When the auction ended, the monks dispersed, but the monks who successfully bid for the treasure stayed to complete subsequent transactions.
"I have worked hard for a whole year, and once I returned to the time before liberation."
Looking at the few spiritual coins and merit notes left in the lock bag, Zhao Lin sighed secretly. He had basically exhausted all his wealth for this spiritual purification pill.
Before the end of the year, we need to tighten our belts.
But when I thought about it, I felt relieved that I had obtained a small Liangyi Formation with spiritual stones and good deeds worth over ten thousand for nothing.
After walking out of the auction house, Zhao Lin did not leave in a hurry, but waited for Chu Hongtian in front of the gate.
Now that we have met, we should say hello both emotionally and rationally.
After a while, Chu Hongtian came out, and Zhao Lin stepped forward and saluted: "Congratulations to Island Master Chu, for winning the Little Liangyi Formation."
"I'm so happy, didn't you also get a purifying pill?"
Chu Hongtian seemed to be in a good mood. He twirled his beard with his hands and looked at Zhao Lin. "No wonder I didn't invite you. You turned out to be the chief shopkeeper. Was this position arranged by Elder Lu?"
Zhao Linxin said that he was indeed a monk from the Zifu. He was very thoughtful and guessed it right away. He replied, "Island Master Chu hit the mark."
Chu Hongtian nodded and said with a hint of regret: "I wanted to recruit you to come to Chiwei Island, but I didn't expect that Elder Lu would get there first."
After a pause, he said: "What I said before is still valid. If you are willing to come to Chiwei Island, join the monks stationed on the island, or perform tasks, I welcome you with both hands."
Faced with the warm invitation from the monks of the Zi Mansion, Zhao Lin did not dare to neglect and said in a deep voice: "Island Master Chu values this junior so much, I really don't deserve it."
"It's just that this junior's cultivation is limited, and there are still some shortcomings in Taoism. As long as you succeed in your cultivation, you will definitely go to Chiwei Island!"
"Okay, it's a deal!"
Chu Hongtian laughed and strode away.
Zhao Lin stood there and thought for a while, thinking that the situation on Chiwei Island might not be too optimistic, otherwise the dignified island owner would not have lowered his dignity and invited him several times.
However, the more this happens, the more dangerous it is. It is better to protect yourself first and wait until you are sure to carry out the task.
Returning to Ding'an Street and passing by the door of Linglong Pavilion, Zhao Lin suddenly remembered something.
After capturing a new formation in the spiritual cultivation map, the next step is to refine it, which requires the purchase of formation plates, formation flags and other items.
Although the formation technique is a Taoist art of its own, the related magic weapons are made by weapon refiners, and Linglong Pavilion, which sells various magic weapons and magic weapons, happens to be on sale.
When the clerk at Linglong Pavilion saw Zhao Lin walking in, he was stunned for a moment and said, "Shopkeeper Zhao." After that, he went to find Liu Chaoyuan.
"Wait a minute."
Zhao Lin stopped the waiter, "I'm here to buy something, not your shopkeeper."
The waiter reacted and asked, "What does Shopkeeper Zhao want to buy?"
"Formation plate, formation flag, formation pen."
A formation knife is used to carve formation patterns on formation stones, and an formation pen is used to draw formation flags.
"Inside please."
The clerk took Zhao Lin to a shelf in the back, pointed at various styles of array-making equipment, and said, "They are all here. I wonder what kind of array plate the shopkeeper Zhao wants?"
"I know it well."
Zhao Lin responded casually and quickly selected the same array plate, array flag, and array pattern pen as the Xiao Liangyi array.
I purposely bought two extra formation flags to prevent mistakes in drawing, and also to conceal the situation from others.
"How much?"
Zhao Lin asked.
"The formation disk is one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine spiritual coins."
"The formation flag is two hundred and ninety-nine spirit coins per pole."
"A formation pen costs 499 spirit coins and comes with a box of Chen Dan ink."
The boy replied quickly.
Zhao Lin wanted to laugh a little after hearing this. He clearly learned this pricing strategy from Jindan Tang.
Liu Chaoyuan was quarreling with himself all day long, and he was not at all ambiguous about stealing from his master.
I calculated in my mind that the total price of several items exceeded 4,000 spirit coins, so I said, "The ones from my neighbors should be cheaper."
The waiter was about to answer when an old voice sounded next to him, "You are so rich that you can even afford the Purifying Pill, so why else do you want something cheaper?"
Zhao Lin knew without looking that the person coming was Liu Chaoyuan, and said with a smile: "Because I bought the Purifying Pill, I have no money. Shopkeeper Liu will give me a discount."
Liu Chaoyuan snorted, "Okay, just 10% off."
Although he openly disagreed with Zhao Lin, in fact, he was just a colleague who looked down upon each other and had no hatred.
Moreover, Liu Chaoyuan also learned a lot from Zhao Lin and used it in his own shop, which was very effective.
