Seeking Immortals

  Chapter 89 Word of mouth

  The lake is called Tianhu, the island is called Tianyuan Island, and the island is called Tianyuanfang.

  Different from Baiyuefang in the old days, Tianyuanfang City is a Sanxiufang City, and only righteous monks are welcome to settle in.

  Corpse path and other evil cultivators are forbidden to go to the island. This is also one of the reasons why Li Qing chose to enter Tianyuanfang.

  The disciples of Baiyue Sect have limited abilities, and their investigation of the Southern Region is only a general idea, mostly hearsay, so it is difficult to describe the details. Li Qing still doesn't know the situation in Tianyuanfang.

  Like the matter of the White Lotus Sect, Li Qing has some clues and still needs to investigate slowly.

  The White Lotus Sect was labeled as a Demon Sect in the southern region, and there are foundation-building monks, so the investigation is not in a hurry.

  As for Zhu Ji Dan, Li Qing also heard some rumors.

  Li Qing didn't go directly to the island, but retreated to the lake. Most of the monks who came to the island came by boat, and few came with a sword.

  Besides, my body is too young at this time, and it is inconvenient to use illusion all the time. I live in one place for a long time, and I am content to use my original appearance.

  Two years later, Li Qing was thirteen years old. Due to his practice, his body shape was not much different from that of an adult, and with a little disguise, he looked like an adult.

  On this day, Li Qing revealed his third-level cultivation of Qi Refining and set his sights on a large ship heading for Tianyuan Island.

  …

  On the bank of Tianhu Lake, a ten-foot-long three-story ship slowly entered from a tributary.

  There are quite a few servants on board, and there are even monks guarding the ship. Obviously, the owner of the ship comes from a big family.

  A pair of young men and women about twelve or thirteen years old stood on the deck, looking into the distance, worried.

  The woman said: "Brother, do you think you can really invite the Master of Formation on this trip?"

   "It's hard to say," the man shook his head, "Zhanwen has already spoken, and those who help me conceive my family are their enemies. Most of the masters in Tianyuanfang are old friends of Zhanwen, and there is little hope of helping me conceive my family."

  Woman: "Then..."

  The man said in a deep voice: "If people don't help, we can learn. There are many formations in Tianyuanfang, and we can always learn some formations."

   "But it will take a lifetime to learn." The woman replied lightly.

   Right at this moment, Li Qing came down with his sword, and there were three qi refining monks standing on board, guarding the young men and women vigilantly, and said in a deep voice, "Who is coming?"

  Li Qing bowed and saluted: "I have seen fellow Taoists, and I am going to Tianyuan Island to take a ride with the wind, and there is no malice."

  Among the three, the elder frowned and said, "This boat has my young master and miss, how inconvenient..."

   "Uncle Huang, let him go, anyway, it's only a few days." The young man shook his hands and walked into the cabin with the woman.

   "Thank you."

  Li Qing took out three catties of low-grade Lingmi and counted it as the boat fare, but the elders confiscated it.

  Li Qing carried a large number of fry from fish ponds with him, and the weight was astonishing, but he used mana to support it so that the draft of the big ship would not be affected.

  No words all the way.

  Six days later, Tianyuan Island is just around the corner.

  Tianyuan Island is shrouded in clouds and mist, guarded by a large array outside, this is a one-way array.

   Insiders can go out from inside the formation, but outsiders cannot enter from outside.

  There is only one entrance to the entire Tianyuan Island. The entrance is covered by fog, and there seems to be a small formation.

  The boat stopped in the lake without moving, but the figures on the boat were already standing on the deck, including Li Qing, there were six Qi refining monks in total.

  In the past six days, although Li Qing didn't communicate much with the monks on board, he probably knew that he came from a family of immortal cultivators called the Huai family.

  The two young men and women are young masters and misses of the Huai family.

  Li Qing asked: "Young Daoist Huang, why are you staying here instead of going to the island?"

  The elderly monk surnamed Huang replied: "Fellow Daoist, I don't know. The formation at the entrance is only for testing purposes. Only monks who understand the formation can pass through without hindrance. Those who don't understand the formation can only wait for the people inside to pick it up."

   "It was like this."

  Li Qing smiled, and said: "Thank you for the six-day hospitality."

   After saying that, Li Qing jumped up with his sword and flew into the mist.

   With a random restriction, the mist has nothing to hinder Li Qing.

   "This fellow Taoist is actually an array cultivator!" Huang Daoxiu looked at Li Qing entering the island in surprise, and then at the young man, "Master..."

