Chapter 436 The Man Behind the Scenes

For a long time, Xiao Lin has been very interested in the art of formations and wanted to study it carefully.

However, at that time, he was only a foundation-building cultivator, and his life span was only a short two hundred years. At this stage, Xiao Lin spent all his time on cultivation, and was still worried that he would not be able to enter the Golden Core stage at the best age for cultivation.

Naturally, he had no extra energy and time to study the formations. After carefully comprehending the [Blue Luan Immortal Scripture], Xiao Lin obtained the method of refining the Blue Luan Ice Thunder Sword and the driving formula of the sword formation.

But being able to use it is one thing, and whether you have a deeper understanding of the principles is another. Moreover, this Blue Luan Immortal Scripture only contains the method of arranging the formation, as well as the changes and emergency strategies against the enemy, and there is no detailed explanation of the mysteries of the formation.

After understanding these, Xiao Lin secretly decided that if he had the opportunity in the future, he would buy a book about the inner principles of the formation and comprehend it carefully.

In fact, many immortal cultivators know that only by understanding the profound principles of the formation can they be used with ease and flexibility. More importantly, whether they are adventuring outside or practicing in seclusion, they will inevitably come into contact with some forbidden methods. If they do not understand the profound principles of the formation, it is basically impossible to break it by brute force.

Thinking of this, Xiao Lin picked up the book [Detailed Explanation of the Mystery of the Formation], opened the cover, and read it carefully.

And the ordinary-looking decadent man saw that Xiao Lin seemed to be interested in his book, and his eyes showed a hopeful expression again.

After reading for a cup of tea, Xiao Lin closed the cover and picked up another book [Detailed Explanation of the Method of Changing the Formation of the Nine Palaces]. After reading for a while, Xiao Lin closed the book in his hand and showed a thoughtful expression on his face.

Xiao Lin glanced at the man, and seeing his satisfied and hopeful eyes, he asked calmly, "How much are these two books?"

Xiao Lin pointed to the book [Detailed Explanation of the Mysteries of Formation] on the stall. In Xiao Lin's opinion, these two books are indeed introductory books on formations, and the content in them is easy to understand. The author of this book also cited many examples to simplify the content of the book.

More importantly, through these two books, Xiao Lin understood that the person who could write these two books should be a famous formation master.

"One hundred low-grade spirit stones for each book." The decadent man saw Xiao Lin asking about the price and immediately said with expectation.

Hearing this price, Xiao Lin frowned slightly. It was not that he thought the price of these two books was expensive, but rather that they were too cheap. Most of these formation books were written by people who studied the way of formations and achieved certain achievements.

Not to mention the content, the writing process alone is also a time-consuming and labor-intensive task. Of course, the explanation of the way of formations can also be recorded through jade slips. Jade slips are the simplest and most convenient way for cultivators to record the formulas of cultivation.

The jade slips also have a disadvantage, that is, they cannot record complex pictures. These two books not only explain the inner principles of the formation in detail, but also depict many formation diagrams, and list the gates of life and death in detail, as well as their methods of life and death.

"If you think it's too expensive, ninety low-grade spirit stones per book is already the cheapest price. In order to write these formations, my master has..." Seeing Xiao Lin's expression, the decadent man thought that Xiao Lin thought it was too expensive, and he couldn't help showing a look of anxiety on his face, and the price was also reduced from one hundred low-grade spirit stones to ninety low-grade spirit stones.

"Are you saying that these formation books were not written by you?" Xiao Lin asked in surprise after hearing this.

"Although I am also familiar with formations, I am far from being able to write formation books. These books were written by my master. Sixty years ago, my master was plotted against by his enemies and has been bedridden ever since. Over the past few decades, in order to treat my master's injuries, almost all the savings in the sect have been spent. More than a dozen fellow disciples have left, and now only I am left."

"In order to stay alive, my master wrote these formations with a seriously injured body and asked me to sell them to earn some spirit stones to buy medicine for my master."

"So that's it." Xiao Lin finally understood after hearing this. He couldn't help but become interested in the master of the decadent monk. In his opinion, someone who can write such a profound formation book should not be unknown in the way of formation.

"I have bought all these formation books, but Xiao has one condition, that is, take Xiao to see your master." Xiao Lin said.

After hearing that Xiao Lin bought all the formation books on his stall, the decadent man was full of surprise, but he hesitated when he heard the second half of the sentence.

"Don't worry, fellow Daoist, I have no ill intentions. I am just trying to comprehend a set of sword formations recently, and there are many puzzles in it, so I want to ask your master for advice." Xiao Lin's words were half true and half false. What he said was true, but his real purpose was not all to ask for advice on the doubts in practicing sword formations.

