Wonderland

Chapter 436 The Man Behind
For a long time, Xiao Lin has been very interested in the way of formation, and wants to study it carefully.

But at that time, he was only a foundation cultivator, and his lifespan was only a short two hundred years. At this stage, Xiao Lin spent all his time on cultivation, and he was worried that he would not be able to reach the optimal age for cultivation. Enter the Jindan stage.

Naturally, there is no extra energy and time to study formations, and after carefully comprehending the [Qingluan Immortal Scripture], Xiao Lin obtained the refining method of Qingluan Ice Thunder Sword, as well as the method of the sword formation. Drive formulas.

But it is one thing to be able to use it, and another thing to have a deeper understanding of the truth, and this Qingluan Xianjing only contains the method of array formation, as well as the changes of the enemy and the method of emergency response. strategy, there is no detailed explanation of the meaning of the formation.

After understanding these, Xiao Lin secretly decided that if he had the opportunity in the future, he would buy a book about the inner principles of formations and study them carefully.

In fact, many immortal cultivators know that only when they understand the deep and profound principles of the formation, can the imperial envoy be handy and flexible. More importantly, no matter whether it is an adventure outside or a retreat, it is indispensable to come into contact with some forbidden methods. It is basically impossible to understand the profound truth of the formation and try to break it by brute force.

Thinking of this, Xiao Lin picked up the [Detailed Explanation of the Profound Meaning of Formation], opened the cover, and read it carefully.

Seeing that Xiao Lin seemed to be interested in his book, the ordinary-looking decadent man showed hope again in his eyes.

After reading a cup of tea kung fu, Xiao Lin closed the cover, and picked up another copy of [Nine Palace Jue: Detailed Explanation of Formation and Transformation]. After reading for a while, Xiao Lin closed the book in his hand, with a face He showed a thoughtful expression.

Xiao Lin glanced at the man, saw his satisfied and hopeful eyes, and asked lightly, "How do you sell these two books?"

Xiao Lin pointed to the [Detailed Explanation of the Profound Meaning of Formation] on the booth. In Xiao Lin's opinion, these two books are indeed introductory books on formation, and the content inside is easy to understand. The author of this book also listed A lot of examples, to simplify the content of the book.

And more importantly, through these two books, Xiao Lin understood that the person who can write these two books should be a master of formations.

"Each book costs 100 yuan for low-grade spirit stones." Seeing Xiao Lin asking about the price, the decadent man immediately said expectantly.

Hearing the price, Xiao Lin frowned slightly. It wasn't that he thought the prices of these two books were expensive, but rather that they were too cheap. Most of these books on formations were delved into the way of formations and had a certain amount of knowledge. Written by the accomplished man himself.

Not to mention the content, the writing process alone is also a time-consuming and labor-intensive thing. Of course, the explanation of the formation method can also be recorded through the jade slips. The jade slips are the easiest way for immortals to record the formulas. convenient method.

The jade slips also have a disadvantage, that is, they cannot record complex pictures. These two books not only explain the inner principles of the formations in detail, but also depict many formation graphics, and list the gates of life and death in detail. Gates, and their transformation method.

"If fellow Taoists think it's expensive, 90 yuan is the cheapest price for a copy of low-grade spirit stones. In order to write these books of formations, the teacher has already done it." Seeing Xiao Lin's expression, the decadent man thought Xiao Lin thought it was too expensive , I couldn't help showing a look of anxiety on my face, and the price also dropped from 100 yuan for low-grade spirit stones to 90 yuan for low-grade spirit stones.

"You mean you didn't write these formation books yourself?" After hearing the words, Xiao Lin asked in surprise.

"Although I have a rough grasp of formations, when it comes to writing formation books, they are far behind. These books were written by my family teacher. My family teacher was plotted by the enemy 60 years ago and has been bedridden. Dozens of In the past few years, in order to treat the injuries of the family teacher, almost all the savings in the sect were spent, and more than a dozen senior brothers also left one after another, and now there is only one person left."

"And in order to keep alive, my master wrote these formations because of his serious injuries, and asked my subordinates to sell them, so as to earn some spirit stones, so that I can buy medicine for my master and her elderly."

"So that's how it is." Hearing this, Xiao Lin finally understood. He couldn't help becoming a bit interested in the master of the decadent monk. In his opinion, the one who can write such a mysterious book of formations is in the way of formations. Nor should it be unknown.

"I bought all of these formation books, but Xiao has one condition, that is to bring Xiao to meet the commander." Xiao Lin said.

Hearing that Xiao Lin had bought all the books on formations in his booth, the decadent man's face was full of surprise, but when he heard the second half of the sentence, he showed a hesitant expression on his face.

"Fellow daoist, don't worry, Xiao has no malicious intentions, but Xiao is currently comprehending a set of sword formations, and there are quite a lot of puzzles in it, so I want to ask my master for advice." Xiao Lin said Half-truth, half-false, what he said is true, but the real purpose is not all to ask for advice and doubts in the sword formation.