After being in contact with him for a long time, I found that Zhao Lin had a gentle temperament and a subordinate body. He did not have the common problems of most businessmen, and his attitude gradually changed.
Zhao Lin cupped his hands and smiled, "Thank you so much, Shopkeeper Liu."
Liu Chaoyuan waved his hand, "You're welcome. By the way, why did you buy the formation plate?"
Zhao Lin said: "The Taoist skills that this junior practices are formations. I have nothing to do and want to practice them so as not to be wasted over time."
"You are quite free."
Liu Chaoyuan took the opportunity to mock Zhao Lin a little.
Zhao Lin didn't care and said with a smile: "See you later, Shopkeeper Liu."
…
Jindan Hall, bedroom.
Zhao Lin held a spiritual stone in each hand. The spiritual diagram in the sea of consciousness flickered on and off, and he was rapidly absorbing the spiritual energy in the spiritual stone.
The spirit stone dimmed quickly, and after a moment, it turned into powder with a "swish" sound.
At the same time, a memory of drawing formations flooded into his mind.
In the ninth grid of the spiritual map, a chrysanthemum with sixty-four petals is as red as blood.
All the formation patterns of the Small Liangyi Formation have been analyzed!
Zhao Lin was a little worried at first. The Xiaoliangyi Formation has a total of sixty-four patterns, and it is much more complicated than the Spirit-Sealing Formation. It may require more spirit stones to analyze.
After absorbing the spirit stones, it was discovered that it only takes sixteen spirit stones to analyze a formation pattern. Calculated, the entire formation also requires one thousand and twenty-four spirit stones.
"It seems that whether the spiritual chart analyzes spells or magic formations, it only depends on the grade!"
Zhao Lin rubbed his hands vigorously, took out the array pattern pen, and drew in the void. The pen moved like a dragon and snake, as if he was drawing an array pattern.
This is the experience he has figured out, which allows the body to digest the newly acquired abilities as quickly as possible.
There are no levels of the same formation, but the formation pattern condenses the will and skill of the formation master.
The Xiao Liangyi Formation that Zhao Lin absorbed came from the master of the formation, Lu Yunsheng, and thus he gained the same ability as himself in this formation.
After practicing for nearly an hour, the vertical strokes became smoother and the formation patterns became familiar to me.
Zhao Lin felt that the time was right, so he took out a formation flag, laid it flat on the table, filled the formation pen with ink, and began to draw.
The formation flag of the Universal Magic Formation only has four formation patterns, usually not more than eight, but the Small Liangyi Formation has sixteen formation patterns.
When swaying in such a limited space, there can't be any mistakes, otherwise all the efforts will be wasted.
Zhao Lin held his breath and concentrated on drawing four formation patterns in succession. Just as he was about to draw the fifth formation pattern, he suddenly felt dizzy.
Drawing formation patterns is like drawing talismans, it requires a lot of spiritual power and soul power, even more than casting spells.
Zhao Lin stopped quickly and thought: "That's it for today. Let's continue tomorrow!"
Suddenly more than ten days passed, and the sixty-four formation patterns were finally completed.
However, the work was only half done, and the formation plate still needed to be engraved.
More than ten days passed...
Late that night, Zhao Lin carved the last knife on the formation plate.
"call!"
A flash of inspiration occurred, and Zhao Lin knew that the magic circle was completed, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
It took a whole month to reproduce the Xiaoliangyi Formation.
Without the spiritual cultivation map, I might not be able to carve this magic circle in my life.
There is still one last step to be done to complete the magic circle.
Zhao Lin grabbed a handful of spirit stones and threw them into the depression in the middle of the array, and the spirit stones quickly sank into it.
Then he threw out four formation flags and activated the formation tactics...
After a while, Zhao Lin put away the magic circle, and his joy was beyond words.
Chu Hongtian spent 18,000 spiritual stones and more than 11,000 good deeds to bid for the Little Liangyi Formation, but he only spent more than 400 spiritual stones to recreate it.
"Would you like to make another set?"
Zhao Lin rubbed the lines on the array plate, lowered his head and pondered.
The Little Liangyi Formation is the best of the first-order magic formations. If you sell it outside, you will definitely make a lot of money.
But precisely because of its rarity, whenever a Xiao Liang Yi Formation is released, it will be widely spread and everyone will know about it.
It's easy to take action, but what if someone asks where the magic circle comes from?
If you can't explain the origin clearly, you will get angry.
After thinking about it, Zhao Lin had no choice but to put an end to this idea.
…
Before we know it, it’s mid-October.
As the New Year approaches, every store in the city becomes busy, and Jindantang is no exception.
"Buy two Guanpu."
"I'll take two too."
This morning, two young monks walked into the Jindan Hall and said to the waiter.
"Eight spirit coins each, please choose for yourself, two guests."
The clerk took the two of them to a corner of the lobby. There was a small container with hundreds of identical wooden boxes on display.
"I want this one, and this one..."
The two of them each took two wooden boxes, walked to the counter, paid the bill, and couldn't wait to open the boxes.
"Oh, the Pure Heart Talisman."
