Hearing that he would be the one to conceive and design the design, Liu Xiaolou was a little frightened. "This, haha, I'm afraid I will fail my trust..."
Diao Daoyi encouraged him. "Don't be afraid, you have this ability! Here, the fifth formation is protecting Zhuangzi, take a look."
Liu Xiaolou took the explanation, which professionally described the size, orientation, and Feng Shui trend of the protected village. It also described several key buildings and waterside pavilions that would affect the layout of the formation. You can completely conceive and design the formation based on this, without having to go to the site to check.
"This explanation is very thoughtful." Liu Xiaolou praised.
Diao Daoyi snorted, "Eight Formations Gate of Pingdu gave it to me, how can I not be considerate?"
Liu Xiaolou was a little surprised. "Don't they do it themselves?"
Diao Daoyi sneered, "I guess they couldn't do it, so they had to transfer it to us. I don't know how many layers of skin were peeled off!"
Liu Xiaolou was even more surprised. This kind of sudden wholesale business was done by a second-hand person. I don't know how many spiritual stones were withheld in the process. He was doing it in a hurry. No wonder Diao Daoyi let him do it. As long as the formation can operate, the business is completed. As for whether the buyer is satisfied and how to lay it out, that is Eight Formations Gate of Pingdu's business and has nothing to do with Siming Mountain.
In this case, then go boldly!
Liu Xiaolou said goodbye and left for a while. He went to the teahouse to inform Fang Buai of the situation and asked him to wait patiently. He returned to Siming Mountain's shop and devoted himself to refining the formation disk.
The fifth array plate is to protect Zhuangzi on the top of a mountain. It is surrounded by mountains and a solitary peak stands in the middle. It is a bit like the terrain of Xingde Mountain.
Liu Xiaolou divided the five elements of yin and yang according to the description in the instructions, determined the up and down trends, and combined the wind direction, dry and wet conditions, and conceived a simple combination formation that combined the magic array and the killing array.
He designed a three-piece jade array, but it was directly rejected by Diao Daoyi: "Two jade pieces are enough."
Liu Xiaolou hesitated. "The effect may not be ideal."
Diao Daoyi explained, "We have no reason to sacrifice the cost to make it for him. We will lose money by refining three pieces of jade, and we don't have that much time."
So Liu Xiaolou simplified it again, removed nearly 40% of its functions, and began to etch the sigils. The etching of the sigil is the drawing of the formation blueprint, which is equivalent to determining the basic content of the formation. Diao Daoyi said that he believed in his ability, but after all, he was still a little worried. It wasn't until he watched him outline the talisman with Tian Yuan Shi Zhong Fa that he really felt relieved.
After seven days of this, both pieces of jade were etched by him. Diao Daoyi also completed the preparation of True Essence Spirit Liquid according to Liu Xiaolou's idea, which cost a lot of Spiritual Material, and handed it over to Diao Daoyi's junior brother Gao Changjiang to take over.
Gao Changjiang is in the realm of Qi Refining Perfection. After receiving the two pieces of jade, he didn't take it seriously at first. But when he actually poured True Essence Spirit Liquid into the talisman, he found that the talisman channel had a faint and faint aura, and he couldn't help but praise, "Good technique!" He took a high look at the Formation Master invited by his senior brother.
Martial Uncle Luo next to him also nodded and asked, "Dao Yi, which family is your little friend a disciple of?"
Diao Daoyi replied, "He is the uncle of the Shenwu Su Family. He taught himself the formation and is quite talented. He has good friends with Qingzhu and also received guidance from Master Tang. Yes. The year before last, I joined Jinting Mountain to participate in refining Crane Releasing Peak Grand Formation. Xiaolou was the assistant responsible for scheduling and coordination of Master Tang, and he was very accomplished."
Martial Uncle Luo said, "The Su family is lucky..."
Liu Xiaolou quickly explained, "Junior has left Shenwu Mountain, um... divorced by the Su family, haha..."
