Ji Ning watched from the side and didnt dare to disturb the black old cow, only to see rows of words appearing on its fur, occasionally with a few arrays.

  Soon all the sheepskins were written up.

  "Alright."

  The black old cow threw away its fur, proudly saying, "Ji Ning little doll, you are indeed a natural-born genius. A congenital spiritual being actually possesses such an astonishing soul! Only those with exceptionally strong divine souls can wield the Small Thousand Swords Array. However, the Small Thousand Swords Array also requires a multitude of flying sword treasures, and the number of treasures required is unusually high."

  "This inferior treasure, I have plenty of." Ji Ning said with a smile.

  The black old cow shook its head: "Those unrefined magic treasures, wait until you become a Purple Mansion cultivator. These magic treasures will no longer be in your sights, at that time what youll need are magic treasures for entering the stage, and similarly, youll need a large number of flying sword magic treasures to bring out the power of this Small Thousand Sword Array."

  "A large number of entry-level magic treasures?" Ji Ning was shocked, "How many?"

  "The highest realm of the Small Thousand Swords Array is to deploy the 729 Flying Sword Technique Treasure." The black old cow said, "Even if its the worst entry-level treasure, its best to prepare 729... This Small Thousand Swords Array has high requirements for treasures, and the better and more numerous the flying sword treasures are, the greater the power of this array."

  Ji Ning was stunned.

  More than 700 high-grade flying sword treasures, must be flying sword treasures? Even if the entire Ji familys five mansions go bankrupt, it is unknown whether they can afford more than 700 high-grade flying sword treasures.

  "As your strength increases, the flying sword treasure you use will naturally become stronger." The black old cow said, "From human-grade treasures, earth-grade treasures, heavenly-grade treasures, immortal-grade treasures..."

  "I, I..." Ji Ning felt an immense pressure and immediately continued, "After the death of Huo Hua Xianren, some treasures were left behind in this immortal mansion. Its not difficult to get a few hundred flying sword artifacts, and wasnt Huo Hua Xianren the one who killed his arch-nemesis? That enemy was precisely the one who used the Xiao Qian Sword Array."

  The black old cow shook its head: "That great enemy, Thousand Swords Immortal! Jiuhua Immortal spent endless effort to kill him, and although he obtained those flying sword treasures, its a pity that so many treasures are not being used. So, Jiuhua Immortal immediately went to exchange for a large amount of precious spiritual materials, using a large amount of spiritual materials to refine and forge me! Therefore, you wanting to get hundreds of flying sword treasures from Jiuhua Immortal is impossible. A truly powerful immortal will only carry a few treasures that they are skilled at using. The gains from killing enemies will also quickly be used to upgrade their own treasures! They wont be idle and wasted."

  "I understand." Ji Ning said with some helplessness.

  "Dont think too much, dont assume that just because youve obtained the Xianfu, you can soar to the heavens." The black old cow drank and said, "The relics left behind by the Shenmo era are countless, but how many can truly become the top existence on the Great Xia Dynastys land? Like the fourth master, Leizhan, who was already dead at the Wanxiang True Person realm. Dont be like him."

  The black old cow said, "I was able to be born thanks to the Thousand Swords Immortal. So I paid extra attention to this Small Thousand Swords Array. Not only did I read it once, but I also carefully pondered it. Let me explain it to you."

  Ji Ninglian listened carefully.

  "The Xiao Qian Jian Zhen (Small Thousand Swords Formation), a formation base composed of nine flying sword treasures! Nine formation bases are needed... to form one sword formation. In other words, the most basic sword formation requires a full eighty-one flying sword treasures to be formed. This is also the first layer of the Xiao Qian Jian Zhen."

  "If you can manipulate another 99 flying swords, making the two sword arrays unite... their power will increase several times instantly! This is the second layer of the Xiaotian Sword Array! You need 162 flying sword treasures!"

  "You can control 243 flying sword treasures, unite the three sword arrays, and increase their power several times. This is the third layer of the Xiaotian Sword Array!"

  "The Four Swords Formation combined can increase its power several times, it is the fourth layer of the Small Thousand Swords Formation."

  "Go on."

  "In the end, the Nine Swords Union requires a total of 729 flying sword treasures to be combined, which is also the ninth layer of the Small Thousand Swords Array. The power is so great... its simply unimaginable! Of course, with your current soul strength, even if you were to control these unranked flying sword treasures, you would still be far from achieving this."

  Ji Ning nodded as if she was deep in thought.

  "For example, if you became the True Person of the Myriad Manifestations, you could use an unranked treasure to set up a Nine Swords Array! However, if you used a ranked treasure, Im afraid even a Two Swords Array or Three Swords Array would be difficult for you to set up." The Old Cow of the Myriad Manifestations said, "The stronger the treasure, the more heart force is consumed when controlling it, so naturally its not as easy to manipulate. But this also means that the Small Thousand Swords Array can still be used even if you become a Heavenly Immortal, and perhaps by then youll have obtained an even better array. Of course, this Small Thousand Swords Array... will last you for thousands of years."

  "The most important secret of the Xiao Qian Sword Array is the Xiao Qian Pattern..."

  The black old cow was telling some secrets on one side.

  ……

  After a moment, Ji Ning went through the contents of "Xiao Qian Jian Zhen" and couldnt help but feel astonished. Compared to Xiao Qian Jian Zhen, the Yin Yang Er Qi Zhen that Tie Mu Zhan used earlier was simply rubbish.

  Ji Ning immediately took out nine sword-shaped magical treasures from the storage treasure, because they were all non-stage magical treasures, generally held in hand for close combat, and also had some differences with ordinary flying swords.

