"The three spiritual secret realms in front of us are the most important sources of spiritual materials for my Mo Shuang Mountain."
In this stone hall, Elder Sanbao slowly explained to his disciples:
“The first is the Qingmu Realm. The entire secret realm is filled with various spiritual trees. Apart from the original wood monster, there are no other creatures. It is the star array that the head of the sect, Mo Jun, brought out from the Mo family’s immortal sect.
My Mo Shuang Mountain has maintained friendship with the Wood Demon Tribe of Qingmu Realm for more than 500 years. Their three great elders are also members of my Mo Shuang Mountain sect.
They are also your elders.
In the future, when you make tools, if you need rare spiritual wood, you must frequently go in and out of the Green Wood Realm to trade with the wood monsters there.
But there are some taboos about the wood demon there.
Afterwards, your respective masters will teach you.”
After the elder finished speaking, he pointed to the second star array that was in operation and continued:
"This second spiritual energy secret realm is called the Gold Stone Realm.
It is the spiritual world of Mo Shuang Mountain that was assigned to me by the Qintian Academy two hundred years ago. It is quite special. The entire small spiritual world is made up of huge rocks with a radius of more than tens of thousands of miles.
It is rich in various spiritual minerals, rare jade, stone, various gems, etc., but there are no living creatures in the Jinshi realm, which is very regrettable.
From now on, when you need spiritual materials for making instruments, you must apply to your respective masters. Only after obtaining permission can you enter the Metal and Stone Realm to look for suitable materials."
After the elder finished speaking, Lao Jiang calmly reached out and patted Ruyue on her butt.
Ruyue understood immediately.
She stepped forward, bowed to Elder Sanbao, and said:
"Master, I just happen to be in need of some spiritual minerals to try making tools. Today I will apply to you to enter the Gold and Stone Realm to look for suitable materials. Please approve it."
"Well, my disciple is really attentive. Is he making your unique spiritual spear weapon?"
The elder drank a sip of tea with a smile, and said to his disciple:
"Your magic weapon has very high material requirements. It is reasonable to require a good spiritual ore. I will agree to it. Five days later, you take your tools and go to the Gold and Stone Realm to search.
But only one person can go there, the spiritual energy of that small spiritual world carries the gold of the Five Elements, which is extremely sharp, so you cannot stay there for too long."
"Thank you for the reminder, Master."
Ruyue bowed again and returned to Lao Jiang, which made the other disciples envious.
It’s good to have a good master.
After this episode, Elder Sanbao pointed to the last star array and said:
“This last world is called the Pansi World.
Its origin is a bit special, which I cannot tell you now, and this secret realm itself is also very special. It is rich in various spiritual silks and can be made into fine spiritual satin.
However, there are monsters like precious silkworms and spiders lurking among them, as well as some natural yin places with yakshas and ghost soldiers patrolling everywhere, and the spiritual energy is rich, and there are also accompanying spiritual materials and treasures.
It is indeed a place rich in resources.
Unfortunately, there are too many monsters, including the Demon King and Wuchang, and the creatures in their realm are also strange, making it impossible to communicate with them through mind communication.
Once inside, you will be besieged.
Therefore, unless you have reached the level of True Existence, you cannot enter alone to search for treasures."
Everyone nodded in unison.
Lao Jiang also narrowed his eyes and looked at the third star array. He thought that this was probably an advanced dungeon in the Mo Shuang Mountain dungeon group, which was specially designed for cultivators in the Cun Zhen realm.
"Elder, Elder, I have another question."
Gu Miao stretched out her hand and waved it again. She looked at the three moving star arrays and said with shining eyes:
"If I am lucky enough to find a star array disk and obtain a small spiritual world, can I hand it over to the sect in exchange for contribution? When I was in the West Sea, I also saw islanders salvaging array disks from the sea.
Unfortunately, I was still young and poor at that time, so I didn’t have time to buy it.”
"Haha, of course."
Elder Sanbao twisted his beard and said with a smile:
“Whenever a secret spiritual realm appears, it will attract competition from various sects. Although it is indeed a very profitable thing, it is also extremely dangerous.
There is no need for little Gu Miao to look for it deliberately.
After all, it has been more than five hundred years since the demise of the Mohist sect.
Most of the star arrays left by the ancient sages in all corners of the world have been found, and the secret spiritual realms discovered in the past have also been almost found.
The rest are small worlds without spiritual energy and are of no use to cultivators.
If you are lucky enough to meet it, it is a blessing from heaven. If you don’t meet it, it doesn’t matter either.
Moreover, this kind of thing needs the approval of the Imperial Academy first. However, if you are really lucky and find the secret realm of spiritual energy and then present it to the sect, you will naturally receive a generous reward. "
"oh."