Martial Uncle Luo was a little surprised and looked at Diao Daoyi. Diao Daoyi heard this news for the first time and asked in surprise, "Why were you dismissed?"
Liu Xiaolou said, "Junior Rogue Cultivator is from a high school background, so he might be a little incompatible with the Aristocratic Clan, a high-ranking disciple."
Martial Uncle Luo said, "What a pity...Xiaolou, you should also take a look at the sixth array disk."
Liu Xiaolou quickly took the instructions, read them carefully, and thought hard about the sigil. The area to be defended by this array disk is relatively large, and the front of the valley that is as wide as a hundred feet needs to be sealed. Therefore, Liu Xiaolou plans to combine Trapping Array with the phantom array without adding a killing array design.
Because the formation covers a relatively wide range, after much deliberation, it couldn't be completed with two pieces of jade. After asking Diao Daoyi for instructions, Diao Daoyi agreed to design a composite array composed of three pieces of jade. Although everything is mainly about saving money, it should not be too unattractive, and the basic functions must be guaranteed.
After designing and etching the sixth array plate, he immediately took over the seventh one. After a month of busy work at the entrance of the Siming Sect store, he finally completed all the tasks. After inspecting them one by one with several Formation Masters and correcting a few errors, the seven array plates were handed over to the shopkeeper of the Eight Formations Gate of Pingdu store who came to receive the goods before the appointment.
Diao Daoyi gave Liu Xiaolou a salary of five spiritual stones in total, which is quite good. You must know that when Crane Releasing Peak Grand Formation was first refined, Tang Song's salary to ordinary Formation Master was twelve spiritual stones. That was three months. On average, it was four yuan a month.
Therefore, Liu Xiaolou is very grateful and has repeatedly stated that Diao Daoyi can continue to go through fire and water if necessary in the future.
After sending Liu Xiaolou away, the store finally received a reply from Siming Mountain. Elder Luo shook the letter and said regretfully, "I found out clearly that the reason why the Su family excommunicated him is because of his misconduct."
Diao Daoyi was stunned and shook his head while reading the letter. "I've been in contact with this junior twice. He's okay. Where is his misbehavior? Eh... Is this true or false? Are you guessing that he has a habit of cutting off his sleeves? Isn't this nonsense? As far as I know, when he was at Crane Releasing Peak that day, he even took Liu Daoran to go to the market in the Jinting Sect down the mountain to visit a brothel. How could it be a habit of cutting off sleeves?"
Gao Changjiang said, "Even if he has a broken sleeve, what does it matter? He is quite talented in formations. As long as he doesn't disturb others, that's all."
Diao Daoyi explained, "Junior brother, that's not what you said. No matter what the reason, the Su family gave him a very rude test, which means that he has a bad relationship with the Su family. If we accept him as a member of the family, even if it is an outer door, it will attract the attention of the Su family. Not happy. Although we Siming Sect Great Array Sect are not afraid of the Danxia Sect, if we anger a large sect just to recruit a disciple, I'm afraid the elders won't agree."
Just as he was talking, another urgent letter arrived. Martial Uncle Luo read it first as usual. After reading it, he was completely speechless. "Okay, don't think about it at all... Do you know why we have been busy in the past few months? It's all caused by Wulong Mountain, a bunch of Wulong Mountain's thieves openly fell out with Tianmu Mountain and robbed Lu Family's various properties. Aristocratic Clan, the high-ranking sect in Jingxiang, is placing orders for customized arrays just for this matter."
Diao Daoyi asked, "What does this matter have to do with Xiaolou?"
Martial Uncle Luo gave him the letter. "Read it for yourself. After this Liu Xiaolou was divorced by the Su family, he settled in Wulong Mountain and is regarded by Tianmu Mountain as a member of Wulong Mountain. Even if he was not involved in this matter...Tianmu Mountain has given rewards to all Wulong Mountain thieves. It is impossible for us to recruit a disciple and offend two sects at the same time."
Diao Daoyi sighed, "What a pity."