The shorter monk opened the box and shouted in annoyance, but then his face lit up, "Haha, low-grade spiritual tea, you've made a profit!"
The tall monk moved a little slower. He just opened the first box and found a bottle of Bigu Pill. He shook his head and continued to open the second box, muttering to himself: "Don't use the Qingxin Talisman, otherwise you will lose money." ”
He tore off the seal and opened the lid of the box. He was stunned for a moment, and then shouted ecstatically: "Jade slip, I drew a jade slip."
The customers in the store looked over one after another.
"Oh, it's really a jade slip! I thought it was just a gimmick."
"Of course it's true. Jindan Hall won't care about such a small amount of money. The day before yesterday, I saw someone selling a Yuan-Zeng Dan, which is more expensive than a jade slip."
"Eight spiritual coins earn back a jade slip worth two hundred spiritual coins. It's a huge profit!"
"How about we try our luck too?"
"Walk……"
In order to attract customers, Zhao Lin often thought about some business methods. Remembering that blind boxes had been popular for a long time in his previous life, he approached Gude Zhao to discuss whether it was feasible.
I thought it would take a lot of time to explain the blind box clearly, but Gudzhao understood it as soon as he heard it.
"Shopkeeper Zhao is talking about Guan Pu, I have heard of it!"
"There is a saying in the book: There are people who use one wat to buy thirty wats. That is, with one portion of the money, you have the opportunity to buy thirty portions of something."
It happened that there were many small things in the shop that cost around ten spirit coins, so Zhao Lin asked a few mortal servants to make wooden boxes, and then put cheap elixirs and talismans in them, and occasionally put one or two valuable items.
After the blind box was launched, the effect was much better than expected. It was especially popular among young monks, adding a lot of popularity to the store.
"Gu, I won't be in the store today."
Zhao Lin walked out of the inner hall, said hello to Gude Zhao at the counter, and prepared to go to Fangshi's spiritual practice room to practice.
No matter how well the store is run, it also provides resources for cultivation and cannot put the cart before the horse.
"Don't worry, Shopkeeper Zhao, I'm here to watch." Gude Zhao said with a smile.
At this moment, a monk wearing brown robes walked in quickly, clasped his fist towards Zhao Lin and said, "Shopkeeper Zhao, there is a Fetion letter for you."
Zhao Lin knew this person, he was an agent in the administrative department, and he couldn't help but wonder: "Xing Zhang, what kind of letter do you have?"
There are hundreds of resident monks in Fang City, which is no less than a county. In order to facilitate the exchange of letters, a teleportation tower was specially built at the beginning of this year to send and receive various messengers.
Zhao Lin had previously sent letters to Hanchi County and the prefecture, and messengers came to deliver the letters. Today, he sent a high-status agent, so he asked this question.
Zhang Xingxing glanced at Zhao Lin and said, "Fang Master Wei asked shopkeeper Zhao to pick it up at the office."
Zhao Lin said nothing, suddenly having a bad feeling in his heart.
The owner of the workshop is the general manager of the market and is responsible for coordinating all important affairs. Zhao Lin only met this person once at the anniversary celebration and never interacted with him in normal times.
I suddenly sent someone to visit today. Is something going to happen?
Gudzhao also sensed something was wrong and came over and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhao Lin shook his head, "I'll go to the administrative office and come back if I have anything to say."
After giving an explanation, he followed the boss to the office, walked straight into the inner hall, and met Wei Zongchuan, the owner of the workshop.
When Zhao Lin was about to salute, Wei Zongchuan waved his hand and said: "If the matter is urgent, I will waive the courtesy. Shopkeeper Zhao will read this letter." As he spoke, he flicked his fingers, and a broken talisman flew steadily towards Zhao Lin.
Zhao Lin took the remaining talisman and found that it was a Hongyan Talisman, and his heart skipped a beat.
Monks will only use the wild goose talisman when their lives are at stake. Who issued it?
At the moment, he ignored the small talk, opened the remaining talisman, and his consciousness sank into the jade slip of the true meaning.
Mountains, land, rivers crisscross...
The perspective unfolds from an altitude of nearly a thousand feet.
Above the clouds, a middle-aged monk was controlling a spiritual boat loaded with cargo to fly at high speed.
Zhao Linning looked carefully and saw that the middle-aged monk was none other than Tang Zhengquan, and the emblem of Hanchi County was clearly engraved on the spirit boat transporting the goods.
Tang Zhengquan was holding the cloud platform with one hand, and with the other hand, he was constantly punching formation tactics into the array plate.
The flying array on the spirit boat was fully fired, and its speed was increased to the maximum.
Tang Zhengquan seemed to have encountered something terrible, and looked back in horror from time to time.
"What's in the back?"
Seeing this situation, Zhao Lin felt suspicious in his heart.
The Hongyan Talisman continued to rise into the sky, and Zhao Lin's perspective also expanded.
Behind the cargo spirit boat, I saw a black spirit boat that was twice the size and without any markings on the hull! (End of chapter)
