"Other forms of compensation would be of no use to me."
Lin Mo considered for a moment, then his eyes suddenly lit up. "Might Hidden Void Valley have any Danqing Painting Scrolls?"
"Fellow Daoist Yan and I went to the Wei Sea to hunt Azure Painting Mystic Pythons precisely so we could trade for those scrolls in Divine Wood City. If Hidden Void Valley could provide them, it would save me some trouble."
Cheng Ji was just about to speak...
"I have some!"
Jiang Moli's face brightened with delight, and he hurriedly said, "Danqing Painting Scrolls may be quite precious, but as city lord, I do have a few stored in my treasury."
"Since you need them, Fellow Daoist Lin, I'll send someone to fetch them at once!"
With that, he nodded lightly to General Wu, who stood nearby.
General Wu understood immediately. He turned and left, soon returning with the three Danqing Painting Scrolls from the treasury.
They were much as Lin Mo had expected.
The Danqing Painting Scrolls in Jiang Moli's collection measured roughly ten feet across, with no formation patterns inscribed on their surfaces. He could use them as soon as he obtained them.
However, these Danqing Painting Scrolls were clearly of low quality. The painting python hides used to refine them were probably only seventh tier, comparable to human Golden Core cultivators.
As a result, the scrolls' spirituality inevitably left something to be desired. They fell far short of the painting python hides in Lin Mo's possession!
"These... probably won't do."
Lin Mo withdrew his gaze from the Danqing Painting Scrolls and shook his head slightly at Jiang Moli. "I need a Danqing Painting Scroll to refine a formation diagram for a sword formation. This sword formation is quite powerful, and I'm afraid your scrolls wouldn't