Chapter 30: Top-Grade Gu Worm

"Since everyone has almost arrived, then as the host, I will take the lead."

After chatting with Long Xuan for a few sentences, seeing that the people entering the venue were almost there, Di Xin walked toward a table at the very front of the venue.

Then she placed all her treasures at the bottom of the box on the table and said to the people under the stage: "I won't say much about the rules of the treasure exchange meeting; everyone knows them. As the host, I will start first."

Saying that, Di Xin picked up three array flags on the table and introduced: "This is the sound-isolation array disk. As the name suggests, this is an array disk that can isolate sound."

"This secret room has laid down such an array, so no matter how loudly you talk here, the outside world won't hear a bit of sound. Everyone can rest assured. Now, who has the intention to trade?"

Hearing this, many people under the stage felt relieved. No one hoped that their treasures would be known by more people. The secret room laid down such an array, which also made them more at ease.

A small discussion sounded under the stage, but after all, it was an auxiliary array, and the effect was only sound isolation. It had little effect on actual combat, so not many people were interested.

Just when Long Xuan thought that Di Xin's first treasure was going to be passed (unsold), a female scattered cultivator in the crowd stood up and said: "Can your sound-isolation array isolate the sound of fighting?"

The next moment, many people showed different colors.

Once this sentence came out, who didn't know what this woman was going to use the sound-isolation array for.

Good fellow, others laid down sound-isolation arrays to prevent the secrets of conversation from leaking, but she was good, actually intending to use it to kill and seize goods. Truly so creative, so imaginative.

Killing naturally didn't need to worry about isolating sound, unless she intended to kill in the market, or kill near the market, wiping people out silently within the forbidden killing range, making those who maintained the market order unaware.

Everyone's face showed subtle changes.

Long Xuan's mouth hooked, revealing an inexplicable smile. He didn't know which brother she was going to deal with. Next, a brother would definitely be unlucky.

Di Xin's face also changed slightly. Before holding the treasure exchange meeting, she tried her best to isolate people who liked to kill and seize treasures, but there was nothing in this world

But since the other party hadn't said what they intended to use the sound-isolation array for, she couldn't just expel them based on her own suspicions, so she could only answer truthfully: "Naturally, you may!"

That female loose cultivator immediately revealed a smile, walked toward the table, and began to converse secretly with Di Xin using soul transmission.

Finally, the female loose cultivator smiled and took the three array flags away, though it was unclear what she had traded for them.

Next, Di Xin began to introduce her second treasure; her second treasure was her unique upper-grade Gu worm, the Dual-Tailed Flying Scorpion.

This scorpion not only had a pair of sharp, large pincers, but it also had two tails and two stingers; one could tell just by its appearance that it was adept at battle.

As one of the few upper-grade Gu worms in the market, and an external Gu at that, its combat power was extremely terrifying, making it a hot commodity in the market.

Once this treasure was revealed, everyone in the audience suddenly felt a jolt of energy, all revealing greedy gazes and intense envy, forming a sharp contrast to the level of enthusiasm for the first treasure.

One had to know that Long Xuan's Cockroach Gu was merely a lower-grade Gu worm; in terms of popularity, it couldn't compare to an upper-grade Gu worm at all. It could be said that there were very few loose cultivators in the entire market who possessed an upper-grade Gu worm.

But Long Xuan only glanced at it before withdrawing his gaze, having no interest in trading for it.

He had long since made up his mind that all the Gu worms he would use in the future would be self-created; he wanted to use his own unique, self-created Gu worms to crush the whole world, and no matter how strong the Gu worms others refined were, he would have no interest in them.

At this moment, he was thinking about another matter: the medicine garden belonged to Long Lao and ultimately wasn't his own; there were too many restrictions on what spirit herbs he could plant, he couldn't act independently, and he had to be extremely cautious.

Moreover, the spirit bees needed to eat nectar, and the spirit chickens needed to eat spirit insects; wanting to keep them alive meant he was destined to build a medicine garden of his own. Otherwise, if Long Lao were to leave and he lost his job, the spirit bees couldn't just starve to death.

