← 百炼成仙

第二十一章 阵符

"Ah." After a moment, Lin Xuan nodded. It seemed he had accepted Zhao Ming's explanation, which greatly relieved Zhao Ming. Little did Zhao Ming know that while Lin Xuan's expression remained calm, his heart was filled with joy.

Lin Xuan’s original plan to become the manager of the Waste Pills Room was just the first step. The second step involved familiarizing himself with the situation and checking the accounts to see how he could exploit any loopholes for false accounting and misappropriation of waste pills without drawing attention.

However, things turned out even simpler than expected. The storage management of the waste pills was in a complete mess; there were no records at all. In other words, nobody knew exactly how many waste pills were stored here. Therefore, he didn’t need to worry about moving them around—just take as much as needed without fear of being discovered.

Thinking this, Lin Xuan’s lips curled into a smile.

"Immortal Master, Immortal Master."

A voice entered his ears. Lin Xuan turned and found Zhao Ming looking at him with a puzzled expression. Lin Xuan felt a chill run down his spine and immediately warned himself: "From now on, don't be so careless. Those who accomplish great things must learn to hide their emotions; one's mood should not be discernible from their face."

"It’s fine!" Lin Xuan shook his head, adopting an indifferent demeanor. "I just didn’t expect the task of managing the Waste Pills Room to be so easy. Looks like I can enjoy myself for a while now."

"Haha, Immortal Master, don't worry. The Waste Pills Room has nothing much to do. Even if there are some miscellaneous tasks, I’ll take care of them for you," Zhao Ming said with a sycophantic smile. From now on, Lin Xuan would be his superior, so he needed to curry favor.

Lin Xuan remained noncommittal and had Zhao Ming lead him around the other places before selecting a relatively quiet room as his living quarters.

Then, Lin Xuan asked Zhao Ming to gather all the young disciples and announced some rules. The first rule was that without his permission, no one should step within ten steps of his living quarters.

The young disciples showed no objection to this. Although they were only outer sect disciples, they still knew some rules of the Immortal Realm. Typically, every cultivator had their own secrets; high-ranking cultivators owned caves with numerous restrictions. Those who trespassed would be killed without mercy!

Lower-ranked cultivators didn’t have such strength and couldn't afford separate caves, but their living quarters were also off-limits to outsiders.

Therefore, they found Lin Xuan’s request perfectly normal and had no doubts about it.

After the young disciples dispersed, Lin Xuan returned to his room and lay down on the bed for a rest. He mentally reviewed everything that happened today, feeling confident there were no flaws in his plan.

Everything was going smoothly; the source of the Essence Cleansing Pills wouldn’t be an issue.

At different stages of cultivation, different types of pills were required. Essence Cleansing Pills were suitable for the Flexible Spirit Period and could be considered the lowest-grade pills. Higher-ranked cultivators like the Foundation Establishment period needed more advanced pills such as Foundation Establishment Pills and Cultivation Root Pills.

While the success rate for these higher-grade pills was lower, even waste pills had other uses; they wouldn’t just be piled up here like discarded Essence Cleansing Pills.

Nonetheless, at least in the Flexible Spirit Period, Lin Xuan’s pill supply was secure. As for Foundation Establishment and beyond, that was too far away. He was only at the second layer of the Flexible Spirit Period now, so he couldn’t be overly ambitious.

After pondering all this, Lin Xuan sat up from his bed and thought for a moment before pulling out a bracelet from his pocket. It was a crystal green storage bracelet belonging to Zhou Yan, which now belonged to him. He wouldn’t wear it openly; that would mean acknowledging their disappearance had something to do with him. Lin Xuan kept the bracelet close to his body.

He probed his divine sense into it and took out a talisman from inside.

It was an array talisman!

Cultivation encompassed everything, from various magical techniques to intricate arrays. For instance, sects used arrays to protect their mountains, while high-ranking cultivators set up restrictions around their caves; most of these were arrays.

Generally, setting up an array required pre-made array flags and disks, but such items were far beyond Lin Xuan’s current capabilities. He couldn’t afford them, and even if he could, his cultivation level wasn’t sufficient to operate them; they were meant for high-ranking cultivators.

So, what about lower-ranked cultivators? Were there any alternatives?

Of course, there were.

Just as spiritual artifacts served as simplified versions of magical treasures, one could set up an array without using flags or disks. That was the array talisman.

Array talismans were a type of talisman; ordinary talismans sealed spells within paper, while array talismans contained arrays.

These arrays were simple and basic with limited power, but they had clear advantages: simplicity in use and minimal consumption of essence energy. Even lower-ranked cultivators could easily employ them.

After some hesitation, Lin Xuan decided to use one of the twenty or so talismans he obtained from Zhang Yu and Zhou Yan. He调动灵力,口中念念有词。in an instant,that talisman emitted brilliant light,and began to burn。

Lin Xuan waved his hand and threw it into the sky,同时喝道:“arise!”

immediately,spiritual energy triggered the sealing array,that burning talisman paper transformed into a small Yin-Yang Eight Trigram pattern,then rapidly expanded,飞出屋外,enveloped the entire house。

after a moment,the light forming the Eight Trigram gradually dimmed,所有异象消失,环境恢复原样。不过这只是表面现象;the array had already been set up around the living room。if someone trespassed擅自闯入,就会触动禁制。

after all, they harbored secrets unknown to others,if someone else saw the process of refining the pills, it would be bad。虽然说arise来,those young disciples, as outer door disciples,绝不敢违背这个管事的意思,擅自闯入自己的arise居室,但小心无大错,better safe than sorry,就怕万一。所以尽管心疼,林轩还是用了阵符。

although this prohibition was simple,普通人绝对不可能闯进来,and the storage room for waste丹 pills would not have any cultivators coming,这样布置应该是万无一失。

Reading Settings

18px
1.8
65ch
Show Pinyin + Chinese + English