Changning City, a giant city in the northwest of Yan Kingdom second only to Baiye City, has a population of over 30 million.
There are seven immortal-cultivating families, large and small, in the surrounding area. The Shen family is the most important among them and is the foundation-building family.
The Shen family is located in Ninglan Town. It has a second-level high-grade spiritual vein. There are three foundation builders in the family. There are more than 100 direct immortal cultivators, plus nearly 400 monks from Keqing. It belongs to a 'family type' cultivating family.
The so-called 'family type' refers to monks with direct bloodline, including in-laws - that is, the monks whom the Shen family women recruited or married.
There is also a 'guest-type' immortal cultivating family, in which the number of guests in the clan exceeds that of the direct clan members by more than five times.
For example, the Zhou family of Baiye City, where Yang Yanqing relied, had more than 300 direct members, but more than 3,000 guest members. Their overall strength was equivalent to that of a small sect.
A courtyard in the east of Ninglan Town.
A girl in green clothes walked quickly, shouting as she ran.
"Miss!"
"Miss!"
Indoors, a woman wearing a purple dress holds a paintbrush and is making a landscape painting.
He has a delicate appearance, picturesque eyebrows, and graceful figure. He is the most qualified child of the third generation of the Shen family. Shen Wuli, at only twenty-two years old, has reached the peak of the eighth level of Qi refining, and will definitely be the best in the family in the future. The fourth foundation-building powerhouse.
"What's so urgent?"
Shen Wuli raised his head and glanced at the maid who ran in, and continued to focus on the drawing board. Her beauty was elegant, and her temperament was like a cymbidium emerging from the dust.
"Miss! My ancestor has chosen a partner for you. He is a sixth-level Qi Refining monk. He is married and has many wives and concubines!"
Shen Wuli paused his painting, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and he asked calmly: "Which family does he belong to, and what is his background?"
The girl in green clothes said hurriedly: "I heard that I was introduced by senior Lin Zhengping. His name is Zhong Yan, a casual cultivator in Qingyang City, a first-class high-grade Talisman Master..."
Shen Wuli understood clearly that Senior Lin was Grandpa's close friend and former fellow disciple, "Is it settled?"
"Not yet. The ancestor said to ask the young lady first, but this slave seems quite satisfied with the ancestor. Maybe it's not easy to refute Senior Lin's face. I estimate that the master will come over and talk about this matter soon."
Shen Wuli pursed her lips and said, "My father also likes it?"
The girl in green scratched her cheek, shook her head and said, "I don't know, I didn't say much, but if my ancestor nodded, I wouldn't be able to refuse."
After a pause, the girl looked dissatisfied and said: "That man is in his forties, has more than ten wives and concubines, and several children. How can the young lady marry him?"
Shen Wuli glanced at her and couldn't help but laugh, "It's because you don't want to!"
The girl's name is Qingluan, she is fifteen years old and at the second level of Qi Refining. She has been Shen Wuli's personal maid since she was a child.
If Shen Wuli gets married, she will naturally have to marry him too.
Qingluan pursed her lips, "Is it possible that the young lady is willing to marry such a person?"
Shen Wuli said nothing, but knew that he could not make the decision on his own marriage, "Grandpa and Senior Lin have a close relationship, and they will not be polite and affectionate in this kind of matter. Since grandpa is satisfied, Zhong Yan must be someone special." Where..."
As she spoke, she seemed to whisper to herself: "Qingyang City... seems to be a small border town."
At this time, a maid's crisp voice came from outside: "I've seen the third lady!"
Qingluan was startled, blinked and turned around, saluting a charming woman who came in, "Third Miss!"
Shen Wuli put down her paintbrush and called out: "Third Sister."
"Seventh sister!"
Shen Lanxin stepped forward with a smile, glanced at Qingluan, and said with a smile: "It seems that Seventh Sister knows that Grandpa has found a man for you."
"Seventh Sister has excellent spiritual qualifications, is a late-stage cultivator, and is beautiful and beautiful. How can Zhong Yan, a casual cultivator with four spiritual roots, be worthy of her?!"
Shen Wuli smiled half-heartedly, "Third sister, tell me what you have to say."
Shen Lanxin stepped forward and wanted to hold her hand, but Shen Wuli avoided her without leaving a trace and sat on a chair.
Shen Lanxin smiled and said: "To be honest, is Qimei satisfied with such a person? Marriage is a lifelong event, and Qimei can definitely choose a better young talent."
"You also know my sister's situation. She is no different from Zhong Yan, but I don't mind if he has a group of wives and concubines..."
Qingluan kept winking at his young lady.
Shen Wuli said calmly: "Grandpa agrees, I have no objection."
Shen Lan smiled happily: "Then we've settled!"
After chatting casually for a few more words and saying thanks, Shen Lanxin left in a hurry.
Qingluan smiled and said: "It's good now, young lady, you don't have to worry anymore, but third lady...if Zhong Yan knew about those things, I'm afraid he would avoid them, but Qingyang City is far away from us, so it's okay if we don't inquire carefully. You may not know.”
Shen Lanxin was notoriously messy in her private life, and had had an abortion. She had affairs not only with male cultivators, but also with many mortal men by virtue of her clan's power and resources.
She looked down upon those with average conditions, and how could she be willing to mess with such a woman who was outstanding? When she got married, due to the power of the Shen family, she could only be a little smaller, turning a blind eye and letting the other party do whatever he wanted. , a green grassland above the head.
So even though Shen Lanxin has the sixth level of Qi training, she is still in her thirties and has not yet married.