The decadent man didn't agree straight away, but looked at Xiao Lin with a pensive expression. He thought about it. He and his master had been living together for decades, and now they were completely destitute. Because the master was seriously injured, he You can't stay away from going out to experience and earn spirit stones.

In the past few years, he can only rely on his master to compile some books of formations. Every day he comes to Dongfang City of this city to sell one or two books to earn spirit stones, so as to grab some elixir for his master and suppress his injuries.

The decadent man has already lost confidence in his own future of cultivation, he only hopes to accompany his master to see him die, and then find a quiet place to spend his life.

Since the person in front of him asked to see the master, he was a little worried, whether this person was the former enemy of the master, if he took it back rashly, it would be like leading a wolf into the house.

But if he refused and this person walked away, then the master's elixir for today would be lost again, so he was caught in a dilemma for a while, and he didn't know how to answer.

Seeing the change of expression on the decadent man's face, Xiao Lin could roughly guess the scruples in his heart.

"The reason why Xiao wanted to meet Ling Shi was indeed because Xiao was very interested in the way of formation, and through these manuscripts, Xiao guessed that Ling Shi must be a master of formation, so he wanted to Have a chat with him, so as to humbly ask for the secrets of the formation, there is no other plan, if fellow daoists don't believe it, Xiao will have no choice but to leave." After finishing speaking, Xiao Lin turned around and wanted to leave.

"Wait a minute, fellow daoist." The decadent man shouted to Xiao Lin, his heart skipped a beat. In his opinion, whether the master can survive the next few days is a matter of two opinions. If this person It's really just asking the master for some formation techniques, and it's okay to invite him to meet the master.

At least with the income from these spirit stones, the master's sigh can last for some time.

Thinking of this, the decadent man showed some determination on his face: "I agree."

Hearing this, the star ring in Xiao Lin's hand flashed slightly, and a burlap bag appeared in his hand, the inside was bulging and looked heavy, and he casually threw the bag in his hand to the decadent man.

"Here is a low-grade spirit stone worth 500 yuan. I bought these two formation books." Put away the [Detailed Explanation of the Profound Meaning of the Formation] and [Detailed Explanation of the Formation Change Method of the Nine Palaces Jue], and then looked at it quietly. decadent man.

The decadent man was taken aback for a moment, put away the spirit stone, then said nothing, started to put away the stall, after a cup of tea, the decadent man had already cleaned up, and then said to Xiao Lin: "Fellow Daoist, please come down with me. "

Xiao Lin nodded, signaling the decadent man to lead the way.

Following the decadent man through several streets, the two of them entered a large area of ​​private houses in the south of the city, seeing rows of small wooden houses on both sides, Xiao Lin couldn't help frowning slightly.

The decadent man is an immortal cultivator in the early stage of foundation establishment, and he lived with a group of ordinary people, which made Xiao Lin sigh in his heart.

At the same time, Xiao Lin also developed a certain affection for this decadent man. A foundation-builder monk was willing to live such a down-and-out life in order to take care of his seriously injured master. Just because of his filial piety, Xiao Lin was astonished.

Passing through the long and narrow streets, the south of the city is the residence of mortals in the fairy city. For mortals, they need to eat, drink and drink, which causes the entire south of the city to be full of peculiar smells, making Xiao Lin wrinkle slightly. brow.

After about a meal, the decadent man stopped in front of a dilapidated house.

"Fellow Daoist, come in." The decadent man made a gesture of invitation to Xiao Lin, and then took the lead to lead the way and walked in.

Xiao Lin followed closely behind, and after entering the yard, he found that the yard was not small, about an acre or so, and it was full of foot-high weeds, obviously it hadn't been taken care of for a long time.

As soon as he entered the yard, Xiao Lin heard a violent cough coming from the room in front, as if he heard movement in the yard.

"Is Hu Zi back?" A somewhat hoarse voice came from inside, obviously out of breath.

"Master, it's Huzi who's back." Hearing the voice, the dejected man's eyes turned red.

Before entering the house, Xiao Lin smelled a strong smell of herbs, and next to the door of the house was an earthen pot for brewing herbs.

Xiao Lin sighed in his heart, and felt a little bit of sympathy for the master and apprentice, the dignified immortal cultivator, who was reduced to relying on ordinary herbs to maintain his life, and Xiao Lin was also a little curious, what kind of injury did this dejected man's master suffer? Could it be that even some panaceas for wounds in the world of cultivating immortals can't heal?
Thinking of this, Xiao Lin saw that the dejected man had already entered the house, and he followed behind and walked in.

The room was dark and very small. In the inner part of the room, a bed was placed against the wall, which was covered by a veil. However, Xiao Lin, as an immortal cultivator at the Golden Core stage, under his burning eyes, Naturally, everything in the room can be seen clearly.

(End of this chapter)