Chen Zhou deeply understood the emperors' ulterior motives: opening a market for cultivators within the palace would be more effective in attracting them.
The Southern Kingdom is lacking cultivators.
"Since we're here, let's go in and take a look," Chen Zhou said.
“I’ve only been here two or three times. When I left the palace, this place had just been built,” Jiang Ying said.
This market town wasn't very big, but what it contained really startled Chen Zhou.
"A Level 3 Spirit Beast Blazing Fire Beast Immortal Core!"
"Foundation Pill!"
"Purple Spirit Pill!"
......
Looking at the signs displayed by some roadside vendors, listing the names of the items on them, Chen Zhou was utterly shocked.
Especially the Purple Spirit Pill, which is said to be a one-pattern pill!
The Tianyun Continent has array masters, and it also has alchemists!
Alchemists are even rarer than formation masters. There are nine levels of alchemists, and the pills they can refine are divided into one to nine-pattern pills. For example, the Foundation Establishment Pill is just an ordinary pill and does not even have one pattern, so it cannot even be considered a one-pattern pill.
The Purple Spirit Pill, however, is a true one-pattern pill, which can only be refined by a first-level alchemist.
Seeing Chen Zhou stop, Jiang Ying followed his gaze and saw the one-patterned purple spirit pill.
"That's a unique elixir from the Murong family. Its effect is to boost strength in a short period of time," Jiang Ying explained. She was quite familiar with most of the items in this market.
"Does the Murong family have a first-level alchemist?" Chen Zhou asked curiously, as this Purple Spirit Pill requires a first-level alchemist to refine.
"No, how could there be a Level 1 alchemist? There isn't a single Level 1 alchemist in the entire Southern Kingdom! This Purple Spirit Pill was indeed made by some alchemists in the Murong family, but they can't be considered Level 1 alchemists. This is because they used a secret method to make the Purple Spirit Pill, and their main cultivation technique was related to it."
Jiang Ying replied.
Chen Zhou nodded. Indeed, many people who could not be called first-level alchemists could refine ordinary pills, such as Foundation Establishment Pills. Within the Sword Cloud Sect, the Fifth Elder and the Sixth Elder could refine them.
Therefore, almost all the pills in the entire Sword Cloud Sect were refined by the two of them, which is why the Foundation Establishment Pills of the Sword Cloud Sect are extremely rare.
"This Purple Spirit Pill is indeed very attractive," Chen Zhou said, licking his lips.
"Taking strength-enhancing pills will have a significant impact on the body," Jiang Ying warned.
Chen Zhou naturally knew this, otherwise he would have bought one for self-defense long ago.
"Are there any merchants here who deal with formations?" Chen Zhou asked the vendor.
Small vendors in the market might only get one customer in a long time, so the interests of each vendor are intertwined, and they will recommend any business to each other.
"There's a formation workshop just ahead," the vendor replied.
The Zhentufang was much more luxurious than Chen Zhou had imagined. He had thought it would be another street vendor's place. It was a house built of sandalwood, with a long plaque hanging on the door that read "Zhentufang" in large characters.
As soon as he entered, Chen Zhou felt an elegant atmosphere. Every ten centimeters or so on the wall hung a rolled-up array diagram, with a small wooden board below it engraved with the name of the array diagram.
In addition to the walls, there should be long sandalwood cabinets on both sides, displaying various array diagrams.
There was only one person in the shop.
An elderly man with gray hair.
"This old minister greets Your Highness." The old man bowed deeply upon seeing Jiang Ying.
"Rise, there's no need for formalities in the marketplace," Jiang Ying said, recognizing the old man before her.
"May I ask who this young man is?" the old man slowly stood up and asked Chen Zhou.
I've never seen this person in the palace before. How could he be strolling through the market with a princess? Could this person be the powerful prince from the Northern Kingdom?
"This is Chen Zhou, the chief disciple of the Sword Cloud Sect," Jiang Ying introduced without any hesitation.
"This is Gu Yuqi, the most senior minister in the Southern Kingdom," Jiang Ying continued.
Chen Zhou nodded with a smile, and Gu Yuqi responded with a smile as well: "So you are the chief disciple of the Sword Cloud Sect who has been making waves recently. It's a pleasure to meet you!"
"You flatter me," Chen Zhou said with an awkward smile.
"Bring out your best array diagrams," Jiang Ying said directly.
Gu Yuqi paused for a moment, then said with a slight embarrassment, "There's no such thing as a good or bad formation; it all depends on how you use it. For example, some low-level formations, like the Flame Formation and the Fire Formation, can be used for lighting at night. Every household in the entire imperial city has a simple Flame Formation, while the Fire Formation can be used for attacks."
In daily life, a fire formation is clearly less useful than a flame formation. In combat, a flame formation is far more effective than a fire formation. Therefore, there is no most useless formation, nor is there a most effective one; it all depends on its effectiveness. This is why there are no rankings of formations on the Tianyun Continent, but there are rankings of elixirs.
Chen Zhou was convinced by these words; what the old man Gu Yuqi said made a lot of sense.
"I'd like to ask if there are any healing formations?" Chen Zhou explained his purpose.
Chen Zhou now has restrictive, offensive, and supportive formations; the only thing missing is a healing formation.
If given the opportunity, Chen Zhou would naturally want a healing formation.
"Yes, there is. May I ask how many formations you can control at once, young hero?" Gu Yuqi asked.
Chen Zhou said directly, "Two."
Gu Yuqi nodded and said, "Your level is only that of a first-level array master, which is not enough to set up this healing array."
Even if you can control two formations at the same time, you still can't set up a healing formation?
Chen Zhou was somewhat surprised that this healing formation required such a high level of control over true qi.
"Does this healing formation require such a high level of internal energy?" Chen Zhou asked.
Gu Yuqi nodded again and said, "Healing formations have the highest requirements for controlling true qi. If you want to set up a healing formation, you must reach the level of a second-level formation master, your pupil technique must be at the second level, and you must be able to control five formations at the same time before you can set up a healing formation."
This really surprised Chen Zhou. He didn't expect that the requirements for healing formations would be even higher than those for auxiliary formations.
"Although you can't set it up yet, I have a special mental cultivation method for practicing controlling true qi, and I can also give you a healing array diagram in advance. Once you truly become a level two array master, you can study and set it up yourself."
Gu Yuqi continued, "This mental cultivation method specifically for controlling true qi is exactly what Chen Zhou urgently needs right now."
Chen Zhou nodded and was about to ask how the transaction would proceed when Gu Yuqi abruptly asked, "Where is your array master certificate?"
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