Mortal Mage

"Try it."

Zhang Mingxuan responded without commenting, but he was calm in his heart.

Before the formation is successfully set up, all reasoning is only feasible in theory.

What's more, setting up such a large formation requires a lot of time and energy, and most of the time it can only be used as a defensive measure.

Only by improving your cultivation and reducing the time spent on setting up the formation can you achieve a surprise victory.

He didn't think it was anything exciting to spend three months setting up a medium-sized formation.

Moreover, in theory, after this formation is overloaded, the maximum power it can reach is only equivalent to the late Jindan stage.

Looking around at the steep rocks and strange trees surrounding the pool, he began to place spiritual stones around it.

Seeing Zhang Mingxuan's indifferent expression, Hao Fen suppressed the turmoil in his heart.

In Zhoucheng, she had heard that there was a cultivator with dual spiritual roots of earth and fire in the early stage of Jindan. Because of his high understanding of formations, he set up a defensive formation on his own and founded a sect. Countless cultivators rushed to become his disciples. Because his development was too rapid, the leader of Xianyuan Sect became jealous and killed him.

After this person was killed, his sect's formation collapsed, stirring up the spiritual energy within a radius of 500 miles. To this day, the area still has the residual power of the formation.

Think about it, more than two hundred years have passed.

Faced with Zhang Mingxuan's high attainments in formation, Hao Fen's heart was beating wildly, but a hint of worry emerged on his face.

At present, except for the women in Canglang, no one believes that the teleportation array diagram was designed by Zhang Mingxuan.

But he knew that someone would continue to investigate the matter.

Things that can be seen with these eyes are not secrets at all and will be leaked sooner or later.

Even if Zhang Mingxuan can build a foundation, if he cannot improve his strength quickly, he will be killed sooner or later.

She didn't believe that the women in Canglang could protect Zhang Mingxuan, and she didn't believe that the sects in this world would show mercy when facing a powerful enemy that could threaten their own interests.

One more sect means one more group of people to divide the resources.

If the Daochu Realm really had abundant resources, it would be impossible to keep a small world to provide for it.

"If the master can use the formation to protect this place, it will definitely be safer."

Hao Fen handed the spirit stone to Zhang Mingxuan, with a tone of half tentativeness and half casual chat in his words.

"It's a pity that there is no spiritual vein in this place, otherwise it would indeed be considered a blessed land."

As Zhang Mingxuan walked, he was thinking about the layout of the formation in his mind and trying to combine the structure of the formation.

Hao Fen followed behind Zhang Mingxuan, with deep worry in his eyes, and remained silent for a long time.

Until the sun set in the west, Zhang Mingxuan was still setting up formations around. She finally couldn't help but worry and said, "I want to travel around this world and help my master find some clues about the immortal foundation-building pill."

"Oh?"

Zhang Mingxuan paused slightly and glanced at Haofen with a surprised look, "Okay, but you need to go to Changjiang City to find Zhu Ding first and retrieve this month's jade slip." He put the spirit stone under his feet and instructed: "Be sure to hide your aura."

Now he sent a jade slip of voice transmission to Xiyun to inform her of his location. It wouldn’t take long for Xiyun to find him.

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Three months later.

The 'Sect Protection Formation', which was transformed from the Zhoucheng City Defense Formation and the Trap Formation, was rippled and successfully activated, enveloping the entire peak.

Although the power of this formation is only equivalent to that of the early stage of the Golden Core, it is combined with the trap formation. Unless you get close and mobilize your spiritual sense, it is difficult to detect this peak with the naked eye.

Since the peak looked like a bull's horn from a distance, he named it "Niujiao Peak".

After the formation was activated, the outline of the entire Niujiao Peak gradually merged with the nearby mountains and forests and disappeared.

Seeing that the formation was activated, Hao Fen knew that this place was temporarily safe. After saying goodbye to Zhang Mingxuan, he transformed into a delicate white fox and headed towards Changjiang City.

At this time, Que'er, who had been sitting cross-legged on the bluestone to heal his wounds, slowly stood up and walked towards Zhang Mingxuan.

As an inner sect spirit beast disciple of the Tianyan Sect, she had never thought that she would become someone else's spirit pet.

After learning that Zhang Mingxuan had a useless spiritual root, her sense of loss hit rock bottom.

She couldn't understand why a mortal in the Qi Refining Stage could possess a teleportation array, why he could command a seventh-level fox demon as a slave, and why he could be safe and sound after being possessed by a Nascent Soul.

At first, she suspected that Zhang Mingxuan was a demon cultivator, because she didn't understand why a seventh-level demon beast would become a useless demon slave.

But now, the scene before her made her understand - this piece of trash actually used his Qi Refining Stage cultivation to set up a large-scale defensive formation.

Moreover, the power of this formation is enough to threaten the late Jindan stage.

She secretly counted in her mind and found that in the past three months, the other party had consumed nearly eight thousand medium-grade spirit stones. What puzzled her even more was that the other party did not even blink an eye.

She could hardly imagine how many spirit stones were left in the golden storage ring.

Although she had never thought that one day she would become someone else's pet, the shock she saw made her accept this new identity.

After being shocked, she stood up and walked slowly behind Zhang Mingxuan, with a hint of frivolity in her arrogant tone:

"My injury has healed. What do you need me to do?"

Hearing this, Zhang Mingxuan ignored it and took out a white porcelain bottle from his ring and put a pill into his mouth.