Gu Miao responded, seeming a little disappointed.
But when she lowered her head, the mischievous rolling of her eyes could not escape Jiang Xia's observation, and the corners of Old Jiang's mouth immediately curled up into a smile.
But it was fleeting.
After leaving this star array hall, the rest of the journey was unremarkable.
The entire Mo Shuang Mountain is very large. Elder Sanbao took his new disciple on a quick tour of various secret places, but Jiang Xia's mind was no longer on these.
When the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, this novel journey finally came to an end and they returned to the starting point.
The elder allowed everyone to return to their own caves to practice, and said that there would be work assigned to the new disciples the next day. The others said goodbye to Elder Sanbao and then scattered.
Gu Miao also yawned, shook his short hair, and walked towards the teleportation array to Shang Tongfeng. But after he took a few steps, Ruyue grabbed the collar from behind and lifted him up.
The short girl screamed and flailed her limbs like an angry raccoon.
She was carried by Ruyue and walked back a few steps, then stepped into another teleportation array. With a flash of light, the two arrived at the top of Minggui Peak.
At this moment, Lao Jiang was sitting by the rocks, smoking leisurely, waiting for Gu Miao to be "invited" over.
"You are very dishonest, girl."
Jiang Xia waved to Gu Miao.
The latter was a little afraid, but after being gently pushed by Ruyue, he still walked towards Jiang Xia reluctantly, and sat cross-legged next to Lao Jiang, lowering his head and playing with his fingers.
"You have at least one unopened star array in your hand, right?"
“Eh hey hey!”
Gu Miao raised her head suddenly, as if she was startled. She moved her mouth and said softly:
"No, boss. I'm just an ordinary girl. How can I have such a powerful thing? Look at me. Do you think I have that thing?"
Lao Jiang glanced at Gu Miao. When the Bait Rabbit girl saw the boss's gloomy eyes, she seemed to have her inner secret seen through, so she lowered her head in a hurry.
"Shua"
Jiang Xia had a black oil-paper umbrella in his hand, which was pushed open again. With the infusion of spiritual power, the black and simple umbrella cover covered him and Gu Miao.
"If you didn't, you wouldn't have asked that question just now. You are so smart, but you are still too naive.
The amount of rice you have eaten is less than the amount of salt others have eaten. Who do you think Elder Sanbao was speaking to when he spoke those earnest words just now?
Do you think he didn't notice your little secret?"
While Lao Jiang continued to infuse spiritual energy into the Baoyu Umbrella, he threw away his cigarette butt and rubbed Gu Miao's head hard, making the little girl's hair a mess.
He said:
“You can’t keep that thing.
What's more, it's just a star array. Any cultivator who has achieved success in cultivation will not pay too much attention to it. This thing is just a gamble on luck and the risk is quite high.
If you really want to get rich overnight with this, it would be better to go to my gambling shop in Kunlun Square and buy two lottery tickets.
Besides, at such a young age, have you developed a gambling habit?"
"No."
Gu Miao grabbed her messy hair. She had accepted her fate and said to Jiang Xia:
"That star array was not what I wanted, it was just an accident. I didn't hide it from you on purpose because I was afraid of causing trouble for you.
Boss, do you remember what I just said, about seeing the islanders salvaging the formation plate in the West Sea?
I really didn't buy it because I didn't have the money at that time.
But that night, I stayed on that island temporarily, and I saw the monsters from the Dragon Palace emerge from the sea, rush into the fishing village, and kill all the islanders who fished out of the star array.
I was so scared that I just wanted to run.
I hid in the sand on the island for a day and a night, and finally escaped with an empty stomach.
As a result, when I escaped on the third day in the islander's fishing boat, I found that the star array was thrown into the fish basket by the islander, among a group of stinking catches, so it was not snatched away by the monsters in the Dragon Palace. "
The little girl scratched her face in worry and said to the boss:
“Boss, you are not from Xihai.
You don’t know how powerful the Dragon Palace is there. I took the Star Array Plate and was so scared that they would find me, so I ran away quickly.
I mixed in with a group of cultivators along the way and came to the East in a daze. I didn't dare to delay and ended up following them, and by accident I came to Mo Shuang Mountain.
That's really not what I want.
But it fell into my hands, and I didn't dare tell anyone else, so I hid it before going up the mountain.
Boss, do you want that star array?
Can I sell it to you?"
"OK."
Lao Jiang blinked.
This time, Gu Miao was very clever and finally told his life story clearly. Lao Jiang had also heard of the name of the West Sea Dragon Palace, which was one of the four holy places of the demon clan.
