"Old Bull, what are you in such a hurry for? I specifically traded for a copy of the Compendium of Basic Formation Arrays for you."
Chen Xun led Black Bull along and gave its head a hard smack. He still had not recovered from that headbutt earlier.
"Moo? Moo moo~~" Black Bull rubbed against Chen Xun, delight shining in its eyes. A good trade, a very good trade.
"Basic Artifact Refining, Basic Five-Element Escape Art, Compendium of Basic Formation Arrays, Compendium of Basic Talisman Arts, <Compendium of Basic Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures>..."
Chen Xun grinned foolishly. Though these things were basic, they could not be bought outside. They were the kind of things people kept hidden at the bottom of their chests, inheritances passed down through generations. Only a sect dared let its disciples trade for them.
There were also four pieces of Iron Essence, a mid-grade Yellow-rank artifact-refining cauldron, and a whole series of items such as brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones for drawing talismans.
Black Bull was also lost in a foolish daydream. Once it learned formations, it too could be like those great cultivators—one formation deployed, and an entire mountain sealed away. Haha...
Just as they were getting carried away in their thoughts—
Bang! Bang!
Two dull crashes rang out. A large tree was knocked swaying from side to side, its leaves rustling down in showers. It seemed to have been badly hurt.
"Ow, damn it, what is wrong with this tree? It had to grow right in the middle of the road?!"
"Moo moo!!"
"Old Bull, forget it. We won't lower ourselves to its level. Let's go home."
"Moo~"
Two grumbling voices drifted down the road. They were in such good moods today that they decided not to hold it against the tree.
After returning