Immortal Formula

   Chapter 463 Central Plains, peers

Gu Yan can only be said to be proficient in the way of refining tools, but it is definitely not like the formation method can be called the level of a master. Artifact refining, one of the most basic materials, no matter what kind of magic weapon it is refining, whether it is offensive or defensive, it needs mysterious crystals to strengthen its quality. It was only after several battles that the resources of the Immortal Cultivation World were scarce, and profound crystals were long gone. Even if there was a profound crystal, very few people would be willing to use it for refining. Gu Yan took a look. The mysterious crystal in the jade box is about the size of a man's palm. It is enough for refining, but Gu Yan can't think of where it will be used now, so she put it in first. Put it away in the Qiankun bag.

As for the other vial, there are two blue medicinal pills, which emit a faint fragrance. Each medicinal pill is about the size of a pigeon egg. Gu Yan smelled the aroma, but could not tell what it was. Pill, she thought, if Rong Lao was here, he would be able to distinguish it. Close the bottle again and put it all into the Qiankun bag. She took one last look at the jade box, then waved her hand and threw it into the river. She also completely threw away the last trace of her connection with Meridian Valley. From then on, Meridian Valley and its underground holy mausoleum, in this world, No trace was left.

  Gu Yan went north along the Weishui River leisurely, but she also wanted to take Xiao Moyan to relax, so that she would not always be immersed in the grief of losing her father. After all, it is the nature of a child. After a few days, Moyan gradually became more cheerful. He was no longer reticent like before, and he was able to point out the scenery by the river and chat and laugh with Gu Yan. The two walked up the Wei River, and after about four or five days, they left the range of the Tianji Mountains and reached Dongyang County, the southernmost point of the Central Plains.

This is the Central Plains Continent of Cangwu, the southernmost land bordering the six countries in the southeast. Dongyang County is a large county, which belongs to the Yunze Kingdom among the sixteen states of Kyushu. It has a population of millions under its jurisdiction. On the top, countless people were bustling, people coming and going, so crowded that there was almost no place to stay. In addition to ordinary merchants traveling between the north and the south, there are also many monks who travel by boat because they cannot fly long distances.

Gu Yan has long known the customs here in Cangwu. There is not a clear distinction between mortals and monks as in Shenzhou. When mortals here see monks, they usually respect and not be afraid, and sometimes get along with monks. It also makes mortals do some things. The officer who manages this pier is a cultivator in the foundation-building period, but his subordinates, in addition to some disciples in the qi-refining period, also have a considerable number of mortals doing coolies.

Not far from the pier, there is a fairly large market. Those monks who are addicted to martial arts and go to the dangerous Tianji Mountains, after hunting monsters or hunting for treasures, are a little impatient. I will come here to sell it, change the spirit stone or what I want, and then go back and fight. So people started to set up their own booths at the wharf, and the business was booming, and then gradually formed a scale. Later, the Dongyang County Governor set up an official market here, and sent a monk from the late foundation building to sit in the town. It is enough to deter the loose cultivators who come and go. As for the disciples of the famous sects, they usually don't cause trouble in the Central Plains. After all, everyone has their own sphere of influence. This place is under the control of the Tibetan Sword Villa, so no one will easily provoke. This is also a delicate balance maintained by the nine sects.

When Gu Yan got on the boat in Wei, he once asked Wei Bo who was driving the boat about these things. He was not surprised when he saw the extremely prosperous scene here, but Mo Yan felt that his eyes were not enough. . She grew up in the desolate place of Meridian Valley, and has never been to the outside world. How could she know that the world is so big, and that there is such a crowded place? Watching countless people come and go, rubbing shoulders, I feel that my eyes can't see through, and when I look left and right, my eyes start to sour.

  Gu Yan smiled and patted her shoulder, "I'll take you to eat first." Then she walked to a wine shop not far away. Although on the boat, she has already taught Moyan some basic mental methods, but now she has only just reached the level of refining qi and entering her body, and she is still far from wanting to indulge. When she was in the chaotic space, she asked Xiao Jiang to regularly Feeding Moyan some spiritual grasses, spiritual fruits, etc. in the space, lest she starve to death because she can't eat.

Above this pier, most of the people who come and go are monks with lower levels of cultivation. They drive boats between the Southeast and the Central Plains. As for those high-level monks, most of them will fly directly over, and they will not be in Dongyang County. stop. Therefore, although there are many people here, most of them are monks in the Qi refining period, and there is not one in ten monks who build foundations. In order to avoid attracting attention, Gu Yan set up a blindfold on her body and dressed herself up as a mid-stage foundation building. As for Moyan, she didn't need to cover it up, she took Moyan's hand and walked towards the distance.