The porcelain bottle contains ordinary fasting pills.

After slightly mobilizing the Qi in his Dantian to dissolve the elixir, he looked straight at Que'er and asked in a calm tone:

"As a spirit beast of the Tianyan Sect, why did you want to harm Yu Qianshou's daughter? Also, how could you and Yu Qianshou track down my location? It's not a coincidence, right?"

Hearing Zhang Mingxuan's question, a flash of displeasure passed through Que'er's eyes.

Thinking of the other party's strange magical power to set up an array across three major realms, and that life and death were controlled by the other party, she suppressed the tightness in her chest and remained silent.

Zhang Mingxuan was not in a hurry. He poured out a hundred or so low-grade spirit stones from his storage ring and simply set up a spirit gathering array. After sitting cross-legged in the array to recover some spiritual energy, he picked up the Silver Moon Spear and began to practice the Thirteen Torrent Spears.

When the sun set and he was sweating all over, he saw Que'er slowly approaching him. As if after careful consideration, she spoke to him:

"This is a long story... Although I am the spirit beast of the Tianyan Sect, I am actually only serving the sect."

Zhang Mingxuan nodded and motioned for her to continue.

"The Blue Ox Beast in Shouyun Villa was originally the demon beast of Yan Cang, the leader of the Spirit Beast Sect. The elders wanted me to find out the weakness of the demon beast. In order to lurk in Shouyun Villa, I have no choice but to do this." After thinking for a moment, Que'er said, "The Blue Ox Beast has been kept in Cuiyun for 5,900 years. It will only take 100 years for it to break through and become a sixth-level demon beast. By then, the Spirit Beast Sect will have six sixth-level demon beasts. If our Tianyan Sect cannot clamp down on the Spirit Beast Sect in time, we will lose the resources of the entire Luyang Dynasty."

"Oh? What is the conflict between you immortal sects and the mortal dynasties?"

"It's rare to find a child with superior spiritual roots in a thousand years. In order to prevent fighting over high-quality spiritual roots, the major sects have agreed to only accept disciples with spiritual roots in the country where their respective sect is located. Therefore, disciples of the major sects can only move within their own sphere of influence. If the Spirit Beast Sect has six sixth-order monsters, its overall strength is comparable to that of the Tianyan Sect, and it will inevitably divide a large area of ​​the Luyang Dynasty with the Tianyan Sect." Que'er took out a white jade plate from the storage bag and answered Zhang Mingxuan's other question, "As for why he can track you," she handed the jade plate to Zhang Mingxuan, "your aura has already been taken away. Yu Qianshou has a fixed-interest jade plate. As long as you leave Cangyan Mountain, he will be able to find you." She raised her eyes and looked at Zhang Mingxuan, "the one who took your aura was an outer disciple of the Beast Cloud Villa, who seemed to be called... Yi Pao".

After listening to her, Zhang Mingxuan raised his eyebrows, took the jade disc and held it in his hand: "Fixed interest jade disc?"

On the edge of the jade disc, a drop of blood is moving slowly.

"The center of this jade disc is where you and I are, and the essence and blood on it is where Yu Qianshou is... I stole it secretly, and now I'm giving it to you."

After listening to her explanation, Zhang Mingxuan only stared at the jade disc in his hand with a tense expression.

He was afraid of attracting trouble and had been trying to keep a low profile, but he was getting more and more involved because of the teleportation array diagram. If this group of people continued to hold on to the teleportation array diagram, he would probably never have a peaceful life from now on.

The only way now is to make the teleportation array map public to ensure your own safety.

After thinking about it, he put the jade disc into his ring, and learned about the situation of Tianyan Sect and many Daochu Realm situations from Que'er. He said in a gentle voice: "Since your becoming a spiritual pet will not be noticed by others, then you should return to Tianyan Sect to report. In addition to helping me explore the matter of the immortal foundation-building pill, you can move freely on weekdays to avoid suspicion." He took out a handful of blue spirit stones from the ring and handed them to Que'er. "I didn't expect that you, as an inner disciple of Tianyan Sect, are so poor. Take these ten middle-grade spirit stones first... to improve your life."

Staring at the ten blue spirit stones in Zhang Mingxuan's hand, Que'er swallowed something in his throat.

Inner disciples of Tianyan Sect receive sixty low-grade spirit stones per month.

These ten middle-grade spirit stones were not only enough for her to practice for twenty years, but she could also use most of them to buy elixirs.

This is not just accepting a master with useless spiritual roots, this is accepting a rich master.

"host……"

Que'er's cheeks turned slightly red. She held it in for a long time, and the blush reached her ears. She no longer had the proud tone she had before, and changed her tone to a mosquito-like voice: "Thank you, my master... for the reward!" She took the spirit stone in both hands, and her tone became solemn, "I will find out the news about the immortal foundation-building pill for my master!" After she finished speaking, she turned around, tiptoed into the air, and instantly turned into a colorful sparrow and flew up to the clouds. After a moment, she turned into a black dot and disappeared from sight.

After seven days, Zhang Mingxuan guessed that Que'er had left Cangyan Mountain, so he probed into Que'er's soul with his spiritual consciousness.

Under the divine consciousness, the clouds broke through and the sun appeared before his eyes.

With the help of Que'er's sight, he could clearly see the flat plain below him and the overlapping mountains ahead.

Spirit pets are indeed more powerful than monsters. They can reach you in an instant even if you are thousands of miles away.