Ordinary person: What to do with unused treasures? (On Zhuanzhuan)

Chapter 104 The Strange Phenomenon of Core Formation

Four years have passed since he re-established contact with Nangong Wan.

During this time, with Nangong Wan's help, Xin Ruyin rented a small shop in Tianxing City, selling some small formations with decent power, and also accepting assignments to set up formations for others.

With her exceptional talent in array formations, Xin Ruyin has become quite well-known among Foundation Establishment cultivators over the years.

Many Foundation Establishment cultivators who are willing to go out to sea to hunt monsters usually buy a good formation from Xin Ruyin to avoid being wiped out by monsters after they go out to sea.

Although it costs a lot to ask Master Xin to take action once, the power of the resulting formation is indeed quite impressive! As long as you invite three or five Foundation Establishment stage friends to jointly preside over the formation, you can also surround and kill some level 5 demonic beasts.

If she were willing to pay a great price, Xin Ruyin could even set up and refine a formation to kill a sixth-order demon beast.

However, that would be beyond the capacity of a Foundation Establishment cultivator to withstand.

The price is simply too high, so high that it's almost not worth it! They're not like Han Li and Qin Fang, who rely entirely on luck to go to sea! It's not uncommon for them to go to sea for one or two years without encountering even a single demonic beast.

Core Formation cultivators can afford it, but—Core Formation cultivators are strong enough to kill demonic beasts of the same level, so there is only a slight possibility that the other party will escape.

It's completely unnecessary to spend so many spirit stones to buy a formation to trap a sixth-order demon beast just for such a possibility.

The formation was quite expensive, and even a Core Formation cultivator would feel a pang of regret if they wanted to use it all at once.

Therefore, Xin Ruyin's reputation was only spread by word of mouth among Foundation Establishment cultivators. Core Formation cultivators probably only had a vague idea of ​​her existence, knowing that there was such a formation master who could set up a formation to kill Core Formation demonic beasts with the cultivation of Foundation Establishment.

Unless one day Xin Ruyin's array can be upgraded to the point where even Nascent Soul cultivators—or transformed demons—can be temporarily trapped, her great "reputation" will probably stop there.

On this day, Xin Ruyin put some of the collected materials into a storage bag, and took out two storage bags full of spirit stones from a hidden compartment, tucked them into her sleeve, and walked out of the shop.

After exchanging greetings with Mo Caihuan, Xin Ruyin set up her array flags and magical artifacts and headed straight for the forty-seventh floor of the Holy Mountain.

It's true that Tianxing City is safe, but the fact that a Foundation Establishment cultivator was able to spend more than four years in such peace is mainly due to the fact that she had a Core Formation cultivator backing her up!

Especially after Nangong Wan appeared at the shop several times, even cultivators at the Core Formation stage temporarily abandoned any other thoughts.

Nangong Wan's Cave.

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"Senior Nangong, these are the spirit stones obtained from the materials of the demon beasts that have been released little by little over the past few days, and the materials you need."

Xin Ruyin handed over the storage bag.

"You've had a hard time!"

"There aren't many monster materials left, are there?"

Nangong Wan took the storage bag.

Nangong Wan, who had just arrived in the Chaotic Star Sea, went out to sea with Qin Fang to hunt demons and eventually made a fortune!

By the end of that year, Nangong Wan's storage bag was overflowing with many monster materials, all of which ended up going to Qin Fang, much to Nangong Wan's dismay.

Of course, Qin Fang's storage bag was already overflowing at that time!

If he hadn't secretly used the Zhuanzhuan platform to recycle some of the monster materials, he wouldn't have been able to pack them all, even if Nangong Wan didn't want them! Even before setting off—he had prepared some extra storage bags for this purpose.

"There's about one-tenth left—"

"As instructed by my senior, I dared not be too blatant, but only occasionally released these materials slowly."

Xin Ruyin answered truthfully.

"Is that so?"

"Could you please process the materials in this storage bag for me a bit more?"

"As for the remaining portion, consider it payment for your hard work—"

After a moment of contemplation, Nangong Wan pulled out a storage bag from her sleeve.

"How can this be allowed!"

"If it weren't for your help, senior, I wouldn't have been able to gain a foothold in Tianxing City."

"I only did a few small favors for you, senior. How could I possibly accept any payment from you!"

Xin Ruyin was greatly surprised.

Surprisingly, Nangong Wan even had materials from demonic beasts!

She was also surprised by Nangong Wan's generosity. Since those materials were going to flow out of the market through her hands, Xin Ruyin was naturally very clear about their value.

Many of these demonic beasts are not only rare and unusual species seldom seen in the Chaotic Star Sea, but also rarely killed by cultivators due to their powerful ability to conceal their presence.

Such rare materials are naturally far more valuable than ordinary monster materials.

Even if it's only one-tenth, it's still a considerable amount of spirit stones! Xin Ruyin dared not accept it.

Of course, Xin Ruyin did put in a lot of effort for Nangong Wan's sake. Not only did she acquire monster materials from other Foundation Establishment cultivators to cover her tracks, but she also put in a lot of effort to collect the materials that Nangong Wan needed.

"I've seen everything you've done—"

"Please accept these spirit stones. They will help you acquire more cultivation resources."

"As for those few monster materials, I haven't given them much thought!"

"I have plenty of materials, but you still need to follow the previous pace and slowly convert them into spirit stones and materials. There's no need to rush."

"You've been worrying about this for so long! You're perfectly entitled to the remaining one-tenth of the demon beast materials!"