The wine shop here is not like the general mortal market, but there is no charge, just a place for those monks to rest and chat. When Gu Yan came in, there was a lot of people. when. When I saw a girl walking in with a girl's hand, I consciously moved aside. Generally speaking, most of the female cultivators who dare to walk alone in the rivers and lakes have some ability, and most people will not easily provoke them.

  Gu Yan ignored them, walked to a small table by the window and sat down on her own, then ordered refreshments and asked Moyan to eat some snacks, while she picked up a cup of tea and drank it slowly. Listen to the people around you talk about the anecdotes that happened here. Whoever hunted a sixth-order demon pill in the Tianji Mountains, sold thousands of spirit stones in Dongyang County, and made a fortune, who accidentally found an ancient cultivator's cave, but was swallowed by the spirit beast guarding the gate. , Most of it is absurd, and Gu Yan just listened to it like an anecdote.

When Moyan was full, she smiled and said, "Come on, I'll take you to the market to see." She deliberately wanted to cultivate Moyan's knowledge, because she didn't know how to do it. Carrying Moyan with her for a long time, she is destined to pursue the Dao alone, and Moyan, she has her own life, and should not be bound by herself. Gu Yan also didn't want to make Si Yan his follower. In addition, she went to the market for one more thing. She was a little shy, and she was going to prepare for some spiritual stones.

   In Cangwu, no matter where it is, as long as it is in the world of immortality, spirit stones are always the most common currency. It's just that the Central Plains is rich in resources and has many resources, so the spiritual stones needed will be doubled. When Gu Yan left Wei, there were only two or three hundred low-grade spirit stones left, which was far from enough. In addition, she wanted to look here to see if there were any middle-grade spirit stones.

Although in daily transactions, one middle-grade spirit stone can be worth a hundred low-grade spirit stones, this is only relative value. It will simply be used as currency for trading, but left for its own use. For example, when teleporting arrays, it must be a spirit stone of the middle grade or above. That kind of large teleportation formation that can reach thousands of miles in an instant and can transmit hundreds of people at a time, even requires high-grade spirit stones to make formation eyes. Gu Yan has deep attainments in formation, but when he was setting up the formation, it was very difficult to find middle-grade spirit stones, so when he came here, he wanted to take a look.

   She brought Moyan into the market, and it was indeed more lively here. Countless cultivators put out all kinds of strange things, which made the little Moyan who saw it for the first time dizzy. Gu Yan also picked up a few jasper stones and put a bracelet on Moyan and put it on her wrist, which made her very happy.

Most of the items placed here are demon pills and the like, which are not in Gu Yan's eyes. Occasionally, there are some strange things, and Gu Yan has no interest. She went straight to the official store where she bought the items, and then took them out from the store. The few demon pills that were hunted when returning to Xuhai were sent, and they were easily exchanged for 2,000 spirit stones. This is probably enough for her daily needs. Although there are better things in her Qiankun bag, but those, you need to go to a bigger city in exchange.

   After handing over the spirit stones, she asked the people here for advice on where there were mid-grade spirit stones for sale. The man glanced at her in surprise and said, "There are very few people here who would trade mid-grade spirit stones. You should wait until Yunyang City and ask again."

  Yunyang City is the imperial city of Yunze Kingdom, where the emperor lives. It is also the first and most prosperous place for cultivating immortals after going to the Central Plains from the southeast to the north. Cangjian Villa also had a rudder there, Gu Yan nodded and smiled, then packed up and left.

The matter was over, she dragged Moyan to hang out here aimlessly, Moyan was very interested, looked at this, looked at that, and sometimes asked questions, Gu Yan also answered her one by one, thinking Thinking that when I first stepped into the threshold of immortality, I was groping by myself, and regarded the two broken spirit stones as treasures. Thinking about it, I can't help but feel sad, but in Moyan, I can find a little comfort back then.

   turned around for about half a day, until the sun turned to the west, Moyan felt a little tired, and Gu Yan took her out of the market. When she walked out of the door, Gu Yan was still thinking, every time she came to a place like Fangshi, something would happen, but today it was unusually calm.

She took Moyan's hand and walked out of the door. She saw a carriage parked not far away. The decoration on the body was not gorgeous. It looked no different from ordinary carriages, but Gu Yan saw a trace of abnormality. , In the carriage of the carriage, there is a protective formation reinforced with pieces of spiritual stones. Such handwriting is rarely seen in ordinary loose cultivators.

In front of the carriage, stood a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He was very good-looking. He looked around, as if he was waiting for someone. When he saw Gu Yan passing by, he was overjoyed and took a few steps away. When he came up, he bowed his hands in a salute and said, "This female Taoist friend!"

