This layout was very clever. Shen Lian carefully sensed it for a long time before he figured out some clues.

Then, he slowly withdrew his spiritual thoughts.

He has accumulated a lot of insight points over the years, but has not used them to improve the formation. But now is the time.

Based on the formation knowledge he had inherited, Shen Lian could only preliminarily determine that the formation underground was a chain formation.

With a third-order formation as the core, a huge formation area was constructed surrounding the Muyang Mountain.

Compared with this place, the Huogu Market that Gong Zhongze created before was far inferior.

"Daoyou, what's wrong?"

Hong Le pushed a jade box full of spiritual energy towards Shen Lian. He was just talking about something very wonderful, but he didn't expect that the guest was daydreaming.

He was exaggerating too much.

Or is this third-level crocodile ancient grass not good? "Shopkeeper Hong, your crocodile ancient grass has a power of less than 300 years, and the surface of the leaves is withered and yellow. It is obvious that you were not careful when picking it and damaged its roots."

Shen Lian pointed at the spiritual medicine in the jade box and said, "Also, look at the roots. There are black marks on the broken parts of the roots. This proves that after picking them, they wanted to use spiritual objects to nourish them, but because of the lack of control over the spiritual energy, they damaged the roots again."

“Ahem…”

Hong Le coughed twice. His third-grade spiritual medicine was indeed not cooked enough.

He really wanted to use spiritual energy to accelerate it, but unfortunately his skills were not good enough and he almost ruined the elixir.

"Fellow Daoist, are you a spiritual plant master or an alchemist?"

“I know a little bit.”

Shen Lian smiled and said, "I want this ancient crocodile grass. Give me a suitable price."

Now that the quality issues have been pointed out, it is naturally impossible to sell the product at a high price.

When Shen Lian came out of Qianqiu Tower, the crocodile ancient grass had already been put into his storage bag.

Don’t be fooled by the presence of the word “crocodile” in its name. In fact, this is a spiritual herb with dual attributes of water and soil. It can be used to refine the third-level Baoyun Pill, which helps cultivators to comprehend the cultivation of cultivators with dual attributes of water and soil.

Without staying in Qianqiu Market, Shen Lian flew directly to Qingyu Market and found a place to stay.

…

[Perception Points - 50000]

[Array: Third-level lower grade]

…

About a month later, Shen Lian stepped into Qianqiu Tower again.

This time was different from the last time, but he changed his identity and became a cultivator at the seventh level of foundation building, and came to buy materials for making talismans.

In the next two months, Shen Lian kept changing his identity, sometimes coming to buy elixirs, or talismans and magical instruments, and he entered Qianqiu Tower dozens of times.

He did not waste spirit stones by purchasing these magical instruments and talismans. Having had the experience of being the mastermind last time, he felt that it was necessary to always have some spiritual objects made by talisman masters and instrument refiners outside.

After many explorations, Shen Lian further confirmed the mystery of the core formation earth ball and found a loophole.

The reason why the cultivator who set up this underground chain formation established the Qianqiu Market and placed the core of the formation under the Qianqiu Tower was because the loophole of this formation was at the core position.

After several close inspections, Shen Lian discovered that this earth ball was not a natural spiritual object, but a specially refined third-level earth magic weapon.

After escaping directly underground from outside Qianqiufang City, Shen Lian carefully bypassed the restrictions that had been detected in advance and approached the core of the earth ball.

The divine consciousness penetrated the earth and rocks and landed on the earth ball.

The earth ball slowly rotated, continuously releasing an earth-yellow spiritual light, causing the surrounding formations and restrictions to brightly disappear.

Shen Lian sensed the movement of the earth ball and waited quietly.

This earth ball, which serves as the core energy of the formation, will stagnate for nine breaths every three days.

There was such a pause because there was a deviation in the coordination between the earth ball and the formation.

These nine breaths are needed to readjust the coordination.

After thoroughly understanding this formation, Shen Lian felt that if he were to set it up, he could do it smoothly and seamlessly.