  "Little thousand symbol." Ji Nings fingers tried to draw it on the ground.

  With Ki Nings control over her body, she naturally perfectly imitated that symbol.

  The black old cow looked on with a shake of its head: "No, its not just about looking the same, whats wanted is the underlying meaning. When the small thousand-character pattern you draw can subtly stir up the power of heaven and earth, then this pattern will be successful."

  "Hmm." Ji Ning continued drawing.

  Because the imitation is already very accurate, and Ji Ning has reached the realm of the true meaning of Tao, he also has a subtle resonance with the hidden Tao, and when he painted for the 312th time, he had already drawn out the talisman that could stir up the power of heaven and earth.

  "Uh-huh." The black cow nodded, "Your boundary is originally high, your divine soul is strong, and you are extremely sensitive to the heaven and earth. Learning quickly is normal... Remember, the Small Thousand Symbol is the foundation of the entire Small Thousand Sword Array. Be careful not to leak it out, once the Small Thousand Symbol leaks out, some large tribes can create a Small Thousand Sword Array based on the symbol."

  Ji Ning nodded: "I understand this."

  "Then you start." The black old cow watched from the side.

  Ji Ning calmed himself down completely, then took out a small basin from the storage treasure, and placed his fingers on it. His fingertips quickly seeped out drop after drop of fresh blood, and in an instant, there was already half a basin of fresh blood. The black cow beside him shook its head and sighed, "The Divine Demons Body Refining Method is indeed extraordinary, with a vitality thats extremely strong. Even if theyre cut into pieces, they wont die. But for cultivators who practice the Qi Refining Method, if their heart is pierced, theyll definitely die. If a Qi Refining Method cultivator were to lose this much blood, their face would turn deathly pale. I reckon that while you were bleeding out fresh blood, your body had already recovered."

  Ji Ning didnt say much, instead he picked up a sword-shaped magic treasure. The sword-shaped magic treasure suddenly began to grow in size, and Ji Nings fingers first touched a bit of blood, then started drawing on the blade.

  A flash of eye power, a small thousand symbols appeared on the surface of the sword body, the blood light flickered, and soon the symbols completely hid into the sword body.

  "Its done." The black old cow nodded.

  Ji Ning took out another sword-shaped magical treasure and continued. With this small thousand symbol, Ji Ning had almost no mistakes once he grasped it. This time, in the corridor of trials, he obtained several thousand magical treasures, and swords were especially commonly used, with over a thousand sword-shaped magical treasures. Ji Ning simply drew 729 sword-shaped magical treasures in one breath.

  "Zhen Ji!" Ji Ning sat cross-legged, his heart stirring.

  Splash! Splash! Splash! Splash! Splash! Splash!

  At that moment, nine sword hilts floated around Ji Ning, slowly rotating, but somehow lacking something, causing Ji Ning to frown.

  "Remember, the power of an array is based on sensing heaven and earth." The black old cow said beside him.

  After a good while.

  The nine swords floating around Ji Ning suddenly had a kind of invisible meaning, as if the nine swords had become an integral whole. At this moment, the positions of the nine swords seemed extremely perfect.

  "Formation base is set, deploy formation!" Ji Nings mind stirred, and beside him, seventy-two sword hilts floated up, all in groups of nine.

  The first layer of "Xiao Qian Jian Zhen" requires a total of 81 sword artifacts to form.

  "Wow wow wow~~~"

  Only to see the eighty-one sword instruments and treasures all surrounded Ning Jing, floating around him, while Ning Jing was controlling with his eyes closed. Soon, based on the small thousand symbol patterns contained in each of them, the eighty-one sword instruments and treasures all appeared with a faint glow, and the invisible sword edges also quickly gathered towards Ning Jing.

  A sword blade hovering uncertainly beside Jin Nings side.

  Ji Ning finally opened his eyes, looking at the sword tip floating in front of him. This sword tip was transformed from his innate true yuan through the internal array method of the eighty-one sword artifacts, and had already undergone a qualitative change due to quantitative changes, with an astonishingly powerful force.

  "Its still easy." Ji Nings heart moved again, and another eighty-one sword treasures flew up.

  ……

  The black old cow on the side couldnt help but marvel at the strength of Ji Nings divine soul, this was not like before when he could just manipulate thousands of magical treasures. But to control every single flying sword... making them form a perfect sword array, able to trigger the power of heaven and earth at any moment.

  "The third layer has also been achieved, and in terms of pure power, the might of this swords edge is now no less than the combined force of several thousand magical treasures striking at once." The black old cow exclaimed in surprise, for this Small Thousand Swords Array was something that increased its power by several times with each upgrade.

  Only to see hundreds of sword instruments surrounding Ji Ning, each with a faint glow on its surface. The sword aura in front of Ji Ning was also getting stronger and stronger.

  Eighty-one sword instruments flew in and mixed with them, and the difficulty of manipulation increased greatly at once.

  Ji Nings forehead was covered with beads of sweat.

  Hmmm...

  A faint glimmer of light appeared on all the swords.

  "Done." The black ox was shocked, extremely shocked. "Actually managed to execute the fifth layer of the Small Thousand Swords Formation!"

  Pitter patter pitter patter~~~ All 405 swords fell to the ground, and Ji Ning also opened his eyes with a face full of sweat, muttering to himself: "The fifth layer of the Small Thousand Swords Array is too strenuous, my head feels like its going to split. In normal battles, Ill just use the fourth layer, using the fourth layer is much easier."

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