  Gu Yan pulled Mo Yan to his side with a hand and asked cautiously, "Who are you and what are you looking for from me?"

   This young man probably only had the cultivation base in the early stage of foundation establishment, which was really not enough to see in front of Gu Yan's eyes, but she is now pretending to be a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation establishment, so she had to make this instinctive reaction.

  The young man saw that she was a little wary, so he quickly took two steps back, shook his hand and said, "Don't be nervous, fellow Daoist, my name is Yang Zhen, and I'm on the Cumulus Peak in the North County of Dongyang."

Gu Yan heard the words "Cumulus Peak" a bit familiar. After thinking about it, she remembered that she had heard someone mention it in the restaurant. It was one of the three major sects in Dongyang County. The strength of this sect was probably similar to that of Wei Guo. The Lu family is somewhat similar. There are three or four cultivators in the sect, and they are considered to be well-known in the entire Yunze country.

   Her face softened, and she cupped her hands towards Yang Zhen, "It turned out to be Brother Yang, but we don't know each other, so I don't know what to do with me?"

  Yang Zhen stretched out his hand and said, "Please take a step here to talk." Gu Yan followed him to the side, on the side of the carriage, the curtain in the carriage was lifted, and then a woman showed half of her face.

   This woman looks like a beautiful woman, but Gu Yan can't help but be shocked when she sees her eyes, this is a female cultivator in the stage of alchemy!

  Although it is in a holy place for cultivating immortals like Cangwu, it is still extremely rare for a female cultivator to cultivate to the stage of forming an elixir, so Gu Yan couldn't help but be surprised. At least in Wei Kingdom, she has never seen a woman who can cultivate to form a pill. I heard that the elder of Bixia Sect who went to the Central Plains to seek medical treatment was a woman, but Gu Yan had never seen it before.

This female cultivator should not have long been in the formation of pills. She has an illusion on her body, which is used to cover up her cultivation and make it difficult for cultivators of the same level to notice. can't come out. Since they were covering it up, Gu Yan pretended not to know, and bowed to greet her. The blindfold on her own body is covered by a vermilion mirror, and ordinary monks of the same level cannot see it, and will only regard her as an ordinary foundation-building monk.

The woman pursed her lips and said, "Yang Zhen, tell us about our affairs. If this female Taoist wants to, then we can go together, but don't force it." After she finished speaking, she put down the curtain again. down.

  Yang Zhen smiled and said, "Please come over, you are actually asking for something." He probably explained the matter again, and Gu Yan understood. Cumulon Peak is located in the big town of Tongluo in Dongyang County. Naturally, it is not the kind of sect that devotes itself to cultivation. Every sect has its own way of making money. For example, Cumulus Peak will provide **** services for the monks who travel from south to north.

   For example, those who are trafficked from the six countries in the southeast, or those who bring goods from the Central Plains to the southeast, will be escorted by Cumulus Peak, but only a certain amount of spiritual stones will be charged according to the price of the goods. Gu Yan couldn't help but wonder: "This is your faction's business, so what does it have to do with me?"

Yang Zhen smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know what happened recently. There are so many things in this sect that even the head of the sect can't handle it. There are two uncles who are retreating at this time, and then there are a few big deals to pick up. They are all regular customers who are familiar with each other. They have no choice but to bite the bullet. They cannot lose the reputation accumulated by Cumyun Peak on weekdays. , As a result, we are short of people here. Relying on our old relationship, we brought some outsiders to help, but it was still not enough. Today, I accidentally saw a Taoist friend at the market, and I heard that you are also going to the north. If you don't mind disturbing each other, how about your peers?"

   Gu Yan pondered, Yang really meant to ask her to accompany her and serve as a guard by the way. This situation is actually not uncommon. There are countless scattered cultivators in the world, most of them are traveling from south to north, and sometimes they are invited to accompany each other, and then receive some remuneration. She has done this kind of thing more than once when she was young. However, the Cumulus Peak where Yang Zhen is located is also a local sect in Dongyang anyway. Could it be that the manpower is so tight that he wants to pull an outsider who has only met once to join forces? She said with a half-smile, "Could it be that your faction believes in me like that?"

Yang Zhen smiled, "Friend Daoist is joking, in fact, this time it is not necessary to leave, but the owner of the goods is a big family in Yunyang City, and we have always had a good relationship, it is not good because this time, I offended an old friend, and The journey to Yunyang City is also easy to walk. After all, if we take the flying instruments of our sect together, it will only take half a day. I think fellow Daoists also want to go to Yunyang City. Why not go? As for what? Believe it or not, everyone is a friend, so there is no need to mention these words, not to mention that Cumulus Peak is a little famous here, and it will not be like a thief to outsiders."