This is called professionalism.

Under the earth, the yellowish-brown light flashing from the earth ball suddenly dissipated, and the surrounding formations and restrictions also dimmed at this moment.

There was a flash of earth on his body, and then the Earth Spirit Puppet drilled in.

"Um."

When the Earth Spirit Puppet went in, Shen Lian was slightly stunned.

It wasn't that there was an accident, but the entry was too smooth and neat.

After entering, the Earth Spirit Puppet cast a talisman, and then a divine thought emerged from the talisman, penetrating the earth and rocks in front and taking in all the sensed scenes within the talisman.

In an instant, before the earth ball had recovered, the Earth Spirit Puppet returned with the detection talisman.

Shen Lian did not stop and escaped from Qianqiufang City.

It’s not that he is too timid, but the importance that Qianqiu Chamber of Commerce attaches to the Dongtian Stone forces him to be cautious.

In the eyes of cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation, a cave stone the size of a grain of rice can be used to refine a storage ring.

Shen Lian also thinks so.

But precisely because of this, why does Qianqiu Chamber of Commerce protect the Dongtian Stone so solemnly?

What everyone knows may not necessarily be true, just like Shen Lian himself has the Tianyan Fire Domain, which can transform first- and second-level ores into third-level ores.

He has opportunities, but others may have them.

The detection talisman is also one of the many talismans he inherited. This talisman was originally used to detect mineral veins after it was developed.

However, this talisman is not as flexible as imagined.

This talisman can accurately determine whether there are any mineral veins underground, because once there are mineral veins, the unique spiritual power in the spiritual veins will disrupt the accuracy of the detection talisman.

In other words, this talisman can determine that there are mines underground, but it cannot determine what kind of ore it is or the size of the vein.

Even in some special places, such as Tianzhu Mountain, this detection symbol is useless.

If there is a large piece of first-level ore deep in the earth, it may also affect the accuracy of the talisman.

A second-grade, medium-quality detection talisman ended up unearthing a piece of first-grade, low-quality iron ore, and he would pay for it with his pants.

However useless a talisman may be, it has its place of use.

Shen Lian used it.

For fear of disturbing the third-tier magic earth ball, Shen Lian did not dare to release all of his spiritual power into the mineral vein.

In addition, he did not dare to put the spirit puppet in alone. Once the earth ball supplied energy to the formation again, his spiritual thoughts would inevitably collide with the restrictions of the formation.

It is easy to be noticed and there is a possibility that the Earth Spirit Puppet will be trapped inside.

As for actually breaking in...

What were you doing just now? Wasn't it just to check whether it was safe for a real person to go in?

After finding a cave in the wilderness to live in, Shen Lian took out the detection talisman he had just used and scanned the inside with his mind.

Double images, blur, all snow.

This scene looks so familiar.

The power of the rules of heaven and earth cannot be discerned by a small talisman. Shen Lian carefully sensed the vague scene.

After repeated confirmation, it was found that the talismans contained scenes that were affected by the rules, proving that this mineral vein had not been mined.

Once you have a clear idea in your mind, you will have a plan in mind as you move forward.

Three days later, Shen Lian returned to the outside of the magic weapon earth ball. He was surrounded by formations and restrictions, which constantly changed their crystal light.

But while he was in the restrictions, he did not touch any of them and stood cleverly in the gaps of the restrictions.

When the yellowish light on the earth ball faded away, Shen Lian dived in.

It was really smooth and went in at once.

After rushing into the mineral vein, the divine consciousness felt greatly restricted. It was not a problem of being suppressed, but the divine consciousness was no longer perceived so clearly after being released.

This situation is at least dozens of times more serious than other mineral veins sensed before.

In the cloud crystal stone in front of him, there was a white and translucent cave stone the size of a grain of rice.

The cloud crystal stone inlaid with the cave stone emits a faint light.

Shen Lian didn't dare to let the spirit puppet go. It would be troublesome if it lost contact.

