Chapter 200

Twenty-five spirit stones is the result Liu Xiaolou deduced from the affordability of these young masters.

The spirit materials he asked them to collect are three times the materials needed for one array plate. It is not purely to take advantage, but because loss is inevitable when refining array plates. If the loss is less than three times, it is what Liu Xiaolou earns. If it is higher than three times, he is prepared to subsidize it himself.

More than half of these materials can be bought with silver, estimated at about three thousand taels, and a small part needs to be exchanged for spirit stones, such as jade pieces. Getting everything done will not exceed fifteen spirit stones.

Therefore, the total cost for the thirteen young masters is forty spirit stones plus three thousand taels of silver, which is about three spirit stones plus less than one hundred taels of silver per person. If they take it directly from the government treasury at home, or simply go to collect it themselves like Liu Xiaolou and Star Dejun, the cost will be greatly reduced, and can even be reduced to two spirit stones per person.

Completely affordable.

After an array plate is successfully refined, each person can enter the array about five times. It seems to be much more expensive than before, but it can be used again after replenishing the Muli Fragrance tendons. After replenishing, it can also be used five times. It only needs to pay five spirit stones in total, of which two are considered the cost of Muli Fragrance, and Liu Xiaolou earns three. Their expenditure will be greatly reduced, returning to the same level as when they were with Liu Xiaolou at Mount Shenwu.

But the benefit is that this array plate is in their hands, and it is more convenient to use.

He didn't hide these calculations, but frankly confessed them to the young masters and let them decide.

Finally, he said: "If you really want a set of such array plates, I suggest that it is best for one person to be in charge. I will point out the way to activate the array to him. It is very simple, anyone can learn it. After learning it, you can also teach each other, and it will be more convenient to use."

The final result was that the young masters negotiated the price to twenty spirit stones and accepted this plan, and recommended Yun Ao to be in charge, responsible for handing over with Liu Xiaolou.

The young masters happily enjoyed a carefree life at Liu Xiaolou's place, and then returned home one after another. Unfortunately, Liu Xiaolou's Muli Fragrance was exhausted, and the array plate could not be repaired, so they couldn't experience the joy of entering the array, which was a pity.

Sending the young masters away, Liu Xiaolou was full of a sense of achievement and satisfied with the spirit stones he obtained.

Twenty spirit stones, the only thing that really needs to be paid out is about five to ten spirit stones, mainly used to buy pine resin essence. The rest is pure profit. As for inviting an array master to help, it is completely non-existent! He handles this level of small illusion array all by himself!

In addition, about every half a year, he can get an extra five spirit stones, which is also a stable income.

In such a beautiful mood, he continued to take out spirit stones to cultivate and continued to impact the fifteenth acupoint of the Foot Shaoyang Meridian—Tou Tou Lin Qi.

Entering early summer, Wulong Mountain also entered the rainy season. Mountain rain was frequent, often a gust of wind rolled over a cloud, a cloud brought a rain, a rain brought a coolness, and after a coolness, it became hotter.

Returning to Wulong Mountain for nearly two months, Liu Xiaolou entered a strange state. During cultivation, he would gradually change his cultivation position with the change of time. This is not a requirement of the "Mystical Truth Scripture," but his spontaneous perception during cultivation.

It's like when falling asleep, everyone chooses the way to lie down according to their most comfortable posture.

Sometimes he would have a feeling before the rain came, facing the rain clouds. When the rain stopped, he opened his eyes, but he had already turned in a direction, and even the position of sitting cross-legged had moved.

Or the mountain mist was misty, filling up to Dry Bamboo Ridge. After it dissipated, he had already appeared at the end of the mist.

Sunrise and sunset, moon and stars, he would also change his cultivation orientation in all directions: the terrace under the corridor, the eaves on the house, the bamboo tips in the forest, the mountain path outside the courtyard, he had sat cross-legged and cultivated in all these places.

There were also some times when this change was unconscious, just like waking up and finding that he had changed to another sleeping posture.

For example, he once appeared in a rock crevice at the highest peak of Dry Bamboo Ridge. When he finished his work, he found himself squeezed into Dabai's grass nest, looking at Dabai and Xiao Hei with six eyes, staring at each other.

There was another time when he woke up from sitting cross-legged, he found himself on the most dangerous cliff of Dry Bamboo Ridge, his knees almost in the air, and the abyss beneath him. He had no idea how he sat there.

