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  Mo Qingchen's stall was not big, but it was surrounded by no less than three layers of cultivators inside and out, while other book lovers looked on normally.

  "This Eight Trigrams Formation was what I first laid eyes on, why didn't you follow the rules, Brother?" a voice came from within the crowd.

  "What's wrong with you, you've been nagging for half a day just to haggle over two pieces of spirit stone and the young lady. If I were to say it, if there's no spirit stone then don't come out and lose face!" Another voice sounded quite arrogant.

  Mo Qingchen was originally standing on the periphery, intending to wait until the crowd dispersed before going forward to take a closer look at what formations were suitable. However, upon hearing this voice, his heart skipped a beat and a surge of murderous intent welled up from within him.

  The monk who was leaning against Mo Qingchu suddenly felt a chill all over his body.

  After a few years, Mo Qingchen became more skilled at controlling his emotions. He would immediately retract his murderous intent as soon as he slightly lost control, and no one could detect anything unusual about him anymore.

  That monk looked around in confusion, then raised his head and watched the commotion.

  Mo Qingchen, shrouded in a mask, pursed his lips tightly, his fingernails digging deep into the flesh, that voice, despite passing so many years, he had never forgotten, was precisely the young man who murdered Grandfather!

  The man with a slightly resentful tone said: "This senior brother, you're being too excessive. Haggling over prices is a normal thing for people to do, I didn't say I wouldn't buy it. Here's the spirit stone, senior sister, please accept it and give me that Eight Trigrams Array."

  "Hmph, this young master still insists on buying this Bagua formation today. Heh heh, miss, this is sixty pieces of spiritual stone."

  "Fellow Taoist, don't be too arrogant!" The previous cultivator was so angry that he didn't even call out to his senior brother anymore, and with a burst of energy, he wanted to take action.

  Mo Qingchen only heard a loud "pa" sound, and the people around him inhaled a breath of cool air. Someone whispered, "It's Tian Gongzi, book fans also like to read:"

  It turned out that he had thrown away his mask.

  Mo Qingchen couldn't help but peek through the gap and indeed saw that face which had become ash but was unforgettable.

  His face is fair and delicate. His eyes are flirtatious, and he fans himself with a fan in a pretentious manner, staring straight at the woman's curvaceous figure behind the stall.

  Nine years of time. This person has been promoted from the initial Qi Refining Eight Layers to Qi Refining Twelve Layers, and the speed is not slow. I remember that Xiaoge said at the beginning that this person's qualifications were not good. It must be the spiritual medicine piled up without a doubt.

  Twelve layers of refined energy, without mentioning the background behind this person. The difference in strength between the two is still not small, Mo Qingchen's face was icy cold, but it was hidden under his mask.

  "I apologize, I didn't know it was you, young master!" The monk who had been about to attack bowed repeatedly.

  Nata Kōshi glanced at him disdainfully and smiled at the stall owner, "Miss, this is a spirit stone..." As she spoke, she handed over a small pouch directly to the woman.

  Some monks showed sympathetic glances, although the nun's face was covered with a mask, but couldn't hide her plump and beautiful figure, this playboy must have taken a liking to her.

  Who would have thought that at this time, the female cultivator rudely knocked away the bag handed over to her, and with one hand, she pulled off her mask, her face filled with anger as she said: "All of you get out of here, don't delay Miss's business!"

  Under the sunlight, the woman's almond-shaped eyes were wide open, her face bearing a thin layer of anger. Like an angry rose in full bloom, she was stunning and dazzling.

  Mo Qingchen was taken aback, not expecting the vendor who sold him the Ling Gathering Array and Concealing Spirit Array to be such a stunning beauty. He thought to himself that if that scoundrel were to see this woman's face, he would probably never give up.

  Unexpectedly, Tian Gongzi was stunned for a moment, then hastily cupped his fists and said: "It's actually Master Mo, Brother's words were rash, Master please don't blame me, please don't blame me."

  Having said that, he hastily left.