After an inspection, he determined the size of the cloud crystal vein. The main body ran from north to south, with more than a dozen branches of different sizes on both sides.

The overall length is about fifteen miles.

It is like a crystal clear stone dragon embedded deep in the earth.

In the veins of cloud crystal stone, there are scattered grains of cave stones the size of rice grains.

These cave stones were not evenly distributed, so Shen Lian was not in a hurry to pry them down. He wanted to see if there were any larger cave stones.

However, he jumped up and down in the mine, moving like a monkey, but did not find any cave stone larger than a grain of rice.

He began to carefully read the inheritance of the weapon refiner and the formation master. Currently, both of these inheritances have reached the lower third level.

In the inheritance, there is a method to create a storage ring, but there is no other use for the cave stone.

Shen Lian guessed that it was because the level of inheritance was too low.

The number of cave stones in this vein exceeds 20,000.

One cave stone can be used to make a storage ring. The cave stones in this vein alone can be used to make more than 20,000 storage rings.

It is said that the Qianqiu Chamber of Commerce controls many mineral veins, and the number of cave stones is absolutely beyond imagination.

Could it be that Qianqiu Chamber of Commerce monopolized the Dongtian Stone for this reason?

Shen Lian scratched his head. The influence of the mineral vein here on his divine consciousness was dozens of times stronger than the third-level mineral vein he sensed in the Red Crystal Mine City.

This also further proves the preciousness of the cave stone, and it should not only be used to make storage rings.

According to his previous expectations, he would need to find a cave stone at least the size of a fist in order to open up a stable cave.

Now it seems that the only way to deal with it is to smelt the ore and see if it works.

After restraining his expression, Shen Lian began to collect the cave stones. He did not directly take the cave stones from the cloud crystal stone mine.

Needless to say, when people come to mine, looking at the holes on top, even a fool would know that someone has stolen in.

After taking a look around, Shen Lian came to the underground mine, took out a magic sword from the spoils, and slashed at the branch outside the mine.

The branches are free from the main vein and are less noticeable after being cut off.

However, after Shen Lian selected them, he found that there were only more than 2,000 cave stones collected together.

This amount is totally insufficient.

But if mining continues, the main body of the cloud crystal stone vein will be touched.

Just as Shen Lian was scratching his head, wondering whether to continue, a restriction not far away suddenly lit up.

There was also movement coming from the other side of the restriction.

"Jade mine?"

After some inspection, he found that the jade vein extending from the Jade Mine City just spread under the cloud crystal vein.

The miners on the opposite side who were mining jade ore had already dug under the cloud crystal stone.

…

Three days later.

“Buzz!”

At the junction of the jadeite vein and the cloud crystal stone vein, the restricted position of the formation was triggered.

Shen Lian took advantage of the nine-breath pause of the earth ball magic weapon and gently touched the formation.

It doesn't mean to tear the formation apart directly.

Instead, he took this opportunity to reduce the strength of the formation restriction and speed up the process of its collapse.

In this way, if someone in the mine opposite touches the restriction of the formation and suddenly connects the cloud crystal stone vein and the jadeite vein, then the traces of his stealing the cave stone will be greatly reduced.

After doing all this, Shen Lian waited for another three days, dug out more than half of the cave stones embedded in the cloud crystal stone vein in one breath, and took advantage of the stagnation of the magic weapon soil ball to drill out.

Weakening the forbidden formation is only the first step. The next step is to destroy all traces of entry into the mineral vein.

After escaping from Qianqiufang City from under the earth, Shen Lian did not stop and headed towards the Qingyu Mining City.

…

One month later, inside the jadeite mine cave.

Deep in the earth, miners are wielding special magical tools to knock down pieces of jade ore.

"Damn it, be careful. I told you this is a mine. Don't cause trouble for me again."

Deep in the mine, in a remote place, the smell of blood still lingered.

The low voice was full of warning.

"Brother, you are too cautious. Who would have thought that you and I would hide here."