And to build a medicine garden, the first thing to do was to prevent others from stealing the herbs; otherwise, if you planted some high-grade spirit herbs, it would be strange if others didn't come to patronize it.

This required setting up an array in the medicine garden, and ideally, the array should be able to intercept great Gu cultivators whose realms were far higher than his own.

But he couldn't afford array disks with strong defensive capabilities, and buying array disks with weak defensive capabilities would be worse than not buying them at all.

Thinking of arrays, Long Xuan had a flash of inspiration and came up with another ability for his Heavenly Mechanism Eye.

One had to know that his Heavenly Mechanism Eye could see the microscopic world; could he use it to engrave array patterns so small that they were invisible to the naked eye?

For the same array disk, the number of array patterns that could be engraved was limited due to the limited volume and area, but with the help of the Heavenly Mechanism Eye, he could engrave a hundred or even a thousand times more array patterns without changing the size of the array disk.

In this way, by crushing others with the sheer number of array patterns, would the arrays he set up be even stronger?

If this were truly feasible, he might be able to create a new school of array formation, becoming a founder of his own sect; Long Xuan's eyes lit up.

He had never come into contact with arrays before and knew nothing about them; he also didn't know if array patterns could be infinitely shrunk without changing their power.

But he felt it was very necessary to give it a try; if it really succeeded, he could completely create upper-grade arrays using materials for lower-grade arrays, and he wouldn't have to worry about not being able to afford high-grade array disks anymore.

Long Xuan's spirits were lifted, and seeing that the upper-grade Gu worm, the Dual-Tailed Flying Scorpion, had already been traded away by a crazed Gu cultivator, Long Xuan immediately walked up.

Di Xin was stunned for a moment; she hadn't even introduced her third treasure yet.

Before she could even open her mouth to ask, Long Xuan took the lead and used soul transmission: "I have no intention of trading for the items you have displayed on the table. I wonder if you are willing to sell books on array formations? I am interested in learning the art of setting up arrays and can offer a high price for the trade."

Array masters were a special profession that was in no way inferior to alchemists; their inheritances were rare, and it was extremely difficult to find a path to learn them.

At the Qian Clan Treasure Exchange Pavilion, you could find some cultivation methods and spirit techniques, but it was absolutely impossible to find alchemy, artifact refining, talisman making, or array formation techniques.

These things were absolutely not to be passed on lightly; don't even think about learning them easily just by spending spirit stones.

Therefore, Long Xuan could only try his luck here; he was already prepared for failure, as after all, techniques were not to be passed on lightly—that was the way of this world.

Who would have thought that Di Xin would smile slightly and say: "With me, there is nothing that cannot be traded. As long as the price you offer is appropriate, I can even trade the Gu formula for the Dual-Tailed Flying Scorpion."

As she spoke, she took a thick stack of books out of her storage bag and placed them on the table, showing not the slightest hint of heartache.

Long Xuan hadn't expected her to be so straightforward, which surprised him; what happened to the idea that techniques shouldn't be passed on lightly?

"Generous!"

Long Xuan was overjoyed and hurriedly picked up the books on the table to take a look.

After checking the covers of each book and flipping through a few pages at random to confirm their authenticity, Long Xuan immediately decided to make the trade.

These books not only covered various basic knowledge of array formations but also contained many powerful array diagrams; the knowledge within was enough to make him an array master.

The limiting condition for becoming an array master was to possess both fire and earth attributes simultaneously, and to have a powerful soul; these were precisely the conditions he possessed.

It had to be said that while having many attributes would lead to a slower cultivation speed, having many attributes also had its benefits.

Artifact refiners needed to possess both fire and metal attributes, and talisman makers needed to possess both water and wood attributes, all requiring powerful soul power or spiritual sense; it seemed he possessed all the limiting conditions for every special profession.

But after all, a person's energy was limited, and being too distracted was not a good thing.

Long Xuan only intended to specialize in alchemy, and for the other special professions, he only needed to know a little; having many skills wouldn't weigh him down, and it would save him from being caught in a panic if he encountered attack items from other special professions that he knew nothing about.

(End of chapter)