Celestial being

"This is the regional distribution map of Lingfeng City. Fellow Taoists can use it as a reference." The monk in green said and handed over another jade slip.

Yuan Ming took the jade slip and his spiritual consciousness was absorbed into it.

The jade slip introduces the structure of Lingfeng City in detail. According to the above records, Lingfeng City is divided into three areas: upper, middle and lower. All shops are on the lower level. The middle and upper levels are residential areas for monks who come to settle here. live.

According to the jade slip, there are many shops in the lower area, connected to each other by stone steps, plank roads, etc. In some places, squares are even dug out, with dense crowds and many mortals mixed in.

The middle area is mainly composed of caves, which are very close to each other. There are thousands of them densely packed, and they look like a honeycomb.

The number of caves in the upper area is relatively rarer, and they are far apart from each other, with only about a hundred.

Yuan Ming ignored the shops on the lower floor and looked at the middle and upper floors.

The stone wall where Lingfeng City is located is connected to the spiritual veins of the nearby Lingshi mine. When this city was established many years ago, the Lingfu Sect had a powerful person who deployed some kind of forbidden magical power to completely fix the spiritual veins, making the stone wall of Lingfeng City The spiritual power is more powerful and stable.

Since the spiritual vein is transmitted from top to bottom, the higher the location of the cave, the more abundant the spiritual energy, and of course the more expensive the rental price.

The place where the cave is rented is also the Lingfeng Hall mentioned by the monks in Qingyi.

Yuan Ming pondered for a while, and planned to split up with Zuo Qinghui. He went to the Lingfeng Temple in the middle area to rent a cave, while Zuo Qinghui went to the lower store area to purchase other items needed for pill formation.

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Half an hour later.

In front of Lingfeng Palace, Yuan Ming stopped and stood, looking at the building in front of him, slightly stunned.

This three-story attic is made of bamboo, wood, bricks and tiles. It has four pillars and cornices. It looks quite regular, but it occupies a rather small area. It cannot be considered a palace, but the "Lingfeng" hanging on the door The three words "palace" showed that he was not in the wrong place.

Occasionally monks would come in and out at the door, most of them wearing hats or masks to hide their appearance.

Yuan Ming's eyes moved slightly. Ordinary monk cities and rental houses require you to leave your true appearance, identity certificate, etc., isn't it necessary in this Lingfeng City?

With this in mind, he also took out a gray mask, put it on, blended into the crowd, and entered the Spirit Wind Hall.

This gray mask was obtained during the Guiyuan Sect Mine Battle.

In that battle, Huazhi and King Kong both killed many Guiyuan Sect monks, so those people naturally put away their stored magic weapons. The two beasts did not have high demand for magic weapons, so they naturally handed them over to Yuan Ming afterwards. This gray mask was obtained from the storage magic weapon of a disciple of Guiyuan Sect.

This mask has no special magical powers. Its only function is to block the detection of spiritual consciousness. After wearing it on the face, others cannot see his appearance.

The area inside Lingfeng Hall is not large, but there are seven or eight stone tables placed there, making it look even more crowded.

Behind each stone table sat a monk wearing Lingfu Sect attire, receiving those who came in.

Yuan Ming walked to a free stone table and sat down.

"Do you want to rent a cave, or something else?" the Lingfu Sect monk behind the stone table asked in a routine manner.

"The higher the location of the rental cave, the better, preferably in the upper area." Yuan Ming said in a loud voice.

"Upper area? That's where the seniors in the Dan Formation stage live, and the price is not cheap." The Lingfu Sect monk then raised his head and looked at Yuan Ming, with a bit of surprise on his face.

Yuan Ming said nothing, but his meaning was obvious.

"In that case, fellow Taoist, please wait a moment. The leasing of the upper cave is the responsibility of the elder of our sect. I will invite him to come over." The monk of Lingfu Sect got up and walked towards the back of Lingfeng Hall, with a hint of joy in his eyes.

If he can attract a business of leasing the upper cave, he can get a lot of rewards.

After a while, the Lingfu Sect monks came over with a bald old man. This man had a deep aura, and he seemed to be a being in the elixir formation stage.

"Your Excellency, you want to rent the cave in the upper area? This is the price list. Take a look at it first." The bald old man sat down in front of Yuan Ming, took out a jade slip and placed it on the table, saying in a calm tone.

Yuan Ming had already killed several monks in the alchemy stage, so he would not be suppressed by the bald old man's aura. He took the jade slip with calm eyes and his consciousness was absorbed in it.

His brows quickly raised slightly.

No wonder the monks of the Lingfu Sect say that the caves in the upper areas are not cheap. The annual rent for any cave starts at five or six hundred spirit stones, and the minimum rent for all caves is five years. Those with a slightly weaker family cannot afford it at all.

However, considering that it is where the monks in the alchemy stage live, the price is not too expensive.

"I want Cave No. 12 and rent it for ten years." Yuan Ming made a selection and said.

Cave No. 12 is the highest-located among the free caves recorded in the jade slips. The five-year rent costs more than 10,000 spirit stones, which is ridiculously expensive.

It's just that he needs to attack the core formation right now. Although he has made a lot of preparations in advance, he still hopes that the spiritual energy in the cave will be as strong as possible. Sometimes the success may be just a little bit different.