An indifferent voice sounded, and while speaking, it did not stop absorbing blood and energy.

Compared to refining spirit stones, for the magic cultivators, the speed and excitement of cultivation will be greatly increased after getting a little blood on their hands.

After hiding in the mine for so long, it is impossible to suppress the violent thoughts.

"Shut up!"

Qi Yousan's face was gloomy and uncertain. He ignored the words of the figure next to him and said gloomily, "If I find you refining miners again, I will kill you first."

"Also, clean up the bloody smell here as soon as possible. Do you think we are the only two demon cultivators in this mine?"

"Hey……"

When Luo Hao lowered his head, a hint of ferocity flashed across his face, but when he raised his head, it had been completely restrained.

"Listen to my brother."

"Junior brother, it's not that I'm afraid of trouble, but now that Master is in danger of dying, if you and I don't be careful, we might get picked on."

"Wait a little longer. I believe that the damned old demon Yuanling will not be rampant for much longer."

“Not to mention those far away, all the demon ancestors who have practiced in Tianzhu Mountain for thousands of years have died violently if they have hunted people of the same level like this.”

"Once this bloodthirsty old devil dies, we can go out and look for Master's whereabouts. I hope Master can survive from the old devil's hands."

As he spoke, Qi Yousan reached out and patted his fellow apprentice on the shoulder.

"Brother, at this time, we two brothers should stick together. Don't you want the Jindan stage technique in Master's hand?"

"Then when..."

Junior fellow apprentice Luo Hao had just opened his mouth when he found his body suddenly stiffened.

"you……"

"Junior brother, I'll take you on your way."

A sinister voice sounded, Qi Yousan's expression changed, and his big hand reached out to grab Luo Hao's chest.

"boom!"

However, a ball of dense demonic energy exploded, the surrounding mines roared, and large pieces of rocks collapsed.

"My dear senior brother, you actually want to open your heart to your junior brother."

A sharp sound rang out in the mine. Luo Hao knocked away the collapsed rocks and ran wildly without caring about the direction.

Qi Yousan, who was blown away by the evil energy, suppressed the evil energy surging in his body and ran after him.

In this way, the two brothers fought all the way in the mine. The bursting demonic energy passed through the mine upwards and suddenly broke through the restriction above.

“Boom!”

In an instant, under the impact of the violent demonic energy, a large crack appeared in the formation guarding the cave stone vein.

The rolled-up energy began to spread, and soon gathered under Qianqiu Tower like a huge wave.

"not good!"

Hong Le, who was sitting in the building, was taking a nap with his maids when he was suddenly awakened.

ps: Sorry for the late update. I went to the hospital today and came back late. Also, I was not in a good mood when I was typing, so I was a bit stuck.

I mentioned this in the Writer's Talk yesterday, and many book friends didn't see it. The author's wife needs to have a minor surgery during this period, so the updates will fluctuate.

Please forgive me.

In Chapter 146, the author said that there was an error in the protagonist data marked in it, so it was reattached at the end.

[Shen Lian: Ninth Level of Foundation Building]

[Five Elements Spiritual Roots: Fire 100 Earth 100 Metal 31 Water 31 Wood 31]

[Supernatural power: Tianyan Fire Realm, Tianyan Earth Realm]

[Divine Thoughts: 3,860 feet]

[Refining Equipment: Third-level lower grade (112/70000) cannot be broken through]

[Formation: Third-order inferior (811/70000) cannot be broken through]

[Alchemist: Second-level middle grade (1011/20000) cannot be broken through]

[Talisman Master: Second-class upper grade (3214/50000) cannot be broken through]

[Puppet: Second-level inferior grade (1124/20000) cannot be broken through]

[Beast Taming: Second-level lower grade (4123/20000) cannot be broken through]

In Chapter 146, a book friend pointed out that there were two formations, one at the third level and one at the second level. I later simply deleted the second level formation. Only today did I discover that the location of the first third level formation should be the weapon refining location.

(End of this chapter)