Cultivation Family: Starting by Taking a Concubine and Practicing the Sun and Moon Sutra

Zhou Daocheng waved his hand and said calmly: "Leave this to me. When can we take action?"

"As long as you are ready, we can do it anytime, but it is better to do it as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult to restrict the Soul Devouring Ants if they continue to expand!"

"Okay, then we will meet at your mine station in a week."

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After the two sides agreed, Zhou Daocheng also returned to the underground cave and began to make some preparations.

In fact, compared with dealing with foundation builders, Zhou Daocheng is indeed better at dealing with second-level insect swarms.

After all, individual strength is weak and needs to win by numbers. Zhou Daocheng can completely rely on the formation to restrain it, and only needs to protect his own safety.

Therefore, in addition to the [Golden Ge Vine Formation] and [Golden Ge Hundred Vine Formation], Zhou Daocheng also plans to make some other defensive measures.

After the last epiphany, Zhou Daocheng's understanding of the formation has deepened a lot, especially with the experience of fusion formation, he can slightly change the formation pattern, thereby changing the formation to a certain extent.

This is something that other formation masters cannot do.

This time, Zhou Daocheng slightly changed the array pattern of [Earth Control Spiritual Pattern].

First, the array range was made smaller, only one foot, barely enough for one or two people to stand.

The reduction in area made the spiritual energy consumption smaller, and the condensed earth wall became more solid and solid, surrounding him to form a semicircular cover to protect himself.

In addition, Zhou Daocheng also specially refined several sets of flaming arrays, which could form flames around him and cause range damage.

Although the power is far less than that of powerful arrays such as [Splitting Gold Array], it is enough to deal with ant colonies with a small number and low strength.

Zhou Daocheng refined 3 sets of each of these two arrays, ensuring that each of himself, Meng Yueshan, and Lin Yuan had one set.

Qin Lie still stayed in the valley to ensure the safety of the base camp, and he was now considered a half-alchemist, barely able to refine first-grade inferior elixirs, but he still needed a lot of time to practice.

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Seven days passed in a flash.

Zhou Daocheng and his two companions rushed to the mining site of the Spirit Snake Sect, leaving only Qin Lie and the Iron-backed Barbarian Bear in the valley.

When the three arrived, the Spirit Snake Sect had already made preparations, and many powerful people were waiting here, obviously attaching great importance to this matter.

The Spirit Snake Sect's leader, three ninth-level Qi Refining elders, and ten eighth-level Qi Refining deacons, the lineup is magnificent, almost accounting for more than half of the overall power of the Spirit Snake Sect.

However, the guardian beast "Black Water Spirit Snake" was not seen, which is understandable. The huge monster beast does not have an advantage when facing the soul-devouring ant colony, but is easily restricted.

And some special beast-controlling methods and formations may have miraculous effects.

"My friend, we have been waiting for a long time. I wonder how you are prepared?" The leader of the Spirit Snake Sect was humble and elegant in a green snake-patterned robe.

Zhou Daocheng also gave him enough face and said respectfully: "Hello, senior. I am ready and can set off at any time."

No matter what their status is, Zhou Daocheng is in the Qi Refining Stage after all, while the other party is in the Foundation Building Stage. As a senior in the path of cultivation, the proper etiquette is naturally indispensable.

The leader of the Spirit Snake Sect waved his hand and said: "Young friend, you don't need to care. This time, you still need to take more care of the Soul Devouring Ant Colony."

Zhou Daocheng waved his hand modestly, "You are polite, Sect Master."

After a brief greeting, the group went straight on the road and went to the vicinity of the Soul Devouring Ant Colony's nest to prepare.

However, when leaving, Zhou Daocheng suddenly saw the ore exposed on the ground and couldn't help but exclaimed.

Light blue, translucent luster, and a faint trace of water-attributed aura, it is an extremely peculiar ore.

As if noticing Zhou Daocheng's gaze, Han Ye on the side smiled and explained: "Sir, this is a water-repellent stone vein, the quality is pretty good, it's a pity that there is only material but no place to use it."

Zhou Daocheng nodded slightly. The value of water-repellent stone is not high, and it is not low. If it is used in the right place, it has a very high value.

But under normal circumstances, especially for the Spirit Snake Sect, it is indeed a bit useless, and it can't even be sold at a good price in the market.

After all, water-repellent stone is not a mainstream refining material, nor can it be used as elixir, talisman, beast control, etc. It is not even a formation material, so its value is naturally not high.

However, Zhou Daocheng had some ideas in his mind...

"Water-repellent stone... is indeed applicable to a relatively small range. But if there is a chance, I hope to purchase a batch." Zhou Daocheng said lightly.

"Young friend needs water-repellent stone?" The leader of the Spirit Snake Sect asked curiously.

"Maybe it's useful, just be prepared."

The leader of the Spirit Snake Sect nodded his head after thinking about it, and then said generously: "If you need it, contact Elder Han directly in the future, and I will sell it at half the market price, which can be regarded as a testimony of our friendship."

Zhou Daocheng secretly felt generous and agreed happily.

This discount is not excessive. First, it is a formation transaction, and then it is a cooperation with the business alliance. At present, the two sides are in the honeymoon period. The leader of the Spirit Snake Sect will naturally not benefit from the water-repellent stone.

And Zhou Daocheng's thoughts are flying. The water-repellent stone is not very useful for the Spirit Snake Sect because there is no lake where they are.

But Zhou Daocheng is different. The White Scale Lake is vast and the lake water is clear. If there is a chance, maybe a secret station can be built at the bottom of the lake.

Now the Zhou family is hiding in the dark, and they need this kind of secret living place.

Thinking all the way, half a day later, everyone came to the vicinity of the Devouring Soul Ant Colony.

Compared to the last time I came here, the surrounding environment has changed a lot. Most of the originally dense forest has disappeared, a large number of rocks are exposed on the ground, and the dark entrances to ant holes can be seen from time to time.

A large area around here has been built into a nest by the Soul Devouring Ants, and the spiritual treasures nearby have been almost eaten up.

This has caused great harm to the surrounding natural environment.

Looking at the pits on the ground, Zhou Daocheng couldn't help frowning, "Looking at this formation, the ant colony is not small!"

The leader of the Spirit Snake Sect nodded and explained: "The first-level Soul Devouring Ant Colony can reach a maximum of 100,000, and the area will not exceed three kilometers in radius."

"But looking at the scale of the ant nest in front of us, it should have reached the second-level lower grade, and the number is likely to exceed 200,000. It's a bit troublesome!"

After speaking, the leader of the Spirit Snake Sect looked at Zhou Daocheng and said: "My friend, can the formation be prepared? You can set it up here in advance, and then I will attract the Soul Devouring Ant Colony out."

"That's exactly what I want."

Zhou Daocheng's original idea was the same, but he had no means to attract the ant colony.

Since the arrangements were made, Zhou Daocheng also began to check the surrounding environment and set up the [Golden Vine Formation] and [Gold Cracking Formation].

[Golden Vine Formation] is mainly used to disrupt the ant colony and cut the scene, so it is arranged in the front row.

And [Gold Splitting Formation] is used for killing, so it is arranged at the key entrance behind [Golden Vine Formation] to ensure maximum killing.

After everything was arranged, Zhou Daocheng took out the last set of formation plates.

Seeing a set of formation plates, the leader of the Spirit Snake Sect behind him couldn't help but change his face slightly.