Xiao Chen didn't expect that the ancient bronze keys he had collected a few years ago were actually a medium to connect to the Close and Yet World Pavilion. The world was indeed vast, and there were all sorts of strange things, not to mention the boundless mysteries of the wasteland.
In the blink of an eye, the Close and Yet World Pavilion truly lived up to its name. As long as it recognized someone as its master, no matter how strong or weak they were, they would be able to travel through the spatial turbulence without being harmed under the protection of the Close and Yet World Pavilion.
It was easy to imagine how happy Xiao Chen was that such a precious treasure would fall into his hands one day.
According to the information from the So Close World Pavilion, there were hundreds of these ancient bronze keys. Back then, when the Profound Sky Division was destroyed, these ancient bronze keys, which served as a medium, scattered all over the Great Desolate Eon. After this, Xiao Chen only needed to collect these ancient bronze keys.
After a long time, Xiao Chen suppressed the joy in his heart and focused his attention on the spiritual rice that was piled up like a small mountain.
Apart from the five normal spiritual rice, there were 14 types of human-grade spiritual rice, 11 types of earth-grade spiritual rice, and one type of heaven-grade spiritual rice. However, there weren't many of each type.
Of course, these weren't the only types of spiritual rice. The Spiritual Rice Pavilion in the Desolate Border only had these, and Xiao Chen had bought them all without hesitation.
This was especially true for the heaven-grade spiritual rice, the Green Jade Bodhi Rice. Each grain was the size of an adult's fist and was filled with a clear luster. There was even an illusory bodhi shadow within the spiritual rice that constantly flickered and emitted a mysterious aura. The function of the Green Jade Bodhi Rice was to help almighty Venerables calm down and comprehend their intents.
As the saying went, one's heart was like a bodhi, and one's mind was calm. One wouldn't be shaken even if the sky collapsed, and one was as steady as a rock.
It was said that this Green Jade Bodhi Rice was born tens of thousands of years ago. It was created by a top ling plant farmer who combined a kind of Green Jade Ice Heart Rice with the Bodhi Treasure Tree. The essence of the Bodhi Treasure Tree became nutrients for the spirit rice and took root in it. Using all kinds of special methods, the mysterious characteristics of the Bodhi Treasure Tree finally merged with the spirit rice. After many generations of cultivation, it finally transformed into the Green Jade Bodhi Rice of today.
This kind of cultivation and evolution required a strong tribe's foundation to combine with the cultivation of a warrior to cultivate the corresponding spiritual rice. The Ancient Yuan Tribe had only just started and could only cultivate the rice step by step. Furthermore, the tribe didn't have a specialized spirit plant farmer.
Xiao Chen chose a flat area by the lake and planted the ten grains of Jade-Green Bodhi Rice. Immediately, the soil became filled with spirituality and surged towards the Spirit Rice seeds. It continuously replenished the vitality that had been lost after removing the husk.
Feeling the increasingly vigorous vitality of the spiritual rice, Xiao Chen also let out a sigh of relief. This way, the spiritual rice had truly taken root in the space of the Seal of Mountains and Rivers.
After spending some effort, he planted all the spiritual rice in the space of the Heavenly Abode. Then, Xiao Chen once again appeared on the stone bed in the house.
The Ghost Market in the west district of Desolate Border City didn't have a specific opening time. Perhaps it wouldn't happen in eight or ten years, but it would happen two or three times every three to five months.
Moreover, the items that appeared inside were a mix of good and bad people. Once the purchase was made, everything was settled. Even if they found out later that they had spent a million yuan stones to buy a broken stone, they would have to accept the bitter fruit. For a long time, there had been no lack of troublemakers, but now they had all become skeletons outside Desolate Border City.
Perhaps it was because of the Ghost Market Trading Conference, but Desolate Border City was bustling with people. Not only were there wanderers and warriors, but there were also people from many tribes. The air was filled with a thick and rough atmosphere.
Xiao Chen's figure appeared in a restaurant near the west district. All kinds of martial artists gathered here, good and bad mixed together. They gathered together to drink and chat, waiting for the opening of the Ghost Market.
That's right, the Ghost Market would only open at night. At that time, there would be no distinction between humans and ghosts, and the barter would all depend on their own eyesight.
Compared to five years ago, when Xiao Chen first came to Desolate Border City and participated in the Void Barter Convention, the threshold to enter the Ghost Market was much lower. All kinds of people could participate. Even martial artists in the Bone Tempering Realm could enter the Ghost Market, and all kinds of spiritual treasures that couldn't be seen could be sold.
There was a young girl dressed in an animal skin skirt. She had slender and beautiful legs, crystal clear and translucent. She stood in front of Xiao Chen, and there was a trace of a smile at the corner of her mouth. Although her appearance wasn't peerless, it really brought people a pleasant feeling that came from the heart.
"Sir, the Ten Thousand Beasts Food Palace has medicinal soup cooked with all kinds of fierce beasts and spirit herbs. It is full of vitality and easy for the human body to absorb, and this shop accepts the exchange of equal value."
The young girl smiled, stretched out her jade-like hand, and handed Xiao Chen a small animal skin scroll, which recorded some medicinal soup in the food palace. From the ordinary one-star fierce beast, Fanged Pig, to the three-star fierce beast, Qingtian Bull, there were all kinds of medicinal soup. Roughly looking, there were hundreds of kinds of medicinal soup cooked by fierce beasts.
