui without the permission of fellow Taoists. In the snow formation."
"After Fellow Daoist Lin refines this token later, the formation token that I used to open the Thousand Piles of Snow Array will no longer be able to open the first-class cave area. The Thousand Piles of Snow Array covering the twelfth cave is. Therefore, fellow Taoist Lin must carefully keep this Tao Token. If it is unfortunately lost, I am afraid that I will have to pay a large amount of spiritual stones."
Gu Qing looked slightly surprised.
Even the cultivator of pill formation couldn't spy on and break through the previous formation? You must know that many small immortal sects and demon sects’ sect-protecting formations dare not boast of such a big reputation! Is it possible that the formation covering the first-level cave abode and the twelfth-level cave abode is a second-level top-level formation?
However, Qiandui Snow Array...
The name of this formation is really weird.
'Thousands of piles of snow sub-formation... sub-formation! As I expected, it should be a composite formation! Even the Danjie monks can't spy on or break into it. This sub-formation is probably connected to a certain formation of at least level three!
Gu Qing already had a guess in his mind.
With a calm expression on his face, he patted the storage bag on his waist. In fact, he fired a burst of spiritual power towards the storage belt. Then he waved his hand towards the counter in front of him, and the spiritual light swept across the counter. Seventy yuan in five colors were revealed. The intersecting middle-grade spiritual stones have been placed on top of it.
Zheng Haoran quickly put away seventy middle-grade spiritual stones.
With a slight joy in his heart, he continued: "My Zuiyun Pavilion has stood in Kurongfang for more than a hundred years, relying on a second-grade formation connected with the third-grade Xiao Xumi Formation arranged on Kuji Island, Thousand Stars Magic Cloud Array! The Thousand Piles of Snow Array is part of the Thousand Stars Phantom Cloud Array. The spiritual energy in the cave where Taoist friends rented and the quiet room came from the Thousand Stars Phantom Cloud Array."
Said.
Zheng Haoran had already taken out a scroll and spread it out on the counter. An extremely detailed picture of green mountains appeared in front of Gu Qing's eyes. Zheng Haoran looked towards a certain green mountain above it. He used his finger as a pen to carve out a few dozen words of lease, and then he looked at Gu Qing.
He turned the scroll upside down, pointed to a location under a green mountain on the scroll, and said, "If you think there is nothing wrong with the content of this lease, just put your spiritual pledge here."
Gu Qing looked over.
On the green mountains in the picture, the vast forest seemed to be tumbling with the wind. He felt quite magical. He focused his eyes on the leases with several crosses. After thinking for a while, he found that there was no problem, so he activated the blood in his body. Bring your spiritual power to the fingertips of your left hand, raise your left hand and press your fingerprints on it.
As he pressed his fingerprints, under the green mountains of the scroll, the shadow of an originally gray house gradually turned into blood color, and a wave of spiritual power that had the same source as his was also transmitted from it.
The invisible restraining force seemed to come from the scroll and fell on Gu Qing. This restraining force was within his senses, but it seemed to only last for a moment and could no longer be traced.
Zheng Haoran was slightly surprised when he saw that Gu Qing's spiritual power was actually blood-colored. He quickly suppressed his surprise and said:
"In this way, fellow Taoist, you have rented
The No. 12 cave in the next-level cave area has chosen me, Zuiyunxuan, to rent the cave for five years. My fellow Taoist is really wise! "
"It is said that the Lu family's fake infant ancestor Lu Ting obtained the arrangement method of the third-grade Xiao Xumi formation on Kuji Island from Damo Temple in the south of the mainland. Legend has it that this third-grade Xiao Xumi formation is The formation eye is a Buddhist treasure..."
Zheng Haoran rolled up the scroll in a few seconds, then waved the scroll and put it away. While talking eloquently, he handed the purple-gold formation token to Gu Qing.
Gu Qing took the token with a strange expression.
'Is this Fellow Daoist Zheng a talkative person? Real people cannot be judged by their appearance. Maybe they realized that I was new to Kurongfang and didn’t know much about many things, so they kept talking to me...
'However, the words of this fellow Daoist Zheng are both rumors and legends. Thinking about it this way, what this person said may not be reliable.
Gu Qing looked at the formation sign for a few times, put it away with his hands, interrupted Zheng Haoran's rambling, and said goodbye with fists in his hands.
Before leaving, Gu Qing asked: "As Zheng Daoyou said before, the second-grade formation masters who will solve the minor problems in the cave I rented here will arrive."
Zheng Haoran responded without thinking: "In three days, I, Zuiyunxuan, will send a second-level beast master to solve the problem for Fellow Daoist Lin. By the way, Fellow Daoist Lin please accept this communication talisman."
After leaving the back hall of Zuiyunxuan, Gu Qing quickly walked towards the green mountains behind Zuiyunxuan and surrounded the cave area. There were very few monks coming and going, and he didn't meet many monks along the way.
The various buildings inside Kurongfang are all very spacious. When Gu Qing walked, he felt as if he was walking on the endless wilderness. Although the wind in front of him was gentle, it was not weak in strength. It blew many grass stems. Flying around, the refreshing earthy smell squeezed the tip of his nose.
Gu Qing took a shortcut, stepped lightly, as if flying on grass, passed through two very dense mountain forests, and came to the first-class cave area, where he saw the taciturn young man in yellow.
The taciturn young man stood obediently in the area of the first-class cave, in front of the twelfth cave, waiting silently as Gu Qing said before.
The next moment.
The taciturn young man's eyes flashed as he saw the feminine young man in black robe who called himself Lin Changqing, already in front of him.
Gu Qing glanced at the taciturn young man, threw over five low-grade spiritual stones and a communication talisman taken from Sun Jiazhixiu's storage bag, and said, "I have spent eighty-five medium-grade spiritual stones to rent a house. This cave has been here for five years. Boy, please go back first. Come back here in the morning four days later and contact me with the messenger talisman."
The taciturn young man received the five low-grade spiritual stones and the communication talisman. He felt happy and quickly nodded in agreement: "Yes!"
Gu Qing watched the taciturn young man leave, thought of something, and said, "By the way, young man, what is your name?"
After hearing this, the taciturn young man stopped in his tracks.
He turned his head, with a respectful expression, and responded seriously: "Senior Hui Lin, I'm a young Feilonghai Sanxiong cultivator, Zhou Feng."