Shen Wuli frowned slightly and then relaxed, "If the family can provide some resources and support, it will be of great benefit to a casual cultivator, and it won't be too disrespectful to Senior Lin's face."
Qingluan nodded, paused, and blinked: "That's not right, miss! Although the third miss has a bad reputation, she can't look down on ordinary people. Why are you so anxious this time?"
Shen Wuli laughed angrily, "You damn girl, are you regretting it again?"
Qingluan stuck out his tongue and said, "No, I'm just curious!"
The next day.
Qingluan ran into the room again and handed Shen Wuli a portrait, "Miss, look, this is Zhong Yan!"
Then the little mouth crackled with a bunch of introductions.
"He used to be a disciple of the Huoyun Sect. He only reached the third level of Qi Refining when he was almost forty years old. After leaving the sect, he settled in Qingyang City. In just five or six years, he was promoted to the sixth level of Qi Refining. He also practiced Talisman Dao. And the formation..."
Shen Wuli stared at the portrait, hesitated, and said softly: "It must be some kind of opportunity."
Qingluan nodded repeatedly, "I asked my wife, he sold spiritual materials worth tens of thousands of spiritual stones in Fangshi... He also wiped out a martial arts force in Qingyang, ambushed the disciples of the Fire Cloud Sect, and now Qingyang The city guard’s mage, the first casual practicing mage in the Yan Kingdom..."
After hearing the details, Shen Wuli simply commented: "He is a capable person."
Qingluan leaned forward to look at the portrait: "Madam seems to like him too, and said that if Miss is willing, she can tell you that the third Miss has left for Qingyang yesterday!"
Shen Wuli blinked and asked, "What do you think?"
Qingluan said weakly: "He is indeed good-looking..."
Shen Wuli pursed her lips and smiled, then rolled her eyes. She was extremely beautiful and charming, "You are a nymphomaniac at a young age!"
Qingluan's pretty face blushed slightly, "I heard that all the women in his house are first-class beauties, and there is also a Taoist priest who is at the sixth level of Qi Refining. She is so beautiful, no wonder all of them are willing."
Shen Wuli thought for a while and put the portrait down, "Forget it, the clan has no choice in the arrangement. If possible, just follow fate."
"oh."
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Qingyang City.
The story about the six monks who ambushed Zhong Yan but was killed in reverse spread a lot and spawned many versions.
It was planned and expected.
As a result, the reputation of the 'Vicious Ape' became more and more fierce, causing many monks to extinguish their hidden thoughts.
Zhong Yan, who didn't know that he had been introduced to a marriage and that everything was being investigated, laughed it off. When he got home, he stayed in the practice room studying formations and didn't go out for half a month.
Except for squeezing experience from Yu Qingyao once a day, he was immersed in the formation, sleepless and intoxicated.
He had already studied and had a certain foundation.
Now that his realm has improved, his spiritual consciousness has greatly improved. After trial and error with many materials, he finally carved a complete formation pattern on the 'white jade stone' for the first time.
Carving the formation pattern is the most basic and critical step in the formation.
You can carve the formation pattern yourself, and then it’s not that difficult to build and assemble it.
"Hard work pays off!"
While excited, Zhong Yan looked at a lot of scrapped materials, but couldn't help but sigh at the huge cost of learning.
It took nearly one-tenth of the materials of six thousand spiritual stones to succeed once.
This is still a separate type of 'Spirit Gathering Array'.
There are thousands of formations with different effects, and each formation pattern is different. If you want to become a true formation master, in addition to the talent qualifications, the spiritual materials alone will block most monks from the door.
Zhong Yan felt tired, pinched his brows, and scanned the panel.
[Sacred consciousness: 81 (569/1000)]
In just half a month of self-practice, I gained more than two hundred experience points.
"I don't know how much the perception distance can be increased after reaching full capacity."
Everyone knows the importance of spiritual consciousness.
Strong spiritual consciousness means strong strength.
Zhong Yan's eyes were sharp and he thought of 'restriction' again.
Restrictions and formations have many similarities. They only require formation flags and a small amount of materials. Some simple or advanced 'restrictions' do not even require any external objects. You can rely on gestures and formulas to activate the runes and achieve the 'formation' effect. .
The difference is that 'restriction' requires extremely complicated knowledge of runes and a huge amount of calculation and deduction capabilities.
As we all know, in addition to the precious elixir of spiritual consciousness, learning 'restrictions' is an effective way to exercise spiritual consciousness.
However, the threshold for prohibition is also very high. First, you must have a certain foundation of spiritual knowledge, and you must also learn various complex runes. There are also combinations between runes.
The bans commonly used by low-level monks in the cultivation world are relatively simple, often using a single rune or a combination of a small number of runes.
For example, the imprinting restrictions on storage bags, special restrictions on magical weapons, restrictions on mortal weapons, personal imprints on transmission talismans and soul cards, etc., all fall into the application category of 'restrictions'.
Powerful and profound restraints often appear in secret realms and ancient places, and only great opportunities have the opportunity to learn them.
The rest is to buy with money.
"Come one by one."
Zhong Yan smiled, stood up and left the training room.
The sky is clear and the sun is shining brightly.
In the garden, Li Shangwu, who was exchanging martial arts with Jiang Huan and Li Jingqiu, immediately came forward and knelt down.
"My son, please give your regards to your adoptive father!"
"Husband!" Li Jingqiu almost lowered his head to his chest.
"Master!" Jiang Huan lowered his eyes and rolled his eyes. He raised his head and took a few more glances. Thinking of Jiang Ping's explanation, he blushed slightly.
Zhong Yan, who was about to look away, turned back again, with a shy charm that made the scorching sun in the sky eclipse and shocked everyone in heaven.
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