  The young man frowned and said: "This man is young, he has cultivated to the third level of Qi Refining, and he is not too knowledgeable in formations to help the Huai family. If it is enough to guide me into formations, do you know the details?"

   "It seems that the surname is Li, I don't know anything else."

  …

  Li Qing walked through the fog, and his vision suddenly became clear.

  A big island without line of sight, perfectly displayed in the eyes.

  Lingtian and buildings are distinct.

   There are also mountain caves standing among them.

  The Lingtian area occupies a large area, and many monks are gathering spirits with the Five Elements Gathering Array.

  In the age of spiritual weakness, farming is inseparable from anywhere.

   Newcomers who enter this square city must register first.

  A serious-looking Taoist stood guard at the exit of the mist formation.

  Tianyuanfang has no specific owner, and is jointly managed by five highly respected array repairers, who jointly control the island's large array.

  There are no foundation-building monks in the workshop, but there have been foundation-building monks.

  After the monks break through the foundation building, they will go out of the island to seek further progress. The spiritual rice on the island cannot support the cultivation of the foundation building monks.

  Like Dadufang City, monks and mortals live together on the island.

  The only difference is that there are many array repairs in Tianyuanfang, and there is a large array guard that has been passed down from history, which can guarantee temporary safety.

   Taoist language: "Identity card."

  Li Qing replied: "A new casual cultivator."

  The Taoist pointed casually, and then said: "Newcomers to the Array Dao casual cultivator, you can go there to register."

   At the registration office, Li Qing successfully registered his name.

  —Li Ruoshui, casual cultivator of Array Dao.

   There is an advantage of casual cultivating in the formation path, which can be exempted from an entry fee.

  The registrant was Yi Kunxiu, who gave Li Qing a formation flag to test against. Li Qing said casually: "This is the small Juling formation flag, and one-third of the formation pattern has been engraved." Then he determined the formation repair status.

"This is a Taoist identity card. Enter a piece of mana, which can be used as an identity certificate. Tianyuanfang is an array repair workshop. Array repairers have certain privileges. Buying a cave is 20% off. If you are bullied by other casual cultivators, you can ask the law enforcement team for help." See Li Qing is the formation repairer, and Kun Xiu is quite polite.

   "Dare to ask you, how do you make a living here?" Li Qing asked politely.

   "Earning a living is nothing more than farming, exploring caves, and managing the four arts of cultivating immortals."

  Kunxiu introduced: "The spiritual fields in the workshop charge 30% tax, and the price of the spiritual seeds is calculated separately. However, each spiritual field needs to be guaranteed to gather spirits at twelve o'clock, and you must first find a group of Taoist friends who will cooperate with farming."

   "Exploring the cave is up to you. If you want to go out to find opportunities, it all depends on your own ability."

   "Among the four arts of cultivating immortals, alchemy, utensils, and talismans are not popular here. Formation repairs are easy to make a living. When external forces encounter difficulties and solve formations, high-level flowers often come here to ask formation repairers to break the formation."

"It's not uncommon to invite people to set up formations. Some casual cultivators learn the way of formations, and there are also those who come here to learn from teachers. As long as fellow Taoists are proficient in formations, making a living is not difficult. Tianyuanfang can be regarded as the largest market for formations in the southern region. "

   "Understood, thank you very much." Li Qing handed out three spirit stones and continued: "If you want to study formations with other formation masters in the workshop, what should you do?"

   Kunxiu accepted the spirit stone with satisfaction, and said with a smile:

   "It is not allowed to circulate any form of formation method cheats in the workshop. The formation masters study each other, and they can only change formations by word of mouth, and tell each other their understanding of a certain formation method."

   "This is a dead rule. If anyone violates it, once discovered, their property will be confiscated and they will be expelled from the city."

  Li Qing frowned and said, "Everyone's talent is different. Those with strong talent can fully understand it after listening to others once, and those with poor talent can understand it after ten times..."

  Kunxiu explained:

   "This is a customary rule. Every oral explanation is counted as a transaction and billed once."

  "A senior formation master has his own advantages. He only needs to listen to it once to solve the opponent's formation. The opponent has to listen to it ten times. One transaction is counted as one transaction, and the senior formation master has earned nine transaction fees."

   "Generally speaking, a senior formation master will not speak nine more times, and only make one transaction."

  After hearing this, Li Qing had no choice but to praise Tianyuanfang's approach, which fully protected the interests of senior formation masters.

  This kind of practice limits the spread of formation methods, and can help senior formation masters suppress low-level formation masters.

  Although monks can trade secretly in private, senior formation masters, as vested interests, will maintain this system.

  (end of this chapter)