Eight-Gate Golden Lock Formation

After auctioning off the Golden Core at a high price, the surname-Li old man's face creased into a blooming chrysanthemum, and he cupped his fists toward the cultivators present, saying, "Fellow daoists, all the items for auction from our shop have now been sold. From this moment on, it is everyone's free trading time. Please begin!"

Once the surname-Li old man finished speaking, he sat down in an empty seat.

Soon, a burly man wearing a black cloak and an old woman leaning on a crutch simultaneously flew toward the wooden table in front, scrambling for the right of the first trade. In the end, the cloaked burly man proved slightly more skilled, arriving a step ahead.

The burly man wearing a black cloak gave a chuckle and said, "Many thanks to this fellow daoist for yielding!"

"Hmph!" The old woman let out a cold snort, ignoring him, and returned the way she came to sit down.

The cloaked burly man was not angry either, and said, "Let Huang start things off for this exchange gathering! This Huang has a six-hundred-year-old spirit ginseng here, wishing to trade it for medicinal pills that can assist in breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage!"

After the burly man finished speaking, his gaze swept eagerly over everyone!

A moment later, a man in white with a mask on his head stood up and said calmly, "I have two Azure Spirit Pills here. Does that satisfy Fellow Daoist?"

"Two Azure Spirit Pills? Hm... That can work. Very well! This Huang will make the trade with Fellow Daoist!"

Hearing the man in white say this, the burly man swept his gaze over the crowd and saw that no one else had any intention of trading with him. The effect of two Azure Spirit Pills was not very great, but lacking a better choice, he reluctantly agreed.

After the man in white stepped forward and finished trading with the burly man, they each returned to their seats.

As soon as the burly man left, the previous old woman immediately walked to the front of the table and spoke up, "This old woman has a Tier-3 demon beast's core here, and I want to trade it for spirit medicine over eight hundred years old, or medicinal pills helpful for breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. Which fellow daoist is willing to trade?" After speaking, her gaze looked at everyone with some anticipation.

Regrettably, a long time passed and no one was willing to make the exchange. Although a Tier-3 demon beast core was good, spirit medicine and pills for breaking through to the late stage were even scarcer. Whether the people present lacked these items or simply had no desire to trade, not a single person spoke up.

The old woman's mouth twitched, and she had no choice but to say with resignation, "Since no one is willing to trade, then change it to spirit stones. If any fellow daoist can offer a price that satisfies this old woman, this demon beast core will belong to him!"

Hearing that spirit stones could be used for the exchange, a man wearing a ghost mask quickly spoke in a loud voice upon hearing this, "A Tier-3 demon beast core! This is a very rare item indeed! I bid four hundred spirit stones."

"Fellow daoist, a Tier-3 demon beast possesses strength equivalent to a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator. Four hundred spirit stones is far too low! This old man bids five hundred spirit stones!" An old man dressed in a black robe said with a trace of mockery upon hearing this.

"Heh heh... Stop fighting over it, you two. I bid six hundred spirit stones. Fellow Daoist, sell the demon beast core to me!" A red-haired man said with a cold laugh.

"I bid six hundred and fifty spirit stones."

"Seven hundred spirit stones."

"Eight hundred spirit stones."

The various cultivators immediately began vying fiercely.

In the end, this demon beast core was bought by a cultivator wearing a grey bamboo hat for the price of one thousand two hundred spirit stones!

Following that, the crowd stepped forward one after another, either trading items for pills and spirit stones, or seeking specific objects!

At this moment, Xiao Yu was exceptionally pleasantly surprised. Most of the items taken out by the crowd were things he had never heard of or seen before, truly opening his eyes!

The pity was that most of the items the crowd wanted to trade were pills for advancing cultivation or breaking through realms, and a few required rare oddities Xiao Yu had never even heard of. He possessed none of these things, so he could only watch helplessly.

At this time, a man exuding a faint aura of slaughter and wearing a black bamboo hat spoke up, "Fellow daoists! This person has a set of array disks and array flags for the Eight-Gate Golden Lock Formation, and wishes to trade them for thousand-year spirit medicine or high-quality yin-attribute spirit pills!"