It is also the top demon force among the thirty-three sects of the Immortal Alliance, dominating the West Sea. It is said that it has a rough and overbearing style.
No wonder Gu Miao was so scared that he wanted to escape across the entire Ku Mu Territory.
He flicked his fingers, feeling that his spiritual power was about to be drained by the umbrella, so he moved his lips and asked:
"What does the kind and lovely little Gu Miao plan to get from your good boss who is almost bankrupt?"
"Uh, I..."
Gu Miao secretly looked at Lao Jiang, she stretched out a finger, shrank her neck and said:
"I want a magic weapon to protect me."
"Um?"
Jiang Xia's eyes immediately became dangerous.
He looked at Gu Miao's chubby face and said slowly:
"Little Gu Miao, you are so cute and greedy, and you have a really big appetite. You think you will cry for a long time after I punch you like this?"
"Ah, don't hit me."
The girl cried and held her head, shouting:
"No, no, I'll give it to you for free, boss. Don't hit me."
"Hahaha"
Jiang Xia was amused by her reaction.
At this moment, he put away the umbrella, stood up, stretched his body, and said to Gu Miao:
“I don’t have the magic weapon right now. Let’s talk about it after a while . The premise is that you work hard and don’t try to be clever. After a while, find an opportunity and don’t alert others.
Let Ruyue accompany you and get that thing for me.
Don't worry.
I will sign a purchase contract with you.
Now go back to bed.
It’s not good for children to stay up late.”
After saying that, Lao Jiang put his hands behind his back and walked down the mountain slowly. He also nodded at Ruyue, indicating that she should not forget the important matter tonight. The silly monster was already waiting in her yard with his hands rubbing.
"Do you really have a magic weapon for me?"
After Lao Jiang left, Gu Miao got up from the ground and ran to Ruyue. Like a child, she pulled Ruyue's hand and shook it back and forth. She whispered:
"Sister Ruyue, the boss wouldn't lie to me, would he? Is he really that generous? He gives away magic weapons so easily."
“The boss is a very generous man.”
Ruyue touched Gu Miao's hair, helped her straighten it, and said:
"The premise is that you are valuable. The boss won't even look at useless trash. Come on, I'll take you back to Shangtong Peak."
"oh."
Gu Miao is very smart in front of other people, but she is very strange in front of Ruyue. They hold hands like sisters and walk towards the teleportation array not far away.
But after walking a few steps, Gu Miao seemed to remember something and complained to Ruyue:
"When I came out at noon, my master told me that she would take me out to travel in a few days. It was said that I would be away for a long time, and I didn't want to follow her around.
I have just entered the sect and I haven’t practiced well yet.
I was too tired from running before and just wanted to take a rest.
"Sister Ruyue, why don't you talk to Master for me and ask him to let me stay here? You and Master are of the same generation, so she should listen to you, right?"
"Snap"
Ruyue tapped Gu Miao's forehead with her finger and said:
"Little clever boy, are you afraid that if you leave now, you won't be able to get the magic weapon that your boss promised you?"
"hey-hey."
Gu Miao smiled foolishly, but did not refute. He just kept asking Ruyue for help. Ruyue thought about it, and then remembered her boss's recent schedule, and nodded and said:
"Okay, it just so happens that the Fengshan Market will hold its second Chamber of Commerce in a month, and we just happen to need someone to help run it. My boss and I are both going to go. It's a market held in the name of Mo Shuangshan, and it can be considered a sect affair.
It's reasonable for you to help.
But I can only give your master some advice. Whether she adopts it or not, I can do nothing about it.
After all, I am just getting started.”
"Yeah, Sister Ruyue is the best, hehe."
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On the other side, Lao Jiang returned to his own yard, but did not rest immediately.
As a cultivator, staying up late to cultivate immortality is the right thing to do.
While he was sitting in the spirit gathering formation on the lawn, breathing in spiritual energy and practicing the Su Yi Sutra, he called up the knowledge of Mohist spells that he had not finished reading last time in the field of vision in front of his left eye.
I plan to stay up late and enjoy the joy of learning.
But at this moment, Jiang Xia suddenly remembered the assembly line for making magic tools that he saw today, and he had a very novel idea.
Before, I made magical instruments according to the drawings left by others.
The aspect of imitation has been mastered to perfection.
But to be a good craftsman, it is not enough to just imitate.
He also had to create his own work. Today, when he was reading the information about the art of ink martial arts, he also browsed the knowledge about ink formations, which gave him a lot of new inspiration.
The scenery is beautiful tonight and there are no wild cats sneaking in, so it's a perfect night to give it a try.
To be honest, Lao Jiang is getting a little impatient.