Of course, the price also gradually increased, from a few ordinary low-grade primordial stones to the highest price of ten high-grade primordial stones. In addition, if the martial artist didn't have enough primordial stones, he could also use martial arts pills, spirit ore casting materials, spirit fruits and rare treasures, or even the weapons in his hands as collateral.
Without choosing too much, Xiao Chen chose a jar of hundred-year-old clear water, a medicinal soup made of Eight Treasures Blood Ginseng Chicken, and a three-star blood flower deer venison. Just these three things cost a hundred mid-grade primordial stones.
Not long after, Xiao Chen's medicinal soup was served. The medicinal soup was crystal clear and viscous, the venison was golden and crispy, exuding a rich fragrance, and one could feel the condensed medicinal power in it. There was also a jar of clear water, crystal clear, and also filled with medicinal fragrance.
There were many martial artists in the food palace, and all kinds of noises were endless. Xiao Chen constantly heard news about the Ghost City from these martial artists.
"Tonight, the Ghost City will open until the next morning. At that time, the entire West City will be the venue of the Ghost City. Anyone who wants to set up a stall in the Ghost City will have to pay ten mid-grade primordial stones. Moreover, the Lord of West City, Ghost Beheading Venerable, has already announced that the old rules are still the same. No one is allowed to fight in the Ghost City. Anyone who violates the rules will be killed without mercy!"
"This time, I don't know how many treasures will appear in the Ghost City. I remember that the last Ghost City was held ten years ago. In the past ten years, many martial artists have found many treasures in the dangerous Secret Territory."
"I don't think it's just some treasures that have been buried for a long time. Do you remember the event that shook the entire Desolate Border ten years ago?"
At this time, a martial artist said mysteriously.
"Ten years ago, the event that shook the Desolate Border!"
"Is it the high-grade Purple Mountain Combat Division?"
Listening to the exchange of the surrounding martial artists, it also aroused Xiao Chen's interest. Ten years ago, a major event had indeed happened in the Desolate Border. The high-grade Purple Mountain Combat Division of the Desolate Border.
For some unknown reason, an Elder had suddenly stolen the Purple Blood God Soul Talisman of the Zilun War Tribe and betrayed the Zilun War Tribe. Then, he had killed three Elders of the Zilun War Tribe, and two were seriously injured.
Later, the patriarch of the Purple Mountain Combat Division had personally crossed tens of thousands of miles of the Desolate Border and killed the elder who had betrayed the tribe in the depths of the Desolate Border. However, the whereabouts of the Purple Blood God Soul Talisman were unknown.
The Purple Blood God Soul Talisman was a special soul defense spirit tool. It was said that it contained a soul defense formation that could prevent others from peeping into the soul. Moreover, it could devour the spiritual will of others and feed it back to the host.
"No wonder someone saw the patriarch of the Purple Mountain Combat Division, Zi Feng, at the city gate a few days ago. He personally came to the Desolate Border City. It seems that he wanted to take back the clan's treasure."
"This is only one of the reasons." At this time, the mysterious martial artist paused and then said, "Do you remember that a year ago, in the secret territory of Marquis of Xuankong Combat Division, a ranger was lucky enough to obtain a catalog of an Earth-level offensive formation?"
"The formation catalog obtained by this ranger will appear in the Ghost City this time. This is a formation refined by the Marquis of Xuankong Combat Division. Everyone can imagine the power of this formation. Even if a Second-Floor Realm martial artist enters it, there will be a risk of dying."
"So what? The Marquis of Xuankong Combat Division can be said to be the human combat division in the history of the Desolate Border Region. Even though it has been destroyed for tens of thousands of years, our younger generation's formation masters cannot surpass the former Marquis of Xuankong Combat Division."
"That's right. An Earth-level formation is no small matter. Ten thousand years ago, the ten great formation masters of the Marquis of Xuankong Combat Division worked together to set up ten Earth-level formations and killed a Ninth Heaven of the Second-Floor Realm of a foreign race. This kind of power is absolutely incomparable to our younger generation."
"Moreover, even if there is an Earth-level formation, so what? Without a formation master, who can restore the glory of tens of thousands of years ago? Moreover, the spiritual materials needed for an Earth-level formation are not guaranteed to be completely collected even by a high-rank combat division."
"What if this Earth-level formation has an array disk?"
What!
"Could it be that this Earth-level formation was imprinted on the array disk by a formation master?"
Hearing this, many cultivators couldn't help but take a deep breath. If this Earth Grade Formation was really engraved on the formation plate, then there would be no need to waste so many Formation Dao spiritual materials, nor would there be a need for a Formation Dao Grandmaster, ordinary cultivators would be able to arrange it. This was a method derived from a Formation Dao Grandmaster.
Xiao Chen drank the clear water in the cup, and a flash of interest flashed in his eyes. He did not expect to hear about the array disk again, and it was an Earth-level formation.
Five years ago, he had exchanged for an upper-grade Spirit Gathering Formation at the Void Trading Convention. This auxiliary formation had gathered dozens of times the Qi of Heaven and Earth, forming a small paradise in the tribe. Over the past five years, many martial artists from the tribe had entered the formation, and it could be said that the development of the Gu Yuan Tribe was not small.
With the existence of the array disk, the most difficult step of this Earth-level formation had been completed. Therefore, if a martial artist who obtained the formation wanted to activate the formation, he only needed to embed a primordial stone in the array disk and activate the mysteries of the array disk, and the formation would naturally be activated.