"What? The Eight-Gate Golden Lock Formation! That is a renowned slaughter array! How could it possibly be made into an array disk? And he's only trading it for thousand-year spirit medicine!" Suddenly,

the voice of a man abruptly cried out in shock. "Could it be that legendary array formation from rumors that once trapped several Core Formation Stage cultivators and slaughtered them?" Another voice rang out.

The other two hundred-plus Foundation Establishment cultivators present were also struck with astonishment, and upon hearing these words, Xiao Yu was gripped by a mixture of shock and delight!

His own purpose in coming to the market this time was to see if he could purchase a high-grade array formation to guard his cave dwelling, yet after wandering for three days, he had not found a single satisfactory set. Now, at the exchange gathering, he had unexpectedly run into such a formidable array formation-truly a case of the dark willow blossoms and bright flowers leading to another village.

Although Xiao Yu had never heard of this array formation named the Eight-Gate Golden Lock Formation, judging from the reactions of so many people at the scene, it had to be extremely formidable!

Just at that moment, the bamboo hat-wearing man gave a wry smile and said, "Fellow daoists don't need to guess wildly. This Eight-Gate Golden Lock Formation of mine is merely a simplified version of the array disks and array flags. Even so, this simplified version can still unleash about ten percent of its might!"

"Oh, so it's just a simplified version. I was wondering how that kind of grand array could possibly be refined into an array disk." A cultivator with a shrill voice mocked upon hearing this.

"This fellow daoist must not underestimate this array. This array set can actually unleash ten percent of the original grand array's might! Ten percent of the might of an array capable of slaughtering several Core Formation Stage cultivators-even Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators might not necessarily be able to break it!" A sharp-looking, extremely shrewd short cultivator immediately retorted.

"What Fellow Daoist says makes sense, but this old man simply has no thousand-year spirit medicine on him. How could spirit items like thousand-year spirit medicine ever fall into the possession of us Foundation Establishment cultivators?" An old man wearing a mask said regretfully.

"Ah, that's right! Nor are high-quality yin-attribute pills something one can just casually come by."

Instantly, the crowd began discussing it amongst themselves with everyone chiming in!

At this moment, Xiao Yu also narrowed his eyes in contemplation. This set of simplified array disks and array flags was the most suitable thing possible for him! As for the original grand array, let alone buying it, even laying eyes on it in person would be extraordinarily difficult.

Since he had somehow run into it, he would buy it first and think later; once this village was passed, there would be no such shop.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yu suppressed the elation in his heart, hurriedly stood up, walked before the bamboo hat-wearing man, and said calmly, "Would this fellow daoist care to see if this item can be used to trade for your array set?"

As he spoke, Xiao Yu pulled out a jade box affixed with a sealing talisman from his storage bag and handed it to the bamboo hat-wearing man. Inside was a stalk of Frankincense Grass with a thousand years of age, which he had coaxed to maturity during his spare time over the years.

Seeing someone come forward to trade, a bright flash appeared in the bamboo hat-wearing man's eyes, and he hurriedly took the jade box to inspect it!

A moment after, a look of joy appeared on the man's face as he said, "Good, excellent! My array set will be traded with Fellow Daoist!" Saying this, the bamboo hat-wearing man retrieved a disk several inches in size from his storage bag, along with thirty-six array flags inscribed with some mysterious runes, as well as a jade slip, and handed them to Xiao Yu.

Seeing this, Xiao Yu inspected them with a surge of joy, discovering that this array set was indeed profoundly abstruse and completely beyond his comprehension. However, the jade slip contained detailed layout and usage methods for these array disks and array flags; one merely needed to set them up strictly according to the instructions without the slightest error to unleash their efficacy. Satisfied, he put the array disks and array flags away into his storage bag, and then returned to his seat.

Seeing the array formation fall into Xiao Yu's possession, the numerous cultivators present were all filled with deep disappointment! Yet at the same time, they were also astonished as to what exactly Xiao Yu had produced that could persuade the bamboo hat-wearing man to agree to the trade.

Was it spirit medicine, or medicinal pills? Quite a few people continuously guessed in their hearts. Aside from a handful harboring ulterior motives, most people's thoughts along these lines were swept away by the increasingly valuable items that appeared one after another afterward!