Gu Yan smiled, but thought this young man was very interesting. Judging from his age, it should be not far from his own. He talked incessantly, as if he had practiced in the world for a long time. Young, but able to make himself perfect, such a person is indeed rare.

   Yang Zhen saw her frowning and pondered a little, and then said: "If fellow Daoist is willing to take the time to help, Master Nan said that there are two middle-grade spirit stones here, which can be used as a reward."

Gu Yan's eyes lit up. Although middle-grade spirit stones are not very precious items, they are indeed becoming less and less in this world. She has long wanted to get a few middle-grade spirit stones to form an array. I had collected a few pieces at that time, but I used them all up when I set up the formation in the Returning Ruins. After coming to Cangwu, with the accumulation of the Bixia Sect, I really couldn’t get this kind of thing together, so she had been interested in it for a long time. After arriving in Dacheng and Dayi, I will go to collect them. Since Cumulus Peak is willing to pay such a reward, it is nothing to accompany them on a trip. As for the safety of this trip, Gu Yan is probably still a little confident, as long as he doesn't encounter that kind of old monster in the Nascent Soul period, at least there is no problem in protecting himself.

   However, the behavior of this pedestrian is secretive, and it must not seem as simple as they say. But Gu Yan can also understand that walking in the rivers and lakes, how can anyone tell the truth to people, as long as they don't intend to plot against themselves, and if they are, then they are naturally not soft persimmons.

She nodded to Yang Zhen, "If there is a middle-grade spirit stone, then I will accompany you on this trip. But this is my little girl. I brought her out from the southeast, so I can't lose it. next."

Yang Zhen smiled and said: "It's just walking together. I think this little girl is probably just getting started. The flying instruments of this sect are fast and stable. It is the most suitable for a little girl like you." He saw Moyan is a little girl who has just refined qi into her body, and she thinks that Gu Yan is a loose cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building. There is probably no good flying instrument for Moyan to ride. After all, someone who has just refined qi into her body cannot be called As a monk, if you go up and fly without protection, you will definitely not be able to stand the wind in the air. So he smiled and comforted, pretending to be close.

Moyan stood on the side and didn't speak. From the moment she came out of the ancient tomb and Gu Yan promised to take care of her, she changed her name and no longer called "Sister Yan". In fact, she wanted to call Gu Yan a master. Yes, but Gu Yan didn't let her call her that way, she just didn't want to change her name to another name. Gu Yan knew what her little girl was thinking, so she would let her go.

At this time, Moyan heard what Yang Zhen said and regarded her as a little girl with no knowledge, so she couldn't help curling her lips. She was a smart person, so she kept silent when she saw that Gu Yan didn't reveal her identity. , Hearing that Yang Zhen treats himself like a child, he turned his head and hummed in his heart, how do you guys know the methods of my master? She glanced at Gu Yan, then stuck out her tongue quietly, thinking that these two words can only be screamed in her stomach and could not be expressed in her mouth, she immediately lost interest, and let Gu Yan take her hand and put She dragged the cloud boat where Cumulus Peak was located.

Cangwu and Guixuhai are somewhat similar in this respect. Except for some monks who will refine some flying magic weapons, the flying magic tools used by general schools of all sizes are Yunzhou, but the refining methods of each school are different. Show the difference. The cloud boat on Cumulus Peak doesn't look very conspicuous. The head and tail are more than ten feet long. There are several cabins in it, just like a medium-sized ship. Although it is suspended in the air, Standing on it, it is smooth and stable, as if walking on the ground.

  It was the first time that Mo Yan had seen such a thing. After all, it was the nature of a child. He became curious. Although he did not dare to let go of Gu Yan's hand, his eyes looked around as if they were not enough.

   At this moment, a very surprised voice rang out, "Where did such a cute child come from?" Before he finished speaking, a girl suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

This girl has double buns on her head. She looks only fifteen or sixteen years old. She has a childish appearance and a pair of water-cut pupils. Although she looks about the same age as Gu Yan, she is obviously not as calm as her. temperament. When she saw Moyan, she had a happy look on her face, and rushed over to pinch Moyan's face.

   was so frightened that she hid behind Gu Yan, Gu Yan stretched out her hand to stop her, and said with a smile, "She is still a child, so she is afraid of seeing strangers, so don't take offense."

The    girl blinked, "You have the heart to take her out for such a small child, I like her so much, will you let her be my apprentice?"

   (end of this chapter)