  That woman gave a disdainful glance in the direction where Tian Gongzi had left, then sat back down with a flick of her sleeve and looked around at everyone, saying: "Those who are buying things should hurry up, those who aren't buying should leave, don't delay my business."

  As soon as this was said, many monks immediately and honestly started picking up things.

  There were also some people who didn't understand, and they whispered to the person next to them: "Brother, who is that Tian Gongzi? Why is he so arrogant? And who is this sister? They obviously have similar cultivation levels, but why did Tian Gongzi look like a mouse seeing a cat when he saw this sister?"

  The person being asked looked at the questioner with a glance, seeing that he was wearing a blue robe with white edges, and said with a "so that's how it is" gaze: "So you're an outer door disciple, no wonder you didn't know. That Tian Gongzi is from the Tian family of the Yao Guang Sect, his great-grandfather was a master who had completed the Golden Elixir in the later period, among the dozens of masters who have completed the Golden Elixir in our Yao Guang Sect, his strength is quite high up. We naturally can't afford to provoke him. As for that Master Mo, heh heh, even more so, you don't need to ask any more questions."

  Mo Qingchen stored these words in her ear, standing still and expressionless on the side. When almost everyone had dispersed, she walked forward, gave a slight smile to the female cultivator, and lowered her head to examine the array that was set up.

  Considering that after entering the late stage of Qi refining, one can no longer just focus on diligent cultivation like before, combat experience and so on become increasingly important. For his own safety, Mo Qingchen decided to buy a set of defensive spell arrays and a set of attacking spell arrays.

  Mo Qingchen hesitated for half a day and still couldn't make up his mind.

  The Bagua formation that the two of them were fighting over earlier was a defensive formation, and the one this woman was selling had a stronger defense than an ordinary Bagua formation. However, in Mo Qingchen's eyes, it didn't seem to be quite satisfactory.

  There is also the Knife Web Array, which has a good enemy-killing power, but it requires nine knife-shaped instruments, with many restrictions.

  "What kind of formation do you want?" The woman suddenly asked.

  Mo Qingchu was dazed for a moment, then looked up and saw that the female cultivator didn't have any expression.

  It suddenly occurred to her that perhaps because they were both women, the other woman spoke up and asked. Mo Qingchen replied: "I want a defensive formation method and an offensive formation method."

  The woman's gaze swept over her and revealed a "so it is" expression, saying: "You've just entered the ninth layer of Qi Refining, indeed requiring such an array."

  After a moment of contemplation, she flipped her hand and produced a set of array disks and flags, handing them to Mo Qingchen: "This small Four Seasons Array is a simplified version of the Natural Array of Ten Thousand Methods. Although its power doesn't compare to that of the Ten Thousand Methods, it's still a decent array method. It has four gates - Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter - which are both offensive and defensive. If you buy this, you won't need to buy any other arrays."

  Mo Qingchu took it over and examined the purpose and method, and suddenly felt very satisfied. He couldn't help but ask: "I wonder how many spirit stones this set of array methods would cost, sister?"

  The woman smiled suddenly: "Not many, you can take eight hundred spirit stones."

  "Master sister, isn't this a bit too expensive?"

  "Heh heh, junior sister, once you use this little Four Seasons Formation, you'll know its benefits. Besides, if you were to buy two decent formations, it would cost at least 500 spirit stones. This formation is both offensive and defensive, saving you a lot of research effort. I recall three years ago, junior sister didn't hesitate to spend money on two formations from me. How come after three years have passed and your cultivation has improved, you've become more stingy?"

  Mo Qingchen was taken aback, she clearly had a mask covering her face, and it had only been three years since they last met, so how did she suddenly recognize herself?

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  I'm a friend of Liu Ye's, she's really struggling now and doesn't even have a computer or internet access. This chapter was typed out on her phone and she asked me to post it for her. The pain of typing on a phone, I don't know if you guys understand? It's okay with just a few words, but this many words... I won't say anything else, let everyone experience it for themselves.

  She is expected to return home by the end of the month, and everything will be back to normal then.