C691 Arrive
Time flew, and in the blink of an eye, five years of cultivation had passed. Zhong Ming had finished organizing his matters, and was ready to look for Zou Jiaxuan.
In the past, he had met with Zou Jiaxuan in a small county city in the ancient Southern Continent, where there was a small restaurant.
Zou Jiaxuan told him that the shopkeeper there was his servant, and that as long as he saw this person, he would be able to contact him.
Zhong Ming flew on his sword, even if he met cultivators along the way he would not bother to greet them. The mission given to him by his sect was extremely urgent, he had to take time off to settle his personal affairs, so he had to be fast and not delay too long.
Just like that, Zhong Ming flew for around eight or nine days before finding the restaurant in the ancient city. From afar, he scanned the restaurant with the Spiritual Sense, and in order to reduce the trouble, Zhong Ming packed his tools away and walked over to the city gate.
Zhong Ming had already changed into the clothes of an ordinary person long ago and put away his sect's attire. The very low-key Zhong Ming did not attract the attention of the city guards, and followed the flow of people entering the city.
Zhong Ming found someone to ask for the name of the restaurant, and without mentioning it, almost everyone here knew about it, so Zhong Ming quickly followed the direction of the restaurant.
It was a two story building, and looked ancient and elegant. Before even going in, he could already smell the fragrance of the food, and Zhong Ming was no longer that greedy. His heart moved as he walked into the restaurant.
The business here was not bad. There were no longer any seats available on the first floor, but there were still some people waiting outside. Just to eat a meal here and have some tea? Suddenly, Zhong Ming realised that there was something wrong with the tea here. It seemed that the tea was emitting a faint amount of Spirit Qi.
There were so many people here, but none of them spoke loudly. They all quietly enjoyed the aroma of their own food and tea.
In the middle of the hall, there was a notice, saying, "Everyone is limited to one pot of Spirit Tea."
This was the first time Zhong Ming found this shop interesting, and it restricted the number of customers who could drink tea. He raised his head and scanned the hall, and saw an old man behind a counter.
This shopkeeper had Goatee s, and his sideburns were a little white. His cheeks were slightly thin, but his eyes were very shrewd. At this moment, he was busy flipping through and recording his accounts.
Zhong Ming walked towards this person, and the shopkeeper looked at this young man with a baffled expression, not knowing why he was standing here.
When he saw who the person was, he quickly walked out of the counter with a pale face. He carefully cupped his hands together and said, "Senior, if you have anything you need me to do, feel free to mention it."
When the old man saw that he couldn't see the person's cultivation level, he was shocked. He had just reached the fourth layer of Qi Cultivating Stage, so he didn't dare to be negligent at all.
Zhong Ming did not waste any words with him, and gave the keepsake that Zou Jiaxuan had given him to the shopkeeper.
When the shopkeeper saw the token, he was overjoyed. "Senior is here. This junior has come with bad intentions. My young master has already informed you that he will be coming soon. Please wait here."
Zhong Ming nodded his head in satisfaction, it seemed like this brat was quite considerate, "Lead the way, I want to see him now."
"Yes, Senior, follow me." The shopkeeper replied.
The shopkeeper had arranged everything in the shop, and brought Zhong Ming along, walking more than twenty miles out of the city. There were many hills in front of them, and the shopkeeper led Zhong Ming through them, and after many turns and turns, they finally arrived at a basin.
There were a few stone houses here, and a few bamboo plants planted around them. Although they were not eye-catching, there was something odd about them.
At this time, the shopkeeper clasped his fists and said, "Senior, this is the young master's residence. There is a formation around this place and we cannot touch it. I'll inform the young master first."
Seeing the scenery around him, Zhong Ming also guessed that something was amiss. So the reason was because of the formation, but he did not mind and said: "Alright, lead the way!"
The shopkeeper's pace was very strange. Every two steps he took required him to take a step back or three steps back, with one going east, the other going west. His steps were irregular, so Zhong Ming followed him and slowly walked forward.
Just as they were about to reach the center of the stone house, the shopkeeper said loudly, "Young master, come out quickly. Senior has arrived."
"Oh, that's great. Senior, please wait a moment, I'll be out soon." A man's voice came out from inside. It was Zou Jiaxuan, but following the loud 'bang' sound, Zou Jiaxuan's angry voice sounded out, "It's over, this is the fifth time."
Just then, the door opened, and Zou Jiaxuan walked out with a face full of regret, his body carrying a burnt aura.
When they saw Zhong Ming, all of their expressions immediately disappeared, and they excitedly walked over and said: "Senior is truly a person who keeps his promises. This junior will be the host, we will have a good drink together."
Zou Jiaxuan was very enthusiastic, as compared to five years ago, he was much more mature. Zhong Ming did not delay him.
The two sat down and the shopkeeper quickly prepared tea for them. Without waiting for Zou Jiaxuan to say anything, Zhong Ming took out the refining notes and placed it on the table. The Spirit Qi traces left behind by Zou Jiaxuan were still there.0
Zou Jiaxuan's eyes lit up. Just as he was about to extend his hand, he suddenly thought of something and immediately apologized. He got up and went back into his room to take out a box.
