Chapter 51: The Four Symbols Lock Cloud Formation

  Two days later, Wang Chen was meditating in his room when a transmission talisman floated in.

  He took over the token, and Wang Chen knew that Wu Shixiong was already waiting for him outside. With a slight smile, Wang Chen got up and left. Since the last incident, Wu Shixiong had been very polite to Wang Chen, even somewhat friendly.

  Although Wang Chen is slightly arrogant in his heart, he is not a person who does not understand reason. Wu Shixiong's temperament is not bad, and since Wang Chen also has some respect for this ascetic master, he also shows some courtesy to Wu Shixiong. Although the two are not close friends, they get along quite well.

  Today is the date set by Master Fu, and the cultivators of the Yin Corpse Sect are definitely not simple. Wang Chen thought for a moment, then put away the formation in the house, and carried all his belongings on him.

  If things don't go well, the Li family may lean towards the Yin Corpse Sect, and Wang Chen will naturally not come back. At that time, it's better to leave far away.

  After tidying up, seeing nothing left behind, Wang Chen walked out of the house.

  Wu Shixiong came out to greet him as soon as he saw Wang Chen come out, "Wang Shidi, you can finally come out, let's hurry up and go! Shishu and the two other shidi are already waiting outside!"

  "Sorry to keep you waiting, brother. I'm a bit late, let's hurry up and go! Don't want Master angry!" Wang Chen said with a bow.

  The two of them yielded to each other for a moment, then walked forward side by side.

  Along the way without a word, with the skill of a cup of tea, Wang Chen arrived at one of Li's courtyards. Upon seeing him, both Fu Shu and Wang Chen bowed to each other.

  "Master, everyone is here, let's hurry up and go!" Wu Shixiong said, without a hint of respect in his tone. Wang Chen and Zhang Qi also found it strange, but the relationship between Fu Shishu and Wu Shixiong was indeed good, so they didn't say anything.

  If they weren't master and apprentice, Wang Chen would have thought they were father and son!

  Fu Shibo nodded upon hearing the words. He stretched out one hand, and a small boat about half a meter long appeared in mid-air. With a surge of magical energy from Fu Shibo's hand, the small boat grew against the wind, and in the blink of an eye it was over two meters long.

  Fu Shifu stopped his magical powers, jumped up, and Wang Chen's three men saw the situation and also went up in sequence. After the three of them boarded the boat, the flying treasure vessel instantly flew to a height of thousands of meters, leaving the dust behind.

  Although it was not his first time doing this flight treasure, Wang Chen still felt that the flight treasure was extraordinary.

  Standing on the treasure vessel, Wang Chen looked down at the sky and earth below. The originally vast Fuyue City had now become a tiny dot, and Wang Chen's heart suddenly felt much broader.

  "The foundation-building period is just the beginning of cultivating immortality!"

  "One day I will also soar in this sky, to find that path to immortality!"

  …

  Wang Chen's thoughts wandered off for a moment before he came back to himself and sat down in meditation to regulate his breath.

  This time, what exactly are we going to do, Master Fu didn't explicitly say. Although I know it's a mission to kill the demon cultivator, Master Fu didn't elaborate on the specific process, or perhaps Wu Shixiong might have some idea due to his relationship with Master Fu, but Wang Chen and Zhang Qi both tactfully didn't ask.

  After more than an hour, the flying treasure finally came to a stop.

  The surroundings are a dense thicket, with only about 100 meters of open space below the feet, scattered with soil and rocks, quite spacious.

  Everyone put down the treasure, and Fu Shu collected the treasure and said: "You two listen to tomorrow's arrangement, ambush here, and attack the demon cultivator after a day. After the success, all items on the demon cultivator's body except for what I use will be left to you!"

  Having said that, he ignored Wang Chen and Zhang Qi, mounted his flying sword, and flew away into the sky.

  Looking at the back of his master, Zhang Qi's face was filled with infatuation: "The foundation-building cultivators are indeed omnipotent, one day I will also reach that level!"

  As he spoke, a hint of sternness flashed in the corner of his eye, but this sternness happened to be seen by Wang Chen.

  "Zhang Shidi indeed has a good ambition! It's not often that we cultivators have someone with such ambition! I'm sure you'll definitely succeed in building your foundation!" Wu Shixiong praised with a smile.

  Zhang Qi heard this and hastily apologized, repeatedly saying "where, where". Wang Chen also said: "The aspirations of Zhang Shidi are shared by everyone, so Shixiong shouldn't tease Zhang Shidi, isn't that what Wu Shixiong thinks?"

  Wu Shixiong's eyes dimmed slightly upon hearing this, as if he had recalled something. He politely sidestepped the topic and began to focus on dealing with the demonic cultivator. Wang Chen saw that Wu Shixiong was unwilling to say more, so he didn't ask again.

  Then Wu Shixiong began to introduce his hidden demon cultivation.

  What made Master Fu's uncle feel a bit tricky was that the demon cultivator was in the foundation-building period. With the three of them, it would be difficult to help. However, Master Fu's uncle had already planned ahead and bought an intermediate-level formation from other markets within this month. With this intermediate-level formation, it would be easy to trap an ordinary foundation-building period cultivator.