He would not be stingy at all with this kind of spiritual stone that should be spent.

Yuan Ming waved his sleeves across the table, and a small pile of middle-grade spiritual stones emerged.

"Your Excellency is quite wealthy." The bald old man looked at Yuan Ming and smiled unexpectedly.

The bald old man counted the spiritual stones, collected them all, took out a white jade talisman and handed it to Yuan Ming, with the word twelve engraved on it, and said: "This is the forbidden jade talisman of Cave No. 12. Ten years from now It will automatically expire. If you want to renew your lease, you need to come here again."

After saying that, the bald old man turned around and walked back without waiting for Yuan Ming to speak.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming touched his nose through the mask.

Lingfeng City's management of casual cultivators is really loose. They neither ask him to reserve a name nor reveal his true appearance. After paying the spirit stone, he will give it to the cave, which is really good for someone like him who has secrets.

He picked up the jade talisman and walked out of Lingfeng Palace, ready to visit the new cave.

At this moment, a monk wearing a blue cloak walked over. He looked a little petite, with his body and face hidden under the cloak. He passed Yuan Ming and went straight to Lingfeng Palace.

Yuan Ming paused, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes, and then a white light appeared under his feet, and his figure rose into the sky, blending into the escaping light in the sky.

The blue-robed figure seemed to feel something and turned back to look behind him.

There was nothing wrong with it.

The man in blue robe seemed relieved and quickly entered the Spirit Wind Palace.

At this moment, tens of feet above the Lingfeng Hall, Yuan Ming stood in the air with his feet on a white jade shuttle, his face uncertain for a while.

The blue robe on the person just now had the effect of blocking the breath, but his spiritual consciousness was strong and he still sensed the person's breath. It turned out to be Yan Sijing from Baidanfang.

How could this woman appear in Lingfeng City and be so sneaky? It doesn't look like she is here for business. Could it be that Yu Hong's death has been exposed and she is here to avoid the capture of Ancestor Lei Ming?

After Yuan Ming pondered for a moment, he quickly shook his head and flew towards the upper area.

No matter why Yan Sijing came here, it had nothing to do with him. At this juncture, he didn't want to have anything to do with her.

Yuan Ming followed the map and went straight to Cave No. 12.

This cave was dug directly into the stone wall and is quite large. There are five or six rooms in it, a medicine garden, and an earth fire room, which can communicate with earth fire and be used for refining elixirs or refining weapons. It is much better than the original Shahao The opened cave is more perfect.

The spiritual energy here was also as introduced by the people from Lingfeng Palace. It was extremely rich and far better than any place he had stayed in before. It was worth the amount of spiritual stones he spent.

Yuan Ming carefully inspected the inside and outside of the cave and found no abnormalities, so he took out three sets of magic formations and arranged them everywhere.

These three sets of formations are the Five Elements Disillusionment Formation, the Golden Snake Entanglement Formation, and the Thick Earth Rock Formation.

The golden snake entwining formation and the thick earth rock formation were obtained from Master Lu of Shacheng City.

After he returned to Yansha City from the Guiyuanzong mine, he gave the body of the red gold centipede to Master Lu. Master Lu was in a good mood and had a good impression of Yuan Ming, so he asked Yuan Ming to choose two sets of methods. Formation, half sold and half given to Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming quickly arranged the three sets of magic formations, and then An Xin sat down cross-legged in the cave and took a short rest.

Not long after, Zuo Qinghui also flew over from the lower area. He had already walked around Lingfeng City to get a clear understanding of the situation in the city, and bought a few things that he still needed to form a core.

"For the next period of time, you will guard the gate for me outside, and at the same time, don't delay your own cultivation." Yuan Ming summoned a diamond, a flower branch, and a thunderstorm, and ordered.

There is so much spiritual energy in this cave, so it is natural to make the best use of it.

King Kong nodded silently.

"Master, don't worry, we will definitely stay outside and not let anyone affect you." Huazhi said, patting his chest.

Lei Yu also called softly and flapped his wings a few times to indicate that he understood Yuan Ming's instructions.

After Zuo Qinghui handed the purchased items to Yuan Ming, he turned around and left the cave again.

"Won't Zuo Qinghui stay?" Seeing this, Huazhi asked through a message.

"It's enough to have you protecting me. Zuo Qinghui still needs to do other things." Yuan Ming said.

Huazhi said oh and didn't ask any more questions.

Yuan Ming gave a few more instructions to the three beasts, then took all the prepared things to a room with the strongest aura and closed the door on life and death.

With his current level of cultivation, he was already able to completely break away from the grains. In order to successfully form the golden elixir in one go, he planned to never step out of this room unless he succeeded in breaking through.

Now that there are three beasts in the cave to protect him, Zuo Qinghui is controlled by a separate soul. He can maneuver flexibly and pay close attention to the outside world. Naturally, he doesn't need to worry too much.

So Yuan Ming first set up a spiritual gathering array in the house, put in enough spiritual stones, then called out the Heaven-Stealing Cauldron, placed it aside, and lit a pillar of spiritual incense...

After arranging all the preparations, he returned to the futon and sat down cross-legged. After taking a pill, he slowly closed his eyes in the curl of green smoke.