"This is a repaired and perfected Universe Eight Trigrams Formation. After studying it, although it is not as strong as I expected, it can still display the power of five levels. This is the original foundation of this formation, which was increased by four levels."
Back then, Zou Jiaxuan had confidently boasted about the power of his array. He was able to perfect it, but now, he had yet to do so.
Zhong Ming originally did not have much confidence in him, as he did not expect to be able to improve the fourth layer. This was unexpected, but even so, the power of this formation was already very strong, and even Core Formation Cultivator would find it difficult to break through it.
Zhong Ming held the magic tool in his hand, and then looked at the blueprint repeatedly. When Zhong Ming opened the box, a set of array formation tools filled with spirit energy appeared in front of him.
Zhong Ming could immediately tell that these Formation Flag and array discs were much stronger than the previous ones. He was overjoyed as he put away the lid.
At this time, Zou Jiaxuan had also verified his [Weapon Refining Experience] book and said: "Senior, Jia Xuan Ji will quickly return it for me."
The two of them exchanged a few courteous words before they began to chat in the open. At this time, the shopkeeper brought the two of them some tea.
This tea was dark green, and the fragrance of the tea permeated the air. Apart from the fragrance, there was also the floating spiritual energy.
Zhong Ming tried to drink a few mouthfuls, but he did not expect to catch a whiff of the aroma. The Spiritual Sense immediately felt that it was extremely bright, and immediately praised: "Absolutely, to be able to create Spirit Qi from the tea, truly admirable, did Little Yong do it himself?" Dongming often came into contact with spirit plants and medicines, but he had never used any of the tea leaves. The spirit energy produced by the tea leaves was quite rare, and drinking this tea often had a beneficial effect on his cultivation. Although it was weak, it still helped him maintain his clarity of mind.
"This wasn't concocted by a junior, but was gifted to her by a friend. In order to achieve this effect, she had to use over ten years to succeed."
"Oh, that friend is the person you saved in exchange for elixirs, right?" Great, I had originally thought that I would not have a good reason to bring up that person who knows the array, now that we are on this topic, how can Zhong Ming miss it.
Zou Jiaxuan was startled upon hearing this, he did not know if he should say it, but after thinking about it for a long time, he slowly said: "Yes, senior is right, and I have to thank senior for the thousand year spirit medicine, and there is no longer any danger of life, but the disease has not improved at all, junior knows that he should not be asking, but if senior still has a thousand year spirit medicine, junior still wants to exchange, I have many different Formation Flag and array discs, I do not know, senior …"
Zou Jiaxuan looked at Zhong Ming with anticipation, waiting for his reply.
Zhong Ming was a little surprised by Zou Jiaxuan's words. What made him happy was that this person still required him, so if he wanted to learn how to fix the teleportation circle, he could do it successfully, after all, this was something he had prepared to do in order to avoid his enemies. There were so many thorns on the Immortal Cultivation path, and in order to protect himself, he had to make more preparations.
Although this was an effect that he was anxious to obtain, on the surface he maintained a calm demeanor. Zhong Ming remained silent for a long while before replying: "Your request is a bit difficult for me, I still have a little more elixirs, I want to refine some medicine, I …" Zhong Ming purposely slowed down his words to a difficult expression.
Everyone knew that pills to cultivators meant a raise in cultivation. There was nothing more important than this, and the reason why he said that was to tell Zou Jiaxuan how important his pills were.
Sure enough, when he heard that Zhong Ming still had more spirit medicine, he was wild with joy. However, after hearing what he had to say, his heart sank as he anxiously begged, "Senior, I know how important the pills are to you, but if senior is willing to give it up, then I will take all of the array formations and spirit artifacts."
In fact, these things were very tempting. Even if it wasn't as powerful as the five elements or eight trigram formation, it was still very rare in this world. These things were the best tools to defend and defend the enemy.
However, these were not the most important things. A teleportation circle could save one's life, and it was even more useful than those other formations.
After Zhong Ming finished weighing the pros and cons in his heart, just as he was about to research the teleportation circle, a girl hurried in from the outside as she called out anxiously.
"Young master Zou, something has happened. Quickly go save my family's young miss."
When Zou Jiaxuan saw the girl, his expression immediately changed. He could not even match up to Zhong Ming, this guest.
Zhong Ming was not in a hurry to walk outside with his hands behind his back. Outside the array, there was an 11 to 12 year old girl that was anxiously talking to Zou Jiaxuan about the situation, this girl was already very delicate and pretty young, but now her face was filled with distress. Zhong Ming's face revealed signs of being on guard.
After Zou Jiaxuan heard this, he turned around to glance at Zhong Ming. Suddenly, he grabbed onto the straw that saved his life, and quickly rushed to Zhong Ming's side.
Zhong Ming was speechless …
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