It was also at this moment that he more deeply understood the importance of the sitting posture. If the sitting posture was not stable, he was afraid that he would have fallen down unconsciously.

Danger is danger, but whether it is comfortable during cultivation, he knows best in his heart.

Quite comfortable, and efficient!

Carefully recalling every bit of his master Master Sanxuan's cultivation back then, he gradually found some clues. When his master cultivated back then, it seemed that he was not in the same place. In his memory, it seemed that he woke up in the middle of the night a few times, and his master was indeed cultivating in different places. At that time, he just felt it was ordinary, and had no thoughts about it. Now that it was his turn, he knew the reason.

Is it because of the "Mystical Truth Scripture" technique? Is it inevitable after he entered the mid-stage of Qi Refinement? But why didn't this situation happen when he was at Mount Shenwu?

To verify this idea, he decided to change a cultivation location.

So he went down the mountain to the villa in Wuchao Town to cultivate for two days, and found that he had returned to normal. Where he sat was where he was, and his feet had not moved a fraction.

He returned to Wulong Mountain and tried many times at Tan Bazhang's Dragon Horse Waterfall, Left Gaofeng's Half-Acre Gorge, Longshan Sanren's Long Mountain, the Niu, Ma, and Lu brothers' Wuzi Peak, and Wei Hongqing's Ghost Dream Cliff, which allowed him to find a rule. The closer to Dry Bamboo Ridge, the more significant the movement of his position during cultivation.

For example, in Long Mountain, the sitting place would produce a displacement of a foot, and the body would turn slightly in the direction of sunrise and sunset; while on Ghost Dream Cliff, which is closest to Dry Bamboo Ridge, the displacement reached three or four feet, and the direction of turning was the same as moonrise and moonset.

If he went directly to Half Pine Terrace on Dry Bamboo Ridge, the displacement and turning would be more significant; when returning to the small courtyard on the ridge, he would enter the state of being unable to determine the waking place again.

Like a ghost!

With this doubt, he used a roundabout way to implicitly ask several seniors whose cultivation was in the late stage of Qi Refinement or even perfection.

Longshan Sanren indicated that if this situation occurs in cultivation, it is either "night walking" or "sleepwalking." The former is the inner demon that appears in cultivation, and the latter is a disease. No matter which one it is, it is not a good thing.

Huang Ye Xian's explanation was similar, while Left Gaofeng said that he had never encountered such a situation himself.

At this point, he had a general judgment—it has little to do with the technique, it is mostly the problem of Dry Bamboo Ridge. Of course, it is also because he has entered the mid-stage of Qi Refinement and his perception has become sharp.

This is not a bad thing, it is a good thing.

After he successfully broke through the Tou Tou Lin Qi and Muchuang acupoints, he suddenly had a deep understanding of why his master Master Sanxuan guarded Dry Bamboo Ridge and refused to move no matter how difficult it was.

Although there is no spirit spring or spirit eye, Dry Bamboo Ridge is undoubtedly a piece of geomantic treasure land. And in the wind and clouds, thunder and rain, and the interaction of the sun and moon, there is opportunity. At least on Dry Bamboo Ridge, one can feel this opportunity more easily.

It's a pity that his master died too early and too suddenly. Many things were not told to him.

Why die so early? Irresponsible!

Liu Xiaolou splashed a cup of wine on his tombstone, feeling angry in his heart.

Returning to the small courtyard, the wind chime under the eaves suddenly moved, "Ding-dong... ding-dong..."

Fang Bu'ai's figure appeared in front of the mountain path, came to the outside of the courtyard gate, and bowed: "Senior, there is a loose cultivator Wu Zhu Zi asking to see you."

Liu Xiaolou had never heard of the name Wu Zhu Zi. He asked Fang Bu'ai: "What kind of person is this? Have you heard of it?"

Fang Bu'ai shook his head: "The junior hasn't heard of it either. The junior asked about his background, only saying that he is a loose cultivator from the south, heard of the senior's great name, so he came to pay a visit. He doesn't look like he has any malice."

This person didn't break in hard and was stopped by Fang Bu'ai, who was at Stage 3 of Qi Refinement. There should be no malice. Liu Xiaolou estimated, what great name can he have? Could it be that he is also here for his array? So he said: "Please let him come up."

Before long, Fang Bu'ai led a middle-aged cultivator up the mountain, and then consciously stood behind Liu Xiaolou, ready to draw his sword at any time.