Seeking Immortals

The lake is called Tianhu, the island is called Tianyuan Island, and the island is called Tianyuanfang.

Different from Baiyuefang in the old days, Tianyuanfang City is a Sanxiufang City, and only righteous monks are welcome to settle in.

Evil cultivators such as corpse path are forbidden to go to the island, which is one of the reasons why Li Qing chose to enter Tianyuanfang.

The disciples of Baiyue Sect are limited in their abilities, and their investigation of the Southern Region is only a rough idea, mostly hearsay, so it is difficult to describe the details. Li Qing still doesn't know the situation in Tianyuanfang.

For example, regarding the White Lotus Sect, Li Qing has some clues and still needs to investigate slowly.

The White Lotus Sect was labeled as a Demon Sect in the Southern Region, and there were foundation-builder cultivators, so there was no rush to investigate.

As for Jidan, Li Qing also heard some rumors.

Li Qing didn't go directly to the island, but retreated to the lake. Most of the monks who came to the island came by boat, and few came with a sword.

And at this time, the body is too young, it is inconvenient to use illusion all the time, and living in one place for a long time, he is content to use his original appearance.

Two years later, Li Qing was thirteen years old. Due to his practice, his body shape was not much different from that of an adult, and with a little disguise, he looked like an adult.

On this day, Li Qing revealed his third-level cultivation of qi refining and set his sights on a large ship heading for Tianyuan Island.

...

On the bank of Tianhu Lake, a ten-foot-long three-story ship slowly entered from a tributary.

There were quite a few servants on board, and there were even monks guarding the ship. Obviously, the owner of the ship was from a big family.

A pair of young men and women about twelve or thirteen years old stood on the deck, looking into the distance, worried.

The woman said: "Brother, do you think you can really invite the Master of Formation on this trip?"

"It's hard to say," the man shook his head, "Zhanwen has already spoken, and those who help me conceive my family are their enemies. Most of the masters in Tianyuanfang are Zhanwen's old friends, and there is little hope of helping me conceive my family."

Woman: "Then..."

The man said in a deep voice: "If people don't help, we can learn. There are many formations in Tianyuanfang, and we can always learn some formations."

"But it will take a lifetime to learn." The woman replied lightly.

At this moment, Li Qing came down with his sword, and there were three qi refining monks standing on board, guarding the young men and women vigilantly, and said in a deep voice, "Who is coming?"

Li Qing bowed and saluted: "I've seen fellow Taoists, I'm going to Tianyuan Island and take a ride with the wind, there is no malice."

Among the three, the elder frowned and said, "This boat has my young master and miss, how inconvenient..."

"Uncle Huang, let him go, anyway, it's only a few days." The young man shook his hands and walked into the cabin with the woman.

"Thank you."

Li Qing took out three catties of low-grade Lingmi and counted it as the boat fare, but the elders confiscated it.

Li Qing carried a large number of fry from fish ponds with him, the weight was astonishing, but he used mana to support it, so that the draft of the big boat would not be affected.

All the way without words.

Six days later, Tianyuan Island was within sight.

Tianyuan Island is shrouded in clouds and mist, and there is a large formation guarding it outside. This is a one-way formation.

Insiders can go out from the formation, but outsiders cannot enter from the outside.

There is only one entrance to the entire Tianyuan Island. The entrance is covered by mist, and there seems to be a small formation.

The boat stopped in the lake without moving, but the figures on the boat were already standing on the deck, including Li Qing, there were six qi refining monks in total.

In the past six days, although Li Qing didn't communicate much with the monks on board, he probably knew that he was from a family of immortal cultivators called the Huai family.

The two young men and women are young masters and misses of the Huai family, both of whom are on the first level of Qi refining, and the other three, one of the sixth level of Qi refining, and two of the third level, are all enshrined by the Huai family.

Li Qing asked: "Fellow Daoist Huang, why are you staying here instead of going to the island?"

The elderly monk surnamed Huang replied: "Fellow Taoist, the formation at the entrance is only for testing purposes. Only monks who understand the formation can pass through without hindrance. Those who do not understand the formation can only wait for the people inside to pick it up."

"That's why."

Li Qing smiled, and said again: "Thank you for the six-day hospitality."

After saying that, Li Qing jumped up with his sword and flew into the mist.

With a random restriction, the mist didn't hinder Li Qing at all.

"This fellow Taoist is actually an array cultivator!" Huang Daoxiu looked at Li Qing entering the island in surprise, and then at the young man, "Master..."

