274 Array Flags (2)
“These two people have both practiced martial arts.” Jiang Ming’s eyelids twitched. Both of them had extremely strong blood Qi in their bodies.
The young stall owner was at around the level of a first-class martial artist, while the child was a second-class martial artist.
“Xuanguang City is indeed one of the top cities in the Litfire Region. There are martial arts experts everywhere. This child is so accomplished at such a young age!” Jiang Ming thought to himself.
Jiang Ming squatted down expressionlessly and looked at the things being sold in the stall. There were talismans, elixirs, and magical tools. Unfortunately, most of them were primary-level items.
Under the black sword’s guidance, Jiang Ming quickly saw the grayish-white animal hide. It was stuck together with several other animal hides and covered with black soil. It was almost rotten, as if it would break with a casual touch.
Jiang Ming could not help but raise his eyebrows. He didn’t feel any special aura from this thing. This piece of animal hide was emanating a rotten aura. It was likely that it had lost all its spiritual aura. It was impossible to see the scriptures on it clearly, so it was of no value.
“Dude, how dare you sell this animal hide for three hundred spirit stones? You must be a greedy person!” Sure enough, before Jiang Ming could speak, a cultivator beside him could not help but raise his voice.
The young stall owner’s voice was gentle but determined. “This is what my brother and I dug out at the edge of the ruins. It’s priced appropriately!”
The cultivators around them sneered. That’s what every seller here was saying! Despite that, most of their items were fake.
“I’ll take it!”
Jiang Ming did not hesitate and took out a storage ring. He reached out and took the pile of animal hides from the stall, then threw it into the storage ring where the black sword was.
“F*ck!” The black sword’s voice had changed.
“No problem!” The young stall owner counted the money and nodded. “Take it!”
“Wait!” On the side, someone suddenly became anxious and hurriedly said, “I’ll pay five hundred. Bro, give me the animal hides!”
“Get lost!” Jiang Ming said mercilessly and turned to leave.
“I’m from the Gray Blood Sect. Do what I say so that we can be on good terms in the future.” That person suddenly caught up, his eyes dangerous.
Although there were terrifying arrays and restrictions in Xuanguang City that forbade private fights, it would still be difficult for him to leave this place if he was targeted.
“The Gray Blood Sect?” Jiang Ming was stunned. He felt that the name sounded familiar.
“I remember now. When I was looking for Lu Xiaoyu, there were a few idiots who were from the Gray Blood Sect, weren’t there?”
Jiang Ming’s eyes narrowed slightly. However, he shouted without mercy, “Who cares about the Gray Blood Sect? I’m from the Divine Eye Sect. Come and take revenge on me if you have the balls!”
Jiang Ming threw out a token and hit the other party’s head. Then, he slipped into the crowd and disappeared.
The person who was competing with Jiang Ming for the animal hides was dumbfounded. He quickly picked up the token from the ground and looked at it. He was so scared that his limbs twitched. Damn it! It was really a token of the Divine Eye Sect. He was in trouble this time.
* * *
In an alley, Jiang Ming, who had changed his appearance, was walking slowly. “I have a bunch of tokens! Not just from the Divine Eye Sect, but I also have tokens from the Fire Lotus Valley, and even the Cangming Grotto-Heaven.”
Jiang Ming found a cave abode prepared for immortal cultivators. It was a separate courtyard with a protective array and a special training field. Jiang Ming stayed there for the time being.
After personally setting up a bunch of warning spiritual arrays, Jiang Ming finally relaxed a little. He sat in the courtyard and ate some fruits while asking the black sword, “Friend, how is it going? Did you find anything?”
“F*cking wash them first. Except for that grayish-white animal hide, throw everything else away. Damn it, they’re so stinky!”
The black sword jumped up and down. “It’s fine if you don’t find me a good place to stay. However, you stuffed this stinky stuff down here! It’s too much for me!”
After a long while, Jiang Ming pinched his nose, washed the grayish-white animal hide, and threw it back to the black sword.
“This is the incomplete part of an array flag. It seems to be the main array flag of an array.” A moment later, the black sword spoke. “It should have been dug out from the ground. However, after more than ten thousand years, the array has been damaged, the spiritual energy has dissipated, and the array flags have also been destroyed. They have lost their function. This array flag is made in a very special way. In order to prevent it from being damaged too quickly, the materials containing the array patterns are hidden deep in the animal hide. Unless the array is activated, even a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator will not be able to see anything.”
Jiang Ming suddenly understood.
“Then, what’s the use of these array flags?” he asked.
“It’s normally useless. However, it’s very useful at critical moments!” The black sword let out a strange laugh. Without waiting for Jiang Ming to ask more, it immediately explained, “Now, the arrays in the blessed land’s ruins have almost been completely destroyed, and many of them are useless. If it’s as you said, the ruins will be opened for the last time, and I’m afraid that these arrays will be immediately reactivated! If you can refine this array flag and bring it in during the exploration of the ruins, to a certain extent, you may be able to change the power of the array in that area. Even if it’s just a slight change, it will have a huge impact on that area. Moreover, this array flag seems to be the main array flag of a killing array. Moreover, in the ruins of the blessed land, the arrays are all interconnected. Even in other areas, these array flags should be able to play a certain role. This thing is usually broken when an array is damaged. I didn’t expect to run into an almost undamaged one. It’s really rare! Perhaps this is the only one in the entire ruins.”
Jiang Ming was pleasantly surprised. He had not expected to pick up such a great treasure in Xuanguang City.
“Should we go back and find the two brothers and ask them where they dug it up?” Jiang Ming muttered in his heart. However, this matter should still be low-key and not attract attention.
Over the next few days, Jiang Ming kept a low profile in Xuanguang City. Every day, he would cultivate and refine the array flag according to what the black sword had taught him. He also found a weapon-refining shop in the city and used all kinds of rare metals and materials to refine a flagpole. He then engraved simple array patterns on it to better control the array flag.
The runes used to refine the flagpole were not rare. Thus, it naturally did not attract any special attention.
However, Jiang Ming also noticed that more and more cultivators were gathering in Xuanguang City.
The geniuses of the various major sects would often appear in Xuanguang City. No matter where they went, they would attract the gaze of countless people.
“Li Qianya, Qi Yue, and the others are all here,” Jiang Ming muttered. These were the most dazzling geniuses of the Feather Kingdom.
Apart from them, Fei Ming from the Cangming Grotto-Heaven also appeared in Xuanguang City.
“I didn’t have time to kill you last time, and you even called for help to hunt me down. You also sent people to guard Clearwater City and hunt me down to the Black Wind Demonic Abyss. I’m going to take revenge for this.”
Jiang Ming stared at Fei Ming. who was surrounded by a group of people, and smiled.
* * *
In the city, in a remote house, there was a sudden knock on the door.
“Who is it?”
A crisp sound was heard, and the old wooden door opened.
“I’m looking for your brother!” Jiang Ming looked at the little girl, who was only five or six years old, in front of him and smiled gently.