As soon as they entered the Ten Thousand Books Tower, before they could even look around, a person greeted them with a smile.
"I am Wang Li, the manager of Ten Thousand Books Tower. Greetings City Lord Lin, Young City Lord Lin."
"Manager Wang, you're too kind."
Lin Xiao and Lin An returned the greeting.
They knew that the Wu Clan must have given prior notice.
"Please forgive me, both of you. Yesterday's incident involving Young Master Lin caused a sensation throughout Guangwu City, and I was already aware of it. I never expected that you two would come to Ten Thousand Books Tower today," Wang Li said with a smile.
This statement is an explanation that the Wu Clan did not monitor them. Given the commotion Lin An caused yesterday, anyone with a bit of status or position would already know about it.
"I wonder if there's anything you two need?" Wang Li asked.
"The main purpose of my visit is to peruse some ancient books and broaden my horizons."
Lin An said, "Besides that, I'm quite interested in formations and would like to purchase some."
"That's no problem at all, Young City Lord Lin, this way please."
Wang Li smiled and led the way, introducing the place as he went.
" The Ten Thousand Books Tower has five floors in total. All the books on the first three floors can be read for free, covering a wide range of topics, including secrets and anecdotes, deeds of the strong, geography, adventure notes, and illustrations of Sin Beast."
"The fourth and fifth floors contain texts on cultivation techniques, formations, talismans, and other such texts, which must be purchased."
As he spoke, Wang Li led the two to the array area on the fourth floor.
"Gentlemen, this area contains various array formations. Young City Lord Lin, please take a look and see if there's any array formation you'd like to learn about."
Wang Li said, "If you haven't been exposed to formations before, I suggest that Young City Lord Lin buy a basic guide to formations first, and then choose the formations you need after studying it."
Lin An nodded, his gaze also turning to the array formations and related descriptions before him.
[ Mystic Thunder Formation ]: Bronze Tier. It can summon mystic thunder to bombard targets within the formation. It has a wide attack range and great power, but the formation takes a long time to set up.
[ Illusory Moon Maze Formation ]: Silver Tier, can create an illusion to confuse enemies, trapping them in an endless illusion.
[ Spirit Gathering Formation ]: Black Iron Tier, can gather spiritual energy from heaven and earth to accelerate cultivation speed.
There are quite a few formations, ranging from the Black Iron Tier to the highest Diamond Tier, and including formations of various types, from attack and defense to various support types.
However, looking at the prices of these formations, Lin An couldn't help but send a telepathic message to Lin Xiao, "Do we have the money?"
Lin Xiao paused, then smiled. "Don't worry, I can afford it."
Lin An nodded. The Lin Family had accumulated wealth over seven hundred years, so they were certainly not short of money.
"Excuse me, Steward Wang, may I take a look at this Spirit Gathering Formation?" Lin An asked.
Although the Spirit Gathering Formation is only of the Black Iron Tier, this type of array has a unique characteristic: as the array master's level increases, the level of the Spirit Gathering Formation will also increase, meaning it can be considered to grow indefinitely.
Upon seeing the Spirit Gathering Formation, Lin An had an idea in mind.
If he uses Spirit Mark to set up Spirit Gathering Formation, wouldn't that be equivalent to him carrying a Spirit Gathering Formation with him, allowing him to cultivate whenever he wants?
Although he wasn't sure yet, he felt it was worth a try.
"Of course."
Wang Li took out the array diagram of the Spirit Gathering Formation and erased the restrictions on it.
A look of surprise flashed in Lin An's eyes. Removing the restriction before payment was absolutely against the rules.
Seemingly sensing Lin An's thoughts, Wang Li smiled and said, "It's just a Black Iron Tier formation anyway, and I trust your character."
Lin An nodded, knowing that this was another attempt by the Wu Clan to curry favor.
Without any hesitation, after receiving the diagrams, I wanted to see if I could learn from them directly; if not, I could always buy them later after learning them.
[Player has no foundation in formations; this formation cannot be learned directly. Please acquire a secondary skill to become a formation master.]
"Are there any prerequisites?"
Lin An raised an eyebrow, but it seemed that as long as he became a formation master first, he could directly spend attribute points to learn it.
"For a normal person to become a formation master, they naturally need to learn the basics of formations first."
Lin An had an idea in mind and looked at Wang Li, "Could I take a look at the basic texts on formations?"
Wang Li nodded with a smile, which was why he wasn't worried that the other party would directly learn the Spirit Gathering Formation.
After all, I'm not a formation master, how could I possibly learn formations just by looking at them?
Immediately, Wang Li took out the basic texts on formations and handed them to Lin An.
[Spend 100 attribute points to learn the basic text of this formation. After learning, you can unlock supplementary training and become a formation master.]
"It works!"
Lin An did not choose to study now, lest a large amount of knowledge flood his mind, causing him to space out and be noticed by Wang Li.
"I'll take the basic array formation manual and the Spirit Gathering Formation. I also need the Aura Concealment Formation, the Illusory Spirit Formation, and the Teleportation Formation," Lin An said.
The Aura Concealment Formation, Illusory Spirit Formation, and Teleportation Formation Spirit Gathering Formation, are basic arrays of the Black Iron Tier, but they can grow infinitely.
Especially the Teleportation Formation. Lin An plans to try setting up the Teleportation Formation with Spirit Mark and see if he can teleport himself to other places after activating it.
If he succeeds, even if it's just a random teleportation, it will indirectly give him another way to save his life.
Wang Li nodded and then took out the two array formations and handed them to Lin An.
Lin An didn't rush to leave, but instead went to the talisman area.
He had previously thought that after learning the art of talismans, he would try to create talismans using Spirit Mark.
"In addition, there are basic texts on talismans, protective talismans, explosive talismans, basic texts on alchemy, and basic texts on weapon crafting."
Lin An said that these things were enough for him for now, and if they weren't enough, he would deal with it later, since he still needed to test whether his idea would succeed.
As for the methods of alchemy and weapon crafting, he plans to learn them first, just in case he needs them someday.
I may not need it, but I cannot live without it.
It's especially frustrating when you need it but don't have it.
After a series of purchases, a total of 100,000 gold coins were spent, and the cheap old man promptly paid the money.
After finishing his shopping, Lin An had no intention of leaving Ten Thousand Books Tower.
Instead, they went to the first floor and began browsing some classic texts that interested them, broadening their horizons.