Chapter 42 - Chapter 42: Chapter 32 Rapid Improvement ! (1/2)
Chapter 42: Chapter 32 Rapid Improvement !
Translator: 549690339
“Did you have a conflict with Sister Li?”
Upon seeing Xu Mu returning, Ye Yingying quickly asked.
Lan Shijin, who was holding Little Ling’er, also looked over.
No!
Xu Mu shook his head and then sincerely said to Ye Yingying: “Don’t keep in touch with her in the future!”
He did not want his wife to be influenced by her.
“Oh!”
Ye Yingying nodded her head.
She wasn’t a naive child. Just by hearing the commotion, she knew what Li Moqing had done.
She just couldn’t understand, how could Li Moqing change so much in just over a month.
She didn’t know if Li Moqing had given up or this was her true nature, now without a partner, she was letting loose.
Seeing Ye Yingying agreed, Xu Mu did not say anything more since Lan Shijin was still here.
Lan Shijin had only met Li Moqing a few times and was not too familiar with her.
And discussing such matters wasn’t really appropriate.
After coaxing Little Ling’er for a while, Lan Shijin began to set up the formation in the room. She had all the necessary materials, so Xu Mu didn’t need to buy anything else.
As evening approached, it started raining. Xu Mu, holding an oilpaper umbrella, sent Lan Shijin to the entrance of the marketplace before returning home alone under his umbrella.
Picking her up in the morning and taking her back at night, this went on for three days. The Spirit Gathering Array was finally set up.
After settling the bill for the Spirit Stones and having dinner together at his home, Xu Mu sent her off to the entrance of the marketplace and they said their goodbyes.
Even though the formation was set up, Xu Mu thought life would return to quiet cultivation, but things didn’t go as planned.
The next day after the Spirit Gathering Array was set up, a few Qi Cultivation Late-Stage cultivators who were originally inspecting the entrance of the marketplace, led by the Tooth People, began searching the slum area.
To avoid arousing suspicion, Xu Mu had to destroy the formation again and hide all his valuable items.
Thankfully, the cultivators were not ruthless this time. They only searched around the house, made sure no one was hiding and then left.
But Xu Mu was so angry he felt chest pains!
The formation he just set up!
Even though it didn’t take many Spirit Stones, it was still money!
After the search team left, Xu Mu did not immediately go to find Lan Shijin.
He was truly afraid they’d come again, at which point he might break down crying.
After seven or eight days, once he was sure the storm had completely passed, Xu Mu finally went to the marketplace to find Lan Shijin again.
Seeing Xu Mu constantly destroying the formation and then asking her to set it up again, Lan Shijin started to wonder:
Did Xu Mu have some kind of idea?
Even Leng Yuening’s gaze towards him was a bit off!
Xu Mu could only give a bitter smile.
He didn’t want this either!
But what if an accident happens?
Destroying the formation was only a waste of Spirit Stones, but if someone found out, it could cost him his life.
With Xu Mu’s personality, he was not willing to take such risks just for some Spirit Stones.
Luckily, Lan Shijin didn’t say much and still agreed to help him set up the formation.
But this time, Xu Mu made a new request.
“Friend Lan, could you help me set up a formation that can be adjusted?”
He had enough Spirit Stones now.
If possible, he hoped to convert these Spirit Stones into power.
He had enough elixirs for now, the ones he stole from Luo Xu hadn’t been used yet, so he could only work on the aspect of enhancing his Spiritual Energy.
“It’s possible! But the materials required will be much more expensive, and it will take seven or eight days!”
“Time and materials are not problems!”
Xu Mu simply agreed.
His reaction left Lan Shijin somewhat surprised.
Lan Shijin found that she increasingly couldn’t see through this once ordinary neighbor.
To make the formation easier and cheaper, Lan Shijin rented the room next to Xu Mu again.
As for leaving by boat, Lan Shijin was furious when brought up.
Originally, her friend only made verbal excuses, but recently, he shut his doors and refused to see her.
The Spirit Stones she spent initially were wasted, and she even lost a friend.
Now, she just wanted the war to end as soon as possible.
Time flew by!
Eight days later, the formation was completed.
“Friend Xu, as per your requirements, the highest consumption per day can be raised to a hundred lower-grade Spirit Stones! If you want to increase it further, you will need to find another Array Master!” Lan Shijin said.
“That’s enough! Thank you for your hard work, Friend Lan!” Xu Mu said with a smile.
“You’re too polite, Friend Xu!”
She was paid for her work. It wasn’t hard at all.
On the contrary, she should thank Xu Mu for giving her such a big order.
Ordinary families could not afford to hire an Array Master to set up formations.
After settling the bill, Lan Shijin said goodbye and left. However, Xu Mu could not wait to enter the formation and test it out.
The whole Spirit Gathering Array consisted of six formation pillars and a formation compass the size of a round table. When activated, it formed a semi-circular light screen that was ten feet high and twenty feet wide, covering the whole bedroom.
On the formation compass, there were grooves for embedding Spirit Stones. By placing the Spirit Stones in these grooves, the formation would continue to run.
If the Spirit Stones were exhausted and not replenished in time, the runes on the pillars would shatter and need to be redrawn, and the pillars themselves would also be damaged.