What interested Xiao Chen the most was this Earth-level Offensive Array, which could make a Heavy Building Realm martial artist suffer a grievance. It could be used as the tribe's protective array to protect the tribe.
Although the Gu Yuan Tribe's top combat power was comparable to a high-grade combat division, in general, the tribe had not experienced the long period of accumulation of a tribe's advancement, so it lacked stability.
All along, it could be said that the tribe had been developing by pulling up seedlings to help them grow. The development of a tribe required craftsmen, array masters, pharmacists, spirit botanists, and many other auxiliary professions. Different craftsmen could better develop a tribe, and the Gu Yuan Tribe needed to slowly make up for these deficiencies.
This was not something that could be done overnight. Although the Gu Yuan Tribe's top powerhouses had met the requirements to be promoted to a high-grade combat division, the entire tribe did not have the foundation that a high-grade combat division should have. Even among the middle-grade combat divisions, they could barely be ranked in the middle.
This was also the reason why Xiao Chen had not promoted the tribe to a high-grade combat division.
Even when the tribe had just been promoted, the entire tribe had relied on his powerful strength to suppress the situation and prevent internal strife.
With an Earth-level Offensive Array, it was enough to turn the Gu Yuan Tribe's mountain city into a sturdy fortress. This way, even if the Gu Yuan Tribe's powerhouses were not in the tribe for a while, the tribe's mountain city would not be invaded by external forces for a short period of time.
In just a short while, Xiao Chen had already made up his mind. If an Earth-level Offensive Array really appeared in the Ghost City, he would obtain it at all costs. This was the guarantee that the Gu Yuan Tribe would not lose in the future.
In the face of the shock of the many martial artists, the martial artist who had aroused everyone's amazement kept his mouth shut and did not reveal anything. This immediately made many of the martial artists who had aroused their interest very unhappy.
"Lord Que, I've paid for this brother's medicinal cuisine and fine wine. I wonder if this brother is satisfied?"
Finally, a martial artist spoke up and paid for the blood and food consumed by this martial artist. Looking at the various medicinal cuisines on the table, although they were not exquisite, they were still worth dozens of mid-grade Primordial Stones.
"Everyone."
This was the martial artist who revealed the news. He finally spoke up. "I am not talented, but I am just trying to make a living."
Just as he finished speaking, a beast skin scroll suddenly appeared in the cultivator's hand.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this animal skin scroll is a compilation of the treasures that will appear in the Ghost City according to some rumors and news from the Wasteland. Although I dare not guarantee that everything will be correct, it still contains eighty percent of the treasures. It will be of great help to the Lords who are about to enter the Ghost City."
This person was actually a broker!
"Cheng Hui, ten mid-grade Primordial Stones!"
In the end, Xiao Chen spent ten mid-grade Primordial Stones and got a beast skin scroll.
The Animal Skin Roll was densely covered with flylike characters, outlining some of the items that might appear in the Ghost City one by one. Moreover, there was a line of annotations below each treasure, indicating the origin of this treasure. As for who currently possessed it, it didn't reveal the slightest bit.
The Purple Blood God Soul Talisman of the Zilun War Division and the Earth-step Offensive Formation Plate were all listed on the animal skin roll. Xiao Chen's main focus was on the Earth-step Offensive Formation Plate.
Myriad Tribulations Demon Punishing Thunder Formation!
Earth-step Middle Grade Formation. When the formation was activated, the Thunder Dragon would appear and the evil would be destroyed. This turned out to be an Earth-step Thunder Attribute Formation. Thunder was famous for its destructive power. One could imagine the power of this formation.
There was even a description of the origin of this formation on the animal skin roll. Ten thousand years ago, the Xuankong War Division's protective formation was called the Submerged Thunder Demon Punishing Formation. It was ranked among the Upper Grade Earth Level. Even the Venerable of the Eighth Heaven of the Heavenly Building Realm would die in it.
Later, the Great Elder of the Xuankong War Division, Old Man Zhenjue, derived an Earth-step Formation that was easy to arrange based on the tribe's Submerged Thunder Demon Punishing Formation. This was the Myriad Tribulations Demon Punishing Formation.
Once the formation was formed, it would give birth to a Spirit Thunder. It was said that when the Spirit Thunder evolved to the extreme, it could even evolve into a Thunder Dragon that controlled the formation. With a single thought, it could send down thousands of Thunder Tribulations and destroy the martial artists that entered the formation. In front of the Thunder Dragon, the enemy was a demon and should be destroyed.
On the entire animal skin roll, the most eye-catching six treasures were marked. Among them, the Earth-step Formation Disk and the Purple Blood God Soul Talisman were among them. The other four treasures were the Falling Moon Bow, the Tri-Colored Sky Mending Fruit, the Four Star Three-Headed Silver Winged Bird's egg, and the suspected Five Star Wind Thunder Dragon's Wind Thunder Bone.
Just these six items made Xiao Chen speechless. If it was just the quality of the treasures, it would not be inferior to the Void Barter Convention five years ago. However, he did not dare to take out these items to trade openly.
The Five Star Wind Thunder Dragon was innately compatible with wind and thunder. It was a natural born Five Star Fierce Beast. When it reached adulthood, it could reach the Five Star Realm, which was comparable to the Ninth Sky of the Heavenly Building Realm. It was an existence of half-step King level. If its bloodline was purified to a certain degree, its bloodline would regress, and it might even become a Wind Thunder Dragon King.
The Wind Thunder Dragon's Wind Thunder Bone was extremely useful for humans to comprehend the wind and thunder attributes. If the martial artist's attribute bloodline had a high degree of compatibility, they could even refine the Wind Thunder Bone into their body and turn it into Wind Thunder Wings.