The decadent man did not agree immediately, but looked at Xiao Lin with a thoughtful expression. He thought about it and realized that he and his master had been dependent on each other for decades, and now he was penniless. Because his master was seriously injured, he could not stay away from going out to practice and earn spirit stones.

In the past few years, he could only rely on his master to compile some formation books. Every day, he came to the East City Market to sell one or two books to earn spirit stones to get some spiritual medicine for his master to suppress his injuries.

The decadent man has already lost confidence in his future of cultivation. He only hopes to accompany his master until he dies, and then find a quiet place to live out his life.

Since the person in front of him asked to see his master, he was a little worried. Is this person his master's former enemy? If he takes him back rashly, it would be like inviting a wolf into the house.

And if he refuses, this person will leave in anger, then the master's spiritual medicine today will have no place to go, so he is in a dilemma for a while, not knowing how to answer.

Seeing the change in the expression on the decadent man's face, Xiao Lin can roughly guess his concerns.

"The reason why Xiao wants to see your master is indeed because Xiao is very interested in the way of formations, and through these manuscripts, Xiao guessed that your master must be a famous formation master, so he wants to have a good chat with him and ask him humbly about the secrets of formations. There is no other plot. If you don't believe it, Xiao can't do anything, so I'll leave now." After saying that, Xiao Lin turned around and wanted to leave.

"Wait a minute, fellow Daoist." The decadent man called out to Xiao Lin. He was determined. In his opinion, if he didn't open the shop, whether the master could survive these few days was a matter of debate. If this person really just wanted to ask the master about some formations, it would be fine to bring him to see the master.

At least with these spiritual stones, the master can keep his breath for a while.

Thinking of this, the decadent man showed some determination on his face: "I agree."

Hearing this, the star ring on Xiao Lin's hand flashed slightly, and a sack appeared in his hand. It was bulging and looked heavy. He threw the bag in his hand to the decadent man.

"Here are 500 low-grade spiritual stones. Buy these two formation books." He put away the book [Detailed Explanation of the Mystery of Formation] and [Detailed Explanation of the Method of Changing the Formation of the Nine Palaces], and then looked at the decadent man quietly.

The decadent man was slightly stunned, put away the spirit stone, and then said nothing, and began to pack up the stall. After a cup of tea, the decadent man had packed up and said to Xiao Lin: "Daoyou, please follow me."

Xiao Lin nodded and motioned the decadent man to lead the way.

Following the decadent man through several streets, the two entered the large residential houses in the south of the city. Seeing the rows of short wooden houses on both sides, Xiao Lin couldn't help but frown slightly.

The decadent man is a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building, but he actually lives with a group of ordinary people, which makes Xiao Lin sigh in his heart.

At the same time, Xiao Lin also developed a good impression of the decadent man. A foundation building cultivator was willing to live such a miserable life in order to take care of his seriously injured master. Just for this filial piety, Xiao Lin sighed.

Passing through the narrow streets, the south of the city is the residence of mortals in the fairy city. For mortals, they need to eat, drink, defecate and urinate, which makes the entire area in the south of the city full of strange smells, which makes Xiao Lin frown slightly.

After walking for about a meal, the decadent man stopped in front of a very dilapidated house.

"Daoyou, come in." The decadent man made a gesture of invitation to Xiao Lin, then led the way and walked in.

Xiao Lin followed closely and entered the yard. He found that the yard was not small, about an acre, and was full of foot-high weeds. It was obvious that it had not been taken care of for a long time.

As soon as he entered the yard, Xiao Lin heard a violent cough from the house in front, as if he heard the movement in the yard.

"Is Hu Zi back?" A hoarse and obviously short voice came from inside.

"Master, Hu Zi is back." Hearing the voice, the decadent man's eyes were a little red.

Before entering the house, Xiao Lin smelled a strong smell of herbs, and next to the door of the house, there was a clay pot for boiling herbs.

Xiao Lin sighed in his heart, and felt a little sympathy for the master and disciple. A great cultivator had fallen to the point of relying on ordinary herbs to maintain his life. At the same time, Xiao Lin was also a little curious about what kind of injury the depressed man's master had suffered. Could it be that even some of the magical pills in the world of immortal cultivation could not heal him?

Thinking of this, Xiao Lin saw that the depressed man had entered the house, so he followed him and walked in.

The room was a little dim and very small. In the inner part of the room, there was a bed against the wall, covered by a gauze curtain. However, as a cultivator in the Jindan period, Xiao Lin's eyes were burning, so he could naturally see everything in the room clearly.