  Wang Chen has been wealthy for many years and his vision is also broad, but the formation he saw was only a primary formation, at most it was some higher-level ones in the primary formation, which can only play a role for practitioners in the Qi Refining stage. If you encounter a foundation-building practitioner, the ritual tool will not be able to withstand two or three blows.

  Mid-level formations are different, ordinary mid-level formations have power comparable to the foundation-building period, and some extraordinary mid-level formations even have power equivalent to the golden elixir period. It is said that high-level formations have attack and defense powers comparable to those of the Nascent Soul stage, but Wang Chen doesn't know if this is true or not.

  Luo Yunzong is one of the three major immortal sects in Liangguo, and its sect defense formation method is just an ordinary advanced formation method. It is said that the Wan Shou Sect's sect defense formation method is a top-level high-ranking formation method, with power comparable to that of a late-stage Grand Master of Yuanying.

  Looking at the array disc in Wu Shixiong's hand, Wang Chen suddenly remembered a lot of introductions about array methods. The arrangement of the array also has many different methods, and the array disc and array flag are the two most common methods. Even if it is a cultivator who does not understand the array method, he can also exert extraordinary strength.

  It's just that the array disk consumes spirit stones, while the array flag consumes the array repairer's own mana.

  "The name of this formation is the Four Symbol Lock Cloud Formation, it's a powerful trapping formation. This time, Master Uncle will lure the demon cultivator into the formation, and then we can trap him!"

  Wu Shixiong briefly introduced this, and the law-deciding in his hand kept popping out. One after another blue runes appeared, then surged onto the array disk.

  After a while, the array disk suddenly emitted blue light and floated in mid-air.

  "Alright!" Wu Shixiong wiped the sweat from his face, panting heavily all over, clearly having expended a lot of spiritual energy and physical strength in his previous action. Then, Wu Shixiong took out six spirit stones from his bosom and embedded them into the recesses on the array disc.

  Six azure spirit stones emitted wisps of spiritual energy, the purity of which was countless times higher than that of low-grade spirit stones. "Mid-grade spirit stone," Wang Chen instantly judged, his heart suddenly warming up.

  Medium-grade spirit stones are rare commodities. For example, the Luo Yun Sect has several mines, but most of the spirit stones produced in these mines are low-grade, with very few medium-grade spirit stones, and high-grade spirit stones are legendary items.

  The middle-grade spirit stone is different from the low-grade spirit stone, not only is the amount of spiritual energy nearly a thousand times that of the low-grade spirit stone, but its quality is also much purer. The spiritual energy of high-ranking cultivators is even more refined than that of low-grade spirit stones, so absorbing the spiritual power of low-grade spirit stones for cultivation requires refining the spiritual power, which is counterproductive and laborious. Therefore, middle-grade spirit stones have become indispensable items.

  Even formations and puppets, among many immortal arts, require high-grade spirit stones as support, thus highlighting the importance of high-grade spirit stones. In the immortal world, generally one piece of middle-grade spirit stone can be exchanged for 10,000 pieces of low-grade spirit stone, and one piece of high-grade spirit stone can be exchanged for 10,000 pieces of middle-grade spirit stone.

  Therefore, it is almost impossible for a low-level cultivator to possess high-grade spirit stones. For example, even if Wang Chen's current net worth is not bad, adding up would only be tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones, which would only be equivalent to a few pieces of mid-grade spirit stones.

  The six middle-grade spirit stones that Wu Shixiong took out were equivalent to 600,000 low-grade spirit stones. This was not a small number. Wang Chen smiled slightly and noticed a hint of greed flashing in Zhang Qi's eyes. However, Wang Chen did not point it out and only secretly guarded against it, saying: "Wu Shixiong, since the spirit stones are in place, let's hurry up and set up the array!"

  Wu Shixiong nodded, and his hands continued to cast spells. The array disc was controlled by the spell, and it slowly rotated before drilling into the ground and disappearing from sight.

  At the same time as the array disc disappeared, a subtle change suddenly occurred in the surrounding space. Wang Chen had a deep understanding of the Five Elements Way and only then discovered that the water attribute spiritual energy around him was slowly gathering underground somewhere.

  "This should be the Array Disc, right!" Wang Chen felt a slow and subtle change underground, and smiled slowly.

  "Senior brother, this formation doesn't seem to have much power! Can it withstand the demon cultivators?" Zhang Qi looked around at the unchanged surroundings and asked in doubt.

  "Don't worry, young brother. This formation relies on gathering the water attribute spiritual energy from heaven and earth to trap the enemy. It's just that it hasn't been activated yet, so it's not visible. Besides, there are two rivers nearby, and after a few hours, you'll be able to feel the water attribute spiritual energy around us!" Wu Shixiong chuckled and explained this formation with some pride.

  After setting up the formation, Wu Shixiong set up another hidden formation. Although this formation is not a mid-level formation, its effect on hiding one's aura is quite unique. The three of them stayed inside the formation, and even if a Foundation Establishment cultivator wasn't paying attention, they wouldn't be discovered.