Nangong Wan waved her hand.

She really didn't care much; she hadn't even taken out one-tenth of the demon beast materials she had! There were still quite a few left.

Because he needed to seclude himself for a long period of cultivation and there was no one he could trust to sell the materials on his behalf, he entrusted the task to Xin Ruyin.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to appear in Xin Ruyin's shop several times during his seclusion, just to deter villains.

"yes----"

"Ruyin thanks you, senior. Please rest assured, senior. I will always keep your matter in mind."

Xin Ruyin had no choice but to accept what Nangong Wan had said. After years of getting to know her, she had come to understand Nangong Wan's personality, and it was clear that the other party was not just being polite.

"No need!"

"For us cultivators, the most important thing is still our own cultivation level!"

"You should still focus more of your energy on improving your cultivation level in your daily life."

"Miss Ruyin, your talent for array formations is exceptional, but without a solid foundation of cultivation, it's all just castles in the air."

"We should prioritize our own cultivation!"

Nangong Wan spoke.

"Thank you very much, senior. I will remember this!"

Xin Ruyin bowed sincerely.

She has indeed been somewhat lax in her cultivation these days, busy either refining array formations or collecting spiritual items and selling demon beast materials, and has devoted very little energy to cultivation.

"Um----

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"You have good talent. If you are willing to work harder, you may have a chance to break through to the Core Formation stage in this lifetime."

"Do not wait until your days are numbered before you regret it."

"what?"

Nangong Wan casually offered a few words of advice. She had only noticed that Xin Ruyin's cultivation had not improved much and that there had been almost no progress since their last meeting, which was why she said those few words.

Nangong Wan also highly valued Xin Ruyin.

This woman had already mastered some of the formations at the Core Formation level during her Qi Refining stage! Now she is even more adept at using them.

If this woman breaks through the Foundation Establishment barrier and successfully forms her Core in the future, it's not impossible that she could set up a Nascent Soul level formation.

A Nascent Soul level formation is far superior to a mere Core Formation level formation.

The protective formations of most sects in the human realm are only at the Nascent Soul level.

But before she could finish speaking, Nangong Wan suddenly felt a sudden urge, and the surrounding spiritual energy underwent a violent change.

"Could it be?!"

A look of surprise flashed in Nangong Wan's eyes.

"Get out of here with me!"

"Qin Fang is currently breaking through the bottleneck of Core Formation, which is very likely to have a great impact on you."

After Nangong Wan finished speaking, she swept her long sleeves and wrapped Xin Ruyin in the Vermilion Bird Ring, transforming into a streak of light and leaving the cave area far away.

Escape at lightning speed.

After flying for several miles, it came to a steady stop in mid-air.

Only then did Nangong Wan and Xin Ruyin, who looked completely bewildered, have a chance to look up at the sky.

At this moment, dark clouds suddenly loomed overhead above Nangong Wan's cave, lightning flashed wildly, and thunder roared! The sky was changing drastically.

At the same time, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a hundred miles around surged wildly toward Nangong Wan's cave. In just a few breaths, a funnel-shaped vortex of spiritual energy formed above Nangong Wan's cave.

Now, whether it was Nangong Wan, Xin Ruyin, or other cultivators who happened to be passing by, all showed surprise on their faces.

Nangong Wan herself was a Core Formation cultivator, so she wasn't surprised by the Core Formation phenomenon. What surprised her was that—

Qin Fang is about to break through to the Core Formation stage so quickly?

Before officially starting his seclusion, Qin Fang's cultivation level was only at the late Foundation Establishment stage!

Now, only seven or eight years have passed since he went into seclusion, and he has already broken through?

A cultivator with three spiritual roots shouldn't be able to progress this quickly.

This is not much different from how I was back then!

But she—is a cultivator with a Heavenly Spiritual Root!

What Nangong Wan didn't know was that Qin Fang's cultivation aptitude, in a sense, was not that far off from that of an ordinary Heavenly Spiritual Root.

First of all, the Dragon Roar Body will enable cultivators to advance quickly and achieve twice the results with half the effort!

The Dragon Roar Body and the Nine Dragons Suppressing Meridian Technique resonate with each other, and can also accelerate the refining of the Heaven-Mending Pill. As a result, Qin Fang, who only had the Foundation Establishment stage cultivation, had already refined part of the Heaven-Mending Pill.

One of the wonderful uses of the Heaven-Mending Pill is to improve spiritual root aptitude!

In addition—

Since Qin Fang began his seclusion, he has never stopped taking the medicine!

Han Li possesses four spiritual roots, yet he still managed to cultivate the Three-Turn Rejuvenation Technique to the second turn, even with an abundance of elixirs! This means that he twice raised his Foundation Establishment cultivation to its peak.

The time spent on this was only a little over thirty years.

Qin Fang's spiritual root aptitude far surpasses Han Li's, and he also possesses the Dragon Roar Physique, a spiritual body, and has refined a portion of the Heaven-Mending Pill's power.

Being able to achieve what I have today is nothing special!

"He's formed his Core! Another person has formed their Core!"

While many cultivators below stared in disbelief, one person in the crowd exclaimed.

Upon hearing this, Xin Ruyin still had a hint of disbelief on her face.

Although she genuinely regarded Qin Fang as a senior, Xin Ruyin still felt somewhat conflicted when he actually broke through to the Core Formation stage.

envious?

Or is it longing?

Perhaps even Xin Ruyin herself couldn't explain it.