The young man frowned and said: "This person is young, he has cultivated to the third level of Qi refining, and he is not too knowledgeable in the way of formation, so he can't help the Huai family. If it is enough to guide me into the way of formation, do you know the details?"

"It seems that the surname is Li, I don't know anything else."

...

Li Qing walked through the fog, and his vision suddenly became clear.

A big island without line of sight is perfectly displayed in the eyes.

There is a clear distinction between Lingtian and buildings.

There are also mountain caves standing among them.

The Lingtian area occupies a large area, and many monks are gathering spirits with the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Formation.

In the age of spiritual weakness, farming is inseparable from anywhere.

Newcomers who enter this square city must register first.

A serious Taoist stood guard at the exit of the mist formation.

There is no specific owner of Tianyuan Square, and it is jointly managed by five highly respected formation repairers, who jointly control the large formation on the island.

There are no foundation-building monks in the square, but there have been foundation-building monks.

After the monks break through the foundation building, they will go out of the island to seek further progress, and the spiritual rice on the island cannot support the cultivation of the foundation building monks.

Like Dadufang City, monks and mortals live together on the island.

The only difference is that there are many formation repairs in Tianyuanfang, and there is a large formation guard square passed down from history, which can guarantee temporary safety.

Taoist language: "identity card."

Li Qing replied: "A new casual cultivator."

The Taoist pointed at him casually, and then said: "Newcomers to Zhendao Casual Cultivator, you can go over there to register."

At the registration office, Li Qing successfully registered his name.

——Li Ruoshui, casual cultivator of Array Dao.

There is an advantage of casual cultivating in the array, that is, there is no entry fee.

The registrant was Yi Kunxiu, who gave Li Qing a formation flag to test against. Li Qing said casually, "This is the formation flag of Xiaojuling, with one-third of the pattern engraved."

"This is a Taoist identity card. Enter a piece of mana, which can be used as an identity certificate. Tianyuanfang is an array repair workshop. Array repairers have certain privileges. Buying a cave is 20% off. If you are bullied by other casual cultivators, you can ask the law enforcement team for help." See Li Qing is the formation repairer, and Kun Xiu is quite polite.

"Dare to ask you, how do you make a living here?" Li Qing asked politely.

"Making a living is nothing more than farming, exploring caves, and managing the four arts of cultivating immortals."

Kunxiu introduced: "The spiritual fields in the workshop charge 30% tax, and the price of spiritual seeds is calculated separately, but each spiritual field needs to guarantee the gathering of spirits at 12 hours, and you must first find a group of fellow Taoists to cooperate in farming."

"Exploring the cave is up to you. If you want to go out to find opportunities, it all depends on your own ability."

"Among the four arts of cultivating immortals, pills, utensils, and talismans are not popular here. Formation cultivators are easy to make a living. When external forces are in trouble, they can solve the formation. Often come here to ask high-level flower cultivators to break the formation."

"It's not uncommon to invite people to set up formations. Some casual cultivators learn the way of formations, and there are also those who come here to learn from teachers. As long as fellow Taoists are proficient in formations, making a living is not difficult. Tianyuanfang can be regarded as the largest market for formations in the Southern Territory. "

"Understood, thank you very much." Li Qing handed out three spirit stones and continued: "If you want to study formations with other formation masters in the workshop, what should you do?"

Satisfied, Kunxiu accepted the spirit stone and said with a smile:

"It is not allowed to circulate any form of formation method cheats in the workshop. The formation masters study each other's formation methods. They can only change formations by word of mouth and tell each other their understanding of a certain formation technique."

"This is a dead rule. If anyone violates it, once discovered, their property will be confiscated and they will be expelled from the market."

Li Qing frowned and said, "Everyone's talent is different. Those with strong talent can fully understand it after listening to others once, while those with poor talent can understand it after ten times..."

Kunxiu explained:

"This is a customary rule. Every oral explanation is counted as a transaction and a single billing."

"A senior formation master has his own advantages. He only needs to listen to it once to solve all the opponent's formations. The other party has to listen to it ten times. One transaction counts as one transaction, and the senior formation master has earned nine transaction fees."

"Usually speaking, a senior array teacher will not speak nine more times, and only make one transaction."

After hearing this, Li Qing had no choice but to praise Tianyuanfang's approach, which fully protected the interests of senior formation masters.

This kind of practice limits the spread of formation methods, and can help senior formation masters suppress low-level formation masters.

Although monks can trade secretly in private, senior formation masters, as vested interests, will definitely maintain this system.