Bab 14: Chapter 13 Paid Hoodlums
As Liang Chen was making his way through the dense forest, when the Universal Guide warned him. "There is a 3 man team following you." He just got out of the sect and now he is being followed. Liang Chen doesn't need to think hard that those guys are from the Liu family, however, he is not aware of their strength.
"Help me formulate a trap and gravity array formation." Liang Chen asked. "Sure." The Universal Guide followed.
This is one of the abilities of the Universal Guide. Not only it has limitless knowledge about cultivation, but it can also act on its own. It is like using Microsoft word and it helps check grammar and spelling errors.
While walking, Liang Chen picked up 6 stones and began using his qi to put inscriptions on them. With the help of the Universal Guide and Liang Chen's knowledge from earth, he derived a completely unique array formation formula. The stones are not as good and stable as formation flags, but as long as they are trapped and have no interference from the outside, these 6 stones are good enough.
Once Liang Chen was done with the inscriptions, he turned around, threw the stones 2 meters in front of him, and wait for the arrival of the stalkers. The stones are placed in a hexagram. 3 stones each for the 2 array formations.
A few moments passed and he saw a group of cultivators dressed in all black. They are all dressed like thieves or ninjas.
"Hand over all your spirit stones and cultivation resources, and we'll let you leave with your life," said the leader of the group, a tall and muscular man with a cruel smirk on his face.
Liang Chen frowned, his eyes scanning the group. They were all in the Qi Refining realm, but their strength was nowhere near his own. The leader is at Qi Refining realm level 3. He was confident he could take them on, but he didn't want to waste his time and energy on such petty fights.
"Sorry, I don't have any spirit stones or cultivation resources on me," Liang Chen said calmly, hoping to defuse the situation.
The leader snorted in disbelief. "Do you think we're fools? You're a cultivator under a sect, there's no way you don't have anything valuable on you."
Liang Chen sighed inwardly. He knew there was no reason for these people. He released his flying sword and pose a stance.
The leader grunts and then ordered his men to charge alongside him. Does this runt think with his puny Mortal realm level 8 power can compete with 3 Qi Refining cultivators?
Once all 3 are inside the formation, Liang Chen quickly made hand signs with his free hand. A triangular transparent barrier emerged in front of the 3 man team, trapping them. They felt heavy like a cow or horse riding them instead of the other way around. It was so quick that when they reached the edge, it felt like they bumped into an invisible wall.
Liang Chen's unique array formation formula can be activated using hand signs. The advantage is that he can quickly set up a formation and activate it at any time he wants. He doesn't need to wait for the enemy and drop the last flag to activate an array. Like turning on a tv with a remote instead of getting near it and pushing the turn-on button.
The 3 cultivators were taken aback, their expressions turning from arrogance to fear. They realized they had underestimated Liang Chen, and they knew they were no match for him. Their limbs are so heavy that they are having a hard time raising their arms.
"This is a formation?" the leader said, his voice quivering. "You... you're a formation master?" Liang Chen didn't say anything and just stood there.
"Senior... please forgive us. We saw mount tai but our eyes are blind." The leader was pleading. For some time now, because of the gravity array formation, all 3 of them are now on their hands and feet. Liang Chen almost laughed as he had read that line so many times.
"Who sent you?" Liang Chen asked.
"We... We don't know." The leader hesitated and Liang Chen noticed that he is lying. This was also warned by the Universal Guide. He placed his flying sword beside the leader's neck and asked again.
"It's the Liu family's 2nd young master! We were just given some gold and silver coins to rob all of your things and your cultivation technique!" The leader was sweating buckets as he said.
"I see..." Liang Chen with one swift strike beheaded the leader. The other 2 were shocked. One of them fainted and the other pissed his pants. He had no plans to kill them but now that they are just paid hoodlums of the Liu family, he decided to kill one of them to serve as a warning. Liang Chen is not cruel by nature however he had read a lot of immortal cultivation novels to know that being passive will just let the other party continue their things. He needs to show them he has sharp teeth too. Liang Chen took the ring from the leader. He rejoiced since this is a mid-grade mortal storage ring. It has 50 cubic meters of space.
Liang Chen released the array formation and said. "Leave right now if you don't want to die. Don't forget to take the other guy with you." He stared at the last guy who was conscious. The guy quickly took the unconscious guy at his back and then run off.
Once they are out of sight, Liang Chen checked the storage ring using spirit sense. Inside were some junks however the most notable would be 415 gold coins, 278 silver coins, 763 copper coins, a drawn picture of him, 36 mortal realm beast cores, 22 black stones of different sizes, a chunk of low-quality jade, and a map.
Liang Chen was shocked at how many gold coins there are. In this world, the main currency is the transition metals or informally called coinage metals. 1 gold coin is equivalent to 100 silver coins, and 1 silver coin is equivalent to 100 copper coins. a single bun with no filling costs 2 copper coins. This means he is rich under normal human standards of living in this world.
Liang Chen thought that those are for the normal standard of living but how about cultivation materials? He hasn't checked the market yet but the next mission might require visiting a cultivation village or town.
Next, he burned the drawn picture of him using qi fire and checked the map. This map shows a destination that is close to his mission objective. It doesn't say anything but he plans to check it out after getting the Swiftsilver Flower.
"What are these black stones?" Asked Liang Chen.
"These are geng metals." The Universal Guide continued. "It is mortal-grade material that can be used for crafting artifacts and formation flags. The characteristic of this metal is that it is very hard. Qi Refining realm cultivators cannot destroy the artifacts or formation flags made with this material."
After everything was checked and stashed in his now own storage ring, Liang Chen said to the Universal Guide. "Storage rings have no restrictions on them. Anyone can use it as long as it is on their hands. It is like a cabinet with no locks. Can I put a lock on it?"
The Universal Guide said "Yes, you can. You can put an array formation inside. Other cultivators can still access the storage ring however with an array formation, you can cover the whole space inside."
Liang Chen got excited. He never thought that he can set up an array formation inside a storage ring. He thought for a minute then asked again. "There isn't any qi inside a storage ring, so how can the array formation power up? Can I put an attack formation with it and if someone tried to break it, it will automatically attack?"
"You can set up a qi gathering array to gather qi from the outside and with a spirit stone as a medium. You got 2 low-grade spirit stones from Master Wu. Use one then all array formations will be supplied with unlimited qi" The Universal Guide explained.
"Genius!" Liang Chen exclaimed. The spirit stone will be like a rechargeable battery and the array formations will function like it is outside. He is getting more and more astonished by the Universal Guide's ways of thinking.
"However, setting up an attack formation is pointless. Cultivators are outside the ring, so the attacks from the attack formation will stay on the inside. What you can do is set up a spirit sense attack array formation instead." The Universal Guide suggested.
Liang Chen nodded. "Assist me with forging formation flags."
"I'll make you a Mortal Forging Master in time. 1st take out a piece of geng metal and use your Qi Rifining realm soul flame..." The Universal Guide instructed.
Liang Chen was enjoying crafting formation flags while thinking of the faces any thieves will make when they get attacked by his array formations.
Once done, he continued on his way, determined to complete his mission and return to the Mystic Cloud Sect as soon as possible.
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