In the Desolate Border Region, there was a powerful wanderer called Venerable Wind Thunder.
A hundred years ago, in the depths of the Great Wilderness, Venerable Wind Thunder slew a Four Star Realm Wind Thunder Flood Dragon. However, he was also severely injured, and the Wind Thunder Flood Dragon's corpse was taken away by someone else.
During these hundred years, Wind Thunder Supreme Expert searched through the entire Desolate Border, always searching for the mastermind of the past. If anyone dared to get their hands on this Wind Thunder Bone, they would have to reconsider themselves, whether they could withstand the wrath of a supreme expert.
The Four Star Three-Headed Silver Bird's beast egg. Several years ago, the Maple Battle Division of the Desolate Border Region lost a Four Star Three-Headed Silver Bird's beast egg.
The Three-Colored Sky Mending Fruit. A few days ago, the Heavenly Treasures Pavilion of the Eastern District of the Desolate Border City had a Deputy Pavilion Master who was responsible for escorting treasures. His corpse was found two thousand miles away from the Desolate Border City. His storage space was robbed, and one of the treasures was the Three-Colored Sky Mending Fruit. Behind the Heavenly Treasures Pavilion was a high-rank Heavenly Treasure Combat Division, which was ranked fifth in the Desolate Border Region.
The Falling Moon Bow, a mid-rank Spirit Weapon, was not outstanding among these treasures. However, the previous owner of the Falling Moon Bow was the Young Master of the wanderer faction Thorn Fort. Half a year ago, the corpse of the Young Master of the Thorn Fort was found outside the Thorn Fort. It had long been eaten by vicious beasts and was beyond recognition.
As his gaze swept over the six treasures, Xiao Chen could not help but sigh. The Ghost City was simply a gathering to dispose of stolen goods. Furthermore, this was only the selection of the high-value items. The entire Ghost City covered an area of fifty kilometers. Who knew how many items that could not see the light of day were on display?
However, these ten mid-rank Primal Stones were worth it. It seemed that the cultivator who sold the beast skin scroll was not someone from an ordinary faction. He was most likely a cultivator from this Ghost City.
There was still some time before midnight. Xiao Chen carefully chewed on the golden roasted venison. The dense Blood Qi was roasted using a special technique, causing the Blood Qi to condense and not scatter. When it entered his mouth, it turned into a dense Blood Qi that was absorbed by his body.
However, to the current Xiao Chen, this was insignificant. It could only satisfy his appetite.
In his heart, he was constantly thinking about how to obtain the Earth-Ranked offensive array disc. When he left the Gu Yuan Tribe this time, he brought hundreds of thousands of mid-rank Primal Stones. Four million low-rank Primal Stones might seem like a lot, but when he really arrived at Desolate Border City, he realized that these Primal Stones were nothing at all.
Those tribes and forces that had been passed down for thousands of years had accumulated a wealth that was difficult to estimate. Just the spirit rice that he bought had already used up more than half of the Primal Stones that he brought with him. It was almost impossible for him to obtain anything from the Ghost City with the remaining Primal Stones.
Fortunately, he had the Mountain and River Seal Heavenly Abode. This kind of divine object had spiritual herbs everywhere. The most common Third Revolution spiritual herb was worth a hundred high-rank Primal Stones. He was constantly thinking about whether he should sell some spiritual herbs in exchange for some high-rank Primal Stones. After all, the Primal Stone Cannon on the Void Battleship needed high-rank Primal Stones as energy reserves.
When the moon set, some cultivators began to leave one after another, heading towards the West City District. Immediately after, Xiao Chen also put down enough mid-rank Primal Stones and got up to leave the restaurant.
At this moment, Desolate Border City was very crowded. It was not affected by the arrival of the night at all. The entire street was filled with people.
Under the curtain of the night, the entire ancient city seemed to exude vitality once again. Like an ordinary cultivator, Xiao Chen blended into the crowd and felt the various strong and weak cultivations of the surrounding cultivators. There were even Heavenly Building Realm cultivators passing by him in a hurry.
Soon, Xiao Chen followed the crowd to a street entrance in the West City. There was a team of Combat Masters guarding the entrance. They were the Combat Masters of the West City District, Hu Hucheng.
"Enter the Ghost City, ten mid-rank Primal Stones."
Xiao Chen heard the voice. This was one of the entrances to the Ghost City. The entire West City District had long been surrounded, leaving only a few entrances. Only by paying the Primal Stones could one enter the Ghost City.
Every cultivator who entered the Ghost City had to pay ten mid-rank Primal Stones. This was an extremely fast way to rake in money. However, this also required a powerful force to suppress it, or else it would attract the attention of various forces.
Casually taking out ten mid-rank Primal Stones, a black straw cape and a straw hat appeared in Xiao Chen's hands. The straw cape was large enough to cover his entire body. Furthermore, the straw hat had a hood at the bottom, concealing his face.
Touching the straw cape, a hint of surprise flashed in Xiao Chen's eyes. This straw cape and straw hat were weaved using Soul Locking Grass, which had the effect of isolating the senses of cultivators.
He had the spiritual will of a Venerable realm cultivator. Just now, when he tried it, he discovered that the straw cape was unable to isolate his spiritual will. But then again, even if it couldn't isolate the spiritual sense of a Venerable realm cultivator, how many Venerables could descend upon the Ghost City?
Taking a step forward, Xiao Chen's figure entered the Ghost City. Wearing the black straw cape, he blended into the crowd. Even the people beside him didn't notice when he had appeared.